Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The potential for community college students and adults with some college credit to obtain a future degree is limited by a higher education system that has not fully embraced the many pathways today’s learners take to complete a degree, according to a new white paper from the Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice’s (CHEPP). Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice has released white paper examining transfer credit pathways to student success.

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Dr. Josie Ahlquist

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Summer’s here, but the pressure to deliver outstanding social media results isn’t taking a break. Whether you’re part of a team or a team of one, I want you to know you’re not in this alone. Social media is far from the days when I first became a strategist. Myspace, “The Facebook” and Instagram when it was only available on iPhones.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Though the number Hispanic and Black students enrolling in undergraduate programs has increased in recent years, completion rates continue to lag somewhat behind, according to a report released by the American Council on Education (ACE). Dr. Ted Mitchell “ The Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: 2024 Status Report ” comprises updated data showing significant disparities in attainment levels among underrepresented groups by race and ethnicity despite growing diversity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

A Growing Number of Community Colleges Are Building HBCU Pipelines Sara Weissman Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Washtenaw Community College and other institutions are working with historically Black colleges and universities to help their students transfer, particularly in states without HBCUs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Within Hartford, Connecticut, lies a vast community made up of people from across the Asian continent. The Asian population in Hartford County alone totals more than 53,000, making it one of the counties in the state with the most Asian residents. This marks an increase of more than 15,000 Asian people in the county since 2010. The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, accor

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

Interim Suspensions Leave MIT Student Protesters Stranded Johanna Alonso Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM The university, which is home to a large number of families, gave suspended students a week to find new lodgings. Administrators said they acted in the interest of the rights of everyone on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nation and its colleges and universities have wrestled with racial injustice and the challenges of diversity for centuries. Cans were kicked down the road from the Constitutional founders to the Civil War to the long-hoped gains of the 1960s civil rights era. There have been twists and turns, steps forward and back. A confounding hurdle since the 1970s and 1980s has been the aspiration to increase the number of previously underrepresented, especially people of color, in the ranks of universi

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

George Mason University’s Donald G. Costello College of Business has tapped David Tarter to be the executive director for the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship (CREE) and Master’s in Real Estate Development Program. David Tarter Tarter plans to work toward expanding experiential learning opportunities and building up the center and the college’s real estate programs, which support graduate, undergraduate, and non-degree academic programs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

Re-Evaluating the ‘Essay Carveout’ Liam Knox Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM After the Supreme Court barred affirmative action, many selective colleges added essay prompts focused on identity and diversity. Will they hold up under legal scrutiny?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Evangeline R. Pointer Evangeline R. Pointer as been appointed director of alumni affairs and engagement at South Carolina State University. She served as associate vice president/strategy and planning consultant for the chief operations officer on the Strategic Programs and Enterprise Change Management Team at Wells Fargo. Pointer holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from South Carolina State and an MBA in management from Strayer University.

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Robert Kelchen

MAY 20, 2024

Today is the first day of academic summer, which is a period of relative calm even though I am never really off as a department head. (I have a modest administrative stipend in the summer, but remain a nine-month faculty member and can devote most of my time to research.) My higher education finance class this spring was a blast, as I try to make the most of getting into the classroom on a limited basis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Dr. Eileen Chia-Ching Fung Eileen Chia-Ching Fung has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of San Francisco. She served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs. Fung holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from UCLA and a Ph.D. in medieval English literature from UC Santa Barbara.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

Thousands Weigh In on Biden’s Debt Relief Plan Katherine Knott Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Public comments show sharp divides over a proposal to provide debt relief to nearly 28 million student loan borrowers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Within Hartford, Connecticut, lies a vast community made up of people from across the Asian continent. The Asian population in Hartford County alone totals more than 53,000, making it one of the counties in the state with the most Asian residents. This marks an increase of more than 15,000 Asian people in the county since 2010. The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, accor

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

Ensuring International Students’ Career Success Sarah Bray Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Sherry Wang and Merab Mushfiq offer several strategies to help international students overcome the challenges their North American peers don’t confront as often.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Politicians talk about tuition fees as if the students were somehow getting a good deal. In reality, they’re being shockingly exploited Whether or not universities are at risk of going bust is often talked about like a second-order problem. Sure, it’s sad and all, but is it as serious as a local authority going bankrupt ? Is anyone actually going to die if non-Russell Group universities can no longer afford to run humanities degrees?

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Colleges and universities are prime targets for cyberattackers, mainly because they’re a goldmine of valuable data including student and staff personal information, research results and financial records. It’s no longer about trying to fend off attacks or kicking out the bad actors once they’re in. Keeping a tight lid on data leaving higher education systems, thereby preventing data exfiltration, is a key part of a solid cyberdefense strategy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

While pro-Palestinian campus protests have been largely peaceful, recent incidents have raised concerns as demonstrators have appeared at official’s homes and caused property damage.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

Since the world changed in the spring of 2020, academic institutions have adapted their learning environments to support both hybrid and remote learning. Today, universities are incorporating technologies such as high-end cameras, ceiling- and table-mounted microphones, and large digital displays to transform what were traditional classrooms and lecture halls.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

Police in Philadelphia detained 19 pro-Palestinian protesters, including seven students, at the University of Pennsylvania Friday night during a demonstration on campus. The protesters had entered and were attempting to occupy Fisher-Bennett Hall.

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College for Creative Study

MAY 20, 2024

The post CCS Student Designers Represent at Salone del Mobile, Milan Italy appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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eLiterate

MAY 20, 2024

EdTech seems to go through perpetual cycles of infatuation and disappointment with some new version of a personalized one-on-one tutor available to every learner everywhere. The recent strides in generative AI give me hope that the goal may finally be within reach this time. That said, I see the same sloppiness that marred so many EdTech infatuation moments.

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University Business

MAY 20, 2024

University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy will remain in his position at least through June 2027. The system’s trustees added two years to Malloy’s contract. Malloy, a former governor of Connecticut, became chancellor in 2019. In a news release, the system cited Malloy’s creation of the system’s first strategic plan in nearly 20 years among the reasons for his contract extension.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Matthew A. Cronin, professor of management at George Mason University, examines how to improve on flawed approaches to workplace mental health.

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University Business

MAY 20, 2024

Missouri State University President Clif Smart discusses the 3% increase for higher education in the newly-passed state budget and what capital funding appropriated to the university in the budget bill will be used for. He also explains why MSU decided to leave the Missouri Valley Conference and join Conference USA. Read more from KSMU. The post Recently passed Missouri State budget contains a 3% increase of higher education appeared first on University Business.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

‘Notice Is Not Required’: Letter Says UNC Chapel Hill Secretly Records Professors Ryan Quinn Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM A business school professor was startled to learn that the university had recorded his classes as part of a ‘review’ he didn’t know about. The university says it has no formal policy on filming classes. Professors are worried.

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University Business

MAY 20, 2024

According to the federal government, the labor department’s wage and hour division is investigating Saint Augustine’s as an employer after employees went months without paychecks. In early May, a group of students graduated from Saint Augustine’s University , just one month after students were asked to leave the campus and finish the semester virtually in an attempt to save money.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 20, 2024

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. Emma Steele The organization is making deliberate moves to fix that disparity.

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University Business

MAY 20, 2024

Wyoming gives out 99.8% more financial aid to its undergraduate students than its neighbor, Montana, which averages just $36 per scholar. That’s according to a new analysis of financial aid distribution from the scholarship search website Scholaroo. The researchers collected data on the average aid amount per undergraduate to capture the “nationwide panorama of federal financial aid distribution,” the analysis reads. “This analysis serves as a valuable resource for studen

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 20, 2024

Senate Democrats Seek More Money for Pell Grants Katherine Knott Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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