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Beyond Student-Teacher Ratios: How Breakthrough Schools Invest in Human Capital

How do personalized learning schools plan to use human capital resources?
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Beyond Transactions: Office of the Registrar and Student Success

The Registrar at Colorado State Univ. is not simply an office of compliance and transactions but is a key component of student success.
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Biodiversity, HelioCampus, and Business Analytics for Higher Education

I am a card-carrying appreciator of higher education innovators like UMUC, I am excited to see this diversity in the higher ed ecosystem.​​
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Blended Learning on the Ground: Advice from College Educators

Most college faculty recognize that lecturing alone is not an effective way to reach students. But how do you get started with blended learning?
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Blended Learning? Yes! Now What??

Suggestions for schools looking to blended learning as a potential solution​ to personalize learning have a sense of urgency but may be stuck on what to do next.
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Blue Sky Thinking from Academic Entrepreneurs

Breakthrough Models Academy teams represent some of the best blue-sky thinking in higher education right now. It’s not the stuff of dreams, either—many could really take off with the right support.
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BMA teams share breakthrough ideas to revolutionize higher ed

How can you solve the biggest problems plaguing colleges and universities the world over? From the inside, of course.
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Bold Enough? Unpacking the Evaluation Criteria for Wave IV

Is my school design bold enough? What is bold, anyway? I was recently asked this question by an educator and for good reason.
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Bottles and Bottlenecks: LearnZillion

LearnZillion is working on a web app that captures small examples of great teaching through screencasts and shares them with teachers and students.
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Breaking the Barriers Between High School and Higher Ed

What is one of the biggest barriers for students transitioning from high school to college? It’s not test scores or grades; it’s what’s in their bank account.