Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Two UCLA alumni have pledged $10 million over a five-year period to their alma mater. The money will go toward creating endowed chairs and supporting research opportunities at the school’s Institute of American Cultures (IAC) and its four ethnic studies research centers. Morgan and Helen Chu Karen Umemoto/UCLA Asian American Studies Center This pledge – the largest gift made to the institute since its founding in 1969 – came from Morgan and Helen Chu, two UCLA graduates who have historic ties to

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Cornell and Vanderbilt Universities both announced this week that they will extend the test-optional admissions policies they adopted during the pandemic. Cornell’s extension is short term, applying only to the next application cycle, while Vanderbilt’s forestalls a permanent decision for three more years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Women’s wrestling may become the 91st NCAA championship sport in 2026. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics voted at its Feb. 7 meeting to recommend Divisions I, II, and III sponsor legislation to add a national collegiate women's wrestling championship. The association-wide committee oversees the Emerging Sports for Women program, which includes women's wrestling.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Florida Atlantic Board Chair Resigns Amid Stalled Search Josh Moody Fri, 02/09/2024 - 03:00 AM FAU’s search for a new president started in January 2023, but state officials suspended it in July, alleging missteps. Today the process remains stuck in limbo.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dr. Safiya George has been appointed president of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). George will be sixth to preside over the university, succeeding President Dr. David Hall in August. Dr. Safiya George "Becoming a president has been a longstanding dream and goal for many reasons, including my love for interdisciplinary engagement and my keen ability to foster collaboration and productivity among scholars, students, staff, and others from different disciplines,” said George.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Professors Cautious of Tools to Detect AI-Generated Writing Lauren.Coffey@… Fri, 02/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Mixed performance by AI-detector tools leaves academics with no clear answers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dr. Morakinyo Kuti has been named president of his alma mater, Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. Dr. Morakinyo A.O. Kuti “I stand here today as a symbol of our collective successes,” Kuti said during remarks. “I intend to make the board very proud of this decision.” Kuti becomes the 10th president in the Central State’s history. He served as the vice president for research and economic development and director of land-grant programs and as its associate provost for research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Paula Polglase Paula Polglase has been named director of the Office of Alumni Relations at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She served as executive director of the JMU Alumni Association. Polglase holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s in college student personnel administration from James Madison University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

California Bill Raises Hopes for 4-Year Nursing Programs at 2-Year Colleges Sara Weissman Fri, 02/09/2024 - 03:00 AM A new state Senate bill would permit community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Dr. Johannah B. Williams Johannah Williams has been named vice president of academic affairs and workforce development at Nashville State Community College in Tennessee. Williams holds a master’s in management and leadership from Western Governors University, and a master’s in CIS from Alcorn State University, and a Ph.D. in higher education administration from the University of Southern Mississippi.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The University of California and California State University systems will both extend their deadlines for student commitments from May 1 to May 15, the latest—and largest—institutions to do so after FAFSA delays forced many universities to re-evaluate their admissions timelines.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Less than one year after graduating from Porter and Chester Trade School, Chris Bousquet became an HVAC apprentice and hasn’t looked back. He’s one of millions, as according to a Pew Research study, the amount of students between the ages of 18 and 24 enrolled in college has decreased by 1.2 million since its peak in 2011. According to the most recent U.S. census, one million of them are men.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Texas A&M University will close its campus in Qatar by 2028, ending a 21-year partnership with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, run by the Qatari government. The A&M Board of Regents voted to shutter the campus in a 7-to-1 vote Thursday, citing regional instability in the Middle East and a desire to focus on the system’s stateside campuses.

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

What does the future of AI-based technology hold? We’re doing a little experiment, specifically with the AI chat-bot, ChatGPT. This post is part of a series where we ask ChatGPT interesting, unusual, or just plain fun questions related to residence life and college student housing. All answers were generated by the AI. At the end.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

5 Strategies for Better Supporting Multilingual Learners Melissa Ezarik Fri, 02/09/2024 - 03:00 AM At community colleges and four-year institutions, faculty and staff members should take steps to help English language learners develop a sense of belonging that builds on their strengths to promote success.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s leader announced plans Thursday to wind down 20 academic offerings, spanning from bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and physics to graduate programs in nursing and mathematics. The final program cuts come about two weeks after UNCG unveiled recommendations to discontinue 19 course offerings, minors, bachelor’s degrees and graduate programs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

PEN America released a list of state bills that the free speech organization considers “dangerous” for higher education because they attempt to limit speech and other forms of expression on college campuses.

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Higher Education Education 88

AIFS Abroad

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Whether you’re an Agriculture major or just need to fulfill a class requirement, why not take those types of classes as you study abroad? Here are a few of our fantastic study abroad locations that offer classes in, or related to, Agriculture: 1. Perth, Australia Perth, Australia Perth , Western Australia’s dynamic capital city, has an impressive a population of over 2.5 million and is an incredible destination for studying abroad.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Davidson College has suspended its chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity due to hazing that occurred during the spring 2023 semester, The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday. Sigma Phi Epsilon’s national organization has also revoked the chapter’s charter.

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CU Work-Life Balance

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Life is a complex brew that takes time and patience, persistence and some detailed know-how — and like a good cup of tea, everyone prefers their retirement their way. For many, retirement is a time of renewed focus on family, personal passions or adventure, and the path to get there is just as unique as your desired retirement lifestyle. No one can tell you exactly how to concoct your ideal retirement, but you can learn the best methods to stir together the ingredients to manage your retirement

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College Forward

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When Teo was in high school, he knew that college would be in his future. It was the “how”— the actual steps of preparing for the ACT, applying for scholarships and choosing a school — that was less clear. “As a first-gen student, I wanted to break that barrier and attend college,” says Teo, “College Possible empowered me by giving me access to coaching that could otherwise cost thousands of dollars.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

How much did Troy University, where I teach, spend on DEI? Zero dollars. Yet Troy enrolled 4,421 blacks in 2022—almost 32% of its student population. Instead of feeding bloated DEI bureaucrats on Troy’s campus, the school actively recruits international students from across the world to our small town in southeast Alabama—hence our nickname “Alabama’s International University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Niusha Jones, assistant professor of marketing at Boise State University, discusses the qualities behind the Super Bowl commercials that become our favorites.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted Thursday to end its contract with the foundation that funds the system flagship’s branch campus in Qatar, effectively ending the 20-year-old program. The vote to end the contract with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, means the school will start winding down the Doha campus over the next four years before officially closing its doors.

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Education IT 52

Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Facing a projected $177 million budget deficit, UA administrators are working on a recovery plan amid sharp criticism from the governor and others. Officials presented a rough outline of that plan to the university community Monday, following a special meeting last week of the Arizona Board of Regents and a scathing letter from Democratic governor Katie Hobbs, who said the financial crisis showed a “lack of accountability, transparency, and … leadership.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In 2014, the father-son team of Joel Best and Eric Best published The Student Loan Mess: How Good Intentions Created a Trillion Dollar Problem. Their argument was that rising student loan debt posed a major social and economic problem in the United States, exceeding $1 trillion at the time of publication (predicted to reach $2 trillion by 2020). This "mess" resulted from a series of well-intentioned but flawed policies that focused on different aspects of the issue in isolation, ultimately creat

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