Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is a leading four-year public university with 20,000 students that has been completely cashless since 2017. In this TouchNet podcast, Beth Hardcastle, assistant controller for Student Business Services at EMU, discusses how going cashless, closing the in-person cashier’s office, and implementing payment plans have positively impacted their financial operations over the […]
Generation Z students are now in college and entering the workforce. College and university leaders need to understand their values, expectations and motivations in order to recruit, retain, and support this generation of students effectively. In this podcast episode, author and researcher Hana Ben-Shabat discusses her extensive research into Gen Z students, describes their culture […]
For this episode of Crosscut Reports, host Sara Bernard talks with reporter Andrew Engelson about how the end of affirmative action affected who goes to college; what the University of Washington has done since the 1998 ban to work toward campus racial diversity; and the implications of UW’s challenges and outcomes for higher education across […]
Seemingly everyone must file a statement outlining their understanding of diversity, their past contributions to it and their plans “for advancing equity and inclusion” if hired. Not long ago, such statements were exotic and of marginal importance. Now they are de rigueur across most of the University of California system for hiring and tenure decisions. Read more on […]
In almost all cases, higher ed space planning teams are being asked to connect their budgets to the student experience, and this means rethinking traditional space allocation.
