2019

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WordPress 5.3 and Large Image Uploads

HigherEdWebTech

WordPress version 5.3 released last week. In this release, there are changes in the way WordPress handles very large image uploads. Previous to 5.3, the software would allow you or your users to upload images of any size into the media library. This in and of itself is not a problem, but many sites and themes did not have automatic image and/or thumbnail image sizing setup.

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Free college tuition is a lovely, but dangerous idea

Changing Higher Education

"Free college tuition" is rapidly becoming a rallying cry in the permanent presidential campaign which now drives all policy discussions. It is easy to understand why. Tuition and fees in both the public and private sectors of higher education have been climbing much more rapidly than inflation and family income for over four decades. Even families well up in the middle class are finding the cost of higher education increasingly prohibitive, greatly limiting educational choice and opportunity.

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The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals

NPR HigherEd

Almost Maine and The Addams Family topped the list of most popular high school plays and musicals, according to Dramatics magazine's rankings. The magazine has been publishing its list since 1938. (Image credit: R.

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Do You Have a Governance Crisis in Your Higher Ed Institution?

The Change Leader, Inc.

Are you experiencing a governance crisis, or is one right around the corner? Higher ed finds itself at a crossroads when it comes to many things, but especially board governance. .

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ResLife Myth #3: Community Happens… Magically

Paul Gordon Brown

Believing that community building happens naturally and doesn’t require intervention is a myth. This “myth” is often not one that is widely believed by most professionals that work in residence life, but rather those that work outside of it. What many individuals do not realize is the amount of work and intentionality that goes into developing happy, healthy, and productive communities.

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Is Quincy Univ. (IL) A 'Going Concern'?

College Viability

Here is the definition of a going concern. "The going concern principle is the assumption that an entity will remain in business for the foreseeable future." (Source: accountingtools.

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Use Video to Deliver Info to Prospective Students’ Virtual Door

Austin Williams

A recent study shows Generation Z—estimated at 2 billion people worldwide—would rather watch long-form video on a mobile device than on a 65-inch living room TV. . This represents a behavioral shift started by Millennials, who defined the concept of watching video wherever it was convenient for them. Now, the mobile device has become the screen of choice. .

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Our 2019 Higher Education Survey Results

Terminalfour

While web and social media channels are now the way potential students research a university or college, the investment in digital & web continues to vary

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CSULB Podcast with the Provost - Episode 4 - Director of the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, Johannes Müller Stosch

CSULB Podcast with the Provost

In this month's episode of 'Podcast with the Provost,' we discuss the future of music education, meeting students where they are, and the transferrable skills music students acquire. We discuss this with Director of the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music, Johannes Müller Stosch. Join the conversation.

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The Best Metrics For ‘Pull’ Sales Promotion

University Marketing Blog

Pull promotions target the consumer and aim to change there behaviour. Successful sales promotion that focus on using a ‘pull approach’ seek to gain new customers, increase the frequency or way in which existing customers purchase the product, all of which aiming to increase demand and therefore sales (Bendle et al. 2016). Baseline Sales aims to measure regular sales activities from period to period to view trends in sales patterns to ensure if there is improvement in sales, it is du

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Are special characters in your tweets breaking accessibility?

HigherEdWebTech

I’ve been seeing a lot of Twitter accounts, both regular user accounts as well as brand accounts, using fancy, math and other symbol fonts in their tweets. These characters are all legal, and part of the Unicode standard. Akin to using a screenshot from a notes app in your tweet, we should take a closer look at these characters. On one hand, I get it.

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UK and Ireland Computing Education Research Conference

Academic Computing

This year, Brett Becker and I will be acting as program co-chairs of the new UK and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference. It will be held at the University of Kent on 5-6th September 2019. The committee includes Janet Carter as conference chair, along with Sally Fincher, Quintin Cutts and Steven Bradley. Steven has been running the Computing Education Practice conference at Durham for the past few years, which has grown impressively.

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What I’ve Learned from a Million Public Story Views on SnapChat

HigherEdWebTech

Last year, I wrote about my experience of getting to 500,000 public story views on Snapchat. While fully acknowledging that I am not Snap’s target demographic, it’s been interesting to watch the rise, dip and potential rise again of this company. This is a critical time for the social media platform, as new networks like TikTok are gaining a lot of steam globally, especially in higher ed.

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Is it time to panic about the future of higher ed?

HigherEdWebTech

Yeah, that’s a slightly clickbait-y title, but these are scary times. Schools are cutting programs, scaling way back and in some extreme instances, closing altogether. It’s hard to go a full week without seeing an article in the news about the impending death of higher education. Is higher ed dying? No, I don’t think so. Is it sick?

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TRACS Annual Meeting Learnings | Changing Higher Ed 028

The Change Leader, Inc.

The TRACS Annual Meeting Learnings - Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, an accreditation body for Christian institutions of higher education, works with approximately 100 institutions.

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The Future of Online Program Management Serviceswith Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Grant Aldrich | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 026

The Change Leader, Inc.

This program focused on the future of online program management (OPM). Over time, OPMs have expanded to include student recruitment, student retention, and support. When online education began to emerge, many higher education institutions didn’t have the wherewithal and talent to ramp up online programs so many companies started offering OPM services in program conception and creation.

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Neg Reg 2019 and HEA UpdatesHigher Ed News Washington updates with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Tom Netting | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 027

The Change Leader, Inc.

Neg Reg 2019 and HEA updates on this Higher Ed News Washington update podcast with guest Tom Netting. The Department of Education published final regulations that had achieved unprecedented consensus prior to the reporting deadline for the master calendar. However, two of the three regulations were not finalized in time for the publishing deadline and so will not go into effect on July 1, 2020, but at a later date.

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Review: Fontbonne Univ. (MO) 2016-19 Audited Financial Statement

College Viability

In the category of 'buy-it-and-hope-they-will-come', Fontbonne invested $8M in a closed St. Louis County high school to offer more courses and programs, and expanded athletic facilities. In the intensely competitive mar.

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Review: Iowa Wesleyan's 2018-19 Audited Financial Statements

College Viability

Iowa Wesleyan University (IWU) is to be given credit for promptly posting its audited 2018-2019 financial statements. Too many private colleges delay releasing their financial statements because of the marginal financia.

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A Primer for Transforming Higher Ed in Turbulent Times

The Change Leader, Inc.

Transforming Higher Ed in turbulent times may seem impossible, in "normal" times is difficult enough. Preparing for what comes next and strategically managing the transformation will make or break your institution.

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2019 St. Louis Area Colleges Enrollment Changes

College Viability

As reported by the St. Louis Business Journal (October 4, 2019), 12 out of 19 area colleges and universities had a smaller freshman class this year, according to enrollment numbers submitted to the Business Journal by ea.

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Harmonizing Divisional and Departmental Curricula

Paul Gordon Brown

Student affairs divisional curricula often evolve either from “division-to-department” or “department-to-division.” In the “division-to-department” approach, a division takes the lead in developing a collective educational priority and set of learning objectives that guide curriculum development at the departmental level.

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SEO: The Key(words and more) to Your College’s Future

Austin Williams

Higher education’s predominant target audience—the prospective undergraduate student—is a consistent and specific demographic, which enables colleges to market with a level of precision other industries can’t match. It’s no secret that Generations Z and Alpha (your incoming and not-so-future students, respectively) spend the majority of their time on smartphones; in fact, nearly one quarter (22 percent) of Gen Z use their smartphones 10+ hours per day and 67 percent use search engines as their f

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Red Teaming: The Events Leading to the Collapse of Higher Ed

College Viability

The following is a pre-mortem exercise. It describes a fictional sequence of events that could lead to dramatic changes to higher education in the United States. The story is fictional but represents a sudden-change sce.

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Chronicle Reports Moody's Negative Outlook for HigherEd

College Viability

State funding for public universities will stabilize over the next 12 months, with some disparities, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service. Still, an increasingly competitive environment will continue.

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Neg Reg 2019 Washington Update with Tom Netting | Changing Higher Ed 025

The Change Leader, Inc.

Neg Reg 2019 Washington Update Podcast with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Tom Netting. Federal legislators and policymakers continue to try to work through policy and legislative changes that will have significant impacts on higher education. These include efforts by the U.S. Department of Education to alter rules developed during the Obama Administration.

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New Marketing Techniques to Grow Enrollment with Deborah Maue | Changing Higher Ed 023

The Change Leader, Inc.

Facing declining enrollments due to changing demographics and societal factors, many higher education institutions are engaging in marketing practices that don’t make sense. Instead, institutions should consider embracing marketing strategies that are based on informal and formal market research. Developing these strategies should include reviewing current messages, crafting new messages, and reallocating resources from ineffective marketing efforts to promising pilot programs.

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Creating Education Pathways for First Generation Students with Dr. Karen Haynes | Changing Higher Ed 024

The Change Leader, Inc.

Creating Education Pathways for First Generation Students on the Changing Higher Ed Podcast. Dr. Karen Haynes retired as president of Cal State San Marcos on June 30, 2019. She was the longest-seated president in the CSU system and the first woman to hold this role in history. Haynes began her presidency in 2004 when the institution had a student population of 7,000 and an alumni base of 13,000.

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RA Training for Residential Curriculum: Sequencing and Planning

Paul Gordon Brown

The following is part of a series of blog posts addressing a number of areas related to developing a training program for RAs and student staff members working within a residential curriculum model. Posts included in this series are: An Overview Tone Setting and Basics Involving RAs and Generating Buy-In Sequencing and Planning Resources and Examples Assessment Data and Exercises Throughout the Year After determining the goals and outcomes for a curriculum, the magic happens when you begin scaf

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Neg Reg 2019 to Create New Opportunities for Universities

The Change Leader, Inc.

Neg Reg 2019 to create new opportunities for universities. The U.S. Department of Education issued its “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,” which was published it in the Federal Register last week. This is a big deal as there are multiple changes coming down the pike that most universities and colleges will embrace.

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On the 75th Anniversary of the GI Bill, Military-Connected Students Need The College Transparency Act

IHEP

by: Tanya Ang, Vice President, Veterans Education Success. Seventy-five years ago, on June 22, 1944, the GI Bill was enacted. At the bill signing, President Roosevelt recognized the sacrifices of Americans who served in the military and acknowledged the moral responsibility of the American people to support our veterans as they returned home. With this legislation, President Roosevelt also affirmed the unique potential of higher education to make real the promise of economic and social advance

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Accreditation, Innovation, and Consensus: Neg Reg 2019with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Mike Goldstein | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 022

The Change Leader, Inc.

Accreditation, Innovation, and Consensus: Neg Reg 2019. The latest Neg Reg (negotiated rulemaking) process examined the fundamental rules that guide higher education institutions’ interactions with the Department of Education with regards to student aid and related programs. The Department has used access to student aid to bring a lot of aspects of higher education under federal supervision.

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Data-Informed College Decisions: Students Deserve Clear, Consistent, and Complete Financial Aid Offers

IHEP

by: Tim Kinoshita. Earlier this month, millions of students nationwide made the life-changing decision to attend college. For these students and their families, enrolling in school is the culmination of years of hard work and determination, and these students have much to celebrate. Unfortunately, recent research suggests that many students are not provided clear, concise, and accurate information they need to fully understand the financial implications of the choices they have made.

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Utilizing Existing Campus-Wide Assessments and Measures in Your Curricular Approach

Paul Gordon Brown

As one of the essential elements of a curricular approach, assessment should occur at all levels of your curriculum. This includes on-the-ground assessment of individual learning activities, but also broader based assessment of overall curriculum effectiveness. One way of achieving this broader-based assessment is to utilize data collection instruments you may already be using and assessment data you may already be collecting.

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Chatbots: Your College’s Virtual Ambassador

Austin Williams

Thanks to our daily usage of the internet, it’s nearly impossible to have never encountered a chatbot. In fact, they’ve become so ubiquitous that you probably don’t even recognize them unless you need to interact with one. When they first emerged on the market, they were either a nuisance you immediately minimized or a form of mindless amusement (as anyone who spent hours harassing AIM’s SmarterChild bot can attest).

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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Keys to Healing Unconscious Bias in Higher Edwith Dr. Mary Wardell Ghirarduzzi | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 019

The Change Leader, Inc.

Diversity, equity and inclusion continues to be critical issues for higher education. Many of these issues are fanned by repercussions of historical events as well as unconscious biases based on unknown U.S. history and individuals tending to remain in monolithic groups. Institutions of higher education have a duty to make their campuses a model of inclusivity where every student, faculty member and staff member is wholeheartedly appreciated.

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Assessments in Higher Education: Using Data to Grow UniversitiesChanging Higher Ed Podcast 020 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Jamie Morley

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this podcast, Assessment: Using Data to Grow Universities with Jamie Morley we discuss why assessment is critical for ensuring instruction is effective in helping students to learn. This data is even more important as the demographics of students and expectations of what higher education should accomplish change. In this podcast, Assessment: Using Data to Grow Universities with Jamie Morley we discuss why assessment is critical to sustainability.