Higher education is supposed to be a critical first step on the ladder that leads to economic mobility. But William Elliott and Melinda Lewis say that students often leave school with debilitating debt that delays or even prevents any upward climb on that ladder. The Real College Debt Crisis: How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being […]
Campus cards accomplish many tasks—from purchasing meals and vending machine snacks to unlocking dorm rooms and other campus facilities. A growing number of colleges and universities now offer even greater convenience, having replaced less-secure swipe cards with “contactless” cards and mobile devices that perform the same functions. In two to three years, this technology—known as […]
Nearly a decade in the making, the new science building at Clayton State University in Georgia adds a much-needed 58,610 square feet of learning facilities to campus. The building nearly triples the school’s lab space, creating more efficient facilities to accommodate increasing enrollment. CHALLENGE: Clayton State’s enrollment has grown to more than 7,200 students from […]
North Carolina State University has installed near its library a 16-foot-tall solar tree where students and others can charge laptops, phones and tablets. Comprising a 1,500-watt solar array atop a recycled steel base, the tree is designed to withstand 140 mph winds and is the first of three planned for this area of campus. It […]
When Quinnipiac University’s aging door readers had outlived their usefulness, Sandip Patel, financial systems specialist, and John Meriano, associate vice president for auxiliary services, knew they had reached a turning point with its QCard campus card system. “The door readers basically made the decision for us,” said Patel. “They were coming to end-of-life and we […]
Student success is the number one goal at Columbia College Chicago. When an increasing number of students were delaying that success because of financial challenges, administrators took action. New this fall were automated payment plans that encourage students and their authorized users—usually parents—to spread out a semester’s worth of tuition payments. Using plans from Nelnet […]
Meeting the needs of every student at SUNY Broome is a critical part of the upstate New York institution’s mission. And when a large portion of the 7,000-student population is made up of first-generation and non-traditional students, meeting their needs requires paying particular attention to campus finances. Many SUNY Broome students do not have bank […]
Handling tuition payments and donations for an institution with 15,000 students can be a complicated process that is time consuming for finance staff—especially without an integrated electronic system. Before 2011, that was exactly the situation at Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU), the largest private institution in the state. “Because of the lack of an integrated system, […]
As long as there have been cars on campus, there has been frustration over parking. Hundreds of cars spewing exhaust as drivers troll for a free spot harms the environment. Inefficient campus-owned vehicles only worsen the situation. The fact is, old-school vehicle management strategies are running on fumes. In the last few years, parking technology […]
The majority of the 500 students in Granite State College’s School of Education are already employed in K12 schools across New Hampshire. Primarily serving adult learners seeking additional endorsements or certifications in areas of critical shortage, the institution includes a main campus in Concord and extensive online courses. “Our teacher candidates work in districts that […]
