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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A data literacy workshop series offered each semester helps to foster a data-driven decision-making culture across the university. From 2018 to 2023, Latinx staff representation increased from 33% to 38%, and administrator representation increased from 17% to 25%, respectively. “We Morishita, interim president at CSULA. Dr. Janine E.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Iowa Wesleyan University is closing, citing rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, declining fundraising and the governor’s rejection of a proposal for federal COVID-19 relief funds. It faced the threat of closure in 2018 and warned students and employees that it might not be able to continue.

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Unions organizing in states that lack collective bargaining

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Wendy Goldberg, a nontenured lecturer in writing at the University of Mississippi, said she’s been with UCW since a chapter opened on her campus in 2018. But Matthew Thomas, a Duke University Ph.D. “There’s a lot of things in our, quote, arsenal to do that can be successful.” Supreme Court ruling.

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Lesley Faculty Vote No Confidence in President—Again

Confessions of a Community College Dean

private university’s 167 faculty members with full-time or prorated faculty contracts. “Lesley is fortunate to have the resources it needs, including a significant endowment and valuable real estate acquired in connection with the purchase of an additional campus in 2018, to invest in making any changes that are required.

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. ” Good and green, but not for the right reasons. “Seriously. They need to stop.”

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‘We are heartbroken’: Financial woes force Iowa Wesleyan to close its doors

University Business

Small private school Iowa Wesleyan University, founded before the Civil War, announced its plans to close at the conclusion of the academic year on Tuesday. The board of trustees unanimously voted to shut the school down despite growing enrollment post-pandemic, thanks in part to a partnership with a local community college.

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Reflections on 2018 and Predictions for 2019: with Drumm McNaughton | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 012

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Reflections on 2018 and Predictions for 2019 with Drumm McNaughton | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 012 In addition to enjoying the holidays, December is a good time to pause and take stock of the past year. 2018: The Higher Ed Year in Review There were a number of very nice gifts under the tree this year, but also a lot of lumps of coal.