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NACAS 2012 – What’s On Your Mind?

October 31, 2012

At this years NACAS annual conference, we got to talk to a few folks and ask them some questions about things going on at their campuses.

Looking Deeper at Student Happiness

October 30, 2012

The Huffington Post recently tweeted a blog article highlighting a list of the “Top 10 Colleges with the Happiest Students.” Seeing as I’m a sucker for top 10 lists, I had to peruse the list. As I did, I noticed something that showed up in the description of each school listed. Here are some quotes:…

Social Media Adoption Soars in Higher Ed

October 25, 2012

As mentioned in a recent CNN article, “according to a study by the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 100% of universities surveyed use social media to communicate with students, up from 61% in 2007-08. The study found that 98% of the responding colleges have a Facebook page and 84% have a…

College Affordability and Transparency Center

October 22, 2012

I wanted to send this link to our Blog readers because it is a resource that I like a lot. The information is provided by the U.S. Department of Education in response to The Higher Education Opportunity Act. If you want to know where your College/University stacks up in the ranking of Tuition and Fees…

What Does Social Media Mean to You?

September 21, 2012

What does social media mean to you? What do you use it for? What do you get out of it? If you asked these questions to 1000 people, you very well could end up with 1000 different answers. But if you look closely, those 1000 different answers might not be so different after all. There…

“Know Before You Owe”

September 19, 2012

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has developed a one page guide called a “shopping sheet” to help parents and students make informed decisions about the cost of a year in college. This guide takes data from multiple sources and offers an easy to read overview of the schools on the list for consideration. The guide…

Join the Conversation Podcast Episode 3 – Interview with Dr. Carol Cartwright

September 4, 2012

In this episode, we interview Dr. Carol Cartwright. Dr. Cartwright is the former president of Kent State University and Bowling Green State University. She is also a member of the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame. Learn more about Dr. Cartwright HERE. You can subscribe to the podcast by directly searching for “Join the Conversation Podcast”…

Raising the Pell Grant’s Profile (from the Chronicle of Higher Education)

August 28, 2012

What an incredible idea to provide the aid recipient with information about the source of their Pell Grant and what is expected of them in return. This lets them know that their fellow Americans are investing in them to go to school to hopefully become an asset to our country. I also says to the…

The ACE Fellows Program – Focusing On Facilities in Student Attainment

August 22, 2012

As Doug Brown noted in a post on this blog earlier this summer, student facilities play a major role in higher education advancement and student success and degree completion. The American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program has had the opportunity to work with Capstone On-Campus and Ball State University (IN) on this key issue.…

Economic Mobility

July 17, 2012

A study on Economic Mobility released by the Pew Charitable Trusts, reports that the majority (84%) of American adults continue to make more money than their parents did after adjusting for inflation. But it may be getting harder to climb to the higher rung(s) and the “rags-to-riches” stories we love to hear about, mostly happen in…