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WordPress on campus

Web Editor | April 25, 2014

Back in 2010, John Carroll University did not have a content management system (CMS) to centrally update and maintain its web presence. “It was a mess and we needed help,” says Mike Richwalsky, the university’s senior director of creative services and e-marketing. Richwalsky was tasked with finding and implementing a CMS that could be used […]

Inside Look: Science centers

lynnru | April 25, 2014

Of all the new ideas bubbling to the surface in building state-of-the-art science centers, the one theme that was constant across all Inside Look submissions was creating spaces that foster collaboration—both among students and teachers within a specific science, as well as across all science disciplines. One school even calls its science center a “collaboratory.” […]

Managing the financial aid gap

jmwick | April 24, 2014

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 […]

Are colleges doing enough to combat sexual assault allegations?

Web Editor | April 24, 2014

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, […]

Campus Groundbreakings: Center for Communications and Creative Media at Champlain College

Melissa Ezarik | April 24, 2014

Center for Communications and Creative Media (CCM) Champlain College (Vt.) Planned occupancy: August 2015 Design: ColinLindberg Architects (Burlington, Vt.) The $24.5 million, 75,000-square-foot project is a renovation and expansion of the Hauke Center and Alumni Auditorium. The facility will be the new academic home for CCM programs and allow all business faculty and programs to […]

Time to re-open public debate about ADHD trends, safety implications for college campuses

Web Editor | April 23, 2014

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 […]

Higher ed procurement co-ops branch out

Web Editor | April 23, 2014

When it became clear that the scientific equipment in hundreds of labs across the University of Pittsburgh campus was not being maintained effectively, professionals in the university procurement department began looking for a new provider to do the job. The university had long relied on a purchasing cooperative to secure favorable contracts with vendors for […]

ESL staff learn, students teach

April 23, 2014

In Project Bridge—what may be a first-of-its-kind program—student volunteers at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. are giving English lessons to catering and facilities staff. The project was originally conceived by Patricia Tome, a modern languages professor who assigned her intermediate-level Spanish classes to tutor Rollins’ staff for a short time. In January 2012, the […]

Donors & Dollars: Big gift gives Baylor momentum

Melissa Ezarik | April 23, 2014

A single transformational gift can spark unprecedented momentum and result in record-shattering donations to a college or university—as officials at Baylor University in Texas know well. In early 2012, alumnus Drayton McLane Jr. and his family kicked off donor support for an ambitious $260 million on-campus football stadium. At the time it was the largest […]

The dangers of “because we have to” higher education accreditation

Web Editor | April 22, 2014

A pervasive “because we have to” approach to higher education accreditation is contributing to the growing crisis of confidence in the value of college and the degrees it bestows. When faculty and higher education leaders declare “we complied,” it’s probably not good enough. This is evident in a new Gallup/Lumina Foundation poll, which reveals a […]

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