By David Rugendorf. Just imagine this nightmare scenario playing out at your institution of higher education: armed agents in navy blue “FBI,” “ICE” and “DHS” windbreakers wandering the halls, stuffing files into boxes marked for evidence, removing and taking possession of computer hard drives, and sealing off rooms with yellow tape. More...20 décembre 2015
Immigration compliance aids foreign graduates
By David Rugendorf. Just imagine this nightmare scenario playing out at your institution of higher education: armed agents in navy blue “FBI,” “ICE” and “DHS” windbreakers wandering the halls, stuffing files into boxes marked for evidence, removing and taking possession of computer hard drives, and sealing off rooms with yellow tape. More...College presidency: A position with no equal
By Jay Lemons. The college presidency is a high-risk occupation. The old challenges—fundraising, strategic planning, managing enrollment, protecting students—are still there, along with newer trials involving demographic shifts, flatlining family incomes, access, and compliance to growing governmental regulation. The list goes on. More...Future Shock: New Engines of Entrepreneurial Startup
By James Martin and James E. Samels. All over America, universities are creating on and off campus business incubators, product development accelerators, and startup launchpads to educate and train the next generation of innovative entrepreneurs. More...Lessons Learned from a Higher Education Partnership
By Brian Whalen and Neil Weissman. In the ongoing debate over the rising cost of higher education, collaboration frequently emerges as a proposed path forward. Despite the allure of savings and efficiencies, efforts to follow the strategy often fall victim to both conceptual and implementation flaws. More...Investing in international student enrollment strategies
By Rahul Choudaha. US higher education system enrolled nearly 975,000 international students in 2014-2015. This is an increase of 52% since 2007/08 or 350,000 students more students in seven years. What are the underlying growth patterns and implications for institutional strategies. More...The big picture
By James Martin and James E. Samels. For engineers life has become increasingly complicated in the new environment of nanotechnology, lean manufacturing, and rapid product design. More...A world without registrars
By Rodney L. Parks. Not long ago a journal published an article criticizing registrars for holding back the tide of innovation and change. While it dawned on me that registrars frequently have to say “no” to change, I have never thought of my fellow registrars or myself as stodgy curmudgeons seeking to restrain the pace of innovation. Quite the contrary—many of us have survived the front lines of ERP implementation and advocated for the electronic resources to move paper processes online. More...How we address targeted attacks in progress
By Hernan Londono. It’s a vital and necessary precaution to protect the university’s network from mobile devices that we neither own nor manage. More...The true cost of higher education
By Tim Goral. The Real College Debt Crisis: How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being and Erodes the American Dream (Praeger, 2015) shows how current aid models contribute to inequality, and discusses a number of promising alternatives. More...College’s Syrian refugee program defies politicians
By Stefanie Botelho. As the national debate over sheltering Syrian refugees on American soil heats up, a North Carolina college with a Quaker heritage is providing sanctuary to one family and encouraging others to do the same. More...
