Colleges and universities across the country are partnering with providers to assess student success, add new information management software, include an on-demand food delivery app, participate in an agriculture research project, and more.
With skilled employees in demand, today's colleges and universities are driving recruiting by reexamining, and redefining, the hiring process, says Carol Patton, UB HR columnist.
Despite decades in higher education, Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins says nothing has had a greater influence on him than his service in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Campus leaders are distinguishing honors colleges from their four-year programs by building honors campuses and blending advanced courses into general education.
A higher ed consultant offers advice on how universities and colleges can rethink and reboot their operational models to help their institutions achieve long-term success.
Having the right size physical plant, workforce and programming can pay off—if you act now, says UB guest columnist Karen Gross, an advisor and consultant to nonprofit higher ed institutions, and a former president of Southern Vermont College.
Colleges across the country are capitalizing on the video gaming phenomenon. Several in Florida, including UF's Digital Words Institute, are providing the training ground for students.
UB guest columnist Michael Bernstein addresses how higher ed institutions can align the work of faculty and students with the needs, goals and interests of their communities. They are in a position to take the lead on the pressing issue of water quality by leveraging cutting-edge research and tech, says Bernstein, who is interim president of Stony Brook U.
If you take the University Business quiz on adult learners, you just might get some useful tips on marketing your institution and its programs to older students.
