In early research on the change processes that young people undergo while in college (Pascarella and Terenzini 2005) and the factors that contribute to students' lack of persistence (Tinto 1993), higher education scholars have paid particularly close attention to the psychological factors that shape students' experiences and ultimate success (or lack thereof).
We initiated our literature review by conducting a broad search for articles published within the past 5 years, using the key words technology and higher education, in Google Scholar and the following research databases: Academic Search Complete, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete, Education Research Complete, ERIC, PsycARTICLES, and PsycINFO.
In the same vein, education policy could actively encourage and assist educators to obtain degrees in teaching at American universities and colleges or observe classes in American higher education as visiting scholars (Leutwyler and Meierhans 2016).
Blended learning (BL), or the integration of face-to-face and online instruction (Graham 2013), is widely adopted across higher education with some scholars referring to it as the "new traditional model" (Ross and Gage 2006, p. 167) or the "new normal" in course delivery (Norberg et al. 2011, p. 207).
Education, especially higher education, needs reform.
Mr. Jobs began Next — which the company itself spelled as NeXT — with the intention of building a high-powered computer expressly for customers in higher education, giving students and scholars what he called "a personal mainframe".
This distinction is particularly significant in higher education, given that many scholars use the terms interchangeably and/or to refer to a collective of managerial strategies (e.g., total quality management and management by objectives) (Kezar [2005a]).
My perspective is that of a recent job seeker and of a scholar of higher education.
A common and known problem among students on higher education (in general throughout the scholar life) is the difficulty of learning math.
Theresa E. Hernandez is a scholar of higher education policy working toward her doctorate at the University of Southern California.
