by Yremia Johnson Freelance Writer Recent focus-group research shows that college students remember each mistake an academic advisor made in the process of course selection and then complain endlessly while remaining unable to remember a single piece of correct information the advisor provided. This memory dynamic creates an interesting paradox for advisors who find themselves [...]

by Diana Senechal Greenview, Indiana—At Inchoate Thyme College, beginning in September, professors will no longer encourage students to seek clarity in their writing. Nor will they include Strunk and White’s Elements of Style in their required or optional readings. A course description explains this sea change: “Extensive studies of postmodern neoapproaches to Jungian language mediation [...]

AJ Marshfield Freelance Writer In response to a growing number of correspondences from helicopter parents, Statebridge University has brought in an expert: The Parent Whisperer, also known as author and psychiatrist Dr. Mattie Helms. “Despite the fact that many faculty and staff members are parents themselves, most parents refuse to believe that anyone who works [...]

by Joel Pettigrew Freelance Writer One of the most popular activities at student organization exec team retreats is the practice of writing a letter to your future self, giving yourself advice, calming words and perspective for when you are in the thick of the academic year. Recently, however, advisors are finding that more and more [...]

by Erica Price Freelance Writer Administrators at Kentucky Methodist College are on edge this week as they fend off media attention relating to a 2001 search process for a Career Services Coordinator position. Rob Shackleford, 26, held a standing room only press conference in the local OfficeMax break room to disclose his intent to sue [...]

In response to an incident of cultural insensitivity, Madden College president Laurel Stanford charged a committee of administrators and students to review and revise the institution’s honor code. The committee thought it had drafted a progressive standard of respect with its first draft, commonly known as the “Don’t Say Anything that Could Possibly Hurt Someone [...]

Responding to its consistently low ratings in the Chronicle of Higher Education’s employee satisfaction reports, Cramer College took a bold step last year to improve morale. Departments doubled the number of staff meetings workers were expected to attend each week. “Employees told us in an anonymous survey that they feel communication was the number one [...]