Great College Advice
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Inevitably, when I visit colleges and sit through their information sessions, a question comes from a concerned parent in the audience asking about the school’s acceptance rate (the number admitted divided by the number who applied) for Early Decision versus Regular Decision. The fundamental question? “Is it easier to get in if you apply early decision?
College for Creative Study
OCTOBER 10, 2023
In the northern part of Alaska exists the Canning River Delta, a wide river valley formed by glacial water from Mt Chamberlain. For seven days, Francis Vallejo, award-winning artist and assistant professor of Illustration, accompanied a group of biologists into an Arctic National Wildlife Refuge studying birds and small mammals. Vallejo is releasing a book of his illustrations during his time in the arctic as part of the Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence Program.
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Clark Nesxen
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Dorothea Dix Park, located just outside of downtown Raleigh, features sweeping views of the city skyline. Clark Nexsen’s Combustion Chamber serves as a vehicle to fuel experimentation and discovery within the professional realm of architectural design. The intent is to provide a place to exchange ideas that foster creativity and collaboration, propagating curiosity in the interest of sustained professional growth, driving better outcomes for clients, and fostering an engaged design culture withi
Roompact
OCTOBER 10, 2023
As a resident advisor, you likely have heard your department talk about assessment. What in the world do they mean when they say assessment? University housing assessment is a process where the university evaluates and gathers feedback from students about their experiences living on campus. It helps the university make improvements to housing services and.
Clark Nesxen
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Aiming to eliminate PFAS from their current fire protection system, the U.S. Navy was in need of a new system to protect its hangars, planes, and personnel from catastrophic events. In the following, Clark Nexsen senior project manager Brian Snyder highlights how collaboration and adaptability facilitated the timely implementation of an innovative and compliant fire protection system.
eLiterate
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of consulting for the Education Design Lab (EDL) on their search for a Learning Management System (LMS) that would accommodate Competency-Based Education (CBE). While many platforms, especially in the corporate Learning and Development space, talked about skill tracking and pathways in their marketing, the EDL team found a bewildering array of options that looked good in theory but failed in practice.
University Business
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Hybrid and remote work among staff and administration during the pandemic may have first looked like a temporary contingency plan. However, three years removed from the pandemic, employees still prefer the option to work from home. The demand for it is so high that it’s the second-most cited reason they said they were seeking another job in a CUPA-HR report last month.
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EAB
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Podcast The Big Shift in University Fundraising Episode 168. October 10, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes. Lola Mauer from Ball State University and Daniel Burgner from George Washington University join EAB’s Mark Shreve to discuss why they’re glad that US News and W
Ray Schroeder
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Each of the colleges within the University of Nebraska system are looking at ways to make up for an approximate $58 million budget shortfall. The University of Nebraska at Kearney is attempting to shave off $4.3 million of that total. “This is system wide, not unique for UNK,” said Todd Gottula, UNK Sr. Director of Communications. ”We are doing our part to help with the overall shortfall.
AIFS Abroad
OCTOBER 10, 2023
If you’re about to graduate or recently graduated from your undergraduate college experience, congrats! Only about 4 in 10 Americans ages 25 and older have a Bachelor’s degree. Go you! You’ve completed all your course requirements, met some amazing people, developed new skills, and now it’s time to take a leap into the “real world.” While it may feel like the majority of your peers will go straight into the full-time job hunt, dive into their advanced degree p
Ray Schroeder
OCTOBER 10, 2023
New efforts may be coming to help an underfunded West Virginia State University. It is also one of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities. It is not known if this was done intentionally or was just an oversight, but it’s quite costly. West Virginia State University was recently notified by the federal government that it had been underfunded to the tune of $852 million over the course of thirty years.
PUC
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Even though college is an exciting time to embrace your independence and take on new adventures, being homesick is very common. No matter how far or close you are to home, there will be times you’ll feel homesick, so we’ve put together tips on how to cope with missing home.
College for Creative Study
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The Detro Tune exhibition is conceptualized as an audio-visual virtual voyage through music history, subcultural anatomy and authentic City of Detroit identity. Virtual voyage through the city of Detroit's authentic cultural identity The Detro Tune exhibition is conceptualized as an audio-visual virtual voyage through the city of Detroit's music history, subcultural anatomy and authentic cultural [.
University Business
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Tennessee State University supporters and the state government continue to find themselves in a quagmire as both parties have recognized that the historic Black college was underfunded. How much is still up for debate and depends on who’s asked. The state said half a billion was owed in 2022, while the federal government said that number is actually $2.1 billion.
College for Creative Study
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The Gilbert Family Foundation and the College for Creative Studies (CCS) today announced the launch of the Gilbert Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund. The contribution totals $1 million and is earmarked for Detroit students with a focus on expanding access to arts education in the city of Detroit. The scholarship has been created to attract and support Detroit residents with disadvantaged backgrounds, particularly those within historically marginalized communities.
University Business
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The leader of Michigan State University’s presidential search committee Sunday disputed comments by several national experts who said the school’s termination of football coach Mel Tucker is likely to impact its ability to hire a top-level presidential candidate. MSU Trustee Dennis Denno, who is chairing the search committee, issued a statement Sunday to “clarify” the “message” presented in the media regarding the school’s search and its timeline of hav
EAB
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Blogs Our New Staffing Model Playbook for Higher Ed CMOs Insights from a former higher ed CMO on how to adapt staffing models to meet market realities Many higher ed marketing and enrollment teams are not equipped to keep up with today’s changing recruitment expectations in the race to attract and enroll prospective students. Teams need to master data-driven digital marketing and seamless web experiences to attract leads and nurture them to applicants and enrolled students.
University Business
OCTOBER 10, 2023
In the several studies culled by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University Teachers College, dual enrollment opportunities provided to K12 students repeatedly proved to help boost college outcomes. Simply put, they help students complete high school, enroll in college and complete their degree successfully. However, research from the CCRC shows that high schools and colleges typically implement dual enrollment with a “laissez-faire” approach, meaning that students arbitrarily
Parchment
OCTOBER 10, 2023
When it comes to transfer and mobility in higher education, the news remains grim. In Fall 2022, upward transfer fell by 7.5%, continuing the downward trend we saw throughout the pandemic. But in a bright spot, other transfer pathways showed signs of rebound, with four-year lateral transfers increasing by 2% and 2-year lateral transfers growing by.3%.
CAPD
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Matroid is a gold sponsor of the MIT virtual Fall Career Fair. In a thrilling rendezvous with global leaders, Reza Zadeh, the visionary Founder and CEO of Matroid, recently visited Buckingham Palace in England. The occasion? A groundbreaking Space Sustainability Event hosted by none other than His Majesty The King, where the future of space exploration took center stage.
EAB
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Press Release EAB Enhances How Its Leading CRM Supports Students Before, During, and After College New features, including application connecting students to employers, focus on postgraduate success October 10, 2023 • 5 minutes Chicago, Il, (October 10, 2023) — EAB announced today, at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference , enhancements to Navigate , the company’s leading customer relationship management (CRM) software for colleges and universities.
CAPD
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Owl Cyber Defense is a gold sponsor of the MIT virtual Fall Career Fair. Think a career in cybersecurity is all work and no play? Think again. At Owl, we’re all about supporting our people. Employees are the backbone of our company, which is why we strive to foster a positive, inspiring, and healthy culture through various programs and benefits. We’re a unique team of engineers, product managers, technical writers, marketing experts and sales professionals with a common goal: To innovate elite c
University Business
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Classes at Bowie State University have been canceled for the rest of the week in the wake of last weekend’s shooting that injured two 19-year-olds during homecoming festivities. The break will allow students, faculty and staff additional time to address their “mental well-being,” university officials said. Late Saturday, two 19-year-olds who were not students were injured in a shooting on Bowie State’s campus.
CAPD
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Scott Horsley | NPR Harvard University’s Claudia Goldin has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her research on women in the labor market. She studies the changing role of working women through the centuries, and the causes of the persistent pay gap between men and women. Read the full article on NPR. You can also listen to a 2021 interview with Claudia about her work, with an update from her after she learned about her award.
College Forward
OCTOBER 10, 2023
On October 2, College Possible Minnesota and the State of Minnesota Office of Higher Education signed an agreement that will allow students attending schools that don’t already participate in the state-run college Direct Admissions program to have access to the program through College Possible. College Possible Minnesota is the first community-based organization to participate in this program.
CAPD
OCTOBER 10, 2023
As a part of Open Access Week, The MIT Libraries will be hosting several events that are relevant to PhDs and postdocs. Legal Issues in Computational Research Using Text and Data Mining with Dave Hansen, the Executive Director of the Authors Alliance. This interactive, in-person workshop with Q&A will survey existing law and policy and highlight pathways forward for researchers across disciplines, including fair use and TDM-specific exemptions to copyright.
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