Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is planning to debut its Center for Enlightened Disagreement to address challenges in navigating differences to drive change and encourage critical thinking in solving pressing problems. Dr. Francesca Cornelli “Kellogg and Northwestern are deeply committed to addressing the growing barriers to discourse that hinder our progress as a society, not by seeking to eliminate disagreement but by embracing it as a virtue,” said Kellogg Dean Dr.

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The Scholarly Teacher

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Robyn Hartman , Fort Hays State University Linda Feldstein , Fort Hays State University Janet Stramel , Fort Hays State University Key Statement: Ungrading emphasizes formative feedback over summative judgment, promoting intrinsic motivation and student agency. While implementing ungrading requires effort, the benefit to students and teachers is significant.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Rutgers University-Newark chancellor and social psychologist Dr. Nancy E. Cantor will soon embark on a new journey to lead Hunter College, the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Dr. Nancy Cantor Rutgers University - Newark The seasoned higher education leader will become Hunter’s 14th president this summer, adding yet another leadership position onto her already impressive resume.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

How Iowa Student Journalists Saved 2 Small-Town Papers Johanna Alonso Wed, 02/14/2024 - 03:00 AM In what may be the first such acquisition of its kind, the independent student paper at Iowa’s flagship university has purchased two local weekly newspapers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

LOS ANGELES — Standing at the bustling intersection of North Wilmington Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard in Compton on a recent Tuesday morning, Dr. Tyrone Howard was quickly overcome by nostalgia. The prominent UCLA professor remembered the days when he wore a yellow vest and roamed the narrow corridors of Willowbrook Middle School as a proud member of the school’s honor society.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The College Board, the nonprofit that owns and administers the SAT and PSAT as well as AP tests, will pay a $750,000 settlement to the New York State attorney general’s office for illegally sharing and selling students’ personal data collected through its exams.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The City University of New York will be one of the first universities in the nation to designate Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, Lunar New Year, and Diwali as holidays on the official school calendar. William C. Thompson CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez made the announcement following a recent vote by the CUNY Board of Trustees. The measure is effective starting in 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Dr. Margie Lee Margie Lee has been appointed associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Virginia Tech, a master’s and a Ph.D. in medical microbiology from the University of Georgia, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Dr. Irene Mulvey The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has received a grant of over $1.5 million from the Mellon Foundation to examine and confront the surge of political and ideological hostilities against higher education. The AAUP— a Washington, DC-based, nonprofit association of academic professionals led by Dr. Irene Mulvey, a professor of mathematics at Fairfield University — plans to establish the "Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Colleges and universities are always trying to understand how they can best push their students toward higher retention and graduation rates. Still, it’s easy for communication to get crossed between what students want and what leaders believe they should provide. A new report from Anthology studying U.S. colleges and universities points to a telling picture of where the communication streams are mixed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Prairie View A&M University was named among seven colleges and universities and colleges receiving a 2024 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization. Dr. Godlove Fonjweng NAFSA: Association of International Educators recently announced recipients of the award recognizing excellence in integrating international education throughout all facets of university and college campuses.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Parents of Natasha Abrahart hope high court ruling will result in statutory duty of care for students The family of a disabled undergraduate who killed herself on the day of a “truly terrifying” oral exam have won the latest stage of a legal battle to compel universities to take more care of students struggling with their mental health. Natasha Abrahart’s parents and supporters say a ruling by a high court judge against the University of Bristol has implications for the whole higher education se

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The national office of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity has suspended the University of Michigan’s chapter following an alleged hazing incident that was captured on video, MLive reported.

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?” Guest Post by Tamarah Humphreys, Residence Life Professional Call it an RD (Residence Director), an HD (Hall Director), an RC (Residential Coordinator), an HC (Housing Coordinator), a DP (Dorm Parent)…whatever acronym you and your institution.

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Credo Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Credo and the Appalachian College Association (ACA) are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to help build the leadership bench within rural higher education across the country. This customized leadership development program kicks off in the fall for aspiring and established cabinet leaders from rural independent institutions with ACA membership and beyond.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In response to a piece by Gaby Hinsliff, Dr Siân Lawrence says we’re not sliding back to the days of class privilege – we never left them behind Gaby Hinsliff asks if we are sliding back to the days when middle-class children mostly went to university and then into elite careers, while working-class ones mostly did not ( It’s not about ‘woke’ or foreign students – the truth is that UK universities are starved of cash, 6 February ).

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The University of Arizona continues to look for ways to get its financial house in order. The university has been dealing with what leaders have called a "financial crisis" for a few months now. The school has asked academic units to come up with three different plans for cutting their budgets, ranging from 5% to 15%. Layoffs are also on the table. Late last month, Gov.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A Massachusetts judge has dismissed claims that Harvard University was partly liable for the actions of a former employee of the institution’s medical school who stole and sold human remains, CNN reported Tuesday.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

About 150 University of Arizona union members and protesters gathered Monday in front of the administration building to fight layoffs and denounce campus leaders for fiscal mismanagement, warning that some workers are already reporting via a labor survey that they are being laid off. “As of today, we’ve confirmed about 30 layoffs,” Maria Sohn Hasman, the union’s media representative and a UA staff member, told Arizona Luminaria following the “Labor Against Layoffs” protest organized by the Unite

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Donors, including a former trustee, are suing to block Webster University from reclassifying endowment funds to meet the terms of a loan agreement, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Faculty groups and administrators at the University of Nebraska lined up Tuesday to oppose a legislative proposal to end faculty tenure, with many saying it could handicap NU. State Sen. Loren Lippincott said his goal is not to stifle academic freedom but to put benchmarks in place and allow for more transparency. Interim NU President Chris Kabourek, the first person to testify in opposition at the hearing, framed tenure as something NU needed in its “toolbox.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This strategic partnership supports innovation in the Tulane online student experience. Tulane University’s online student experience is poised for enhancement through a strategic partnership with Archer Education to bolster online growth enablement. This collaboration will concentrate on developing Tulane’s internal marketing, enrollment, and retention capabilities, aiming to centralize and strengthen its online operations in-house. “The Tulane faculty have created some specta

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The College Board will have to pay a $750,000 settlement with the New York Attorney General’s Office, which said the organization unlawfully shared students’ personal data with organizations such as colleges and scholarship programs. Attorney General Letitia James’ office said Tuesday that the College Board, a nonprofit that administers the PSAT, SAT and AP tests, shared the data of 237,000 New York students in 2019.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Rebecca Krause-Galoni, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Iowa, says fiction can play a role in helping us see our “shadow selves.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Newark’s effort to gain the power to tax the University of Delaware moved forward Monday, as the city took its boldest step yet toward forcing the university to pay what officials say is its fair share. With dozens of UD students packed into council chambers to protest the measure, council unanimously approved a resolution asking the state legislature to amend Newark’s charter to allow the city to assess a per-student tax on the university.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Mississippi University for Women Announces Another New Name jessica.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released the 2023 Update to its Equity Action Plan in coordination with the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government equity agenda. President Joe Biden The Equity Action Plan is part of ED’s efforts to implement the President’s Executive Order on “ Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government ,” which reaffirmed the Administration’s commitment to deliver equity and build an America in whi

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

AAUP Joins Labor Union Call for Ceasefire in Gaza Ryan Quinn Wed, 02/14/2024 - 03:00 AM “We cannot bomb our way to peace,” the statement from the association of professors says.

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