Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

As diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts have come under attack, I wonder if higher education leaders shouldn’t begin to evolve the concept before policymakers strip away every tool we have to provide supports for students of color. This attack reminds me of the struggle to protect affirmative action, which was defended at both the state and federal levels for decades; but perhaps in protecting affirmative action, it prevented the field from envisioning the evolution of race-conscious a

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Dr. Josie Ahlquist

MAY 21, 2024

Is college so 2017?Higher education has faced some serious challenges — especially regarding public perception and trust, and one could say we are up against a major consumer confidence crisis. Some campuses enjoy a steadfast enrollment cycle, while others are hardly holding on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

Indiana University has launched a new Global Gateway office in Accra, Ghana, its sixth such facility around the world. Dr. Pamela Whitten “At Indiana University (IU), we have ambitious goals for faculty to pursue transformational research with partners around the globe and for our students to have extraordinary educational experiences abroad,” said IU President Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

UC Academic Workers Strike Over Pro-Palestinian Protest Arrests Ryan Quinn Tue, 05/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A walkout at the University of California, Santa Cruz could spread to other campuses in the state. The university system is calling the strike “illegal.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

Dr. Britt Rios-Ellis Britt Rios-Ellis has been appointed president of California State University, Stanislaus. She serves as provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Rios-Ellis holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish, a master’s in health and fitness management, and a Ph.D. in community health, all from the University of Oregon.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

Student performance has always been a key indicator of higher education institutions’ success. Florida International University has been at the vanguard of leveraging advanced technology to improve that performance for the better part of a decade. In 2014, the Florida Board of Governors, the governing body for all of the state’s public universities, adopted changes to the system for funding higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

Jamilah Moudiab Jamilah Moudiab has been named director of diversity, equity and inclusion for Veteran Affairs and International Student Services at Hudson County Community College. She served as director of international admissions and programs at Felician University. Moudiab holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology and political science as well as a master's in global affairs from Rutgers University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

A new report on “Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education” from the American Council on Education found that college students have grown increasingly diverse over the last two decades, but sizable racial disparities in educational attainment and completion rates and debt levels persist, among other findings. It also found that professors, staff members and administrators remain predominantly white.

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Gray Associates

MAY 21, 2024

Hear from Lorlei Boyd, Developer at Gray Decision Intelligence, as she shares her journey from humanities graduate to AI software leader. Lorlei challenges stereotypes, highlighting how her humanities background equipped her for success in STEM. Discover her unique perspective on prompt engineering, app development, and the intersection of disciplines.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

Connecticut Lawmakers Put Final COVID Funds Toward Higher Ed jessica.blake@… Tue, 05/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Governor is expected to sign the bill allowing state institutions to plug budget deficits with dwindling federal aid, a move some see as savvy and others as irresponsible.

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Experiential Learning Depot

MAY 21, 2024

Identifying experiential learning activities for a classroom learning environment can feel tricky at times. In the world of experiential learning, there is a lot of talk about theory and philosophy; about what experiential learning is and what it is not, the benefits of experiential learning , and the purpose of it. But the most common question that I get from educators is not about experiential learning in theory but about experiential learning in practice.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

What Makes Current Divestment Demands Different Josh Moody Tue, 05/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Student appeals for colleges to stop investing in firms that support Israel’s war effort are complicated by state laws, political risks and global market complexities.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 21, 2024

Chair of union for Indian students and alumni says visa scheme is vital for attracting high-paying international students to UK Indian students and alumni in the UK have urged the British prime minister to retain graduate visas, rejecting claims they are little more than “Deliveroo visas” that allow overseas students access to low-paid jobs in the gig economy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

Student Protesters Reach Deal With Bard Administrators, End Building Occupation Marjorie Valbrun Tue, 05/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Marjorie Valbrun

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AIFS Abroad

MAY 21, 2024

Eager to step into the footsteps of a college student who is experiencing life in Spain? We recently caught up with AIFS Abroad student Lilian from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga who is spending her spring semester studying abroad in Barcelona on our Visual Arts and Design program at LCI Barcelona. She is a recipient of the Russel R. Taylor Foundation Scholarship.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

A billionaire philanthropist gifted every member of the graduating class at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with $1,000 in cash last week.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 21, 2024

In this episode, we dive into the world of design thinking for transformational strategic planning and change management. Cesar Santalo, Dean of the College of Communications and Design at Lynn University, shares his unique perspective as an artist and educator on leveraging this innovative approach to drive rapid change and better serve students. Key takeaways: - Discover the 5-step process of design thinking and how it fosters empathy, creativity, and continuous improvement. - Learn how Lynn U

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Roompact

MAY 21, 2024

By the time this blog posts it will either have been a month or roughly a month and a half since our first (and hopefully) last student death on campus this academic year at Wake Forest University. With a student population (undergrad, graduate and the professional schools) of under 10,000 students we do not experience.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

A judge has awarded a former Western Washington University auditor-turned-whistleblower $3 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against the university.

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College for Creative Study

MAY 21, 2024

The College for Creative Studies is cultivating some of Detroit's most creative young minds. Earlier this month the program held their fourth annual fashion show.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

A judge has awarded a former Western Washington University auditor-turned-whistleblower $3 million in a wrongful termination lawsuit against the university.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MAY 21, 2024

Organic SEO Drives Tangible Results in Higher Ed When it comes to marketing strategies in higher education, search engine optimization (SEO) often sits quietly in the back of the classroom, patiently raising its hand while flashier tactics like social media and email campaigns hog the spotlight. But here’s a little secret: SEO isn’t just another buzzword — it’s a powerhouse player in boosting student enrollments.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

Unpacking ASU’s OpenAI Partnership Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 05/21/2024 - 03:00 AM From hundreds of internal projects to tinkering with the AI technology, Arizona State’s chief information officer reveals new details.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 21, 2024

EUSA Teaching Awards 2024 In this blog Callum Paterson, Academic Engagement & Policy Coordinator at the Students’ Association, turns the spotlight to the winners of this year’s Outstanding Courses and Teachers of the Year in the Students’ Association’s 2024 Teaching Awards. This post belongs to the Hot Topic: EUSA Teaching Awards 2024. teacher of the year Our three Teacher of the Year awards are consistently the categories where we see the largest number of, and often most detailed, nominat

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PUC

MAY 21, 2024

Jayda Hamilton is a junior data science major from Denair, CA, whose family holds the record with the most-blood relative family members to attend PUC. To help add to her family’s list, she decided to come to PUC and spend a year with her brother, who was a senior, and be close to home. After a family friend suggested the data science program, Jayda decided to commit to the major since she likes math a lot and wanted to study something math-related.

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CAPD

MAY 21, 2024

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships Published by MIT News on May 20, 2024 Eleven MIT undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni have won Fulbright grants to embark on projects overseas in the 2024-25 grant cycle. Two other students were offered awards but declined them to pursue other opportunities. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, the Fulbright U.S.

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University Business

MAY 21, 2024

This agreement aims to create new opportunities for students and alumni to pursue a BA focused in Education. Unlike transfer agreements already in place between SAU Tech and four year institutes, the students accepted into the program will be able to maintain a full time job and remain in this community. Reach University offers a unique opportunity for students to transition into a four year degree program after completing their two year degree requirements.

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College for Creative Study

MAY 21, 2024

"On this episode of Stateside.we ended the show speaking with two fashion and accessory designers at the College for Creative Studies. CCS held it's annual fashion show this past weekend in Detroit.

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University Business

MAY 21, 2024

After a nationwide search, Madison College has named Dr. Beth Giles-Klinkner as the new provost. Giles-Klinkner was one of three finalists for the position and will step into the new role immediately. She has served as Madison College Interim Provost during the 2023-24 academic year after the retirement of Dr. Turina Bakken. Her early career experiences teaching in an urban setting fueled her decision to pursue a Ph.D. to be best prepared to address educational inequity at a systemic level.

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College Forward

MAY 21, 2024

Password Protected This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: The post Protected: Free FAFSA help for all Texas students appeared first on College Possible.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

The Litigation After the Protest Storm kathryn.palmer… Tue, 05/21/2024 - 03:00 AM After tense campus protests over the Israel-Hamas War resulted in hundreds of arrests and suspensions, universities are facing a wave of lawsuits in the fallout.

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University Business

MAY 21, 2024

The Council on Islamic-American Relations filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday challenging the legality of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order on campus free speech. The order directs the state’s public universities to update their free speech policies to combat activities the governor describes as antisemitic, and names Students for Justice in Palestine as one of the groups that should be punished.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 21, 2024

Colorado has become the first state to require an annual report from each public college and university outlining all the transfer credits it accepts and rejects, thanks to a new law signed by Democratic governor Jared Polis.

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University Business

MAY 21, 2024

Election season has voters thinking about higher education reform and what lawmakers can do to reduce costs and improve outcomes, according to a new survey by Third Way , a center-left think tank based out of Washington D.C. Of the 1,500 registered U.S. voters surveyed, nearly two-thirds (64%) believe action must be taken to address affordability and the ROI of college degrees, describing the two issues as “top” or “major” priorities.

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