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19 mars 2017

Survey reveals why it's so hard for adults to go back to college

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. A first-of-its-kind survey released Monday is offering a glimpse into the realities of going back to college as a working adult, one that officials hope will lead to policies that boost student success. More...

19 mars 2017

Cuban: Liberal arts is the future

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban offered a perhaps bleak prediction on the future of jobs in an interview Friday with Bloomberg's Cory Johnson at the NBA All-Star Technology Summit in New Orleans. More...

19 mars 2017

What universities can learn from Pope Francis on leadership

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. It’s a dictate that should extend to Catholic colleges and universities, where students should not only feel the impact of our policies, programs and services, but also the power of our presence. More...

19 mars 2017

'Free' college tuition doesn't add up

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had significant success in attracting young people to his campaign in no small part due to his proposal to make tuition free at public colleges and universities. More...

19 mars 2017

A virtual personal assistant focused on your students' success

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. Introducing Success Center from Student Connections. Its new adaptive learning app helps students along every step of their academic journey, bringing m-learning to nonacademic skills so students can get help when and where it’s most convenient and effective for them. More...

19 mars 2017

Universities deserve right to make housing decisions that benefit students

University Business LogoSubmitted by Tim Goral. In late February, the Missouri House of Representatives’ Higher Education Committee heard testimony related to House Bill 733, which would prevent public colleges and universities from requiring students to reside in residence halls beyond one year. More...

19 mars 2017

Confronting academia’s ties to slavery

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. In 1976, archivists at Harvard’s natural history museum opened a drawer and discovered a haunting portrait of a shirtless enslaved man named Renty, gazing sorrowfully but steadily at the camera. Taken on a South Carolina plantation in 1850, it had been used by the Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz to formulate his now-discredited ideas about racial difference. More...

19 mars 2017

FLEXspace joins UBTech as program partner

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. FLEXspace, a flexible learning environments exchange, will present five sessions on active classroom and learning spaces. More...

19 mars 2017

Starting here, finishing there

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. Sixteen percent of students who started at two-year colleges received a degree from a four-year institution within six years — regardless whether they first earned an associate degree, according to a new report. More...

19 mars 2017

Tenn. high schools, higher ed institutions can share electronic transcripts

University Business LogoSubmitted by Stefanie Botelho. All Tennessee high schools are now eligible to send electronic transcript data of current or recent students among all 649 high schools, Tennessee’s higher education institutions, Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) for Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship eligibility, by joining the new Tennessee Electronic Transcript Exchange. More...

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