Preparing campus employees to lead on issues of racial justice and equity is the goal of the newly formed Liberal Arts College Racial Equity Leadership Alliance.
As human lives head toward 100, colleges and universities have an opportunity to help build skills for a more expansive pool of students looking to start and restart their educations
Studies have shown that students who are more receptive to a variety of cultures and faiths – and can bridge gaps that may exist – will enjoy more positive experiences later in life and especially in the workplace.
It is difficult to know what the future holds, but teaching and incorporating the knowledge, skills and abilities needed for the coming decades is critical, says UB guest columnist Roger Thompson, who is vice president for student services and enrollment management at the University of Oregon.
“Through technology, women can gain independence. But we need a better network,” says Nada Marie Anid of New York Institute of Technology and co-editor of The Internet of Women: Accelerating Culture Change (River Publishers, 2016). “By being an engineer or a coder or an IT person, women can form their own bonds through what we […]
Should business schools cater to the desires of the business world and deliver graduates that perform in line with the needs out there? Or should they each meet improved and future-oriented business performance trends? At a recent Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business conference, Stanford University organizational behavior professor Jeffrey Pfeffer claimed that leadership […]
How you go to college matters more than where you go to college, says Bentley University President Gloria Cordes Larson. In her book Prepared U (2017 Jossey-Bass), Larson says institutions that focus on professional studies do a fine job preparing students for a job after college. But they often fall short on building “lifelong learning […]
