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Sex abuse in higher ed: a cautionary tale

Allegations of sex abuse, once hidden from public view at universities, are seeing the light of day at record levels. That attention leads to inevitable...

Smartphones in the classroom: The need for campuswide policies

Today's students are easily distracted in the classroom because of their need for stimulation. This need developed at an exponential rate during their...

Future Shock: How early is too early for recruiting college-bound kids?

As the NBA season comes to a close, we are reminded of 10 year old Lebron James Jr., son of all-star Lebron James. Junior’s...

Staying Relevant to the Research Power User

Higher education institutions consistently face pressure to satisfy the computing, storage and network requirements of their campus power users, the research scientists. A variety...

The university and the city: a model for success

From the earliest days of the modern university, cities have been important partners for institutions of higher learning—largely because universities can bring scholars and...

Hard costs of a data breach

When a school hears from the FBI, the news is not likely to be good. Two years ago, FBI agents informed Maricopa County Community...

Cyberinsurance a necessity in combating data breaches

When Barry University officials discovered their network had become infected with malware that was making callbacks to a command center in Russia in 2013,...

Strategic planning complete. Now what?

Anyone who has worked in higher education knows that harnessing and harmonizing many disparate voices representing different academic disciplines and administrative perspectives can be...

Data privacy in the campus cloud

The University of Michigan’s very decentralized campus means it has multiple IT departments, numerous technologies and plenty of cloud applications. “We basically use everything...

Cloud providers on data privacy and security practices

“Security is always a top concern. Other highly regulated industries—such as financial services, insurance and healthcare—have mandatory government regulations to guide them, but it...

The Future of Enrollment Management

Institutions collect a wealth of data regarding admissions, financial aid and student success factors. All of these data provide a holistic view of prospective...

Combining the power of enrollment and advancement in higher ed

The variety of challenges facing enrollment leaders are well documented: changing demographics, increased competition for students, scarce outcome data— and the list goes on....

How the message specialists can help

I would be wealthy if I had a nickel for every time a member of the faculty, staff, administration or board said, “I didn’t...

Leveraging Technology at the Crossroads of Customer Service and Compliance

Maintaining customer service and compliance goals often creates conflicts at higher education institutions, because of the resources needed to attain success. While laws, regulations...

New Solutions For Student Scheduling

Many institutions are challenged to raise graduation rates and increase service to their students, but what is often overlooked is the important role of...