Of the 635 students who started Bellarmine University in fall 2016, only 72 percent were still in school a year later. The freshman class that began in fall 2017, however, retained 79 percent of its students when sophomore year began at the Louisville, Kentucky, school. This improvement came after using a predictive model based on […]
The enormous cost of medical school in the United States has made medical education primarily attainable by students from privileged backgrounds, whose ethnic composition is majority white.
The seemingly routine process of hiring faculty also presents campus leaders with ample opportunities for innovation. As higher ed institutions strive to take full advantage of the talents brought by incoming faculty, some variations to long-standing practices are taking root. Here are four emerging and continuing hiring trends worth following throughout 2019.
Above-normal humidity across the East this summer caused mold problems in residence halls at several colleges and universities. In many cases, students moved to hotels and other lodgings while crews cleaned the dorms, though no serious illnesses have been reported. At Southern Maine Community College in August, a malfunctioning energy recovery unit failed to dehumidify […]
At Saint Leo University in Florida, Jeff D. Borden brings ideas, strategies and philosophies to transform learning at scale. He is also executive director for the Institute for Inter-Connected Education (iceinstitute.org) as well as CAO for Campus—a product that provided the "glue" for the system he built at Saint Leo. He provides practical, researched, intentional […]
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, officials eliminated administrative positions, reduced support staff and trimmed back the number of full-time lecturers. Centralization […]
Leaders of the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative strive to provide students with more than just college access and employment. Graduation and a well-paying career—in fields such as health care, education and industrial maintenance—top the list of goals for the low-income parents who participate. "We don't just want to put people in minimum-wage jobs or in […]
Colleges and universities have long been the place for examining the most complicated societal issues of the day. But the ability of these institutions to play host to civil dialogue is under fire. Free-speech rights are paramount, yet the rise of "microaggressions" or overt hate speech cannot be tolerated. As a result, administrators face a […]
