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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Esther Jones Dr. Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies. The author of Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (2015), her interdisciplinary research in the field of the medical humanities engages literary, historical, philosophical, and ethical explorations of black women’s health and medicine.

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Enrollment Losses Expose Vulnerabilities of Academic Museums

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Enrollment Losses Expose Vulnerabilities of Academic Museums kathryn.palmer… Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of New Hampshire’s Museum of Art has closed amid a $14 million budget shortfall. Ill-advised administrative oversight may have played a role.

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Writer-Professor Explores the Voyage of ‘Becoming'

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. DaMaris B. Hill has been writing since she was a child, growing up around books and hearing stories. She just didn’t tell anyone about it. Instead, she stuffed her work underneath her mattress and bed, hiding them from others. Dr. DaMaris B. Hill Courtesy: Beowulf Sheehan "That was for me," says Hill, adding that some of her family members had believed “artists died poor.

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Colleges Sing for Their FAFSA Supper

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Colleges Sing for Their FAFSA Supper Liam Knox Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The Education Department is dispensing money and advisers to help “underresourced” colleges navigate the new FAFSA. But which institutions will be eligible?

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Study Reveals Civic Literacy Lacking Among Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Civic knowledge is severely lacking among Americans, though trust in business remains strong, according to a new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. As such, foundation leaders assert that businesses may have a role to play in filling the civic knowledge and civility gaps. Hilary Crow The foundation’s national survey examined responses from 2,000 registered voters and revealed that Americans lack basic understanding of government.

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What is The Future of RDs? – A Need To Shape Our Efforts By A Commitment To Love

Roompact

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?” Guest Post by Sean Watson, Residence Life Professional The role of Residence Directors has been undergoing a transformative and challenging journey, as we negotiate the Great Resignation, an upended employment landscape, and changing expectations for navigating success.

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Blocking the Transfer Portal to Prison

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The creation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) transfer portal, an online database where student-athletes submit their names with the hopes of transferring to athletic programs at other colleges and universities, has revolutionized the landscape of student-athlete recruitment and mobility. Like the portal for collegiate student-athletes; high school students will be entering their own version of a “transfer portal” at the conclusion of their time in secondary school.

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JUANITA W. HICKS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Juanita W. Hicks Juanita W. Hicks has been named senior associate vice president and chief human resources officer at the University of Georgia. Hicks holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of West Georgia, a master’s in human resource development from Clemson University in South Carolina, and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Georgia.

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Helping Local Nonstudents Find Internships

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Helping Local Nonstudents Find Internships Johanna Alonso Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Prairie State College in Illinois connects underemployed young people in the local Cook County area with internships—and, sometimes, an education.

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Report Outlines Steps to Take to Support Students and Those Returning to College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education leaders and states can take a number of additional steps to bolster academic success, reenrollment, and degree completion for students who started college but never finished. Those are the findings from a new report from California Competes. Dr. Laura Bernhard These students with some college, no credential (SCNC) make up more than six million Californians ages 25-64.

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Creating Strong Near-Peer Mentoring Programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Creating Strong Near-Peer Mentoring Programs Sarah Bray Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Natalie Miller and Sonali Majumdar outline approaches for intentionally developing such programs for grad student well-being and professional development.

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English test scandal: reprieve plan was derailed by government reshuffle

The Guardian Higher Education

Sajid Javid had wanted review process for international students who believed their visas had been wrongly cancelled ‘It destroyed my life’: the students accused of cheating in English tests What is the Home Office English test scandal? Ministers were poised five years ago to offer a route to a reprieve for thousands of international students who may have been wrongly accused of cheating , but the plan was derailed by a government reshuffle, the Guardian has learned.

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There’s a Better Way to Apply for Student Aid

Confessions of a Community College Dean

There’s a Better Way to Apply for Student Aid Elizabeth Redden Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The new FAFSA’s troubled rollout raises questions about both the form and process, Jim Blew and Art Hauptman write.

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Jamestown Business College ceases enrollment of new students, plans to close - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

Jamestown Business College, in New York, announced this week it has stopped enrolling new students and plans to close. The small for-profit, founded in 1886, intends to remain open long enough for its current students to finish their studies, it said in a statement. It did not provide a timeline or an expected date of closure. “These changes are the result of the college’s size and the expanding government regulations,” the college said.

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HBCU Graduates Owe More Debt, Earn Less Than Peers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students who attend historically Black colleges and universities earn $16,600 less on average than peers from non-HBCUs a decade after starting college, according to a new brief from the Institute for College Access and Success.

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Bowie State University Modernizes Physical Security System

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In early 2021, Maurice Tyler, CIO and vice president of IT for Bowie State University, began evaluating the university’s legacy video surveillance system. At this historically Black college and university located in Bowie, Md., disparate video camera systems installed around campus didn’t communicate with each other. Tyler partnered with the facilities management and public safety departments to identify a solution, and the school chose to replace the aging system with a cohesive video surveilla

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The Guardian view on the Home Office English test scandal: a lesson in political cruelty | Editorial

The Guardian Higher Education

A draconian blanket response to evidence of cheating by some international students in the early 2010s was flawed and unjust “Many of us are destitute … many of us are on medication for stress and depression. Many of us have been rejected by our families, who are ashamed by the allegation of cheating. Some of us have even attempted to take our own lives because we see no other way out.

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Mischaracterizing a Vote on Antisemitism

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Mischaracterizing a Vote on Antisemitism Doug Lederman Mon, 02/12/2024 - 11:49 AM Resolutions, like the one at UNC-Chapel Hill, can do more harm than good when they lack precision.

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Symplicity Spotlight: Katie Tappel

Symplicity

Each and every day, our client managers across the globe help make our clients' day-to-day just a little bit easier so that they can better support their students. With a client support team that comes from across the student success spectrum, clients continuously speak to the dedication of our client support team, and we at Symplicity want to give them the attention they deserve.

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Try-before-you-apply: how 'taster sessions' can help student recruitment

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Universities and colleges can improve student recruitment in high-priority subject areas with “Try before you apply” taster sessions, which give students an authentic perspective on what studying at your institution would be like. We look into these in this blog article.

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Regents to terminate degree programs at University of Nebraska at Kearney as part of budget cuts - Chris Dunker, Journal Star

Ray Schroeder

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will finalize a series of cuts to academic programs and faculty members at the University of Nebraska at Kearney when it meets next week. Weeks after faculty and students made a pitch to save bachelor’s programs in geography, theater and recreation management, regents will consider terminating those degrees, according to an agenda for the Feb. 9 meeting.

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College Possible helps Dej find her footing

College Forward

Dej, a 2021 graduate of Roosevelt High School, is currently enrolled at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Dej first learned about College Possible when members of the staff and AmeriCorps coaches stopped by her school. Although Dej is a second-generation college student, she recognized the value that College Possible brings and through it would be a good opportunity for her to help prep for college.

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VIDEO | Students react to sudden closing of Career College of Northern Nevada

University Business

The locks have been changed and both students and instructors were given no notice about retrieving their things. Watch the video at 2 News Nevada. The post VIDEO | Students react to sudden closing of Career College of Northern Nevada appeared first on University Business.

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Teaching Skills are Durable Skills with AI

eLiterate

I recently gave a keynote on AI at the durable skills-themed D2L Ignite conference in Orlando. I took the following positions: Durable skills, unlike so many educational buzzwords, is a genuine civilizational shift that requires our urgent attention. AI does not cause it. It just made the change obvious. AI genuinely will cause profound and unforeseeable changes to the way we live.

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Marietta College announces administrative, faculty job cuts

University Business

A local college plans on cutting faculty and staff positions in the foreseeable future. Marietta College (Ohio) announced Friday that 36 currently employed faculty and staff roles will be eliminated over the next three years. In addition to this, 13 currently vacant roles will not be filled, according to a press release. MC President Dr. Margaret Drugovich shared details of the cuts with faculty and staff at an open session, the release said.

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New Presidents or Provosts: Boston U, Colorado State, Ivy Tech–Lake County, New College, Trinity Christian, Union College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

New Presidents or Provosts: Boston U, Colorado State, Ivy Tech–Lake County, New College, Trinity Christian, Union College Doug Lederman Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman

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Nonresident international employees can file 2023 taxes with free tax preparation software

CU Work-Life Balance

As the new year begins, University of Colorado faculty, staff and students will begin receiving critical documents needed to file their annual income tax returns. For certain international employees and students, this means receiving Forms W-2 and/or 1042-S from CU over the next month. Form W-2 is issued to any employee who receives taxable wages from CU.

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Gentle Parenting Is Not So Gentle on Parents: Academic Minute

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Today on the Academic Minute: Annie Pezalla, visiting assistant professor at Macalester College, examines one approach to parenting that may not be for everyone.

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Schools need faster emergency response technology. What’s the holdup?

University Business

The state of Michigan is mourning as it comes up on the first anniversary of the gunman who took three students’ lives at Michigan State University. After that tragic day, the community was promised several campus safety and security upgrades to address any faults or lapses in response time and effectiveness. However, the university is still behind on implementing some of the most vital measures it’s promised thus far, drawing concern from the community, the Detroit Free Press repor

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Should Students Be Asked to Sign a Social Contract?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Should Students Be Asked to Sign a Social Contract? mprutter@mit.edu Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The value of institutional signaling.

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Brown University students enter eighth day of hunger strike over Israel-Gaza

University Business

The 19 students began their protests on 2 February. They said they will continue until Brown officials consider divesting. It is likely the longest hunger strike in the US since the beginning of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war. It is led by both Palestinian and Jewish students, said Ariela Rosenzweig, one of the students striking. Ms Rosenzweig, 22, said it was inspired by a similar 11-day hunger strike on campus in 1986 which called for divestment from firms operating under apartheid in South Afric

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Potential Breakthrough on Federal Student Data System

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Potential Breakthrough on Federal Student Data System Katherine Knott Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM After long opposing bipartisan efforts to track student outcomes, Republican Virginia Foxx has proposed a version of one. But some data advocates say her bill comes up short.

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