Bill Fleak

Social media campaigns engage donors

When it comes to fundraising, most colleges and universities surveyed (59 percent) boost their effort through social media. Also popular are social media-based days of...

Growing trend: Corporations providing college tuition as employee benefit

Starbucks made headlines last spring as more than just a campus hot spot when it announced a free college tuition plan for its employees....

New look of campus help desks

From stand-alone help desks to spaces in bookstores and other high-traffic areas, technology services are becoming more visible on college campuses. With more students carrying...

Gregory L. Fenves becomes president of The University of Texas at Austin

In June Gregory L. Fenves assumed the role of president of The University of Texas at Austin. He had been provost and executive vice...

Academic Village at Morningside College

Comprising a three-story classroom building and a two-story advising center connected by a walkway, the Academic Village at Morningside College in Iowa is the...

University of Miami names Julio Frenk its next president

The University of Miami has named Julio Frenk its next president. Currently dean of faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,...

What’s new and what’s next for flipped classrooms

Though some instructors think flipping the classroom is as simple as students watching lectures online and doing their homework in class, version 2.0 of...

Andrew Hamilton named president of New York University

Andrew Hamilton, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford in England since 2009, has been named 16th president of New York University. Prior to Oxford,...

Community colleges strengthening tech career paths

Partnerships between eight Los Angeles-area community colleges, 16 high schools and more than 100 employers launched in March to open tech career pathways to...

National spotlight on campus gender accommodations

The University of Vermont allows its students to identify their own gender around campus, even if it’s no gender at all. Though the policy has...

Science Education and Research Center at Temple University

At seven stories tall and 247,000 square feet, the Science Education and Research Center at Temple University in Philadelphia is one of the largest...

Valerie Smith named president of Swarthmore College

Valerie Smith, current dean of the college at Princeton University, has been named the 15th president of Swarthmore College (Pa.). Smith has been the senior...

Ivies change alcohol policies to curb dangerous behavior

Dartmouth College has launched a new campaign to combat harmful student behavior, including sexual assault and high-risk drinking. Under the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” plan, the...

Hank M. Bounds picked to lead University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska has selected Hank M. Bounds, Mississippi’s commissioner of higher education, as the system’s seventh president. He’ll replace interim President James Linder. During...

Jointly funded town-gown program draws wider interest

From dealing with an increase in student housing to managing off-campus student conduct, Colorado State University and the city of Fort Collins have a...