When the Koch network recently announced a new coalition focused on providing work opportunities for the formerly incarcerated, one employment sector was conspicuously absent: higher education. It's disheartening. My first job out of prison was as a warehouse laborer earning minimum wage. The job was mind numbing and backbreaking, and did not offer benefits. While I was […]
Higher ed institutions around the country are teaming up with providers to save energy, implement digital platforms, design tax programs, offer jet training and search for new leadership.
Growing campus uses for voice-enabled tech emerge as administrators realize the promise these smart speakers offer, in areas such as instruction and residential life
Black and Latino students' college attendance rates are rising, while the overall percentage of white college students is declining. Yet you won't see much evidence of that on a tour of selective colleges, says Martin Van Der Werf, associate director for editorial and postsecondary policy at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce […]
Research points to how adult student prospects are gathering information about college programs and what their key decision criteria in going back to school are, with admissions recruitment takeaways for colleges and universities.
I love etymology, which is the study of word origins and how word meanings have changed over time. Here are some intriguing items I found in a recent Google search: Tragedy comes from a Greek word for "song of the male goat." Curfew comes from two French words combined to mean "[to] cover fire." (Since […]
E-learning is not just a convenient option for today's college student, it is a necessary and productive alternative to traditional classroom instruction.
