By Matt Zalaznick. A few dozen community colleges will get financial backing to design degree programs based wholly on free, open educational resources (OER) in a sweeping effort to make higher ed more affordable. More...
By Carol Patton. All higher education institutions offer employee training and skill development in some form or another. Workshops. Webinars. Mentoring. Coaching. It’s the same-old same-old—but does it have to be. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. Pets can help students cope with stress, depression and other mental disorders. But until recently, this well-documented remedy did not guarantee a space for therapy animals on campus. More...
By Deborah Yaffe. Five years ago, a researcher in Kazakhstan frustrated at the inaccessibility and cost of so many scholarly journals launched Sci-Hub, a website that today provides quick, free access to 47 million articles, often by illegally bypassing paywalls. More...
By Deborah Yaffe. Library spending on serials rose 402 percent between 1986 and 2012, according to the Association of Research Libraries, and costs for individual subscriptions rose by an average of 12 percent over the past two years alone, a Library Journal survey found. More...
By Ray Bendici. The $9.2 million Wine Spectator Learning Center will be a 14,500-square-foot centerpiece of Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute, the only school in the U.S. that offers a wine industry MBA. More...
By Jodi Helmer. Colleges and universities must clearly define their primary objectives and maintain a degree of flexibility with respect to their approach in ultimately determining the business relationship with their private sector partner. More...
By Jodi Helmer. In 2016, news outlets across the nation reported several accidents and inconveniences in private student housing developments. More...
By Roxanne Shiels. As growing numbers of students pursue degrees online, a new constituency in higher education is being created: alumni who have completed their studies without setting foot on campus. More...
How can we be confident universities are doing a good job? This issue of quality assurance in higher education is stirring up heated debates all around the world. During the last few months, my mailbox has been bursting with critical articles about quality assurance and barely a day goes by without a higher education newsletter or website reporting on such critical analyses and on new policy initiatives. More...
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