By Ray Bendici. Staff in the IT department at the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg used to say “no” a lot. More...

By Ray Bendici. An eye-catching new home for STEM departments and programs at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven is part of the university’s efforts to boost its curriculum in those disciplines. More...

By Ray Bendici. When it comes to website design, universities continue to make common key mistakes that turn away potential students, according to an annual report from KDG, which advises higher education institutions on website redesigns, enrollment management and alumni engagement. More...

By Robert Miller. Ubiquitous in the business world, big data is being adopted by higher education, particularly in the area of recruitment. With stagnant or declining recruitment budgets and increased competition for students, leveraging the data most colleges capture is a cost-effective approach that can yield significant results. More...

By Karine Joly. While it’s still too early to rule on the performance of paid social media marketing to drive measurable actions beyond the media platform, it’s time for schools to start testing to optimize paid social for higher education marketing. More...

By James J. Maher. Niagara University, steps from the Canadian border in upstate New York, has been an international university with students and faculty members from our neighbors to the north. More...

By Jeffery R. Docking. Sometimes, well-known premises lead to predictable conclusions. But not always. Occasionally, they lead to surprises—and even busted myths. Here’s one: The best job of helping low-income and first-generation students gain access to higher education and reverse the trend toward greater income inequality in our society is being done by wealthy private institutions willing to invest their part of their large endowments into the salutary project of providing more financial aid for poorer students. More...

By Carol Patton. Besides freeing up IT to handle other tasks, new systems allow HR to be more efficient because data is located in one spot rather than spread through multiple systems that require multiple sign-ons. And new HR apps allow employees to use mobile devices to check benefits, complete a course or even schedule vacations. More...

By Herman Bulls. Two different worlds, divided by a gate: It’s a familiar scenario in any college town or urban neighborhood.
The phrase “town and gown” is rooted in the notion that universities and the surrounding communities are naturally at odds. More...

By Ray Bendici. It’s easy to overlook security when implementing new technologies, and a good example of this is desktop virtualization. It’s an efficient way to deploy the same functionality across multiple machines, however, you’ll most likely need to adjust security practices to fit the new virtual environment. More...