Update: Software PhD

Earlier this year, Mark Baker of Whitworth University debuted higher education software review community and rating forum Software PhD. Blended Learning reviewed the site in its early stages, but its grown significantly since then. According to Baker, in his Inside Higher Ed piece, "the feedback I have received thus far from the 300+ members institutions of SoftwarePhD.com has overwhelmingly confirmed this.  There is an appetite for greater transparency and increased collaboration. Ultimately, this will lead to better software products, more realistic customer expectations and greatly reduced inefficiency in the software selection process." As of today, the site has 465 institutions on board. In Baker's words, "Increased communication in both the school-to-school and school-to-vendor relationships will certainly be a key factor in ensuring the future is one that we are all satisfied with."