It's no surprise that the black male college experience is often underscored by bias and a sense of not belonging. Derrick R. Brooms says more must be done—not only by colleges, but by secondary schools and communities to reverse these preconceptions. His book, Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate […]
In what ways could colleges use digital signage installations to generate revenue, and are there any roadblocks you have seen preventing them from doing so? “Digital signage can engage students while providing an avenue for revenue. At the campus bookstore, digital technology can leverage analytics to trigger meaningful content. For example, if a student picks […]
Fast, dynamic and flexible, digital signage allows institutions to share key information regarding campus activities and to broadcast instructions in emergencies. With displays typically placed in busy areas—such as student centers and major academic halls—the technology can reach large audiences efficiently. “Digital signage allows institutions to have multiple messages in the same real estate in […]
After a decade of living abroad, in fall 2016 I returned to the US and accepted a position as Assistant Professor at a state university in the Midwest. Eager and hyper-alert, I began noticing that American students, both graduate and undergraduate, were encountering significant difficulties in writing academic papers. I was dumbfounded. Having spent many […]
Like most institutions, the University of Arizona began utilizing lecture capture technology through small-scale experimentation, starting at the departmental level. And those experiments would bear fruit—in just a few years lecture capture had taken hold at UA, with faculty producing more than 2TB of video every week, and students viewing more than 30,000 hours of […]
From its early beginnings as New Jersey State Normal School in 1929, New Jersey City University (NJCU) has transformed itself from a small teachers college into a more comprehensive, competitive, and diverse public university. With this history in mind, the University has become a beacon of higher learning for New Jersey’s lifelong learners. As a […]
Bryant University in Rhode Island has appointed Daniel J. Borgia to be academic dean of Bryant Zhuhai, the first and only American university in Zhuhai, China. He had been dean and professor of finance at Canisius College in New York. Borgia has 15 years of experience leading higher ed programs for Chinese students. He was […]
Nearly two-thirds of chief diversity officers (CDOs) at colleges report they are the first to hold that role at their school, according to a study of CDOs in higher education, health care and academic medicine published by Witt/Kieffer, an executive search firm for nonprofits. These administrators have become increasingly prominent at higher ed institutions and […]
A recent heavy rainstorm flooded an apartment complex near Central Michigan University, displacing a number of students. Several had nowhere else to stay. To the rescue: Central Michigan’s Student Emergency Fund, a financial reserve provided by private donors to help students manage unexpected emergencies such as illness, death of relatives, eviction or medical bills. “The […]
Dual enrollment is designed to increase access and degree attainment. In fact, a 2007 study found that 67 percent of dual-enrollment students enrolled in college after high school (compared to 50 percent of their peers), with 30 percent earning an associate's degree along with their high school diploma. Yet students often experience barriers to enrollment. […]
