(From FEI Daily) To drive financial innovation and execute new ideas, consider these three points:
(From Inside Higher Ed) As college enrollment declines nationally, colleges are discounting tuition to recruit and retain more first-year students. The 2018 NACUBO Tuition Discounting Study, which reports final discounti
(from Chief Executive) Six tips to creating a strategic plan that is useful to everyone in an organization:
(from ISM) Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teenagers, according to a recent report in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology. The number of attempted or considered suicides among adolescents has risen sharpl
(from Fisher Phillips) Some companies are ending their mandatory arbitration policies. Why now?
(from the New York Times) On Tuesday, two high school students in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, carried out an active-shooter attack at their school, killing one student and wounding eight others. All casualties followed st
(from Nonprofit Quarterly) While other universities are having trouble filling seats, Capital University in Bexley, Ohio (outside Columbus) has increased its enrollment. The school, which began in 1830 as a seminary for
(from Harvard Graduate School of Education) A new Harvard report, "Turning the Tide II: How Parents and High Schools Can Cultivate Ethical Character and Reduce Distress in the College Admissions Process," offers guidelin
(from EdSurge) The recently announced Check the Privacy initiative aims to provide a one-stop shop for educators searching for safe, secure tools to use with their students. CTP has a searchable library of more than 7,00
(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) A recent annual survey of higher-education administrators found that administrators got bigger pay raises than faculty members did in 2018-19. Salaries for administrators increase
(from Ladders) HR professionals report that their current employee recognition programs aren’t working – they are not having a positive impact on employees or workplace morale. In some cases, they even create negative re
(from Associations NOW) The repercussions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are only now coming to fruition. The main issue is with the change in standard deductions. A significant number of people went from itemizing
(from Kojo Nnamdi Show) Grace Brethren Christian School decided to leave the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference because schools were allowing trans athletes to play sports on teams based on their trans gender. "Allowing
(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) The University of Virginia recently completed a series of brick terraces that make its famous lawn more accessible to wheelchair users and others. The project's design and constru
(from Hechinger Report) This year, New York City became the second school district in the nation to allow participatory budgeting, in which students have a say in the school budget (Phoenix was the first a few years ago)
(from Brookings) School choice, broadly defined, proposes that parents can choose to send their children to school wherever they think best, and in theory, can help improve access to quality schools and the educational p
(from EdSurge) Nearly a dozen education organizations have endorsed a new bill that would invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand broadband access in communities that currently lack it. Introduced into the senat
(from the American Council on Education) Investing time and resources in student mental health makes good academic and economic sense for colleges and society at large, according to recent research by the American Counci
(from the Democrat & Chronicle) Private schools in New York state have won an injunction against state oversight rules, which the schools said impinged on their independence. Late last year, the New York Education De
(from Inside Higher Education) Want to increase summer-program attendance from students who could use the extra academic help? Invite them with personalized emails and letters, and include relevant personal details such
