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When bad advertising happens to good universities

Some colleges and universities don’t need to market themselves to prospective students. Names like Harvard, Princeton and Stanford are the academic equivalent of Rolex,...

GIS SOS for campus facilities

When Winter Storm Jonas dumped nearly three feet of snow on Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in January, Dickinson College turned to outside contractors unfamiliar with the...

Is your school being as green as you think it is?

Despite higher ed’s progress in reducing energy use and making facilities more sustainable, it turns out that the biggest factor in the drop has...

Finding effective digital signage content on a budget

Digital signage has come a long way in the last decade, and is increasingly utilized in higher education. Universities are an ideal place for...

Buy VoIP and they will come?

Providers’ advice on easing the transition to a new IP-based phone system. “Network readiness is the most overlooked element of transitioning to Jive Cloud UC....

David W. Andrews takes lead at National University

David W. Andrews begins his term as president of National University in California April 1. Formerly the dean and a professor at Johns Hopkins University’s...

Making college students think before they drink

How many alcoholic drinks do you think the typical female or male college student consumes each week? Some of you may be surprised to learn...

AV that’s easy to use, easy to manage

Administrative flexibility and a seamless user experience were the simple AV system requirements desired by the IT team at London South Bank University. The...

Managing (Constant) Change

2015 closed with a flurry of developments for the payment technology industry that stand to impact campuses throughout 2016. Where should colleges and universities...

U.S. prosperity depends on success of “left-behind”

The purpose of a college education is to give students the wherewithal to thrive in the future. We know that certain skills can quickly...

Hosted phone solution eliminates user and administrative headaches at the University of Advancing Technology

Imagine being several years into a hardware-based, enterprise Voice over IP phone system installation and still in the first phase of the implementation process....

Talking turnarounds

In the movie The Perfect Storm, a group of intrepid fisherman found themselves in the midst of a colossal and historic storm—a true worst...

Developing a higher ed course-content strategy

The traditional model of course content creation and distribution—textbooks written by faculty and publisher-produced—is being disrupted. New digital players and learning content formats—such as courseware,...

How human resources can prevent information overload

It’s so easy to hit “send.” But experienced human resources professionals know better and are implementing creative strategies to share important news with employees...

Donors get dibs in higher ed

Pom-poms; a marching band; cheering students; a four-by-two-foot, $25 million ceremonial check—all part of college football halftime. At least they were in November when Micron...