Ben Wildavsky, a contributing consultant at Lipman Hearne, takes a closer look at the rise of rankings that compare colleges not just within countries but between them. The article examines how the expansion and change in ranking methodology could mean that American dominance of international college rankings may no longer be guaranteed. International Studies: How [...]
Two Lipman Hearne clients made the news as members of Mother Jones magazine’s 2010 MoJo Mini College Guide. According to Kiera Butler, the University of Minnesota, Morris and Kettering University are both among “ten cool schools that will blow your mind, not your budget.” The University of Minnesota, Morris is cited for having “academic chops [...]
“We’re walking, we’re walking…”: Anyone who has been through the rigors of a multi-college campus tour knows that Bonnie Hunt must have modeled her character in the movie Dave by shadowing a college campus tour guide. The backwards-walking, über-perky tour guide that can rattle off anecdotes that date to the 1800s has reached the level [...]
The American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) honored Tom Abrahamson, Managing Director & Principal, Lipman Hearne, with the 2009 Nonprofit Marketing Volunteer of the Year Award at the AMA Nonprofit Marketing Conference in Chicago, IL, on July 16, 2009. Tom is known for innovation in nonprofit marketing. He brings nearly 30 years of success and leadership [...]
Years ago, NBC had a slogan that went, “Let’s All Be There.” Many fans of community colleges have already decided the network’s new fall show, titled Community, is the last thing they want to be there to see. They’re worried that it’ll be a retread of tired, negative stereotypes about community college students and teachers. [...]
There is a big hubbub right now on an Inside Higher Ed piece by Dennis Jones and Jane Wellman called “Bucking Conventional Wisdom on College Costs.” Judging by the commentary, they have clearly gored a small herd of sacred cows by attempting to debunk the conventional wisdom that budgets will (should) only rise, that spending [...]
A New York Times Op-Ed piece by David Brooks cites Lumina Foundation efforts to track student outcomes as being a key element in education reform. Brooks also cites increases in community college attendance as being a step in the right direction when it comes to restoring our “human capital advantage.” Lumina Foundation for Education is [...]
Late last week Masha Alexander and I were at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami. Among other cool stuff, I had the chance to hold a hefty Aplysia californica – a.k.a. a common sea slug. Aplysia are bred in quantity at Rosenstiel because their neurons are large and [...]
According to a new report from Lumina Foundation for Education, “A Stronger Nation through Education,” returning to a position of global leadership will require the US to increase the proportion of Americans who hold high quality two- and four-year degrees. A recent Houston Chronicle article includes further commentary from Jamie Merisotis, president of the foundation, [...]
University of Detroit Mercy, a longtime Lipman Hearne client, has launched a new online experience aimed at engaging rising high school juniors. Driven to the special site through emails and postcards, these juniors (soon to be seniors) can explore UDM’s teaching, and residential and student life by clicking on photographic hot spots. Fun and sometimes [...]