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Ahead of Higher Ed: Students ‘like’ prospective universities
As social media spread, it is only a matter of time before universities use this growth and youth attraction for recruiting purposes. In a poll conducted by the higher education consulting firm Art and...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: MOOC company to partner with Google
Many successful business plans eventually include collaboration with a bigger, well-known company. Massive open online course companies aren’t any different. EdX, the MOOC provider for the University...
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UH Marketing reveals something brand new
UH is constantly evolving. Every semester, there are new students, faculty, courses and more. Just as a growing teenager needs new clothes, the University needs a refreshed brand and marketing...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Administrators get high-tech
On Monday, Harvard University announced it created a new position within its administration that will focus on education technology, such as massive open online courses. This new “vice provost of...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Khator to contribute to Tribune Festival
Last year, President and Chancellor Renu Khator represented UH during the Texas Tribune Festival’s “Chancellor Confidential” segment. | File photo/The Daily Cougar UH President and Chancellor Renu...
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Khator presents UH as the future of higher education
President Renu Khator talked about the future of higher education at the 2013 Texas Tribune Festival. | Natalie Harms/The Daily Cougar AUSTIN — At the first higher education panel event of the 2013...
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Texas Tribune Festival touts discussions of higher education
AUSTIN — For the Texas Tribune, higher education plays a prominent role in its nonprofit, politics-oriented coverage. It was only obvious that it would be a big part of the organization’s annual,...
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Khator aims to make UH the school for all
President and Chancellor Renu Khator joined the panel on “Higher Education in 2038” at the Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday in Austin. Khator advocated for universities to prioritize student success...
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UH branded as limitless
Imagine having to summarize everything UH is working for — to both its community and those on the outside looking in — into one simple phrase that will inspire all marketing, advertising and donation...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Shutdown ramifications permeate to UH
Though assumed to be small, the effects on public higher education institutions resulting from the government’s shutdown, which occurred on Monday after Congress failed to agree on the Appropriation...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Proving college pays off
It is perpetually well-known that a degree earns college graduates more money than individuals holding only high school diplomas. But what tends to fluctuate is how much the degree is worth. The...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Prospective students experience application complications
There are a lot of inopportune moments to have technical difficulties, and trying to fill out your college application the day before it’s due is probably one of the worst. In anticipation of Tuesday’s...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Cost of college takes a hike
Tuition is rising everywhere for many reasons, and federal funds aren’t increasing enough to offset the the augmentation of tuition. According to a study done by The College Board, universities have...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: If you build it, they might come
UH, like Colorado State University, which is pinning down details for a new stadium, hopes that with the construction of the new football stadium, it will draw in more impressive recruits. | File...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Knowing the SFACts
The Student Fees Advisory Committee is currently in its week full of meetings with the more than 30 fee-funded unit that make presentations requesting money for the upcoming fiscal year. At the...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: First lady leads education initiative
Michelle Obama branched out from her healthy lifestyle speeches on Tuesday when she presented her new campaign to promote higher education to low-income, first-generation college students. She...
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Veterans move to 2nd floor of new UC
After presenting to the Student Government Association in its final meeting of the semester, the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services has agreed to relocate Veterans Services to the...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: STEM-educated women not getting as many jobs as men
Although studies show a relatively even divide between men and women employed in jobs across the United States, when you zoom in on science and technology, the gap is wider. Inside Higher Ed reported...
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Interims planning future of University
In August, after a year of planning a reorganization of the Office of Academic Affairs, Provost Paula Short gave herself a deadline of the end of December to finalize all the new changes and...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Jobs decreasing nationwide
For the third quarter in a row, HigherEdJobs found in its Higher Education Employment Report that the number of jobs on college campuses has been decreasing across the United States, and the rate of...
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UH alumnus, lecturer aims for bench
Former judge Steven Kirkland, a UH communications lecturer is a candidate for judge of the 113th Civil District Court. | Courtesy of Steven Kirkland Law and ethics lecturer, UH Law Center alumnus and...
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Admins plan springboard for student success
Through a two-year program called Foundations of Excellence, the Department of Student Affairs and the Office of Academic Affairs are working together to assess the University’s first-year student...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Online support sees step back
In a study performed by the Babson Survey Research Group and The College Board, the responding university officials from across America expressed a slight decrease in support for online enrollment. The...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Shootings raise awareness of university preparedness
On Tuesday, Purdue University was left in disarray after a student shot and killed another student in its electrical engineering building. “This appears to be an isolated and intentional act,” Purdue...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: University endowments increase nationally
In the 2013 fiscal year, universities across the country saw an increase of about 12 percent on average in their endowments after recent years of decline. According to a survey of more than 800...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Veteran benefits just got easier to reap
Veterans were given a new federal tool this week to reap their post-9/11 GI Bill benefits and find appropriate educational and training institutions. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Washington calling for a close in ‘opportunity gap’
On Monday, likely presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio addressed an education forum at Miami Dade College, saying there’s a gap between Americans with higher education opportunities and those...
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Provost prompts academic discussion with students
As a part of her initiative to hear student’s concerns in order to better serve them, Provost Paula Short hosted her first “Pizza with the Provost” event on Friday. In her inaugural “Pizza with the...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: UT at Austin graduate students draft Bill of Rights
University of Texas at Austin graduate students who are fed up with financial aid inconsistencies are making their voices heard to their administrators by drafting what they are calling a “bill of...
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B.o.B, A Great Big World, Love and Theft to headline at Frontier Fiesta
Grammy-nominated hip-hop performer B.o.B will venture to UH for his Frontier Fiesta show on March 21. | Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons B.o.B, A Great Big World and Love and Theft will be the headlining...
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School is in sessions
Provost Paula Short announced the University’s efforts to spread awareness about the academic sessions offered throughout the semester at her inaugural Pizza with the Provost, hosted by the Student...
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Commissioner tells universities to step up
Raymund Paredes, the Commissioner for Higher Education for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, spoke at Wednesday’s Board of Regents meeting about issues that Texas universities should focus...
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Graduate programs join under one roof
President and Chancellor Renu Khator and other administrators came together Monday to cut the ribbon at the UH Graduate School. | Courtesy of UH Marketing Graduate programs are a one-stop shopping...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Lost in transfer
Students who begin their college careers in community colleges are less likely to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in four years because of credits lost in the transfer process, according to a new...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: MOOC provider see new regime
UH massive open online course partner and provider Coursera announced a new CEO Monday when Richard C. Levin, formerly president of Yale University assumed the position, according to Inside Higher Ed....
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Earning a degree off your own earnings near impossible
Twenty years ago, a grandfather pulled his grandson to his knee and told him a story beginning with, “Back in my day…” The anecdote most likely included “I had to walk to school” or “I paid 15 cents...
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Provost approves $200K increase to study abroad scholarship funds
The University’s study abroad program will expand next academic year with the $200,000 increase to financial aid funding. | Courtesy of UH.edu Students planning to study abroad in the next academic...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Texas hopes to close the gaps
Raymund Paredes, the commissioner of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, visited UH in February to update the UH Board of Regents about the Closing the Gaps by 2015 plan. | Justin...
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UH tackles global strategies, studies
Provost Paula Short gave Jaime Ortiz a lofty task when he entered the newly created position of vice provost for Global Strategies and Studies: Make UH the most global university. While UH consistently...
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Ahead of Higher Ed: Top 10 graduation commencement speakers of 2014
Every year, thousands of graduating college seniors don their tasseled caps and long gowns and cross a stage to receive a piece of paper they’ve worked about four years to earn. Each campus welcomes...
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