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29 août 2016

A university’s guide to achieving savings through contractual risk transfer

By Micah J. M. Knapp. As highly visible institutions with perceived “deep pockets,” colleges and universities are targets for lawsuits arising from injuries and property damage only tenuously tied to the schools’ actions. The negligence of contractors, vendors, and professional service providers can and do land universities in court where they pay millions of dollars to defend and settle claims — from simple slip-and-falls to sexual assaults to privacy claims arising from massive data breaches. More...

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29 août 2016

Ensuring financial aid helps the neediest college students

By Tim Goral. Need-based financial aid was supposed to give everyone an opportunity to get into college and better their lives and career prospects. Nearly half of the public, four-year colleges studied in a new report leave the most financially needy students on the hook for more than $10,000 of debt per school year. More...

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29 août 2016

“Fact-vertising” can give colleges a competitive edge

By John L. Gann, Jr. Although their leaders might claim otherwise, ratings by U.S. News, Princeton Review and others are of outsized importance to universities today. But what about the many colleges that didn’t rank high with these reviewers? How can they compete with the list-toppers. More...

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29 août 2016

International test scores called into question by cheating

By Ray Bendici. Just hours before it was scheduled to be administered in June, the ACT college admission test was canceled in South Korea and Hong Kong. Approximately 5,500 international students were turned away from testing centers after ACT Inc. announced that it had received credible evidence that test materials in these regions had been leaked in advance, thus compromising the integrity of the exams. More...

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29 août 2016

Propelling college students to their full potential

By Matt Zalaznick. Helping all students reach their full academic and professional potential lies at the heart of several the initiatives honored as this summer’s Models of Excellence. More...

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29 août 2016

Can gender-specific campaigns boost fundraising?

By Ray Bendici. Female graduates receive fewer solicitations for donations, and they give at a lower rate than do their male counterparts, according to the “Alumni Engagement and Giving” survey by Alumni Monitor, a higher education consulting service. More...

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29 août 2016

Managing overhead expenses

By Jay Pearlman. Higher education facility managers are under pressure to reduce operating expenses. This is part of a national trend for all non-academic departments to reduce overhead expenses in order to keep spending down and tuition stable and we’re seeing this trend among both private and public campuses. More...

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29 août 2016

Millennial demand drives higher ed badging expansion

By Matt Zalaznick. Almost all U.S. colleges and universities now award certificates, digital badges and other forms of microcredentials so students can quickly show an employer specialized skills they’ve acquired. More...

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29 août 2016

Tracking sexual assault program effectiveness on campus

By Dawn Papandrea. With sexual assault, awareness efforts may well lead to higher incident reporting—and even assumptions that initiatives aren’t working. But there are still ways to measure program effectiveness. More...

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29 août 2016

Assault prevention progress on campus

By Dawn Papandrea. With headline after tragic headline, and demands from angry constituents and stakeholders to do more, colleges and universities are facing the harsh reality that just complying with the minimum requirements of the Campus SaVE (Sexual Violence Elimination) Act isn’t enough to prevent sexual assault. More...

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