(from Chronicle of Higher Education) The president of Alma College in Michigan has stretched a dollar by rethinking administrative structure at the top and using technology to help Alma and two other small private colleg
(from American School & University) With 15,000 photovoltaic-panel arrays on 19 acres of land, Hampshire College IS the first residential college in the U.S. to generate 100 percent of campus electricity from solar p
Compliance
Human Resources
(from SHRM) The federal agency charged with overseeing and enforcing immigration law is expected to dramatically expand its worksite investigations focused on I-9 compliance. Thomas Homan, acting director of Immigration
Facilities
Risk Management
(from the New York Times) Insured losses from weather-related disasters reached a record $135 billion in 2017, driven by three major hurricanes in the United States, widespread flooding in South Asia and a host of other
Risk Management
Technology
(from the MIT Technology Review) From costly ransomware attacks to hacked elections, cybercriminals will refine their capacity to break through the security measures organizations put in place to protect their critical d
(from Inside Higher Ed) Enrollment struggles and competitive pressures compel more independent schools, along with small colleges, to consider online learning as a key differentiator. Small, specialized online programs m
(from The Wall Street Journal) Private schools are lowering tuition, ramping up marketing and targeting traditionally underrepresented communities to reverse a national enrollment decline. Enrollment in private schools f
(from Bolton & Company) The Internal Revenue Service has updated and expanded its questions and answers regarding the Affordable Care Act reporting requirements. A sampling of the changes:
(from U.S. News & World Report) How to ensure the last-minute revision to the massive tax overhaul passed just before Christmas allowing money from 529 college savings plans to pay for private K-12 education helps fa
(from the Hechinger Report) Fewer students enrolled in U.S. undergraduate programs this fall, contributing to a net decline of 2.6 million fewer college and university students since the fall of 2011, the most recent pea
(from Inside Higher Ed) Unable to find what they need in traditional textbooks, growing numbers of college instructors are opting instead for "open educational resources"— text, media and other digital assets that are op
Risk Management
Technology
(from the Harvard Business Review) The rising incidence and severity of cyber breaches is exposing what's often a dangerous disconnect between organizational chief financial officers and cyber security threats. The wider
(from the Chronicle of Higher Education) The Federal Communication Commission's vote this week to scrap net neutrality, allowing internet providers to favor some websites over others, is facing dissent from all over, inc
(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) Beset by enormous and growing deferred maintenance costs, more colleges and universities are entering into partnerships with private developers that take responsibility for fundin
Crisis Management
Risk Management
(from Education Week) Five years after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, K-12 schools continue to wrestle with questions about their vulnerability to gun
Job Description
Risk Management
(from IRMI) Hiring decisions based on subjective opinions can set schools back reputationally, financially and otherwise. Here are seven common blind spots and a few steps that may help you avoid them.
Human Resources
Risk Management
(from Insurance Journal) In the continuing wake of high-profile news about sexual harassment in the workplace, growing numbers of employers are taking a stronger stand on prevention and enforcement. Policies alone, it se
(from the New Yorker) From its start in 2006 with a single elementary school in Harlem, Success Academy has grown into a charter school network of 46 schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade in four of New York Ci
(from McKinsey & Company) Whether you work with a school's board of trustees or serve on any kind of nonprofit board, you can help your board perform better by participating diplomatically and actively in discussions
(from Society for Human Resource Management) Desperate to fill open positions, some employers are beginning to soften zero-tolerance drug policies, particularly for jobs where safety is not an essential function. Low une
