Dr. Josie Ahlquist
APRIL 10, 2024
Let’s face it: April in higher education is pure chaos. Deadlines dance in our heads, inboxes are overflowing, back-to-back events are scheduled, student and community crises loom, and summer just can’t come quick enough.But what if, instead of just surviving through the academic year — we lean into this work with humanity intact?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
Dr. Katina Lang-Lindsey, an assistant professor at Alabama A&M University, has been named among the newest cohort of Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators ( ELEVATE ) at the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Dr. Katina Lang-Lindsey The center has announced its plans to host this ninth annual early-career faculty training program June 12-14.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
FAFSA Fallout on Capitol Hill Katherine Knott Wed, 04/10/2024 - 10:20 AM A House committee held its first hearing Wednesday on the disastrous launch of the new FAFSA.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
Undergraduate credentials awarded in the 2022–23 academic year fell by 2.8%, continuing its downward trend for the second year in a row. More students earned certificates than any year in the past decade, while associate degrees awarded fell to its lowest point in a decade and bachelor's degrees awarded fell to its lowest since 2015–16 academic year.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
Goddard College Announces Closure Josh Moody Wed, 04/10/2024 - 03:00 AM The small, progressive Vermont college will close at the end of the spring semester. It’s another blow to a state that has lost a number of higher ed institutions in recent years.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
CJ Charlton CJ Charlton has been appointed director of the aviation program at Delaware State University. He serves as a United Airlines captain and chair of the Delaware State’s aviation advisory council and serves as a captain for United Airlines. Charlton holds an aviation degree from Delaware State.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
Preparing for Our New AI Workforce in Higher Education jdimaggio@upcea.edu Wed, 04/10/2024 - 03:00 AM The rapid development of Generative AI has opened the possibility of far more efficient and cost-effective use of technology to assume roles currently performed by people.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
Are DEI Office Name Changes Enough? Johanna Alonso Wed, 04/10/2024 - 03:00 AM As DEI bans impact colleges nationwide, many institutions are renaming their offices to something more innocuous. The results have been varied.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
Dr. Paul Sniegowski has been named the 21st president of Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion. He will take the helm Aug. 1, succeeding Dr. Anne M. Houtman, who will retire in July after a five-year term as president. “Earlham has an important and longstanding place within the distinctive liberal arts tradition in the United States. It is a place that brings together a diversity of people to explore ideas, to learn to think and to go out and contribute to the world for good,” said Snie
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
Virtual Coffee, Ice Cream Shops Help Students Learn Business Lauren.Coffey@… Wed, 04/10/2024 - 03:00 AM Business schools are moving beyond case studies or site visits and utilizing virtual reality in classrooms to help students master supply chain management.
College Forward
APRIL 10, 2024
AmeriCorps access coach Yanderi Martinez is a testament to the power of near-peer coaching. Motivated by her own experiences through the College Possible Milwaukee program during her academic journey, Yanderi’s path from college to career has been defined by a stalwart dedication to empowering students from similar backgrounds to achieve their dreams.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
College faculty don’t reflect the diversity of the students they teach, according to a new study the Government Accountability Office released Tuesday.
The Guardian Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
Booker-winning author says course ‘shouldn’t be seen as dispensable’ as university seeks to cut 130 academic jobs The Booker prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo has criticised the “amputation” of Black British literature and queer history courses at Goldsmiths University in London, as part of a cost-cutting programme in which 130 academic jobs are to go.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
More than half of bachelor’s degree holders are underemployed a year after graduation, and roughly four in 10 are still underemployed a full decade later. How worried should we be about those rates, and what can colleges and universities do to decrease them?
Roompact
APRIL 10, 2024
Resident Advisors (RAs) have the unique task of creating community with the residents of the residence halls. This task of creating community is a big undertaking, which requires care, kindness, attentiveness, and is the responsibility of each member of the community. Collectively, the students living in our residence halls create a community atmosphere.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
California announced yesterday that it has opened the California Dream Act Application (CADAA) to students with undocumented parents as an alternative to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
College Forward
APRIL 10, 2024
For Benson High School senior Thein Thein, the pathway to college was not merely a choice; it was a natural path, deeply ingrained by her family’s value of education. With aspirations to major in nursing and contribute to the healthcare field, Thein Thein’s motivation stems from personal experiences, including her dedication to making a difference in healthcare.
CIP
APRIL 10, 2024
Our two-week Summer@CIP program caters to high school-age students with autism and learning differences, fostering active learning, forging friendships, and nurturing independence – all within a fun-filled environment!
College Forward
APRIL 10, 2024
With SHARE Omaha’s Do Good Days just around the corner, our focus turns to the dedicated volunteer board members driving our mission forward. Among them are College Possible Champions and College Possible Advisory Board members, integral to ensuring college admission and success for students from low-income backgrounds. The College Possible Champions, who are primarily young professionals, serve as enthusiastic ambassadors.
Ray Schroeder
APRIL 10, 2024
They were hurt serving our country and now they say Virginia is turning its back on them. We’re talking about military veterans permanently disabled due to their military service. They say language in the state budget that is currently sitting on Governor Glenn Youngkin’s desk would change how a college tuition waiver program for families of totally or near-totally disabled veterans is run.
University Business
APRIL 10, 2024
How much writing is AI doing for students in K12 and college? While it may be impossible to nail down an exact number, new data released this week from one of the leading AI detector tools shows few students are using artificial intelligence to write entire papers—but many of them are using the rapidly advancing technology. Turnitin, a widely used plagiarism checker, released its AI detection tool a year ago and has since scanned more than 200 million papers for evidence of artificial intelligen
Ray Schroeder
APRIL 10, 2024
Schools looking to keep up with inflation and other rising costs are looking toward student tuition to help fill budget gaps. It’s tuition-setting season for Oregon’s colleges and universities and the cost of getting a higher education in the state is going up. Oregon’s largest public postsecondary schools, including Oregon State University, Portland State University and the University of Oregon are all raising tuition for the 2024-2025 school year.
Knowledge Avatars College
APRIL 10, 2024
Transforming Academic Advising: How AI Technology Can Support and Streamline Education Emiliano for E… Wed, 04/10/2024 - 17:52 In today's technology-driven world, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing a range of industries, and education is no exception. As a transformative tool, AI is simplifying the academic advising process, making it easier for both students and advisors to navigate the often-complex road of further education.
Campus Sonar
APRIL 10, 2024
You’ve been giving your president and board the wrong information from social media, and you need to fix it as soon as possible. I’ve spent the last few weeks listening carefully to trustees, current and former presidents, and the people who advise them. These were positive conversations, but they revealed a huge gap. One former president put it plainly.
College Forward
APRIL 10, 2024
This year, College Possible Omaha boasts a team of 17 exceptional coaches dedicated to guiding students towards their college aspirations on a daily basis. Among the team, seven have returned to the organization as coaches after once being College Possible students themselves, driven by a desire to pay forward the support they once received. During the week of March 10-16, as a part of AmeriCorps Week, College Possible celebrated the commitment of our coaches to community service.
University Business
APRIL 10, 2024
City College of New York often serves as a nostalgic symbol of American higher education’s past. The college did not charge tuition for decades, and its students, many of them poor, went on to become Nobel laureates, chief executives, civil rights leaders and more. More than 60 percent of Baruch students receive Pell grants, which means they typically come from the bottom half of the income distribution.
College Forward
APRIL 10, 2024
On March 25th, College Possible students visited Kohler Co. in Kohler, Wisconsin to learn about the company’s history, mission, and potential career paths. In 2022, Kohler Co. and College Possible Milwaukee partnered to create the Kohler Scholars program , which is a multi-year scholarship program in collaboration with Kohler Co. that provides recipients with a $5,000 annual scholarship, a professional Kohler mentor, career exploration opportunities at Kohler headquarters, and a paid internship
University Business
APRIL 10, 2024
Now, spurred by concerns that low levels of college attainment are holding back the southeastern swath of the state, the Kentucky legislature is exploring ways to bring baccalaureate degrees to the region. The move to expand education here comes as many states are cutting majors at rural colleges and merging rural institutions, blaming funding shortfalls and steadily dwindling enrollments.
ISA Journal
APRIL 10, 2024
Lynsey Mendenhall is an ISA Sevilla alumna and current ISA/TEAN Global Ambassador at the University of Tulsa. In the following blog, Lynsey shares her insights following the experience of studying in a country where she wasn't initially comfortable in her language abilities.
University Business
APRIL 10, 2024
Delaware Technical Community College will no longer accept new students to degree programs focused on energy. These two-year degree programs in energy management, renewable energy solar and building automation systems will be discontinued by fall 2024, as Dean of Instruction John Buckley alerted to some of the college community via email last month.
Symplicity
APRIL 10, 2024
Students entering higher education with a disability is rising, according to most recent reports, there are roughly 17.3 percent of students have a known disability. This, coupled with a renewed focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in higher education has led many institutions to revamp and reflect on how they are ensuring all students succeed.
SRHE
APRIL 10, 2024
by Roz Collings It was University Mental Health day on Thursday 14 th March 2024. This is a national UK project organised by Student Minds and University Mental Health Advisory Network, aiming to start a conversation to ensure university wide mental health is a priority. I continue to be an advocate for whole institution wellbeing, enhancing focus on academics in policies and practice, as well as increasing impactful research regarding academic mental health so it was pleasing to see university
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
Today on the Academic Minute: Thi Tran, assistant professor of management information systems at Binghamton University, explores how to gauge which misinformation might do the most harm.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
Angel Reece, Black woman, role model, and elite college athlete. We got you. We are two Black women higher education scholars, who love women's basketball and love Black women and care deeply about their well-being. Chayla’s love for basketball began in 1991, at 14 years old as a high school freshman in Angel’s home state, Maryland. Chayla never played organized basketball before then, but she tried out for her high school team and was thrilled to make the junior varsity roster.
University Business
APRIL 10, 2024
Four-year colleges and universities collectively located in the Southeast and Southwest of the United States were the only two regions to have experienced positive enrollment increases between 2017 and 2021. A variety of macro-level factors play into this growth, according to a report from EAB. “College Search Trends Across Space and Time” examines the changing higher education landscape and examines how demographic shifts and the kinds of institutions preferred by students in each r
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
Durmerrick Ross stands beneath lights at an event. Getting into Howard University was a dream come true for Durmerrick Ross. It was fall 2016 and the nation was alive with activism in the wake of Donald J. Trump’s election and upcoming inauguration. Ross jumped into life at Howard with aplomb. He became Mr. Freshman, part of Howard’s Royal Court that promotes campus leadership, representing the best of the best.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 10, 2024
The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at American University has been put on probation after a disciplinary hearing, the group announced in an Instagram post on Monday.
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