What can you do with a fine arts degree? Well, the University of Cincinnati wants students in its College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning to start mapping out that career trajectory long before they graduate. Since 2015, the college’s five-year Bachelor of Fine Arts program has required students to participate in a cooperative education […]

Job candidates have questions they never ask during interviews. Is this an ethical school? Will I agree with its direction? Will I like my colleagues? Some recruiters tightly script the interview process, leaving no wiggle room for anything else, which makes some candidates wonder about a school's transparency. Everyone wants transparency in the workplace, which creates […]

In the July 2018 issue of UB, Richard L. Riccardi, senior associate provost and dean of libraries at Rider University in New Jersey, writes that "institutions have begun to see a culture of data-informed decision-making as a necessity instead of a luxury. Making good decisions depends on quality data and less on intuition or anecdotes." The […]

When we think of "media," images of the press spring to mind. Instances of "fake news" wreaked havoc throughout the 2016 presidential election, and subsequent accusations of the same levied against news organizations from top officials have dominated news narratives ever since. My primary goal as a journalism professor is to encourage students to be […]