Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Emmett Till Archives, featuring primary and secondary source material related to the life, murder, and memory of Emmett Louis Till, is part of special collections at the Florida State University Libraries. Shown are Emmett and Mamie Till, 1908. FSU Special Collections & Archives Florida State University has acquired new documents it plans to add to the Emmett Till Archives.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

The number of unionized grad-student workers more than doubled in just over a decade, according to a new report on higher education labor. Most of the growth came at private institutions, where faculty unionization has also spiked. Higher education unionization has been surging. Story after story of successful union drives has suggested this. But a new report, which collected data on more than 95 percent of the collective bargaining relationships between academic workers and their institutions,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2024

Dr. Kevin F. Hallock More prospective University of Richmond students will qualify for Richmond’s Promise to Virginia thanks to changes to the initiative, which targets first-time, first-year students who meet certain income and need-based financial aid criteria. In its effort to make education more affordable, the university is increasing the qualifying income level for lower-income Virginians to receive financial assistance.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry. Even as federal agencies work to implement the Nelson memo—a 2022 White House directive to make federally funded research freely available to the public immediately after publication—members of Congress are joining academic publishers in pushing back.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2024

A webinar series designed to address key governance challenges, and opportunities, confronting Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) kicks off Oct. 1 with “HBCU Spotlight: The Roles and Responsibilities of Boards and Presidents.” The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) and the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) have partnered to offer the MSI Governance Webinar Series with grant funding from ECMC Foundation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

John K. Wilson opposes academic boycotts but supports the AAUP’s controversial new statement nevertheless. The American Association of University Professors has received blistering criticism for a new Statement on Academic Boycotts that superseded a 2006 report denouncing all academic boycotts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2024

L. Angela Webb L. Angela Webb has been named president of the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. She serves as the associate vice president for campus safety at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Webb holds a bachelor’s degree in applied psychology from Christian Brothers University in Memphis and a master’s in operations management from the University of Arkansas.

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Roompact

AUGUST 29, 2024

This week, Dustin sits down with Chester to explore his background and the impact of Living Learning Communities (LLCs) on the student experience. He also shares how residence life professionals can launch or expand the proliferation and utilization of LLCs at their institution.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

Roughly two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters, many wearing masks and keffiyehs, blocked access to a convocation ceremony at Pomona College Tuesday, The Claremont Courier reported.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2024

An estimated 38% of graduate student employees are now in unions as ‘unionization becomes a tactic for change’ Unionization has been surging in higher education , according to a new comprehensive report that reveals a133% increase among graduate student employees in the US since 2012. An estimated 38% of graduate student employees are now unionized, with more than 150,000 workers in 81 bargaining units as of January 2024.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

Police arrested four pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Michigan Wednesday after demonstrators sought to disrupt a student activity fair, The Detroit Free Press reported.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 29, 2024

In this post, Dr Neil Speirs, discusses how we can respond to the Cost of Living crisis on campus through engaging in policies, processes and practices that are compassionately aware and engaged with the reality of life for all of our students. Neil is the University’s Widening Participation manager.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

Cornell University and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract for the institution’s services and maintenance staff, who have been on strike since Aug. 18.

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Higher Education Whisperer

AUGUST 29, 2024

Timothy McKay from OK RDY and Tom Worthington ANU at AIIA iAwardsGreetings from the AIIA awards. Way back in 2017, I had the pleasure of mentoring a team working on the OK RDY mentoring platform in the Innovation ACT competition. Timothy McKay accepted the iAward for diversity tonight. Good to see OK RDY going from strength to strength.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

A new experiential learning initiative at Georgia State promotes research skills, critical thinking and innovation for students majoring in business. Across all the programs of study in higher education, business has been the most popular major among bachelor’s degree recipients for the past decade. In the 2021–22 academic year, business majors made up 19 percent of all U.S. degrees conferred, with around 375,400 graduates studying business, according to data from the National Center for Educati

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Higher Education Whisperer

AUGUST 29, 2024

Greetings from the University of Adelaide where I am attending the Sustainability spotlight series (seminar 1) on VitiVolatics, with Professors Cassandra Collins, Armando Corsi and their students. Professor Collins defined VitiVolatics as being about optimising solar power generation and wine quality.

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SRHE

AUGUST 29, 2024

by Ria Bluck Within higher education, targeted interventions are used to improve the student experience, engagement, and academic outcomes. These initiatives tend to focus on increasing a sense of belonging, students’ confidence in their learning activities, and enhancing attainment. In some instances, these interventions are specifically tailored to support student groups which are underrepresented in higher education or are more likely to face challenges within their academic experience.

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

Institutions collect a large amount of sensitive information, making them prime targets for hackers. While data theft is certainly a major consequence of these attacks, many often forget that network outages and the ensuing downtime can be just as damaging, if not more. Networks are the lifeline of a campus, connecting students and teachers to vital resources and devices necessary for everyday educational processes.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 29, 2024

Image credit: Pixabay, Alex Barcley, CC0 In this post, Dr Neil Speirs, discusses how we can respond to the Cost of Living crisis on campus through engaging in policies, processes and practices that are compassionately aware and engaged with the reality of life for all of our students. Neil is the University’s Widening Participation manager. This post belongs to the Hot Topic theme: Critical insights into contemporary issues in Higher Education.

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Higher Education Whisperer

AUGUST 29, 2024

Dr Catherine Galvin & Tom Worthington at iAwards in Adelaide. Greetings from Adelaide where I am attending the AIIA iAwards. Dr Catherine Galvin has a team competing for an award and I am mentoring a team of ANU Techlauncher students competing in another category. The Deputy Premier of DA is giving the keynote. In this she mentioned the merger of Uni SA and Adelaide Uni.

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

Register Now Date & Time: Monday, October 7th at 2 pm ET Across higher education, digital certificates, microcredentials, and other alternative signals of skill mastery are gaining momentum. Even with this rise in awareness and popularity, however, institutions are under increasing pressure to demonstrate the value and relevance of their credentials to stakeholders.

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PUC

AUGUST 29, 2024

Kimberly Dunker arrived at PUC in 2021 as chair of the nursing and health sciences. When the college announced plans for the new three-school model in April, Kimberly was named Dean of Nursing, EMS, Health Science, and Global Health. With leading several programs on campus, she loves working with the faculty and empowering them to be the best they can be for the students.

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Ed.gov Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is excited to announce the most significant update to its Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) since 2013. EDGAR serves as the foundational set of policies and rules governing the billions of dollars in grants the Department administers each year. These significant updates improve the regulations in several ways Continue Reading The post Department of Education Updates General Regulations to Better Serve the Community appea

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

Eager to know how some of the nation’s most prominent publications stacked your institution against regional rivals, or other kindred mission-based institutions? Lucky for you, an onslaught of college rankings precipitated into our inboxes this past week from Forbes , Washington Monthly and The Princeton Review. As a new academic year begins, the chance for higher ed leaders to impose bragging rights is renewed.

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Hope College Network

AUGUST 29, 2024

I’ve been on campus all summer, and the past few move-in days have carried an evident shift in the air. All at once, campus is buzzing with excitement and nerves as we set out to begin a fresh semester. The beginning of fall semester is one of my favorite times on campus. Everyone reunites from a summer apart, meets new staff and students, and gets started on new courses and rhythms.

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

The use of artificial intelligence tools and applications has proliferated at a rapid pace on college campuses. Students and faculty alike are navigating ways to harness the newfound power of AI in an academic setting. As a result, many colleges and universities are grappling with the issue of how AI can be used in the classroom and what guidelines need to be established to retain academic integrity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

Jordan Cofer, currently associate provost and professor of English at Georgia College and State University, has been selected as vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean at the University of Minnesota at Morris.

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

Unionization has been surging in higher education, according to a new comprehensive report that reveals a133% increase among graduate student employees in the US since 2012. An estimated 38% of graduate student employees are now unionized, with more than 150,000 workers in 81 bargaining units as of January 2024. The extraordinary increase was highlighted by the first comprehensive study on unionization in higher education since 2012, by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

Nearly eight million borrowers remain in limbo following the court’s decision Wednesday. The Biden administration’s new loan-repayment plan remains on hold this week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to lift an injunction blocking the plan.

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. The number of high school seniors who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid is down 9% compared with this time last year, according to the National College Attainment Network.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 29, 2024

Lori McDonald, the University of Utah’s vice president of student affairs, reflects on the expedited process officials took to comply with the state’s new anti-DEI law.

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University Business

AUGUST 29, 2024

Those in higher education know that annual faculty pay can range from $50,000 to $250,000, which may be true for faculty in the same department teaching the same courses! Is this unlawful? Well, no, but it could be perceived that way. We recently handled an Equal Employment Opportunity Charge for a public university where a faculty member used the Freedom of Information Act process to obtain aggregate pay and salary range information about her department.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2024

Throughout the years, political figures have maintained a love and hate relationship with hip-hop music and culture. While in past decades many rappers were heavily scrutinized for crude and profane lyrical content, artists making the same type of content are now fully embraced by both leading presidential candidates. As political tensions and visibility have risen ahead of the November presidential election, hip-hop figures remain a focal point.

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