Melissa Ezarik

How a Long Island, New York, community supports its colleges

Molloy College, Hofstra University, Adelphi University and Nassau Community College, all with campuses in Hempstead, are receiving $2 million in CARES Act funding each from the town's $133 million total fund.

Rapid results a key element in aggressive campus testing plan

Here's how Bryant University’s COVID testing protocols, and efforts to obtain quick results, will protect the health and safety of its campus community as it reopens.

5 COVID-era employee health concerns and how colleges are addressing them

A look at what areas higher ed institutions must manage and communicate about related to employee health benefits and sick leave policies during the pandemic.

[Infographic] Higher ed employee health

A UB reader survey looks at how colleges and universities are managing and communicating about health benefits and sick leave policies during the pandemic.

How to give incoming freshmen a head start on college

Lipscomb University’s president developed and delivered a summer course on managing in uncertain times—helping students to feel more connected to the campus community before arriving on campus this fall.

How the pivot to virtual learning will redefine higher ed’s future

Here's what four thought leaders had to say as part of a panel at the Presence Summit. The session focused on how communications can be enhanced with video presence within the campus environment.

Student compliance with social distancing: Ways to encourage and enforce

An EAB survey reveals university leaders are concerned students will not social distance. Here’s how they will encourage the safety practice and may enforce policy.

Three higher ed tech companies combine to create Anthology

With 14 cloud-based solutions from Campus Management, Campus Labs and iModules, the newly formed company has products that support the entire student lifecycle.

Student-success tech tools see modest adoption rates

Research of tech platforms to support student success shows that campus-wide implementations for holistic student support is not as common as you might think.

Higher ed architect on transforming campuses in the COVID-19 era

How higher ed leaders are rethinking learning spaces, residence halls, and other campus facility modifications and realities as colleges re-open and prepare for the future.

Report: COVID-19 prompts colleges to invest in digital marketing

Admissions marketing spending has increased as higher ed institutions make a push, particularly via Facebook advertising, for online program enrollment.

Renewed sense of urgency for ‘adulting’ courses

Meeting the need for life skills lessons for young adults in the age of COVID-19, with financial management and other topics being more important than ever.

Hampshire faculty agree to salary reductions

Agreement also includes commitments by the college to reduce senior administrator salaries, protect faculty research and professional development resources, manage faculty workload and more.

Compassionate AP Credit during COVID

California Lutheran University believed to be first in nation to enact policy that gives students who took Advanced Placement classes and registered for spring exams maximum credit.

A fresh approach to alumni networking

How Beloit College leaders connected students and alumni for a virtual mentoring program to help graduates secure jobs during the COVID-19 crisis.