Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A new report from the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition reveals from students a waning confidence in democracy and an acute shortfall in opportunities for students to talk with people whose experiences are different from their own. Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva “ Every Student, Every Degree: College Civic Learning for Today's Students and Tomorrow's Democracy ” highlights research showing employers are significantly more likely to hire graduates with the skills and experiences that co

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action Liam Knox Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges are slowly releasing demographic data for the Class of 2028, giving a glimpse of the Supreme Court ruling’s impact on racial diversity. The results are decidedly mixed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Dr. Jenny Rickard First-generation and low and middle-income students interesting in attending college will receive proactive admissions offers through the newly launched 2024-25 Common App Direct Admissions Program. “As we continue to work toward our moonshot goal of increasing the number of low- and middle-income students applying to postsecondary opportunities, it’s imperative that we find ways to change the narrative about college from one of scarcity to one of opportunity,” said Common App

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Wake Up, Academia: The AI Revolution Waits for No One Melissa Ezarik Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Many higher ed institutions are preparing students for a world that no longer exists, arming them with skills that may be obsolete before they even graduate, writes Angela Virtu of American University’s Kogod School of Business—which is ensuring every student will graduate understanding AI holistically.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Raven James Raven James has been named associate director of athletics for external relations, athletic marketing, and senior woman administrator at Manhattan College in New York. She served as the college’s director of basketball operations for the women’s basketball program. James holds a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University in Pennsylvania.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI Sarah Bray Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Patricia Taylor has found using AI takes more time and creates more problems than not if instructors want students to get meaningful feedback on their work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Amy Mast Amy Mast has been named executive director of state board relations for the North Carolina Community College System. She previously served as vice president of learning and development at United Way of Greater Atlanta. Mast holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology/anthropology from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, and an M.Ed. in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Find a course at one of the top universities in the country. Our league tables rank them all subject by subject, as well as by student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects Continue reading.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Five Harvard University professors wielded chalk on campus Tuesday in protest of the institution’s new policy banning chalking and other expressive activities.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of land-based industries, such as farming, countryside management and animal rearing - includes agriculture, forestry, food and beverage studies Continue reading.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Talladega College Leaders Respond to Financial Tumult Sara Weissman Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM The historically Black college has suffered from enrollment declines and mounting debts. Campus leaders say they’re working to restore financial health.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Some selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action in higher education. At other colleges, including Princeton University and Yale University, the share of Black students changed little. Several schools also have seen swings in their numbers of Asian, Hispanic and Native American students, but trends are still murky.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Israeli Universities Closed Amid Nationwide Strike sara.custer@in… Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Large protests across the country disrupted campuses even as they put pressure on Netanyahu’s government after six hostages were found dead.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

A handful of mostly private four-year colleges and universities have massive endowments, measured in the billions of dollars. They have been compared in magnitude to the GDP of many countries. Those funds are invested aggressively to generate the largest possible returns. Critics have labeled these institutions as “hedge funds that have a university.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Common App launched its direct admissions program for the 2024–25 application cycle yesterday with 116 partner institutions in 34 states, up from 71 institutions in 28 states last year, according to a press release from the organization. This is the second year of the Common App’s full-scale direct admissions effort, which it began piloting in 2021.

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Roompact

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Roompact’s “Quick Tips” series highlights ideas and suggestions you can put into your practice as either a professional staff or student staff member working in residence life and education. Click to read more from the series.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Edward Waters University, a historically Black university in Florida, after the university stopped recognizing its faculty union, The Tributary reported. The case goes to trial in November.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

League tables of all subject areas taught at UK universities, and profiles of those subjects Guardian University Guide 2025 - overall table View the full guide How to use the tables Accounting and finance The league table What the subject is about Aerospace engineering The league table What the subject is about Continue reading.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Western Governors Acquires Platform for Enabling Apprenticeships Doug Lederman Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

My husband, Richard Leeson, who has died aged 90, was a gifted linguist, teacher and academic leader who became deputy director of Ealing College of Higher Education, in west London. Dick’s first managerial role was as head of the school of liberal arts at Ealing College of Technology (1971-75). He chaired the Liberal Arts Board of the Council for National Academic Awards, where he was responsible for ensuring both the quality of non-university institutions and their liberal arts programmes.

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CU Work-Life Balance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The Skillsoft upgrade to Percipio is now live. Faculty, staff and students will see significant improvements in user experience, content, learning tools and more. The University of Colorado uses Skillsoft to manage its mandatory and custom training courses as well as providing access to a course library, ebooks, audiobooks and professional certification courses.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Don’t be overwhelmed by the choice on offer – use this guide to help make a selection The 2025 league table View the full guide Welcome to the Guardian University Guide 2025. It’s an expensive decision going to university these days – so you want to make sure it’s worth it. This guide will help you find an option you can afford, that will lead to the job you want – all while having fun and making friends along the way.

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College for Creative Study

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The College for Creative Studies (CCS) has been named to the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society (PTK) transfer honor roll for the sixth consecutive year. PTK has named 228 colleges and universities to its 2024 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support transfer students. “I began my undergraduate studies at a community college before coming to CCS and I remember what an intimidating process it was for me,” recalls Amber Thomas, Director of Transfer and A

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of government and society – political thought, public policy, global politics, institutions and electoral studies Continue reading.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Some 18% of college students on campuses with large protests reported in a new survey that the political climate interfered with their education, compared with 62% who said it did not. Dr. Neil Gross The nationwide survey , administered by SurveyUSA and led by Dr. Neil Gross, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Colby College, examines college students' involvement and opinions surrounding last spring’s antiwar protests encompassing a small percentage (16%) of student participants natio

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of how the human body works – includes anatomy, physiology and pathology, ophthalmics, and aural and oral sciences Continue reading.

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Higher Education Today

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

“There is a lot that state legislatures can do to reverse the illiberal takeover of higher education,” according to the Manhattan Institute in its 2023 issue brief, Abolish DEI Bureaucracies and Restore Colorblind Equality in Public Universities. As the field of play in issues from abortion rules to labor policy and workers’ rights shifts from Capitol Hill to individual statehouses, state.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Includes modern languages from around the world and their literatures, as well as linguistics Continue reading.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Image credit: iStock In this post, Dr Avita Rath explores the topic of emotional labour, and its impact for those working in Higher Education. Avita is a year 3 distance learning student ( MSc Clinical Education ) at Edinburgh Medical School. This post belongs to the Hot Topic theme: Critical insights into contemporary issues in Higher Education. Beyond the “Service Smile” Behind the carefully crafted smiles, the reassuring words, and the meticulously managed demeanour lies a silent toll, a heav

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of criminal legal systems – includes criminology and jurisprudence Continue reading.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Hired Jeannine Diddle Uzzi – Thomas College (Maine) Jeannine Diddle Uzzi, Thomas College Jeannine Diddle Uzzi will become Thomas College’s sixth president beginning Nov. 1. The incoming president joins from Adler University, where she served as vice president of academic affairs. ”I see opportunities to make Thomas a more inclusive community that serves students from all backgrounds—whether they are from Maine or beyond—who are seeking a place where they truly belong,” Uzzi told Main

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of the management and dispensing of medicines (pharmacy), and medicinal drugs and effects on the body (pharmacology) Continue reading.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Just two days after seven states sued to block the Biden administration’s new effort to relieve debt for nearly 28 million student loan borrowers, a federal judge in Georgia

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of political, economic and social problems and the policy responses to them Continue reading.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

According to a Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression ( FIRE) database, out of 258 US universities that had encampments protesting the US-backed mass slaughter of women and children in Gaza, only 60 schools resorted to arrests. Why did these 60 schools have arrests (and other forms of threat and coercion) while others did not? There appear to be few obvious answers (and measurable variables) to accurately explain this multi-layered phenomenon, something the media have largely ignored.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of pre-clinical medicine and clinical medicine to maintain health, diagnose and treat disease in order to become a doctor Continue reading.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The study of the rules, standards and methods involved in recording financial information within organisations Continue reading.

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