Colleges and universities around the country are teaming with providers and organizations on new programs, covering public interest technology, retail management, employee mortgage loans, clean energy research, online courses and equity.
China’s recent decision to drastically limit the amount and types of recyclable plastics it accepts from other countries has forced colleges to find new ways to handle trash removal.
McGee becomes Quincy U’s 24th president on July 1, following work at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where he has expanded services for at-risk students and created programs for military personnel.
In what may be the beginning of a larger trend, many business students find the typical two-year MBA program is unnecessary when a specialized master’s program can be completed in half the time.
Sacramento State is expanding upper-division student housing, Charleston Southern University is adding on to its new health sciences building, and Dartmouth College is working on a faculty and graduate student center.
The Timothy J. Piazza Center for Fraternity and Sorority Research and Reform at Penn State provides yet another example of the higher ed community’s push to eliminate hazing, sexual assault and other dangerous behaviors at fraternities and sororities.
