In the race to attract, retain and prepare students, the institutions with the most relevant programs and most current technologies have an advantage. Hands-on learning through 3D printing at a college or university opens doors to entrepreneurship and industry collaborations that benefit budding scientists, engineers, artists and designers by preparing them for the requirements of […]
George Bruton, CEO/Founder, SkoolLive How did you come up with the idea for SkoolLive? My mom is a school teacher, so school has always been a big part of my life. I've always been an "Ad Tech" kind of guy and wanted to help schools improve the technology they use on campus and improve school-to-student communication. Our […]
Colleges and universities taking extra care to improve the safety and quality of life for students with food allergies can participate in the Food Allergy Research & Education's College Food Allergy Program, which launched in 2014. In 2015, FARE chose 12 colleges nationwide to participate in a pilot program, and in 2016 the organization announced […]
The number of U.S. colleges offering gluten-free dining options is rising, as more people learn about the seriousness of celiac disease, says Chris Rich, vice president of development for the Gluten Intolerance Group, an advocacy organization. Another factor in the trend is a 2013 Justice Department ruling that for students with food allergies, safe campus […]
The growing demand for mental health treatment on campuses resulted in part from a national effort, mounted over the last decade or so, to eliminate stigmas and get more students to seek help when grappling with emotional distress. At the same time, a heightened need for crisis care has forced colleges and universities to shift […]
Imagine this: You have been charged with sexual misconduct and suspended without warning. You are given no opportunity to make a statement in your own defense. You are given wrong information on policies and procedures in advance of what you believe will be an initial hearing on the charges. When you arrive at your first […]
When Tyson Cooper began working in student accounts 10 years ago, debt collection on college campuses was viewed as purely business and "a necessary evil," says the director of student financial services at the University of Southern Virginia. Today, with increased attention on student success and the long-term effects of unpaid accounts, institutions need to […]
"The last thing colleges want to do is put a former student in collections," says Harrison Wadsworth, executive director of the Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations. But when internal efforts to collect tuition don't work, it's important to have somewhere to turn for help. At Texas Tech University, the finance office pursues unpaid balances […]
A well-being app encourages students at The University of Texas at Austin to stay in the moment—via the device that often takes them out of it: their phone. The Thrive at UT app provides personalized reminders that promote daily reflection on well-being and contains short, unscripted videos of students talking about their struggles and triumphs, […]
The rancorous 2016 election and this year's transition to a new presidential administration makes one thing clear: We are suffering from a national shortage of empathy. The difficulty we seem to have in taking the perspective of another—and then having a thoughtful and respectful dialogue about conflicting views—is fracturing our democracy in ways that are […]
