Square is the new landscape when it comes to video. The aspect ratio of the videos and pictures that you post is as accurate an indicator of your age as your driver’s license. If you have never considered locking your iPhone in portrait mode, then you are equally likely to dismiss cuffed overalls, kombucha, or […]
As a society, we have succeeded in communicating the economic payoff that a college education can offer. At present, the value of lifetime earnings for a person with a bachelor's degree is $500,000 more than a high school graduate. We have not, however, succeeded in helping many of our students understand how to pay for […]
In 2012, the Penn State Lions went 8-4 on the field, passing 3,283 yards, rushing 740 yards, and scoring 349 points. This credible performance earned it a respectable 38th ranking out of the 124 schools in the NCAA’s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. But few will remember Penn State’s athletic performance in 2012. What people […]
Of the 635 students who started Bellarmine University in fall 2016, only 72 percent were still in school a year later. The freshman class that began in fall 2017, however, retained 79 percent of its students when sophomore year began at the Louisville, Kentucky, school. This improvement came after using a predictive model based on […]
Colorado College launched a popular esports program that competes in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Division III team will play “Overwatch” and “League of Legends” video games in the first SCAC conference championship this April. Brian Young, vice president for information technology and chief technology officer at Colorado College, was instrumental in getting the […]
Thirty years ago, some of us predicted that mutual growth mergers would become a prominent megatrend in the higher education industry. Instead, we witnessed a broad range of institutions that faced impending liquidation. Some of these fragile colleges were pressured to merge with somewhat stronger institutions which, in some cases, ironically, ended up closing after […]
