ICYMI: Revisiting The ILTACON Conference Floor

As ILTACON comes to a close, here’s your chance to take one last look at some of the business partners who made this conference a resounding success. Click the links below for a virtual trip to their conference booth at ILTACON 2024: This year’s conference was an extraordinary event full of educational sessions, product updates,…

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Transform Your Teaching: Explore the Teaching Professor Online Conference – Faculty Focus

Explore the dynamic sessions of the Teaching Professor Online Conference with this infographic! From October 22–24, 2024, join virtually for plenaries, breakout sessions, and networking opportunities, and then dive into on-demand content available until January 31, 2025. Discover how this conference, featuring top teaching experts and carefully curated topic areas, can transform your teaching practices…

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Instructure to be acquired by KKR for $4.8B

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Instructure will go private in a $4.8 billion acquisition by global investment firm KKR. The global ed tech company, which offers schools and colleges a wide range of tools including Canvas and Parchment, has been…

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Series Debunks Common Misperceptions of Community College Bachelor’s Degree

A new Data Points series is providing insights into the impacts of community college bachelor’s degree education and increasingly diverse populations and their career prospects. Dr. Angela KersenbrockThe series — funded by Lumina Foundation, the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA), and research partner, Bragg & Associates, Inc. — examines common misperceptions of community college baccalaureate…

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5 Secret Nonprofit Donor Retention Action Strategies

Giving is an emotional experience. It deserves an emotional response. Be human. Ever notice how sometimes when we put on our work hats we cease to be human? How we somehow morph into little robotic “professionals” and become enamored of jargon? “Lybnts.” “Sybnts.” “Recaptures.” Not that those things aren’t important. You…

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Academic Advising Software: Freshman to Graduation Success

Before entering their sophomore year of college, up to 30% of students drop out, according to statistics. Academic advising software comes into its own in an era where student achievement and retention rates in higher education are under increased scrutiny. Perhaps academic advising software is the game-changer we’ve been waiting for. Studies indicate that universities…

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