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Mount Ida students: After the acquisition by UMass

A few months after Boston University’s successful merger with Wheelock College, the University of Massachusetts drew a greater degree of scrutiny for its acquisition...

Provider insight on the challenges in providing financial aid content within courses

In your experience, how common is it for financial aid offices to push in to classrooms with messages to students about financial aid, managing...

Efficiencies from electronic document management set up students for success at Southern University

For seven years, Southern University and A&M College used a complicated document management system that didn’t work with its new student information system from...

Metaphors that illuminate the work of leaders

Why are metaphors useful? Language is central to our humanity, and the language we use defines how we see ourselves, others and the world. If...

The case for the engaged university

Let’s face it—running any department at a university, college, or other higher education institution brings unexpected twists and turns each day. This is especially...

Keeping hope alive and well

When we first learned of Hope International University’s (HIU) strategic partnership with Nebraska Christian College (NCC), we were skeptical to say the least. Indeed,...

The strategy behind good neighbors: A mayor and higher ed president

Solid and productive town-gown relationships can be achieved if they are based in building community and in creating partnerships. Our professional paths came together...

Higher ed experiencing a boom in huddle rooms

Whether you call them huddle rooms, breakout rooms or collaboration rooms, small group spaces cropping up in various campus buildings are changing the way...

More institutions are moving to the cloud

Why are more institutions moving their key systems to the cloud? When we speak to institutions, their motivations tend to fall into three categories: fundamental,...

Washington University makes campus life easier for students, faculty and staff with its trifecta of FedEx Office locations

FedEx Office opened a location in the Danforth bookstore of Washington University in St. Louis more than a decade ago, offering services that were...

Devinder Malhotra to become chancellor of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Interim Chancellor Devinder Malhotra of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will now lead the system’s 30 two-year colleges and seven state universities in a...

Alfred R. Goldstein College Library at the Ringling College of Art and Design

The Alfred R. Goldstein library, a facility described by its namesake as “the heart and the brain of our institution,” was originally located on...

EU data regulation to affect U.S. colleges and universities

U.S. organizations, including colleges and universities, could receive fines totaling up to $25 million each or 4 percent of annual revenue for failing to...

From Facebook to pocketbook

Scenario: Small college wants to increase its national visibility and recognition. Process: Matt Spencer, associate vice president for university advancement, zeros in on alumni with an affinity...

Teach your college to ignore the cyberbait

It’s no secret that insufficient cybersecurity is a concern on the minds of many in higher education. From IT support staff to upper-level administration,...