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Concealed carry laws proliferate on campus

A bill that would allow concealed handguns at Georgia public colleges and universities was awaiting action from Gov. Nathan Deal as this issue of UB...

Selecting commencement speakers: An art or a science?

Choices for commencement speakers are making headlines this season, and higher ed officials are aiming to make sure those headlines are positive. Many colleges now...

Black students end up in lower-paying majors

As a new study shows one group of students falling farther behind in the struggle to land jobs with salaries that will allow them...

Energy drinks: Ban the cans on campus?

Vermont’s Middlebury College recently made headlines when officials announced a ban on the sale of energy drinks on campus. Citing that beverages such as Red...

Fourth-year learning reaches behind bars

A little time in prison brings fourth-year University of Washington law students much closer to people impacted by the issues they’re studying. Fourth-year Law, Societies...

Hitting the books instead of the cell block

New momentum has built behind higher education’s pivotal role in helping prison inmates turn their life around and re-enter society. So, what if a...

Oral Roberts tracks students’ every step

Oral Roberts University made headlines recently with news that all first-year students will be required to buy and wear a Fitbit, one of the...

Colleges incentivize graduation progress

†‹Encouraging students to take a full-time course load to target on-time graduation has become a popular focus area in higher ed. Cleveland State University takes...

GIS SOS for campus facilities

When Winter Storm Jonas dumped nearly three feet of snow on Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in January, Dickinson College turned to outside contractors unfamiliar with the...

Is your school being as green as you think it is?

Despite higher ed’s progress in reducing energy use and making facilities more sustainable, it turns out that the biggest factor in the drop has...