Colleges and universities must rethink the way they approach admissions, program offerings and business operations to ensure they can survive and thrive, says UB guest columnist Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville University in St. Louis.

Adding social media strategies to emergency notification processes can be challenging. Following are some successful procedures and policies colleges are using to get the job done.

Matthew D. Shank, president emeritus of Marymount University, shares how he had students pose as mystery shoppers to help assess the service quality in each of his institution's non-academic units.

In response to burgeoning interest in its recently launched cyber bootcamp, Fullstack Academy announced it has expanded its partnership with the University of San Diego with the establishment of a program that teaches web programming skills.