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Feb. 26, 2025

The AI Advantage in Career Preparation: Empowering Students for the Future

The AI Advantage in Career Preparation: Empowering Students for the Future:  Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing career preparation, offering transformative tools that empower students to navigate an evolving job market with increased co…

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Feb. 25, 2025

Teaching Skills to Build the Future: Preparing Students for Successful Careers in Biotechnology

Biotechnology is one of the fastest and largest growing industries globally. In 2024, the global biotechnology market reached $1.55 trillion with anticipated growth to $4.24 trillion by 2033, and the U.S. has the potential and opportunity to become …

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Feb. 19, 2025

What Online Education Can Learn from Social Media

Should online learning be more like social media?  The question may seem taboo as the discourse around many social platforms turns increasingly negative with very legitimate concerns raised by parents and lawmakers about their impact on wellbe…

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Feb. 18, 2025

Bellevue University and AWS Cloud Institute: Teaming Up to Impact the Future of Cloud Computing’s Talent Pipeline

The cloud revolution is here, and it’s moving fast. Organizations across every industry—finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, government and others — are migrating to the cloud, leveraging its power to drive innovation, effic…

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Feb. 7, 2025

Sparking Ideas One Step at a Time

It’s no secret that sometimes, our best thinking is done when we are away from our desks.   Like many other higher education leaders, I think creatively all the time. But perhaps my best ideas ignite when I’m on my daily run o…

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Feb. 5, 2025

Teaching Is Hard, Until You Do This

Later today (or tomorrow or Monday), millions of teachers in millions of classrooms will stand in front of millions of students and try to explain millions of things. These teachers will try as hard as they can to help every student learn. Unfortun…

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Feb. 3, 2025

Beyond Acceptance: Preparing Students for Career Success

When our daughter was accepted to her dream school, we popped champagne and felt like we'd conquered the ultimate parental challenge. Soon enough, reality set in—college acceptance isn't the finish line.  As her college years unfolded, a…

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Jan. 31, 2025

Lessons Learned From The Establishment And Closure Of Union Institute And University

Union Institute & University (UI&U) – Born: 1964, Died: 2024 For sixty years, UI&U engaged, enlightened, and empowered an extremely diverse student population transforming them into scholars, leaders, researchers, and socially-jus…

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Jan. 28, 2025

More Than Dusty Shelves: How Digital Resources Can Revolutionize College Libraries

The 2022 Library Journal College Student Library Usage survey revealed that many students felt they did not accurately understand what resources were available to them through their campus libraries and wished there were more resources to help them …

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Jan. 27, 2025

The Purpose of the University and the Challenge of the Future Workforce

In times of profound social and labor transformations, universities must rethink their role in the contemporary world. Artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and the rapid changes in the labor market are reshaping how we live, work, and le…

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Jan. 20, 2025

Challenging Times Call for Accepting Reality, Shared Leadership, and a Long-Term Lens

As higher education institutions continue to face challenges in our post-pandemic world, one of the most common challenges is related to budget shortfalls and deficits resulting from enrollment declines suffered during the pandemic and now exacerbat…

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Jan. 16, 2025

Technology is Transforming Society, But Not Learning. The Nation Needs A Plan To Fix That.

Over the last few decades, technology has transformed medicine in ways that once seemed unimaginable. Genetic testing, AI-driven diagnostics, and advances in imaging allow doctors to diagnose and treat diseases with precision and personalization.&nb…

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Jan. 14, 2025

Americans reveal the words that make you sound smarter in 2025

Preply surveyed 1,012 Americans about the words that make people sound smarter. Ambiguous, articulate, and exacerbate top the list. The words we choose reflect more than just our personal preferences. They help us convey our messages clearly and ef…

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Jan. 13, 2025

Can You Be a Triangle in a World Full of Circles?

Can You Be a Triangle in a World Full of Circles? Imagine walking into a room where 18 people, including you, are staring at a shape. It’s clearly a triangle—without a doubt, it has three sharp edges and three distinct points. But then,…

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Jan. 8, 2025

Breaking Down Silos: How Academic and Student Affairs Can Work Together for Student Success

In Episode 23 of the EdUp Provost podcast, host Gregor Thuswaldner interviewed Amelia Parnell, President of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Read an excerpt from the episode here: EdUp Provost: What are some current…

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Jan. 6, 2025

Education to Occupation

It’s Thursday afternoon and I’m about to meet with Lydia, a recent college graduate, who has moved home and feels paralyzed and overwhelmed by the job search process. My 30+ years of professional and educational experience, college admis…

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Dec. 9, 2024

Transforming Education through Innovation

Transforming Education Through Innovation Although I struggled as a student, it’s clear to me now that my struggles shaped the journey I am on today. Although I was always interested in math and science in applicable ways—rocketry, rock…

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Dec. 3, 2024

Stepping Back from the Cliff. Enrollment Growth Opportunities Exist – If you Know Where to Look

We have all heard the predictions of the enrollment cliff that is expected to land on campuses as early as the fall semester of 2025. Under the widely discussed doomsday scenario, mass enrollment declines caused by a decline in birth rate eighteen y…

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Dec. 2, 2024

Why are college students not showing up to exams? Tackling academic stress with strong study habits.

Exams have long been a source of stress and anxiety for students in higher education. It’s no surprise then according to Kahoot!’s Study Habits Snapshot 2024, nearly half of students surveyed say tests or exams make them feel stressed or…

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Nov. 22, 2024

The Power of the Font: Typography Tips for Job Applicants

Applying to jobs in the education field can feel like an endless task and if you’re not hearing back from hiring managers it may even seem like a waste of time. What if you were to find out that something as simple as the font on your resume i…

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Nov. 21, 2024

Northwest University School of PA Medicine Joins Leading Institutions in Adopting Early Alert for Mental Health Support

In a groundbreaking move to support mental wellness, Northwest University School of PA Medicine has implemented the Early Alert mental health system, an innovative program designed to identify and assist individuals in crisis. D…

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Nov. 18, 2024

Reflections on AI: Navigating Trust and Transformation in Education

Advances in AI unfold moment by moment, revealing astonishingly powerful and complex tools that often surpass human comprehension. While the innovation hype cycle and ongoing debate around AGI’s timeline may captivate us, one truth is indisput…

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Nov. 14, 2024

How to make college happen in 2025 and beyond

Making College Happen (Third Edition) helps readers overcome the challenges of making decisions from one's heart to one's head. It is not just for students but for parents, grandparents, educators, financial professionals, wealthy relatives, and any…

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Nov. 11, 2024

Hiring Veterans: Specific Needs, Unique Potential

Reporting for Duty As a veteran, I’m keenly aware of how those of us who served in the armed forces are uniquely qualified to deliver outstanding work when they enter the civilian workforce—and as University of Phoenix’s  Car…

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