Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) and undocumented graduates continue to take on leading positions at some of America’s largest economic engines like Google and Microsoft, investing in their own families and communities, despite experiencing increasingly high levels of stress regarding their immigration. But with DACA applications closed, more undocumented students are struggling to obtain workforce authorization and careers.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Florida Argues It Could Stop Professors From Criticizing Governor Ryan Quinn Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A nationally prominent conservative lawyer, hired to defend the state’s Stop WOKE Act, asserted that what public university professors say in classrooms “is the government’s speech.” The national implications for academic freedom could be dire.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Dr. Claudia Lourido-Habib Claudia Lourido-Habib has been appointed president of Ventura College in California. She serves as the president of Porterville College in California. Lourido-Habib holds a bachelor’s degree in interior design from California State University, Fresno, in instructional technology from National University, and a Doctorate in Education from California State University, Fresno.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Where Do Students Vote—and Why? Johanna Alonso Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Convenience may be the biggest driver in guiding college students on where to cast their ballots, but for many politics also plays a significant role.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

John C. Brittain, a professor in the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), is being honored with the Thurgood Marshall Award. John C. Brittain The award is given annually to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to civil rights and the principles of justice championed by Justice Marshall.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Hiring Couples May Help Diversify Faculty Ranks, Tenure Pipeline kathryn.palmer… Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A new scorecard aims to provide academic couples comprehensive information about research institutions that are most supportive of dual-career scholars—and more likely to hire them for tenure-track positions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Dr. Jo Allen, the retiring president of Meredith College, enjoys the administrative part of higher ed. She enjoys being able to see how budgets function, how admissions and financial aid operate, and how campus security is run. She enjoys being able to understand how higher ed works beyond just the academic parts. “I like the problem-solving,” Allen says.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Researchers challenge long-held idea that islanders chopped down palm trees at an unsustainable rate Easter Island has long been put forward as a prime example of humans undermining their own survival by destroying the environment they rely on. But now fresh data is turning the narrative on its head. Also known as Rapa Nui, the remote island in Polynesia is well known for its huge stone statues called “moai” and for the idea that its growing population collapsed because of “ecocide”.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

The University of Southern California dismissed a harassment case that was filed last fall against tenured Jewish professor John Strauss after he engaged in an altercation with pro-Palestinian protesters, th

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Universities are full of innovative academics, including students and staff, pushing the boundaries of what is typical and possible. With that may come a pile of virtual and on-premises resources that they’ve used for short-term projects, or redundant technology already available in a similar form from another department or section of the university, which can lead to cloud sprawl.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Non–tenure-track faculty members at two more private universities have voted to unionize. At Tulane University, full-time teaching faculty members voted 146 to 29 to unionize, the university said. The new union, Tulane Workers United, is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The votes were counted Tuesday.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Ministers left with unpalatable options of raising tuition fees, making grants or capping student numbers, says IFS The next government faces “unpalatable” choices between raising tuition fees, making direct grants or capping student numbers to rescue universities in England from their financial black hole, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges has hired Framroze M. Virjee, president emeritus of California State University at Fullerton, as its new president and CEO.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

This election my generation has felt actively vilified. Leaders should fear putting us off mainstream politics for ever More from our Youth Takeover: We put seven young people in a group chat to discuss the UK election. This is what happened next I’ve had this sinking feeling in my stomach about the direction of British politics since I was 15. Silence overtook our geography classroom, in a multicultural school in south-east London, as we watched the results of the Brexit referendum.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

A former IT director at Webster University admitted in federal court Tuesday that he had defrauded his ex-employer and an IT equipment supplier of more than $2 million, Fox2 reported.

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2024

Colleges are falling behind in producing career-ready students , and their lack of support in helping students gain internships is a big reason for that , said Daniel Nivern, CEO of Virtual Internships, an accessibility service. And while about 70% of first-year students plan to complete one during college, less than half of students succeed, and less than a quarter are paid, according to the Strada Education Foundation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Authorities shut down a pro-Palestinian student encampment at California State University, Los Angeles, earlier this week amid rising tensions, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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PUC

JUNE 21, 2024

Makena Driver is from Winters, CA, and majors in social work with a minor in art. Coming from a public high school, receiving the Maxwell Scholarship meant she could come to PUC and focus on her studies without having to worry about the money aspect. “Receiving the PUC scholarship was an answer to prayers as I was deciding between two colleges and was looking to God for an answer to which college He wanted me to go to start my journey into adulthood,” said Makena.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Leaning Into Credit for Prior Learning quintina.barne… Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Building an ecosystem that recognizes and values the diverse experiences and knowledge of learners.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission’s approval of automated frequency coordination in the 6-gigahertz band signified a major step forward for outdoor wireless connectivity in higher education. The February decision to green light the seven AFC applications was “critical to allowing standard power Wi-Fi to being operating in the 6GHz band,” the FCC wrote in a press release.

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2024

Community colleges must recommit to reforming developmental education courses, or dev-ed, to ensure K12 students hampered by the pandemic won’t crash out of the postsecondary track, declares a new report from FutureEd, a public policy think tank at Georgetown University. Remedial classes have their roots in the late 19th century as a means to catch incoming students up on college-level coursework.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has dropped criminal charges against 31 people, including students and faculty members, among the protesters in antiwar demonstrations at Columbia University. Hamilton Hall Columbia University The defendants appeared June 20 at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, where a prosecutor acknowledged the district attorney’s office lacked evidence to sufficiently prove cases against them.

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2024

Over the last year I have spent a considerable amount of time talking with college presidents and inquiring journalists. What each asked is essentially the same — What lies ahead for American higher education? For each, I have had the same answer. The funk that now engulfs us could be never-ending. Most of those who ask are, like me, steady consumers of higher education’s morning news reports, which feature failed presidencies, campus closures, campus disruptions and political intrusions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 21, 2024

Student-athletes may find it more difficult to report sexual harassment and violence, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. “ Sexual Harassment and Violence: Efforts to Help College Athletes ” provides GAO’s findings from reviewing issues related to sexual harassment and violence against college athletes. The report examines barriers for athletes in reporting sexual harassment and violence to their colleges, how selected colleges address sexual harassment a

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2024

There are some numbers Daytona State College officials must’ve memorized by now. Like $79.22 and $3,071.40. That’s because those figures, the per-credit-hour cost for tuition and the full cost of tuition and fees for a student during a typical academic year, have remained frozen for 14 years now. Except for 2015, that year the board actually lowered tuition by 2%.

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SRHE

JUNE 21, 2024

by Kyuseok Kim The UK’s Strategic Moves Transnational Education (TNE) has been a significant strategy for UK universities seeking to expand their global footprint. TNE involves delivering educational programmes across borders, allowing institutions to reach international students without requiring them to relocate. According to The Cross-Border Education Research Team , which is arguably the most reliable source for tracking the worldwide development of transnational higher education, the UK has

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2024

Donald J. Trump said he would push for a program that would automatically give green cards to all foreign college students in America after they graduate, a reversal from restrictions he enacted as president on immigration by high-skilled workers and students to the United States. But hours after Mr. Trump’s remarks aired, his campaign’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, walked back the former president’s comments, saying in a statement that there would be an “aggressive vetting process” that w

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