It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child. To make a huge change at a university, it takes the entire village, a.k.a. a really good team, to make it happen. Here's our story. Millersville University of Pennsylvania has 7,500 undergraduates, 1,000 graduate students, seven unions representing faculty and staff, and […]

Without a doubt, social media has become one of the, if not the most, effective and efficient way for colleges and universities to communicate. Connected institutions can conduct "digital conversations" while sharing and collecting thoughts, ideas, information, opinions, images and video. The implications for higher education marketing, public relations, admissions, alumni outreach and development operations […]

In just three years, enrollment at Lone Star Community College grew by about 50 percent. The six-campus system, located in the north Houston metro area, now has more than 95,000 students and has experienced explosive data growth, as well—from 40 terabytes to 1.6 petabytes. A data collection that big is hard to imagine. But as […]

Adding green and sustainable elements to facilities during new construction and renovations is no longer an option for colleges and universities—it's the expectation. "Sustainability is increasingly becoming the standard for construction and master planning in higher ed," says Monika Urbanski, STARS program analyst with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. Officials […]