Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Friday marked the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights law that unlocked opportunity for disabled people in many areas of public life, including in the workforce and higher education. As an educator and university president, I have seen firsthand the ADA’s transformative impact on our higher education systems — and how far we still must go before higher education is truly accessible and inclusive of learners from all backgrounds.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

These Professors Don’t Want Their ‘Antisemitic’ Union’s Representation Ryan Quinn Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Six faculty members at the City University of New York have asked the Supreme Court to answer a question: Can employees completely sever themselves from a labor organization they object to?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Paul Quinn College has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. Dr. Michael J. Sorrell “The impact of this gift on our institution and our students, staff, faculty, and alumni cannot be overstated,” said Paul Quinn President Dr. Michael J. Sorrell. The private, faith-based, four-year, liberal arts-inspired institution was founded in 1872 by a group of African Methodist Episcopal Church preachers in Austin, Texas.

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Grant McMillan

JULY 26, 2024

I love watching the Olympic Games every 2 years (Winter and Summer). And I love working at Trinity Western University because we have such a strong commitment to the Complete Champion approach in our Spartan Athletics program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Climate change is a top-of-mind issue for minorities in the U.S., according to a polling brief from the AAMC Center for Health Justice. The AAMC Center for Health Justice polled 3,207 U.S. adults to gauge their perspectives on climate change, its impacts, and actions that could be taken toward mitigation. AAMC Center for Health Justice Rising Tide — compiled by the center’s Environmental Justice Fellow Anthony Nicome, Director of Research Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

2U Bankruptcy Adds Fuel to OPM Uncertainties Lauren.Coffey@… Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The company once hailed as a pioneer in online program management declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday. How should—and will—colleges who partner with the company handle the news?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Dr. Lutricia Harrison Lutricia Harrison has been named interim president of Houston Community College. She served as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston-Katy. Harrison holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Prairie View A&M University as well as a doctorate in nursing practice from the University of Alabama.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Dr. Marlowe Washington Marlowe Washington has been named vice president of people, culture, and equity at Holyoke Community College. He served as senior diversity officer at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York. Washington holds a bachelor's degree in political science from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, a master's in divinity in urban ministry and planning from the New York Theological Seminary in Manhattan, a doctorate in ministry in transformational leadership and cul

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

The Education Department won’t be able to enforce its new Title IX regulations, set to take effect nationwide Aug. 1, in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska or South Dakota, a federal judge ruled Wednesday evening.

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University Business

JULY 26, 2024

Admissions offices are slowly integrating generative AI into their toolboxes to manage ballooning application pools while also easing staff burnout and other workload issues. The pandemic and this year’s botched FAFSA rollout exacerbated admissions teams’ challenges. But the runaway growth of application pools is a fundamental issue many institutions also now face. “As the surface area of an admissions officer’s job has doubled, tripled or quadrupled over the last 20 years, it

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not hold campus forums this fall to allow the UNC community to weigh in on the ongoing chancellor search, The News & Observer reported.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government UK politics live – latest updates Powers introduced by the Conservatives to protect freedom of speech in universities have been halted by the new government in a dramatic about-turn, paving the way for ministers to scrap the legislation. Only days before it was due to come into force, the education secretary said she had decided to “stop further commencement of the Higher Education (F

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University Business

JULY 26, 2024

The past week has seen three institutions — Pennsylvania State University, Paul Quinn College, and the University of Oklahoma — each receive a historic gift of $20 million. Here’s a summary of each of the record-setting donations. Pennsylvania State University On July 19, Pennsylvania State University announced it had received a $20 million commitment from J.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

In Praise of Ditching the Summer To-Do List Sarah Bray Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Melissa Nicolas describes how giving up her guilt about not checking things off such a list has helped her actually have a very productive summer.

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PUC

JULY 26, 2024

James Dick has lived in Angwin since 2001. His first job at PUC was as director of the Adult Degree Completion program. At the time, PUC offered night classes in Napa for degrees in business and early childhood education. After serving that position for over two years, he transitioned into the role of principal of PUC Elementary for 17 years. James retired in 2022, but is currently an adjunct teacher for PUC’s Global Health degree program.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

The Unlikely Battle Over Research at the Olympic Games sara.custer@in… Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Sports scientists are working with athletes to enhance performance and safeguarding ahead of this year’s Paris games, but on-the-ground research is a hotly debated subject.

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College for Creative Study

JULY 26, 2024

Communication Design students worked in teams to develop full-scale co-brand concepts for the John D. Dingell Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Through the co-branding process, the local internal brand had to align with the core values and visuals of the Federal Branding for Veterans Affairs. The post Communication Design Students Craft Innovative Co-Brand Concepts for John D.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

Ohio governor Mike DeWine signed the Enact CAMPUS Act into law Wednesday, requiring the state’s public and private higher education institutions to adopt and enforce policies on racial, religious and ethnic harassment and intimidation,

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University Business

JULY 26, 2024

One college has 38 athletes competing for the United States in the 2024 Olympics. And one Upstate New York college makes the list of the 25 schools with the most athletes in Paris. The Olympics get started on Friday, July 26, and there are 592 members of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team. According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, 75% (444 athletes) competed collegiately at 169 schools.

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ISA Journal

JULY 26, 2024

Bounce around the Greek islands with ISA Video Blogger Letti! [link] Letti Asper, Lewis-Clark State College, is studying abroad with ISA in Athens, Greece.

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University Business

JULY 26, 2024

Some students across North Texas will have an easier time transferring college credits between four local schools that came together to make the process friction-free. Dallas College, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Woman’s University and the University of North Texas at Dallas on Thursday announced the partnership and an online tool that connects the schools through a centralized portal — the Transfer Hub — that offers students guidance on switching schools and other information.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Dr. Ioana G. Hulbert Most instructors do not report feeling unsafe or uncomfortable discussing or teaching sensitive topics, according to a new report by Ithaka S+R, part of the not-for-profit ITHAKA organization that aids in the use of digital technologies to sustainably advance research and teaching. “ Perceptions of Academic Freedom in Teaching ,” authored by Ithaka S+R researcher Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

House Republicans want the Education Department to turn over a tranche of documents that they say will shed light on the agency’s botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

The Academic Trumpists, Part 2 mclemee@gmail.com Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Scott McLemee concludes his review of David L. Swartz's study of pro-Trump academics.

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