Huron Education January 2016
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Year in Review: Your Top 10 Articles of 2015

To celebrate the start of the new year, we are recapping some of Huron’s most-read thought leadership and industry articles published in 2015. We look forward to continuing to share timely articles that resonate with our valued readers, our clients, and industry partners into the new year.
Huron Consulting Group
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Q&A: It's Time for Your Institution to Consider the Cloud

In the following Q&A, Bill Cronin and Jason Moebius, both Huron Consulting Group managing directors, provide their insights as to why higher education and health care institutions are migrating over to the cloud, and how to effectively do so.
Huron Consulting Group
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California’s Higher-Education Crisis

Scores of highly qualified students are failing to secure spots at California’s top-ranked public universities, and the competition for admission is only expected to intensify.
The Atlantic
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Investing in International Student Enrollment Strategies

The U.S. higher education system enrolled nearly 975,000 international students in 2014-2015 — an increase of 52 percent since 2007-2008. What exactly are the underlying growth patterns and implications for institutional strategies?
University Business
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Technology

FUTURE COLLEGE MODELS

In Qatar’s Education City, U.S. Colleges are Building an Academic Oasis

U.S. colleges and universities run dozens of branch campuses around the world, a reflection of rapid globalization in academia. “Education City” is perhaps the most prominent example of this trend.
The Washington Post
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The Leaky Pipeline

How improved transfer pathways from community colleges to four-year institutions may be one solution to improving America's college-completion rate.
Inside Higher Ed
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Research

TECHNOLOGY

Cloud Transitions Help Bridge IT Skills Gap

Recent survey data suggests more than half of all CIOs expect to have trouble filling open positions in their IT departments in 2016. Cloud technology, however, could bridge this gap.
Education Dive
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Speeding Up IT Support

Georgia’s Valdosta State University recently achieved a 15-minute response time for its second-tier information technology service — even while reducing costs. How? Through its new Technical Response Unit program.
Campus Technology
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EVENTS

Live Broadcast: Market Research Themes for 2016
Jan. 8, 2016
1 – 2 p.m. ET
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NFMA Advanced Seminar on Higher Education
Jan. 14, 2016
Phoenix, AZ
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Huron in The News

Innovation Networks
How higher education institutions are responding to the pressure to innovate.
Inside Higher Ed

 
Research

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Learning While Earning: The New Normal

Over the last 25 years, more than 70 percent of college students have worked while enrolled in higher education programs. As such, these 14 million college students face the challenge of balancing work, school, and other life priorities.
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
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Slow U.S. Tuition Growth is 'New Normal' for Higher Education: Moody's

U.S. universities and colleges should expect to see sluggish tuition growth next year, according to a recent report.
Reuters
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Future

LEADERSHIP

8 Major Challenges Acting Ed Secretary John King Will Face in 2016

Costs are going up for higher education institutions, and national concerns over student debt are prompting debates over the source of the increases and what can, and should be done about them.
Education Dive
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Briarcliffe College Plans Gradual Discontinuation of Operations

Briarcliffe College recently announced a plan, pending regulatory and related approvals, which will begin the deliberate discontinuation of operations at its institution.
Briarcliffe College
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Technology

STUDENT FOCUS

A New Approach to College Admissions

The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success aims to change college admissions through better counselor-student communication.
University Business
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Sharp Declines in Underemployment for College Graduates

College graduates’ rate of underemployment has declined from 10.2 percent to 6.2 percent today, which is far lower than the 13 percent underemployment rate of high school graduates.
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
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Laura Yaeger
Managing Director
P: 312-583-8762

Peter Eschenbach
Managing Director
P: 312-583-8755

Shandy Husmann
Managing Director
P: 312-583-8757

 

About Huron Education

Huron's Education practice is dedicated to serving the higher education industry. We have a large team of professionals with extensive knowledge and experience in the business of higher education and academic medical centers. We deliver the most comprehensive services to the industry and partner with institutions to improve business performance across the enterprise.

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