Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The great-grandson of Reverend Charles Allen Stillman the founder of Stillman Collegeahistorically Black institution in Alabama founded in 1876, has made a $2 million donation to the college. Dr. Charles M. Stillman, and his wife Susan, made the gift to support scholarships, faculty development, academic programs, and campus improvements. The endowments growth will help Stillman College maintain its competitive edge and expand opportunities for students to thrive academically and professionall

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

First Lady Jill Biden announced Monday that shes taught her last class at Northern Virginia Community College after 15 years, The Washington Post reported. NOVA is an institution local to the Washington, D.C., metro region that Biden joined as a professor in 2009 while serving as second lady. Known to her students as Dr. B, the presidents wife has been an educator for 40 years and a longtime community college advocate.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 19, 2024

by Mrton Demeter, Manuel Goyanes, Gerg Hl and Xin Xu The dynamics of Chinese social sciences are shifting rapidly. As policies aim to balance domestic priorities with global integration, the interplay between China’s academic output and its international reception highlights critical challenges and opportunities. In a recent study published in Policy Reviews in Higher Education , we analyzed 8,962 publications by the top 500 most productive China-affiliated scholars in Economics, Education

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Campuses saw as few as a third as many pro-Palestinian protests this semester as they did in the spring, when an unprecedented wave of encampments swept the nation. After an unprecedented spring of pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the United States, the fall semester has been comparatively quiet. The total number of protest actions declined by more than 64percent, from 3,220 to 1,151, according to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, a project by Harvard Universitys John F.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In his latest article, Dr. Drumm McNaughton explores the three pillars of strategic planning in higher education for building institutional sustainability. The article centers around holistic strategic planning, alignment of strategies and structures, and stakeholder engagement - revealing practical insights about transforming institutions through continuous planning and data-driven decision making.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

No one knows for sure, but Inside Higher Ed asked seven experts for their predictions. Two years after generative AI became part of the mainstream lexicon, higher education institutions are still grappling with how to integrate it into their educational missions and campus operations.

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Roompact

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This week, we're featuring the final episode in this year's series of episodes featuring our guest writer cohort. Dustin speaks with Stephanie about her journey refining her supervisory style and building her confidence as a leader, sharing a plethora of great advice and resources!

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Two researchers used AI to generate 288 complete academic finance papers predicting stock returns, complete with plausible theoretical frameworks and citations. Each paper looks legitimate and follows academic conventions. They did this to show how easy it now is to mass produce seemingly credible research. A warning about industrialized academic paper generation becoming reality.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A new report recommends a radical overhaul of Californias public higher education systems, EdSource reported.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

DECEMBER 19, 2024

SAAL aims to routinely share recaps of key assessment conferences through blogs to disseminate our observations that benefit the broader student affairs assessment community. In line with SAALs 2024 strategic priorities, this blog marks the first in a new series that aims to provide consistent, intentional, structured reflections from SAAL leadership on significant trends and takeaways from major assessment conferences.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Some institutions hired away well-known sitting presidents, while others saw their leaders leave amid difficult and dramatic circumstances. Marked by large-scale campus protests, congressional hearings on antisemitism and waning public trust, 2024 was a hard year for college presidents. As with every year, top leaders came and went. Some garnered more attention than others, either because of who they are or the circumstances surrounding their arrival (or departure).

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The vast majority of postsecondary institutions can no longer rely on a relentless stream of new high school graduates to help them meet their enrollment and budget targets, much less prosper and grow. As institutions look to adapt to scarcity in their traditional enrollment pools and build their financial resilience, they must learn how to compete for and serve adult learners.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

After some back-and-forth among board members and university leaders, the Idaho State Board of Education voted unanimously in favor of a resolution to prohibit central offices, policies, procedures, or initiatives dedicated to DEI ideology at the states public universities.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Higher educations approach to technology can be frustrating at times. The arrival of much-hyped technologies to higher ed is often met with a skeptical side-eye, perhaps some cautious optimism without any action or, at most, a single toe dipped into the pool. Colleges and universities are almost never early adopters of new tools, and even with well-established technologies, higher education often lags behind.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Professors looking to build more supportive online learning environments can focus on connection cultivation, trust, personalized communication and community building. Over half (53percent) of U.S. college students were enrolled in at least one online course during the 202223 academic yeara decline from the prior pandemic years but still above pre-pandemic levels (35percent in 201819), according to National Center for Education Statistics data released in January 2024.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This interview with GSV's Michael Moe and former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos reveals commonly held views in edtech circles and trends in US education at all levels. The key words in their free-market ideology are freedom, school choice, and change. DeVos says that the traditional educational system in the US has been unresponsive, adding that all of these changes that she has proposed in education are "best for the kids.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A new book is attempting to hold officials at some of the nations top colleges accountable as concerns over plagiarism among academics at schools like Harvard University mount. Harvard hired an independent panel to investigate its then-president Claudine Gay, who was accused of plagiarism by a political scientist. The allegation involved Gays Ph.D. thesis which led to her appointment as the schools top official.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A proposed plan to fund the government through mid-March also includes sweeping legislation that would reauthorize the nations main workforce development law, which includes funding for a community college job training grant.

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Ed.gov Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By: Mireya Garcia, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education All students deserve to grow up in communities that foster their success through strong family and community support systems to prepare them for academic success in college, career and beyond. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education awarded $6.9 million to 7 grantees across 6 states Continue Reading The post Education Awards nearly $7 million for Promise Neighborhoods grants appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The editor and co-founder of IHE looks back on four decades of higher education journalism. In his final days in the Inside Higher Ed newsroom, editor and co-founder Doug Lederman sits down with editor in chief Sara Custer to reflect on a 40-year career in higher education in a new episode of The Key, Inside Higher Eds news and analysis podcast. Lederman talks about what kept him up at night in the early years of Inside Higher Ed and what big breaks came along to help establish it as a trusted n

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Idaho State Board of Education voted to ban diversity, equity and inclusion, known as DEI, across its public colleges and universities. The ruling goes into effect on June 30. The board, which voted unanimously on Wednesday, barred state institutions from supporting any office, initiative, center or policy related to DEI ideology, a term the resolution defined as any approach that prioritizes identity characteristics over a student’s merit.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In December 2024, the U.S. Department of Education's Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships released a new resource designed to answer frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Department's Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. This new resource answers key questions students, educators, and parents have about religious expression and accommodations in PK-12 schools and provides an easy-to-understand top

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2024

As Ohio teams prepare to compete in the College Football Playoff and bowl games, Ohio lawmakers approved legislation to help them compete on the recruiting trail. Early Thursday morning, Ohio lawmakers approved changes that will allow universities to pay student-athletes for their name, image and likeness. NIL allows students to make money from their personal brand in addition to the scholarships that universities provide.

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ISA Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In the northeastern corner of the Parque de Mara Louisa (Mara Louisa Park) in Seville, Spain, stands an impressive monument: the Plaza de Espaa, or "Spanish Square." The Plaza de Espaa was built in 1928 in advance of the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Zenith Prep Academy works with your 6 th 12 th grade child to get into an Ivy League / Top 25 university or AT LEAST a tier or 2 better university, or your money back. prior to anyone becoming a client, our admissions counselors spend 3-5 hours getting to know you and your family for FREE. Only 2000 students are accepted per year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2024

No one feels like confirming nor denying how affirmative actions death is destroying a sense of inclusion in higher ed. Emil Guillermo But make no mistake, the destruction is under way. Harvard College sent out letters to its early admits, but hasnt disclosed what the demographics are yet for this year. Waiting until all the admits are sent out in the Spring buys them time to make excuses.

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Paradigm IQ

DECEMBER 19, 2024

When modern companies need to improve a business process or outcome, they often look to technology for assistance. While using software to enhance a quantitative area like financial performance is standard, technology can be equally helpful for building more effective, inclusive cultures and processes. With workplace equity technology, your company can gain insights.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Before the guard rails are weakened in January 2025, leading free market leaders are calling for the removal of FED Chair Jerome Powell. The Federal Reserve, by manipulating interest rates, serves like a restrictor plate on a NASCAR vehicle, slow downing the vehicle's top speed. And for the US economy to boom, especially with proposed tariffs, reducing interest rates is essential to make America Great Again.

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Higher Education Inquirer

DECEMBER 19, 2024

It's been a new day in the United Auto Workers since the election of Shawn Fain as president in 2023, with the union carrying out an aggressive organizing and political program that has established the UAW as a major presence in American life. New Labor Forum's Micah Uetricht spoke to Jonah Furman, a top aide to Fain, about the union's strategy, its various wins and losses among nonunion auto manufacturers in the American South, its relationship to the Democratic Party under President Joe Biden,

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