Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

While players in the NCAA Tournament were diverse, head coaches and administrators lagged far behind. That's the conclusions from the new report, “Racial and Gender Equity for Black Women Student-Athletes,” authored by Dr. Shaun R. Harper, founder and executive director of the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center. Harper depicts each team in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.

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Higher Education Today

APRIL 3, 2024

In the wake of Women’s History Month, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the significance of our efforts to honor and uplift women. Amidst the flurry of acknowledgments and celebrations we see every March, there’s a deeper conversation to be had about how we support women on their professional journeys in higher education. We know the numbers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

Walsh University will be the new home of Notre Dame College men’s and women’s Rugby teams the university announced. “I cannot express enough how happy we are to find a home at Walsh University as a Rugby program,” said Notre Dame College Director of Rugby Operations Jason Fox. “For Walsh University to take two entire Rugby programs looking for a home is awesome.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Antioch College President Jane Fernandes was elated when she discovered her college would be formally designated as a Federal Work College by the Department of Education. The work college consortium cultivates collaboration between the universities to ensure their students are earning their degrees, paying their dues and earning invaluable, employable skills in the process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

Dr. Marion Ross Fedrick likes to point out that she has “a very different background” than most college presidents. Having served in human resources leadership roles both for government and corporate industries, she was relatively new to higher education when she was tapped as the vice chancellor of human resources for the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia, managing public colleges and universities.

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AIFS Abroad

APRIL 3, 2024

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to study abroad in Salamanca, Spain ? This charming city in northern Spain has so much to offer college students interested in a global education experience, and we happen to offer programs there all year round! We recently caught up with Niki, an AIFS Alumni Ambassador and a Fairfield University student who spent a summer abroad in Salamanca for the experience of a lifetime.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

Members of the Fund for Leadership, Equity, Access and Diversity ( LEAD Fund) are mourning the death of their board chair, Dr. Christopher A. Metzler. Metzler’s family announced that he “passed away in his beloved home in Grenada” March 23. Dr. Christopher A. Metzler. “As a scholar, leader, and DEI champion, Dr. Chris Metzler continuously illuminated our path toward a more inclusive future in which all voices are welcomed and valued,” said Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

Travonia Brown-Hughes Travonia Brown-Hughes has been appointed director for the Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s Aging and Community Health at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She served as an associate professor at the Hampton University School of Pharmacy. Brown-Hughes holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Hampton University, a master’s in community health from Old Dominion University in Virginia, an MPH from the University of South Florida, and a Ph.D. in gero

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

That means a wealthy family with three children could expect to shell out more than $1 million by the time their youngest child completes a four-year degree. But the sticker price tells only part of the story. Many colleges with large endowments have become more focused in recent years on making college affordable for students who aren’t wealthy. Lower-income families may be required to pay just 10% of the advertised rate and, for some, attending a selective private college can turn out to be ch

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Roompact

APRIL 3, 2024

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?” “A jack of all trades is a master of none,” might just be the phrase epitomizes my experience as a Community Director. For the first hour of the day, I was a conduct hearing officer when.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 3, 2024

As a revenue-generating sport, men’s basketball is almost certainly safe. Ditto for football. But other sports may be in peril as part of an athletics department that struggles to generate positive revenue—a common affliction across the NCAA landscape. Should Arizona enact sweeping cuts, it will be following a broader trend at the Division I level, where universities that have built reputations and alumni support on robust athletics have increasingly begun dropping certain programs—often those o

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Symplicity

APRIL 3, 2024

The latest CareerHub and UniHub Version 5.13 Release continues Symplicity’s focus on student engagement and ensuring students are further supported to improve their future career prospects.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 3, 2024

Ascan of 13,000 social media comments discussing the value of going to college shows that 93 percent of them reflected negative or neutral views, a recent report finds. The study by Campus Sonar uses a research methodology known as social listening or social intelligence to expand the analysis of public views on the value of higher education. The findings largely reinforce a trend observed in other more traditional survey-based reports: that confidence in the value of a college degree is declini

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

At least 3,000 people are expected at Bowie State University on April 8 for the university’s solar eclipse watch party. Hailu hopes that the university’s watch party will also serve as a magnet for high school students interested in learning more about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Read more from DC News Now. The post Bowie State University to host solar eclipse watch party appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2024

In 2020, after the horrific murder of George Floyd, the world responded with declarations condemning racial violence and oppressive systems. Similarly, many university administrators, including education deans, disseminated statements illustrating their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Four years later, the pendulum has shifted.

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

While more Colorado students are taking college-level and career education classes in high school, a new report says that trend hasn’t correlated to many more students going to college. To better help students, the report from the Keystone Policy Center recommends that Colorado do more than just expose students to career and college options through its myriad programs.

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