"Thousands sign up for alerts," Badger Herald, Aug. 6.
The University of Wisconsin’s new emergency text messaging service is approaching 10,000 subscribers, marking a number university officials hope to increase by thousands this school year...
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August 7, 2008
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"Gateway president to lead national group," Racine Journal Times, Aug. 6.
Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht is the new president of the Association for Career and Technical Education, the nation’s largest not-for-profit education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers...
National
"Enrollment expert gives top 5 reasons why student-retention strategies fail," Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 7.
Retention is the issue that has led to the creation of a thousand campus task forces. Despite the time and money many colleges spend to improve their graduation rates, however, administrators often describe those rates as an intractable problem. Why?...
"Public universities strive to keep coveted faculty members," Chronicle of Higher Ed, Aug. 7.
State budget woes and a rocky economy have shaken public colleges and universities in recent years. One of the most noticeable shudders, however, has been a pervasive "brain drain" at some state institutions that face competition for their best faculty members from more prosperous institutions, both public and private...