Cybersecurity is becoming more expensive for higher education institutions. Case Western Reserve University is responding to the challenge by prioritizing its security controls.
The media attention on cyber attacks against large enterprises may create a false sense of security for smaller organizations, according to the small and mid-sized business (SMB) snapshot of the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) notes. Small businesses may think they’re flying under the radar with threat actors because there is less to steal. After all, why worry about your security culture when attackers are likely to get more money and more data from larger organizations, right? Unfortunately, that’s not the case.
One side effect of the pandemic is the increase in student mobile engagement, with mobile devices now widely used for higher education. According to a 2021 survey conducted by Educause, most college students use more than one device for academic work, and more than half rely on a smartphone.
School cyber attacks are on the rise worldwide, perhaps exacerbated by a pandemic that forced schools worldwide to pivot and utilize more digital resources. Just one 2022 attack was responsible for the websites of 5,000 schools, mostly in the U.S., going offline.
It’s mid-January already. How are you doing on your learning program resolutions for 2023? Are you staying on track, or are you already sliding back into some bad habits?
The adoption of OER (Open Educational Resources) is on the rise. According to a report from Babson Research Group, almost half of the faculty surveyed for the report are aware of OER and, for the first time in its history, more faculty report a preference for digital rather than physical class materials. In a recent Campus Technology survey, faculty members singled out proprietary publisher content as something they’d like to see disappear.
Among instructors, OER has an increasingly passionat…
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The aviation industry is facing a major personnel shortage. According to Boeing’s 2018 Pilot and Technician report, airlines will need 790,000 commercial pilots and 890,000 new cabin crew members in the next 20 years. This is a concern for several reasons, including the fact that airline positions require a lot of training.
Commercial pilots, for example, must train as a private pilot and have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight experience to obtain their commercial license. Flight attendants …