Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

A new study finds that colleges and universities are responding to changing labor market needs. Dr. Kevin Stange " Skills, Majors, and Jobs: Does Higher Education Respond? ” is the most recent study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research and part of a multiyear research project led by Dr. Kevin Stange, co-director of the University of Michigan's Education Policy Initiative.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

Faculty Power on the Line in Kentucky Ryan Quinn Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00 AM University of Kentucky leaders are on the verge of replacing a strong University Senate with a purely advisory body. Faculty members are asking a simple question: Why?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Dr. Betty H. Stewart has been appointed executive vice president and provost at Hampton University, effective July 1. Dr. Betty H. Stewart “I hope to cultivate a culture of care and support within our university community, advocating for the success and happiness of students, faculty, and staff alike,” said Stewart. Stewart said her goal is to propel the university forward through collaboration.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

New Commission on Faith-Based Institutions Launched Sara Weissman Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00 AM A group of leaders of religiously affiliated colleges and universities gathered in Washington, D.C., for a first meeting hosted by the American Council on Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

While more students with some college, no credential (SCNC) re-enrolled in educational programs this year than last year, there are still 36.8 million Americans under the age of 65 without credentials, despite attending a postsecondary institution. “That’s an increase of 2.9%, or about one million learners, within the last year,” said Dr. Doug Shapiro, research and executive director at the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) Research Center, which gathers data on postsecondary institutions i

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

The phrase “publish or perish” is the dictum of modern academic survival. It sums up what many researchers at universities and colleges across the world understand about their careers: If you want to stick around, get your work published in high-impact journals. But, like many common phrases in the English language, it didn’t always have this interpretation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

During her 12 years at San Francisco State University’s (SFSU) Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability , Interim Director Dr. Emily Beitiks has tried to honor the legacy of the institute’s late founder and namesake. Longmore, an SFSU history professor who made major contributions to the field of disability studies, “beautifully wore [two] hats — bringing his activist work into his work as a scholar,” Beitiks said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Dr. Christopher M. Span Christopher M. Span has been appointed dean for the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. He served as a professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he holds a doctoral degree.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

UNC System’s Controlled DEI Demolition Liam Knox Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of North Carolina System board of governors voted to repeal the system’s DEI policy. Will the outcomes differ from those in states that did so through legislation?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Less than half of California’s students in foster care who complete high school enter postsecondary education within a year of graduation, according to a new report from The Foster Youth Pre-College Collective. Matt Strieker is CEO of United Friends of the Children, a member of The Foster Youth Pre-College Collective. The collective serves over 3,000 students annually among six leading California-based foster youth direct service provider organizations that, joined together, seek to enhance educ

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

Graduation Speakers on Democracy, Free College and Being a “Weird Person” Johanna Alonso Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00 AM From Ken Burns to children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel, commencement speakers tapped into the hopes, fears and quirks of the class of 2024.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Although it existed before the pandemic, online learning took off with as many as 75% of college students enrolled in distance education courses in the fall of 2020. Is it still an option students prefer? New data from Forbes Advisor reveals enrollment declines in online learning since 2020, although participation remains robust. In the fall of 2022, approximately 54% of college students took online classes, which represents about 10 million learners. “Instead of reverting to the pre-pande

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), which houses 40 academic departments and more than 30 centers, is dropping diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) statements in its hiring processes.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Higher education powerhouses abroad are slowly increasing their reputation as over two-thirds of American universities slipped, according to this year’s international university ranking by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a global education strategy group. Six American institutions ranked in the top 100 fell 10 places or more. The University of Chicago, for one, crashed out of the top 20 after falling 10 places, now ranking 21st.

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The Humphrey Group

JUNE 5, 2024

We are born great communicator s. As young children, most of us were expressive, authentic, and creative. So why are so many adults stressed out, stiff, and uninspiring when it’s time to stand up and speak, especially at work? What can we do to relearn the freedom we had as children?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

Colleges and universities are undergoing intense pressure from a lot of angles—and their provosts are arguably at the epicenter of most of them. A new episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, explores our 2024 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers and topics such as the future of tenure, cost-cutting around academic programs and the potential impact of generative artificial intelligence.

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Roompact

JUNE 5, 2024

For many students, being an RA is one of the first jobs, if not the first job they have ever had. This also means that for many students their first time having a conversation about their job performance or being evaluated by a supervisor. These conversations can seem really intimidating if you don’t know what.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Yvonne Williams on adult education that is now virtually nonexistent, and Geoff Reid on the non-financial value of a degree Gaby Hinsliff presents a compelling case for the 50% of young people eligible for higher education courses ( It’s the Tories who broke Britain, but now they want teenagers to pay for it, 31 May ), but why is no one, politician or journalist, making any kind of case for the young people who will pay an even higher price for government failure?

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 5, 2024

Rikkii Norris, CIT CEOGreetings from Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) catering school where Rikkii Norris is pitching the new CIT Woden Campus. This will be a far cry from the old rooms I studied video production here on the Reid Campus. CIT are hosting June First Wednesday, so there are several CIT pitches, including fir the new EV Center of Excellence.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Growth in university students identified by government’s Prevent programme is worrying, says campaign group Hope Not Hate The number of university students flagged under the government’s Prevent counter-extremism programme has gone up by 50% in two years, with “mixed, unclear or unstable” (MUU) ideologies showing the biggest increase, according to new figures.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Benefits of Project-Based Learning Week: Ryan Madan, associate professor of teaching in the humanities and arts department, examines how a capstone project in the arts and humanities fields can benefit many types of students.

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PUC

JUNE 5, 2024

Meet Chaivut Chungcharoenpanich, or you can call him Tony. He’s been teaching at PUC for two years as a clinical instructor at Adventist Health St. Helena, VA, and skill tester. Tony likes teaching health assessment skills and his favorite classes to teach are NUR 121, skills lab, and clinical at SHSH and VA long-term care facility. What is your favorite thing about being a part of the Pioneers family?

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Headlines around higher education this year have centered on protests, free speech and student safety. But some important changes on the academic and admissions front have gotten less attention, including some schools turning back to standardized testing after deciding they would no longer require it. Listen to PBS News Hour. The post Why some universities are returning to standardized testing in admissions process appeared first on University Business.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 5, 2024

Greetings from the council room* of the Australian National University in Canberra for "Battlefield Trust for Human-Machine Teaming: Evidence from the US Military" by Lieutenant Colonel Dr Paul Lushenko. The question he is investigating is if military personnel will trust AI. One obvious and reassuring finding is personnel trust lethal AI less.

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JUNE 5, 2024

A new commission seeks to draw attention to how faith-based colleges and universities are working to make higher education more affordable for students and foster collaboration between religious institutions and their secular counterparts. The American Council on Education has launched its new Commission on Faith-based Colleges and Universities, a result of a January 2023 conference attended by America’s leading religious universities, which discussed how distinctive religious identities c

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 5, 2024

The Australian National University is offering an online course on "Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation", for the Indian Ocean Region, commencing 29 July 2024.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2024

Few college students participate in the state’s CalFresh food program despite being eligible, according to a report published Tuesday by the University of California’s California Policy Lab. The report, “Filling the Gap: CalFresh Eligibility Among University of California and California Community College Students,” is the first to link together datasets that provide estimates on the number of California college students who are eligible for CalFresh, the state’s food benefits program, in additio

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2024

Board tried to stop publication of article by Palestinian human rights lawyer and closed website when student editors refused Student editors at the Columbia Law Review say they were pressured by the journal’s board of directors to halt publication of an academic article written by a Palestinian human rights lawyer that accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and upholding an apartheid regime.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JUNE 5, 2024

Christopher Strickland , University of Nebraska at Kearney Key Statement: Visual Journaling is both a reflective and creative practice that can amplify and empower students’ authentic voice and self-efficacy. Keywords: Visual Journaling, Reflection, Student Voice Introduction “The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 5, 2024

Sonoma State University has released a new plan that appears to walk back several provisions of an agreement that former President Mike Lee reached with pro-Palestinian protesters to de-escalate an encampment on campus last month, The Press Democrat reported.

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