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Better together: Colleges form academic alliances

At Juniata College in Pennsylvania, students took Arabic for the first time last fall by enrolling in a course at Gettysburg College via video...

Higher ed faces new world of benefits

As director of talent acquisition at Kansas State University, Roberta Maldonado Franzen became a bit surprised by the kinds of employee benefit questions that...

Expanding academic initiatives through consortia

Creating new academic initiatives with other institutions relies on three key ingredients: interest in the program from faculty and students; commitment from each campus...

Energy drinks: Ban the cans on campus?

Vermont’s Middlebury College recently made headlines when officials announced a ban on the sale of energy drinks on campus. Citing that beverages such as Red...

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Edward R. Leahy Jr. Hall at The University of Scranton

The University of Scranton has established a home for its departments of exercise science, occupational therapy and physical therapy—key components of the Panuska College...

Oral U

It wasn’t like we didn’t get the memo about the gap in oral healthcare in America. As far back as the Surgeon General’s report...

Texting revolutionizes the student communication game

When considering recruitment and enrollment goals at Carroll University, located outside of Milwaukee, it is not about the number of times contact is made...

The death of “online” learning in higher ed

Online learning has expanded dramatically over the past two decades, reaching a high of more than 5 million enrollments in 2013. While that expansion...

Videos show 360-degree campus views

Early adopters tout virtual reality as the next big thing, and in higher education, 360-degree videos are adding exciting, immersive experiences. The best indicator that...

VoIP in vogue on campus

Have you ever made a call with a soft phone? You have if you’ve ever Skyped or used FaceTime. It also means you’re on...

Facilities providers on heating and cooling fallacies

What’s the biggest misconception administrators outside the facilities department tend to have related to heating and cooling campus buildings? “Administrators believe just because they...

Are you ready to work with student demonstrators?

In recent months, students have confronted societal problems such as climate change, race relations, social class inequity and sexual violence with protests and sit-ins...

Some like it hot

Campus facilities pros have long worked to lower energy costs while keeping building temps comfortable. As they know, complaints about comfort can quickly clog facilities...

Simplifying scholarship application and management processes

With a student population of over 40,000, managing scholarship applications and processing supporting documents was more than a daunting task for the financial aid...