Higher ed institutions are offering more flexible schedules to accommodate the needs of today's college students, who are often working adults. Options include late-start courses, mini-semesters, and block schedules that allow undergrads to enroll in just one course at a time.
Childcare can cost more than tuition in many states, according to a new report that calls on the federal government to use existing programs to provide financial assistance and help student parents stay in college.
I spent my early career developing creative and compelling printed marketing collaterals that produced results. Today, among the many millions of dollars I budget for enrollment marketing clients each year, I devote less than 1 percent to print. I still save every great postcard and mailer I receive and sometimes get a little teary-eyed when […]
As the merger between University of Bridgeport and Marlboro College demonstrates, struggling higher ed institutions need not look only in their own neighborhood for life-saving partnerships with other colleges.
As 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, James E. Samels, of The Education Alliance and the law firm Samels Associates, discusses how the life of Winston Churchill reminds us that vision and courage can triumph over seemingly impossible odds. He recently visited Westminster College in Missouri, the home of the National Churchill Museum.
Over the past two years the #MeToo movement has revealed longstanding and widespread mistreatment of many women in the workplace. Nichols College President Susan West Engelkemeyer says teaching leadership skills to a new generation of male and female students may offer the best hope for a workplace makeover sooner than later.
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.
When Ashley Podhradsky became the first woman to earn her doctorate from Dakota State University in South Dakota in 2010, little did she know the impact she would have nationally on the lives of girls and women in the male-dominated field of cyber sciences. She spent five years at Drexel University in Philadelphia before returning […]
