As more students move online, college maintenance spending is hitting an 11-year high.

Reported by Education Dive, the higher ed building expansion arms race in the past decade has painted the industry in a difficult corner, all while we struggle with enrollment declines.

How is higher education responding to Amazon’s new HQ2 headquarters announcement?

Reported by Education Dive, many institutions are quickly building out capacity in order to meet the educational needs of the 25,000 tech jobs Amazon estimates creating.

Could micro-internships be an effective way to pay new grads for real-world job trials?

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Parker Dewey’s online marketplace connects students with short-term internship opportunities, often between 5 and 40 hours long, and compensated at between $20 and $25/hour.

Could micro-internships be an effective way to pay new grads for real-world job trials?

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Parker Dewey’s online marketplace connects students with short-term internship opportunities, often between 5 and 40 hours long, and compensated at between $20 and $25/hour.

9 out of 10 admission officers consider transfer student recruitment a significant or moderate portion of reaching their overall enrollment growth goals.

Reported by EAB, a new report from the National Association for College Admission Counseling shows an increase in transfer student efforts and strategies, including more transfer-specific admissions hires, a focus on community college partnerships, and an ability to better appeal and communicate to a diverse student base.

Reported by EAB, Montana employers and state agencies are partnering with Montana universities - using workforce data to determine degree program demand, and launching new programs where they see gaps.

The University of South Florida has opened a Publix grocery store on campus, providing students with groceries along with new employment and research opportunities.

Reported by EAB, the on-campus Publix initiative is intended to make both grocery shopping and affordable healthy food options easier for students - and 50 of the new store’s associates are USF students.

Higher ed’s focus on student retention may be working.

Reported by Education Dive, student completion rates at 2- and 4-year colleges are at 58.3%, 1.5 percent higher than the prior year’s cohort.

Reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Brigham Young University Idaho’s certificate-first online pathway program is focused on improving employability throughout one’s degree program, starting with a certificate in fields like Accounting, Data Analytics, Computer Information Technology, Programming and more.

Should online education have a different sticker price than an institution’s on-campus offering?

Reported by EdSurge, institutions like Berklee College of Music and the University of Pennsylvania are cutting their online tuition because of the scale offered by online degrees. But many fear that separate pricing for online education reinforces the premise that online education is a second-tier educational experience.