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Heather Kerrigan

FINANCIAL ORIENTATION—The beginning of the academic year is about more than just move-in for Franklin Pierce University students. New student workshop topics include finance. In small groups, freshmen get advice from their peers about financial aid and overall personal finance.
Academic Affairs

4 steps to effective personalized student loan counseling

Prospective and current students, as well as alumni, need guidance from their institutions in being responsible about taking out student loans and then paying them back.
Drexel University partnered with West Philadelphia Skills Initiative to train local residents to be medical assistants.
Facilities

Case study: 
How Drexel addresses labor shortages

Drexel University in Philadelphia is taking care of staff-level positions beyond the skilled trades.
On solid ground—Michigan State University’s landscape and grounds team is responsible for maintaining 1,500 acres of green space, 57 miles of roadways and 22,000 trees. Among the department’s many services is the installation of roadway and wayfinding signage.
Admin & Management

Facing and minimizing facilities staff shortages

Four ways to address the shortage of trades workers and other facilities employees on campus today (and tomorrow). Campus leaders can choose the best routes to take based on their institution’s culture, location, needs and goals.

Finance

Insuring items on loan and in transit

Valuables aren’t always permanent fixtures on a university campus. Some may be on loan from an individual or another institution. But that doesn’t mean they don’t need to be insured.
On display—Highlights from the Yale University Art Gallery’s 13,000-object ancient Mediterranean collection can be viewed at the Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson Gallery of Ancient Art. The museum’s full collection includes more than 250,000 objects, ranging in date from ancient times to the present day, that must be kept safe.
Finance

Buying insurance for campus valuables: 5 considerations

Colleges and universities must protect their rare art, books and other collections in the event of damage or loss.
Bringing order to campus policies involves making it a priority, working with a committee from across campus, and considering the best way for everyone to access policies.
Admin & Management

6 steps to better policy process

Policy management process tends to involve a set of critical components. These six related steps are important for administrators on a policy cleanup mission.
Admin & Management

Document management providers on the challenges of policy management in higher ed

“Hands down, it’s communication—making up-to-date policies accessible to a large readership in the way people expect it today: on the go, on their mobile devices, fully searchable, 508 compliant. Common complaints: […]