Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Tuesday’s presidential election is the most critical in our lifetime—with the potential to change the trajectory of the country. And the stakes couldn’t be higher for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which for generations have punched above their weight. They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S. institutions, and they do so successfully, facilitating the upward mobility of the majority of their students.

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Defending Democracy, Defending the University Elizabeth Redden Fri, 11/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Michael S. Roth writes that attacks on higher ed and democracy this election season threaten to sweep away 100-plus years of progress. Byline(s) Michael S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This fall, Minnesota launched North Star Promise with a promise about free tuition. But like other free tuition initiatives for Native American students, it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. The basics are very appealing. “North Star Promise provides free college tuition to help make education after high school possible for more Minnesota students and families,” is written on the Minnesota Office of Higher Education website.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

As Election Looms, Undocumented Students Worry Sara Weissman Fri, 11/01/2024 - 03:00 AM A high-stakes presidential contest, paired with an ongoing legal battle over DACA, stands to affect 400,000 college students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In an effort to provide an inclusive and dedicated college experience for diverse populations, The University of Phoenix is actively working to address the unique educational needs of tribal students through its Tribal Operations Team. Led by Patrick Horning, the university’s National Tribal Strategic Alliance Executive, the team plays a critical role in supporting Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

House Report on Campus Antisemitism Details Need for Colleges to ‘Restore Order’ jessica.blake@… Fri, 11/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Critics say the report has little new to offer and call it an attempt to weaponize reports of discrimination and “delegitimize” higher education.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Self-sovereign identity is a new idea in the world of identity and access management, focusing on giving users more control over their digital identity. The promise of SSI is that it will shift the ownership of digital identity back into the hands of individual users and give them more control over how parts of their identity will be disclosed or shared with others.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This 2005 Democracy Now! interview of Octavia Butler warns us about choosing the wrong leader who could take us down the path of fascism. This discussion seems as important today as it was then, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. If you can't listen to the entire segment, start at minute 3:20. The most salient quote, is from Parable of the Talents , written in 1998.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

More U.K. University History Departments Cutting Jobs and Courses sara.custer@in… Fri, 11/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Survey by the Royal Historical Society finds ax is falling most heavily on newer institutions.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Faculty at the University of Minnesota are alarmed that fewer professors are offered tenured positions. In 2023, there were 4,823 tenured faculty members across the five University campuses, compared to 5,656 professional staff members, including lecturers. Tenure is a term that faculty and students across the campus struggle to understand. The University Board of Regents defines tenure as “essential for safeguarding the right of free expression and for encouraging risk-taking inquiry at the fro

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

New Cal State Campaign Will Emphasize Postgraduation Success Ryan Quinn Fri, 11/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Since 2009, the massive university system has run Graduation Initiatives. The latest likely won’t meet its goals. Now leaders plan to emphasize what happens to students after they earn degrees.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

President Doug Hicks graduated from Davidson College at a time not too far separated from when the small private liberal arts college still capped enrollment of women. A 1990 alumnus, Hicks recalls when the town surrounding the North Carolina campus was just one main street, populated by students who looked just like him: young, white and male. When he returned to the campus in 2022 as its newly appointed president, he was greeted by a microcosm of the modern American experience.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Law school applications are on track to increase this year, according to early predictive data from the Law School Admissions Council. The data shows that applications are up by 35.5 percent over this time last year. That gap is likely to narrow by the end of the cycle, since this year’s applicants got a head start: In 2023, law schools delayed opening their applications in order to review admissions practices in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Education for a Lifetime How one university turned a struggling enterprise into a $6 million lifelong learning powerhouse A decade ago, the University of South Florida’s Continuing Education program was by all accounts a financial burden. Then part of USF’s Innovative Education division, the unit was losing $60,000 a year. It seemed impossible to justify its existence at a time when higher education was focusing on workforce alignment and the employability of graduates.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A preliminary Amnesty International USA analysis of photos, videos and social media posts shows that at least 20 colleges and universities have used excessive police force against pro-Palestinian protesters, including 17 that have used chemical irritants and 11 that have used kinetic impact projectiles, better known as rubber and plastic bullets. The analysis also found at least 10 institutions where protesters were injured during police raids.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Daily, the student newspaper at Ball State University in Indiana, ran an article recently with this headline: Best Way to Remove AI Plagiarism from Text: Bypass AI Detectors So, that’s pretty bad. There’s no real justification that I can imagine for advising students on how not to get caught committing academic fraud. But here we are. The article is absent a byline, of course.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The University of Chicago has received a $75 million donation to support the construction of a new cancer pavilion at UChicago Medicine, the university announced Thursday. The gift comes from the AbbVie Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to addressing health inequities, and will help fund an $815 million, 575,000-square-foot freestanding cancer center that will combine research, clinical treatment and patient care.

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Israeli student filed lawsuit after suspension for spraying pro-Palestimian protesters with foul-smelling substance Columbia University has reached a $395,000 settlement with a student who was suspended in January after spraying student protesters with a foul-smelling substance at one of several campus demonstrations in support of Palestine. The Israeli student who received the payout had been suspended until May.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Montclair State University in New Jersey reversed its new protest policy 11 days after it was announced, NorthJersey.com reported.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

A Republican-led investigation into antisemitism on college campuses found that administrators “overwhelmingly failed” to clamp down on students and faculty who engaged in antisemitic behavior following Hamas’ attack on Israel last year. The 325-page report released by the US House Education Committee Thursday states college officials made “astounding concessions” to organizers of pro-Palestinian encampments, while withholding support from Jewish students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, will host an election night event next Tuesday at her alma mater, Howard University, a university spokesperson confirmed in an email to Inside Higher Ed.

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