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New Report Suggests How, Why to Promote Collegiate Civic Learning

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Common App Launches 2024-25 Direct Admissions Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Wake Up, Academia: The AI Revolution Waits for No One

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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RAVEN JAMES

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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AMY MAST

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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 University Guide 2025 – the rankings

The Guardian Higher Education

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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Harvard Professors Protest Restrictions on Protests—With Chalk

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Report: Adult online learners are money-motivated. Are your programs supporting their career goals?

University Business

Online programs are gaining as much— if not more —clout than colleges’ and universities’ on-campus offerings, and a new report from Risepoint shows this can’t be more true for adult learners and first-generation students. Of the 3,460 people surveyed who are seeking to enroll, currently enrolled or have graduated from an online program within the last 12 months, 90% believe the quality of an online degree is comparable to or better than an on-campus diploma.

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Israeli Universities Closed Amid Nationwide Strike

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Best UK universities for animal science & agriculture – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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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Edward Waters U Heads to Trial for Unrecognizing Faculty Union

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Beyond the Culture Wars: The Real Story of State Policy and College Campuses

Higher Education Today

“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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Common App Expands Direct Admissions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Freshman classes provide glimpse of affirmative action ruling’s impact on colleges

University Business

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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Western Governors Acquires Platform for Enabling Apprenticeships

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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

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Should college endowments be taxed?

University Business

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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3 ResLife RA Quick Tips for Building Digital Community

Roompact

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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Guardian University Guide 2025: find your subject

The Guardian Higher Education

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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Skillsoft Percipio training platform is now live, explore the new features

CU Work-Life Balance

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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Richard Leeson obituary

The Guardian Higher Education

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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CCS Celebrate its 6th Consecutive Year on the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society Transfer Honor Roll

College for Creative Study

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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How to use the Guardian University Guide 2025

The Guardian Higher Education

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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New Survey Examines Student Perspectives on Campus Protests

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Best UK universities for politics – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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

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Federal Judge Halts Biden’s Debt Relief Plan Before It’s Finalized

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Best UK universities for languages & linguistics – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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

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President moves: 2 leaders serving 30+ years are calling it a job well done

University Business

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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Best UK universities for anatomy and physiology – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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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What caused 60 US universities to arrest protesting students while many more did not?

Higher Education Inquirer

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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Best UK universities for medicine – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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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Best UK universities for law – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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

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Best UK universities for sociology & social policy – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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

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Best UK universities for pharmacy & pharmacology – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

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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Best UK universities for anthropology & archaeology – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

The study of what it is to be human and learning from the past through physical remains Continue reading.

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Best UK universities for animation & game design – league table

The Guardian Higher Education

Learn how to design, write and engineer interactive experiences. Includes 2D, 3D and stop motion Continue reading.