Green Mountain College, with a really strong niche of sustainability and environmentalism in a culture and economy trending toward those things, still wasn’t able to keep their doors open.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, debt, staffing choices, poor alumni relations, and a toxic culture couldn’t be overcome by a strong “niche”.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, while faculty don’t typically tutor their own students in those writing centers, Cooper believes the experience can be helpful. She was able to see firsthand where her students were struggling with her assignments, and she developed much different and deeper relationships with these individuals.

While 3-credit hour courses are largely the higher ed standard, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln is experimenting more and more with 1-hour pop-up courses.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, these pop-up courses allow UNL students to explore 3 different emerging technologies, trends and topics, rather than picking just 1.

A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office shows that we have a growing campus hunger problem in higher ed.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, more and more colleges are working to solve this food insecurity problem for their students. From on-campus food pantries, to accepting food stamps, to providing micro-loan options as emergency funds.

Reported by EdSurge, Cornell Tech, George Mason University and others are all experimenting with the idea of “hotel’ing” – giving faculty access to temporary space on campus, rather than a permanent walled-off office.

Are colleges overlooking high-achieving low-income students twice?

Reported by EAB, a recent study from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation found that while 49% of college students begin their education at a community college, only 5% of them go on to elite institutions.

Only 9% of graduates surveyed report their alumni network has been helpful for their career.

Reported by EAB, this Strada-Gallup survey is a depressing remark on the state of alumni services. Even surveyed grads from the Top 50 U.S. News & World Report colleges are only slightly stronger, with a mere 16% claiming a career benefit from their alumni network.

The number one reason adult learners go back to school?

Reported by EAB, 61% of adults claim they’re going back to school to earn more money and advance their career. The number one reason they don’t go through with it? 45% of adults claim that family and current work responsibilities are getting in the way.

The U.S. Department of Labor claims that the skills gap is the widest it’s been in a decade, with more than half a million positions in the technology sectors currently unfilled.

Reported by EAB, LinkedIn has released a list of the top 10 hard and soft job skills most in-demand by these companies.

Better ingredients. Better pizza. Purdue University?

Reported by Education Dive, Papa John’s has partnered with Purdue University Global to offer free tuition to their 20,000 corporate employees. And their 70,000 franchise employees will also receive tuition and fee reductions as well.