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.
For a growing number of college students—as well as some faculty and staff—concerns about where their next meal will come from make it difficult to focus on studies or work. As food insecurity rises on campus, leaders launch programs to end it.
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.
How can colleges and universities support students and families in balancing college cost pressures with making a proactive and informed college choice that creates lifelong value?
In what may be the beginning of a larger trend, many business students find the typical two-year MBA program is unnecessary when a specialized master's program can be completed in half the time.
