{"id":116780,"date":"2013-06-10T14:02:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T18:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=116780"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:45:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:45:39","slug":"universities-and-higher-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/universities-and-higher-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress for Universities and Higher Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is no secret that WordPress is everywhere, and that includes a growing presence in the land of academia.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The very same team behind this blog and WPMU DEV<\/a> also run Edublogs<\/a> – the most popular managed hosting WordPress solution for schools and universities around the world.<\/p>\n

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In fact, WPMU DEV was born because we were building plugins and tools for Edublogs and people kept asking us for them!<\/p>\n

If you are in higher ed, here’s a list of resources and links you definitely don’t want to miss…<\/p>\n

Community Resources<\/h3>\n

First up, this large mailing list<\/a>\u00a0is made up of a good number of faculty and school administrators that use WordPress.<\/p>\n

Subscribe here<\/a> or browse the archives<\/a> to get an idea of the topics discussed.<\/p>\n

You’ll also want to be sure to check out the WordPress.org Education Showcase<\/a> – which includes tons of examples of schools and universities using WordPress.<\/p>\n

The Journal of Higher Education Web Professionals has published several posts<\/a> on WordPress. This year’s HigherEdWeb Conference<\/a> also includes at least a couple of sessions that feature topics on WordPress themes and management.<\/p>\n

Example Networks<\/h3>\n

Take a look at these sites – all hosted by Edublogs – for just a taste of the many ways that WordPress is being used:<\/p>\n