Guiding Innovation in Higher Education: How to Manage the Emerging Changes in College Delivery

By Louis Soares, Julie Margetta Morgan

Innovation often happens in the public sector in response to either a new challenge or a change in public demands. But innovation in higher education is being prompted by the new challenge of educating an increasing proportion of the population to postsecondary levels and constrained fiscal realities that drive a demand for efficiency and productivity in spending federal financial aid dollars.

Federal policymakers have historically acted as program funders to increase higher education access through programs like the Pell Grant and subsidized loans, and they also served as a backstop for quality assurance by certifying accreditors. The imperative for innovation gives rise to two questions for them: How does innovation happen in higher education, and how can it be managed? These questions must be answered if we are to realize the promise of innovation to help the nation educate more people while using taxpayer and student dollars wisely.

Continued at: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/managing_innovation.html

The Ethics of Unpaid Internships: When are unpaid internships legal?

By Alexis Grantd

When are unpaid internships legal?

In an economy where companies and organizations often can’t afford to hire, bringing an intern on board has become common practice. New graduates often jump at these opportunities even if the internship doesn’t include a paycheck, because paid jobs that offer relevant work experience are few and far between in this struggling economy.

But how many of these opportunities are legal? When it is acceptable to “hire” an intern without pay?

Continued at: http://bx.businessweek.com/higher-education/view?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ihavenet.com%2FEducation-The-Ethics-of-Unpaid-Internships-When-are-unpaid-internships-legal-AG.html

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How to Stay Sane as a Dean or VP

By E.L. Farrington

It’s hard enough to stay sane in any job. But when your job involves balancing budgets and answering to students, parents, faculty and the president, it’s a recipe for insanity. Five deans and VPs shared their tips for balancing it all in a session entitled “Dean (and VP) Dementia: Staying Sane in a Crazy Job” at the NASPA conference in Philadelphia in May.

They were: Dr. Jeanine Ward-Roof, dean of students at Florida State University; Donna A. Lee, VP and dean of students at Agnes Scott College GA; Dr. Jen Day Shaw, assistant VP at the University of Florida; Aaron Fetrow, VP of student affairs at Guilford College NC and Gene Zdziarski II, VP of student services and dean of students at Roanoke College VA.

Continued at: http://www.wihe.com/displayNews.jsp?id=32441