Business leaders must join forces with universities to not only promote the benefits of higher education but also create actionable paths to affording college.
Molloy College, Hofstra University, Adelphi University and Nassau Community College, all with campuses in Hempstead, are receiving $2 million in CARES Act funding each from the town's $133 million total fund.
Those institutions of higher learning that are upfront about the uncertainty of the fall semester are those that will gain the trust of their students and families, and endure after this trying time has passed, says UB guest columnist Francesco C. Cesareo, president of Assumption College, which will become Assumption University on June 10.
First-generation students face internal and external pressures, structural barriers, and resource constraints that impact their ability to attend and succeed in higher education. This includes academic and social preparation, and familial, financial, and psychological pressures.
The Department of Education has launched an investigation of schools named as participants in the college admissions scandal. Every school should consider this a wake-up call and an opportunity to conduct a top-to-bottom review of its admissions practices and procedures.
Fourteen years ago, Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) directors Tommy Darwin and I published a chapter entitled, "Crisis as Opportunity: An Entrepreneurial Approach to Productivity in Higher Education." My argument here is that our thesis then may be more valid, important and relevant in 2019. Rather than thinking of higher education's problems only in terms of crisis, […]
For several decades scholars in a variety of disciplines have argued about the relationship between knowledge and rhetoric, investigating the inherent connections between how we know what we know and how we communicate what we know. These debates have been primarily theoretical, provoking some to wonder about the practical consequences of the discussion. What better […]
Measuring faculty effectiveness has never been a perfect science—and it has always held potential for contention among instructors and administrators. Today, tighter budgets, greater demands in terms of student outcomes and service responsibilities, and a push for hard data increase the pressure to develop fair and accurate evaluation systems. The types of information collected on […]
President Lyle Roelofs likes to buy running shoes for his students at Berea College—as long as they get some exercise with him twice weekly before class. Starting at 7 a.m., students—along with faculty, staff and community members—can run four miles with him or walk two with his wife.
We asked: What are your predictions, hopes and concerns for 2018? Administrators and experts who have recently contributed to UB answered. A link to each contributor’s recent column appears under their name. “College students are wired to think about their future. Higher education must start early to create meaningful career development experiences for students by […]
