The Blended Campus

Educators gather to discuss the implications of online technologies in emerging markets, and the daunting—but necessary—task of using them to their fullest potential.

MANY FACTORS ARE forcing educational institutions to rethink the learning process.

THE MARKET HAS seen a flurry of business schools introducing new online degree programs to meet demand for more flexible educational options.

MANY BUSINESS SCHOOLS offer students a chance to work with real money by managing investment portfolios.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE sad, the negative emotion might deter them from eating unhealthy foods, according to a study.

ALTHOUGH HUMANS ARE wired to predict the future—whether it’s what the weather will be, who will win a sporting event or election, or how a stock will perform—they rarely get better at it over time.

POLITICIANS, PUNDITS, and professors all have weighed in with their expectations about online education.

Four schools use videos and other innovative marketing techniques to promote their programs, reconnect with stakeholders, celebrate milestones, and set themselves apart.

How can business schools thrive financially in the face of rising salaries, decreased state funding, and greater competition? Mark Zupan lays out the system used at the University of Rochester.

Jesuit business schools tap their global network to encourage social enterprise and take care of communities.

UMass Amherst is adopting a novel funding model to support a stronger connection between its online and on-campus students.

USING SOCIAL MEDIA and using it well are two different things, says Andrew Stephen, an assistant professor of business administration and the Katz Fellow in Marketing and Business Economics at the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business in Pennsylvania.

TODAY’S 24/7 ONLINE media and social networks have the power to send information around the world in a matter of minutes—and many business leaders and policymakers still are uncertain about how this 21st-century reality could affect their institutions’ reputations.

The summer before my senior year in college, I traveled to Moscow for a Russian language program.

TWO STUDENTS AT the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge have raised more than US$500,000 for an unusual project.

As crowdfunding becomes more popular, the possibilities for fraud grow.

ALTHOUGH SMALL STARTUPS might be eager to get their products to market to raise much-needed cash, they might do so to their future detriment ...