Shortened academic terms—such as eight-week courses and winter break sessions—show varying rates of success at a group of colleges and universities examined in a new analysis.
"There are a lot of things that have people freaked out about the election of the Trump administration, but sometimes disrupting a system is a good thing," Jane Swift, president of Education at Work, says on the latest University Business Podcast.
Regardless of an institution's size, here's how higher ed leaders can shrink the size of campus by creating community pathways for first-generation students.
Survey data shows that rural students prefer going to college near where they live. In some cases, they don't have a financial choice. But there are still options for them, including going a little bit farther away to universities and colleges that offer them financial aid.
