1+ week, 3+ day ago   (804+ words) A new EAB survey finds financial, mental health and academic challenges are straining colleges already facing staffing and budget constraints. The factors shaping whether students stay enrolled in college increasingly extend beyond the classroom, with financial pressures, mental health concerns…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (585+ words) The public doubts the value of what colleges are providing. That could change if institutions proved that students actually develop the capabilities and skills we promise them. Over the last few weeks, I’ve talked to some of the sharpest people…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (124+ words) A recent Inside Higher Ed interview describes in unusually candid terms an increasingly popular—and problematic—view of the president’s role. Most important, they recognize that the measure of a presidency is not how thoroughly a president puts a personal…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (465+ words) For three years, The Sandbox has revealed a side of higher education leadership most of us will never see. Having covered higher ed for 15 years, I speak to leaders all the time and hear about the problems they encounter. I’ve…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) Hear how institutions can build a high-impact experience ecosystem for cohesive student success. With so many priorities, how can colleges and universities build this high-impact student experience ecosystem for cohesive student success? Kaplan is hosting an insightful conversation with higher…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (953+ words) Colleges are redesigning gateway courses, expanding hands-on learning and creating new career paths to help more students succeed in STEM. Getting more students into science, technology, engineering and mathematics has long been a higher education priority, but access alone doesn’t…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (240+ words) Join the NSLS for a panel-style roundtable on what career readiness means in 2026. Career readiness used to be a fixed target. It isn't anymore. What employers want has shifted. What students want from work has shifted. And AI is rewriting…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (678+ words) At the retreat, the first thing the facilitator had participants—and me—do was a little box breathing, and then he asked each of us to say the word that came to mind as we began. My word was “curious....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (681+ words) A group for LGBTQ+ higher ed administrators has been hit hard by an increasingly hostile policy landscape. But members are working to support each other. When the group LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education started taking shape in the 2000s, it consisted…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (70+ words) Professional athletics and the entertainment industry are dining and dashing like foxes in a henhouse when it comes to higher education and its students. Why is are workers in higher education wringing their hands and gnashing their teeth over how…...