Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

The latest attack on efforts to support diversity comes in the form of a lawsuit targeting Northwestern University’s law school. The suit accuses the school’s faculty and administration of snubbing high-profile white male applicants. The 30-page complaint gets so many facts wrong that it is difficult to know where to begin. Since the plaintiffs decided to make the “high-demand, low-supply field” of tax law an example, I’d like to acknowledge one undeniably true statement: there are very few mino

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

College Network to Nurture Rural Students Set to Expand Susan H. Greenberg Wed, 07/24/2024 - 03:00 AM Last summer 16 institutions formed the STARS network to open their doors to more rural and small-town students. Now, thanks to a generous donation, it’s doubling in size.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

Dr. Constance Meadors Constance Meadors has been named director of the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium and NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Program. She served as associate director of the consortium. Meadors holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Grambling State University as well as a master’s in applied science and a Ph.D. in engineering science and systems from the University of Arkansas Little Rock.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

A group of five higher education organizations sent a letter Tuesday to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona recommending the Department of Education push back the release date for next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid to Dec. 1.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 24, 2024

Greetings from "AI and Other Scientific Fables" at the ANU School of Cybernetics. We have tech storytellers exploring how AI is changing our lives. Note that the term "Cybernetics." is used in a more social was in this school, than the way the computing profession understands it, as being about technical control systems. The first reading was by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker of "Campfire".

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

Hamline University in Minnesota has reached a settlement with a former adjunct art history instructor whose contract was not renewed after she faced backlash for showing art depicting Muhammad, the prophet of the Islamic faith, in class,

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PUC

JULY 24, 2024

From 2001-2006, Nathan Tasker was the flight center director for the aviation department at Pacific Union College. Now, after 18 years of being away, he returns to his old job. Nathan was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, but calls the remote town Port Augusta in the deserts of South Australia the closest thing to his hometown since he lived there for a decade in his adult years.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

The recent Gallup/Lumina Foundation poll, The State of Higher Education 2024 , underscores Americans’ growing lack of confidence in higher education. When Gallup first measured confidence in higher education in 2015, those who said they had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence were at 57%. The current survey clocks this at 36%. For all the focus that institutions have placed on conveying the long-term value of a degree and its success as a vehicle for social mobility (all true), the m

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

Uncertainty Abounds at Annual Business Officers’ Conference Susan H. Greenberg Wed, 07/24/2024 - 03:00 AM Discussion at this year’s NACUBO conference centered on higher ed’s battered reputation and the looming threats of more campus protests and election unrest in the fall.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 24, 2024

By: John Garcia, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development The U.S. Department of Education (Department), under the leadership of U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible higher education system. As part of that commitment, the Department has developed various tools and Continue Reading The post Unveiling New Tools for Educators, School Counselors and Advisors: Enhance College Decision-

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

The End of the Road mprutter@mit.edu Wed, 07/24/2024 - 03:00 AM How literature can illuminate a president’s decision to forgo re-election and unmask the complexities of aging and betrayal and manipulation in politics.

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Roompact

JULY 24, 2024

Soooo…if anyone knows how to slow down time, now would be the time for you to utilize those talents. I mean it is already July which means it’s basically August and it feels like tomorrow we will be officially welcoming our students back to our campuses. While I know we cannot slow down time, I.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

A Better Approach to Searches for Successful College Presidents Sarah Bray Wed, 07/24/2024 - 03:00 AM David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler encourage colleges to think beyond the model they often use, highlighting some problematic assumptions and practices. Byline(s) David Wippman Glenn C.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JULY 24, 2024

In this blog post, Charlie Farley talks to Mayu Ishimoto, an undergraduate student who worked as an Open Content Curator intern with the OER Service over the summer of 2023, and published the open textbook Birds of Midlothian as one of her summer projects.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

Daniel Greenstein has announced he will be stepping down as chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) in October. Greenstein has been in the role since September 2018, after previously leading the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s work on postsecondary education and serving as vice provost for academic planning and programs for the University of California.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JULY 24, 2024

Image from Birds of Midlothian Poster, Mayu Ishimoto, the University of Edinburgh, 2023, CC BY-SA 4.0. In this blog post, Charlie Farley talks to Mayu Ishimoto, an undergraduate student who worked as an Open Content Curator intern with the OER Service over the summer of 2023, and published the open textbook Birds of Midlothian as one of her summer projects.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

Listen: How Digital Applications Help Students’ Mental Health, and What We Don’t Know Ashley Mowreader Wed, 07/24/2024 - 03:00 AM In the latest Voices of Student Success episode, hear about the rise of mental health applications for college students and the need for research and outcomes data for better decision-making for leaders.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 24, 2024

5 Strategies for Improving University Library Management Services admin Wed, 07/24/2024 - 17:17 According to recent studies, improving student learning experiences globally requires efficient administration of university libraries. Library automation solutions are becoming essential for improving instructional resources and optimizing operations in higher education institutions as they work to satisfy changing student needs.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 24, 2024

It appears that the University of Idaho continues to spend money on the possibility that it (or the State of Idaho) may buy the University of Phoenix from Apollo Global Management. According to Kevin Richert at Idaho Ed News, the University of Idaho has already spent $14.2 million on this purchase, with the chance of a money back guarantee. Over the last year, University of President C.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 24, 2024

Learning Outcome Based Curriculum Framework: Best Practices and Case Studies in Higher Education editor Wed, 07/24/2024 - 08:24 Learning Management Software Header Menu White 1NoneFooter base 1Blog Style 1Right Team CreatrixOff Overview of Learning Outcome-Based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) Overview of Learning Outcome-Based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) By coordinating curriculum with a set of expectations, talents, and skills, the Learning Outcome-Based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) transforms high

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

Even after the exams and papers are done, students at New Hampshire’s community colleges have sometimes faced another headache: credit transfers. Across the state’s public higher education systems, not all completed courses at a community college are helpful for a given degree at a public four-year college or university. A student pursuing an engineering degree, for instance, might learn too late that the algebra-based physics course they took in community college is less useful toward their fou

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

For the past several years, the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice (CSJ) has been bringing together crucial voices and perspectives to positively impact Black life in American society. And its impact on social issues has been dramatic, say scholars who add that the need for a social justice think tank, particularly with a focus on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is critically important.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

Small polyester tents — orange, green, blue — stretched across the grassy quad. Makeshift wooden signs and banners dotted the encampment. Sleeping bags and coolers were scattered on the ground. The scene resembled one that cropped up across the United States this past spring, when pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up camp at dozens of colleges and universities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

The Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to partially lift a district court’s injunction that is preventing the Education Department from enforcing its new Title IX rule in six states.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

Some private and public sector employers are eliminating college degree requirements for certain jobs, at a time when many Americans are questionning the value of higher education, a new survey shows. The shift reflects how more hiring managers are prioritizing skills over education, evaluating candidates based on their abilities and practical experience, instead of the degrees they hold.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

‘Don’t Miss’: Does Academic Freedom Excuse Offensive Posts About Assassination Attempts? Ryan Quinn Wed, 07/24/2024 - 03:00 AM The response to the Trump rally shooting showed that the 2024 election social media conflagrations have begun. Whether academic freedom should protect such statements is debatable.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

The proliferation of AI innovations in higher education presents significant benefits for improved efficiency and enhanced learning opportunities, such as improved experiential learning, personalized assistance or tutoring for students and making complex subjects more accessible, among other advantages. However, with reward comes risk. AI raises concerns about data privacy, students and employees being subject to discrimination or bias, and uncertain legal and regulatory environments for college

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

The fall of affirmative action and political push to close DEI offices are forcing more colleges and universities to reexamine how they can support a diverse student body without running into state compliance trouble. Lottery admissions might be a solution, a report by Acuity Insights suggests. Lottery admissions introduce an “element of randomness” into the applicant selection process.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

It’s been an unpredictable month in the world of politics. For college leaders, the one piece of news that might be most relevant is the possibility of a Kamala Harris presidency after President Joe Biden announced the end of his 2024 bid. How might Harris approach higher education if she wins this year’s election? Who is Kamala Harris? The Biden-Harris administration has strengthened Title IX and championed student loan forgiveness.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

The Republican Party has a long wish list of things it hopes to change about American schools. High on it is abolishing the U.S. Education Department and establishing a national “Parents’ Bill of Rights” to give conservatives more control over what their children learn. But members of the GOP are not all on the same page about how a Republican president should go about reforming the country’s education system.

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