23 avril 2018

During their days as students at Bemidji State University, Justin Kaney and Tom Hill both studied design technology, a hands-on engineering program that would come in handy years later – though in a way neither expected. More...

As higher ed institutions continue to face strained revenues, improving procurement practices on campus is crucial. Many of today’s higher ed procurement leaders recognize the importance of moving to a more strategic procurement function...but how exactly do you accomplish that. More...

I daily take in and reflect on student expectations of our university. I speak with parents and guardians less frequently, though I owe them a great deal. While the step-out-of-the-nest for the student is a “big deal,” it is also a challenging transition for parents. Here is a catalog of parental ponderings. More...

Elementary and middle school students across Indiana will showcase businesses they developed through a Purdue University program that promotes entrepreneurship in the classroom. More...

University of Kentucky students are graduating during the largest economic disruption since the Industrial Revolution. Their world is undergoing dramatic shifts—in the economy, in the way of life they can expect and in the norms and values we collectively share. For previous generations “job choice” was a convention determined by family and place. Today, science and technology are changing the job landscape faster than we can educate and prepare students. More...

Infrastructure cost is not measured merely by hardware and software costs. There are many soft, hidden and ongoing costs with infrastructure. Find out how HC3 lowers these costs through simplicity, scalability and availability. More...

Several Catholic colleges and universities are already ahead of the curve in their efforts to support the increasing population of students with special needs who are pursuing higher education. More...

In the late 1960s, in the wake of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in this country, Black/African-American studies departments began to spring up at institutions — mostly the major research institutions — across the country in response to student activism on campus. By the 1990s and early 2000s, higher ed finally began to recognize that race in this country was non-binary — the country is not only black and white — and offices of Diversity and Inclusion began sprouting up on campuses nationwide. More...

Adding to the growing momentum in Prince George’s County, WeWork, a global leader in coworking with more than 200 locations in 21 countries around the world, has selected College Park for its first location in the State of Maryland. As part of a new partnership model, this will be the first WeWork on a college campus, located in the University of Maryland’s Discovery District. More...