The last four years of the Biden administration have been brutal for for-profit education. With four-year college enrollment on the decline, the Biden administration's higher education legacy will be marred by its wrongful attacks and misunders...

The unilateral decision by President Joe Biden's administration to forgive student loan debt may help win the presidential election come November, but it's at a steep cost to the rest of us. The half-baked loan forgiveness program is driving a cult...

Colleges are facing a crisis of faith: high costs, the emergence of artificial intelligence, and a range of other issues threaten to make the prospect of higher education less appealing to students. Part of the solution to reestablishing trust an...

When the AI-powered ChatGPT made its big debut, higher education leaders naturally questioned how their students would use high-tech tools like it to write essays and research papers for class.

Just a short time later, we know thatâ€...

Colleges, brace yourself: the class of 2024 is going to be unlike anything we've seen previously.

These students who will be matriculating in the fall are the result of a highly disrupted and unusual high school experience. They we...

As anyone who's raised a high school student could tell you, the college application process can be a nightmare of deadlines, stress, and unimaginable paperwork. This anxiety is almost always compounded for first-generation students, as Samanth...

Apprenticeships are getting a makeover.

Companies are increasingly partnering with universities to create a hybrid educational experience that combines life skills with classroom learning. This equips students with the knowledge and t...

The outlook in the IT job market dimmed markedly in a few short months, turning from hot to cold in what could be termed a figurative eye blink.

The dynamic and rapidly evolving market landscape is creating no end of anxiety among tho...

In an era where the very foundations of free speech and intellectual inquiry on campus are facing unprecedented challenges, the importance of reimagining how we onboard students into college cannot be overstated.

These first steps in...

Technology companies are in a bind. Demand for software developers exploded during the pandemic as the promise of new technologies set companies on a hiring spree. Today, amid high economic uncertainty, many companies are cutting back.

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Without it, you will struggle needlessly with underperformance and talent retention. Try these strategies to build the right culture.
Most companies have adopted policies around DEI-diversity, equity and inclusion-although the effectivenes...

Members of America's college Class of 2027 will soon begin four critical years of their lives. I'm a university president who's about to preside over my 11th incoming class, and there are a few things I think every first-year student should...

It is higher education's responsibility to ensure their students are ready to be productive in the work environment.

Companies that want to develop talent look for a range of hard and soft skills in prospective employees. But thereâ...

Performance reviews have an image problem. Currently, "performance review" is right up there with "root canal" and "tax audit" as things that people dread. But with a little bit of retooling, managers can turn performance reviews into...

Starting in the 1980s, tuition reimbursement became the talent development tool of choice among the Fortune 500 and the smaller companies that followed their lead. In this model, an employee could pursue an MBA or some other advanced degree, and...

Nearly every college and university in America takes turnover as a given, assuming that they will lose 10-20% of their student body after the freshman year.

"Not everyone is going to fit in," the thinking goes. The student is a ke...

Despite the best efforts and fervent hopes of managers and chief executives everywhere, the Great Resignation isn't over.

According to PWC's Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2022 study, at any given moment, 20 percent of wo...

Mention "hackathon" and the image that might come to mind is of a bunch of computer geeks competing to devise some brilliant yet obscure programming solution.

There's some truth to that, but the hackathon has come a long way from...

Nearly 3,000 four-year colleges and universities enroll students in America. Only about 25 of them have an admittance rate of 10% or less, which means that we're effectively letting the 1% dominate the conversation around higher education - a...