by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer In the last 25 years, Axmead College Head Football Coach Brett Killman has won over 230 games and led his teams to seven Great Northern Pine League Championships and three NCAA Division III post-season appearances. His booming basso-profondo voice is well known in football stadiums across the Northern United States. [...]

by Erica Price Freelance Writer The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has been educating business leaders since 1916 with a celebrated specialty in “creating innovative programs that anticipate and reflect global business trends.” To learn more about the innovative programs highlighted recently in USA Today, intern Erica Price interviewed assistant professor Beatrice Laffer to learn [...]

by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer For years, a silent yet bitter war has divided employees at Carter College. The issue: unscheduled leave for “childcare issues.” According to the employee handbook, Carter College permits employees with exempt status who work at least two hours of any given day to leave early without taking vacation [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Memo To:       All Staff From:   Shawna Nielson, Director of Human Resources, Giner College Staff appreciation day is scheduled for Friday, July 16, 2010 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Please review the information below before arriving at the planned events. Participation in staff appreciation day is not mandatory; however, it may [...]

After a months-long crusade, director of counseling services Whitney Crissman has successfully convinced Stowe College to set a new, more positive trend in math education. “Instead of doing math ‘problems,’” said Crissman, “students will now complete math ‘challenges.’ We counselors are always looking for innovative ways to make academic life more positive, and we found [...]

The writing team from The Cronk of Higher Education will host their first podcast at blogtalkradio.com. “We’re celebrating National College Opening Month,” said Brody Truce, one of the head writers and cohosts of the podcast. “We’ve chosen the theme ‘Best Practices in Faculty and Staff Training’ to get everyone off to a great start for [...]

Save the Date: The first @CronkNews podcast is Monday August 2 at 6 pm EST. Topic: Best practices in staff training. http://ht.ly/2cQRf # YAY! RT @therealjoelp is it bad that i've checked @cronknews more than @workemail this study abroad summer? i've unplugged from usa. srsly. # Cheers to @ULstudentLife for hosting the #SOI Conf for [...]

by Ellica Valentino Freelance Writer Like many institutions, Vermont’s Hudson College recently revised its conduct hearing process, moving away from a formal courtroom setting to a less adversarial model. Instead of meeting on opposite sides of a boardroom table, Hudson College’s accused students and hearing officers now meet outside on the campus green. Attendees sit [...]

Haney College is taking a daring new step in handling student disciplinary issues for the upcoming academic year. The college applied for three execution permits from the State of New York, justifying the application as a preventive measure related to ongoing conduct issues besmirching the institution’s reputation. “It seems drastic, we realize that,” said Judicial [...]

by Anselmo Watkins Freelance Writer A twelve-year study conducted by researchers at California’s Pennsylvania University has definitively proven what thousands of university staff members have been saying for years – that the university is simply a nicer place to be when school is out of session and there are no students around. The study will [...]