Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Dr. Christopher B. Davis has been named the 14th president of LeMoyne-Owen College. Dr. Christopher B. Davis “I’m elated, I’m excited, I’m overjoyed about this tremendous opportunity,” said Davis. “I’m looking forward to joining our faculty, our staff, our students, our alum, our trustees, our well-wishers as we continue doing the great work that we have been doing for the past 162 years.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
Giving an F for Recording Classes, Even for Students With Disabilities Ryan Quinn Wed, 07/10/2024 - 03:00 AM A UCLA professor whose classroom hosts contentious debates says she’ll fail any student who records. She says it’s a matter of academic freedom. But does federal law allow it?
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Dr. Mary Ann Villarreal has been appointed vice president in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). She will focus on advancing equity and student success efforts in service to undergraduate populations and academic excellence. Dr. Mary Ann Villarrea “AAC&U won over my scholar and practitioner heart the first time I attended the annual meeting as a graduate student,” said Villarreal.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
AI Taking Root in Growing Number of Agriculture Programs Lauren.Coffey@… Wed, 07/10/2024 - 03:00 AM Embracing the technology could not only boost food production but also prepare students for fast-changing jobs.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
It has been nearly four years since a report revealed that 6.6 million Americans who had attended college but didn’t graduate might have “stranded credits” — academic credits they had earned but could not use at another college because institutions were holding transcripts as collateral over unpaid balances. The report led to an immediate uproar. Some institutions forgave all or part of the debts or released transcripts.
University Business
JULY 10, 2024
Small- to mid-sized colleges that lack brand power are finding themselves at a deeper recruiting disadvantage than large state schools and high-profile private universities. Adelphi University in New York and others, however, are strengthening their pre-college summer programs to get prospective students on campus and enrolled in the fall semester. These summer programs provide high schoolers with a low-stakes environment to test drive a major in a campus setting.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Veterans who did not personally use their Post-9/11 GI Bill (PGIB) benefits earned $1,700 less annually than those who did, according to an interagency study on how enlisted veterans used benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-operated education program. That is after accounting for factors such as academic preparation, military rank, and military occupation.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Women of Color Education Collaborative (WOCEC), a new nonprofit organization, has sprung up to address the lack of diversity among K-12 superintendents in the nation. Education Week has reported that only around 3% of American K-12 superintendents are women of color while 54% of students nationwide are diverse. The diversity of the educator leadership workforce has not kept pace with the growing diversity of our classrooms, and this presents an array of challenges, including a lack of represe
Roompact
JULY 10, 2024
Residence Life training programs have been under a microscope for the past decade, trying to evolve and seek out what is most effective at helping onboard staff members into critical roles within our halls. The biggest shift is understanding how to create a better balance to prevent burnout within the process. However, there are additional.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Dr. Angela W. Peters Angela W. Peters has been appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Voorhees University. She served as chief academic officer and provost and vice president of academic affairs at Albany (Georgia) State University. Peters holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry from Hampton University and a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
Success Program Launch: Building a Transfer Center Ashley Mowreader Wed, 07/10/2024 - 03:00 AM Georgia State and the National Institute for Student Success reorganized personnel and established a new workflow at the university to improve the transfer process.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Dr. Charletta Barringer-Brown A former Southside Virginia Community College administrator is alleging discrimination as a reason she was fired from her position. Dr. Charletta Barringer-Brown recently filed a federal lawsuit in Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond, reports Cardinal News. The suit seeking monetary damages includes claims that she was fired because she was the only Black female administrator at the school and was treated differently from her white colleagues.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
Drake University and Des Moines Area Community College are locked in a legal battle over the letter “D.” The community college rebranded last year, changing its logo to a simple, block-style “D.” Drake, a nearby private university, also uses the letter as its logo and took issue with the shift.
University Business
JULY 10, 2024
The College has suspended Beta Alpha Omega fraternity and Alpha Phi sorority following the death of Won Jang ’26, College spokesperson Jana Barnello wrote in an email statement to The Dartmouth. According to past reporting by The Dartmouth, Jang, a member of Beta, attended a joint social event with the two Greek organizations on Saturday evening. Authorities recovered Jang’s body from the Connecticut River on July 7.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
International student visas for residents of India and other South Asian countries looking to study in the U.S. have been subject to especially long processing delays this year, endangering international enrollments for the fall.
University Business
JULY 10, 2024
Date & Time: Wednesday, July 24th at 12pm ET Register now for the live airing. Higher ed budgets are complex and only becoming more challenging, due to the continuing effects of the pandemic, demographic changes, declining appropriations, and other trends. It is increasingly important that institutions diversify their sources of revenue beyond tuition and fees and government funding.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
The New Hall Monitor Elizabeth Redden Wed, 07/10/2024 - 12:10 PM David Galef considers the privacy implications of logging on to his university’s Wi-Fi network.
The Humphrey Group
JULY 10, 2024
Many of us weren’t taught the essential skills needed to cultivate and maintain healthy relationships. Growing up, the models we observed for handling conflict often involved authoritative demands for quick apologies, which prioritized immediate resolution over true understanding, or advice to simply avoid conflict by not making a fuss, which, while avoiding immediate discomfort, does not address root causes or facilitate the healing of underlying issues.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
3 More Tips for Faculty Members New to Administrative Roles marylchurchill… Wed, 07/10/2024 - 03:00 AM Navigating culture, structure and systems: advice for new faculty administrators.
University Business
JULY 10, 2024
As Connecticut, like other states, faces a sharp decline in enrollment at its public colleges, one line of argument suggests giving less money to higher education. Fewer students, the reasoning goes, should lead to fewer dollars. Just across the state border, however, Connecticut’s northern neighbor has embraced the exact opposite approach. In Massachusetts, officials have responded to an enrollment crisis at public universities with significant new spending, including a program that makes
Higher Education Inquirer
JULY 10, 2024
The Higher Education Inquirer has just received a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response from the US Department of Education, stating that about 971,000 current student loan debtors have accumulated an estimated $21.6 billion in debt. The FOIA is Department of Education FOIA 23-02912-F. These numbers are consistent with previous HEI analysis. We have been unable to learn whether this accumulated debt includes the hundreds of millions in debt that has already been forgiven--and that its prese
University Business
JULY 10, 2024
Two central Iowa schools are pitted against each other in a legal battle over trademarks. Des Moines’ Drake University, while citing an opinion from a costumed “Santa Claus,” is suing Des Moines Area Community College in federal court over the latter’s recent rebranding effort. DMACC’s marketing features a single-character logo of the letter ‘D’ in a block-style font that’s similar to that used by Drake for the past 122 years.
The Guardian Higher Education
JULY 10, 2024
Officials at Nottingham and Birmingham can evict student activists after judge ruled human rights were not affected Two universities in the UK have been permitted to clear student encampments from their campuses, after a judge said protesters had “no prospect” of showing that their human rights would be affected. Nottingham and Birmingham universities had sought to remove the student encampments – set up in May to protest Israel’s invasion of Gaza – but faced objections from students that their
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education are suing the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights for dismissing a complaint against the University of Pennsylvania, in which the Brandeis Center alleged that Penn had fostered a hostile environment for Jewish students on its campus before and after the onset of the Israel-Hamas war last October.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
New York University has reached a settlement with three students who sued the institution last fall, claiming they had experienced “pervasive acts of hatred, discrimination, harassment, and intimidation” since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war in October, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JULY 10, 2024
House Republicans Advance 2 Contested Antisemitism Bills jessica.blake@… Wed, 07/10/2024 - 03:00 AM While backers say the proposals will help protect students from discrimination, Democrats and higher ed advocates say they’re aimed at punishing elite universities and international students.
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