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20 décembre 2015

SunPower dedicate University of California's largest campus solar power plant

University Business LogoBy Tim Goral. University of California, Davis, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, and SunPower representatives are dedicating the university’s newly constructed 16.3-megawatt (AC) solar power plant. The new plant, which UC Davis estimates will generate 14 percent of the electricity the campus needs, is the largest solar installation in the UC system and the largest “behind-the-meter” solar plant on a U.S. college campus offsetting electricity demand. The university expects to reduce the campus’s carbon footprint by 9 percent, or 14,000 metric tons, as a result of the system. More...
20 décembre 2015

Nation's unrest over campus diversity reaches UNLV

University Business LogoBy Tim Goral. For weeks, high-profile protests at college campuses across the country have forced schools to have uncomfortable conversations about race and diversity. More...
20 décembre 2015

College leaders must stand up, guide students

University Business LogoBy Tim Goral. College students are dizzy in the whirlwind of change from the teenage drama years to the vastly different burdens and joys of adulthood. Payers of tuition, parents and students alike, expect university officials to be wise Sherpas, accompanying those students along that rocky climb. More...
20 décembre 2015

Why free higher education can't wait

University Business LogoBy Tim Goral. Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has come out in support of free public higher education as part of his campaign platform. Sanders' plan calls for the elimination of tuition at four-year public colleges and universities. This would be paid for through the implementation of a financial transaction tax, which is a tax of half a percent on Wall Street transactions and could raise close to $300 billion a year. More...
20 décembre 2015

Prescription for higher ed prosperity

University Business LogoBy Richard Skinner. Much of what we read today about higher education tends to dwell on constraints and reductions, but at least one sector of academe is actually growing. More...
20 décembre 2015

Campus Computing Project takes pulse of higher ed IT

University Business LogoBy Tim Goral. Although it has been a boon to commercial services such as Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and others, cloud computing hasn’t completely caught on in higher education. That’s according to the 2015 “Campus Computing Project” report, released in October at the Educause conference in Indianapolis. More...
20 décembre 2015

Immigration compliance aids foreign graduates

University Business LogoBy David Rugendorf. Just imagine this nightmare scenario playing out at your institution of higher education: armed agents in navy blue “FBI,” “ICE” and “DHS” windbreakers wandering the halls, stuffing files into boxes marked for evidence, removing and taking possession of computer hard drives, and sealing off rooms with yellow tape. More...
20 décembre 2015

College presidency: A position with no equal

University Business LogoBy Jay Lemons. The college presidency is a high-risk occupation. The old challenges—fundraising, strategic planning, managing enrollment, protecting students—are still there, along with newer trials involving demographic shifts, flatlining family incomes, access, and compliance to growing governmental regulation. The list goes on. More...
20 décembre 2015

Future Shock: New Engines of Entrepreneurial Startup

University Business LogoBy James Martin and James E. Samels. All over America, universities are creating on and off campus business incubators, product development accelerators, and startup launchpads to educate and train the next generation of innovative entrepreneurs. More...
20 décembre 2015

Lessons Learned from a Higher Education Partnership

University Business LogoBy Brian Whalen and Neil Weissman. In the ongoing debate over the rising cost of higher education, collaboration frequently emerges as a proposed path forward. Despite the allure of savings and efficiencies, efforts to follow the strategy often fall victim to both conceptual and implementation flaws. More...
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