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Now is the time to totally transform remedial education

Traditional remedial education fails most students. Institutions must embrace a proven solution to close performance gaps.

The long-lasting benefit of COVID-19 will be classrooms without walls

As vaccines fuel a return to traditional campus-based teaching, institutions must avoid the status quo and find creative ways to use the technology they built to survive COVID.

5 steps for using advanced analytics to transform students and schools

The data colleges and universities have on hand has the power to be truly transformative to our institutions in general and certainly for individual students, too.

5 keys to going hybrid: Delight employees and save money

COVID-19 has ushered in an era of hybrid work that blends remote work with in-office work—and with it, an opportunity for higher education leaders to rethink their real estate portfolios.

NLRB still refining test for adjunct faculty unionization

As colleges and universities increasingly rely on adjunct faculty, the question of whether they may join a labor union becomes increasingly relevant.

Financial winter is coming for higher ed, despite stimulus

The next few years will come straight out of "Game of Thrones" for universities. Many leaders project optimism while a select few recognize a looming, existential threat.

Infrastructure alert: ‘Fix it when it breaks’ mindset is unsustainable

To make the most of funding, higher ed facilities may break the “fix assets when failing” cycle and focus instead on “how many assets can we save?”

Student-athletes and mental health: 5 lessons learned from COVID

Repetition and routine are critical for the success of student-athletes as well as their teams, and this marked change in the availability of resources proved to be a major obstacle.

Lessons learned from insuring college sports programs during COVID

The disruption of college athletics during COVID offers lessons around risk and insurance requirements as campuses look ahead to a “new normal” in 2021-22.

Why you should require students to get vaccinated as COVID retreats

The question now vexing colleges is how to safely reopen on-ground learning with a pandemic in retreat. It’s a nice problem to have, but it still has to be solved.

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