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Developing Leaders

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After being accepted to IIT, Mendoza asked to be put in touch with current students or alumni who are Latina. “I An advisor] put me in touch with two very lovely individuals who spoke to me about their experiences, where they are now, and how the program helped shape them.” program, a graduate assistant position opened at IIT.

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Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

With a smaller pool of available students due to demographic shifts, a growing wake of attention to mental health and a swelling public skepticism of higher education, these leaders from Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Maine are redefining their job to guide their schools in murky waters.

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Can the three-year bachelor's degree become a reality?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree.

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Increase College Enrollment With These 10 Creative and Effective Strategies

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

While postsecondary enrollment saw a slight uptick in 2023 (after several years of decline), a recent Gallup poll demonstrated that the number of Americans with strong confidence in higher education has dropped to just 36% — indicating skepticism about the value of a college degree.

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Transitioning from Faculty to Administration

Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

Most of us enter higher education as faculty members excited to engage in the teaching and learning process with students. These include: Understanding the higher education environment. Understanding the higher education environment. The higher education environment is complex.

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Grad Students Should Consider Administrative Work

Higher Ed Connects: News

This article originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed on August 5, 2019. students who are no longer are attracted to faculty careers are still interested in working in higher education. Diversity and inclusion positions are a rapidly growing area of work in higher education.

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Are you losing grad and adult enrollments at the last minute? Try these 4 strategies.

EAB

While many institutions follow a robust yield playbook for their undergraduate programs , I’ve found this isn’t always the case for graduate and adult education programs. Developing an effective yield strategy is just as important at the graduate level, if not more so. Try these 4 strategies.