Matt Zalaznick

Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of University Business and a life-long journalist. Prior to writing for University Business, he worked in daily news all over the country, from the NYC suburbs to the Rocky Mountains, Silicon Valley and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He's also in a band.

Rankled by college rankings

Almost everybody ranks colleges these days—old stalwarts like U.S. News & World Report, influential upstarts like Washington Monthly and click-baiting websites that measure everything...

Outlook on Student Success: Blending academics and life lessons

Students, of course, have lives beyond the classroom. That’s why campus success initiatives in 2016 will spread further beyond the classroom and academic sectors,...

Texas A&M launches state’s largest-ever fundraising bid

Texas A&M University’s campaign to raise $4 billion for research, facilities and scholarships represents the largest-ever fundraising effort in a state known for going...

When colleges bounce back from the brink

Your school has been rescued—now what? How do you restore students’ and parents’ faith in your revived institution? Two colleges that have recently bounced back...

Hunger strikers oppose layoffs of Tufts janitors

A small group of Tufts University students mounted a six-day hunger strike in May, but their target wasn’t fossil fuel divestment or nuclear disarmament....

University systems sharing content, data

Four major university systems will share online courses, analytics and learning-management software through a cloud-based digital education platform called Unizin, portions of which launched...

University food waste: UC Davis harnesses power of waste

Food, yard and animal waste at University of California, Davis is being converted into energy by a biodigester that’s the largest of its kind...

Seed library sprouts at Hampshire College library

In western Massachusetts, Hampshire College students are “checking out” packets of fruit and vegetable seeds from the library to grow in pots on their...

University of Mary Washington powering students’ web presence

A personal web domain, paid for by the university until graduation, is now part of the package for first-year students at one Virginia liberal...