Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Dr. Terri Gomez has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dr. Terri Gomez Gomez’s “deep understanding of our campus’ strengths and opportunities; her student-centered approach to leadership; her dedication to faculty and staff excellence; and her unwavering commitment to the success of our diverse students,” said President Dr.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Auditor Finds University of California Lacks Transparency in Online Courses David Ho Mon, 06/10/2024 - 03:00 AM The UC system will have one year to implement better guidance and transparency measures.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Reverend James Lawson Jr., an early architect of the nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement, died on Monday. He was 95. Reverend James Lawson Jr. Lawson served for decades as a professor, labor movement organizer and university professor. In 2021, more than four decades after Vanderbilt University expelled Lawson for his involvement in the civil rights movement, the private, Nashville University decided to honor the civil rights stalwart with the creation of the James Lawson In

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 10, 2024

A Graduate Students’ Guide to Managing Change Sarah Bray Mon, 06/10/2024 - 03:00 AM Dinuka Gunaratne and Roshni Rao offer advice for handling all the new academic demands and social dynamics, so you can actually thrive through transformation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Molloy University has received a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program. Dr. James Lentini “This partnership and collaboration for a grant among seven Catholic universities is unique, creative, and noteworthy,” said Dr. James Lentini, president of Molloy University, which is part of an alliance of seven member institutions from the Lower Hudson Valley Catholic Colleges and Universities Consortium comp

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Degrees often derided as ‘low-value’ or ‘Mickey Mouse’ subjects are praised as vital to UK’s £108bn creative industries Media and communications studies, often derided as “soft”, “low-value” or “Mickey Mouse” subjects, are in fact popular, dynamic and have “profound impact”, according to a report. The British Academy study says that rather than being “low value”, such courses play a vital role in the UK’s £108bn creative industries and have become increasingly relevant in a world grappling with

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

The Campaign for College Opportunity has released a brief on the current state of higher education access and completion for American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) students. Dr. Cheryl Crazy Bull " Ensuring College Access and Success for American Indian/Alaska Native Students ” offers a series of best practices and recommendations to ensure AIAN students can attend and succeed in college while being their authentic selves.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

According to a new research report from CDW, technology and cybersecurity professionals in the education industry believe they are well prepared to face cyber incidents, but note staffing shortages across both K–12 and higher education. CDW conducted the survey of more than 950 U.S. technology and security professionals across industries in March 2024.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 10, 2024

The 13 pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied and defaced the president’s office at Stanford University last week have been charged with felony burglary, The Stanford Daily reported.

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JUNE 10, 2024

In the age of smartphone technology, it's critical to use our devices not just for communication but also to help us organize our lives, manage our schedules, and keep track of important information and routines. For autistic young adults, these tools can significantly enhance executive function skills, leading to more productive and independent lives.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Pittsburgh Technical College must prove to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education why its accreditation should not be withdrawn, the agency said in a letter published Friday.

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University Business

JUNE 10, 2024

Higher education in 2022-23 won back over 943,000 adults who previously stopped out, a 9.1% increase over the previous academic year, according to the latest “Some College, No Credential” (SCNC) report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. As encouraging as the numbers were to Clearinghouse Executive Director Doug Shapiro, he also noted higher education’s steep uphill climb.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JUNE 10, 2024

In this extra post, the authors share a bold, honest, and future-facing reflective account of student-staff co-creation involved in a high-stakes task that required reviewing five years of teaching provision.

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CIP

JUNE 10, 2024

In the age of smartphone technology, it's critical to use our devices not just for communication but also to help us organize our lives, manage our schedules, and keep track of important information and routines. For autistic young adults, these tools can significantly enhance executive function skills, leading to more productive and independent lives.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JUNE 10, 2024

Image credit: Pixabay , CC0 In this extra post, the authors share a bold, honest, and future-facing reflective account of student-staff co-creation involved in a high-stakes task that required reviewing five years of teaching provision. Dr Neneh Rowa-Dewar & Sharon Levy (the Director and Deputy Director of Quality), Michelle Hart (Teaching Organisation Manager), and Yen Nguyen Culle (current student-member and Project Coordinator), highlight the challenges encountered and the transformative

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Parchment

JUNE 10, 2024

Learn how transcript automation with Parchment Receive Premium + Data Automation, integrated with Slate, is helping The University of Texas at Austin cut transcript processing costs by 50% and reduce the staff time needed to process transcripts by 70%. Challenges Inefficient, tedious, manual data entry Integrating multiple systems, including Slate Concerns over accuracy & quality of data Solution Parchment Receive Premium With Slate Integration Parchment Data Automation Results An efficient

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University Business

JUNE 10, 2024

Two construction cranes hover over a giant worksite just outside the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology. What they’re building is both a show of optimism in and a way to attract more students to something universities badly need but are beginning to worry about: graduate education. The $200 million project will house Scheller’s graduate and executive business programs in one tower, connected to Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering in anothe

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 10, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Bruce K. Johnson, James Graham Brown Professor of Economics at Centre College, examines whether it’s worth it for taxpayers to ante up to keep sports teams in their cities.

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University Business

JUNE 10, 2024

If you ask Brandon Fellows where he learned the most in his life, he’ll point to his time spent on the streets or when he was incarcerated. After he was released, he enrolled at Sacramento City College when he was 35. There, he found and helped build a community of acceptance—the Re-Emerging Scholars program, a cohort-based learning program for formerly incarcerated students.

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College Forward

JUNE 10, 2024

College Possible Minnesota’s Senior Director of Programs, BG Tucker, is the newest recipient of the Minnesota Association for College Admission Counseling’s (MACAC) Student Service Award. This award is given once each year to a MACAC member who has been instrumental in making post-secondary education opportunities available to students from historically underrepresented backgrounds.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 10, 2024

Colleges in Republicans’ Crosshairs Enroll Only a Sliver of U.S. College Students Katherine Knott Mon, 06/10/2024 - 03:00 AM Only about one percent of U.S. undergraduates attend the 12 mostly elite, mostly private institutions under Congressional scrutiny. But conservatives are casting them as emblematic of higher education writ large.

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University Business

JUNE 10, 2024

Pennsylvania lawmakers are entering into budget season with the joint goal of making it more affordable to attend college in the commonwealth. As with most issues in the Capitol, Democrats and Republicans have different ideas about how to do it. The GOP majority in the state Senate is pitching new scholarships that target “in-demand” occupations and offer money in exchange for post-grads living in Pennsylvania.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 10, 2024

A judge has halted a University of California academic workers’ strike that was supporting pro-Palestinian protesters.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Three states can proceed with a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s new income-driven repayment plan for student loan borrowers known as Saving on a Valuable Education or SAVE, a federal judge ruled Friday. At the same time, he dismissed eight other plaintiff states from the case.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 10, 2024

Representative Virginia Foxx, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the House Education and Workforce Committee, says she’s prepared to subpoena Northwestern University to obtain documents the committee requested about alleged antisemitic incidents on campus.

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