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Quick take: As businesses continue to face ongoing challenges, finding the right strategy for employee learning and development is crucial. A specialist shares her views on how corporate universities can successfully fulfill this role supported by online learning.

Quick Take: Keeping students from dropping out depends on a retention strategy that is based on understanding why they are choosing to leave school in the first place.

Arequipa, Peru. In Peru, there is still some distrust and resistance towards banking from a large portion of the population, especially in rural communities. This reluctance to accessing banking services is largely due to the long period of time this…

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” – Peter Drucker Just over 20 years ago, Blackboard set out to solve the most critical challenges of education institutions. Blackboard founders recognized the impact that the Internet could have on…

Challenge To better serve its 4,330 students in central Florida, Stetson University aspired to be an innovator in online education. When Jose Bernier, chief information officer, came to Stetson, he struggled to realize his vision for innovation and excellence with…

Quick take: Lewis & Clark Community College developed an innovative way to analyze student retention rates, in relation to student support services around campus. By targeting at-risk groups, they were able to increase retention by offering students timely assistance.

Quick take: The first institution to adopt Blackboard Predict in the European Union is increasing student retention with predictive analytics combined with a longitudinal, long-term approach.

Quick Take: With more than 10 types of higher education institutions, Mexico offers great options for all kinds of students.

Read the essentials or go deeper In this special: Inclusive education and digital access: Is your institution on top of it? Highlights from Blackboard’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

Quick take: By providing accessibility and flexibility in its training programs, IPLACEX is reducing barriers in its educational environments, which benefits, for instance, students with disabilities and those that live far from urban centers.

Quick take: University of Derby wants to create a culture of inclusive practice to benefit all learners. The right technology can support that by automating a few steps along the way.

Coffee Region, Colombia The Manuel Mejía Foundation (FMM) is a private non-profit entity founded in 1961 by Colombia’s coffee sector, with the aim of establishing agricultural education centers to train industry workers, and for the agricultural and livestock sector in…