Melissa Ezarik

14 ways campus career offices are serving students during school closures: Ideas 12 to 14

With campuses closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, career services teams have gotten creative about delivering programs virtually, including understanding the need to get student input and support alumni

The promise of blockchain and its impact on higher education

Primavera De Filippi, an internationally recognized authority on the challenges and opportunities of blockchains and other decentralized online technologies, will deliver the UB Tech 2020 keynote address.

7 reasons to be at UB Tech 2020

The countdown is on, and there’s much to look forward to at this year’s UB Tech conference in Las Vegas.

Q&A: UB Tech keynote speaker Freeman Hrabowski

In this Q and A, UB Tech 2020 keynote speaker Freeman A. Hrabowski III offers advice and inspiration for higher ed technology administrators. He is president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

Guiding the alumni giving circle

When higher ed advancement leaders hear about an independently formed group of alumni or philanthropists, the next steps matter in supporting and partnering with the giving circle.

High activity for higher ed mergers

The past month has seen a surge in news about colleges planning mergers, ending merger talks and moving forward from closure or near-closure. Here’s an update on all that’s been happening related to higher ed mergers across the country.

Contending with college cheaters

As a new academic year gets underway, faculty and academic affairs administrators must consider how to prevent cheating on exams and papers in light of the ever-evolving tactics that students use.

UB Tech® 2019 social media: Feed activity you need to see

Highlights from the social scene behind our higher ed technology conference.

How today’s employees get the job ‘won’

Two out of three jobs now demand at least some education or training, confirms new research from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the...

Exploring positive autism-spectrum outcomes in higher ed

While about one-third of high school students with autism now enroll in college, they are much less likely than other students, both with and...

College faculty learn to embed career guidance in instruction

Up to 500 faculty at 25 higher ed institutions will become better equipped to help students prepare for career and workplace success. They’ll take a...

Nearly all colleges maintain cyber insurance

Losses that may result from a data breach are clearly on the minds of campus officials. When the University Risk Management & Insurance Association surveyed...

Providers on how colleges could better utilize kiosks

Why are kiosks important on campuses and how can colleges better use the technology? “Making student self-service kiosks available in more campus locations and providing...

UB Event Wrap-up

At the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, along the scenic Charles River overlooking Boston, a few dozen college presidents and provosts gathered in early May for...

Community college advising content, intensity impact engagement and success

Half of community college students report transferring as a goal but have never taken advantage of transfer advising, says a 2018 national report by the Center for Community...