Melissa Ezarik

Growth in giving expected in higher education

Anticipating and planning future giving to nonprofits has been difficult, with scant reliable resources to help understand the outlook. But thanks to a new report...

Campus groundbreakings: Infinity Hall at the University of Florida

Infinity Hall at the University of Florida This $15.9 million residence hall—billed as the nation’s first entrepreneurial-based academic residential community—is being privately developed by Signet...

Which college presidents published the most op-eds in 2014?

There were big-picture pieces on race relations, immigration, climate change, incarceration, veterans, gender issues and the proliferation of firearms. And there were hot-button campus issues...

Campus child care declines at community colleges

The number of college students with dependent children has been growing, with 4.8 million U.S. undergrads raising children. Yet, campus-based child care has been declining,...

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...

Campus groundbreakings

R.W. Kern Center at Hampshire College (Mass.) When this two-story, 15,000-square-foot facility opens in 2016, it will become the main point of entry onto campus...

Outlook 2015: Debut of UB’s annual year-ahead issue

To help our readers navigate the coming year in higher education, University Business proudly presents Outlook 2015. In-depth stories cover the major trends impacting administration...

What does student success mean in higher ed today?

The go-to data point used to indicate whether an institution is helping students reach success has tended to be its graduation rate. Post-graduation employment...

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...

Funding HBCUs’ international efforts

Resource constraints and other challenges are preventing some historically black colleges and universities from internationalizing their campuses as extensively as other institutions of higher...

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...

Higher ed partnership taps offsite solar energy

A 20-year agreement to bring solar power from North Carolina to D.C. could become a model for how large urban organizations can meet energy...

Yours, mine or ours? Intellectual property in a digital age

“Copyright is broken,” said Kevin Smith, scholarly communications officer at Duke University, to open his UBTech featured session on intellectual property. Smith, who is an...

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...