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Colleges teach future teachers to address school violence

The ongoing wave of school violence has forced higher ed to enhance emergency-response training in teacher education programs. Arming teachers, increasing school entrance security...

Behavioral teams soothe higher ed student distress

After the Virginia Tech tragedy, colleges began to build teams of administrators and faculty to better recognize and support distraught individuals on campus. At Augusta...

Community college advising content, intensity impact engagement and success

Half of community college students report transferring as a goal but have never taken advantage of transfer advising, says a 2018 national report by the Center for Community...

College academic support hub adds mental health care

Students at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center now receive more than just academic assistance from the office of Student Academic Support  Services and...

College students hail safe, subsidized rides

Discounted Lyft and Uber rides present a transportation alternative for students on a growing number of campuses large and small. One of the latest to...

A late start helps higher ed students, faculty get ahead

Community colleges bet on a wide variety of scheduling options to attract and retain students whose lives are already filled by jobs and families. Late-start...

Helping kids see themselves at college

There’s a new kind of nontraditional college student in America, with elementary school kids being seen increasingly on American higher ed campuses.

Colleges are removing hurdles for students seeking counseling

For the seventh straight year, the rate of students reporting they may harm themselves—and, in turn, who seek counseling—grew, according to a new report...

Intersecting business with technology

The Johnson Cornell Tech MBA is conferred by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, but students don’t do all...

Higher ed sees a rise in specialized MBA activity

Editor's Note: This is part 2 of a 3-part series on b-school survival. Read Part 1. Applications to full-time, two-year MBA programs in the U.S....