Higher Ed News and Trends

04/03/2009 Website Redesign on a Dime: Tools, Tips and Tricks to Redesign Your College Website

My third UB column for 2009 is now available in the April issue as well as online: “Web Redesign on a Dime: Tools, tips, and tricks to revamp or upgrade an institutional website.”"

In this article, I’m sharing a...

04/01/2009 Announcing the 20 finalists of the Edu Blogger Scholarship Contest and the Collegewebeditor.com/eduStyle best blogs awards

I had 2 announcements related to higher ed blogging awards, so I thought it made sense to bundle both in a single post.

First, I’d like to announce the 20 finalists of the Edu Blogger Scholarship Contest...

03/31/2009 American University has just launched its newly redesigned website

I got the tip about AU web redesign launch yesterday in an email from Maralee Csellar, Acting Director for Media Relations at American University.

As explained in the top news story available on the homepage, New Site Launches,...

03/27/2009 How to get a branded YouTube Channel for your institution? Just apply to YouTube EDU

It looks like the wait is finally over: YouTube just launched yesterday its new channel dedicated to videos produced by higher ed institutions and finally came up with a clear way to apply to get the education partner...

03/25/2009 Is there a web redesign project in your future? Register for Website Redesign Boot Camp on April 21-23, 2009

Website redesigns can be very, very scary projects.

People don’t like change, especially on “their” homepage.

That’s why you should prepare as much as possible before jumping into a website redesign...