September Stories

Four web exclusives accompany the September issue of University Business magazine.

Colleges Reducing Food Waste and Greening the Earth

Campus dining services have been cutting food waste through measures such as instituting trayless dining or being smarter about purchasing. At the end of the day, though, food waste could still happen. Schools are finding creative solutions to handle it such as composting or donating leftovers to nearby charities. Penn State University student Allison Lilly reported on these different initiatives during her summer internship with Dick Jones Communications. 

Opportunity Knocks

More Americans are-and will be-heading back to school, thus putting administrators in a position to weigh how they should best take advantage of this significant enrollment increase. Where, exactly, should they position themselves? In her piece, Carol Aslanian points out four distinct markets she thinks are mostly like to provide the most growth potential. She is EducationDynamics' senior VP of market research and advisory services.

What University IT Can Learn From the Enterprise

IT departments constantly try to provide a strong balance between an open yet secure network. They also face complications when enforcing departmental policies as their respective institution tries to remain on the cutting edge of tech innovation. In some cases, this issue has led to staggering data breaches. H. Peter Felgentreff, president and CEO of NCP engineering, gives his recommendations on how to implement best practices to strengthen security.

Working in the Clouds

Cloud computing has been getting its share of attention in higher ed as institutions are finding it as a viable solution for many technology needs such as web development. Nathan Gerber, Utah Valley University's director of web development services, describes the lengthy process undertaken by UVU's Web Development Services group in eventually adopting the cloud to save costs and improve operations.