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Renewed Attention to Support Animals

(from CUPA-HR) The recent kerfuffle involving a Frontier Airlines passenger and her attempt to fly with an emotional support squirrel has drawn renewed attention to support animals. What workplace requirements are curren

Sourcing Usable Data

(from Forbes) A recent survey of CFOs found that only 35 percent are making use of advanced analytics at their organizations. When financial and operational data live in different places, it often takes too long to recon

When to Engage Stakeholders in Institutional Decisions

(from Nonprofit Quarterly) A long-established Chicago nonprofit, the Old Town School of Folk Music, recently decided to sell a landmark building in the tony Lincoln Park neighborhood to fund a $10 million endowment that

Paid Time Off on Election Day?

(from Society for Human Resource Management) Election Day is around the corner, and employees may be asking for accommodations to vote. No federal law provides employees leave to vote, but many states have enacted laws i

Schools Embrace Tougher Background Checks

(from The Wall Street Journal) More independent schools are requiring that staffers be fingerprinted, along with taking other security measures as part of a broader effort to prevent dangers including sexual misconduct a

Campus Reactions to Synagogue Shooting

(from Inside Higher Ed) Following Saturday's shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 people, chapters of the Jewish college student organization Hillel opened centers nationwide for counseling and discussions. 

Landmark Merger to Link K-12 to Higher Ed and Work Skills

(from EdSurge) Southern New Hampshire University and nonprofit LRNG have agreed to merge into one behemoth education organization with the goal to streamline pathways between K-12, higher education and the workforce. SNH

School Concierge Service?

(from Inside Higher Ed) To attract more students with amenities while keeping costs low, some universities have launched a concierge service. New Mexico State University, for example, determined the service would be more

School Teacher Trends 1987-2018

(from University of Pennsylvania) The elementary and secondary teaching force has grown larger, older, less experienced, more female, more diverse, more consistent in academic ability, and more unstable, according to a s

Youth Baseball Fraud Highlights Need for Internal Controls

(from Nonprofit Quarterly) Former board member and treasurer of an Ohio youth baseball league has been charged with embezzling more than $180,000 from the league. The alleged perpetrator, a CPA, is said to have used the

Hostility May Be Rising Against LGBTQ Students

(from Education Week) On-campus hostility toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students seems to be rising, after years of improvement. Overall, more than 80 percent of LGBTQ students were harassed or assaulted

Managing Workplace Conflict

(from CUPA-HR) The saying goes that with more than one person in a room, there's bound to be conflict. How to minimize squabbling, miscommunication and mistakes? Kim Kirkland, executive director of human resources at Ore

Succession Planning Key Goal for CFOs

(from CFO) CFOs are increasingly concerned about the legacy they leave behind when they retire or change positions. A well-thought-out CFO succession plan ensures there is a bench of highly skilled finance leaders ready

Training Schools' First Responders: Teachers

(from ASCD) In the wake of last school year's school shootings, suggested prevention efforts have been numerous, including new security equipment and mental-health services, calls to arm teachers, bulletproof whiteboards

Data Alone Won't Solve Problems

(from Harvard Business Review) A prevailing business assumption today is that more data is better, but data has limitations when organizations seek to uncover the motivations and rationale behind individual behaviors, sa

Trends in Chinese Students' Enrollments Abroad

(from ICEF Monitor) With average annual growth of 9 percent over the last 20 years, the number of Chinese students abroad has more than doubled since 2010 alone with over 600,000 going overseas to study in 2017. The Beij

School Surveillance Systems Raise Profiles, Questions

(from The Atlantic) Gunshot-detection systems are among the latest technologies being installed on K-12 school campuses, joining the likes of biometric scanners, body cameras and license-plate scanners aimed at preventin

Free Coffee for Student Data?

(from Inside Higher Ed) Shiru cafés, opening this year near Ivy League and other universities, offer handmade coffee and tea drinks for free. In exchange, students show a university ID and share a small cache of personal

Middling Results for Tuition "Resets"

(from Forbes) To combat rising tuition, some colleges have "reset" or drastically lowered their tuition in the past few years. So far the move has had middling results. Only 27 percent of schools employing the strategy m

Hiring of Diverse Faculty Declines

(from the Hechinger Report) Predominantly white colleges and universities have promised for years to improve the diversity of their teaching ranks, but they have made little progress in doing so. In the 10 years ending i

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