Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Harvard’s nearly $1.2 billion fundraising haul fell short of last year’s mark by roughly $200M, following a period of acrimony marked by student protests and scandals. Only at the nation’s richest university can a billion-plus-dollar fundraising haul equal disappointment.
SRHE
OCTOBER 21, 2024
by Maria-Ligia Barbosa In Latin America, higher education has undergone intense transformation. In the 1950s, there were around 700,000 students; by 1970 the number had increased to 1.9 million, reaching 8.4 million in 1990, 25 million students in 2011, and 30 million in 2019. HE systems in these countries vary greatly. There are countries like Argentina, Chile and Uruguay that are universalised (with a gross enrolment rate of over 60%), while countries like Brazil and Peru are going through the
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Vanderbilt University chancellor Daniel Diermeier argues that demonstrating a political point of view contradicts higher education’s core mission and values. Vanderbilt University chancellor Daniel Diermeier has emerged as a strong advocate for institutional neutrality in recent years, arguing that institutions often go beyond their core mission when they strike stances on public issues.
University Business
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The first phase of FAFSA beta testing concluded last week with minor disruptions for students, declares a press release from the Department of Education. A limited number of students have been allowed to fill out the form before its official rollout to prevent a repeat of last year’s glitch-ridden rollout, which has left students and financial aid officers yet to submit batch corrections.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Two University of Knoxville, Tennessee, executive leaders share their perspectives on the institution’s strengths-based, people-first approaches to student success, including ideas that others might model. Next week’s Student Success US conference will be held on UT’s campus. Top of mind for the chancellor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Donde Plowman, and Amber Williams, the university’s vice president of student success, is ensuring their teams—and students—are aware of and confiden
Roompact
OCTOBER 21, 2024
October is here and that means that things are FINALLY starting to fall into a routine: the hectic panic of move-in is over and hopefully you are finding some balance in your position.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
William (Rick) Singer, who spent 16 months in a federal prison camp for masterminding the 2019 Varsity Blues admissions scandal, is preparing to launch a new, legitimate college counseling company, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Spelman College president Dr. Helene D. Gayle is taking a personal leave of absence “effective immediately,” according to a Friday announcement from the college. The announcement did not share any reason for the leave. “We can assure you that Spelman will continue to operate seamlessly, moving forward in the spirit of our core values of care, commitment, integrity, reliability and trust,” the announcement read.
CAPD
OCTOBER 21, 2024
MIT Reads: A Conversation with Davarian L. Baldwin Join Dr. Davarian L. Baldwin, the author of this semester’s MIT Reads selection In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities are Plundering Our Cities , in dialogue with MIT Barton L. Weller Professor of History Craig Steven Wilder. The event is free and open to all. Registration required.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Huston-Tillotson University, a private historically Black institution in Texas, plans to expand its academic offerings to California, a state without an HBCU, The Austin American-Statesman reported.
PUC
OCTOBER 21, 2024
PUC has several physical education classes for you to complete your general requirements. If you dread fitness classes or want to add some uniqueness into your class schedule, here are five fun PE classes. Volleyball – Fall/Winter Quarter This class introduces the basic skills, rules, and strategies around volleyball. During class, students will practice, demonstrate, and then implement the skills they’ve learned.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
This latest episode of The Key features a conversation with Donde Plowman, chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Amber Williams, vice president of student success, who share their efforts to ensure their teams—and students—are aware of and confident about their strengths as they navigate their work.
Higher Education Today
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Title: Education at a Glance 2024 – Country Notes: United States Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s annual report Education at a Glance examines participation, investment, operational frameworks, and outcomes within education systems globally. This analysis includes various performance indicators, ranging from student achievement in critical subject areas to the influence of.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The University of North Carolina system will likely have to pay at least $32 million to clean up college campuses and fix buildings damaged by Hurricane Helene, NC Newsline reported.
College for Creative Study
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Text by Finnian Boyle and Viivi Koistinen | Photography by Winston Hart and Daniel RibarWe spoke to Taylor Childs on the eve of ArtClvb’s ‘Art Fair’, a weekend-long event showcasing the work of emerging and mid-career artists. Taylor’s piece, titled Filling in the Gap (2024), is a room-like installation, furniture draped in colorful fabrics: her great-grandmother's lace curtain, her great aunt’s prayer journals, a porch light and a sunbeam mirror.
University Business
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Register Now Date & Time: Wednesday, November 20 at 2 p.m. ET Every college and university already provide a rich variety of meal plans and dining options to ensure their students are well-nourished and healthy. However, higher ed leaders can go beyond by leveraging specialty foods at critical times and places outside their dining halls to increase student engagement in campus life, create more inclusive environments, and ensure equity among departments, on and off campus.
Higher Education Whisperer
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Jonathan O'Donnell, the Research Whisperer, has published a thoughtful item on The economics of Australian universities. Firstly he points out that Australian universities are ‘liberal arts’ institutions, and only a few are private. Income is mostly from student fees (domestic ones subsidised by government), with little from government research grants or private endowments.
University Business
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Marci Deck recently became a mom of three. She’s been back to work for two months as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Community Medicine in Tulsa after her daughter, Elliott, was born. OU implemented six weeks of paid leave for benefits-eligible employees this month. But the policy came too late for Deck. She received two weeks of paid leave and covered the rest with all of her accrued paid time off (PTO).
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Two national organizations that support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) have launched nonpartisan campaigns to get HBCU students out to the polls in a few weeks. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) have been working around the clock to mobilize voters in the upcoming presidential election.
University Business
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Fewer students in this fall’s class of college freshmen chose to disclose their race or ethnicity in their applications to some top schools, data shows. The pattern, which is nuanced and only affects a sliver of the nation’s universities, is among several early indications of the potential impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision last year that has effectively prohibited colleges from considering race as a factor in admissions.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Dr. Ruth Simmons—the prominent education leader who was the first African American to lead an Ivy League institution—was among 18 other individuals who was honored on Monday with a National Humanities Medal at the White House. Simmons, who whose career in the academy has included teaching and administrative positions at Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, Princeton University and Smith College, is the author of the bestselling memoir Up Home: One Girl’s Journey.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
One student who isn’t voting this year said the candidates were “trash,” while another said they doubted it would matter much whether Harris or Trump won. Only a handful of college students—8 percent of those surveyed by Inside Higher Ed and Generation Lab in late September—say that they are not planning to vote in the 2024 presidential election.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Respondents to a new Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research poll mostly identified as Democrats—with only 8 percent supporting Trump. But, aware they’re to the left of their students and states, they’re largely keeping their thoughts to themselves. Of the more than 1,100 faculty members across the U.S. who responded to a new Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey, almost none said they’re sitting this presidential election out.
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