The number of colleges using education software is increasing every year and is not about to slow down. The database of educational institutions is vulnerable to cybercrime and other attacks. Colleges, universities and higher education institutions are holding all kinds of data – be it student, faculty, academic, financial and other administrative process related. In the digital age, cloud-based student information system is the new source of value for institutions.

The education world is getting better with advancements in digital technology and business intelligence, making life even better for faculties and students. Technology-enabled classroom education makes every task as easy as possible and everything seems to be automatic and effortless.

Academic accreditation is a formal recognition of an educational program or Institution in accordance with the standards of quality set by the accreditation agency against well-defined criteria. Collegiate accreditation is granted to particular higher educational Institutions on the basis of an impartial assessment of the attainment of specific requirements in terms of its performance, related to the academic processes and outcomes, covering the entire academics, administration, and services.

Higher education has always involved the evaluation of the student in terms of class performance, learning & creativity, participation, and more. In recent years flipped classroom has been used as the pedagogical model.

Evaluation of courses and curricula through online surveys is an effective way to enhance students’ learning capabilities in the classroom.

However, are there proper ways to conduct these surveys? Are all students willing to participate? Are the received results authentic and accurate?

Educators know the effectiveness of scheduling and managing instructional time in higher education. Automated timetable scheduling solutions help educational institutions to efficiently manage the scheduling process across multiple courses, faculties, and rooms to save time and optimize staff workload.  Here are the 10 things to look for in an automated timetable management system:

The NAFSA 2016 Annual Conference & Expo was one of the largest global events held last week in Denver, Colorado. Nearly 9,000 international educators from 100+ countries attended the event. The annual NAFSA conference helped participants to develop meaningful partnerships and bolster global engagement among all institutions.  NAFSA is leading the way by helping thousands of international education professionals to get going with global learning, and showing them how the global approach will help them improve learning outcomes and student success.  

Colleges and universities are looking more at mobile solutions that benefit students and faculty. This will not only improve the student experience but also help higher education institutions to recruit more students. Mobile innovation increases prospect engagement even before they enroll.

Not all educational institutions need a mobile app, but every school or college will benefit from leveraging mobile solutions to: 

Accreditation is about assuring threshold quality as well as assuring quality improvement in higher education institutions and programs. Colleges, universities and higher education institutes should ensure academic quality. The goal of accreditation is to ensure that education provided by institutions of higher education meet acceptable levels of quality.

This is what happens in a classroom. When you teach a hard topic in Mathematics, most of the students will find it difficult to solve the problem. Very few knew the right answer even after you worked with some examples. When you teach again for few more minutes, few more students can find the right answer. When you take the problem the other way and teach with videos and slides, many will think it is easy. As a result of this experience, students can learn very quickly and no one had to come for after-school tutoring. 

Creatrix Campus is automating and streamlining academic and administrative processes with a new ERP system for engineering and arts colleges which offers improved tools for administrators and advanced data analytics. The engineering college management software is designed to improve the overall student experience and help prepare well in rigorous academic programs.