Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Juan J. Castillo has been named the Acting President of Texas A&M International University in Laredo, effective immediately. Castillo, who has served as the Vice President for Finance and Administration at TAMIU since 2008, will oversee the university’s operations following the unexpected passing of President Pablo Arenaz. Juan J. Castillo Castillo brings more than 30 years of management experience, having held key roles in both higher education and the corporate sector.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A new report shows institutions are turning away from beleaguered online program managers en masse. Is it the end of the road for a once-thriving sector? Colleges’ interest in partnering with outside companies to run their online programs has plummeted, according to newly released data from market researcher Validated Insights.

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Roompact

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In this episode of Roompact’s RA Chat, Crystal is joined by Brooks Hetle, Associate Director of Residence Life at North Dakota State University and current President of the UMR-ACUHO region. Join them as they unravel the myths surrounding introverts and their leadership potential, with Brooks sharing invaluable insights on how to care for yourself and recharge while juggling a student staff position full of social interactions and activities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since last Oct. 7, several institutions have pledged to refrain from speaking on political and social issues. But what does it mean for a university to go neutral? In the two weeks after George Floyd’s 2020 murder, more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities issued statements mentioning his name, according to a joint report from associations representing student affairs administrators and diversity officers.

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University Business

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Brenda H. almost didn’t make it to her first day of college. She tried to apply for financial aid through the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) four times, but encountered glitch after glitch—including a widespread bug that impacted students whose parents or spouses don’t have Social Security numbers. Brenda’s parents are both undocumented, which is why Brenda requested we keep their last name out of this story.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Erie County community members begged for a community college in their area. In fall 2021, they got one. How’s the upstart faring several years later? When Erie County Community College first launched three years ago, the upstart Pennsylvania institution had two offices for its six employees and rented out classrooms on the third floor of an old Catholic high school.

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University Business

OCTOBER 10, 2024

An antitrust lawsuit filed this week accuses some of America’s wealthiest colleges and universities of overcharging students with divorced or separated parents. The federal class action that landed Monday in Illinois district court says 40 private colleges – including Harvard University, Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University – conspired to keep prices high for students with “noncustodial parents.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I have never met someone who has received a scholarship and taken it for granted. Most scholarship recipients jump for joy because not only do they receive money to pay for their education, they are given the opportunity to grow in academics, personality, and experience. Scholarships Make a Difference By providing funds for tuition and other expenses, financial aid helps students like me avoid accumulating significant debt.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A guest post by James DeVaney. Over the last 18 months, I’ve been spending multiple hours a day immersed in generative AI tools, exploring their capabilities, limitations and potential impact. In my role at the University of Michigan, I’m continually thinking about how these and other tools can and should shape our colleagues’ work and the communities we serve.

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University Business

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Corporations routinely seek counsel from law firms to conduct internal investigations when confronted with potential wrongdoing, controversy or scandal. These investigations can benefit corporations in a myriad of ways: establishing a comprehensive account of what happened to assess the company’s potential legal exposure, making appropriate recommendations to remedy and mitigate potential issues, memorializing the company’s response and promoting a culture of transparency and compliance.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The partnerships that drive knowledge economies are expanding to include a variety of institutions, businesses and geographies as the need to find new solutions to global problems becomes more urgent. Innovation districts—traditionally created through collaborations between cities, industry and research universities—are evolving to keep pace with rapid advancements in technology and an increasing need for social impact.

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Higher Education Whisperer

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Last week, Professor Genevieve Bell, the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University announced an ANU realignment: Renew ANU, to address budget pressures. Many Australian universities, and those in other countries, are experiencing similar pressures. This is to suggest some ways changes could be implemented to improve the education delivery by universities generally.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Brown University will not divest from 10 companies with ties to Israel’s military, the university announced Wednesday.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Higher Education Inquirer has published a number of articles on robocolleges, robostudents, and robowork, noting that the University of Phoenix has been a pioneer in the evolution of making humans more machine-like (or in science fiction terms, cyborgs). This is an evolution that spans more than a century, with Frederick Taylor and his Scientific Management of Work and Clayton Christensen's Theory of Disruptive Innovation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Ohio State University is giving students Election Day off—at least mostly—as part of a pilot program.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Ambow Education is at it again, pumping up its stock with another edtech business deal. This time, they sent out a press release that a Singapore company called Inspiring Futures has reached a $1.3M deal for licensing Ambow's 3D learning platform HybriU. Shares of AMBO soared more than 200 percent on the news. In April, Ambow appeared at the ASU+GSV conference to pitch its latest technology.

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NACADA

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If you have ever attended a NACADA annual conference, you know it is easy to get lost in the amount of great sessions and networking opportunities throughout the conference. A great way to prepare for your time at the conferences is by using the NACADA Interactive Schedule Planner. The interactive schedule planner (live now!) will allow you to look at the abstracts for each preconference, conference, exhibitor, and poster session as well as the other important meetings and conference highlights!

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SRHE

OCTOBER 10, 2024

by Héctor Ríos-Jara Governments across the globe are increasingly adopting student debt cancellation or forgiveness policies. Recent proposals in the US, Chile, and Colombia have reignited discussions about the student loan crisis and the need for alternative funding solutions in higher education. But why are governments pursuing these policies, and what does it mean to cancel student debt?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

After a tense assembly meeting Tuesday, the University of Michigan’s student government voted to restore funding for campus clubs and organizations, which had been paused for months in protest of Israel’s war in Gaza, The New York Times reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Over the next two years, Dr. John A. Nunes is determined to strengthen the foundation of California Lutheran University and increase its ability to meet the needs of students from underserved populations. Since his two-year appointment as interim president began on June 1, 2024, Nunes has immersed himself in the life of the university. He has over 40 years of experience in faith-based, nonprofit leadership, stating that his work as a college administrator is guided by his Lutheran faith.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A professor at the University of Kansas is on leave after a video of his classroom comments from earlier this year went viral on social media. The controversial account LibsofTikTok posted a video of the unnamed professor criticizing men who refuse to vote for a female candidate “because they don’t think females are smart enough to be president.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm Lunch will be served. Free and open to all.25 West 43rd Street, 18th floor, New York, NY 10036 (map) *In-person* only in Midtown Manhattan. REGISTER: [link] Join us for a conversation with Alex N. Press, staff writer at Jacobin magazine and Edward Ongweso Jr., senior researcher at Security in Context and a co-host of the podcast This Machine Kills; moderated by New Labor Forum Editor-at-Large Micah Uetricht.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Saginaw Valley State University has about 7,000 students – and Trump won Michigan in 2016 by only 11,000 votes So few students wanted to join the campus Republican party when Abigail Sefcik began studying at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) that she was rapidly voted in as its president. “The group was only four or five people. Nobody else wanted to do it,” she said.

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