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Fellowship Program Highlights the Work of Disabled Scholar-Activists

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the fellows, Bowen Cho, had been attempting to complete their project since early 2020, but had struggled to find collaborators — as disabled scholars often do, they said. Throughout the following 10 months, the fellows participated in meetings with their faculty mentors and optional monthly cohort-wide calls to discuss their progress.

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Survey: 23% of all undergraduate students struggle with food insecurity

University Business

These findings reflect all institution types, which illustrates how this problem pervades across what’s thought of as wealthier private universities. Students surveyed were enrolled in institutions participating in federal financial aid programs between July 2019 and June 2020. million and 3.6 million students nationwide.

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Are latest layoffs at this university a first look at the FAFSA fiasco’s consequences?

University Business

Lindenwood University recently announced it’s letting go of 12 staff members and two faculty members and may decide not fill up to 50 positions in order to help cut its operating budget by 10%, St. Other mid-sized private universities have made similar moves. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Very similar.”

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

EAB

Indeed, as a central pillar of sound pipeline development, engagement activities are irreplaceable, and donors’ comfort levels with virtual engagement, cultivation, and even solicitation have increased dramatically since 2020. But there are also significant risks to halting solicitations altogether.

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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. Yet the university managed to hang on by securing philanthropic gifts and a USDA loan.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edward’s University St. Edward’s University, a private university in Austin, Texas, enrolls 2,766 undergraduate students, 51% of whom are Latino and 40% are Pell Grant recipients. Since its launch in 2020, Latino enrollment has increased. Many of those move to healthcare providers that deliver care in Spanish.”

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Why data competency reached the forefront of this university’s curriculum

University Business

Elon University, a private university based in the liberal arts in North Carolina, recently announced that it’s promising that 90% of its students will reach a foundational level of “data competency” by the time they graduate.