By . Syracuse University is dropping all fossil fuel stocks from its endowment, the university announced on Tuesday.
At $1.2 billion, Syracuse’s is the largest endowment to divest entirely of fossil fuel stocks. (Stanford University last year pledged to drop coal stocks from its $21.4 billion endowment.) More...
By Thomas P. Oles. The campus divestment movement is losing. The wealthiest, most prestigious colleges and universities are declining to divest. News reports indicate that Harvard actually increased substantially its holdings in oil and gas companies in the fall of 2014. The message is clear. Market logic rules. Profits come first, even for not-for-profit institutions. More...
By Charles Huckabee. Syracuse University announced on Tuesday that it was prohibiting the direct investment of its endowment funds in coal mining and other fossil-fuel companies. Student-led groups have been lobbying the university to make such a commitment for the past two years. More...
By Monica Wesley - EvoLLLution. With tuition costs continuing to rise, both cumulative and individual student loan debt becoming unsupportable, and an employment landscape that is rapidly evolving in challenging ways, it is no wonder that colleges and universities are being asked to demonstrate their tangible value. More...
By John DeLalla - EvoLLLution. You’ve heard the cliché statement many times. Roughly, “the more you learn the more you’ll earn.” Yet how do we as continuing education leaders quantify return on investment to students in our program marketing. More...
By . England’s universities risk being “unable to deliver the scale of investment” needed to “remain internationally competitive”. More...
HEFCE welcomes the Government’s announcement in the Budget of an additional £400 million for the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF).By John Ebersole - EvoLLLution. Post-traditional learners are growing in numbers across the higher education space and are forcing higher education institutions to reconsider their approach to education and to student service. At the root of this change are some fundamental differences between the post-traditional student and the 18- to 22-year-old learner many institutions are more used to serving. More...
By Paige Francis - EvoLLLution. How can a university’s IT department help to create ROI for students, especially when it comes to improving the student experience. More...
Par Julie-Anne De Queiroz. De plus en plus d’étudiants et de professeurs anglo-saxons demandent à leur université d’abandonner leurs prises d’intérêts dans les énergies fossiles. Dernière cible en date : Oxford. Suite...
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