Fri.Jan 31, 2025

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. This allowed students to share their current feelings and experiences. During one of these meetings, two students spoke up and shared that they were homeless. This moment inspired Joshua Jackson and Dayshawn Louden, then student leaders at Compton College, to begin campaigning and advocating for student housing and increased basic needs on campus.

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Homeschooling: The Lifeline We Didn’t Know We Needed

Ed.gov Blog

By: Stephanie D. Birch I remember how shocked I was when my three-year-old began reading. I quickly realized the educational pathway we planned would not meet her needs. I saw in her eyes that she had unlocked the magic of reading, and I knew the prescribed educational path would stifle her, leaving her mind yearning Continue Reading The post Homeschooling: The Lifeline We Didnt Know We Needed appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Howard University Taps Antiracist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi to Head New Advanced Studies Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard University has appointed renowned historian and bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi to lead its newly established Institute for Advanced Study, marking a Dr. Ibram X. Kendi significant expansion of the historically Black university's research capabilities. The institute will focus on interdisciplinary research addressing global African diaspora issues, including studies on race, technology, climate change, and systemic disparities.

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Florida Board Approves Extensive Gen Ed Overhaul

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Florida Board Approves Extensive Gen Ed Overhaul Josh Moody Fri, 01/31/2025 - 03:00 AM The Florida Board of Governors voted to remove hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities.

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Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

The Guardian Higher Education

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring Nearly one in four leading UK universities are slashing staff numbers and cutting budgets, with up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses, bringing calls for action to avoid damaging the sectors international standing. In the past week four universities, including two members of the research-intensive Russell Group of universities, have announced a combined 1,000 job losses in response to budget shortfalls.

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Too Little Access to Broad-Access Institutions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Too Little Access to Broad-Access Institutions Sara Weissman Fri, 01/31/2025 - 03:00 AM A new report found that millions of Americans dont have any colleges with high acceptance rates nearby, or they have only one, causing geographic disparities in college access.

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Students are disengaging to the point of skipping exams. This is how we can help

University Business

In recent years, much attention has been directed to declining college enrollment and the growing public disconnection from higher educationand for good reason. But beneath these headlines lies a sneakier problem, one thats easier to miss but just as troubling. In 2022, the workplace trend of “quiet quitting”the idea that some employees had quietly disengaged from their workentered the zeitgeist.

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Becoming a professional services researcher in HE – making the train tracks converge

SRHE

by Charlotte Verney This blog builds on my presentation at the BERA ECR Conference 2024: at crossroads of becoming. It represents my personal reflections of working in UK higher education (HE) professional services roles and simultaneously gaining research experience through a Masters and Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD). Professional service roles within UK HE include recognised professionals from other industries ( eg human resources, finance, IT) and HE-specific roles such as academi

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Lawmakers Say Boise State Flouted DEI Ban

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Lawmakers in Idaho accused Boise State University officials of skirting a statewide ban on diversity, equity and inclusion during a House education committee meeting Tuesday, according to reporting from Idaho Education News.

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Virginia lawmakers look to fund solutions to campus food insecurity

University Business

Food insecurity on college campuses is a growing national problem. Surveys and studies have found that 3050% of students on campuses across the country either have to skip meals because they cant afford them, or cant afford a well-balanced diet. Research has found similar percentages at Virginia colleges like Virginia Commonwealth University , Virginia Tech , and Virginias Community Colleges , where patchwork systems of on-campus food pantries are often ill-equipped to help students deal with th

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San Francisco State to Require Climate Justice Coursework

Confessions of a Community College Dean

San Francisco State University will soon require all incoming students to take a climate justice course, KQED, San Franciscos NPR affiliate, reported Tuesday. Students will be able to choose from dozens of different courses across various disciplinesincluding STEM, English, ethnic studies and historyto satisfy the requirement, which is set to take effect as early as fall 2026.

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Planning For Your Campus Master Plan

University Business

Data-driven, unbiased decision making is crucial to forming a sustainable master plan. Whether youre initiating a new master plan or updating an existing one, now is the time to put facilities data at the forefront of this major strategic effort. An objective analysis of facilities performance will be critical to your plans success, the bedrock of an intelligent long-term strategy.

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Student Visa Numbers Hit Record Despite Australian Clampdown

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Student Visa Numbers Hit Record Despite Australian Clampdown sara.custer@in Fri, 01/31/2025 - 03:00 AM New figures suggest political headache for governmentand educatorswill not disappear any time soon.

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Alumni Profile: Amanda Barnes

PUC

After graduating from PUC in 2024, Amanda Barnes moved to Hawaii to teach middle school English and history teacher at Hawaiian Mission Academy Ka Lama Iki. At a young age, she knew she wanted to be an educator after being inspired by her English teacher, Megan Brooks, and principal and history teacher, Heather Denton, from PUC Prep. From their influence, Amanda graduated with a BA in English and a minor in History and earned a California State Credential and an SDA Credential.

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The Panopticon, Old and New

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Panopticon, Old and New mclemee@gmail.com Fri, 01/31/2025 - 03:00 AM Scott McLemee considers the panopticons persistence in (semi-)popular culture as an inescapable metaphor.

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Learning at the Edge with Trudi Boatwright

Kay Peterson

Trudi is a concoction of play, design, and communication working as a facilitator and experiential designer from Melbourne, Australia. With a rich 20 year history in the arts, she is a theatre maker, actor, producer, and director and specializes in working beyond the fourth wall through role-play and immersive theatre. As an arts practitioner, she has performed on the West End, toured shows through Europe, and founded theatre companies in both London and Australia.

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Ohio students and faculty slam higher ed overhaul bill: ‘We’re not going to stop fighting it.’

University Business

Ohio college students and faculty members are slamming a bill proposed by Republican lawmakers that would ban diversity and inclusion efforts, prevent faculty from striking, set rules around classroom discussion, and imperil scholarships, among other things. State Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, introduced Senate Bill 1 last week which would also require post-tenure reviews, has a retrenchment provision that block unions from negotiating on tenure and has a policy around controversial beliefs.

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10 Days In: What Actions Has Trump Taken?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

10 Days In: What Actions Has Trump Taken? jessica.blake@ Fri, 01/31/2025 - 03:00 AM In two short weeks, the president has deconstructed DEI, attacked gender identities, cracked down on immigration and tried to freeze federal funds. But what does it mean for higher ed?

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Judge Reinstates Professor LSU Suspended After Trump Remarks

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A judge has ordered Louisiana State University to return to the classroom a tenured law professor who says the institution suspended him from teaching after he made comments about Donald Trump and Louisiana governor Jeff Landry in a lecture.

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Michigan State Cancels Lunar New Year Event Following Trump’s DEI Order

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A college within Michigan State University canceled a lunch celebrating the Lunar New Year in part because of President Trumps recent executive orders cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal government and elsewhere, the news site Bridge Michigan reported Thursday.