Melissa Ezarik

Mercy College inks agreement with shuttering College of New Rochelle

An inside look at the deal and how it aims to help students and retain some faculty.

Password protection tips to prevent a data breach

Educate employees about creating stronger passwords and find better ways to secure them.

Early-college high school offers private-sector research opportunity

Students at Florida Atlantic University High School work side by side with renowned scientists in a professional lab environment.

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...

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...

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...

Kiosk conveniences at colleges

Ideas for implementing interactive self-service kiosk technology across campus

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...

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...

Students self-impose carbon tax on travel

This fall, travel funded by the student government at Whitman College in Washington state will be taxed based on emissions generated in getting to...

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...

Inside Look: Alumni Houses

With the need to host both one-on-one donor chats plus receptions for a hundred or more alumni and friends, campus alumni houses tend to...