February, 2019

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Hard Times for Higher Education Spell Opportunity

Austin Williams

While colleges like to project personas of stability and endurance, the truth is higher education is having a tough moment. With word last month that another small college would close , colleges and universities are reminded of the challenges they face, year in and out: Finding academically qualified applicants for the next incoming class. Serving the current student population from the classroom to the dorm room.

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Onboarding New Professional Staff to a Student Affairs or Residential Curriculum

Paul Gordon Brown

Student Affairs offices, particularly those within residence life and education, typically see a steady turn over of professionals year-to-year. When building and maintaining a curriculum, it can sometimes be a challenge to onboard new staff members who (1) may not be familiar with the model at all or (2) are not familiar with your institution’s specific implementation of the curricular approach.

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The commuter student niche - but they are having a hard time

Terminalfour

We take a look at how universities can improve the experience using digital technologies and attract more students from this growing demographic.

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Congratulations to Mark Guzdial

Academic Computing

Research is ultimately about discovering new knowledge, and sharing it. A long-standing criticism of academic researchers is that they tend to falter on the sharing part. Far too many researchers think that publishing a paper in a paywalled journal or conference is sufficient. The modern world allows us to engage in many more ways with other researchers and the larger public — blogs, twitter, youtube and so on — yet many researchers still do not publicise their research findings well

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What can 2,374 emails tell us about how universities are using email marketing?

Terminalfour

A prospective student from the United States has analyzed 2,374 emails he received from 115 institutions. The results are fascinating!

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Going viral on Facebook video: The Great Bristol Shake Off

Terminalfour

Behind the viral video, how the University of Bristol shared a video on Facebook and got over 1 million views!