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Higher ed experiencing a boom in huddle rooms

Web Editor | May 09, 2018

Whether you call them huddle rooms, breakout rooms or collaboration rooms, small group spaces cropping up in various campus buildings are changing the way academic facilities are used. The trend has extended beyond the campus library, where these spaces were traditionally located. Now small breakout rooms for student collaboration are becoming a mainstay in engineering […]

More institutions are moving to the cloud

Web Editor | May 02, 2018

Why are more institutions moving their key systems to the cloud? When we speak to institutions, their motivations tend to fall into three categories: fundamental, functional and financial. Fundamentally, it may be time for an operating system upgrade from an aging system that’s costing a lot of maintenance and management overhead in space and power. […]

Washington University makes campus life easier for students, faculty and staff with its trifecta of FedEx Office locations

Web Editor | May 01, 2018

FedEx Office opened a location in the Danforth bookstore of Washington University in St. Louis more than a decade ago, offering services that were not found on campus before its opening. WashU wanted to provide students and staff an easy way to get projects completed without the inconvenience of having to leave the university, so […]

Higher ed study abroad policies take hard look at safety

Stefanie Botelho | April 30, 2018

As global collaboration increases in higher education, so do concerns about violence abroad. In response, colleges and universities are strengthening international travel policies in an effort to keep their community members safe and accounted for overseas. Destination: Known Risk management teams now work across departments to improve travel protocols. Washington University in St. Louis’ International […]

Devinder Malhotra to become chancellor of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

Web Editor | April 29, 2018

Interim Chancellor Devinder Malhotra of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities will now lead the system's 30 two-year colleges and seven state universities in a full-time capacity. Malhotra's promotion came at the request of the trustees. In 2017, Malhotra came out of retirement to fill the role of interim chancellor after trustees rejected the first round […]

Alfred R. Goldstein College Library at the Ringling College of Art and Design

Web Editor | April 26, 2018

The Alfred R. Goldstein library, a facility described by its namesake as "the heart and the brain of our institution," was originally located on the first floor of a building on the east side of the Ringling College of Art and Design's campus in Sarasota, Florida. The college has now given the library its own […]

EU data regulation to affect U.S. colleges and universities

Web Editor | April 25, 2018

U.S. organizations, including colleges and universities, could receive fines totaling up to $25 million each or 4 percent of annual revenue for failing to comply with a new European Union regulation that goes into effect May 25, according to the Information Commissioner's office in the U.K. Advancement and admissions offices will be impacted the most. […]

The heavy price American women pay for college

Stefanie Botelho | April 25, 2018

Some higher ed administrators may be surprised to learn that women hold two-thirds of the nation’s $1.3 trillion in student debt. By the end of 2016, this percentage equaled $833 billion, according to a new report by the American Association of University Women, a grassroots organization focused on promoting gender equity in education. Heavier student […]

Let privates talk to each other about college tuition

Wendy B. Libby | April 24, 2018

The cost of college, a daunting concern for many American families, is now the central storyline of a Hollywood movie. In a short-lived summer movie release called The House, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler, a middle-class couple, open an illegal casino to cope with their personal gamble: how to pay for their daughter's college tuition. […]

Free speech and inclusion can coexist in higher ed

Matt Zalaznick | April 24, 2018

Inclusion and diversity don’t have to clash with free speech on campus. Though recent surveys have suggested a growing conflict, higher ed experts and educators—including those who have been involved in some of the research—say the concepts can only thrive in unison. “It’s very easy to put them in opposition,” says Lorelle Espinosa, assistant vice […]

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