Despite decades in higher education, Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins says nothing has had a greater influence on him than his service in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
Colleges across the country are capitalizing on the video gaming phenomenon. Several in Florida, including UF's Digital Words Institute, are providing the training ground for students.
The concept of college as the great equalizer suffers when it comes to lucrative graduate degrees, which are more often earned by students from high-income backgrounds, University of Kentucky researchers say.
If you take the University Business quiz on adult learners, you just might get some useful tips on marketing your institution and its programs to older students.
Purdue brews Boiler Gold and Boiler Black to fund academic programs. Nicholls State's Colonels Retreat Lager may lead to wine and spices. And beer is a good luck charm at New Mexico State.
Future Shock columnist James E. Samels looks at a university whose core values—academic achievement, sportsmanship, fair play, and teamwork—form the adhesive that bonds intercollegiate baseball teammates and the momentum that propels them to new heights.
Higher ed efforts such as improved academic advising and financial literacy lessons, plus an increase in scholarships and work-study programs, are making a difference in helping to ease the student loan crisis.
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.
