While a majority of the public (55%) continues to say that colleges and universities have a positive effect on the way things are going in the country these days, Republicans express increasingly negative views. More...

Fischer International Identity announced today that Seton Hall University has selected the full suite of Fischer's identity and access governance solutions. The Fischer suite will be deployed in Seton Hall's private cloud and managed by the university’s Department of Information Technology. More...

Given Donald Trump’s frequent campaign promises to wipe out “job killing” regulations on Day One, no one should be surprised that the Trump administration is going after federal safeguards that protect consumers at the expense of corporate profits. And it’s no secret that new Education Secretary Betsy DeVos shares the president’s wish for fewer rules, and more freedom and money for the private sector. More...

During her first week of freshman year, Ethiopian national Edenya Asgedom says she became aware of the Sanger Learning Center at the University of Texas—Austin. Sanger offers students resources such as tutoring, weekly meetings with a peer academic coach, and classes and workshops on everything from time management to public speaking. More...

Enrollment Rx, the leading provider of cloud-based Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) solutions for higher education, today announced the addition of FormBuilder Rx on the Salesforce AppExchange. FormBuilder Rx creates complex and dynamic web pages, with drag-and-drop functionality that enables administrators to easily set up forms and personalized homepages. More...

Parents and students are more anxious than ever about college savings. Institutions feed anxiety when they are not forthcoming with their refund policy. By disclosing policy and offering tuition insurance within the tuition payment path, schools can better compete in a crowded marketplace while helping their families. More...

Almost everyone wants to get a great job after college. New studies suggest a surprising way to get one.A growing body of research is finding that economically vibrant cities can boost pay for students who graduate from high-quality colleges, enabling them to land unusually high paying jobs. More...

Last year, the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argued that recent conflicts at institutions of higher education are rooted in conflicting assessments of their telos, or core purpose. More...

Applicant pools are evolving and we must change our admissions strategies if we're going to keep up. But what happens when we can't see trends? When there’s not enough data to know what needs to be done to build a better class — or if anything needs to be done at all. More...

These are challenging days for our democracy. Bitter partisanship, outrageous claims, and differing views of what constitutes truth have resulted in a deeply polarized citizenry. The sense of a nation united by shared beliefs seems shattered by division and rancor. The partisan divisiveness has hindered our ability to address and resolve complex public-policy issues facing our country. More...