The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is building its first new classroom building since 1967 and is planning on using state-of-the-art technology throughout.

Stanford University and the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) announced they were victimized by the Accellion data breach, joining a growing list of schools. Reports indicate the CLOP ransomware group contacted the universities and demanded $10 million in bitcoin or the attackers would publish the stolen data.

With tax season upon us, the IRS has issued a warning regarding an impersonation email scam targeting university students and staff.

Belmont University has invested more than $2 million in technology upgrades for the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business. The upgrades will enable virtual access to the school’s resources whether learning on campus, remotely, or in a hybrid model.

In a move to help support student success, Valdosta State University is partnering with Civitas Learning to more effectively use student data. Valdosta State said the partnership will allow the school to focus “even more on solving challenges and providing resources to students from enrollment to graduation.”

Moving beyond basic online learning, Morehouse College is now offering two classes held in virtual reality (VR) for the spring semester.

Higher education institutions are increasingly facing more sophisticated cyberattacks targeting – not only targeting their networks and private information, but also ongoing university research.

According to new research, 74 percent of college students thought that online learning was better than or equal to on-campus learning. BestColleges.com released the 2021 edition of its annual Online Education Trends Report, which it has published since 2014.

Higher education institutions are gearing up for a long-term hybrid future, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent Deloitte Insights report finds that a hybrid approach will allow institutions to become more resilient during future disruptions – whether pandemics or natural disasters – help institutional leaders better manage costs and pedagogical demands, and ultimately become more student-centered.

A new report has found that ransomware is the top cyber threat facing higher education amid the shift to distance and hybrid learning.