Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Philander Smith University and Southern University students took top honors in the sixth annual Moguls in the Making entrepreneurial pitch competition, where 50 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) developed innovative and impactful solutions to address economic mobility challenges in Detroit. The competition, held October 2-6, was hosted by Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY ) in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the largest organization exclus

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The task force, a group of lawmakers from 32 states, wants states and the federal government to work together more to make college a better return on investment. The cost of college continues to rise. The student debt crisis has gained national infamy. A bachelor’s degree no longer guarantees a stable career. And the demographic cliff has enrollment numbers plummeting just as colleges and universities are relying more heavily on tuition for financial health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Centering Black Children in Education (CBCE) is mounting a movement. Created in 2021, CBCE consistently provides a powerful counter-narrative to challenge systemic racism and educational inequities through groundbreaking programming and initiatives. Our collective ultimate aim is liberatory education for Black children. Unlike traditional educational organizations, CBCE is more than just a gathering of academics and educators.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

For immigrant families of color, affording the full costs of college is still often out of reach, even after generations in this country, according to a new data analysis. Affording college is more attainable for some immigrant families than others, according to a new analysis by the Institute for Higher Education Policy, released Friday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Diversity Landmarks—the displaying of 3x5 placards showcasing quotes that embrace diversity — has been part of Indiana University Northwest (IUN) for two decades. Jeremy Pekarek (Archivist, Calumet Regional Archives), Dr. Mark Sperling (Dean, School of Education), Dr. James Wallace (Director, ODEMA), Dr. Vicki Román-Lagunas (Interim Chancellor), Michael Suggs (COO, City of Gary), Kathy Malone (IUN founding cabinet member), & Dr.

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Ed.gov Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As parents, we have an incredible superpower: From everyday moments, we grow true and deep connections with our kids. When we spend quality time, create routines, and listen to and learn from them, we come to know their ever-evolving strengths and challenges better than anyone. Similarly, parents often come to know their child’s school by Continue Reading The post Five Ways to be a School Parent Superhero appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 11, 2024

As a 5-year-old got ready for her first day of kindergarten in rural Michigan, Dr. Rema Reynolds Vassar’s stepfather gave her one order. Sturgis, a town of about 10,000, had fewer than 100 Black residents, and he needed her to understand. “Don’t let anyone call you n *r,” he said. “If they do, you fight back.” She thought kindergarten that morning was “the best,” as she stroked the teacher’s hair and listened to her read aloud, as happened every night at home.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Graduate student workers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have voted 218 to 24 to unionize. The new union said in a news release that the National Labor Relations Board counted the votes Wednesday. Sinai Student Workers says it will represent more than 300 grad workers.

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University Business

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Cedar Crest College’s leadership prepares for all possible outcomes when census date locks in fall enrollment. After all, it’s a challenging environment for any small private institution to be operating in—particularly a women’s college. Nevertheless, President Elizabeth Meade and her cabinet were thumped when the final numbers came in for fall 2023: full-time enrollment had dropped by 4.5%, creating a $3.7 million budget shortfall. “I felt a black eye on me and my leader

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Nearly one in four college graduates wish they had either pursued a different educational path, like community college or an apprenticeship, or skipped college altogether, according to a new USA TODAY Blueprint Loans report.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In this extra post, Colette Revadillo, David Geddes, and Anya Tan showcase APEX 7, an upcoming student-led medical research expedition to Bolivia that seeks to advance the field of high-altitude medicine. Colette, David and Anya are currently undergraduate Medical Students at the Edinburgh Medical School and are all part of the APEX Committee What can medical students achieve during their time in medical school?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A Centre County Court judge has delayed an effort to remove Pennsylvania State University trustee Barry Fenchak, who is suing Penn State for allegedly refusing to hand over details about endowment investment management fees despite multiple requests.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Under President Biden’s and Vice President Harris’ direction, the Administration continues to mobilize a robust, intensive, and whole-of-government response to the impacts of Hurricane Helene. As life-saving response efforts continue in heavily impacted areas, the Administration is also working to ensure communities across the Southeast have prompt access to federal resources to purchase essential items and begin their road to recovery and rebuilding.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The World Academic Summit offered insights on business challenges, global collaboration and research innovation despite Oct. 7 protesters. MANCHESTER, U.K.—Spread across three days, the World Academic Summit drew global leaders from far and wide to discuss the complexities of higher education in a changing world.

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Clark Nesxen

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In my family, like many others, food is what brings us together. My family is Mexican-American, so after a long day at work or school, it was my abuela’s kitchen that we all gathered in. We huddled together in anticipation of whatever was cooking in her enormous cast-iron pan. My great-grandmother, whom the family cared for, was wheeled into the kitchen between us to enjoy the aroma, conversation, and food.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A moment to reflect on what IHE and the people who created it have meant to me and others. As I write, I am on a flight home from spending a couple of days at Harvey Mudd College, where I was honored to deliver one of the talks as part of the Bruce J. Nelson Distinguished Speaker series, this year themed on “Learning in the Age of AI.

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University Business

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Seventy-nine percent of organizations suffered a cyberattack within the last 12 months, up 11 percentage points from 2023, and about half (47%) of all educational organizations faced unplanned expenses to fix security gaps due to a security incident, according to the latest survey by Netwrix Research Lab. While incognito hackers and dangerous malware tend to occupy our imagination when it comes to cybersecurity, one surprising stakeholder was identified as IT professionals’ biggest risk to

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

U.S.-based education support site taken to court by regulator in first test of nascent legislation. Australia’s higher education regulator has taken the U.S. homework help site Chegg to court, claiming multiple breaches of a 2020 anti-cheating law, less than a month after the company reportedly launched its own court action against the regulator.

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University Business

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In 2024, Duke University announced that it would no longer assign a numerical value to undergraduate college admissions essays when scoring an applicant. While the university would still ask students to submit essays, they couldn’t be seen as an accurate reflection of writing ability. “They are not given a numerical rating, but considered as we think holistically about a candidate as a potential member of the Duke community,” Dean of undergraduate admissions Christoph Guttentag told the Duke Chr

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A class action lawsuit filed Monday accuses 40 of the most highly selective private American colleges and universities, as well as the nonprofit College Board, of conspiring to overcharge certain students for tuition. The suit, filed by a current Boston University student and a Cornell alumnus, claims that the institutions’ tuition calculations for students who live with only one parent are unfair because they require both parents to submit financial information, even if one is a noncustodial pa

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University Business

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Going to a liberal arts college is usually an expensive way to get a bachelor’s degree. With students more mindful of high tuition, many liberal arts colleges are seeing enrollment drop—and some are closing altogether. The schools’ defenders argue that their small class sizes and well-rounded array of courses provide students with a strong foundation on which to build their future careers, and that’s worth more than worth the price of tuition.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The British Cornell University grad student who said the institution was effectively deporting him over his pro-Palestine activism says he won’t be forced out of the country after all.

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Housed in the historic College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University alongside the studies of Indigenous communities and other communities of color, the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative (AMED) is framed within a justice centered perspective that is grounded in the need for accountability and service to multiple publics, including those within and outside of the academic community.

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