President Donald Trump plans to nominate Bob King, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, to fill a major post in the U.S. Department of Education. More...
Intrusive advising for college students
When the strategy is that staff reach out to students rather than wait for students to come to them, some colleges experience higher retention rates, which, in turn, helps the bottom line. More...
Nix gainful employment and start over on higher ed accountability
Earlier this month, the Department of Education announced that it would rescind the Obama administration’s “Gainful Employment” (GE) rule, which penalized certain higher education programs that graduated students with too much debt relative to their earnings. More...
Daktronics deploys new generation of narrow pixel pitch product line
Daktronics (NASDAQ-DAKT) of Brookings, South Dakota, has launched a new generation of the company’s narrow pixel pitch product line including pixel pitches of 1.2, 1.5, 1.9 and 2.5 millimeters. More...
UMKC installs smart kiosks on campus
Students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City got a whole lot smarter overnight. The university unveiled newly installed smart kiosks, called CityPosts, Tuesday. More...
How do we hire the best college faculty?
Determining employee engagement is the key. Highly engaged faculty will likely see opportunities, while disengaged faculty may focus more on limitations and may have a negative effect on student learning. More...
Calif. to community colleges: Graduate more students or lose your funding
California’s politicians and educators are getting serious about how to solve an immense and vexing problem — the graduation rate at the community colleges. More...
Heartland Community College to offer customized program at Clinton plant
Employees at Exelon Generation's Clinton Power Station will be able to take classes at the plant leading to an associate's degree under an agreement signed Tuesday between Exelon and Heartland Community College. More...
A Pa. university scrubs the names of three bishops from buildings
The University of Scranton, a Jesuit university in Pennsylvania, is removing the names of three bishops from school buildings in response to an ongoing sexual abuse investigation involving several Catholic leadership figures from the state. More...
Higher ed employees kept in the loop
Schools are more transparent with employees to avoid second-guessing, but that doesn't mean they reveal everything to everyone. More...