Flywire, a leading provider of international payment and receivables solutions for businesses, schools and healthcare providers, is helping Irish schools comply with a recent government regulation regarding tuition payments being made from outside of Ireland. More...
Starving higher ed
How bad is the financial crunch at Louisiana’s colleges and universities? So bad that at Nicholls State University, appropriations from the state are no longer enough to cover all “mandated” costs – money that goes back to the state to pay for pensions, security, health benefits and the like. More...
A textbook dilemma: Digital or paper?
My friend Joanne was packing her youngest child off to college this month and wrestling with a modern dilemma: Is it better to buy textbooks in digital form or old-fashioned print. More...
New organization addresses educator diversity gap
The Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity (BranchED) launched today as the nation's hub of a national network of educator preparation programs at minority serving institutions. More...
Campuses tackle the opioid epidemic
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech) in North Carolina was devastated by a fatal overdose on campus last month. More...
Department of Higher Ed offers online support for Missouri students
The Missouri Department of Higher Education launched a new website last week intended to make information about planning, paying for and finishing a post-secondary program. More...
IT Training Solutions rebrands as Stronger International, Inc.
IT Training Solutions, a leading provider of cyber security consulting and onsite, live-remote and virtual training announced today a rebranding of the company under the name Stronger International, Inc. More...
Robots and streaming goggles UWSP
On the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus there is an entire room aimed at tackling the future. We're not talking about space travel but rather the innovation behind the technology. More...
Colleges, employers want female engineers: Where are they?
Local universities are welcoming slightly more female engineering students this year, but some college administrators say high profile displays of sexism at employers like recently happen at Google are deterring women from choosing the major. More...
An educator makes the case that higher learning needs to grow up
American higher education still operates on a model of academic disciplines, lecture-driven teaching and ubiquitous testing that was put in place in the 19th century. Society, economy, technology and careers have all changed dramatically. More...