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Helping higher ed students avoid post-graduation pitfalls

Learning to pay bills amidst a first-time job search can be a foggy and drawn out process for undergraduates. Unfortunately, credit reporting processes don’t...

Nearly all colleges maintain cyber insurance

Losses that may result from a data breach are clearly on the minds of campus officials. When the University Risk Management & Insurance Association surveyed...

College completion efforts enter ‘buy-one, get-one’ era

A two-year institution in Ohio has flipped the concept of a college scholarship. Marion Technical College President Ryan McCall says it makes as much...

Colleges replace plastic straws with paper

You might not rank plastic straws up among power plants, gas-guzzling SUVs and Styrofoam containers on the list of big-time environmental boogeymen. Yet the...

Safety, security drive higher ed hiring

Campuses want to tighten security and turn information into action. This has caused an unprecedented surge in demand for safety and data personnel, according...

Solar collaboration energizes a new era of sustainability in higher ed

You think there’s not enough sun in cold, dark Maine to generate solar power? You say solar panels belong in the deserts of the...

College students off-campus, but still on the radar

Continued binge drinking and destructive student behavior have driven higher ed leaders to refine off-campus behavior policies. Parents have also asked for more off-campus...

College debt delaying Americans’ golden years

Younger Americans postpone marriages, and put off having children and buying their first home while repaying student loans. And new federal data shows the burden...

Colleges serve up culinary medicine courses

More than 40 medical schools have added culinary medicine programs to the menu to help students better understand how to combat obesity, diabetes and...

Mount Ida students: After the acquisition by UMass

A few months after Boston University’s successful merger with Wheelock College, the University of Massachusetts drew a greater degree of scrutiny for its acquisition...