Emerging Trends: How Colleges Can Operate as Learning Organizations In late 2014, the US Department of Education awarded $75 million in “First in the World” grants to twenty-four colleges and universities, to fund initiatives to improve college access and completion, particularly for lower-income or first-generation students. Since then, we’ve interviewed those leading the First in the World […]
Dan has been designing websites for higher education and promoting best practices in online content management for nearly fifteen years. During that time, he has been a staunch supporter of web standards and an enthusiastic advocate for accessible web design. At Drexel, he creates and delivers workshops on web accessibility and works with clients to […]
Deirdre’s career path in Access Services began as a student worker at Temple University. She learned and developed as staff before moving into leadership roles. She received her M.S. in Library Science from Drexel University and is currently the Access Services Manager at West Chester University Libraries.
Research grants are increasingly competitive, and our analysis shows that just the top 50 colleges and universities account for nearly two thirds of research expenditures in the U.S. by Sasha Egorova, Research Analyst, Academic Impressions A Disparity in Research Grants More higher ed institutions, including predominantly teaching universities, are facing a push to increase their […]
Beating Turnover in Higher Ed 3 New Findings From Academic Impressions Based on a survey of 2,577 higher-ed professionals. READ THE REPORT LEARN MORE IN A FREE WEBCAST GET ACCESS TO ALL ONLINE TRAININGS Summary: 71% of higher education employees would be more likely to stay at their institution if they had increased access […]
Since 1998, Amy has worked at the University of Iowa Main Library and currently oversees access services, which consists of the circulation/reserve, interlibrary loan, and bookstacks departments as well as the media collection, off-site storage facility and most recently, the Google Books project. Along with other librarians and IT services professionals, Amy serves on the […]
For boosting completion rates for at-risk students, how much of a difference can structured student coaching make? Here’s what Central Carolina Community College is trying. SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION SERIES The US Department of Education has awarded multi-million dollar “First in the World” grants to 18 colleges and universities that are innovating to solve critical challenges […]
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Since the creation of the center and of her position three years ago, the main thrust of Karyn’s work has been to administer and research language-supported aspects of campus internationalization at the university. She coordinates and oversees all English language support aspects of the new ACCESS and BRIDGE programs, including ELI-CISA Program staffing, language-related program […]
Soka University has recently partnered with Academic Impressions, an organization specializing in professional development resources for higher education faculty and staff. This partnership provides all faculty, staff, and students at Soka University with access to a wealth of training resources designed to develop leaders at all levels. Leadership isn’t about a title—it’s about behavior, and […]
