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The human toll of rampant college closures

University Business

The steady trickle of colleges falling is beginning to reveal the effect it’s having on students, especially those who received abrupt notification from their institution. Since University Business last reported a college closure ( Notre Dame College on Feb. However, public colleges are not free from harm.

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Minnesota Catholic colleges cut languages, other humanities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Two linked Minnesota Roman Catholic institutions are reducing language and other humanities offerings, including nixing all its ancient Greek and Chinese classes. The provost of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University has cited overall enrollment decreases and specifically low enrollments in these courses.

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How AI can add the human touch that today’s college students need

University Business

Administrators, meanwhile, are wondering how they can harness AI’s power to benefit their organizations without damaging them. AI is helping us help our students in ways that feel much more human than skeptics of this new technology might have thought possible. This ambivalence is understandable. It contributed to a 3.5%

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Survey: Pay Equity Lags for Higher Ed Administrators

Inside Higher Ed

Though the number of women in higher education leadership roles has increased since 2002, pay equity hasn’t kept pace, according to the Administrators in Higher Education Survey released Tuesday by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.

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3 ways faculty and administrators are embracing AI beyond the classroom

University Business

Although most colleges and universities are scrambling to moderate precisely how students should be allowed to use it, faculty and administrators are inviting its use systemwide. “If used appropriately, AI can do some of the things we pay college consultants to do.”

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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recently, I was a finalist for a job opportunity and was asked “how do you plan on [re]engaging the college community”? Human resources is responsible for engaging with employees to establish community and employee satisfaction. Human resources is responsible for engaging with employees to establish community and employee satisfaction.

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Manhattanville College’s Administration Tries to Save School.by Removing its Heart (Bob Frank)

Higher Education Inquirer

During the past two years, administrators at storied Manhattanville College have removed 46 full-time faculty--by paying then to retire or laying them off. Last month, for the first time in Manhattanville's history, tenured faculty in the arts and humanities were pushed away. But is that really the answer?