National Institute forPress Releases
We welcome inquiries from the media regarding our mission and work on behalf of liberal arts colleges, including inquiries about the impact of the broader technological environment on teaching and learning and the future of liberal education. See below for our recent press releases.
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August 24
Success in Collaborative Projects Cited
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May 24
Fellowship honors Richard (Rick) Allen Peterson (1958–2011) and promotes collaboration in the area of information technology services and digital libraries. Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) are joint sponsors.
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October 11
National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education Will Manage Proof-of-Concept Exploration
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August 19
Organizations Will Focus on Strategic Issues in Higher Education
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August 4
First Cohort of NITLE Fellows to Focus on the Learning Experience
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July 27
CDW-G Telepresence Solution to Provide Platform for Learning to 137 Colleges Nationwide
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April 21
Memorandum of Understanding Will Expand GIS Use in Liberal Arts Colleges
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February 19
Organizations Deepen Partnership, Look Forward to Future Collaboration
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September 29
National Leaders in Higher Education and Technology to Advise NITLE on Strategic Directions
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May 19
NITLE Provides Technological Tools and Resources for Leading Higher Education Institutions
Latest News
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Using Anvil for e-Publication from University Libraries, University Presses, and Scholarly SocietiesMay 7A workshop at the 2012 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries will present Anvil’s visions and plans and provide a session for participants to brainstorm ways to use Anvil for their scholarly communication/publication efforts. A critical topic to be addressed is partnership opportunities between Anvil and libraries.
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May 1
Open education has grown into a potentially transformative force for higher education. The growing amount and quality of open content, the emergence of new forms of online learning, and the maturity of open source tools combine to present liberal education with institutional challenges and pedagogical opportunities. Liberal arts colleges are engaging with open education in diverse ways, usually at the level of pilots and early adoption.
In this working paper, Dr. Lisa Spiro, director of NITLE Labs, and Dr. Bryan Alexander, NITLE senior fellow, describe the landscape of and rationale for liberal arts colleges’ engagement with open education. Read and comment online (via CommentPress) or download the .pdf. -
March 27
Despite the role’s importance in higher education, few supports are available for chief information officers. Through its CIO Leadership Program, NITLE offers coaching and professional development for new and experienced CIOs at liberal arts colleges and universities, who are charged with helping their campuses use technology strategically to advance the liberal arts mission. The CIO Leadership Program addresses topics relevant to the CIO role from daily operations through strategic planning, and provides CIOs in liberal education with pathways for professional development.