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Rising Inflation and the Impending Tuition Squeeze

Robert Kelchen

For the first time in the lifetimes of many Americans, inflation has become a legitimate concern. In the last year, the Consumer Price Index increased at a 6.2 percent clip —a rate not seen this century. Trends in inflation over the last two decades (BLS graphic). The higher education industry is far from immune from the effects of an inflationary cycle that was largely unexpected even a few months ago.

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Selecting Rental Comps & Rent In Multifamily Real Estate

MultiFamily Insider

Determining rental comps to use when valuating multifamily real estate is highly important. Especially when you're looking to add value to the asset after a renovation. Part of the process involves some sort of online membership-based software that can query all the assets in a market. Some of it is a gut feeling about whether a comp matches and some of it is an investor's knowledge of the market.

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Travel Tips for First-Time and Avid Travelers Alike

AIFS Abroad

Last Updated on November 12, 2021 by Cat Rogliano. Students are studying abroad and traveling again! Since we all may be a little out-of-practice, we wanted to share some tips for travel from William L. Gertz , an experienced traveler (and AIFS Chairman!). Whether this is your first trip or your twentieth, you need information to develop your own travel style.

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ResEdChat Ep 12: Marshall U’s Green Move Out and Campus Thrift Store

Roompact

Residence hall move outs can generate so much unnecessary waste. What if the items that normally go to a landfill could be flipped and given to other students in need? In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we chat with two of the individuals responsible for Marshall University's Green Move Out and Campus Thrift Store programs. Learn from their experiences about how you might be able to replicate it on your own campus.

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Learning Through Feedback

Kay Peterson

Every great leader knows that everyone in the organization — from the top to the bottom — must be continuously learning. You can’t keep pace with changes, handle crises, adapt to a constantly evolving work environment, grow as a contributor, or even know what your clients want from you, if you aren’t constantly learning. Feedback is an essential component to a learning mindset and a learning culture.

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Augmented reality, STEM and remote learning

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Image credit: Danai Korre Dr Danai Korre and Professor Andrew Sherlock explore how three pilot educational AR applications can promote digital technology in teaching. This extra post is part of the Innovation in Science Teaching theme. The rapidly advancing technology of Augmented and Mixed Reality (AR/MR) allows for interactions between real objects and virtual objects.

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Summer Study Abroad: Social & Environmental Issues in Costa Rica

AIFS Abroad

Last Updated on November 10, 2021 by Cat Rogliano. Spend your summer studying Spanish language and environmental science in Costa Rica, one of the most sustainable countries in the world! Home to rainforests, hot springs, volcanoes, beaches and fascinating wildlife, Costa Rica is an ideal destination for students looking to study environmental science and sustainability abroad.

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Learning at the Edge with Tim Fitzpatrick

Kay Peterson

How important is learning to communicators? Very. Tim Fitzpatrick , retired chief marketing and communications officer for two of the largest energy companies in America, explains in his interview with Kay Peterson in this month’s episode of Learning at the Edge , a podcast from the Institute for Experiential Learning. “If you want to succeed over the course of a career, you must embrace change.

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05 - Dr. Shannon Ellis

StudentAffairs.com

We chat with Dr. Shannon Ellis , Vice President for Student Services at the University of Nevada, Reno. Full transcript available at [link].

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Addressing Family Conflict Over Break

Missouri State

For many students, this semester has been a time to live with new people, join new groups, start new jobs, and perhaps live away from home for the first time. Missouri State and the Springfield community may even be starting to feel more and more like home. College can also be a time where you are exposed to ideas and experiences that may lead you to develop new thoughts, feelings, or opinions, some of which may differ from family, friends, or hometowns.