Most campus leaders know some college degrees are more lucrative than others. What they may not know is how the ROI changes at different levels of college completion.
As a biologist and president of Millersville University, I often view our approach to inclusive education to the biodiversity of an ecosystem: A campus flourishes when it is composed of students from different backgrounds, cultures and abilities.
Chalk it up to California dreaming: Not even three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom promised California's public universities five years of annual growth in state support totalling more than $2 billion.
Financial aid offices were already struggling with staff shortages, a lack of representation and other personnel challenges when the FAFSA fiasco struck higher ed. A new report offers strategies to retain staff.
Texas lawmakers got an update Tuesday on the steps higher education leaders are taking to implement a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities and colleges.
The bill saw testimonies from several state university professors and students, who argued the proposed law was "not the right answer" and could curb protestor rights to the First Amendment.
Deliberately integrating the humanities into the Georgia Institute of Technology's armada of world-class STEM-based academic programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the University Business Podcast.
The week at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, was supposed to be a celebratory one. In other years, the campus would be buzzing with activity around finals and commencement. Instead, the Cal Poly campus on this rugged part of California's coast sat empty.
There is value in taking the long view. Although academia has plenty of valid causes for concern, I also believe the next generation of university leaders has many reasons for optimism.
Bit by bit, manicured lawns and shrubs are making way for native plants and pollinators on some of the nation's college campuses, including at The College of New Jersey.
