The University of Kentucky is tapping professional esports franchise Gen.Gto help build its competitive video-gaming program, a new type of partnership that will span athletics and academics.

The University of Kentucky iPad Initiative enables students to connect to one another, create something new and collaborate in ways not previously possible.

Higher education has a cost transparency problem. But beyond the moral and ethical reasons that institutions should be completely clear about price, there is a practical argument: Colleges have nothing to lose by being transparent, says guest columnist Jason Reinoehl, vice president for strategic enrollment management at the University of Dayton in Ohio.