Alcino Donadel

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How Alvernia's valuable connection with its city spurs academic innovation

1 week ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

Aligning academic programs with industry needs is a chief target for colleges and universities hoping to revitalize their value proposition in preparing students for the workforce. President Glynis Fitzgerald, aided by Alvernia University’s deep connection with the city of Reading, Pensylvania and Berks County, has built the blueprint to scale such programs rapidly.
New Jersey's breakthrough teletherapy investment reaps sizable return

1 week ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

New Jersey’s statewide commitment to free, around-the-clock teletherapy for higher education students has proven highly effective in its first two years. The service is empowering thousands to access critical—oftentimes lifesaving—mental health support while saving them millions of dollars.
President moves: Two state flagship university now have leaders

1 week ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

HiredShereef Elnahal – Oregon Health & Sciences UniversityShereef Elnahal has been selected as the next leader of Oregon Health & Sciences University following another finalist’s withdrawal from the president search. At 40 years old, Elnahal has already served a number of prolific leadership positions in health administration. He served a year as commissioner for New Jersey’s state health department before becoming president and CEO of University Hospital in Newark.
Here are more promising ways schools are planning during an uncertain summer

2 weeks ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

College and university leaders are preparing for a range of scenarios that could impact their campuses this fall, which are likely to be exacerbated by the Trump administration’s extensive plans to overhaul the sector. This is part two of University Business’s coverage of how stakeholders are using this summer for strategic planning. Click here for part one.
See why employers are dropping degree requirements, per research

2 weeks ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

More U.S. companies are waiving bachelor’s degree requirements for job openings, as another quarter of employers surveyed by ResumeTemplates reported that they will drop the credential as a prerequisite for some roles by the end of this year. The resume creation service collaborated with Pollfish to survey 1,000 U.S. hiring managers in May 2024. Of the 21% that had already removed degree requirements last year, four out of five say the initiative has been successful.
Promising ways schools are planning during an uncertain summer

2 weeks ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

Strategic and contingency planning isn’t a novel idea for higher education leadership over the summer. This season, however, board members and university leadership must reckon with a tsunami of federal policy changes that threaten to upend the status quo of higher education finance and operations as early as this fall. “Everybody is looking at everything,” says Kara Freeman, president and CEO of the National Association of College and University Business Officers, or NACUBO.
Can colleges overcome cuts to two big access programs?

2 weeks ago | districtadministration.com | Alcino Donadel

Student SuccessBy: Alcino DonadelDate:June 11, 2025 Share post: FacebookLinkedinTwitterPinterestWhatsApp An updated budget request from the Trump administration proposes cutting funding for the Department of Education by 15%. Within the $12 billion that the agency is at risk of losing, college access programs such as TRIO and GEAR UP would be eliminated.
Administrators leading efforts to quell campus free speech

2 weeks ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

Students and campus groups are facing investigations and punishment over free speech from administrators and government officials at an unprecedented rate over the last two years, according to a new report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Also known as FIRE, the free speech watchdog created a database monitoring all free speech controversies that developed at two- and four-year nonprofit institutions between 2020 and 2024.
Why it's more important for students than leaders to speak out

2 weeks ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

Colleen Hanycz has focused on the intersection of individual speech and institutional neutrality over the 17 years she has served as a college president. With America’s political divisions widening, it’s paramount that campuses provide students—but not their leaders—with space to speak up.
How emerging tech makes it easier to defraud schools out of millions

3 weeks ago | universitybusiness.com | Alcino Donadel

Scammers are collecting millions of dollars by posing as community college students and requesting financial aid. These “ghost students,” now running rampant in California and infiltrating other states, are deploying new deepfake technology to trick their institutional victims. More than one-third of California community college applicants were likely fake, and ghost students have made off with more than $13 million in federal and state dollars, reports.