(from Inside Higher Ed) Shiru cafés, opening this year near Ivy League and other universities, offer handmade coffee and tea drinks for free. In exchange, students show a university ID and share a small cache of personal
(from Forbes) To combat rising tuition, some colleges have "reset" or drastically lowered their tuition in the past few years. So far the move has had middling results. Only 27 percent of schools employing the strategy m
(from the Hechinger Report) Predominantly white colleges and universities have promised for years to improve the diversity of their teaching ranks, but they have made little progress in doing so. In the 10 years ending i
(from Inside Higher Ed) Two-thirds of U.S. high school counselors said their students believe that taking AP or International Baccalaureate courses is “essential” for college admissions, according to a recent study. And
(from the Los Angeles Times) California middle and high schools will soon be prohibited from starting classes before 8:30 a.m., a move intended to help students get more rest and better deal with stress in general. But s
(from Harvard EdCast) Rates of enrollment at private schools are declining, and — like public schools — those schools are becoming increasingly segregated by income, according to the latest research from Stanford and Har
(from CUPA-HR) School HR professionals can take these four steps to mitigate risk related to sexual misconduct and harassment on campus, according to Lynn Clements, formerly with the EEOC and current director of regulato
(from Schola Inbound Marketing) Millennials currently hold more purchasing power than any other generation, and understanding their outlooks and habits can help independent schools connect with them, according to a schoo
(from the Daily Mail) British independent schools are experiencing "huge demand" abroad. Eleven international British private schools have opened their doors in the last academic year, and a further 18 will open in the n
(from the Baltimore Sun) Many who attended independent schools in the 1980s say that the drinking and party culture described in the Ford-Kavanaugh hearings was familiar. However, it's likely that much has changed then,
(from Kaiser Health News) A Florida law passed in a rush following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, last year included a provision that students must now report treatment for any me
(from Global Online Academy) Faculty and staff wary of large-scale school changes have a case of "solutionitis," according to a new book, "Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better." Ame
(from NPR) New rules regarding wellness programs will take effect January 1, 2019. Employers may offer smaller financial incentives for wellness program participation, following a ruling earlier this year that questioned
(from EdWeek) A new Government Accountability Office report analyzes what kind of students and donors benefit from state-level tax breaks for private school scholarships. The report analyzed 22 programs in 18 states that
(from Insider Higher Ed) Not only are a majority of colleges not filling their new classes by the traditional target date of May 1, but they are failing to do so by June 1 as well, according to the 2018 Survey of College
(from Nonprofit Quarterly) St. John’s College, a private liberal arts college with campuses in Santa Fe and Annapolis, is slashing its annual tuition from $52,000 to $35,000 this next school year, with plans to make up t
(from CUPA-HR) In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey last year, Houston Community College took a number of steps to ease the pain of its students, faculty and staff. HCC set up donation sites, manned by staff and faculty
(from the NonProfit Times) The overall number of donors giving in 2018 compared to 2017 was down 6.3 percent in the first quarter and 6.6 percent in the second quarter, according to the Growth in Giving Database, which t
(from Gartner) Cloud-managed service providers are predicted to triple by 2020, as they become increasingly integral to business processes.
(from Food Management) Schools are using a variety of tactics to increase the appeal of healthy school meals. A recent survey of School Nutrition Association members shows that nearly three-quarters are offering taste te
