Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
Higher education is approaching a credibility crisis: Colleges may still be awarding degrees, but can they prove that students—not their AI tools—have actually learned? Accreditation has long depended on evidence that institutions define outcomes, assess student achievement, and use results to improve. The post Accreditation’s AI reckoning: Can colleges still prove students are learning? appeared first on eCampus News .
The Washington Post recently published an article saying that, for the first time in 20 years, enrollment in computer science college majors is down. For the last two decades, that major has been one of the most popular at any school. The post Entry-level IT: Clearing misconceptions in the AI era appeared first on eCampus News .
Colleges and universities are at an inflection point. As student expectations rise and competition for talent, research funding, and enrollment intensifies, campuses have a powerful opportunity to rethink how their physical environments support long‑term growth. The post How smart campuses are turning efficiency into growth appeared first on eCampus News .
Artificial intelligence is now emerging as a strategic priority across higher education, but many institutions are still determining how to move from experimentation to institution-wide adoption. The post Escaping the tech debt trap: Why governance matters more in the age of AI appeared first on eCampus News .
AI-generated content is not automatically plagiarism. That statement may unsettle faculty members and academic-integrity officers. It may sound like a defense of students who use ChatGPT to write papers or complete assignments intended to demonstrate mastery. The post Stop calling every misuse of AI plagiarism appeared first on eCampus News .
Higher education has spent the last two years debating whether students should be allowed to use artificial intelligence. That debate now looks almost quaint. The more urgent question is whether colleges and universities will help build the physical infrastructure that makes AI possible. The post Data centers, AI, and the next big campus debate appeared first on eCampus News .
Most states still rely on fragmented, short-term initiatives to support adult learners rather than coordinated statewide strategies, according to new research from ReUp Education. The post Most states struggle to bring adult learners back to college appeared first on eCampus News .
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly embedded across higher education. As AI policies continue to evolve, faculty are gaining greater clarity and opportunity to responsibly use new tools, including AI-powered assistants, content generation tools, chatbots, and a growing number of AI-enabled applications. The post Higher education needs better AI experiences, not more AI tools appeared first on eCampus News .
Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly embedded across higher education. As AI policies continue to evolve, faculty are gaining greater clarity and opportunity to responsibly use new tools, including AI-powered assistants, content generation tools, chatbots, and a growing number of AI-enabled applications. The post Higher education needs better AI experiences, not more AI tools appeared first on eCampus News .
You don't see 'funky tech' in scholarly literature. But if you've spent time at higher-ed tech conferences, you've heard it. Someone introduces themselves during a networking break: "I'm a funky tech over in Academic Advising." The post Invisible translators: What funky techs do for higher ed appeared first on eCampus News .
My father, Jake M. Schrum, would take me with him to cattle shows and sales. As an impressionable teenager, I treasured these outings mostly to have one-on-one time with my dad, but also, to learn about Hereford cattle and how to judge them. The post Nobody’s a loser: What genuine education leaders realize appeared first on eCampus News .
Every day I come to work at Gettysburg College wearing a college-branded cap that I bought with a $25 gift card, presented to me by the Student Senate for leading an effort to improve student access to the campus Wi-Fi. The post How we recovered student trust after big Wi-Fi challenges appeared first on eCampus News .
Late last year, members of Congress met to scrutinize college costs and to press institutions to be more transparent about what students pay and what they get in return. But while the hearing focused on dollars and cents, the price of college takes many forms. The post The hidden cost of college isn’t money–it’s time and opportunity appeared first on eCampus News .
Higher education institutions are investing significant time in selecting AI tools, developing policies, and encouraging faculty experimentation. Yet one of the most important parts of an institutional AI strategy may be receiving far less attention: the people who help educators connect technology to the realities of teaching. The post Your institution’s AI strategy needs instructional designers appeared first on eCampus News .
Leaders are decisive for the success of institutions and proper fit is decisive for the success of leaders. Your college doesn’t only need a good leader; you need the right leader for your organization in 2026 and beyond. The post What skills are university leaders prioritizing in new hires? appeared first on eCampus News .
As retention becomes one of the most important drivers of institutional stability, many colleges and universities are turning to AI to better identify struggling students, personalize support, reduce administrative burdens, and help staff intervene before challenges escalate. The post The hidden link between AI strategy and student retention appeared first on eCampus News .
As generative AI becomes a routine part of academic work, a familiar question keeps surfacing in classrooms and scholarly writing alike: What, exactly, should writers disclose? The post Transparency appendices may be the next essential AI disclosure practice in higher education appeared first on eCampus News .
Among college students, 37 percent report moderate to severe depressive symptoms and 33 percent report moderate to severe anxiety. More than three-quarters (76 percent) of college students report moderate or high stress levels, and almost one-quarter (20.6 percent) experience significant psychological distress while on campus. The post Strengthening campus pathways to student mental health care appeared first on eCampus News .
First-time college enrollment among adults declined nearly 16 percent in fall 2025, ending a four-year streak of post-pandemic growth. The post To rebuild adult learner confidence, universities must first earn their trust appeared first on eCampus News .
Cyber resilience in education starts at the data layer. That is because the data layer is where schools' most important information lives and where recovery begins when something goes wrong. The post For schools, cyber resilience starts at the data layer appeared first on eCampus News .
As AI adoption accelerates, a countertrend has emerged that reinforces the old saying: What goes around comes around. After spending years looking for ways to remove friction from everyday life, a growing number of people are embracing it by choosing to perform certain tasks without the assistance of AI and other forms of automation. The post What “friction maxxing” teaches us about IT skill development in the age of AI appeared first on eCampus News .
America’s schools are moving quickly to respond to the rise of artificial intelligence, with parents, teachers, administrators, and lawmakers working to wrap their arms around what this means for student education. The post Schools are building AI rules before they know the destination appeared first on eCampus News .
If you work in higher education, you already know about the audience problem. Donors. Alumni. Prospective students. Current students. Faculty, staff, elected officials, local employers, community members, journalists, and more. The post Stop defending and start showing: How colleges can win back trust by looking past the campus walls appeared first on eCampus News .
College faculty are all aware of the three pillars of professorial work: instruction, scholarship, and service. Faculty are generally assessed on peer review publications, academic presentations, grants authored, and service on university and professional committees. The post How should we evaluate professorial work? appeared first on eCampus News .
The atmosphere inside the Global Connect/American Accounting Association conference at Caesar’s Palace in August 2026 was a study in contrasts. Outside, the Las Vegas sun was punishing, an environment so relentless that I joked that the swag bags should have swapped out sunblock for flame retardant. The post Beyond a keynote speaker: A strategic roadmap for AI in higher education appeared first on eCampus News .
Higher education is rapidly developing AI governance frameworks through the creation/modification of policies, establishing compliance structures, conducting procurement reviews, and developing acceptable use guidelines. The post Beyond compliance: Governing higher education in the age of intelligent systems appeared first on eCampus News .
Higher education continues to treat AI as just another technology to be deployed, managed, and governed. That assumption is increasingly inadequate. While AI bears some similarities to previous technologies, such as enabling automation and enhancing efficiency of processes, it is different in that it creates a continuously available capability for reasoning, synthesis, recommendation, interaction, and even collaboration. The post Beyond governance: Purpose, ethics, visibility, assurance, and compliance in the age of AI appeared first on eCampus News .
Every few years, a new set of skills migrates to the top of employers’ hiring wish lists, and higher education scrambles to respond with retooled curricula, rebranded programs, and freshly minted credentials designed to close whatever gap the labor market has most recently identified. The post Employers keep talking about durable skills–they may come from surprising places appeared first on eCampus News .
Grade inflation is all the rage in higher education. Harvard has a proposal to reduce the number of A’s it awards. A Yale faculty committee proposed that 3.0 should be the mean grade. The post Higher education’s grade inflation conundrum appeared first on eCampus News .
Librarians and instructional designers have long understood that the first question someone asks is not always the question they need answered. In a library reference interview, a patron’s initial request is often just the starting point for uncovering the real information needed. The post Answering the question behind the question appeared first on eCampus News .
In my Systems Analysis and Design course, students are not handed the requirements for building a software application. They have to uncover them by asking the right questions within an AI-based learning activity. The post The real work of AI and instructional technology is creative appeared first on eCampus News .
Artificial intelligence is changing the conditions under which institutional purpose is interpreted, pursued, and realized through the exercise of institutional judgment. As institutions increasingly adopt AI, discussions related to governance have expanded to include fairness, bias, transparency, explainability, privacy, accountability, and regulatory compliance. The post Intentional governance: Responsibility, judgment, and leadership in the age of intelligent systems appeared first on eCampus News .
A new report from InsideTrack, a national student success coaching nonprofit, reveals that a five-year coaching initiative across 39 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) helped stopped-out students re-enroll at 2.5 times the national average while keeping actively enrolled students on track at a fall-to-spring retention rate of 83.8 percent. The post Student coaching can help thousands of HBCU students re-enroll and graduate appeared first on eCampus News .
For many adult learners, logging into a hybrid or asynchronous course is not the beginning of their day. It may come after a full shift at work, after helping children with homework, after managing caregiving responsibilities, or after years away from formal schooling. The post Belonging by design: Practical ways to support adult learners in hybrid and asynchronous courses appeared first on eCampus News .
I’ve spent nine years building learning infrastructure, and during that time I’ve gone from staff engineer to founding member of our first AI engineering team. Along the way, I’ve come to believe that educational AI is a fundamentally different engineering discipline than the consumer AI most people read about. The post Building AI that teaches: Scaling learning systems appeared first on eCampus News .
Graduate education is demanding and isolating, especially for adult learners balancing coursework, research, employment, and family responsibilities. National data show half of doctoral students leave their programs before earning their degree. The post Cohort connections matter: Strategies to help graduate students persist and succeed appeared first on eCampus News .
Key points: The demographic cliff higher education has been warned about for years isn’t coming; it’s already here. The post-2008 ... Read more The post Why the old enrollment playbook no longer works appeared first on eCampus News .
Centralized application services transformed how students apply to medical school. They gave applicants a single point of entry, standardized how programs receive and review data, and provided comparable information institutions could actually use. The post The case for centralized admissions in graduate medical education appeared first on eCampus News .
Nearly every week, I get queries from potential students about obtaining credit for previous coursework towards a degree or licensure. Often, they are unable to provide detailed records of their previous academic work beyond the transcript. The post Archiving your academic journey: Preserving coursework and program artifacts appeared first on eCampus News .
The recent ransomware incident involving Canvas has renewed attention on one of the most difficult decisions schools and technology providers can face: how to respond when sensitive student, faculty, or institutional data is stolen and threatened with public release. The post The Canvas ransomware attack shows why schools must focus on containment, not just recovery appeared first on eCampus News .
With the rapid spread of Gen AI, we’re entering a time when human connection is becoming more valuable and more vulnerable. The post Can high-tech scale high-touch? appeared first on eCampus News .
Universities are attempting to adapt to artificial intelligence while considering mostly the wrong questions. The post Before students use AI, they should prove they don’t need it appeared first on eCampus News .