Dunwood provost: Colleges must better prepare technical workers

Jeff Ylinen says college administrators must also cultivate employer relationships to keep curriculum in line with workforce needs.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

Texas A&M offers engineering program through community colleges

The university is partnering with four of the state's two-year schools to provide a pipeline for students into its 16 engineering degrees.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

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Enrollment and Retention

A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

By Higher Ed Dive staff

Higher ed outlook now 'stable': Moody's

The investor services company has labeled the sector’s outlook as ‘negative’ since January 2013.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

California considering free community college

The state may have the money, but it must decide whether to use it on free college or other targeted higher ed spending.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 21, 2015

Using CRMs in higher ed recruitment

Colleges and universities are increasingly tapping a number of companies to redesign admissions.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

More campuses trading bookstores for online sales

With online moves for textbook sales come questions of whether to close campus stores or stock them with other retail items.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

U of Florida, CCSSO effort aims to transform educator prep

Recommendations include strengthening licensure standards and identifying key skills for educators to better serve all students.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

Study examines online, on-campus price models

A professor of management information systems at UMass Dartmouth is presenting a glimpse of pricing practices across a diverse sample of 103 schools.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

Bringing college presidents and enrollment chiefs together

ACT held its annual Enrollment Planners Conference on Friday, aimed at finding ways enrollment chiefs can reach common ground with campus presidents.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

College CFO survey finds closure, financial strategy concerns

Inside Higher Ed and Gallup’s fifth annual survey found fewer than half of respondents confident in their institution’s long-term financial model.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 20, 2015

ESEA, Udacity, and testing: The week's most-read education news

Fall behind? Get caught up on the Senate's overhaul of No Child Left Behind, the difficulty of New York's tests, and more right here.

By Roger Riddell • July 17, 2015

Missouri bans aid to undocumented college students

State legislators approved a change in the latest budget prohibiting offering lower tuition to undocumented students protected by DACA.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 17, 2015

Wisconsin to offer online data science master's

The online degree will be offered in partnership by the University of Wisconsin Extension and six UW campuses.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 17, 2015

CHEA releases international quality principles for higher ed

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s list comes in response to a rise in student and faculty mobility among international institutions.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 17, 2015

Rocha will keep $400K Pasadena City College severance

The embattled former president was told to return $400,000 after a judge ruled the college’s board illegally discussed the payout without noting it on a public agenda.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 17, 2015

Court scales back decision against unpaid internships

The original 2013 lower court decision found unpaid internships to be illegal if the intern’s work benefits the employer.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 17, 2015

Skyepack enables faculty to write cheap, responsive, digital textbooks

The Purdue-developed publishing platform aims to bring down the textbook costs of the university’s courses.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 16, 2015

Purdue provost takes over diversity officer role

The chief diversity officer position created five years ago has been eliminated in favor of a new plan with more focus on diverse faculty recruitment.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 16, 2015

Minority enrollment soars at Temple U

The Philadelphia university has made a handful of recruitment changes but believes dropping the SAT/ACT score requirement in admissions had a large effect.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 16, 2015

Iran nuclear deal could benefit higher ed

After a 30-year freeze in the relationship between the US and Iranian governments, research partnerships and educational opportunities may now flower.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 16, 2015

For-profits looking to adapt in shifting marketplace

Analysts believe the sector is rebalancing and finding new niches amid the current decline, rather than dying.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 16, 2015

Workforce development partnerships offer new audiences to institutions

Beyond corporations, universities are increasingly partnering with other education providers to indirectly fulfill companies' workforce development needs.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 15, 2015

Before it tried to close, Sweet Briar sought merger

Among merger options explored by the financially troubled Virginia women’s college: the University of Virginia.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 15, 2015

How UCF gains faculty buy-in on mobile learning

Ongoing training options for teachers, including a Mobile Essentials course, are among strategies employed by the Florida institution.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 15, 2015

Apprenticeships once again in the spotlight

Politicians are again looking at expanding apprenticeship programs to provide an additional route to middle class life.

By Tara García Mathewson • July 15, 2015