Educational Leadership

I am a white tenure-track faculty member, and I consider myself a progressive. I want to be an ally to my students of color, but I’m not sure how. I don’t want to make mistakes and offend anyone. Is it better for me to say nothing, if I’m not an expert on race? I feel so helpless. Do you have any advice?

Asking for help can be daunting on a college campus—just ask any first-year student. But for those who are the first in their family to attend college and may lack the built-in familial support systems that other students might have, it may be hard to even identify who to ask. A new program at Hamline…

A truth continuing education leaders have known and practiced for years is starting to make its way into mainstream higher education conversations, and it’s stirring up a great deal of controversy. This truth is the idea that students want to be treated like customers, and doing so actually improves the student experience overall. Critics and traditionalists worry that the academic product will suffer from a customer service mentality, but this is a contentious and debated point. In this interview, Bea González shares her thoughts on what customer service means in the postsecondary environment and reflects on why it’s so important for today’s learners.

The National Labor Relations Board paved the way for graduate student assistants working at private colleges to join labor unions.

Government plans to introduce more flexibility could be destabilising for universities.

This question originally appeared on Quora: What are the skills every 18 year old needs? Answer by Julie Lythcott-Haims, Author of NYT bestseller How to Raise an Adult; former Stanford dean; podcast host. 1. An 18-year-old must be able to talk to strangers Faculty, deans, advisers, landlords, store clerks, human resource managers, coworkers, ban

Students today are behaving more like customers than ever before, putting institutions into a position where maximizing every possible differentiator is a high priority. Rankings have risen towards the top of the list of differentiating factors for institutions, but do these rankings take into account the priorities of today’s students? In this interview, Anthony Carnevale reflects on a rankings report released by the Center on Education and the Workforce that ranks institutions based on the future earnings of their graduates, and shares his thoughts on the importance of this approach to sharing critical consumer information.

Are some college admissions rigged for non-residents? One large public university system stands accused of hurting local students by attracting more out-of-state ones.

Rosi Prescott considers how universities should tackle the decline in students’ well-being often caused by financial stress

Harley Center shares how relationships, humor, choice, and displaying his work engaged him, plus his three-minute video highlighting student work and personalized learning.

Online learning can feel like a long trip through a lonely desert, even in the best-designed online classes. Support services are usually available, but adjusting to a virtual services structure can be daunting for those new to the world of digitized instruction. All institutions provide infrastructure support and wraparound services, but it’s difficult to replicate a building-based services structure when you don’t have the building. After all, you can see a building as you walk to class — the student has a clear place — but this is not as easy online.

“Far too many students are learning to do whatever it takes to get ahead—even if that means sacrificing individuality, health, happiness, ethical principles, and behavior.”

A quarter of students have started, or plan to start, a venture at university, but the numbers fall post-graduation