Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College recently hosted its second spring symposium addressing Black male identities, manhood, and masculinities. BMRI Executive Director Dr. Derrick R. Brooms noted Black male identities as both a pertinent topic for Black men’s lived experiences with a particular salience for the Morehouse community during the symposium, held at Morehouse’s Shirley A.

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Great College Advice

APRIL 15, 2024

As a spring semester senior, you’re probably wondering how to choose a college after being accepted. This can be super stressful! It’s a big decision, possibly the biggest single decision you’ve had to make up to this point in your life, and you want to be sure to get it right. So how do you choose a college after being accepted? We’ll go through some of the most important factors to consider so that you can take your next steps with confidence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College that ended race-based affirmative action in college admissions, reported The Chronicle , a Duke student-run publication.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

Punishments Rise as Student Protests Escalate kathryn.palmer… Mon, 04/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Exasperated and under intense scrutiny, some college administrators are increasingly punishing student activists with suspensions, expulsions and arrests.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute of Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute) has released one of its latest report on the perspectives of law enforcement. “ Police/Civilian Encounters: Officers’ Perspectives on Traffic Stops and the Climate for Policing ” is designed to increase understanding of traffic stop encounters and foster meaningful dialogue for improved relationships in communities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

After the FAFSA Quake, a Flood of Corrections Liam Knox Mon, 04/15/2024 - 03:00 AM As delays to the FAFSA rollout piled up, so did an unusual number of errors, both on student forms and in the Education Department’s eligibility calculations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

It was love at first sight. I remember seeing copies of Black Issues in Higher Education in various administrators’ offices at Albany State, the historically Black university where I was an undergraduate student journalist in the mid-1990s. I didn’t have enough money at that time to become a subscriber, so I would either sit and read the magazine wherever I found it, or I would take it, read it from cover-to-cover, and then return it to its rightful owner.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Jen Ciaccio Jen Ciaccio has been named executive director of college houses and academic services at the University of Pennsylvania. She serves as senior director for academic and residential programs. Ciaccio holds a bachelor’s degree from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, a master’s from Indiana State University, and a Ph.D. from Temple University in Philadelphia.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

Duke University has ended its Reginaldo Howard Scholars program, which granted full-ride merit scholarships to a small cohort of students of African descent in each incoming class.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Joy B. Tolliver Joy B. Tolliver has been named acting assistant vice president for legal affairs and labor relations at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY). She served as CEO and founder of consulting firm, Solutions for Antiracism, Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. Tolliver holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Fordham University and a juris doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

Boston University, three weeks into dealing with an ongoing graduate student worker strike, saw Residence Life workers join the walkout Friday.

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Higher Education Whisperer

APRIL 15, 2024

John McCluskey, & James Bletcher, from Whizdom RecruitmentGreetings from the ANU Techlauncher job skills workshop. Staff from ANU Careers are going through interview skills. I was surprised to see that few of the students have ever been to a job interview. Some of the tips which careers advisers give, such as how to read the job ad, might seem obvious, but they aren't.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

Columbia’s President Heads to Capitol Hill Josh Moody Mon, 04/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Minouche Shafik’s peers faced a Congressional grilling in December over antisemitism on campus, with disastrous results. Now it’s her turn. Is she ready?

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Managing the end of the device lifecycle for things like phones, tablets, laptops and desktops can turn what might seem like a basic IT task into a circus of political and financial conversations at higher education institutions. To bring some objectivity to the process, consider these five questions: 1. Has the Device Use Case Changed? Before simply replacing an older device with an updated model, ask end users if their use cases have changed.

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University Business

APRIL 15, 2024

Colleges and universities must create more robust data networks to efficiently analyze their graduates’ occupational outcomes and ensure that more of their credentials can serve today’s high-growth industries, declares an inaugural report from the Strada Education Foundation, an education company focused on increasing upward mobility. The “State Opportunity Index” urges higher education leaders to move beyond their enrollment and completion metrics to examine how they pre

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

Pitzer College president Strom Thacker rejected an amended resolution recently adopted by students, faculty and staff that called on the college to fully cut ties with Israeli universities. Thacker wrote in a statement on April 11 to the campus community that he believed an academic boycott conflicted with the college’s academic freedom principles and could create “the impression that some perspectives are more welcome on campus than others.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 15, 2024

Cleveland State University is preparing to offer faculty and staff voluntary buyout packages to help close a projected $40 million budget gap. At a faculty senate meeting Wednesday, President Laura Bloomberg repeated that the university must “manage to our reality” – one that now, according to new projections, could see the university enrolling about 13,000 students by 2029.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

What Do You Need to Reach a New Career Stage? Sarah Bray Mon, 04/15/2024 - 03:00 AM It’s important to know the specific competencies required, write Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan, Mark Kaloko, Connor Ferguson and Tithi Basu Mallik. Byline(s) Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan.

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University Business

APRIL 15, 2024

Elon University, a private university based in the liberal arts in North Carolina, recently announced that it’s promising that 90% of its students will reach a foundational level of “data competency” by the time they graduate. Based on a core component of its 2020 strategic plan, the Data Nexus initiative plans to open up students to the careers of tomorrow through curriculum and co-curriculum opportunities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

New Presidents and Provosts: Davidson-Davie, North Carolina-Asheville, Notre Dame, Vermont State, Western Governors, Woodland CC, Youngstown State Doug Lederman Mon, 04/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman

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College Forward

APRIL 15, 2024

In February, 72 College Possible Chicago high school juniors and seniors visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. This trip was a collaborative effort between College Possible leadership from Chicago and Milwaukee alongside UW-Madison and we look forward to continuing this partnership again next year. The day included a campus tour and opportunities to meet representatives from admissions, financial aid and each school within UW-Madison.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week: Ken Gonzales-Day, professor and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art, looks back at revelations photography can offer about the people who lived centuries ago.

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College Forward

APRIL 15, 2024

Many students are encountering challenges while navigating the new FAFSA process. Scott Del Rossi, vice president of college and career success told The Hechinger Report, “FAFSA is such a massive hurdle, and if they [students and parents] can’t get this first step done, they may say it’s too complicated, maybe college isn’t for me.” Learn more about the complexities students are experiencing from The Hechinger Report.

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Parchment

APRIL 15, 2024

In today’s higher education landscape where more than a third of learners do not complete a four-year degree in 6 years, state systems and institutions are exploring new ways to support learners and help them achieve their academic goals. Many innovative state systems and institutions are turning to course sharing , a strategy where two or more institutions collaborate to make their courses available to each other’s students for credit at their home institution.

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University Business

APRIL 15, 2024

A ban on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in higher education has led to more than 100 job cuts across university campuses in Texas, a hit echoed or anticipated in numerous other states where lawmakers are rolling out similar policies during an important election year. Officials at other schools, in response to inquiries from The Associated Press, indicated that a total of 36 positions were eliminated between Texas A&M University in College Station; Texas Tech University in Lubboc

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College Forward

APRIL 15, 2024

As soon as Missy heard about the opportunity to be a College Possible Chicago coach, she thought to herself, “That’s exactly what I want.” Missy recently graduated from DePaul University with a psychology degree, hoping to one day become a school counselor. But first, she wanted to gain some experience with students, and as a college access coach working with juniors at Lake View High School this year, she’s getting just that.

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University Business

APRIL 15, 2024

Former Calvin University President Wiebe Boer has filed a federal lawsuit in the Western District of Michigan U.S. District Court. In the lawsuit, Boer claims his former employer rushed him to resign, didn’t allow him proper legal protections, unduly harmed his reputation and even racially discriminated against his wife, Joanna Boer, who is Black.

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The Guardian Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as ‘a series of broken promises’. In episode one of this new series from Guardian Australia, Full Story co-host Jane Lee and reporter Matilda Boseley sort through these broken promises, investigating why young people are living in a time of such economic strain.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 15, 2024

Republicans Find a Scapegoat for the FAFSA Mess Katherine Knott Mon, 04/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Calls for the ouster of Richard Cordray, head of the agency that developed and launched the troubled student-aid application, are growing louder. How did he become the conservatives’ culprit of choice?

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University Business

APRIL 15, 2024

College leaders, their lobbyists, and their donors have been nursing for months a low-simmering anxiety about what a second Donald Trump term would mean for their institutions. As much as state, local, and campus leaders want to believe they are autonomous from Washington’s reach, that’s merely a myth. While colleges and universities tend to be liberal enclaves positioned as safe spaces away from Trumpism and welcoming to edicts from Democratic administrations, that has long made them a favorite

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 15, 2024

Republicans are likely to approve a proposed state budget for Kansas with provisions aimed at forcing the state's Democratic governor to restrict diversity initiatives on college campuses and help Texas in its fight with the Biden administration over border security. GOP negotiators for the state House and Senate have agreed to include those items in a single bill containing the bulk of the $25 billion in spending for Kansas' 2025 budget year, which begins July 1.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

As the U.S. veers into another major election year, some higher education scholars predict that issues related to the ivory tower will inevitably take center stage. Timely issues such as student debt and the current onslaught against various progressive social and cultural ideals — matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), race/ethnicity, and identity, among others — will be topics of discussion for President Joe Biden, who is likely to have another faceoff with the presumptive Republic

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