Every spring, colleges send two sets of letters to millions of prospective students. First the good news: an acceptance letter. Then, a few weeks later, a “financial-aid award letter,” theoretically explaining how much college will cost. More...
The ultimate guide to cohort default rates in 5 easy strategies
In this ultimate guide to cohort default rates, we provide an introduction to CDRs, the life stages a student loan takes for borrowers, ideas for better communicating your CDR and default prevention strategy, as well as some tips to keeping your institution’s default rate down. More...
NAPCO Security Technologies partners with Bob Jones U.
NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSSC), one of the world's leading solutions providers and manufacturers of high tech electronic intrusion security, IoT connected home, video and fire systems, as well as enterprise-class access control and door locking products, today announced that Bob Jones University located in Greenville, South Carolina, will be installing NAPCO's Architech Cylindrical Wireless Locksets on its campus. More...
The answers for absence management in higher education
Learn about the true cost of manual absence management and how using an automated absence management solution can help higher ed organizations predict and better manage absenteeism, increase visibility of absenteeism, and decrease absence-related overtime costs. More...
Paying for education is an investment
I love being the president of Nicholls State University. Nothing fills me with more pride than seeing my beloved alma mater fulfill our mission of providing excellence in education while servicing the workforce needs of the bayou region. More...
Evergreen State College is updating after protests, decline in enrollment
No grades, no departments, no majors. For years, The Evergreen State College has been famous for a freewheeling approach to higher education. More...
McGraw-Hill and Copia Interactive partner
A new agreement between learning science company McGraw-Hill Education and Copia Interactive, a leading provider of digital learning materials, will make it even easier for colleges to provide students with effective, affordable course materials via "inclusive access" programs. More...
National action needed for sustained change in fraternity and sorority life
One more name connected to one more hazing tragedy is one too many. There must be an end to the senseless deaths occurring in fraternities across America. The memory of Timothy Piazza — and far too many others — deserves nothing less. More...
City officials consider renewing redevelopment strategy program
Signing days are held for students accepting a college athletic scholarship, but they also can be held for students entering the trades. More...
Designing higher ed for a healthy democracy
In Leading Academic Change, Governors State University President Elaine Maimon discusses the challenge of turning the two-year school into a four-year, full-service, regional public university. More...