The new NACAC report has been released that proves what we’ve known for a while now…the economic downturn has affected the way students approach the admissions process. Students apply to more colleges and, even with a record number of high school grads in 2009, college
Wow! What a great conference! I learned so much both in the seminars and at karaoke night…but no need to go into detail on that one… So, today, if you’re reading this post…think back to a conference you attended. I bet you left there with
Did you know that the English language used to have two more letters? I did not. Useless Interesting fact of the day. You’re welcome!
Project Management. Say it out loud. What do you think of? Spreadsheets? Gantt charts? Software packages that spit out charts and graphs? OK. Fair enough. But there is another side to project management.It’s the human side of it. The side that needs communication. The side
They say you learn something new everyday. And while I actually knew about how powerful a network can be, I got a good reminder yesterday here at HighEdWeb 10. Cincinnati has never before seen a more dedicated, knowledgeable group of people who just “get it”,
Let the games begin! Here in Cinci for HighEdWeb. Already met some great people that I’ve only known through Twitter up to this point.Can’t wait for three more days of awesome sauce. If you’re here, hit me up @jamesrunkle/
Can’t wait to meet all the great people at this year’s HighEdWeb in Cincinnati. Wow, what used to be weeks is now only hours until I leave for the conference. I’m excited for everything the conference has to offer – educational sessions, networking – but,
Great reporting by Jennifer Epstein over at Inside Higher Ed about the for profits are spending more and more money to influence policymakers in Washington. $5 – $10 millions dollars spend on advertising in only two weeks? Wow.
Academia is not known for proactively changing to adapt to the outside world. (Hope you were sitting down for that revelation). So it’s good to see stories of colleges that are getting with the times and shifting their ways of thinking to be more in
Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, NJ, is launching “Project Civility“… “…a two-year, university-wide dialogue at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, sponsored by the Offices of Student Affairs and Undergraduate Education at Rutgers- New Brunswick. Launched in September 2010, the university community is focusing its
