Thanks to a $3M gift from the Community College Growth Engine Fund, the cohort of community colleges will work to build credential programs for future students looking to further careers
Primavera De Filippi, an internationally recognized authority on the challenges and opportunities of blockchains and other decentralized online technologies, will deliver the UB Tech 2020 keynote address.
Better academic performance. Increased student retention and graduation rates. Improved sense of campus community. Online exclusive: Edtech providers on student/faculty ties These are just three benefits that closer ties among faculty and students can yield. Here are nine places to foster such connections. Service-learning sites Tactic: Engage with the community through formal and informal service-learning projects. […]
Good money habits start early. The power of interest means those who start saving, investing and paying off their interest rates young have an advantage over those who wait. As students make the transition from college to a full-time career, they face numerous important financial decisions that will impact their lives for years to come. […]
A newly formed advocacy organization hopes to smooth the process for busy adults looking to attend college. The Coalition for Adult Learners will campaign for competency-based learning, simplified and more flexible financial aid, and other federal policies and institutional practices. “Most colleges are still organized around their historic mission of serving traditional learners,” said Bob […]
There is no one-size-fits-all partnership between the community college and industry. Arrangements can range from brief partnerships that fill immediate hiring needs to long-term strategic relationships that provide ongoing training and development for current and future employees. The Industry Workforce Needs Coalition, a national network of businesses striving to increase the number of skilled workers, […]
The momentum building behind higher ed analytics is hardly surprising, considering the explosion of tech tools available to make sense of institutional data. What might surprise some, though, is who on campus is responsible for predictive analytics. Rather than assigning the task to institutional research or creating a new department, schools are tapping administrators in […]
