Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2025
A Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn few years ago, Liu (2023) published, Everyone is Talking about Belonging in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Her opening lines were perennial: Its everywhere. College t-shirts, notepads, and posters proclaim, You Belong! That was true then and it still rings true today. Indeed, belonging is proudly displayed on a larger-than-life sign at Kent States library.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2025
Much of the attention given to artificial intelligence in higher education has focused on preventing students from using such tools to cheat, but AI experts say the technology also offers valuable potential for assisting faculty in both teaching and research. As record numbers of higher ed faculty report burnout, the right AI tools may be able to help alleviate stress.
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Roompact
APRIL 25, 2025
In this episode of Roompacts ResEdChat podcast, co-hosts Paul Gordon Brown and Camille Bonar welcomed DaVaughn Vincent-Bryan, then the Associate Director of Residence Life at the University of Pittsburgh. Their conversation explores a powerful but often underutilized tool in residence life programming: food.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, resigned Thursday after more than five years at the helm. His resignation comes less than one week after he issued sweeping priority changesincluding terminating funding for projects that focus on diversity, equity and inclusion or combating misinformationat the independent agency that funds billions of dollars to nonmedical university research each year.
University Business
APRIL 25, 2025
In this moment of extraordinary uncertainty, college and university presidents find themselves navigating an unforgiving landscape: political scrutiny, financial volatility, eroding public trust, and shifting student expectations. But within this complexity lies a tremendous opportunityto lead with renewed clarity, to reaffirm our purpose, and to shape the future of higher education for the better.
CU Work-Life Balance
APRIL 25, 2025
The University of Colorados Open Enrollment allows faculty and staff to make changes to their benefits for the new plan year, beginning July 1. Choosing a health plan from CUs four options can be complex especially with the introduction of the new Pathway plan this year. Employee Services has created a new tool to help you examine each plans fundamentals and pick the best plan for your needs.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Floridas Own DOGE Reviews Faculty Research, Grants Ryan Quinn Fri, 04/25/2025 - 03:00 AM Multiple states have created entities named after the federal Department of Government Efficiency. The Sunshine States version is targeting colleges and universities.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
We Already Have an Ethics Framework for AI Elizabeth Redden Fri, 04/25/2025 - 03:00 AM An accepted framework guiding human subjects research can help us make ethical judgments about different AI uses, Gwendolyn Reece writes.
CAPD
APRIL 25, 2025
LexPreLaw uses a cohort-based model of engaging and observing participants. In 2025, LexPreLaw will enroll 150 aspiring lawyers who already possess or will obtain a bachelors degree by August 2026 and who plan to seek law school admission for the fall 2026 entering class. LexPreLaw slots will be filled on a first-come, first-selected basis. The sooner all required documents are submitted, the better the applicant’s chance of being selected for LexPreLaw.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Put down your pencils: The Advanced Placement test will take place entirely online. Starting this May, the College Board will discontinue paper exams for 28 of the 36 AP subjects that offer end-of-year exams, reflecting a growing transition to digital testing.
University Business
APRIL 25, 2025
As members of Gen Z continue to graduate high school and enter adulthood, many elect to forgo traditional college degrees. Thats in part because of the cost of getting a bachelors degree, they tell CNBC Make It. The annual cost of attending a four-year, in-state public college increased by about 30% between 2011 and 2023, according to Make It calculations based on data from the Education Data Initiative, and went up by 42% at private, nonprofit four-year colleges.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Addressing Housing, Financial Needs of Single Parents Ashley Mowreader Fri, 04/25/2025 - 03:00 AM Wilson College offers free on-campus housing for some single parents pursuing their bachelors degrees.
Higher Education Inquirer
APRIL 25, 2025
College campuses are often portrayed as vibrant places of learning, personal growth, and social exploration. For many, these years are full of excitement, new experiences, and the thrill of shaping ones future. However, beneath the surface of campus life, a darker reality lurksa reality that is rarely discussed but increasingly hard to ignore. The mental health struggles of college students have reached a crisis point, and the pressure to succeed academically, socially, and professionally is oft
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Federal Government Reverses SEVIS Terminations, Restores Visas for Some Students Ashley Mowreader Fri, 04/25/2025 - 01:24 PM The reversal follows a series of court rulings that order the federal government to restore students status in the SEVIS database.
The Guardian Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2025
Sudden policy reversal brings relief though some students already lost jobs or left country due to deportation risk The US government is restoring the legal status of hundreds of international students after a wave of lawsuits challenged the abrupt suspension of their visas. The sudden policy reversal was announced during a court hearing in Oakland, California, which brought together eight lawsuits filed by international students who argued that the federal government had terminated their right
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
The Council for Advancement and Support of Educationhas awarded Inside Higher Ed co-founders Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman the 2025 James L. Fisher Award for distinguished service to education.
The Guardian Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2025
Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they cant afford not to Enfeebling universities or seizing control is an early chapter in the authoritarian playbook, studied eagerly by the likes of Viktor Orbn in Hungary. Would-be authoritarians and one-party states centrally target universities with the aim of restricting dissent, Jason Stanley, a scholar of fascism at Yale, wrote in the Guardian in September.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Cornell Universitys president announced Wednesday that hes canceling Kehlanis campus concert, saying the R&B singer has espoused antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments. Kehlani was set to perform May7 at the annual Slope Day spring festival.
University Business
APRIL 25, 2025
From warnings not to leave the country to guidance on how to complete degrees, U.S. universities are advising foreign students how to withstand President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. First immigration agents arrested students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Then thousands of foreign students were targeted for deportation over minor offenses and arrests.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
The State Bar of California sparked outrage after it admitted to using artificial intelligence to help craft some of its multiple-choice exam questions, the Los Angeles Times reported.
University Business
APRIL 25, 2025
Amid public defiance by education leaders to disregard the Trump Administration’s anti-DEI policy, three separate judgestwo of whom are Trump appointeesdelivered a heavy legal blow to the Department of Education. In a Dear Colleague Letter administered to schools in February, the Education Department clarified that “under any banner, discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin is, has been, and will continue to be illegal.” Schools were also given until April
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
The Education Department is investigating the University of California, Berkeley, regarding compliance with a federal law that requires colleges to disclose certain foreign gifts and contracts.
Higher Education Inquirer
APRIL 25, 2025
In a stunning and unexplained reversal, the Trump administration has reinstated the legal statuses of hundreds of international students whose records were recently terminatedan aggressive move many immigration attorneys, advocates, and higher education leaders saw as a politically motivated purge. Elizabeth D. Kurlan, a Justice Department attorney, announced during a federal hearing on Friday that the administration is restoring the SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) record
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
President Donald Trump is tapping a familiar institution, Hillsdale College, to produce a video lecture series for the U.S. sestercentennial, the administration announced on social media.
Higher Education Inquirer
APRIL 25, 2025
The Trump Administration unleashed several attacks on students, student loan borrowers, and their families this week. On Wednesday, President Trump signed a flurry of executive orders impacting students, families, and higher education. Meanwhile, at the start of this week, the Trump Administration also announced plans to start subjecting millions of struggling borrowers in default to mandatory collections.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Higher Ed Wins a SEVIS Battle, Not the Visa War Ashley Mowreader Fri, 04/25/2025 - 05:48 PM The Trump administration has restored some international student records, following nationwide terminations in April, but legal experts say theres no guarantee that students are safe.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 25, 2025
Accreditors Sound Off on Executive Order Josh Moody Fri, 04/25/2025 - 03:00 AM The Trump administration aims to overhaul accreditation. Agencies say they are willing to work with the federal government on reforms, but Trumps claims are misleading.
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