Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Colorado is one of the most educated states in the nation, ranking high in the percentage of adults who attended college and hold bachelor's degrees. But state funding for higher education isn't what it used to be -- according to the American Council on Education, state support shrank nearly 70 percent between 1980 and 2011. More...
Student coaching service InsideTrack launches service
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. InsideTrack, the nation’s leading provider of student success coaching services, announced today the launch of a new service called Strong Start Coaching, which supports admitted students in making informed college selection and enrollment decisions, and developing the habits they will need to persist and graduate. More...
Higher ed, economic development and the future of Southwest Ga.
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Many years ago, there was an advertising campaign that declared, “It’s not your father’s Oldsmobile.” Targeting younger buyers, Oldsmobile, a company that had rested on its laurels for decades, realized that the market was changing. More...
Business schools are using MOOCs to boost application
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have often been cast as business education’s bad guy; free, alternative online courses disrupting the market and threatening the traditional business school model. More...
A fumble on a key FAFSA tool, and a failure to communicate
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Applying for financial aid for college got a lot harder this month, in the thick of application season, but it took federal agencies nearly a week to explain what was happening. More...
14 percent of community college students are homeless
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Roughly half of students at 70 community colleges across the country face housing challenges, like obstacles paying rent or utilities regularly or needing to move frequently, a survey published Wednesday found. More...
Why one university is sharing the risk on student debt
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Most student financial aid for higher education comes in two forms: loans and grants. As tuition costs have grown, however, both options have had a hard time keeping up—grants are oversubscribed and loans have left college dropouts struggling to pay off debts without any of the financial benefits of holding a degree. More...
Colleges: Shields up!
By Barb Freda. Ten years ago, few universities employed chief information security officers. Now these administrators—known as CISOs—lead teams dedicated to shielding information, systems and research from internet thieves, and to keeping up with federal regulations. More...
Colleges need to teach Ph.D.s how to teach
By Donna Fletcher. Legislators, parents and students are not the only ones asking questions about the cost and quality of higher education. More...
Roadmap of higher ed goes beyond the basics of digital marketing analytics
By Karine Joly. How would you rate the digital marketing analytics process at your institution? Is marketing measurement all squared away? If I had to guess your answer, I’d say probably not. More...