Ask one of our UB readers what segment of American higher education has experienced the most growth over the past 50 years and they will tell you Community and Technical Colleges. That said, the world has turned and the Demographic Tornado has diminished enrollment growth for Community Colleges situated in Northeast and Midwest industrial states. […]
Director of media relations used to be a title with a fairly straightforward and obvious list of responsibilities: Pitch items of interest to newspapers and broadcast outlets; respond to requests for information from those same newspapers and broadcast outlets; manage the occasional news conference; serve as your institution's spokesperson. Then the internet happened. Websites that […]
Ten years ago, few universities employed chief information security officers. Now these administrators—known as CISOs—lead teams dedicated to shielding information, systems and research from internet thieves, and to keeping up with federal regulations. CISOs must ensure their schools are in compliance with a wide assortment of federal standards that pertain to the business of higher […]
The guiding principle for deploying new technology at the University of San Diego is simple: It has to improve the student experience. With that in mind, administrators there have developed an app store featuring apps that go beyond typical functions such as viewing course schedules. Two transaction-based features housed within its umbrella mySDMobile app are […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made national news when, standing beside senator and former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, he announced in January the most recent in a growing number of free tuition proposals. Coming on the heels of similar proposals by Sanders, presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, Cuomo's "Excelsior Scholarship […]
Talk about awkward. It was July 1, and the moving vans had just rolled onto campus with the new president and his family. There was just one problem: the outgoing CEO had not yet moved out of the presidential residence. Although this really happened to one incoming president, who prefers not to reveal his name […]
Here is a comprehensive list of companies, organizations, corporations, firms, associate groups, nonprofits and services that can help colleges and universities plan for a new president. The list is in alphabetical order. Academic Search Advocate Staffing AGB Search Alden & Associates Association of Community College Trustees Auerbach Associates Ayers & Associates Inc. Berkhemer Clayton, Inc. Boyden Global Executive […]
Kate Wing, a senior at Smith College, will soon join the 14 percent. That is, the 14 percent of students who started their postsecondary education in a community college, then transferred to a four-year school and earned a bachelor's degree within six years of entry. "In general the pathways to transfer are not clear, and […]
Transitions in other senior academic and administrative staff can have nearly as much impact as a new president. Developing a transition committee may not be necessary, but other strategies for selecting a new president can inform the recruitment and orientation process for senior staff. "You want them to hit the ground running as soon as […]
Dougherty Family College, a two-year school, will open on the Minneapolis campus of the University of St. Thomas this fall, thanks to $18 million in private donations. St. Thomas, a private school, designed the program to help students with diverse and economically disadvantaged backgrounds attain a degree. St. Thomas plans to enroll 150 students for […]
