Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Dr. Ruha Benjamin, a transdisciplinary scholar at Princeton University, and Dr. Jericho Brown, a poetry professor at Emory University, are among the academicians who were awarded a “genius grant” by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation earlier this week. Dr. Jericho Brown The 22 fellows will each receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend however they want.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 2, 2024

All the essay prompts for the Common App ask you to provide evidence of how you have grown during your high school years. One particular prompt, the personal growth prompt, makes this request more explicit. Here you are asked to look at your personal circumstances or point of view and then provide evidence on how you have changed due to some accomplishment, event, or realization.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The underrepresentation of Black and Latinx physicians has profound implications for our communities and the medical profession itself, as it perpetuates health disparities and limits the perspectives that shape patient care. The journey from aspiration to achievement for many aspiring doctors is fraught with obstacles, leading to a punctured pipeline that often fails to nurture talent from diverse backgrounds.To mend this pipeline, we must first confront the barriers faced by these communities

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The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Polly Graham , Indiana University Bloomington J. Wesley Erwin, III , Indiana University Bloomington Keywords: Pedagogy, Relationship-Rich Education, Engaged Learning Key Statement: Meaningful teaching and learning should include evidence-based, relationship-rich education tailored to respective contexts. Background and Relevance In their 2023 book, Connections Are Everything: A College Student’s Guide to Relationship Education , Leo Lambert, Peter Felten, Isis Artze-Vega, and Oscar Miranda T

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

NASA has awarded the University of Houston $1.2 million to grow diversity initiatives in STEM and aerospace-related engineering fields and address barriers to access and success for historically underserved and underrepresented students. "Partnership for Inclusivity in Engineering Education and Research for Space" also known as PIE 2 RS, is a collaboration between UH, UH – Clear Lake, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, the Boeing Company and the Greater Houston Partnership.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Congress Can End the College Hunger Crisis Elizabeth Redden Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM Mildred García and John B. King, Jr. write that complex rules for accessing federal SNAP benefits leave too many students hungry. Byline(s) Mildred García John B. King Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A $2.2 million National Institutes of Health grant has been awarded to researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences and the Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Mexico to explore the link between infertility and long-term health issues among Hispanic women of Mexican heritage. Dr. Leslie Farland According to experts, Hispanic women are up to 70% more likely to experience infertility than white women, yet little is known about their long-term health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Dr. Ansley Booker has been named the inaugural Penny and Jim Coulter 1982 Executive Director of Dartmouth NEXT, a university-wide initiative at Dartmouth College aimed at expanding opportunities for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Dr. Ansley Booker Dartmouth NEXT was launched with a historic $100 million goal to diversify the STEM pipeline by creating opportunities for students to pursue careers in the sciences.

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2024

North Dakota has become the most recent state to join the Complete College America Alliance, a bipartisan effort aiming to increase national postsecondary attainment rates. Alaska, Delaware, Nebraska, North Carolina and Iowa remain the only states without a higher education system in the alliance since it began in January 2010. With think tanks debunking recent narratives around higher education’s declining value, and reports asserting that 73% of the U.S. workforce will require a postse

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AIFS Abroad

OCTOBER 2, 2024

AIFS Abroad is committed to sustainability, environmental responsibility, and climate action. As part of our Green Initiative , we are proud to offer the Green Ambassador Scholarship to participants who share our passion for creating a greener future. AIFS Abroad Green Ambassador scholarship recipients are expected to collaborate with their on-site staff to plan and execute at least one “green” event during their program.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

‘Genius’ Grant Announcement Dampened by Conflict Over War kathryn.palmer… Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM One recipient of the 2024 MacArthur Foundation award derided Princeton for not publicizing the pro-Palestinian comments she made when asked her reaction to getting the coveted call.

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Higher Education Whisperer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Greetings from the University of Canberra where Dr Celeste Coltman just pitched on better fitting armour for soldiers. This was at First Wednesday.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Our Comprehensive, Inconclusive Diversity Database Liam Knox Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM We compiled colleges’ first-year demographics in an interactive database to track how they changed after the affirmative action ban. Draw conclusions at your own risk.

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Terminalfour

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Effectively marketing STEM programs is all about showcasing real opportunities, highlighting career paths and cutting-edge research, and creating engaging stories to inspire young and prospective students. This week, we look at examples of different marketing strategies for STEM courses.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Listen: The Role of Mentorship on Student Success, Belonging Ashley Mowreader Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear about how one university looks to support student thriving and engagement through intentional development of faculty and staff members to serve as mentors.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Image credit: A blend of previous posts’ images with Karl Marx escaping the (Medieval) Metrics Matrix – generated using DALL-E and mixed with Photopea by the author and numerous unacknowledged art and data workers. In this post, Dr Vassilis Galanos continues his exploration of metrics, arguing that the passive acceptance of a metrics-oriented culture is what feeds, establishes, and normalises hype and high adoption rates of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) machinery.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Making Employment Agreements for Success Elizabeth Redden Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM It’s more important than ever that faculty members be thoughtful about and understand the functions and limits of academic contracts, writes Peter F. Lake. Byline(s) Peter F.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Related links: Higher Education Inquirer: Wealth and Want Part 3: Dispossession, Inequality, Underfunding, and Debt Wealth and Want Part 1: Multi-Billion Dollar Endowments A People's History of Higher Education in the US

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The pending sale of Goddard College’s campus has been called off after the buyers were unable to secure finances to complete the acquisition, Seven Days reported.

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NACADA

OCTOBER 2, 2024

We guide our students by asking thought-provoking questions like: What are your short-term and long-term goals? What subjects or areas light your passion? And how do you see yourself growing outside of academics? Well, it’s time to turn the tables! We’re flipping these questions back to YOU! When was the last time you paused and really reflected on your short-term and long-term goals?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

S&P Optimistic About Community College Financial Trends Sara Weissman Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Sara Weissman

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Alabama college and university enrollment is trending upward again this year, according to preliminary data from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. University enrollment increased 2.4% in 2024 from last year and community college enrollment went up 12.7%. And an increasing number of Alabama high school students are attending school in-state.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Two University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni have donated $60 million to name the master of finance program, which welcomed its first cohort of students in August, the university announced Tuesday.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The most recent update to the Sweet v Cardona Borrower Defense to Repayment case is here. This video was taped September 26, 2024.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Court Rules U of Maryland Must Host Student Events on Oct. 7 jessica.blake@… Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM Administrators had banned Students for Justice in Palestine from hosting a prayer vigil, which a federal judge ruled was “neither viewpoint- nor content-neutral.

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Penn State removed nearly 35 newsstands belonging to The Daily Collegian Sept. 20. This was just the most recent attack on the free press at Penn State and colleges across the United States. University newspapers akin to their counterparts outside the school must be fully financially, editorially and legally independent of the entities for which they are meant to report on.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The U.S. Started Investigating a Professor’s Pro-Palestine Speech. Then She Was Fired. Ryan Quinn Wed, 10/02/2024 - 03:00 AM The Office for Civil Rights said it didn’t ask for the firing as part of a probe into how Muhlenberg College handled complaints related to a professor who allegedly made “pro-Hamas statements.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

[Editor's Note: This article first appeared at BryanAlexander.org.] What happens to higher education if Trump wins November’s election? We’ve been exploring this question over the past year, including months of reading, analysis, reflection, and conversation about Project 2025 might mean for higher education. Today I’d like to sum up what we found. The book, Mandate for Leadership, addresses academia directly on multiple levels.

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