Melissa Ezarik

2018 higher ed outlook

Gale-force changes at the federal level last year set the scene for uncertainty in 2018—and resulted in top-level higher ed leaders who are, by...

Models of Excellence: Continuous support unleashes student success

Making heads or tails of the many factors influencing student outcomes—while necessary—is daunting and difficult. For one university, a single wagging tail is making a...

Campus groundbreakings: Morehead State, Prairie View A&M, University of Iowa

Parking complex and residence halls at Morehead State University (Ky.): Four new facilities are on the way for fall 2016 openings. The East Parking Complex...

Hashtag Highlight: #ivorytower

#ivorytower—The CNN Films broadcast of "Ivory Tower" on Nov. 20 started a social media frenzy, inspiring more than 12,000 tweets as of mid-December. When the...

Oklahoma Christian students vote on donation spending

Need donation spending advice? Turn to the students, as Oklahoma Christian University did. In November, President John deSteiguer announced that students could vote to allocate...

Course Catalog: EN 103 – The Sustainable University

Taught by Jennie Stephens, associate professor of environmental science and policy, Clark University, Mass. “The role of universities in society involves more than providing formal...

Food Systems Northwest: Circuits of Soil, Labor and Money

Team-taught this summer by professors from three Northwest Five Consortium institutions; students from any of the five member schools could register Eating food is critical...

University of Houston fosters workforce investment

Cougar Corporate Partners, a new University of Houston giving program, lets companies invest directly in programs that will have an immediate impact on students...

Hashtag Highlight: #iHeartAPU

Azusa Pacific University in California first used the #iHeartAPU hashtag in 2011 to hype up orientation, where students get T-shirts with the phrase. Incoming, current...

English: 399-101 – Trauma Narratives

English: 399-101: Trauma Narratives Shenandoah University (Va.) Taught by Michelle Brown, assistant professor of English in world literatures “Trauma Narratives is a hybrid creative writing and literature...

A Beginner’s Guide to World Domination

A Beginner’s Guide to World Domination Alfred University (N.Y.) Taught to honors program undergrads by Associate Professor of Psychology Danielle Gagne and Associate Professor of Astronomy...

Saint Louis University angel investors back startups

One million in 400 days. That’s the amount the Billiken Angels Network, an angel investment group out of Saint Louis University’s John Cook School...

Hashtag Highlight: #MyLiberalCampus

On April 22, College Republican National Committee chair Alex Smith appeared on a Fox News program to launch the #MyLiberalCampus hashtag campaign. In the...

Donors & Dollars: Big gift gives Baylor momentum

A single transformational gift can spark unprecedented momentum and result in record-shattering donations to a college or university—as officials at Baylor University in Texas...

Hashtag Highlight: #seeblue

An official University of Kentucky hashtag, #seeblue grew out of a student recruitment campaign tagline launched in 2006. The campaign, like a first-place blue ribbon,...