Jairy Hunter has spent the majority of his career with a few thousand students at small, private Charleston Southern University, but he rose through the ranks at a series of larger, public institutions. After earning a master's degree in student personnel, Hunter became assistant to the president at Blue Ridge Community College, also in North […]
Who could conceive that the Granite State would adopt as its motto part of the historic volunteer toast offered by General John Stark in his response declining the invitation to head up the 32nd reunion of the Battle of Bennington – "Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils." Now more than […]
How can colleges and universities foster connectivity and collaboration in and out of the classroom? The hot topics in higher education over the past few years have been active learning, collaborative environments, engaged students and flipped classrooms. When supported by powerful and flexible display solutions, collaborative learning helps improve both teacher and student engagement and […]
The Fulbright program is designed to facilitate cultural exchange and understanding, and Fulbright's Group Projects Abroad allow small, focused cohorts of American teachers and scholars to travel and to learn together. In June 2017, a number of Gettysburg College faculty and K-12 teachers from South Central PA traveled to China to study points of similarity […]
What is Jenzabar seeing in the higher ed market in terms of the best approaches to technology improvements and changes? Many schools are running solutions that are 25 to 35 years old. They're realizing that their current solutions constrain them and are unable to keep pace with their technology needs. Colleges are beginning to review […]
Higher education is in the midst of significant changes, including in the areas of technology infrastructure and strategy. Moving to the cloud, updating or automating business processes and incorporating data-driven decision making can dramatically benefit the institution, but campus leaders can run the risk of overlooking a crucial component to ensuring any technology strategy is […]
California State University's math mandates, which go into effect fall 2018, simplify the articulation policies for students transferring from California community colleges to CSU. "Many community colleges already have existing alternative math pathways," says Laura Hope, executive vice chancellor for educational services at California Community Colleges. "They may need some modifications to align with these changes but the colleges won't necessarily […]
Sodexo has provided dining and hospitality, student accommodations and facilities management services to the higher education community in the United States and around the world for nearly 50 years. As a strategic partner they focus on improving the student experience through integrated services that promote quality of life. Sodexo's University Lifestyle Survey tracks the undergraduate […]
Some 75 percent of high school seniors say they visit a college campus without ever contacting the admissions department. Not all prospective students want or are able to take a guided tour of campus, but without an alternative, many students visit on their own, and are walking away with unanswered questions and no communication from […]
It is propitious on the 200th anniversary of the birth of beloved American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau, that we reflect on lessons he learned in the woods. He put it this way: "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I […]
