Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Hundreds of undocumented immigrant students now have access to millions of dollars in financial aid to attend Eastern Connecticut State University and Delaware State University. More...
UH secures funds to replace dilapidated Snyder Hall
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. State lawmakers have funded a long-awaited construction project at the University of Hawaii's flagship campus, but some faculty members have major concerns about the $55M plan. More...
At USC, a rare open door for transfer students
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. At many elite universities, transfer students are an exotic group, comprising a tiny subset of the undergraduate population. Stanford and Yale enrolled 29 new transfers apiece in 2014, Harvard 12. Princeton has not enrolled any transfers since 1990. More...
Two teens with similar backgrounds took very different paths to college
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Guadalupe and Lizbeth come from similar backgrounds. More...
Why do women get more university places?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. This isn't just a slight difference. Women in the UK are now 35 percent more likely than men to go to university and the gap is widening every year. More...
Dropbox Education aims to improve collaboration on campus
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The cloud storage service on Tuesday introduced Dropbox Education, designed to "help faculty and staff at colleges and universities stay productive." Priced at $49 per user per year, with volume-based discounts available, depending on your deployment size, the service offers 15GB of shared storage for each user. More...
Helping skilled immigrants convey their credentials
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Finding work in the medical field has been impossible for Shakera Rahimi since she immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan in 2014. More...
Higher ed bill could fix tuition, change names at UNC schools
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A wide-ranging higher education bill would fix tuition for state universities, cut costs for students and maybe change the names of some UNC schools. More...
What alumni magazines should be about
By John L. Gann, Jr.. Marketing is not the only purpose of these publications, of course. But the alumni magazine can be a powerful marketing tool that doesn’t conflict with its other objectives. More...
#Winning on social: #Cashtag conversation
By Dawn Papandrea. Social experiment: Facebook Photo contest
The idea: To show the positive side of financial aid, Michigan State held a contest that asked students to share a photo of an experience that would not have been possible had they not received aid. More...