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U. of Northern Colo. council outlines cost-savings recommendations

1/18/2019 - GreeleyTribune.com

Dream Center faces lawsuit over Art Institutes' accreditation claims

1/18/2019 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Getting the word out about SNAP benefits

1/18/2019 - Community College Daily

Shippensburg University is adding beer-brewing courses

1/18/2019 - Local21News.com

Cuomo proposes new regulations for student loan servicers, for-profit colleges

1/17/2019 - Syracuse.com
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Redoubling our commitment to veteran student success

Diane Sedlmeir
January, 2019

The number of student veterans on college campuses is growing.  As more veterans look to continue their education after service to our nation, it’s critically important for colleges and universities to help veterans re-enter civilian life, adapt to the academic environment, and achieve the goal of earning a higher education.

Marlboro College: Reflections on the 'road not taken'

James E. Samels
January, 2019

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

Community colleges confront hiring challenges

Matt Zalaznick
December, 2018
STAFFING SHIFTS—Study shows changes in higher ed hiring from 2016 to 2017 and teaching trends at two- and four-year schools.

Community colleges have seen a drop in faculty employment applications, according to a recent PowerSchool survey. They are are now leveraging new software to fine-tune the hiring process, among other efforts.

Student lactation stations on campus

Stefanie Botelho
December, 2018
LACTATION POLICIES FOR STUDENTS—Campus administrators (about 60% from facilities, about 25% from administration and finance, and about 11% from human resources) were asked if they have a student policy.
CONVENIENT AND COMFORTABLE—Lactation rooms at the University of Pennsylvania include a hospital-grade pump and colorful walls.

While most higher ed institutions are in compliance with the 2010 update of the Fair Labor Act and provide staff with a designated area to express milk, there is a large variation in these accommodations for students.

How today’s employees get the job ‘won’

Melissa Ezarik
December, 2018
PERSPECTIVE ON THE DATA—“It really struck us that the high school economy still provides 13 million good jobs,” says Anthony P. Carnevale, director of Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which helped produce recent job research.

Two out of three jobs now demand at least some education or training, confirms new research. Three pathways still remain: a high school education, middle-skills training or education, and a four-year college degree.

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Improving business efficiencies and transforming an IT department

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A comment CIO Ravi Ravishanker consistently heard when Wellesley College hired him nine years ago was that the Massachusetts school needed a new ERP system. The 1,100 employees at the women’s liberal arts college wanted a cloud-based solution that anyone could use.

“Unfortunately, there weren’t many choices available at the time, so I renewed our current system to buy some time,” says Ravishanker.

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12/13/2018

Creating a Connected Campus by Automating Core Processes

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Students expect their higher education experience to be modern and digital, but for many institutions, core systems across campus still rely on paper-based, manual and siloed processes. By automating processes and modernizing workflows, institutions can improve the user experience while reducing costs and workload and improving efficiency.

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A holistic approach to student success increases financial literacy, reduces debt

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A Kentucky university saw Cohort Default Rates plummet and financial literacy improve almost immediately after implementing two programs that take different, but related, approaches to student success.

At the end of 2013, the three colleges that now make up Sullivan University in Louisville had Cohort Default Rates of about 25 percent each. At the end of the 2018 school year—five years after partnering with Student Connections to implement Borrower Connect—these same schools had default rates from 13.5 percent to 15.4 percent.

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