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The Struggling Sanctuary Campus Movement

The Struggling Sanctuary Campus Movement

“While I await legal decisions that hold the futures of my wife and child in the balance, those who enabled my targeting remain comfortably at Columbia University,” Khalil said in a statement from an ICE detention center in Louisiana.


Preparing nursing students to deliver culturally aware health care

Preparing nursing students to deliver culturally aware health care

For example, in a case study that explored end of life rituals, students discussed how they could honor a patient’s wishes that the deceased remain untouched, intact (no organ donation) and unmoved for a period in today’s fast-paced inpatient hospital environment where bed space is limited.


12% of college students won’t participate in an internship

12% of college students won’t participate in an internship

Among the trends present: More interns are participating in paid internships and earning above minimum wage while doing so, and company culture can influence students’ willingness to return for a full-time position.


How a college career fair addresses more than just careers

How a college career fair addresses more than just careers

Bucher: One of the things that I think is so extraordinary, not only is it that we do have this dedication of truly not having classes that day, and our students know that is worked right into their academic schedule, but also that the career and success expo really reaches beyond just our doors here on campus as well.


Technology Initiatives Support Student Mental Health in a Modern Higher Ed Environment

Technology Initiatives Support Student Mental Health in a Modern Higher Ed Environment

The effect can be devastating: Research from Gallup-Lumina found nearly two-thirds (64%) of currently enrolled college students who recently considered stopping their studies said emotional stress or mental health concerns were a significant reason.


Students Speak: Survey Indicates Students Feel Unprepared to Use AI in the Workplace

Students Speak: Survey Indicates Students Feel Unprepared to Use AI in the Workplace

Beyond these professional impacts, universities taking the initiative to integrate AI into their curriculum will greatly appeal to prospective students looking for a place to kick-start their education and career preparedness.


Unifying supports for first-generation students on campus

Unifying supports for first-generation students on campus

“We want our first-generation students to know that they are just as capable, and sometimes that takes bringing the info to them in a designated space so that they don’t have to navigate the large university and unfamiliar lingo or jargon for themselves,” Dempsey says.


Fostering campus dialogue doesn’t start with silence

Fostering campus dialogue doesn’t start with silence

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The student as client (not customer) (opinion)

The student as client (not customer) (opinion)

Customers are parties who are viewed as needing to be appealed to by vendors who seek to understand what a group of people are interested in and then set out to, ideally, offer a product at an attractive cost (i.e., price) to gain market acceptance and patronage.


Are short-term credentials really more affordable?

Are short-term credentials really more affordable?

“There’s just a lot of sub-baccalaureate and sub-associate degree credentials out there” of different lengths and costs, called by a variety of names and offered by different kinds of providers, making it “hard to decipher any sort of outcomes or similarities,” she said.


What Are Ghost Students, and How Do They Operate?

What Are Ghost Students, and How Do They Operate?

And once colleges are aware of the problem, the process of closely scrutinizing applications and monitoring students’ behavior once enrolled can cost an enormous amount of time and effort for admissions officials, faculty members, IT teams and others.


Cal State will emphasize postgrad success in new campaign

Cal State will emphasize postgrad success in new campaign

“The initiative will deepen the CSU’s relationship and alignment with industry partners and benefit California’s workforce by strengthening the pipeline of career-ready graduates to fill critical positions in growing fields,” according to documents from a previous board meeting.