Academics
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June 23, 2015
Summit on MOOCs inspires global research collaboration
Leaders and scholars from five countries and 15 universities met at U-M to talk about how they might work together to advance research about massive open online courses.
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June 11, 2015
Universities join to control destinies in digital learning environment
James Hilton, vice provost for digital education and innovation, discusses the goals, status and plans for U-M’s involvement with the new Unizin digital learning consortium.
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June 3, 2015
Course asks students to imagine the campus of the future
A course called Campus of the Future that challenges today’s students to think about how they would reinvent higher education for future generations.
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May 28, 2015
Changes at Rackham help boost doctoral degree completion rate
Doctoral students at U-M are completing their degrees at a higher rate than in the past, following changes implemented by the Rackham Graduate School.
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May 18, 2015
New undergraduate program in data science announced
Undergraduate students at U-M will be able to choose a multidisciplinary major in data science starting this fall.
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May 15, 2015
Rebooting historical archives, expanding citizen engagement
A closer look at two Transforming Learning for the Third Century projects funded with the latest round of Transformation grants.
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May 15, 2015
Six projects get major grants through Third Century Initiative
U-M has awarded nearly $6.4 million in Third Century Initiative funding to six faculty projects that show promise to transform learning for students.
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May 14, 2015
Institute for the Humanities names faculty, graduate student fellows
The Institute for the Humanities has awarded fellowships to nine faculty members and nine graduate students to support research projects they will pursue during 2015-16.
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May 7, 2015
New MOOCs beginning; U-M leaders to support more courses
As a new round of massive open online courses gets underway, U-M leaders are encouraging more faculty to form multi-unit teams to design and create additional MOOCs.
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April 27, 2015
Five faculty projects honored for innovative teaching methods
Five U-M faculty projects that demonstrate fresh approaches to advancing student learning are winners of the seventh annual Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize.
