Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

We, the undersigned, strongly support California State Senate Bill 1348: Black-Serving Institution Program, which would create California's first Minority Serving Institutional designation. Senator Steven Bradford, 35th California State Senate District, authored this legislation. This designation, called a Black-Serving Institution (BSI), would recognize institutions that have enrollment and a demonstrated commitment to serving Black students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

The university recorded Larry Chavis’s class without his consent for a professional review. Last week he was told his contract would not be renewed. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not renew the contract of a professor whose classes they recorded without his permission, university media relations director Beth Lutz confirmed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact is an excellent book that answers the question, what does it take to succeed as a Black professional in higher education leadership? Comprising 18 different authors, this text shares effective leadership principles and practices for new and seasoned Black professionals, common but unique racial problems that Black higher education professionals face, and rich examples of both wisdom and warning for naviga

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

A Furman University professor who administrators have been investigating for his involvement in the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville has been fired, according to WSPA, a CBS affiliate in South Carolina.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

The City University of New York has agreed to conduct more training for diversity officers and individuals who investigate discrimination complaints, according to an agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights. William C. Thompson Jr. “The Board of Trustees of the City University of New York believes in the dignity of all human beings and stands united against bigotry or hate of any kind on our campuses,” said Board of Trustees Chairman William C.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

The institutions stand to lose $20 million if the governor’s current budget proposal passes. The college’s leaders are hopeful their advocacy can stave off the cut. New Jersey community college leaders are pushing back against a possible 12 percent state funding cut in Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed budget. Last year, the state’s 18 community colleges received an additional $20 million to offset rising employee healthcare costs, a sum they now risk losing if the current version of the proposed

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

The University of Michigan has entered into a resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to register its commitment to compliance with Title VI of the of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Catherine E. Lhamon Complaints arose about the university’s responses to allegations of discrimination or harassment, including based on shared Jewish ancestry and shared Palestinian or Muslim ancestry.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

Jeremy Singer, who is currently the president of College Board, has been named to lead the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) overall strategy, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Jeremy Singer “Jeremy brings deep experience having successfully led the development and introduction of major technology innovations in education, which will be integral to improving the FAFSA experience and ensuring millions of students and families can easily access the federal financial ai

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), one of the largest academic groups investigating misinformation, is pledging to continue its work following multiple reports of it slashing its staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

New Jersey Council of County Colleges members fear Gov. Phil Murphy is planning to cut about $20 million in state funding to community colleges. Dr. Aaron Fichtner Educators, college administrators and students say the governor’s proposed FY25 budget reduction — flat funding from FY24 — could negatively affect students and the higher education community.

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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

The University of North Florida is bucking declining college enrollment trends in higher education, and John Kantner, University of North Florida senior associate provost of faculty and research, credits some of this growth to its focus on continuing education (CE) programs. “One thing we’re very focused on is that UNF will be Jacksonville’s life-long learning provider,” Kantner told The Florida Times-Union.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted Friday morning to dissolve the university Senate, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported.

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Roompact

JUNE 17, 2024

I am going to go ahead and preemptively start this post off with a small disclaimer/apology: I will try as hard as I possibly can to say all of this with complete sincerity, while also hopefully not sounding too much like the “you need to wear more flair” manager. During my time as an undergraduate.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

A majority of student success directors, administrators and advisers say artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify students in need of support, but almost no institutions are creating streamlined approaches to use AI technology, a new report finds.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 17, 2024

Leveraging Organizational Development and Design to Future-Proof Your Institution Imagine yourself as an architect for your higher education institution, tasked with creating a structure that not only figures prominently in a busy skyline of peers but also persists — and thrives — through environmental change, challenge, and transformation. Perhaps, historically, your institution has excelled at providing traditional, in-person programs across core academic areas.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

The University of Rochester has received a $50 million gift from entrepreneur B. Thomas Golisano, the college announced Thursday.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 17, 2024

Greetings from Canberra Innovation Network where Emily-Rose Srbinovska & Stuart Russell from Austbrokers Canberra are talking on insurance for startups. This dry sounding topic is being made exciting by the passion of the presenters. As they point out startups are seen as high risk by insurers resulting in higher premiums.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

Alverno College’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to declare financial exigency, an emergency step that

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

Most IT leaders understand the importance of modernizing their applications and data, but they have struggled to get started and map out the right process. According to a 2023 report from the IBM Institute for Business Value, 83 percent of North American IT executives say modernizing applications and data is central to the strategy of their organizations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Ann Melissa Campbell, Clement T. and Sylvia H. Hanson Family Chair in Manufacturing Productivity and professor of business analytics at the University of Iowa, explores how to make parking easier for delivery drivers.

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Campus Sonar

JUNE 17, 2024

With the demographic shift and many other changes happening on higher ed campuses, leveraging graduate enrollment as a campus growth opportunity is top of mind for many. Before you begin development, it’s critical to think through how to build competitive graduate programs and understand how to effectively recruit and retain graduate students. Graduate enrollment and marketing experts Keith Ramsdell (Vice President for Enrollment Marketing, Ashland University) and Shane Baglini (Senior Director

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

The University of Nairobi’s new chancellor says the continent has vast potential – but to realise the promise of AI and green jobs, rich countries must honour their commitments Africa has all the potential to meet pressing climate challenges with innovative solutions, according to one of the world’s renowned environmentalists. With its vast natural capital and youthful population, “this is Africa’s century,” according to Prof Patrick Verkooijen, chief executive of the Global Center on Adaptation

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College Forward

JUNE 17, 2024

Cheers to New Chapters, College Possible Minnesota’s annual year-end gathering in June, celebrates the successes of the past academic year and features a College Possible student alumni panel. Ranging in age and experience, the panelists recount their proudest college moments and reflected on the ripple effects that getting a college education has had on their families and communities.

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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

At the start of the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education quickly enacted emergency regulations allowing students to continue with their education online —a revolutionary development that provided a lifeline to institutions and students alike. Schools around the country seized the opportunity, pivoting to online asynchronous programs even for hands-on occupations like nursing, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cosmetology, barbering, and esthetics that some believed could never be taught remotely

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 17, 2024

For several years I have been one of a large team teaching project management to computer students. The ANU Techlauncher Program continues to gain in popularity, and we are in need of more projects for more students due to start their studies in the next few weeks. The project can be something from a small business, startup, large corporation, government agency, or a not-for-profit.

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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

Alverno College’s Board of Trustees has declared a financial emergency and is cutting one-third of its majors and one-quarter of its graduate programs, the school announced Friday. Kathy Hudson, chair of the board, said the moves would “ultimately position Alverno College for a more financially sustainable future.” She added: “We remain dedicated to providing students a transformational education experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

This week marks 12 years since the Obama administration established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program in June 2012. But time and continued high levels of migration have hardened U.S. migrant policies. Joe Biden The program temporarily delayed the deportation of people without documentation who came to the U.S. as children; it also gave those individuals an opportunity to renew their DACA status and work authorization requests.

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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

The gap between Penn State University’s sprawling main campus and its 20 branches can be measured these days in ways more personal and profound than highway miles. Stung by double-­digit enrollment losses, the branch campuses and their students are about to lose 10% of their faculty and staff to buyouts starting this month. Those employees helped bring a flagship public education at less-than-main-campus prices to locales in or around New Kensington, McKeesport, Uniontown, Monaca and Shenango in

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University Business

JUNE 17, 2024

In late May, so close to high school’s finish line that she could almost taste it, Amiya Roberts was seized by momentary terror. Dreaming ahead to college in the fall, the Reynolds High School senior logged into her Portland State University freshman profile and found notifications that she had been approved for a $5,500 loan and to pay $4,000 from earnings in a work-study position.

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