Higher Ed Data Stories
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
OK, I got your attention. That title is admittedly a bit harsh. But before I talk about the data, there are lots of caveats here, and some background will help. Last week, NACUBO released its 2021 Study of Endowments, along with lots of data for the public, and more if you are a member. I used the free data here. The last person you want to get angry at you is the business officers.
The Change Leader, Inc.
FEBRUARY 26, 2022
Pine Manor and Boston College's innovation in integration created a student success pipeline by defining the parts to strengthen the whole. Instead of pushing two institutions together, leaders figured out how they could grow together for institutional sustainability and student success. Pine Manor and Boston College's innovation in integration created a student success pipeline by defining the parts to strengthen the whole.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Terminalfour
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Through the pandemic, universities and colleges have been exceptionally creative in adapting to challenges. Now is the time to regroup together to share experiences, knowledge, and innovation at (mostly) in-person conferences. We check out innovative conferences and well-established favorites.
IHEP
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
By: Janiel Santos. The college search process is a pivotal point in a student’s college journey, and often an unnecessarily challenging one. I still vividly remember the overwhelming frustration that came with sorting through information packets and struggling to compare institutional outcomes as I attempted to narrow down my top college choices. As the first in my family to go to college, the process was daunting and difficult to navigate.
Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
February can be one of the bleakest months in Northeast Ohio. Fortunately, there is a bright spot this time of year with the annual DREAM conference, hosted by Achieving the Dream (ATD). Recently, I joined more than 300 community college leaders for the ATD annual convening. Inside the virtual conference, I felt myself become energized through the stories and strategies shared – especially the messages shared by ATD President and CEO Dr.
Higher Education Inquirer
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
College Meltdown 2.0 is distinctly different than the College Meltdown that started in 2010. The first wave of the College Meltdown (2010-2021) resulted in a slow and steady drop in overall US college enrollment , with dramatic losses among for-profit colleges and community colleges. Corinthian Colleges , ITT Educational Services , and Education Management Corporation were three large for-profit chains to close.
Continuous Learning Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
( A. Solano ) Colleges across the country have been hyper-focused on closing equity gaps. They consistently talk about it as the end goal. It's in their strategic plan, equity plan, guided pathways plan--you name it. I've argued that closing equity gaps is an extremely important and meaningful short or mid-term goal, but not the long-term goal. If colleges require high standards and expectations from students, then institutions need to set the example.
University Leadership Central brings together the best content for university leaders and administrators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Terminalfour
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
This week, we’re taking a close look at online education innovators that are set to shake up digital student recruitment, online learning, and management in 2022 and what this means for the higher education industry.
Thinking Cap Agency
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
If the Covid pandemic taught us one thing, it’s the importance of our nurses. And the key to great nurses is attracting the right students to attend your nursing school. However, a one-size-fits-all marketing strategy simply won’t cut it in today’s higher education marketing landscape. When it comes to marketing your nursing school, your team needs to be laser-focused, highly strategic, and have an in-depth knowledge of cutting-edge marketing tactics.
The Higher Ed Marketer
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
The potential for getting roasted by Gen Z is high if you aren’t adapting to the new expectations for higher education. Facebook is in the past—students are looking for more. More community, mental health sensitivity, and customization. How can we provide that? Our guest, Adam Metcalf , Co-Founder at ZeeMee , has the answers. In this episode, he explains why the key to Gen Z is community and how that unlocks a new level of engagement between schools and students.
Higher Education Inquirer
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
[This article is part of the Transparency-Accountability-Value series.] Terri E. Givens is a seasoned (and storied) political science professor currently teaching at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. Professor Givens has recently produced two essential books on the politics of race: “Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridge Racial Divides” and “The Roots of Racism.
Continuous Learning Institute
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
( A. Solano ). A setting is a time and place for educators to get important work done. Committees are not the ideal setting to accomplish work. They're filled with arcane, time-wasting procedures such as Robert's Rules, they're the place where obstructionists plant themselves with endless "concerns," and where politics is in full display. Therefore, it's committee sub-workgroups and/or independent workgroup settings that are better equipped to help the institution create change toward improved e
The Change Leader, Inc.
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
In this podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Michael Horowitz discuss how TCS Education System’s forward-thinking approach to growth and sustainability has made a big impact on students, the community, and the medical education system. With the recent addition of the Kansas Health Science Center (KHSC) and the related Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, TCS […] Grab some take away's from TCS Education System's forward-thinking approach to growth and sustainability for your insti
Terminalfour
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
We've seen how drone footage can be used to great effect to showcase the campus landscape. But what about drone footage inside university buildings? Find out how the University of Stirling used drone-captured video to create a unique view behind the scenes of their campus.
Edu Alliance Journal
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
February 28, 2022 by Dr. Bruce Taylor In the West, it’s common to view globalization through an inbound lens: international students and scholars come to North America or Europe for study or work, with some returning home and others perhaps choosing to remain. But the outbound movement of Western scholars to non-Western settings has always been present, although less visible.
Echo Delta
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
?. The campus visit is a make-or-break moment for traditional undergraduates. Yet, as schools around the country have made their way back to campus, selling the residential experience has been anything but business as usual. In this episode, we explore the current state of the campus visit and some of the most important challenges facing both schools and students.
Dr. Josie Ahlquist
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
We are running out of words to describe the emotions, experiences, and overall expressions for what life is right now. July 2021 was a difficult-face-plant-learning experience for me. I always thought I was a pretty resilient person: I assumed life would never be easy, and that there was an honor in that. By the end of July, however, my toughness turned flimsy.
The Higher Ed Marketer
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Ever since the internet lowered barriers for fundraising, getting the attention of donors has gotten increasingly harder. Many colleges and universities have responded by making their capital campaigns bigger. However, our guest, Steve Brady , Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology , believes they should get smaller.
#Deaning
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
It’s that wonderful time of year when I start getting messages from people whose children are deciding where to go to university and I get to talk about what is so special about studying arts at U of G. Buckle up! These are my top 10 reasons! Programs, programs, programs! From traditional humanities disciplines such as Philosophy, Classics (Greek, Latin, Mythology), History, and English Literature, to the creative arts such as Music, Theatre, and Studio Art, to our exciting new interdisciplinary
Higher Education Inquirer
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
In 2013, Futurist Bryan Alexander aptly talked about peak college enrollment in the United States. And over the last decade or so, higher education enrollment has declined in almost every state. Now at least 18 US states have experienced enrollment drops greater than 20 percent--and five more are close to that threshold. People can watch the College Meltdown in real time at thelayoff.com.
Continuous Learning Institute
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
( A. Solano ). The disconnect between policy, research, and practice is extraordinarily real for college practitioners. The intersection of policy, research, and practice at the center of this Venn diagram is often an illusion. Too many university researchers and policy makers simply lack a deep understanding of how colleges work to ensure their efforts land in the Venn diagram sweet spot.
Echo Delta
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
?. Diversity, equity, and inclusion is top of mind for many higher ed marketers, but figuring out the practical side of applying DEI concepts to the actual creative work marketing teams produce is often easier said than done. In this episode, we’ll hear from Kymm Martinez and Katie Jensen at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota about how they made DEI less intimidating and more actionable for their marketing team.
Dr. Josie Ahlquist
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
I bought a Peloton bike in 2020. In my 20s and early 30s, I actually taught spinning classes – so I knew this purchase was going to work well for me. Don’t worry, this is not a #AD. I do love my bike (find me at JosieAndThe Pelo) and the Peloton community – so much so that I created a digital community for #HigherEdRiders! What I didn’t expect were instructors and classes like Ally Love.
The Higher Ed Marketer
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
To succeed at higher ed marketing, you need to understand the challenges prospective students face. For example, what hurdles do they need to overcome to attend your school? Often, a major hurdle is the prospect of borrowing money. That’s why offering loan repayment assistance programs, or LRAPs, can make a huge difference with enrollment. Peter Samuelson , President at Ardeo Education Solutions , joins the show to explain what LRAPs are, how they’re used, and how higher ed institutions benefit
Academic Computing
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
In January 2022, the online game Wordle soared in popularity. It’s a word-guessing game where you guess a five-letter word and are told for each guess whether a letter is in the right place in the target word, present in the solution but in a different place, or not present at all in the target word. I fully expect that its popularity will crash soon enough, like most fads, although not before the NYT acquired it.
Susquehanna President's Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Achieve, Lead, Vote I have written a number of times about the roles many of our Founding Fathers played in establishing and cultivating higher-education institutions, especially liberal-arts colleges. They believed that for a democratic republic to succeed, and ideally flourish, an informed electorate was a necessity. This was a stark contrast with the European model that carefully limited access to a university education to the elite as a way to centralize and protect power.
Continuous Learning Institute
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
( A. Solano ) Higher education faculty, specifically community college faculty, have played a significant role in my success as a student. I went from a returning student at California community college to Cornell University—a member of the Ivy League—in large part because of key community college faculty who took the time to mentor me and work hard to provide quality instruction.
Higher Education Inquirer
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Just over 20 years ago, Michael Zweig published The Working Class Majority: America’s Best Kept Secret. At that year’s How Class Works conference at SUNY Stony Brook, academics from history, political science, labor and industrial relations, and other fields debated Zweig’s use of the term “working class.” Some thought it was a throwback to the 1930s or a tip-off that someone was a Marxist.
Continuous Learning Institute
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
( A. Solano ) Many campuses have either struggled to maintain momentum or stalled all together in their efforts to plan and implement major priorities to improve the student experience with equity impact. There's the usual suspects that contribute to a lack of clarity, coherence, and consensus: endless "inquiry" (i.e., data analysis, a tactic to avoid the work); hubris; workgroups that lack purpose and project management expertise; poorly designed structures that fail to communicate, collaborate
The Higher Ed Marketer
FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Many prospective students don't have the resources to travel across the country and tour all of the colleges and universities that interest them. What if there was a TV show that offered an insider's look at each school—their values, the campus life, the academic opportunities—through the eyes of their students? Alex Boylan , Co-Founder and Executive Producer of The College Tour , a TV series that tells the story of a single college with each episode, joins the show to explain what the show’s al
Higher Education Inquirer
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
The Higher Education Inquirer is conducting an extensive investigation of the reemergence of fascism in US higher education. The examination aims to: define and operationalize the concept of fascism, investigate the roots of American fascism since the 17th century, and chronicle the most important cases of fascism in US higher education today. As part of a democratic process, we ask readers to be involved in the research and writing of this project.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
100 
Let's personalize your content