Wayne State offers former students with debt — but no degree — a way back
Wayne State University today launched the Warrior Way Back program, a novel approach to re-engage students who left the university with debt and without a degree. In creating a new approach to university debt forgiveness, the Warrior Way Back will allow returning students to complete their degrees, meet growing demand for an educated workforce and support Detroit’s economic renaissance. More...
CollegeNET publishes new e-Book
The e-book offers best practices from student success professionals who are investing in cutting-edge programs that support under-served and under-represented students’ academic, personal and financial needs. More...
Here’s how higher education dies
Maybe higher education has reached its peak. Not the Harvards and Yales of the world, but the institutions that make up the rest of the industry—the regional public schools who saw decades of growth and are now facing major budget cuts and the smaller, less-selective private colleges that have exorbitant sticker prices while the number of students enrolling in them declines. More...
Student needs can't be achieved without an institutional commitment to social justice
This fall, Southern Connecticut State University will celebrate its 125th anniversary — celebrating all that is good about our institution and its time-honored mission of building communities and empowering lives. More...
Associate vice president for finance
The associate vice president for finance is responsible for overseeing the operations of accounting services, accounts payable, student account services, procurement and contract services, payroll, auxiliary support services, and foundation accounting. More...
U. of Kansas offers three-year path for a four-year degree
The “Degree In Three” program is a partnership between KU, six school districts and three community colleges. Students will begin earning college credit in high school. More...
North Shore security company teams with college to create worker pipeline
After losing several highly trained employees to competitors in the security systems industry, managers at North Shore-based Intertech Ci held a brainstorming session earlier this year to figure out how to find replacements for those who had left. More...
Triseum, Tencent bring calculus video game to Chinese gaming market
A new partnership between Triseum, a U.S. game-based learning innovator, and Tencent, a leading provider of Internet value-added services in China, is opening doors for Chinese learners and gamers. The two organizations are expanding access to Triseum's Variant: Limits, an academic calculus game that rivals popular entertainment video games in imagination, interactivity, sophistication and suspense. More...
Changes could be coming to how Ky. universities admit students
For students wanting to enter a state-supported, four-year institution, they would need a minimum high school GPA of 2.5, although schools would be allowed to set higher admission standards. More...
Facebook chooses Iowa college for digital marketing education partnership
Facebook is partnering with DMACC to enhance and update the school's digital marketing certificate program with additional resources and curriculum changes, the company announced Monday. More...
