Previously recognized by University Business in its Models of Excellence program, the Excellence at 7220 leadership development program for student-athletes at the University of Wyoming is continuing on a growth path.
Community colleges have seen a drop in faculty employment applications at the same time those institutions take longer to make new hires, according to a 2017 survey released in October by software provider PowerSchool. Two-year institutions also face increased turnover among baby boom-generation administrators who are retiring in large numbers, says Sara Winchester, vice president […]
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 […]
There are times when we could all use a fresh start. Scott Cowen was given that opportunity in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as the then-president of Tulane University in New Orleans. The tragedy led to an institutional soul-searching that would result in a "rebirth" of the university with a new focus on […]
Hampshire College students used math, microbiology and hydrology classes to test the quality of the water going in and out of the wetlands constructed as a part of a building project at the western Massachusetts campus. A Purdue University intern blogged, tweeted and emailed to apprise the Indiana campus' community of the progress on a […]