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Over the past two years the #MeToo movement has revealed longstanding and widespread mistreatment of many women in the workplace. Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer says teaching leadership skills to a new generation of male and female students may offer the best hope for a workplace makeover sooner than later.
Although the news media has focused on a number of serious issues in higher ed, including the admissions scandal and the devastating impact of student debt that now exceeds credit card debt, not much has been said about demographics, a key force changing both the structure and the size of higher ed in America.
In today’s higher education landscape, many colleges and universities are struggling financially or even closing their doors—and regional private institutions are especially vulnerable. This reality demands a new paradigm for the Chief Financial Officer that expands beyond the traditional functions to a major role in planning and building the institution’s future.
As online education grows increasingly popular, brick-and-mortar institutions are turning to new state-of-the-art facilities to help recruit and retain students. While recruitment remains a priority, rising costs associated with these buildings is an increasingly concern for educational leaders.
In recent years, there has been a tragic uptick in sports-related injuries and deaths. In this landscape, it’s critically important for universities to review their programs, safety precautions and priorities to help reduce risk and protect student-athletes.
Nothing signals spring like the arrival of opening day for Major League Baseball. Long heralded as America’s pastime, baseball now faces daunting challenges on the road ahead. Like baseball, higher […]
When the Koch network recently announced a new coalition focused on providing work opportunities for the formerly incarcerated, one employment sector was conspicuously absent: higher education. It’s disheartening. My first job out […]
Black and Latino students’ college attendance rates are rising, while the overall percentage of white college students is declining. Yet you won’t see much evidence of that on a tour […]
It’s easy to lose sight of your most important digital property: your institution’s website. Although we can get distracted by the shiny toys that social media and digital advertising have […]
We believe that inserting cross-examination and other adversarial, courtroom-like procedures into the Title IX investigation process will do little to bolster due process and will only cause confusion, resentment and undue burdens on an already overburdened Title IX system at most universities.
I love etymology, which is the study of word origins and how word meanings have changed over time. Here are some intriguing items I found in a recent Google search: […]
E-learning is not just a convenient option for today’s college student, it is a necessary and productive alternative to traditional classroom instruction.
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