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Over 100 schools have joined Great Lakes Educational Loan Services’ ScholarNet for Private Loans network this past year to connect with lenders who will streamline private student loan data and […]
Despite the big push for STEM majors and career-focused skills in recent years, the liberal arts seem to be making a resurgence. Liberal arts degree programs in 2016 ranked No. […]
Gale-force changes at the federal level last year set the scene for uncertainty in 2018—and resulted in top-level higher ed leaders who are, by necessity, focused on the big picture […]
Admissions, enrollment, marketing, retention and financial aid administrators surveyed generally have a sunny outlook about the student population in 2018—with 62 percent anticipating an enrollment increase. International student enrollment is […]
Lori Fulton, director of institutional effectiveness, Pacific Northwest University “In the beginning, I was focused on developing systems and processes to capture and collect data for analysis and reporting purposes […]
When the national averages for freshman retention rates at public schools sits around 64 percent and private schools hover around 70 percent, there’s clearly room for improvement in ensuring students […]
Garnett Stokes will be the next president of The University of New Mexico. She was one of the last remaining leaders employed at University of Missouri since before the 2015 […]
In a year defined by on-campus and national controversy, higher ed institutions worked to become more nimble. Here, we reflect on the major events in 2017 that will continue to […]
What deep currents will shape this new year for higher ed digital marketers and communicators? I’ve tried to answer this question every January for the past few years, and it […]
Higher ed leaders love an opportunity to tout the beauty of their campuses, and continuous construction gives them a lot to talk about. One-third of the 72 presidents, chancellors and […]
Free community college spreads: New York introduced its Excelsior scholarship for students from families with income less than $100,000. The challenges of free tuition also became apparent, as Oregon and […]
A new 656-bed, five-story building offering Wi-Fi access and HD cable now stands near the center of Boise State’s campus in Idaho. The 236,000-square-foot facility serves as a residence hall […]
Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California, needs more space. Students learn in makeshift classrooms at a local medical center and lack a campus to call their own. Instead of building […]
While relying less on student tuition and fees is the ideal situation for many higher ed institutions, it’s not surprising that finance administrators anticipate tuition revenue as the biggest funding boost for […]
In the fall of 2015, Muhlenberg College President John Williams asked if I would teach a copyright law course to interested undergraduate students. While at Harvard Law School, he and […]
The development of career-oriented academic programs will, in the coming years, increasingly rely on collaboration between institutions and industry. Rio Salado College, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, has, for instance, worked […]
There’s no question that recent graduates are leaving college with more student loan debt. More students are taking out loans and they’re borrowing larger amounts. But apocryphal stories about students […]
Clouds that emerged throughout 2017 are hanging over the heads of campus administrators, posing potentially huge impacts to higher ed as a whole. Just a few of the significant national […]
Public universities are evolving their technology transfer activities but must take additional steps to address the demands of the innovation economy, according to a recent report from the Association of […]
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