August, 2016

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The high cost of funded research in colleges and universities

Changing Higher Education

A college or university that does research ends up spending considerable resources of its own even when most of its research is “funded”. How and why is this the case, and where does the institution look to find the resources needed to cover this unfunded research cost? Undergraduate tuition seems like one likely source. . These internal research expenditures fall into two categories, which I will call “open” and “hidden”.

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Incorporating Social Media and Digital Citizenship in the First-Year Experience Course

Mistaken Goal

Last spring, the faculty senate of my university passed a series of resolutions aimed at updating the university’s general education program. Part of that program requires (nearly) all undergraduate students to take a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and one of the resolutions updated some of the specific outcomes of that course. In this post I’ll discuss how we’re approaching the new outcome of “responsible use of the internet and other social media” that the facult

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The Rise of Snapchat in Higher Education

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The opportunities for Geofilters in the marketing and recruitment toolkit

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It's time to ask why students chose your higher ed institution (or didn't)

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A little student outreach can have huge impact on next year's success