The Chronicle of Higher Education

Creating New Academic Networks With ‘Commons in a Box’

The City University of New York’s CUNY Academic Commons announced today that it is developing “Commons in a Box,” an open-source software project to help other institutions and groups set up online ...
Inside Higher Ed

"Commons in a Box" & the Importance of Open Academic Networks

Last week, the City University of New York (CUNY) unveiled its plans to create a "Commons in a Box," an open-source toolkit to help colleges and universities "roll their own" academic networks. The ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Build Your Own Academic Community with Commons in a Box

Before I finished grad school, I took a month-long seminar on teaching with technology. Among other things, we talked about how to build an “interactive syllabus” using that Tool of Tools: Dreamweaver ...
Saint Louis University

New Academic Technology Commons Aims to Inspire Creativity

With nearly 100 undergraduate, 140 graduate programs and many more minors, concentrations and certificates, Saint Louis University offers a truly personalized experience. SLU is home to many highly ...
Campus Technology

Transforming a Traditional Library Into a Technology-Rich Learning Commons

When the University of Denver embarked on a major interior renovation of Penrose Library, the institution's main library for more than 40 years, what it had in mind was more than the modernization of ...
The Progress-Index

'Bold step forward': Virginia State University dedicates the largest building on its campus

Calling it “more than just a building,” officials of Virginia State University unveiled what is described as the largest facility ever constructed on its Ettrick campus. In a ceremony June 27, VSU cut ...