WordPress for Universities and Higher Ed
It is no secret that WordPress is everywhere, and that includes a growing presence in the land of academia.
Colleges and universities are leveraging the power and flexibility of WordPress for everything from the main university website, to course blogs, student portfolios, faculty sites, and more.
The very same team behind this blog and WPMU DEV also run Edublogs – the most popular managed hosting WordPress solution for schools and universities around the world.
In fact, WPMU DEV was born because we were building plugins and tools for Edublogs and people kept asking us for them!
If you are in higher ed, here’s a list of resources and links you definitely don’t want to miss…
Community Resources
First up, this large mailing list is made up of a good number of faculty and school administrators that use WordPress.
Subscribe here or browse the archives to get an idea of the topics discussed.
You’ll also want to be sure to check out the WordPress.org Education Showcase – which includes tons of examples of schools and universities using WordPress.
The Journal of Higher Education Web Professionals has published several posts on WordPress. This year’s HigherEdWeb Conference also includes at least a couple of sessions that feature topics on WordPress themes and management.
Example Networks
Take a look at these sites – all hosted by Edublogs – for just a taste of the many ways that WordPress is being used:
- Baylor University – ahead of the curve on student blogs for courses
- Cornell University – website for the new Bill & Melinda Gates Hall
- Embry-Ridle Aeronautical University – student life blogs
- Franklin University – site for financial literacy and student loans
- San Jose State University – the “Washington Square’ alumni magazine
- St. Edward’s University – doing incredible work around student ePortfolios
- The Australian National University – an education research collaborative project
- University of Denver – university news and events
- University of Oregon – a blog network with an active blog hub
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – a site for the Center for the Study of the Workplace
- University of Wollongong – student stories for recruiting
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