(from the Harvard Business Review) In the carrot-versus-stick approach to motivating employees, a leader's sole task can become compliance, or trying to compel others to do something. A better approach might be to make t
(from the Washington Examiner) The Trump administration said in a Texas court filing June 30 that it would rewrite an Obama-era rulemaking that dramatically expanded the number of workers covered by federal overtime rule
(from The Hechinger Report) New majors in high-demand fields. More aggressive scouting strategies. Increased financial aid funding. Accelerated graduation programs. These are among myriad changes at small, private nonpro
(from The New York Times) Some advocates for school choice saw a Supreme Court ruling issued Monday as a "game changer" in the debate over publicly funded vouchers for private schools. The nation's highest court ruled in
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(from CUPA HR) Most Title IX experts agree that training and communication are key to not only helping prevent sexual violence on campus, but also to helping an institution appropriately respond to a complaint of sexual
(from NPR) The "Petya" cyberattack that has struck computers in at least 65 countries has affected businesses from airports in Ukraine to the shipping giant Maersk to U.S. hospitals. Like the WannaCry outbreak that struc
(from The Chronicle of Higher Education) International students and staff from six predominantly Muslim nations appear to be spared by President Trump's travel ban, a limited version of which the U.S. Supreme Court agree
(from HBR.org) Employee onboarding once took just a few days, or even less at many organizations. New research shows that spending as much as a year helping new employees get up to speed in the workplace is necessary to
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(from SHRM.org) Three of the 10 most groundbreaking and relevant employment cases for HR professionals of the year so far raise issues relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, according to L
(from the Journal of Accountancy) Even as nonprofits implement new FASB standards for revenue recognition and financial reporting, the accounting standard-setting organization is considering four potential issues for fut
(from Education Next) Blended learning uses school time in a unique way, combining online instruction with traditional methods and giving students more agency over how, when and where they learn. Multiple activities happ
(from Bloomberg Technology) As smartphones proliferate and internet quality improves, India’s online education industry is projected to grow five-fold to 9.6 million paid users by 2021. The company that seems most poised
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(from Harvard's Kennedy School) How to get parents to pay attention to your school's text alerts? By auto-enrolling them, whereby very few opt out, according to field research by educators at Harvard and Columbia. Moreov
(from Inside Higher Ed) In 2013, the University of Dayton started a new fixed net-price tuition plan, promising most students that their financial aid packages would rise in lockstep with any increases in tuition sticker
(from The 74) The Wildflower chain of micro-schools takes Montessori’s model a step further, operating as one-room schoolhouses, led solely by teachers, that aim to make personalization a definition rather than a descrip
(from the Nonprofit Quarterly) “Google is a digital truth serum," said Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of Everybody Lies, based on his study of data from Google Trends. "People tell Google things that they don’t tell to
(from CUPA HR) Ready to weigh in on the overtime rule — again? After months of uncertainty over the fate of the Obama Administration's changes to the 2004 overtime rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Depart
(from Nonprofit Quarterly) Even as some independent schools consider developing or expanding early childcare programs, data suggest that the costs incurred in caring for infants and toddlers exceed those of caring for pr
(from CFO.com) The second-quarter Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey found that uncertainty about U.S. regulatory and trade policies, reflecting Donald Trump's slow start in Washington, is puttin
