Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A new $4.8 million grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will help the historically Black college and university study Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged African Americans. Dr. Travonia Brown-Hughes, COAACH director and an associate professor in N.C.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Five selective colleges launched strikingly similar student aid initiatives last week for low- and middle-income students. What’s behind the frenzy to boost financial aid? For students worried about the cost of attending a selective college, last week was a bonanza.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Saint Augustine’s University—a historically Black college and university in North Carolina—has announced plans to cut half of its employees as administrators, amid financial challenges. The move comes after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) voted to remove SAU from membership after two years of warnings because of its financial status.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The university built a $60 million law building on its flagship campus. Now it’ll serve as a branch of a law school 80 miles away. A decade ago, Pennsylvania State University’s two law school campuses divorced, becoming two separately accredited entities. Now, they’re getting back together. This month, the American Bar Association approved the university’s request to recombine the two similarly named schools: Penn State Law, located at the flagship University Park/State College campus, and Penn
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Keystone College—a small, liberal arts college in Northeastern Pennsylvania—had its accreditation withdrawn this week by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Keystone College The school, which has about 1,100 students, pledged to appeal the decision. The decision to revoke the school’s accreditation is connected to its ongoing financial challenges.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Katie Homar offers tips for composing thoughtful thank-you notes. It’s the start of Thanksgiving week in the United States, when many of us express gratitude for family, friends and colleagues and reflect on good things that happened in the past year. Taking time to share your gratitude is an important career skill and essential to effective leadership.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. Lynch will also serve as the director of the documentary film program at the historically Black college in Atlanta.
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Roompact
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
I didn’t do an assessment. I didn’t know how. I didn’t do an assessment. It seemed too time-consuming. I didn’t do an assessment. A student crisis took priority. I didn’t do an assessment. I had a creative idea for gathering data, but the university denied my funding request. I didn’t do an assessment. I have.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A pregnant Georgetown Law School student will be able to postpone her final exam following an outcry online, The Washington Post reported.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Image credit: Tumisu from Pixabay In this extra post, James Garforth, Benedetta Catanzariti, and Meenakshi Mani, from the Centre for Techomoral Futures (Edinburgh Futures Institute), share their reflections on designing an MSc course ‘Translational Data and AI Ethics’, which responds to the broader challenges of implementing translational ethics teaching programmes within more traditional computer and data science degrees.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Kerri A. Golden suggests strategies for encouraging—and rewarding—faculty involvement in enrollment efforts. Faculty play a vital yet sometimes underutilized role in enrollment efforts. As experts in their fields and mentors to current students, they are uniquely positioned to make meaningful connections with prospective students. But to fully engage faculty in these efforts, institutions must change the culture surrounding the idea of who owns recruitment and enrollment.
Higher Education Inquirer
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Worried about changes to student loan forgiveness in 2025? In this video, I analyze possible updates to the SAVE Plan, PSLF, and other federal student loan programs. As a student loan lawyer, I'm cutting through the confusion to explain what changes are actually possible, which programs are protected by law, and what you should do right now.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A group of alumni and community members gathered last week to protest a $7 million loan agreement between Saint Augustine’s University and a local venture capital firm, WUNC, a North Carolina public radio station, reported.
Higher Education Inquirer
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Struggling online program management operation 2U has this year been under investigation by both the Federal Trade Commission and California’s attorney general, filings in federal bankruptcy court reveal. Maryland-based 2U, which has faced scrutiny and lawsuits over alleged deceptive practices and has struggled with heavy debt, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court in Manhattan in July.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear from two college leaders about how they’re integrating life design principles into students’ learning and career preparation for holistic support. Colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and future planning beyond graduation.
Parchment
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Both the education and job market are evolving, and institutions are embracing Comprehensive Learner Records (CLRs) to keep pace with these changes. This shift is quickly transforming how higher education showcases student achievements. Read on to explore the value of CLRs for both schools and students, diving into the current landscape and uncovering what the future holds.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In higher education, more colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and future planning beyond graduation. Life design, which originates from the 2016 book Designing Your Life, uses design thinking principles to help guide individuals as they navigate change and transition, ultimately helping them find meaning and purpose in their lives.
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
When I first stepped foot on campus, I had no idea what traditions Hope College had or what would mark my college experience as a first-year student. I had no idea Hope even had traditions! I thought they had only events, so hearing about things that happen every year was exciting. From the excitement of “The Pull,” to the spirit of Homecoming weekend on campus, to “Nykerk,” to the “Donut Run” charity — when I think about all these traditions, I am in awe of the amazing things that have been hap
University Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In a time when nearly a third of undergraduates do not complete their degree programs, the imperative for colleges and universities to innovate is more pressing than ever. The ramifications of these dropout rates extend beyond individual futures, influencing the broader socio-economic landscape by exacerbating unemployment and underemployment issues.
Hope College Network
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
“Why Hope College?” a question that over and over gets asked by relatives and friends, and now you. There is no one simple answer to this question, I could go on and on about the value of this school, and the love and joy I have had the opportunity to experience here (hense this blog post). Faith and Hope College When deciding to pick Hope College, having a faith-based school was not on my list.
University Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Howard Community College President Daria Willis sat in her sunlit office, snapping together gray and orange Lego bricks from a tray on her desk. Nearby was an instruction manual as thick as any course catalogue. Willis says she finds respite in the step-by-step construction between meetings and calls. For much of her nearly three years on the job, Willis has contended with mounting complaints about her leadership.
Higher Education Today
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Millions of current and prospective college students were let down last year when the federal rollout of the new FAFSA form was badly bungled and delayed for months. The fallout from the resulting chaos and uncertainty was well-documented and widespread, including a drop in over 5 percent in first-year enrollment for fall 2024 linked at least in part to the FAFSA.
University Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Last October, Brown and three other Providence-based colleges and universities agreed to provide over $177 million in voluntary payments to the city over the course of 20 years. The Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, agreement takes the form of a memorandum of understanding signed by Brown, the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College and Johnson and Wales University.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
I have never truly feared the antipathy of those who disdain me, but like a gut punch from Muhammad Ali, I am dishearteningly afraid of the silence of my friends. One of Mama’s signature statements, often made to me when she was frustrated because I had taken a personal risk too big for her comfort: “I have never known you to be properly afraid of anything.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
At least four Republican state leaders praised the president-elect’s plans to dismantle the agency, citing the need for more local control over K-12 schools. But higher ed experts say they’re overlooking consequences for colleges. An increasing number of Republican state officials are supporting President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle the federal Department of Education.
University Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
An experimental Pell Grant awarded to students in short-term workforce training programs helped increase enrollment and completion rates, but it did not strengthen their outcomes in the job market, according to a federal report. The study, headed by the Department of Education and Institute of Education Sciences, analyzed how un- or underemployed adult learners fared in higher education and beyond if offered federal aid for short-term credentials in high-demand fields.
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