The moment the last of Fred Vautour’s five children walked across the stage as a Boston College graduate was priceless. More...
Urgent need to improve how students are supported when choosing college majors
Earlier this year, a first-generation college student told a disturbing story in The Hechinger Report. She was her sixth year at a four-year college, having changed her major twice and taken time off because she lacked a clear roadmap of what she wanted and how to get there. More...
Flywire continues to expand its cross-border payment, receivables business
Flywire, a provider of international payment and receivables solutions for businesses, schools and healthcare providers, continues to expand its business in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the rest of Europe, highlighted by record cross-border payment volumes, new service offerings, and the acquisition of a London-based fintech startup earlier this year. More...
Great Lakes' ScholarNet for private loans more widely used than ever before
Steady growth in the use of ScholarNet® for Private Loans was marked by over 100 schools joining the network in the past year. There are now over 1,000 schools streamlining the processing of private education loans via ScholarNet for Private Loans and FASTChoice™, a private loan counseling and lender selection tool. More...
Student leaders of color learn how to to care for the future and themselves
For more than 140 students, a conference at Maryville College this weekend was a rare opportunity to not be the person everyone turned to when topics such as slavery or terrorism came up. More...
Director of foundation relations
Reporting to the associate vice president of development for colleges and supervising the associate director of foundation relations, the Director of Foundation Relations serves as the chief fundraising officer for Virginia Tech's foundation relations program. More...
How tech can solve its pipeline problem
The summer of 2001, I found myself in a hotel conference suite hearing from a successful black businessman named Brian Morton share his career experience. Sitting in a room with 40 or so other students of color, I listened with eager expectation as he imparted wisdom about the world of business into which I would soon embark. More...
Fewer foreign students are coming to U.S.
The first new college class since the election of Donald J. Trump has arrived on campus, and new numbers confirm what the higher education industry had feared: Fewer foreign students are coming to the United States. More...
Colleges welcome islander diversity
Last October, the University of the Ozarks hired a new assistant vice president of advancement and enrollment from a private university in Florida. More...
Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ initiative expands to international schools
Apple is taking its coding course international after it announced that 20 college and university partners worldwide will begin offering the Everyone Can Code initiative to students. More...