Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Complete College America argues that for higher education, protecting democracy is tied to making colleges accessible and boosting completion. Amid a tense and polarized election cycle, conversations about higher education’s role in democracy have been bubbling, spurring a renewed focus on civic engagement and constructive discourse.
University Business
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
What makes a college or university best for international students? There are five key conditions that create more supportive environments for students trying to acclimate themselves to life on a U.S. campus, according to rankings posted by Colleges of Distinction, a college search firm. Those conditions cross the college-going spectrum, “from recruitment and arrival to academic success and career development,” the list contends.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Oregon State University graduate student workers went on strike this week to push for raises and to keep shorter union contracts. Their union president says the institution continues to refuse demands for raises while also pushing for a longer contract—something that would lock in the university’s lower offers for longer.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The challenges facing higher education are complex but well-known. In 2023, ransomware attacks against institutions of higher learning grew by a whopping 70% from the prior year. Other studies done over the same time period showed a growing dissatisfaction among university employees — everyone from professors to IT staff, many of whom have already left for other fields.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid is on track to launch ahead of its Dec. 1 deadline, Education Department officials announced on a press call Thursday afternoon, likely around Nov. 22—though the officials said they couldn’t confirm an exact date.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of technological solutions enabling digital communication led to a massive increase in distance learning. The pandemic displaced approximately 1.2 billion students in 186 countries from their classrooms in 2020. While many of those students have since returned to in-person learning, the popularity of distance learning continues to climb at a compound annual growth rate of over 9% per year.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary is aiming to disrupt the National Institutes of Health, which sends billions to universities for research. President-elect Trump’s decision to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a spreader of debunked theories on the supposed harms of vaccines, to lead the sprawling Department of Health and Human Services has raised alarm among academics.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Global survey finds that 41 percent of institutions reported fewer international postgraduate students in this year’s intake compared to 2023. Clampdowns on international student visas across some of the biggest higher education markets are having a clear impact on recruitment, according to a new report.
CAPD
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
You have found a great opportunity. You have your resume set, your cover letter is the best you have ever written, and right as you go to submit your application you see it: Please enter your GPA. What do you do? You just started at MIT and you don’t have a GPA… at least not from the Institute, yet. The blessing of P/NR in your fall semester is great, but can add some confounds to your application processes.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
As always, these things are complicated. Don’t trust anyone who says otherwise. I should disclose what some folks call one’s “priors” when it comes to the notion of institutional neutrality as applied to our colleges and universities. I don’t get it. I mean, I get it. I understand what people mean when they invoke the term, but I don’t know how it’s workable in today’s world.
Higher Education Inquirer
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The American Bar Association is creating a pathway for law schools to request an exemption from the organization’s standardized testing requirement. The law school accreditor’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar voted to create a “variance” allowing individual law schools to apply for permission to bypass its current LSAT or GRE admissions requirement.
University Business
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
When the Supreme Court struck down race-based admissions at American colleges and universities just over a year ago, many predicted U.S. campuses would become much less diverse. But in part due to students who decide not to disclose their race or ethnicity, coupled with universities’ selective use of statistics, it is not clear how much the decision has affected diversity on campus.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
An artful new documentary sheds new light even for those familiar with the infamous experiment, Scott McLemee writes. The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth—a limited series that just premiered on the National Geographic channel and is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu—represents at least the sixth time the events of 1971 have been portrayed at length onscreen, whether in documentary format or as quasi-fictional drama.
University Business
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
In the span of just over a month, three private colleges and the entire University of Massachusetts system announced it would begin free tuition programs to attract students to their schools. But why now? Competition is part of the reaction, responding to other institutions such as the state’s new free community college program. The expansion of the state financial assistance program MassGrant Plus and the delay of the form for federal aid, also known as the Department of Education’s Free Applic
SRHE
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
by Nic Kipar This blog follows an earlier short review of the literature and is based on the author’s experience in a range of universities. It suggests how working environments might change in practice, with illustrations from the author’s own institution, the University of Glasgow. Introduction In thinking about working environments, the most effective approach is to ask individuals how they work best.
University Business
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Register Now Date & Time: Tuesday, December 10 at 2 p.m. ET Creating a successful online education program isn’t just about adopting the latest technology—it’s about strategically integrating AI, aligning with a cohesive vision, and applying a structured quality framework. In this 30-minute Ed Talk, a chief strategist will unveil her Online Program Quality Framework.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
On World Kindness Day, Jon Alger came by our office to chat about unity dinners, civil discourse and what to expect from Trump redux. Jonathan Alger became American University’s 16th president on July 1, following 12 years at the helm of James Madison University in Virginia. A lawyer by training, he previously served as senior vice president and general counsel at Rutgers University and assistant general counsel at the University of Michigan.
University Business
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The fate of the Department of Education may appear murky since the 2024 election. But there were plenty of other ballot results that will have a clearer impact on higher education systems in several states, including new streams of funding and expanded scholarships. Here’s an overview of how voters are supporting your colleagues in higher ed, with 2024 election results from election tracker Ballotpedia : Arizona Voters raised the spending limit for the state’s—and nation’s—larg
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, has been a vocal advocate for for-profit colleges, pushing back on regulations on the sector.
Higher Education Inquirer
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
The Higher Education Inquirer is seeking whistleblowers who can tell us what is happening in higher education as the Trump Administration takes control over the US Department of Education , Department of Homeland Security , Department of Veterans Affairs , Department of Defense , Department of Labor , the Federal Trade Commission , and other agencies related to higher education and employment.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
In recent years, each new administration has led to significant changes in the rules governing how colleges respond to sexual misconduct. Don’t expect that to change under a second Trump term. Here’s what to know about Trump and Title IX. Just three months before the presidential election, President Biden’s overhaul of the gender equity law known as Title IX went into effect, expanding protections for transgender students and changing how colleges respond to reports of sexual misconduct.
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