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People Watch: Charles E. Patterson to lead Mansfield University of Pennsylvania

Following his service at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid, Patterson is taking the helm at Mansfield U.

Creating ‘digital moments’

Curtis Carver likes to keep things simple. Not that he isn’t invested in the latest technologies, but he says technology should be without roadblocks to the user experience. Toward that […]

UB op-ed: Managing your university’s image in the age of #MeToo

Do you know what to do if your university lands in the spotlight amid #MeToo allegations? What do you need to know now to effectively handle problems in the future?

UB op-ed: Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

For generations, the American public has been told by venerable think tanks like Brookings, Pew and other educational research foundations and professional associations that American students lag significantly behind their […]

5 new and noteworthy books for higher ed leaders

Here’s a quick roundup of recommended reading for college and university leaders.

Future Shock: What’s behind institutional closings?

Thirty years ago, some of us predicted that mutual growth mergers would become a prominent megatrend in the higher education industry. Instead, we witnessed a broad range of institutions that […]
Tue Feb 26th, 2019

UB Op-ed: Education’s many stakeholders (An article revisited)

Five observations stand out when we revisit and reconsider a stakeholder question from 2005.

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Tue Feb 26th, 2019

We still need to empower women in STEM

Nada Anid, vice president for strategic communications and external affairs at the New York Institute of Technology, says women are a great, untapped resource for the science and technology industries—we […]
Tue Feb 19th, 2019

From higher ed neighbor to Bennett College benefactor

How a challenge gift from High Point University helped in the campaign to save a college.
Thu Feb 7th, 2019

Focus on the future

Before becoming president of High Point University in North Carolina in 2005, Nido Qubein was a successful businessman, professional speaker and author known for engaging audiences with topics such as […]
Wed Feb 6th, 2019

Pressures and priorities for top-level campus officials

In a time of greater political pressure to enhance college access, one campus leader from a small institution expressed “grave concerns about the willingness of society to continue, let alone […]
Thu Jan 31st, 2019