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UB op-ed: Where #MeToo meets leadership education

Susan West Engelkemeyer | June 19, 2019

Over the past two years the #MeToo movement has revealed longstanding and widespread mistreatment of many women in the workplace. Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer says teaching leadership skills to a new generation of male and female students may offer the best hope for a workplace makeover sooner than later.

7 ways the provost's job is bigger and broader than ever before

June 17, 2019

7 ways the provost's job is bigger and broader than ever before: Expanding the role of the chief academic officer

6 steps to better policy process

Heather Kerrigan | June 17, 2019

Policy management process tends to involve a set of critical components. These six related steps are important for administrators on a policy cleanup mission.

How to collaborate to create active-learning classrooms on campus

Matt Zalaznick | June 11, 2019

Presenters at this year's UBTech® conference covered a range of flexible-space strategies, from informal learning spaces to collaborative classroom redesign to professional development that steers instructors toward new teaching approaches.

UB op-ed: Don't rule out hiring workers with criminal backgrounds

Yusuf Dahl | May 23, 2019

When the Koch network recently announced a new coalition focused on providing work opportunities for the formerly incarcerated, one employment sector was conspicuously absent: higher education. It's disheartening. My first job out of prison was as a warehouse laborer earning minimum wage. The job was mind numbing and backbreaking, and did not offer benefits. While I was […]

4 actions to elevate the impact of on-campus student employment programs

May 22, 2019

NASPA report recommendations to help elevate the impact of on-campus work opportunities.

Voices in Tech: Building an information security program from the ground up

Melissa Nicefaro | May 21, 2019

Inclusiveness and patience are key to success, says Tom Dugas, chief information security officer at Duquesne University.

How instructional design staff help faculty create better academic videos

Sherrie Negrea | May 20, 2019

Higher ed institutions are raising the bar on instructional videos as professors learn best practices in content development and production from their expert colleagues on campus

Leveling the higher ed playing field

Tim Goral | May 20, 2019

Black and Latino students’ college attendance rates are rising, while the overall percentage of white college students is declining. Yet you won’t see much evidence of that on a tour of selective colleges, says Martin Van Der Werf, associate director for editorial and postsecondary policy at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce […]