Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Harvard University is partnering with Clark Atlanta University to help cultivate and empower the next generation of leaders at historically Black colleges and universities through its Harvard Seminar for New Presidents. Dr. Judith Block McLaughlin Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative has committed to increasing access to professional development for HBCUs Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) at Clark Atlanta.

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JULY 19, 2024

by Inger Mewburn Hang out in any tearoom and you will hear complaints about work – that’s if there even is a tea room at the end of your open plan cubicle farm. Yet surprisingly little is known about the mundane, daily realities of academic work itself – despite the best efforts of many SRHE members. Understanding the source of academic work unhappiness is important: unhappy academics lead to unhappy students and stressed-out administrators.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

The missions of higher education and policing differ, yet each occupies well-known and established community spaces. Much like higher education, policing nationwide continues to wrestle with unparalleled demographic shifts, persistent public scrutiny, and questionable legitimacy. Together, higher education and policing can be effective partners to frame cultural competence education and training to better serve diverse populations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

Biden’s SAVE Plan Blocked by Federal Court Katherine Knott Fri, 07/19/2024 - 03:00 AM An emergency stay issued Thursday prompted calls for the Education Department to pause student loan payments for borrowers. The agency says it is assessing its options following the ruling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Dr. Cynthia Shapira In-state undergraduate students in Pennsylvania will see no change in tuition rates this year, according to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education's Board of Governors. The board announced that, for the seventh straight year, it voted to freeze in-state tuition rates at its 10 universities for the 2024-25 academic year.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

After months of delaying a planned vote on the issue, the University of California’s Board of Regents voted 13 to 1 Thursday to prohibit academic departments and other academic units from posting political statements on their website homepages. The ban comes after some UC departments posted statements supporting Palestinians. Josiah Beharry, the student member on the board, was the only no vote.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Dr. James White James White has been appointed vice president of governmental affairs and civic engagement at Texas Southern University. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 2011 until 2022, representing District 19. White holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Prairie View A&M University and a doctoral degree from the University of Houston.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Dr. Craig Lamb Craig Lamb has been appointed president of Genesee Community College in Batavia, New York. He serves as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the college. Lamb holds a master’s in college and agency counseling from SUNY Plattsburgh and a Ph.D. in educational administration and policy studies from the University at Albany.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

Wisconsin Experts Convene to Address System Enrollment Woes jessica.blake@… Fri, 07/19/2024 - 03:00 AM A legislative study committee will determine whether more closures and consolidations are necessary. Opinions varied widely at the first meeting.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

A newly launched innovation center is expected to open the door to those opportunities for students at historically Black colleges and universities. Miles College has created “The 2150 Center for Innovation, Commercialization & Growth” as an incubator to increase innovation opportunities for the college and its students. Erskine Faush "The idea was born out of a problem," said Erskine Faush, founder of the center and the Miles Chief Innovation and Growth Officer.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 19, 2024

By: Eliomar Santiago Rodriguez, Estudiante de Grado 12 de la Escuela Superior Vocacional Antonio Luchetti en Arecibo, Puerto Rico Soy estudiante de grado 12 del taller de Electricidad con Controladores Lógicos Programables (PLC, por sus siglas en inglés) y Energías Renovables en la Escuela Superior Vocacional Antonio Luchetti, en Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JULY 19, 2024

June 26th to 28 th saw the convergence of Student Affairs folks at the ACPA Assessment Institute hosted in Costa Mesa, California. For those that have not been, the ACPA Assessment Institute is a professional development opportunity for all levels of assessment experience and roles. Attendees roles and responsibilities ranged from Entry level in specific functional areas to full time assessment roles.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 19, 2024

By: Eliomar Santiago Rodriguez, Senior Student at Antonio Luchetti Vocational High School in Arecibo, Puerto Rico I am a 12th grade student of the Electricity with the Programmer Logical Controller (PLC) and Renewable Energy workshop at the Antonio Luchetti Vocational High School in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. My education has definitely prepared me to pursue a Continue Reading The post Student Voice: Career and Technical Education in Puerto Rico appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

Grandiloquent and Sesquipedalian or Pompous and Pretentious? Sarah Bray Fri, 07/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Paul T. Henley explores some of the terms and phrases that are too often co-opted, misused or mangled in academic language. Byline(s) Paul T.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 19, 2024

By: Alina de Zoysa, STEM Policy Intern, Office of the Deputy Secretary On the first day of my freshman year, I walked into my AP Biology classroom and once again saw a familiar sight: I was the only minority. Throughout my education, my advanced STEM classrooms consistently lacked peers and educators who looked like me. Continue Reading The post Breaking Barriers: Creating Inclusive STEM Education for All Students appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

Women and people of color are underrepresented in higher education’s best-paying jobs, a new study from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources found.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 19, 2024

Stop Error on a Screen at Coles Leichardt, 26 July 2024. Photo by Tom Worthington CC-BYMy phone started ringing on Friday afternoon. First it was the SciMex Science Media Center in Adelaide: could I talk to the media on the computer outage? What computer outage? I had been driving interstate and hadn't noticed many shop, airline, and other systems were down.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2024

Students were blindsided after a college with a campus in South Florida abruptly announced that it’s closing its doors. City College, a for-profit institution with campuses in Hollywood and Altamonte Springs, trains students for careers in health care. Students got an email Monday letting them know that they decided to cease enrollment and “teach out” its existing programs.

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Roompact

JULY 19, 2024

Credibility is a characteristic of a person who is perceived by others to be a trusted advisor, believable, and confident by exhibiting a high level of expertise in a certain subject. Competence, trustworthiness, and preparedness are the foundation for credibility. I hire based upon character and I train for empowerment & competence. To get a job offer I have to believe.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education says it will pause millions of student loan borrowers’ payments while it defends its relief plan against legal challenges. Borrowers enrolled in the Biden administration’s new repayment program, known as SAVE, will be placed “in an interest-free forbearance,” according to a statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 19, 2024

Quoting Richard Nixon, JD Vance said "the professors are the enemy." Which professors was he talking about in this 2021 speech, and why are they the enemy? If professors are the enemy, what is to be done to them? Does this apply to all of Vance's teachers at Ohio State and Yale Law School?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Dr. Ben Sasse is stepping down as president at the University of Florida. Dr. Ben Sasse The former U.S. Senator of Nebraska announced his resignation effective July 31, following his wife Melissa’s epilepsy diagnosis. “Gator Nation needs a president who can keep charging hard, Melissa deserves a husband who can pull his weight, and my kids need a dad who can be home many more nights,” said Sasse.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

The Academic Trumpists, Part 1 mclemee@gmail.com Fri, 07/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Scott McLemee reviews David L. Swartz’s study of the academics who support Donald Trump.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2024

A committee of legislators and state leaders convened at the Capitol this week to discuss mental health issues facing young Mississippians. School and health officials cited a scarcity of mental health professionals for K-12 and college students in Mississippi as a major issue. Sen. Nicole Boyd, a Republican from Oxford who sponsored the bill that created the committee, said she was inspired in part by the success of the Senate Study Group on Women, Children and Families, which gave lawmakers th

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

Did Trump Get HBCUs ‘All Funded’? Sara Weissman Fri, 07/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Advocates and leaders of historically Black colleges say Trump’s presidency was a mixed bag for their institutions—and his record may signal what’s ahead for them if he wins again.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

A federal appeals court has ruled against the Biden-Harris administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. Dr. Miguel Cardona The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency motion for an administrative stay that prohibits the administration from implementing the parts of the SAVE Plan not already blocked by lower court rulings. U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

The Republican National Convention honored a group of fraternity members from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday night and gave a graduate of Harvard University the chance to slam his alma mater.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2024

Former U.S. senator Ben Sasse, who became the University of Florida’s president amid a swarm of controversy in 2022, has resigned after less than two years at the helm. Sasse, who officially took over as president in February 2023, said on the university’s website that he needed more time to focus on his wife’s health problems and other family matters.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2024

Kansas Chemist Gets Final Acquittal in China Ties Case sara.

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