Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

New York state lawmakers are considering ways to lengthen the state’s roll of volunteer first responders with higher education tuition waivers as incentives. Jeremy A. Cooney The state has experienced a growing shortage in emergency medical service providers, including volunteers, due partly to difficulties recruiting and low pay. New York experienced a 17.5% decline in active EMS workers, from over 40,000 in 2019 to only 33,000 in 2022, reported New York State Comptroller Thomas P.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

California Bill Would Create ‘Black-Serving Institution’ Designation Sara Weissman Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Some lawmakers and higher ed leaders in California want a state-level designation highlighting colleges and universities serving Black students well.

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MAY 28, 2024

To be identified as a bellwether among community colleges is no small feat, but that is precisely why the Community College Futures Assembly continues to draw high-performing teams annually to compete for the Bellwether and Legacy Awards. The Bellwether College Consortium issued a call for program submissions last summer, and 38 finalists representing 21 states and 34 community colleges scored highest above their respective competitors to vie for either award.

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MAY 28, 2024

The FAFSA Fiasco’s Forgotten Students Liam Knox Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM The botched rollout of the federal aid form has affected current students as much as incoming first-years. Some feel abandoned amidst the scramble to help applicants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Free community college is part of a $58 billion budget recently approved by the Massachusetts State Senate for Fiscal Year 2025. Michael J. Rodrigues “Tuition free Community College impacts individuals most in need and whom otherwise would not be afforded this opportunity,” said Sen. Michael J. Rodrigues, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.

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MAY 28, 2024

Legislation Guarantees Mental Health Withdrawal in Maryland Johanna Alonso Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM University leave-of-absence policies have been under scrutiny for how they handle mental health emergencies. Maryland lawmakers hope a new bill will help.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

New research, led by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), dives into questions of postsecondary value and equity. Mamie Voight “By unpacking the nuances of value delivery across different contexts, this research strengthens the evidence-base showing that college is worth the investment. It also can inform policymakers and institutions about targeted strategies to improve the returns on postsecondary education for all students,” said IHEP President Mamie Voight.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Harvard University plans to implement a policy of institutional neutrality, meaning it will not weigh in on public matters that do not affect the university’s core function. Dr. Alison Simmons The university announced the policy following a report, “ Report on Institutional Voice in the University, ” issued by its Open Inquiry and Constructive Dialogue Working Group.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

More than 200 colleges and universities are now home to varsity teams in the field of competitive video gaming. With growing interest in esports, many are looking to develop their club and varsity programs to attract potential students. At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, for example, competitive video gaming is proving to be a powerful tool for recruitment and retention.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Dr. Tyrone Jackson Tyrone Jackson has been named president of Southeast Arkansas College. He serves as president at Mississippi Delta Community College. Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in education from Delta State University.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

About half the students who got in touch skip lectures, with many ‘disappointed’ with the experience and others forced to prioritise paid work Frances, 19, from Newcastle, had been looking forward to starting a design degree at the university of Northumbria last autumn. By the end of her first semester, however, she had major doubts about having made the right choice.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

The University of South Dakota, East Hall. University of South Dakota The South Dakota Board of Regents instated a new policy this year that effectively prohibits the use of gender pronouns and other affiliations by the state’s public university faculty and staff members. The Board of Regents policy on “ communications and branding ," which creates standards and expectations for institutional communications and brand management.

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University Business

MAY 28, 2024

College athletics may never be the same after the NCAA voted on a landmark settlement that will pay out former Division I athletes over the last 10 years and that allows schools to share their athletics revenue with their athletes. It’s a move that protects the NCAA from losing a U.S. district court case in California, House v. NCAA, which would have required the governing body to pay up over $4 billion, an amount that could have potentially spelled its end.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Michael Scales Michael Scales has been named vice president of the Division of Business Services for the University of Pennsylvania. He serves as the associate vice president for business services at Temple University. Scales holds a master’s in higher education administration from The Ohio State University.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Tory policy would be funded by scrapping courses with high drop-out rates and low job progression Rishi Sunak has promised to create 100,000 high-skilled apprenticeships a year by scrapping “rip-off degrees” if he wins the general election. In the latest of a flurry of announcements as the Conservatives try to narrow Labour’s 20-point poll lead, the party pledged to replace “low-quality” university degrees with apprenticeships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

The Lansing School of Nursing at Bellarmine University now offers a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program. Dr. Chriss Webb The master’s degree program is expected to help address a shortage in mental health providers with nurse practitioner training to provide psychiatric evaluations and treatment. “By creating the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program, we can help close the gap of provider shortages and expand outreach and treatment to those who need it, improving

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University Business

MAY 28, 2024

The field of educational therapy has been gaining more visibility in recent years, with articles in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal spotlighting the growing field. While often confused with related yet different terms such as psychotherapy and educational psychology, educational therapy has been helping neurotypical and neurodiverse students manage learning challenges, build on their strengths, advocate for themselves and succeed academically for decades.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

Why work defines us. The literature on finding balance in life may advise Americans to work to live rather than live to work. But the fact is that most Americans locate their identity in their work. It’s not an accident that the question most Americans ask when they meet someone new is: “What do you do?” For many Americans, work provides a sense of purpose, accomplishment and identity.

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AIFS Abroad

MAY 28, 2024

A study abroad program can be a life-changing experience, and even more so when you add an international internship into the mix! Just ask Luka, a college student from Fairfield University who is majoring in International Business and Finance. He has been spending his spring semester doing a Study + Internship program in the dynamic city of Sydney, Australia through AIFS Abroad.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

Positive Partnership: Streamlining and Speeding Up Transfer Completion Ashley Mowreader Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM A partnership between George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College promotes timely degree completion among two-year college students through a seamless transfer process with guaranteed admission.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

The result has been an increase in fixed costs to pay for vast building programmes and administrative overheads, writes Norman Gowar Zoe Williams’ article ( A generation of students is being ripped off – and our blood should be boiling, 20 May ) shows that what is happening in our universities was entirely predictable following the government’s misguided attempt to marketise them.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

Higher Ed and ‘Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm’ joshua.m.kim@d… Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Climate change and the eight most interesting colleges and universities in the U.S.

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MAY 28, 2024

Summertime in education (but not the good kind where you get summer off) presents many opportunities during the break. Although the campus might be quieter during these months, it also poses a challenge in deciding how best to use our time. Should we rest and recuperate from the academic year’s demands, or should we plan.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

The Case Against Any Divestment, Ever Elizabeth Redden Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Campus leaders should resist all demands for divestment, Bruce A. Kimball and Sarah M. Iler write. Byline(s) Bruce A. Kimball Sarah M.

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Higher Education Whisperer

MAY 28, 2024

Dr Yossi Matias, Head of Google Research Greetings from the Australian National University in Canberra where Yossi Matias, Head of Google Research is visiting to talk about their work. One example is Google's flood and fire information for the public. I first came on Google's work in this area 10 years at an unconference at ANU.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

Delaware College of Art and Design is closing in the coming weeks, due to financial challenges driven by declining enrollment, rising costs and “unexpected issues with the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid,” officials announced last week.

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CIP

MAY 28, 2024

In this video, Carina Clendenin, Advisor at CIP Long Beach Center, breaks down 7 practical EF tips and tools for mastering your skills and strategies! Brought to you by CIP, the Autism Professionals! Enjoy!

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

Times Higher Education (Inside Higher Ed’s parent company), NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and Common Purpose, an online learning platform, today launched a new International Education Professional Certificate (IEPC) program. The 12-module online course aims to help participants build the skills identified in NAFSA’s International Education Professional Competencies 2.0.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

Those struggling to pay debts include students from overseas who have seen the value of their currency crash Hundreds of students at the University of Sussex have been warned they may be unable to graduate or re-register for the next academic year if they fail to pay outstanding debts. Those affected include students from Nigeria and Iran who have been struggling to pay their fees after the value of their currencies crashed.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Sophia Tintori, postdoctoral associate in the biology department at New York University, heads to Chernobyl to examine what worms can teach us about carcinogen exposure or chemotherapy.

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MAY 28, 2024

By Michael Shattock Editor’s note: Michael Shattock is the guru of governance studies in HE; SRHE Blog is delighted to bring you his invitation to researchers in HE to expand their work in governance – a definitive statement about the many contributions that governance research can make to our understanding of higher education. Introduction Higher Education Studies is not an academic discipline like History, Politics or Sociology but falls naturally within Marginson’s definition of it as a

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 28, 2024

High school graduation rates for young Black men have improved in the last decade — since 2012, U.S. graduation rates increased overall by 4%, while Black students saw a 14% increase in graduation. But there is work to be done to close the achievement gap between them and their white and Asian American counterparts. The best solution to help young Black males find and stay on the path to lifelong opportunities is simple: love.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 28, 2024

The 2024 Teaching Awards winners (Photo credit: EUSA) In this blog Callum Paterson, Academic Engagement & Policy Coordinator at the Students’ Association, shares details about the final two categories in this years’ Teaching Awards: Outstanding Commitment to Social Justice and Sustainability, and the new Sabbatical Officers’ Student Voice Award.

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eLiterate

MAY 28, 2024

e-Literate is excited to unveil the AI Learning Design Assistant (ALDA) Design/Build Workshop series , a pioneering initiative that brings together a diverse group of colleges and universities to collaboratively tackle the pressing challenges of learning design. This initiative extends beyond standard prompt engineering techniques, inviting participants to participate in co-designing a functioning AI application that we will build and refine throughout the series.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 28, 2024

Delaware College of Art and Design is closing in the coming weeks, due to financial challenges driven by declining enrollment, rising costs and “unexpected issues with the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid,” officials announced last week.

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MAY 28, 2024

The Music Club at Pacific Union College is a modern revival of the Musical Arts Symposium, which was a club that ran until around 2013-2014. The club is open to anyone, musician or not. Leila Beltran is happy to take up the mantle of being this year’s Music Club president. “We wanted it to be a space where people who enjoy music, whether by listening to it, creating it, arranging it, or anything else, can hang out with other music lovers,” said Leila.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 28, 2024

In this two-part series, Drumm dives into the complex challenges faced by university presidents and higher education leaders in driving transformative change. Our guests F. Joseph Merlino and Deborah Pomeroy share their insights and experiences, shedding light on the four primary quandaries that leaders must navigate to ensure successful transformational teacher preparation programs for their institutions.

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