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Cabrini University makes public appeal for partnerships

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Years of dwindling enrollment and ongoing financial challenges have led to deep cuts at Cabrini University as administrators seek long-term stability. Cabrini administrators put current enrollment at roughly 1,500 students, both undergraduate and graduate. The university will also downsize from 18 department chairs to eight.

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Presidential exits: Some leave on a high note, others entrenched in scandal

University Business

steps down at a time when Langston’s total enrollment has been steadily declining for the past decade, like other regional colleges in the state. One new presidential hire will be entering an office that hasn’t changed hands in 26 years. Despite this, Smith Jr.

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New graduate program at Gustavus Adolphus College

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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How to Make Teaching More Inclusive, Interactive, Equitable, and Participatory

Inside Higher Ed

College instructors, in increasing numbers, have begun to think seriously and systematically about how to enhance student learning and engagement, remediate content and skill deficiencies, close achievement gaps, and build upon students’ prior knowledge and skills.

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Valerie Sheares Ashby on leadership and succeeding a legend

Inside Higher Ed

” An edited transcript of the interview with Sheares Ashby, former dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University, follows. But I have many other great mentors who are role models and examples. My dad was a minister and a math and science teacher. That tells you a lot about how I lead.

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So Many Poohbahs! Poohbai? Poohbae?

Inside Higher Ed

This date no longer works for the many students outside (and inside) this 18-22 year old model who may decide in June or October of a given year that they want to attend college. This law, known as the expenditure limitation, applies to all educational institutions, including K-12, community college and state universities.

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

The Change Leader, Inc.

One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree. Since leaving the Department of Education, Michael has found that college is still worth the investment, providing graduates with more opportunities, on average, than non-college grads.