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How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment

University Business

Last month, full-time faculty filed a motion of no confidence to school leadership when it announced a transition to a fully digital library, which would have eradicated roughly 300,000 books across its five campuses. The initiative also provides students with a living stipend and career counseling.

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ChatGPT: Threat or Menace?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It could then serve as initial-tier career counseling. The sad fact is that advising and career counseling resources on most campuses are grossly inadequate and that instruction in writing is insufficient. But I do think we shouldn’t let our fears outweigh our hopes or our anxieties overshadow future possibilities.

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The hybrid campus: Why colleges still need a physical presence in a virtual world

University Business

As proponents of hybrid campuses suggest , institutions should reimagine a campus-based education as a “technology-enabled student experience” that blends the physical and digital worlds in instruction and academic programs, scheduling, career counseling, student engagement and other services colleges normally offer.

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

Camille served as the President of the Connecticut Career Counseling & Development Association (CCCDA) from June 2021 to June 2022 and is currently on the Board as the Immediate Past President. She is also a member of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and the National Career Development Association (NCDA).

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

Also important are common spaces like student unions, libraries, and their events and programs, like student support organizations, and peer-to-peer relationships and service delivery. I got to work on a lot of interesting libraries and campus plans. I really enjoyed that work. But we only had one tool in our toolbox to help: space.