The trend toward greener game days is most pronounced among the big athletic schools, given their more plentiful resources, says Julian Dautremont-Smith, director of programs for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. At the same time, colleges where sports are less prominent can still find ways to integrate sustainability into game […]

“BEAT BAMA  … WE ALREADY DID!” reads a flier that Louisiana State University prepared for its incoming freshmen this year. Wait, what? LSU’s football team has lost its annual matchup with Southeastern Conference rival Alabama for each of the last six years. Keep reading, and you learn the Tigers’ victories were not on the field […]

As people feel increasingly powerless and frustrated, public humiliation is quickly becoming the weapon of choice to speak truth to power. Publicly challenging campus leadership has always been part of the fabric of campus life. But where those incidents were once episodic, they are becoming increasingly frequent. As more leaders in higher education are being […]

Jonathan Holloway is now provost of Northwestern University. He plans to ensure that the university’s science resources will remain in place despite federal research dollars being at risk. Previously, Holloway was dean of Yale College, where he was chair of the department of African American Studies. He has also served as master of Calhoun College […]

Driverless shuttle service debuted this fall at the University of Michigan’s North Campus. Two fully automated, all-electric shuttles manufactured by French firm NAVYA are transporting up to 15 students, faculty and staff at a time on a nonstop two-mile route between the Lurie Engineering Center and the university’s North Campus Research Complex on Plymouth Road. […]

“Seasonal lease options have made a dramatic change to the efficiency of campus fleets. Colleges and universities are able to customize the number of vehicles and their lease terms based on their needs, which maximizes each vehicle’s use.” —Rick Bell, sales manager, Merchants Fleet Management Short-Term Leasing Link to main story: Fleet feats on college campuses […]

Nationwide, the scope of faculty and staff housing programs varies as much as campus locations do. Options for colleges and universities can range from renting out on-campus condos or off-campus single-family homes to providing supplemental home loan assistance. Here’s a sampling of faculty housing programs. Link to main story: Welcoming home college faculty Amherst College […]

Working on a campus near the coast with sunny, 70-degree weather year-round is an appealing prospect to many people. It’s also why real estate in Southern California is among the most expensive in the nation—placing housing there out of the reach for academics seeking a first or new teaching opportunity. This reality motivated the University […]