Historically black colleges and universities remain as relevant as ever in giving African Americans access to higher education, says a new United Negro College Fund report.
In this web seminar, panelists discussed the preferences that Generation Z students, parents and business officers have when it comes to billing and payments, and how institutions are adopting new payment strategies to meet the needs of students today and in the future. Sponsored content by ACI Worldwide.
Black and Latino students' college attendance rates are rising, while the overall percentage of white college students is declining. Yet you won't see much evidence of that on a tour of selective colleges, says Martin Van Der Werf, associate director for editorial and postsecondary policy at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce […]
All universities have a special duty to emphasize diversity and inclusion because we are educating the workforce and civic leaders of the next generation. Miami University's deliberate strategies have helped us integrate diversity and inclusion into every decision we make.
Changes in academic programs are often precipitated by budget crises. But when faced with a 16 percent reduction in state appropriations in 2015, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire took a different approach. With a goal of keeping degree programs intact, UWEC officials eliminated administrative positions, reduced support staff and trimmed back the number of full-time […]
As a society, we have succeeded in communicating the economic payoff that a college education can offer. At present, the value of lifetime earnings for a person with a bachelor's degree is $500,000 more than a high school graduate. We have not, however, succeeded in helping many of our students understand how to pay for […]