Editor’s Choice - Higher Education Articles

Academics

Pima Medical Institute and East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) Create a Collaborative Partnership that Benefits Phoenix Area High School Students

March 10, 2018 Jenny

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By Jen Spurlin, Corporate Director of Education, Pima Medical Institute
Pima Medical Institute has announced a new partnership with the Health Sciences Division of the East Valley Institute of Technology to provide high school students a clear pathway to higher education.

Commentary/Editorial

Career Education: Then and Now

February 14, 2018 Jenny

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By Steve Gunderson, President & CEO, and Michael Dakduk, Executive VP and Director of Government Relations, Career Education Colleges and Universities
Our sector has an incredible opportunity to influence regulations and legislation that may be here to stay for the coming decade. In March CECU will gather the sector for Hill Day. This is the sector’s opportunity to push Congress toward meaningful HEA reform.

Accounting

What Does the new Revenue Recognition Accounting Standard Mean for Your Institution?

January 9, 2018 Jenny

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By Jennifer L. DeBor, CPA, Audit Manager, McClintock & Associates, P.C.
The crux of the standard is that the recognition of revenue should represent the amount an entity (institution) is expected to receive for the transfer of its promised goods or services (education) to the customer (student). The standard requires an institution to apply a five-step process to an entity’s contracts with its customers.

Commentary/Editorial

2017 Proprietary Higher Education Review: “It Will Never be ‘The Way We Were’”

December 5, 2017 Jenny

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By Tony Guida, Partner, Education Group of Duane Morris LLP
While there has been a significant delay of all or part of many Obama-era regulations targeting proprietary schools, it has become clear that things may never return to our misty water-colored memories of the way we were. Signals out of both the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress point to a future for higher education that will be markedly different from the past.

Research/Trends

Should Your Campus Bookstore Sell Books?

November 11, 2017 Jenny

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By Stuart Grinell, Vice President of Business Development and Ande Jenkins, Senior Director of Business Development, Ambassador Education Solutions
The landscape of the campus bookstore is changing as students look to other sources to purchase print and digital course materials at the best price possible. Yet this doesn’t mean the demise of this on-campus hub, but rather an opportunity to reposition the store itself.

Academics

Make Your Graduates More Employable

October 2, 2017 Jenny

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Basic Conversational Spanish for Non-Spanish Speaking Students and Spanish for the Spanish-Speaking Students
By Luis Garcia Jr., Garcia-Shilling International (GSI) and Stephen B. Friedheim, Education Systems & Solutions
Incorporate basic Spanish and the results will not only please you, your students and your employers, but the changes will enable your school to fulfill its mission – greater graduate employment.

Academics

Online Delivery: Silver Bullet or Potential Trap? And What Questions any Institution of Higher Education Should be Asking

September 3, 2017 Jenny

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By Wallace K. Pond, Ph.D.
Whether you have been delivering content online for some time or still debating whether or not to take the leap, it is important to periodically review why your institution should or shouldn’t be in the online business to begin with.

Student Support

From Predictive to Proactive: How One Institution is Applying Data to Raise the Bar on Student Support

August 5, 2017 Jenny

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By Dr. S. David Vaillancourt, Chief Academic Officer, The College of Health Care Professions and Bruce Schneider, Vice President of Business Engineering, Ambassador Education Solutions
Student behavioral data often has the biggest impact on student support efforts and retention outcomes. Learn how CHCP and Ambassador put an intelligence plan in place that not only tracks activity data, but makes it actionable.

School Operations

Continuing Education Courses, Credentials Make for Better Teachers

July 10, 2017 Jenny

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Written from an Interview with Dr. Joseph F. Shiver II, Director, Faculty Development, Joint Special Operations University
Continuing education courses and the Certified Higher Education Professional credential help to make faculty better and more creative instructors, which helps to keep students involved and retained.

EDITOR'S CHOICE

Pima Medical Institute and East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) Create a Collaborative Partnership that Benefits Phoenix Area High School Students

Career Education: Then and Now

What Does the new Revenue Recognition Accounting Standard Mean for Your Institution?

2017 Proprietary Higher Education Review: “It Will Never be ‘The Way We Were’”

Should Your Campus Bookstore Sell Books?

Make Your Graduates More Employable

Online Delivery: Silver Bullet or Potential Trap? And What Questions any Institution of Higher Education Should be Asking

From Predictive to Proactive: How One Institution is Applying Data to Raise the Bar on Student Support

Continuing Education Courses, Credentials Make for Better Teachers

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