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Alvin Washington

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Southern University System Board of Supervisors today has named Alvin R. Washington as the chancellor of Southern University Law Center. Alvin Washington Washington is the managing professor for the Law Centers Mediation Clinic. He also serves as a faculty member, teaching courses such as legal research, statutory analysis, alternate dispute resolution, and legal negotiations.

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How micro-credentials can lower costs and boost workforce opportunities

University Business

As micro-credentials grow in popularity, campus leaders can look to new research and state support to expand access, reduce costs and strengthen workforce readiness. A Manhattan Institute report , “How Micro-credentials are Revolutionizing the Higher Education Business Model,” examines how states are investing in the short-term programs that now appeal to high school students and non-enrolled adults ages 18 to 30.

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UK universities educate the most national leaders globally, analysis shows

The Guardian Higher Education

Research reveals UK institutions educated 50 world leaders in post in 2022, despite job cuts, course closures and a fall in foreign students Universities in the UK, many of which are in the grip of a financial crisis, educate more national leaders than any other country in the world, according to analysis. Research by Jisc, the UKs higher education digital, data and technology agency, found UK institutions had educated 50 world leaders who were in post in 2022, with the US in second place with 4

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Is this the first college closing announced in 2025?

University Business

(Updated: Feb. 24) College closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, and Northland College may be the first of 2025. This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. The college closings and mergers of 2025 Northland College (Wisconsin) Despite recent attempt to save Northland College from financial exigency, the Board

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The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library

The Guardian Higher Education

I can find essential and unusual facts for my arts journalism in the dusty old tomes information not readily available on Google. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books. Last September, I started walking to the library every day. As a University College London alumnus, I get free membership of both the Senate House library and the universitys main library.

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Small group learning: building motivation, relationships and cognition with non-typical student learners

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Credit: Pixabay In this insightful post, Sarah Ward, a Lecturer in Learning in Communities at Moray House School for Education and Sport, explores the potent role of Small Group Learning (SGL) in enhancing student engagement, particularly within the MA Learning in Communities programme. Addressing the unique challenges faced by ‘widening participation’ students, who often balance intense personal and professional demands alongside their educational pursuits, Sarah illustrates how SGL

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Here are 4 ways curriculum must evolve for a 21st-century breakthrough

University Business

Public and employer demand for workforce relevant credentials is driving selective four-year institutions to rethink how they can scale their academic programs for a broader audience while maintaining quality and financial soundness. That was the dominating discussion among three higher education leaders at the cutting edge of academic and research innovation when speaking about the future of the sector in an inaugural webinar hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of E

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Opinion: The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping

University Business

It is a basic fact of American life, so widely known that it hardly needs to be said: College is getting ever more unaffordable. In survey after survey, Americans say that the cost of getting a degree just keeps rising. But this basic fact of life is not a fact at all. In reality, Americans are paying less for college, on average, than they were a decade ago.

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A College Degree Isn’t for Everyone

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A College Degree Isnt for Everyone Susan H. Greenberg Mon, 02/24/2025 - 03:00 AM Kathleen deLaski unpacks her new book, which envisions higher education as a stepladder to skills that learners collect over a lifetime and present to employers. Byline(s) Susan H.

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The Digital Shift for Transcript of Records in the Philippines

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For students, a Transcript of Records (ToR) is more than just a document; its a key to unlocking future academic and career opportunities. Yet, many Southeast Asian (SEA) institutions still rely on manual ToR processes risking delays, inefficiencies, and security breaches. As guardians of such critical information, they need a better way forward. So, how are institutions in the region stepping up?

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Ohio bathroom law targeting transgender students has brought internal strife to some campuses

University Business

For some famously progressive colleges in Ohio, a new state law designed to keep transgender women from using womens restrooms at schools is bringing a moment of soul-searching for students, alumni and administrators. Its one of many such laws adopted around the country, with the stated intent of protecting female students. The Ohio lawwhich applies fully to private colleges, unlike the othersallows individual institutions to decide how they will obey and enforce the measure.

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Weeks and Months After Natural Disaster, Colleges Stand By Their Students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Weeks and Months After Natural Disaster, Colleges Stand By Their Students Johanna Alonso Mon, 02/24/2025 - 03:00 AM Students say they are still being impacted by wildfires and floods that cost them their housing, jobs and transportation weeks or months ago.

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President moves: This Florida university has finally selected its next leader

University Business

Hired Rev. John Butler – Boston College (Mass.) John Butler, Boston College Boston College has announced its next president, the Rev. John Butler, who has been involved with administrative leadership since 2010. Serving on the president’s senior leadership team since 2010, Boston College considers Butler an architect of its revamped core curriculum.

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Hobart and William Smith Colleges Receive $70M Gift

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Hobart and William Smith Colleges has received the largest gift in its history: $70million from the late Thomas Melly, an alum and former board chair, and his wife, Judith Hershey Melly.

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Senate Inquiry into the Quality of Governance at Australian Higher Education Providers

Higher Education Whisperer

The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee is holding an inquiry into the "Quality of governance at Australian higher education providers". Submissions are invited by 3 March 2025, with a report due 4 April 2025.

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CCS Students Named GD USA Students to Watch

College for Creative Study

With the help of several of Americas leading art and design schools, we once again identify top students ready to burst on the design scene in 2025.

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Our Journalism

Higher Education Inquirer

Our journalism is different than most others who cover higher education. Like those other outlets, we report the news, but that is not our focus. And like a few outlets, we also do time-consuming investigative work. We recognize the outstanding contributions of dedicated journalists, but these times, the 2020s, call good people to do more--much more.

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Education Dept. Lifts Pause on Some Civil Rights Investigations

Confessions of a Community College Dean

After pausing most civil rights investigations, the Education Departments Office for Civil Rights is resuming some inquiries, but only those related to disability-based discrimination, according to a memo obtained by ProPublica. Those involving race or gender will remain on hold, the nonprofit news organization reported.

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Three from MIT named 2025 Gates Cambridge Scholars

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Julia Mongo|Office of Distinguished Fellowships Published byMIT News on February 24, 2025 This article was updated on February 28 to reflect the addition of Rachel Zhang ’21. MIT senior Markey Freudenburg-Puricelli and alumnae Abigail (Abbie) Schipper 24 and Rachel Zhang 21 have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars and will begin graduate studies this fall in the field of their choice at Cambridge University in the U.K.

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Survey Finds Widespread Challenges With Credit Transfer

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Negative experiences with trying to transfer credits toward a college credential are prevalent among American adults, according to a new survey from the research organization Public Agenda, the higher education consulting firm Sova and the Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board.

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Make Friends Early in Your Career

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Make Friends Early in Your Career Elizabeth Redden Mon, 02/24/2025 - 03:00 AM Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars can benefit in many ways from prioritizing friendships, Yi Hao and Mallory Neil write.

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Tips for Building Better Workplace Inclusion in 2025

Paradigm IQ

Workplace inclusion is a matter of good business. Studies show that creating and upholding inclusive environments benefits both employees and companiesreducing attrition, improving performance, and boosting financial outcomes.

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New Mexico Governor Appoints Brother as Student Regent

Confessions of a Community College Dean

As scrutiny mounts over governing boards in New Mexico following a payout for an embattled president, Democratic governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed her 64-year-old brother, Greg Lujan, as a student regent at New Mexico Highland University, The Albuquerque Journal reported.

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HEI Removes Google Ads

Higher Education Inquirer

The Higher Education Inquirer has decided to remove Google Ads from our website. We believe this is in the best interest of our readers, who are often inundated with commercial advertising throughout their lives. We will, however, continue to promote businesses like College Viability App and TuitionFit that benefit consumers.

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Amid Federal Upheaval, a Pell Shortfall Looms

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Amid Federal Upheaval, a Pell Shortfall Looms Liam Knox Mon, 02/24/2025 - 03:00 AM The Pell Grant is facing a projected $2.7 billion budget shortfall, its first in over a decade. With the Education Department in turmoil and Trump slashing spending, access advocates worry cuts may be unavoidable.

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CBC Calls on Trump to Reinstate HBCU Agriculture Scholarship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is urging President Donald J. Trump to reinstate a federal scholarship program designed to support students from rural and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke underserved communities pursuing degrees in agriculture and related fields at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indefinitely suspended the 1890 Scholarship Program on Thursday, with the program's website stating it is "pending further review.

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10% of Federal Student Aid Staff Take Buyouts

Confessions of a Community College Dean

One hundred and twenty-four employees at the Office of Federal Student Aid have accepted the Trump administrations buyout offer, USA Today reported, resulting in a 10percent reduction in the offices staff.

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Beyond Politics: The Moral Obligation of Equity in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump declared the countrys end to radical and wasteful government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and Dr. Mordecai Brownlee preferencing through executive order. The following day, President Trump signed an executive order ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity. For the higher education sector, the former signaled a pending policy shift in how colleges and universities serve its students by stating, Institutio

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Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Trump’s Anti-DEI Orders

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Trump administration wont be able to follow through on all its plans to crack down on diversity, equity and inclusion programs after a federal judge temporarily struck down parts of the presidents executive orders.

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