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18 novembre 2015

University of Missouri Protests and Communications Implications

By Kevin Anselmo. We need to always be prepared for crisis communication. I can only imagine how difficult these past few weeks have been for communicators at the University of Missouri as they have navigated this crisis in which their school has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. More...

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18 novembre 2015

A Good Wife's Tale

By Teresa Valerio Parrot. I’m a fan of CBS’s The Good Wife. (The front desk staff at Miami University’s Marcum Hotel and Conference Center got me hooked on it.) I appreciate how witty and smart the show is and I love that it occasionally features storylines that are higher education-based, providing a fantastic window into how higher education is perceived by the general public. More...

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18 novembre 2015

Guided Pathways for Transfer

By Matt Reed. Last year I caught a presentation by some folks from the Maricopa County Community College District (Phoenix, AZ) on a transfer partnership they had developed with Arizona State University. With nearly every transfer student aiming at the same destination college, it was relatively easy to design curricula for the first two years. More...

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18 novembre 2015

Tips for Faculty Job Seekers at Community Colleges

By Matt Reed. It’s hardly news that the job market for prospective full-time faculty is brutal. Yet even in this climate, searches sometimes fail. In hopes of reducing frustration on both sides and making more and more successful hires, I’ve prepared a non-comprehensive list of tips for candidates. More...

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18 novembre 2015

The U.S. education bubble is now upon us

By Mohamed A. El-Erian. One of the fundamental purposes of government is to advance important public goods. But, if not handled carefully, the pursuit of significant social goals can have unfortunate economic and financial consequences, sometimes even leading to systemic disruptions that undermine more than just the goals themselves. More...

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18 novembre 2015

How For-Profit Colleges Hang on to Federal Funding

By Annie Waldman. For-profit universities have had another rough year, with big players facing federal scrutiny for everything from predatory loans to outright fraud. More...

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18 novembre 2015

College Completion Rates Decline More Rapidly

Fewer students are earning a college credential within six years of first enrolling in college, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The nonprofit clearinghouse is able to track 96 percent of students nationwide. Read more...

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18 novembre 2015

Feds Conclude More Corinthian Campuses Misled Students

U.S. Department of Education officials have determined that a slew of additional campuses owned by Corinthian Colleges misrepresented job placement rates, a finding that could help some 85,000 former students have their federal loans canceled. Read more...

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18 novembre 2015

Opposition to Safe Campus Act Continues (Update)

The North-American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic Conference withdrew their support of the Safe Campus Act on Friday. Read more...

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18 novembre 2015

4 Higher Ed Groups Oppose 'Campus Carry'

Four higher education groups on Thursday issued a joint statement criticizing the "campus carry" laws being enacted in some states to permit people to carry concealed weapons on campuses. Read more...

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