By Elisabeth Rees Johnstone - EvoLLLution. Succeeding in today’s higher education marketplace requires institutions to provide highly niched services to as wide an audience as possible. For many institutions, this requires a significant rethink of their priorities and positioning, and a focus on transformation. This, however, is a tricky proposition in the often change-averse postsecondary environment. More...
By Elsa Núñez - EvoLLLution. The percentage of college students over the age of 25 is around 40 percent. In addition, the National Center for Education Statistics projects that enrollments of college students over the age of 25 will increase by 20 percent in the next eight years, compared with only 12 percent for younger students. More...
By Kelly Otter - EvoLLLution. It is critical for continuing and non-traditional education leaders to keep track of major trends impacting the higher education space. We can serve as incubators or laboratories at our institutions that promote the development and growth of new and more effective methods of transferring knowledge and cultivating individuals with new skills and abilities that allow them to better participate in building society. We promote educational entrepreneurship. More...
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Nova Scotia's minister of advanced education will ask education ministers across Canada to call a halt to contracts for university presidents that allow them to continue to receive large salaries after their term ends. Read more...
By Selina Chignall. Karolina Kozak, 23, is currently pursuing her master’s in science at the University of Toronto. She has racked up $20,000 in student loans during her course of post-secondary study. She worries about the prospect of finding a job when she’s done school while trying to manage the interest on her loans. Read more...
By Eric Bell. University and college students in Manitoba will soon have access to an online database that will assist them in transferring course credits to other Manitoba educational institutions.
The Credit Transfer Portal will list academic credit transfer arrangements among seven partnering institutions in Manitoba, which will help ensure course credits are consistently recognized. More...
By Vauhini Vara. Last week, the Board of Regents for Iowa’s higher-education system announced the hiring of J. Bruce Harreld, a business consultant who lives near Vail, as the new president of the University of Iowa. During its search, the board, an appointed body, had interviewed notable candidates from the field of higher education, like the president of Oberlin and the provosts of Tulane and Ohio State, but in the end, they landed on Harreld, who isn’t well known in academic circles—or anywhere else, really. More...
As students start classes at colleges and universities across the country, new research shows that despite much naysaying, liberal arts degrees do lead to successful careers. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
