With skilled employees in demand, today's colleges and universities are driving recruiting by reexamining, and redefining, the hiring process, says Carol Patton, UB HR columnist.
Unless you are among the nation's exclusive (and expensive) colleges and universities, you need to focus on affordability and curricular innovations, says Scott D. Miller, UB guest columnist and president of Virginia Wesleyan University. Those resistant to change are ignoring market realities that can combine to create the perfect storm—and lead to closure.
UB guest columnist Michael Bernstein addresses how higher ed institutions can align the work of faculty and students with the needs, goals and interests of their communities. They are in a position to take the lead on the pressing issue of water quality by leveraging cutting-edge research and tech, says Bernstein, who is interim president of Stony Brook U.
UB guest columnist Danielle Yardy discusses how to improve the flow of information around campus. It may be time for a new data integration strategy, she says.
Community college leaders are finding that esports raises the academic enthusiasm of current students and attracts more new full-time students to campus.
UB guest columnists Lori Garrett and Susan Reed say renovations to existing campus facilities will become more common than constructing new buildings and offer considerations for planning these projects.
When higher ed advancement leaders hear about an independently formed group of alumni or philanthropists, the next steps matter in supporting and partnering with the giving circle.
Some 98,000 immigrant students graduate from high school each year, but the U.S. Supreme Court may be on the verge of ending the program that allows them to study and work.
Inceptia announced Financial Aid Services, an Atlanta-based management consulting firm that helps colleges and universities optimize their financial aid and student business operations, will utilize Inceptia's Verification Gateway platform to provide verification services to its clients.
