Research has repeatedly shown that college students involved in the extracurricular life of a campus achieve better grades and experience higher levels of satisfaction. Still, not all faculty support life outside the academic classroom. When money is tight, extracurricular activities are often the first budget items scrutinized. Higher education faculty from around the country swarmed [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Recognizing the ever-growing trend of graduating students to be coupled before leaving college, one Mississippi university is hoping to capitalize on the movement by incorporating a Ring By Spring requirement for the class of 2015. “The pressure to be engaged by graduation was actually greater than the pressure to [...]

by Erica Price Freelance Writer Public indecency charges were brought against Sandusky University student Thomas Spade this morning G. Hank Farley, Chief of Public Safety at SU, provided details of the charges at the Division of Student Affairs leadership retreat. “We’ve had several reports of suspicious loitering in the woods adjacent to Dietrich Hall. After [...]

by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer Each May, employees at Carter College receive an annual Employee Feedback Survey. The evaluation, which contains nine pages of questions about a wide range of work-related issues, is used to help college leadership with staff development and strategic planning processes for the upcoming year. For years, the college’s Campus [...]

Taking a lesson from the mantra of bitchy high school teachers who invoke the common “You’ll never get into college” threat, professors from across the country have begun to experiment with new varieties of the classic “You’ll never get a job” verbal assaults. Dubbing the threats “Neo-Modern Engagement Techniques,” they seek to engage students with [...]