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Lowering Application Barriers Ups Enrollment

(from EAB) In terms of college admissions, reducing application requirements leads to a significant increases in both applications and yield. This finding holds true across different types of institutions, according to r
  • Risk Management

Free Private School for Wildfire Victims

(from KRQE) Students displaced by the destructive Camp Fire outside Sacramento, California, have been offered free tuition to nearly 40 Sacramento Catholic schools through the end of the school year. Tuition to these sch
  • Financial Aid

  • Tuition

Continued Growth in Private College Net Tuition - and Discounting

(from Inside Higher Ed) Despite increased discounting, private colleges are expected to see median net tuition grow by 2.8 percent in the current academic year, nearly double the rate of increase for public institutions,

Improving Teachers' Professional Development

(from EdWeek) A partnership between three independent schools and three universities laid the foundation for the AP tests used widely today. Collaboration between higher ed and K-12 education has been less robust in the
  • Human Resources

Stepping Up Succession Planning

(from the Harvard Business Review) How can schools and other organizations more effectively manage the transfer of knowledge and skills when older employees walk out the door? Organizations worldwide are beginning to con
  • Risk Management

  • Safety and Security

California Schools Close for "Smoke Days"

(from The Atlantic) Smoke from the latest round of devastating fires in California has forced school closures along with destroying thousands of structures, killing at least 75 people and leaving an estimated 700 others
  • Financial Aid

Bloomberg Gives $1.8 Billion to Financial Aid

(from the New York Times) In the largest ever gift of its kind, billionaire Michael Bloomberg has announced plans to donate an additional $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins University so that admissions at his alma mater will
  • Risk Management

New Concussion Recovery Guidance

(from the American Academy of Pediatrics) The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its 2010 guidance on the care of sport-related concussions. One of the more important changes is the encouragement of light exercis
  • International

Decline in International Students

(from the Chronicle of Higher Education) The number of new international students enrolled in American higher education in the fall of 2017 declined 6.6 percent from the previous year, according to a report released this
  • Governance

  • Leadership

Top Transitions Opportunity for More Gender Parity

(from McKinsey & Company) A CEO’s likelihood of performing above average depends heavily on the mix of strategic and organizational decisions made during his or her first two years on the job, according to research b
  • Culture

Mobile Browsing Continues to Grow

(from ICEF Monitor) Global social media growth is up 10 percent over last year, and more people are accessing social media via their phones. Users are five times more likely to access the internet via phones than compute
  • Enrollment

  • Forms

Non-Binary Gender Option to Appear on D.C. School Forms

(from the Washington Post) D.C.'s public school system is slated to become among the first in the nation to let families select “non-binary” — rather than male or female — when indicating the gender of their child on enr
  • Safety and Security

School Resource Officers Don't Improve Safety, Study Finds

(from the Brookings Institution) Increased frequencies of interactions between students and school resource officers are not related to feelings of safety at school, research shows. Student experiences at school are bett
  • Accounting

Key Metrics for Catching Fraud Early

(from Value Walk) By paying close attention to matters including capitalized expenses and accrual ratios, leaders can flag accounting irregularities early, potentially preventing outright fraud. Deutsche Bank analyst Luk

Students More Politically Active in 2018

(from EdWeek) Counselors at 52 percent of the nation's high schools said in a recent survey that their students are showing an increased interest in political activism. In 21 percent of the schools — particularly private

Women's Leadership Styles Found to Be More Effective

(from Forbes) The first widely-read book on women's leadership styles, published in 1990, states women in leadership roles

Field Trips Have Quantifiable Benefits

(from Education Next) School field trips have been on the decline, and the learning benefits associated with them are at stake. For example, the Field Museum in Chicago once welcomed more than 300,000 students every year

Top Email Security Risks

(from The Next Web) One in every 100 emails is a disguised hacking attempt. What are the most critical and resolvable risks associated with email?

International Students Boost Local and National Economies

(from ICEF Monitor) It is now widely understood that international students provide value to local and national economies that far exceeds the fees they pay for their education. For example, in 2016, international studen

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