Varying standards of evidence, cost-prohibitive nature of research and contradicting perspectives create a difficult balancing act for edtech companies to navigate, panelists said at SXSW EDU.

On the Cutting EDge podcast, Clackamas Community College’s Saby Waraich says innovation is possible and essential even in tight fiscal times.

Campus innovation efforts need to help schools meet their goals rather than being added simply for the sake of having new technology.

The new school, slated to open in fall 2021, is to prepare students for emerging jobs in technology-related fields.

A business school at the University of Texas, Austin, has partnered with a local startup to beam full-body 3D holograms of professors into the classroom.

The university will be listening to student ideas to promote safety and health on campus though a new innovation design challenge.

No other university produces more patents or companies per dollar of research, according to a new report from the George W. Bush Institute.

The new facility is hoped to support collaboration between industry and academia, and host entrepreneurial training, events and community outreach activities.

A new facility will serve as both a research hub and provide office space for technology companies that can draw talent from the nearby university main campus.

Lance Collins will lead Virginia Tech's efforts to build university and industry partnerships to advance development of technology and talent.