Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

When Bill de Blasio placed universal Pre-K at the forefront of his New York City mayoral campaign in 2013, he signaled a commitment to expanding educational opportunities for all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Currently, full-day pre-K with support for teachers and quality standards is available for free for any family with 4-year-olds.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

The new classification evaluates the effectiveness of higher education institutions’ leadership programming. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has unrolled the new Carnegie Elective Classification for Leadership for Public Purpose. It’s designed to recognize institutions with leadership initiatives that benefit the collective public good, including justice, equity, diversity and liberty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

Ronald Mason Jr. will be honored with the 2024 Marie Fielder Medal for Social Transformation, present by Fielding Graduate University at the Fielding convocation on July 10. Ronald Mason Jr. The Marie Fielder Medal for Social Transformation is an annual signature award bestowed by the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Social Innovation, recognizing lifetime achievements toward supporting educational access and success.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

Get ready for chaos in a post-Chevron world, Jon Fansmith writes. Last Thursday, while providing a federal policy update to an audience of campus attorneys at the National Association of College and University Attorneys annual meeting, I was asked what I thought would happen if the Supreme Court overturned its decades-old Chevron doctrine (as it was widely expected to do).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

Julio Galindo Julio Galindo has been appointed executive director of college advancement at Mohave Community College. He served as chief of diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging and senior executive director of institutional advancement at Mesalands Community College. Galindo holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MPA from the City University of New York at Baruch College.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

Indiana University lost over $1.3 million on the star-studded event it organized to celebrate the solar eclipse in April, Indiana Public Media reported based on information gained through a public records request.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

Crystal Churchwell Evans Crystal Churchwell Evans has been named vice president of development and alumni affairs at Fisk University. She served as director of development for Frist Art Museum. Evans is a graduate of Wellesley College and Vanderbilt University, Owen Graduate School of Management.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

Bryan Cook wants to study how the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling is affecting diversity in higher ed. It’s proven more difficult than he bargained for. Saturday marked one year since the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions in the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill ruling.

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University Business

JULY 2, 2024

Educators on the cutting edge of generative AI and its application in the classroom are discovering fascinating new ways to assess learning, uprooting centuries-old reading- and writing-based assessments as more and more students employ ChatGPT and related tools. “Any language-based assessment or any language-based discipline is going to be affected, [including] lab reports, research papers and speech writing,” says Mike Kentz, founder of AI For Schools, an AI literacy training consu

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

Clarks Summit University is closing in the fall, officials announced Monday. The small Baptist college in eastern Pennsylvania had already furloughed all its employees for the summer and faced scrutiny from its accreditor over fiscal management.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JULY 2, 2024

Leveraging a University’s Brand Identity as a Key Differentiator in Online Higher Education Online learning blossomed at the turn of the millennium. It experienced a slow but steady rise over the next 20 years, with 1 in 4 college students taking at least one online class by 2012 and more than half of students taking online classes by 2022 after the pandemic hastened the trend, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

A Utah State University Eastern staff member who didn’t show up for work for more than two years was still paid over $157,000 in salary and benefits while his administrator friends covered for him, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. The newspaper said the employee was living with one of the administrators.

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Roompact

JULY 2, 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

JULY 2, 2024

California state legislators agreed on a $297.9 billion spending plan for 2024–25 that includes cuts for the University of California and California State University systems’ budgets but spares funding for California Community Colleges. Lawmakers have also safeguarded funding for the Middle-Class Scholarship for the next year. The bill attempts to plug a $47 billion deficit in the state budget, which funds the fifth-largest economy in the world.

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University Business

JULY 2, 2024

Drexel University’s proposed merger with Salus University, a small, private health sciences university based in Elkins Park, has been approved by the institutions’ accrediting agency, Drexel’s president said Monday. “As of July 1, Salus academic units — with the exception of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, which will remain a standalone college — will begin the transition process to fully merge into Drexel’s colleges by next summer,” John Fry wrote in a message to both campus communities,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

The American Academy of Art College, a for-profit art school in downtown Chicago, is closing, Crain’s Chicago Business reported.

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Gray Associates

JULY 2, 2024

A surge in international student enrollment is revitalizing US higher education, with numbers soaring in 2023 to mark the fastest growth in four decades. Beyond the impressive totals, new markets are emerging while traditional ones decline. Explore the shifting dynamics, highlighting the rise of Indian students and the decline of Chinese enrollments, and uncover unexpected new sources of student demand.

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Higher Education Education 59

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

Discover innovative ways key stakeholders are working to ensure postsecondary education remains a powerful driver of both economic and noneconomic value in Inside Higher Ed’s newest compilation, “Redefining Value in Higher Education: Prioritizing Equitable Access and Economic Mobility Over Selectivity.

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Higher Education Education 61

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 2, 2024

Students at SACHA Think Tank ideas launch. Photo credit: Daniel Hooper-Jones and Isaure Echivard, SACHA In this blog, SACHA staff members, Aidan Tracey and Emma Taylor discuss three common group dynamics and share key takeaways on effective teamwork. This post belongs to June-July Hot Topic series: Students as Change Agents (SACHA). Working in a group can be a challenge – we’ve all experienced, at one time or another, moments of frustration of working in a team environment.

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PUC

JULY 2, 2024

PUC offers a variety of scholarships and some are given specifically to incoming freshmen. If you are attending PUC this fall, here are four scholarships you might qualify for. Out-of-State Scholarship ($1,500-$4,000) To those of you who live outside California, you automatically receive a scholarship of $1,500! You may get a scholarship of up to $4,000 if you meet the qualifications for a Cal Grant and would receive one if you were a state resident.

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University Business

JULY 2, 2024

Mary Meeker has written her first report in over four years, focused on the relationship between artificial intelligence and U.S. higher education. Meeker’s annual “Internet Trends” reports were among Silicon Valley’s most cited and consumed documents. Meeker argues that the U.S. has wrested the AI lead from China, and that key to staying ahead is for tech and universities to treat each other as partners, rather than as obstacles.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 2, 2024

11 Features of a Reliable, Robust, and Secure Transport Management System for Higher Education Institutions admin Tue, 07/02/2024 - 06:39 Higher education institutions provide high-quality education, cutting-edge infrastructure, highly educated and experienced faculty, and bright students. Transportation has gained a lot in importance due to increased student safety threats.

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University Business

JULY 2, 2024

As part of a $2.75 billion class action settlement struck in May 2024 between former student-athletes and several dozen universities involved in big-time sports, schools will be allowed to pay future players with something more than scholarships. They can give them cash. That’s about all we know. The rest is uncharted territory. There are many more questions than answers.

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ISA Journal

JULY 2, 2024

If you are planning on studying abroad, you are also planning on taking thousands of photos of the things you are experiencing: the places, the people, the food—the list goes on.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 2, 2024

I suggest Bower, Broadbent, Coussens and Enticott receive an Ig Nobel Prize for their paper "Elevated ceiling heights reduce the cognitive performance of higher-education students during exams". The researchers found the higher the ceiling, the worse students do in exams. This is based on analysis of 15,400 exam results at three Australian campuses over eight years.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 2, 2024

After the justices struck down a 40-year precedent last week, experts warn of chaos for higher education amid doubts about the future of Title IX and gainful employment, among other policies. Over the last 16 years, presidential administrations of both parties have wielded the power of the Education Department not to just carry out congressional legislative directives but also to make their own policies—reshaping the federal government’s role in higher education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 2, 2024

In this episode, we review the findings of the 2024 State of Higher Education Report, presented by Dr. Courtney Brown of Lumina Foundation. Dr. Brown shares eye-opening insights on the evolving demographics of college students, the growing crisis of students stopping out, and the persistent barriers to enrollment and completion. Key takeaways: - Understand the shifting profile of today's college students, with 60% working and one-third having children. - Learn about the primary barriers to enrol

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2024

One of the unmitigatedly Black customs of America’s July 4 celebration has become the intentional circulation of Frederick Douglass’ “ What to the Slave is the 4th of July? ” speech. It is a custom that was ‘woke’ before the term became a political football for right-wing provocateurs hellbent on extending the culture wars in perpetuity. Circulating the speech amongst Black social networks has been a ritual rite of passage for those sending and receiving the speech.

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