Higher Ed: Page 288
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Millersville U increases revenue with per-credit tuition shift
The Pennsylvania institution closed half of a budget hole by charging students per credit rather than a flat fee, and it has seen steady enrollment.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 31, 2015 -
Historically black Southern U at New Orleans still feeling Katrina's aftermath
SUNO, like some other New Orleans schools, has struggled to recover, thanks to delayed FEMA funds and a changing local student demographic.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 31, 2015 -
Half-off tuition not always a good deal for students, institutions
At a certain point, the advertised tuition price is demeaned so much by offered aid that prospective students don’t take the value proposition as seriously.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 31, 2015 -
Institutions expanding more study abroad opportunities to freshmen
Leaving the country during undergrad expands students' worldview and could increase retention and graduation rates.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 31, 2015 -
Personality tests making way into higher ed presidential hiring
An increasing number of instituions are considering them, and some have made hiring decisions based on the tests' outcomes.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 31, 2015 -
Analytics, MOOCs, and teacher shortages: The week’s most-read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on students' MOOC concerns and the increasing prevalence of those courses on college applications here!
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 28, 2015 -
Successful enterprise risk management policies share ownership institutionwide
Colleges and universities can best address risk by creating institutionwide committees, planning broadly, staying flexible, and incorporating financial planning.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 28, 2015 -
Judge approves Corinthian liquidation plan with $4.3M for student fund
While students initially advocated for a halt to debt collection, the fund will provide money to help them make their case for loan discharges that could total in the billions.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 28, 2015 -
'Reluctant retirees' cause problems in changing higher ed environments
Fully 49% of tenured faculty members 50 or older say they would like to and expect to work past 67, in many cases because they haven’t considered anything else.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 28, 2015 -
Colleges create IT collaboration plan for savings on all sides
Lasell College has created a shared IT infrastructure to cover its 1,900 students, along with a continuing care retirement center and another small college.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 28, 2015 -
Audit finds more lax oversight by Ed Dept on student loan management
The department let Xerox Education Solutions off the hook for a series of missed deadlines as it worked to fix the student debt management system.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 28, 2015 -
Penn State World Campus launches program on California marine base
The San Diego recruit depot campus is expected to eventually grow to offer a handful of graduate programs.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 27, 2015 -
Colorado U president: Administrators need a business mindset
Bruce Benson has been approaching administrative decisions from a business lens, cutting fat and finding efficiencies since taking over in 2008.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 27, 2015 -
Cloud transitions have forced cultural change in higher ed IT
Cloud deployments of higher ed tools require new skillsets of IT staffers and revised expectations from campus stakeholders.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 27, 2015 -
The time is ripe for competency-based higher ed
Competency-based programs have been around for decades, in small numbers, providing plenty of lessons for schools looking to implement new programs.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 27, 2015 -
Tennessee Promise attracts thousands more freshmen than expected
While official numbers aren’t available yet, early results show nearly 75% more incoming community college freshmen in the program than projected.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 27, 2015 -
Higher ed endowments see strong returns on responsible investing
Investing in companies with aligned environmental, social, and corporate governance ideals can give institutions strong returns and provide positive marketing opportunities.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 26, 2015 -
Expecting $60M funding round, Coursera sets sights on international expansion
The MOOC provider has already raised $49.5 million from investors who seem confident in the company’s drive toward profitability.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 26, 2015 -
Admissions officers seeing more MOOC credentials on applications
Prospective students are touting MOOC enrollment and completion, often in hopes of differentiating themselves from competitors.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 26, 2015 -
How to achieve IT innovation amid budget cuts
While many CIOs in the corporate sector are seeing more funding for IT needs, higher ed finds itself forced to figure out how to do a lot with a little.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 26, 2015 -
Tuition discounts continue to rise at private colleges
Institutional grant dollars as a percentage of gross tuition and fee revenue, on average, was 48% for first-time, full-time freshman in 2014.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 26, 2015 -
Deep Dive
MOOCs show promise in complementing UC-San Diego's campus offerings
UC San Diego offers a variety of MOOCs through Coursera and edX, which many of its own students take, rounding out their educations with cutting-edge skills they need for the workplace.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 25, 2015 -
Making the case for holistic health services amid a diverse student body
Many schools are offering physical and mental health services from the same location in new, comprehensive wellness centers that can serve all ends of the campus community.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 25, 2015 -
California Community Colleges task force offers CTE recommendations
The 25 recommendations from the Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy are expected to help address a projected million-worker shortage.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 25, 2015 -
Lawsuit alleges illegal no-hire agreement between Duke, Chapel Hill
An assistant professor of radiology at Duke says she didn’t get a job at UNC because a binding agreement between the two medical schools prevented it.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 25, 2015
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