(from Global Online Academy) High school students should be required to take an online course, according to Eric Hudson, director of teaching and learning at Global Online Academy. He argues that online learning is an im
(from ICEF Monitor) A new report from Savills, a global real estate services firm, illuminates a number of trends emerging in the student housing space, particularly in the study abroad sector. These include continued gr
(from Forbes) Hiring is a criticial if challenging ongoing task regardless of whether an organization is growing. What's worse than the hiring process? When it goes south after you've spent time onboarding and engaging w
(from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee) Rising levels of student debt aren't just saddling former students with enormous financial burdens, they're also threatening to inhibit those individuals' future economic
(from EdSurge) Thinking more like businesses all the time, growing numbers of higher-education programs are offering short-form certificate and graduate programs online that cover less material than their traditional cou
(from The Nonprofit Times) From weak board governance to "weakness in strategic management," four in five nonprofit organizations struggle with leadership and management issues, and just 11 percent have what it takes to
Cash Management
Technology
(from Bloomberg Technology) Five years after opening, the high-profile for-profit venture AltSchool is showing losses, scaling back ambitions for opening elementary schools around the U.S., and planning to close at least
Risk Management
Technology
(from Inside Higher ED) Institutions need to think about physical attacks to devices, in addition to remote attacks, say school technology and security officers. Many universities report that students using hardware "key
(from Inside Higher Ed) The major tax overhaul released by House Republicans last week would kill or limit key benefits for many educational institutions, students and borrowers paying off student loans. Among other prov
(From Knowledge@Wharton) Technical skills are no longer solely for developers, engineers and data scientists. “The IT labor force is incredibly important for innovation and growth, but there are more and more workers — i
(from Accounting Today) When Topic 606, FASB's new revenue recognition standard, takes effect for public companies next year, some nonprofits may also be affected — even though the new rule technically doesn't affect the
(from KQED News) Change is about loss, says psychologist Robert Evans, in delivering the keynote speech at the Building Learning Communities conference in Boston recently. “Resistance to change is normal and necessary,”
(from Edutopia) While comfy couches, beanbag chairs and movable tables might enhance learning, educators have lots of questions about how to work in a classroom with flexible seating. They want to know everything from ho
Employee Benefits
Leadership
(from McKinsey & Company) What does it take to improve employee wellness? Members of the Consortium for Advancing Adult Learning & Development (CAALD), a group of learning authorities whose members include resear
(from EdSurge) A 2016 study by Kayla Reed, a doctoral candidate in marriage and family therapy at Florida State University, and her colleagues compared students with “helicopter parents” to students whose families allowe
(from NPR WXXI news) Professors have come up with a number of strategies to keep college students away from their phones during class – from using jamming technology (illegal in the U.S.) to public humiliation, personal
(From NPQ) The Gates Foundation’s most recent initiative to help public schools involves a five-year commitment to put $1.7 billion into them. After trying and learning from various strategies over the past 17 years, the
(from EdTech) Connecting with young adults on social platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat is a cost effective way to reach prospective students. In fact, a study from Marketo found that 73 percent of students w
