PUC
DECEMBER 17, 2024
This year, PUC’s campus ministry team created a new role, Vespers programming director, with student Alexis Villarreal being the first to fit this title. For Alexis, it is a demanding but rewarding job, requiring intentionality and meticulous work, and best of all, being a part of a great team that keeps him grounded. Alexis kindly answered some questions for us to learn more about this new role and spiritual life at PUC.
Roompact
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Dear Student, First off, welcome homeor almost home. I know this season can feel like a whirlwind, especially if you’re returning for the first time after starting college. You’ve been off in a new world, exploring different sides of yourself, and that can be both exhilarating and terrifying. Youve probably changed in ways that are.
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Ed.gov Blog
DECEMBER 17, 2024
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education, in consultation with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director and the National Science Foundation, announced the 2024 recipients of the Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award at the NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Jessica Tickle, of the Center for Continue Reading The post Exemplary Cybersecurity Educators Honored appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
University Business
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The value of a college degree from a small liberal arts school is often tied to a more intimate, meaningful higher education experience.Global education is garnering increasing interest, making study abroad an essential component for institutions striving to attract a shrinking pool of prospective students. According to recent data, 71% of freshmen begin college hoping or planning to study abroad during their academic career, and nearly half first gained interest in high school.
AIFS Abroad
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Eager to step into the footsteps of a college student who studied and interned abroad in Italy ? We recently caught up with AIFS Abroad participant McKenzy, a college student from Hawaii Pacific University who spent her fall semester studying abroad in Florence and returned to the city the following spring fora Study + Internship experience. Read on to learn more about McKenzys experience with AIFS Abroad and the impact of being an international student and intern in Florence.
Campus Sonar
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Perception is shaped by human feelings and opinions, and is dynamic in nature. Traditional research methods such as focus groups, interviews, surveys, and audience panels, often carry inherent biases and assumptions that impact the data collection process. Social intelligence is a powerful alternative that enables you to collect large volumes of audience feedback thats faster, more fluid, and more authentic than traditional research methods.
University Business
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The June 2023 Supreme Court decision banning colleges from considering race in admissions is having repercussions beyond who gets into college. The ruling has spurred a wave of state laws that curb or end campus diversity, equity, and inclusion effortsand race-based scholarships are coming under fire, too. The University of Alabama is one of several schools that has stopped using race as a consideration in some scholarships.
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University Business
DECEMBER 17, 2024
More than 7 million adults in California lack a college degreeand they typically make less money as a result. Today, standing in a welding classroom at Shasta College, a community college in Redding, Gov. Gavin Newsom presented an outline of the states Master Plan for Career Education. He said the plan will overhaul the states convoluted job training programs and help get adults the benefit of a life well-lived without some fancy degree.
Higher Education Inquirer
DECEMBER 17, 2024
For eight years, this blog has been investigating greed and corruption in higher education at all levels, from predatory for-profit colleges and student loan servicers to elite university endowments. We have also highlighted the good people in higher education: those who promote transparency, accountability, value, justice, and empathy. Over those years, we have gained a good number of friends and allies and received a small amount of negative feedback.
University Business
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Whether it was news of a recent college closure or a forecast of the severity of the demographic cliff, the most popular stories of 2024 centered on the changing makeup of higher education institutions. A shrinking number of institutions in the market may breed fiercer competition. It’s no wonder, then, why college and university leaders were eager to discover who could claim the prettiest campusor best all-around institution. “President moves,” our successful bi-weekly series
Hope College Network
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Incoming first-year students dont imagine spending their first week of college sleeping in tents, climbing rocks, warming by campfires, and road-tripping with thirteen strangers. But Hope College makes this a possibility in its Day1 Michigan Rocks program. Here are the logistics and why I would choose to opt into this all over again. The Logistics What is it?
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 17, 2024
In a CDW Education webinar held Dec. 10, a panel of higher education technology experts met to discuss the evolving needs of college students and how technology plays a role in their experience. The webinar, titled Transforming the Campus Experience: Solutions That Foster Student Success in Higher Education, included representatives from CDW technology partners Canva, Genetec and Promethean.
Higher Education Inquirer
DECEMBER 17, 2024
According to Michael Girdley , "the salad days are over" for remote workers. The exception is with workers with highly specialized skill sets (e.g. those making more than $250,000 a year).
ISA Journal
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Go on a challenging hike in Spain with video blogger Isaiah and his friends. and stick around to see if they find Pedro. [link] Isaiah Choma, Kansas State University, is studying abroad with ISA in Madrid, Spain.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 17, 2024
First lady Dr. Jill Biden taught her last class at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) last week. The end of the Fall semester marks the end of her 15-year teaching career at the community college, where she has taught English and writing, becoming the first woman to continue her professional career outside the White House while serving as first lady.
Higher Education Inquirer
DECEMBER 17, 2024
This week the Future Trends Forum approaches the holiday season in a playful spirit. A panel of faculty and researchers who teach with games will be our guests: Depauw University professor Harry Brown, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine professor Ryan Downey, Dr. Karl Kapp, and Forum favorite Ruben Puentedura.
AIFS Abroad
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Its nearing the end of 2024, so its time to start thinking about your New Years resolutions. What better way to make a change than spending time in another country? There are so many incredible cities to visit and explore in 2025, but where should you go? AIFS Abroad offers multiple programs in a variety of fields for students and recent grads to study abroad or intern internationally, including each of the following.
Higher Education Inquirer
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Donald Trump made eliminating the Department of Education a priority for his new administration in a bid to reduce government spending. So what would such a move entail?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 17, 2024
If Black Lives Matter, so do Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Tanzania Cooper In the early 19th century, HBCUs were the only option in higher education available to Black people. Today, amidst increasing racial violence, hostility, and divisiveness, HBCUs are, for many Black students, the option of choice. Donald Trump made a bold claim at the Davos economic conference in 2020 that he saved HBCUs which is untrue.
The Change Leader, Inc.
DECEMBER 17, 2024
In this second episode of this two part podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton continues the conversation with Tom Netting, president of TEN Government Strategies and our Washington Update expert. The discussion provides insights into how the 2024 US elections will transform higher education, examining anticipated changes under a Trump administration and Republican-controlled 119th Congress, with particular focus on policy shifts, regulatory changes, and institutional impacts.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 17, 2024
One year in, a new report titled, "Under Siege: Campus Racial Climates in Texas Higher Education Amid Anti-DEI Legislation examines how a controversial bill which prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) activities, has impacted college campuses across the Lone Star state. SB 17 is one of several anti-DEI bills introduced across the country. So far, similar bills have been signed into law in Florida, Tennessee, Utah, North Carolina and North Dakota.
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