When it comes to online education, careful course development is hardly the only piece needed for successful student outcomes. "Some institutions, eager to jump in the field, think once they've developed their online courses, they are set to launch," says Jacqueline Moloney, executive vice chancellor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. "But many neglect to […]
On April 22, College Republican National Committee chair Alex Smith appeared on a Fox News program to launch the #MyLiberalCampus hashtag campaign. In the same segment, an Eastern Connecticut State University student shared an audio recording of his creative writing professor saying that a Republican Senate win in 2014 would result in college closures, and […]
As costly as tuition and textbooks can be, poor planning and time management can raise the prices even higher. Richard O'Connor, director of financial aid at American International College in Massachusetts, says students at that institution have several options for saving on books. "About half of our students are low income, so just paying tuition […]
When its credit card fees hit $1.6 million in early 2011, Missouri State University officials decided there must be a better way. "Because it became so common for students and their family members to pay by credit card, the fees became unmanageable," recalls Doug Willson, the bursar for the 23,000-student institution based in Springfield, Mo. […]
Like most modern institutions, Washington College increasingly requires reliable, high-performance computer network access. That's why the 1,400-student Chestertown, Maryland, institution needed to address a significant networking bottleneck. "By late 2012, the traditional network access control (NAC) device responsible for authenticating users had become a serious choke point," recalls Cal Coursey, interim CIO. "Not only was […]
Technology continues to change the way learning and assessment are conducted in higher education. As the methods of learning are digitized, assessment must follow—but, not surprisingly, faculty using new testing methods are experiencing obstacles that don't exist in the physical classroom. To preview the upcoming UBTech Conference session, "Prove yourself: Academic integrity in MOOCs and […]
There is no significant difference in the success rates of students who submit standardized test scores to colleges and those who don't. That's the summary of a NACAC report, "Defining Promise: Optional Standardized Testing Policies in American College and University Admissions," which looked at nearly 123,000 students at 33 public and private institutions of all […]
President Obama recently established a task force to protect students from sexual assault. According to a White House Memorandum of January 22, 2014, one in five female students is a survivor of attempted or actual sexual assault that occurred while in college. The unfortunate and heartbreaking situation with University of Missouri swimmer, Sasha Menu Courey, […]
Fewer and fewer institutions are meeting students' financial need. Per The College Board's "Trends in College Pricing 2013," the average net tuition and fee price for students attending four-year public institutions increased by an estimated $1,180 (in 2013 dollars) between 2009-10 and 2013-14. At private four-year institutions, average net tuition and fee price increased between […]
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in every 10 American children over the age of three has been diagnosed with ADHD. Before turning 18, nearly 14 percent of children will have been diagnosed. Most will receive ADHD drugs. Fearing that the popular response to this report […]
