Forbes magazine loves lists. The publication features an inventory of the world's billionaires and measures the wealth of the richest families. It ranks the top 100 wealth managers and offers tips on wealth building, among other interesting topics. It is also in the business of ranking our nation's colleges and universities. In its ninth annual […]

With headline after tragic headline, and demands from angry constituents and stakeholders to do more, colleges and universities are facing the harsh reality that just complying with the minimum requirements of the Campus SaVE (Sexual Violence Elimination) Act isn't enough to prevent sexual assault. What's more is that it's not only the Title IX coordinator's […]

With sexual assault, awareness efforts may well lead to higher incident reporting—and even assumptions that initiatives aren't working. But there are still ways to measure program effectiveness. It starts with identifying prevention goals, says Jane Stapleton, executive director of practice for the Prevention Innovations Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. "Having clear intended […]

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books. The Use of Life, John Lubbock, 1894 In both K-12 and higher learning settings, we spend significant time focused on traditional cognitive development, reading, scientific […]