Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), even as humanities degree completions decline across the nation. The report titled “Tracking the Health of the Humanities at HBCUs ” highlights how HBCUs continue to play a critical role in maintaining humanities education and diversifying the student body in these fields.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Letter From a Child-Free Cat Guy Elizabeth Redden Thu, 10/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Craig Wynne calls for adding childlessness—and childfree-ness—to DEI conversations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She will replace Dr. Shaun R. Harper, the founding director who first announced in Diverse last year that he was planning to step down after 14 years on the job.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

7-Month Boston University Grad Worker Strike Ends, but Fight May Not Be Over Ryan Quinn Thu, 10/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The student employees won their first union contract after months of bargaining and then a lengthy walkout. But the agreement, which only lasts three years, doesn’t achieve some major demands.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Kresge Foundation has created two permanent $1 million endowment funds to support Detroit Public School graduates pursuing education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The funds will be managed by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Kresge will provide an additional challenge grant of $500,000 to each of the national organization if they raise matching funds.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Neutrality Directive Raises Concerns for Yale Women’s Center Josh Moody Thu, 10/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Yale University administrators urged a student group to adopt a policy of “broad neutrality” after clashes over Palestinian advocacy. Some say the vague directive could chill speech.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As the 2024 college football season approaches the halfway point, there are three Black head coaches that have a good chance of making the College Football Playoffs. The new playoff system will include 12 universities for the first time which is up from 4 teams in the old system. This has created more interest and more revenue for college football than there has ever been.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

College closures are showing no sign of slowing down in 2024 following a report from Implan, an economic software and analysis company, that revealed at least 20 colleges have shuttered so far this year. However, several institutions this year have dodged the tolling bell—offering college leaders clues as to how they, too, can avoid an existential crisis.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Higher Ed’s (Anti)Trust Problem Liam Knox Thu, 10/17/2024 - 03:00 AM A new lawsuit accuses 40 universities and the College Board of colluding to inflate tuition. Does it hold legal water or simply reflect rising indignation over college cost?

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Roompact

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In this episode of Roompact’s RA Chat, Crystal is joined by Kathryn Palmieri, Managing Director at the Engineering Student Success Center and College of Science Student Success Center at San Jose State University. Join KP as they share tips on making the most of your campus resources, how to connect with your academic advisor for personalized guidance, and the best ways to create spaces in your residence halls that foster both community and academic success.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

After a data breach possibly exposed information for more than 750,000 current and former students, employees and applicants at Lansing Community College in Michigan, resulting in a lawsuit, the college will pay $1.45 million to settle the claims, The Lansing State Journal reported Tuesday.

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College for Creative Study

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The post At Age 86, Alumna Lois Teicher ’79 CR Plans Her Next Major Abstract Sculpture appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Ed.gov Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today launched the Career and Technical Education (CTE) CHIPS Challenge, a $1 million prize competition, funded by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins V) that seeks to expand student recruitment, training, and placement strategies in good-paying semiconductor fabrication (fab) construction and advanced manufacturing Continue Reading The post U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

‘This Program Exists Because of the Reinstatement of Pell’ Sara Weissman Thu, 10/17/2024 - 03:00 AM A biology professor in Oregon dreamed of starting a degree program in a local prison just as Pell reinstatement was underway. Now hers is among the first programs where incarcerated students can receive the grants.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The 2024 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, held Oct. 21-24 at San Antonio’s Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, will feature timely programming on higher education IT technology issues and offer networking opportunities as well as an exhibit hall to see emerging technologies at work.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The University of Austin, which kicked off its first academic year last month with 92 students, is raking in millions from several prominent conservative billionaires, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Image credit: unsplash, Redd F, CC0 In this post, Jill Haldane, Philip Davies, and Dr Faith Dillon-Lee from the Centre for Open Learning, share how they used Student Partnership Agreement funding to work with staff and students in collaboration on the redesign of the Academic Language and Literacies course, and to employ students to develop a student-led project.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

With the fall semester in full swing, college students aren’t the only ones with homework to do. Higher education institutions in Maryland must comply with the state’s new privacy law, Maryland Code Title 10, Subtitle 13A, as of Oct. 1. While this law is specific to Maryland, universities outside the state shouldn’t kick their feet up just yet. Many of this law’s requirements are considered data privacy and cybersecurity best practices and could become mandates across more states and perhaps nat

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For the past several years I’d focused much of my research capacity on forecasting how the climate crisis might impact higher education, and what academics might do in response. That work appeared in many blog posts , presentations, meetings, Future Trends Forum sessions, and my 2023 book, Universities on Fire. Today I’m delighted to announce that this work has received some splendid recognition.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The reform of the state’s higher education system by Gov. Josh Shapiro is coming during a period of underfunding, declining enrollment, college mergers and an abrupt closing by the University of the Arts in June. As part of that reform plan, Shapiro increased funding and created a new state board of education that will promote better coordination among institutions and focus on courses that meet the needs of the state’s economy.

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ISA Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

At the heart of each ancient Moroccan city, there lies al-medina. Translated to the "city" or "town" in English, it is home to narrow streets, vibrant markets, and a rich cultural heritage that can be traced back to the 8th century.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

An advocacy group that has fought for Oregon college students at the Legislature for almost 50 years is shutting down. The Oregon Student Association, launched in 1975, was the only statewide student-led group advocating for causes like increasing financial aid and providing affordable housing and food to students. Figures throughout Oregon politics — including several current and former state representatives, First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson and SEIU Local 503 Executive Director Melissa Unger — go

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CIP

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Two-week summer programs for students with learning differences on college campuses. Apply by November 30th for early tuition discounts.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

What does the state of public opinion say about public schools around Wisconsin? “It demonstrates that we’ve got some work to do,” said Dan Rossmiller, executive director of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards. Well, yes. Overall, the results of two education-focused questions that have been asked as part of the Marquette Law School Poll over more than a decade show a gradual decline in satisfaction with local public schools across Wisconsin and a rising resistance in recent years to incr

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In 2013, Spelman College, an all-women's college and HBCU took the bold move of replacing its costly Division III sports program with an extensive wellness program for all its students. There were several arguments against the strategy, including the idea that many CEOs, including women CEOs, competed as NCAA athletes. It was a courageous move for President Beverly Daniel Tatum, one that appears to have paid off.

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NACADA

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As the Annual Conference approaches, you may be preparing to join us virtually. What does wellness look like in a virtual conference? As your health and wellness co-chairs, we are preparing resources for you to use during your conference experience. I’ve also included three tips below to help maximize your (virtual) wellness. Tip 1: You are attending a conference; schedule accordingly.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

When higher education leaders ask me how they can more effectively integrate and support the growing number of adults enrolling in their institutions, I suggest they go back to school to gain a deeper understanding of adult learners’ challenges and needs. Unfortunately, returning to school while working in higher education (or any industry) is often not feasible, so I am sharing the insights I gained from earning my doctorate as an only parent while serving as a school dean.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 17, 2024

by Paul Temple The thing about golden ages is that people mostly don’t realise that they’re living through one, expecting the nice stuff that’s happening to go on for ever. In retrospect, the Institute of Education, when it was a more-or-less autonomous college of the University of London, was an almost-nearly-perfect university institution. It was big enough – about 400 academic staff when I was there – but not too big; although of course you didn’t know everyone personally, you were on a noddi

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Tuskegee, Alabama — After working to secure funding, partnerships and accreditation, Tuskegee University is proud to announce that students who are interested in continuing the tradition of the Tuskegee Airmen will be able to enroll in the new Aviation Science degree program in January. “When the nation needed aviators to face down Hitler over European skies in World War II, it was Tuskegee on the grounds of Moton Field where the myth that people of color could not fly was shattered,” said Dr.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In his final three months as head of the International Association of University Presidents, Fernando León García notices a troubling trend brewing. Despite members’ commitment to globalizing education and eradicating inequity, colleges and universities are slowly reverting to old habits. “We seem to be going back to our little cubbyholes and becoming more insular,” says García, who is also the president of CETYS University in Baja California, Mexico. “It’s disappoi

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Columbia University has barred vocal pro-Israel faculty member Shai Davidai from campus because of unspecified conduct on Oct. 7, 2024—the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israelis, when there were demonstrations on campus.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Utah’s house speaker is warning that the state’s 16 public colleges and universities could face 10 percent cuts when the Legislature meets in 2025. Mike Schultz, a Republican, told The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday that he’s asked leaders of the institutions to come up with the cuts in order to make college degrees more affordable, prepare for a demographic dip in enrollment and bolster “workforce alignment.

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