By Matt Zalaznick. Criminal justice professor and public safety expert Robin Engel’s extensive background working with both law enforcement and community advocates should give plenty of credibility to her leadership of the police reform initiative launched by University of Cincinnati after an officer-involved shooting near campus this summer. More...
Innovation Center at The New School
By Lauren Williams. Located in downtown Manhattan, the 23,000-square-foot Innovation Center at The New School is an AV-intensive facility that’s open 24/7. More...
Campus tours that turn heads
By Ioanna Opidee. In an era when prospective students and their parents can learn about hundreds of schools from the comfort of their homes, the in-person campus tour offers a golden opportunity to tip the scales in your favor. More...
Obama’s ‘Scorecard’ debuts to mixed reviews
By Tim Goral. College Scorecard details what graduates earn, how much student debt they carry and more. More...
The Deepening of Photography
By Oronte. I’m on the email list for a group called Saigon Kids, mostly Americans who were children and teens in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand in the 1950s and ‘60s, due to parents who were teachers, government officials, diplomatic staff, civilian contractors, medical professionals, and military in the early years of the war. I was born in Saigon; my father was on a USAID team from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he taught. Read more...
Career Services Should Always Be Engaged
By Eric Stoller. Career services departments/offices should always be engaged (and engaging) on social media. Current students, newly admitted students, prospective students, employers, and alumni should connect and communicate via every single career services social media channel as much as possible. Read more...
Customer Service Is Not A Four-Letter Word ...
By Deborah Maue. "Customer service" can be a four-letter word on campus. We don't like to think of prospective students and their parents as potential customers, because the educational experience we offer is far more complicated than a typical consumer product or service. More...
Tell Internal Audiences First
By Teresa Valerio Parrot. When a crisis (or perceived crisis) hits a campus, the go-to prioritization for leaders’ communications seems to be media first with all other audiences following a distant and undifferentiated second. More...Having Twins?
By Laura Tropp. I’m still thinking about the announcement that Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, is expecting twins. Pregnancy is a subject of special interest to me as I have spent much time writing about it (and I’ve been pregnant three times as well). Read more...
Math Geek Mom: Welcome to the U.S.!
By Rosemarie Emanuele. Today I want to write a short note to a visitor who will arrive soon. Unlike the ciphers I teach in Number Theory, this is written in “plain text.”
Dear Pope Francis. Read more...