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For modern universities, the dormitory management system must be transformed from a logistical burden into a competitive advantage! As admitted in an article in Spaces4Learing, the demand for creative housing solutions not only satisfies fundamental needs but also improves the entire living experience and outwits the expectations of today’s students. Institutions that implement best practices…

Listen to the article 11 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. When the small, nonprofit University of Saint Katherine announced it would close this spring, the president of the California-based institution placed partial blame for its cash crunch on “extraordinary inflation.” Saint Katherine is hardly alone in that…

The visa fee for international student visas applying to study in Australia is to increase from AUS$710 to AUS$1,600 from 1 July. The price hike, which had been mooted but not officially announced until now, is another hammer blow to a sector in crisis. Sector commentators predicted the obvious: that this would deter some students…

Recently I had reason to revisit Paul Pintrich’s meta-analysis on motivating students. It’s still the piece I most often see referenced when it comes to what’s known about student motivation. Subsequent research continues to confirm the generalizations reported in it. Like most articles that synthesize the results of many studies, it’s long, detailed, and liberally…

  Defining Role-Based Access Controls for Higher Education Institutions Once someone starts to gain trust, however they do so, how do institutions use that trust in applying security policy? The answer is that colleges and universities usually express policy as a set of access controls. For example, they might say that a specific user can…

  Fallacy: Zero Trust Is Merely About Password Strength While maintaining strong passwords is a fundamental aspect of cybersecurity, zero trust encompasses a broader range of security measures. One key component is multifactor authentication, which requires users to provide multiple forms of identification before gaining access to university systems. Behavior monitoring is another element that…

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Northwestern University’s athletic department does not have “clear, standardized guidance” for how its staff should handle misconduct reports that don’t require elevation to the institution’s civil rights and Title IX office, an independent review released…