As we higher education presidents close out our fall semesters and find brief respite with our families, I write my holiday appeal to you — not necessarily for a gift to the Annual Fund (though that would be welcome, and please do so no later than Dec. 31), but for your continuing support of what we try to achieve every day on our campuses. More...
The event was new, too. Called the Eagle Summit after the public university’s athletics mascot, it was meant to build enthusiasm among the school’s supporters. That has become increasingly crucial at a time when Americans’ faith in higher education is declining, governments are investing less money in it, and employers complain it’s producing too few graduates with skills they need. More...
An increase in technology spending is the gift that about 4 in 10 campus technology administrators are unwrapping to start the new year. More...
Word is out that Minnesota State College Southeast will voluntarily suspend the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program at the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. More...
After months of waiting, party night finally arrived on Dec. 2 for the brothers of Phi Kappa Psi at the University of Iowa. But this was no “Animal House” gathering; it was held in the ballroom at a Hilton Garden Inn. More...
A recent whim prompted me to reread Stephen Ambrose’s “To America,” a collection of reflections on the historian’s craft and many of the topics and individuals Ambrose wrote about during his prolific career. More...
A new partnership between the University of Washington’s College of the Environment, the UW Applied Physics Laboratory and Paul G. Allen Philanthropies will use a robotic network to observe the conditions beneath a floating Antarctic ice shelf. More...
According to recently released data for the 2014 cohort, 34 states saw more than half of all institutions experience an increase in default rates despite overall borrowing declining 3 percent. More...
The South African government will introduce free higher education and training for poor and working-class undergraduate students at public universities, starting in 2018, President Jacob Zuma announced on Saturday. More...
We asked: What are your predictions, hopes and concerns for 2018? Administrators and experts who have recently contributed to UB answered. More...
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