Matt Zalaznick

Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of University Business, covering higher education leadership, teaching and learning, student achievement, education technology, and federal education policy. A journalist since 1996, Zalaznick has reported on politics, law enforcement, and breaking news for newspapers and websites across the U.S. Virgin Islands, the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, and the New York City suburbs. He holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University.

Amazon brings its heft to school procurement

Administrators, faculty members and campus staff have been ordering all sorts of supplies from Amazon.com for years, but it was only recently that the...

The call for more campus mental health care

New research finds mental health treatment of students pays off medically and financially. With those students now pressing administrators to increase mental health services, some...

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...

CUNY aims to open doors for international startups

A new incubator program at the City University of New York that offers foreign entrepreneurs a path to U.S. citizenship will also provide students...

Education deserts add to equity concerns

The twin goals of affordability and diversity dominate the nation’s push to expand access to higher ed, but another critical factor—geography—is drawing more attention...

Black students end up in lower-paying majors

As a new study shows one group of students falling farther behind in the struggle to land jobs with salaries that will allow them...

Solving the remediation riddle in higher ed

Two- and four-year colleges across the nation have plugged the black hole of remediation with a range of programs designed to keep students enrolled...

From racial tensions to campus action items

Lack of diversity among faculty and administrators compounded the racial tensions that drove a wave of student protests—and a handful of high-level resignations—on campuses across the U.S. in the fall of 2015.

Yale tests campus carbon tax

Energy conservation at Yale now goes beyond lower utility bills. The institution broke new ground in higher ed recently with a pilot program to...

STEM-powered equity in higher ed

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Maryland—As a child, Freeman Hrabowski marched in Martin Luther King’s peaceful civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama, in the mid-1960s. He wound...

New initiatives aim to close ‘study abroad gap’

White students accounted for three-quarters of the nearly 300,000 students who studied abroad last school year. But a group of minority-serving colleges and universities...

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,...

Coloring books, comfort dogs and more help students shed stress

Students can color, practice golf shots on a putting green, build with Legos and play video games at the Niagara University library’s “stress-busting station.” It...

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...

Free community college movement gains momentum

Oregon’s 17 community colleges expect a jump in fall 2016 enrollment, when the first group of eligible students takes advantage of the state’s new...