Online payment vendors offer insight on regulations and pressure to offer nontraditional options to students, families and supporters.

With skilled employees in demand, today's colleges and universities are driving recruiting by reexamining, and redefining, the hiring process, says Carol Patton, UB HR columnist.

Unless you are among the nation's exclusive (and expensive) colleges and universities, you need to focus on affordability and curricular innovations, says Scott D. Miller, UB guest columnist and president of Virginia Wesleyan University.†‹ Those resistant to change are ignoring market realities that can combine to create the perfect storm—and lead to closure.

For Generation Z, video is about interaction—and not only the act of staring at a screen. Even though video is becoming a primary source of academic support, using YouTube links and so on, keeping learners engaged is a challenge that's only expected to grow, says UB guest columnist Noa Oron.