University Business

APRIL 18, 2025

Hired Shari Olsen – Northland Community and Technical College (Minn.) Shari Olson, Northland Community College Shari Olsen has been promoted to permanent president of Northland Community College, effective immediately. Gonzalez – Kalamazoo College (Mich.) She has served in the interim since July 2024.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 28, 2024

As beacons of potential for individual growth and social mobility, community colleges often serve as a catalyst for underserved students to pursue a path in higher education. Partnerships between prisons and community colleges can lead to significant benefits for all involved.—

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 29, 2025

How this higher education strategic planning approach helped College of Charleston grow enrollment, launch new schools, and achieve national university status. Andrew Hsu shares how building consensus and focusing on long-term strategy led to enrollment growth, academic expansion, and the colleges trajectory toward national university status.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. She also served on the Board of Trustees for BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in that role. Frank Sánchez – Manhattanville College (N.Y.)

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Helix Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

That requires great creative work that really stands out from all the other marketing messages that students see—and it’s what the RNL creative team does with each campaign they undertake for colleges and universities. We would like to spotlight these five campaigns and share the strategy behind these award-winning efforts.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 17, 2018

The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 5: How is change influencing facilities maintenance and operations in higher education? In the fifth of our series, The Changing Face of Higher Ed, this blog addresses the future of higher ed operations and facilities.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence. A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence. At stake are hot-button issues involving equity, privilege, socioeconomic class and gender, ethnicity and race.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What is an honors college? A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. Today’s honors college is the product of a complex history.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Image: It’s finals season at Moorpark College, a community college in Ventura County, Calif. The college also boasts successful performing arts, nursing and biotechnology programs. As of 2018, it had a six-year completion rate of 64 percent, which was the highest of any California community college.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass.,

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The result, according to Feldstein: these institutions “make the same research demands on faculty and incur expenses for building out facilities that are not focused on creating well-educated citizens, successful professionals and thoughtful human beings. But those higher figures still won’t bowl you over. ” Ugh.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

Participants did not seem to feel that ageism is a significant issue on our college campuses and even in our society - that it is a more accepted ‘ism,’” study co-author Michele Dinman, project coordinator for the WashU for Life Initiative at the Aging Center, said in an email. Rather, it is often times accepted, according to the study.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. In response, colleges and universities are seeing increased interest in courses and programs that address issues of public health.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 3, 2023

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. “Across many college campuses, sustainability took a back seat,” Nelson says.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Historians sometimes describe the social sciences as theory rich but often data poor. ” The forces that the broadcast examined were psychological, and included people’s emotions, fantasies, fears, and wishes. They are cultural, demographic, economic, historical, and sociological.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In its prime, middlebrow culture filled the gap between the avant-garde and kitsch, garish, overly sentimental and tasteless, schlock and between elite and pulp fiction, ivory tower, egghead academic writing and trash and art music and popular tunes and jingles.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste! 2010; Bransford et al., Significance.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I mean English majors, Biology majors, Math majors, Computer Science, we have people from everywhere,” he explains. An esports program was something he immediately wanted to embark on since taking a role in the school of visual media arts, alongside s tarting a degree program in game design and interactive media at UM.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

These are positive developments from the perspective of groups such as the Association of American Universities and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which promote high-impact practices that increase student engagement and deep learning. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental. The solution?

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The list would certainly include test-optional admissions, tuition resets, increasing discount rates, student loan abatement and proposed loan forgiveness, the decade-long enrollment decline, the hype surrounding AI and ChatGPT, and the controversies surrounding college rankings, not to mention the upcoming U.S. What might we see?

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University Business

MAY 1, 2024

As STEM drives innovation both inside the classroom and in the workplace, universities are building and renovating facilities curated to the student, professor and researcher experience. Here are four emerging trends in building design as universities and colleges reimagine STEM spaces.

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#Deaning

MARCH 27, 2023

link] ◾ In hiring news, we are excited to welcome Ann Vandergust to the College of Arts! Ann will be joining us as the Manager, Facilities and Operations. She is delighted to be (re)joining the College of Arts and sends her regards as she is looking forward to meeting you all – both old friends (Hi Matthew et al.!)

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University Business

JULY 14, 2023

New Jersey announced almost $400 million for upgrades at colleges around the state this week, including big-ticket grants for a science building and labs at Montclair State, an engineering and biomedical research tower at Rowan University and an expansion of William Paterson University ‘s recreation center.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them. According to the Tampa Bay Times , St.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts. A surprising selection of colleges and universities are thriving despite the culling of institutions and programs happening around them.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JUNE 12, 2024

Join us as we delve into the art of crafting impactful success stories that highlight the transformative power of education, and learn how to turn your institution’s strengths into compelling reasons for students to choose your programs. Fortunately, we have plenty of helpful insights to share. What is FAB in marketing ?

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Cadets who are being considered for leadership positions are confronted with an unwinnable situation in order to test their command capabilities. They must rescue a civilian freighter, avoid a fight with opposing forces and escape with their starship intact. We can dismiss flawed graduates as a handful of bad apples. Right on, I say.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Read the comments and you’ll be struck by how this article functions as a kind of Rorschach test that reveals readers’ underlying views about universities and today’s college students. In essence, these articles assert that: That the states have “starved public colleges.”

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

School leaders are appointed to lead an institution for their quantifiably successful work, like Ron Patterson at Chadron State College. North Idaho College is stuck paying two presidents although neither technically holds the position. Chadron State College’s Board of Trustees has appointed Ron Patterson at a momentous time.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JUNE 19, 2024

Reading Time: 11 minutes As an educational institution looking to thrive and grow, increasing student enrollment is likely a top priority. Why is student enrollment important? To stay ahead, educational institutions must continuously innovate and implement strategies that appeal to students evolving needs and preferences.

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#Deaning

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

It’s that wonderful time of year when I start getting messages from people whose children are deciding where to go to university and I get to talk about what is so special about studying arts at U of G. We’re a small arts college on a comprehensive university campus. Arts or Science? Why arts at Guelph?

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The PIE News

APRIL 10, 2024

The Advtech group, which owns over 10 different brands with schools and colleges in Southern and Eastern Africa regions, will offer qualifications including in nursing for local and international students, with a focus on feeding overseas markets for healthcare workers including the UK and Australia, according to officials.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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