Great College Advice

JANUARY 23, 2024

For the majority of students, writing the perfect college essay can be a grueling and stressful process. The pressure for it to be unique, coherent, comprehensive and overall, perfect is undeniable. One of the biggest problems for most students is that they are not accustomed to writing about themselves. We learn at a young age that it’s not polite to talk too much about ourselves, lest we come off like a show off or a braggart.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

College students should forego relying only on a strong GPA if they hope to catch the eye of potential employers through their resumé. Nearly 90% of survey respondents indicated they are seeking evidence of a student’s ability to solve problems and nearly 80% are seeking candidates who have strong teamwork skills. National Association of Colleges and Employers A new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) suggests students may instead highlight attributes and skills

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 23, 2024

Throughout the process of applying to college, students must follow many steps and jump through what can feel like ten million hoops before (and even after!) hitting that submit button. But one part of the process looms large in the minds of students and parents alike: the college admissions essay. It feels so open-ended. How long should a college admissions essay be?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

West Virginia State University has announced it is launching its first doctorate degree program this May. WVSU President Ericke S. Cage The Doctorate of Education in Leadership Studies would be the first doctoral degree conferred at the historically Black university. The two-year program will be fully online catering to working professionals from various fields such as education, the nonprofit sector, and government.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

More Settlements in Financial Aid Antitrust Lawsuit Josh Moody Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:03 AM The latest agreements mean eight of 17 universities sued for colluding over financial aid have settled. The known settlement amounts add up to more than $151 million.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Achieving the Dream (ATD) has announced that eight ATD Network community college students were chosen as 2024 DREAM Scholars, including one Tribal College and University student, one student from a college within the South African Siyaphumelela Network, and one student from a Gateway to College program. Dr. Karen A. Stout The national organization is committed to increasing the success of community college students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Cal State System Strike Begins, Ends in One Day Ryan Quinn Tue, 01/23/2024 - 03:00 AM The university, the country’s largest four-year public institution by enrollment, didn't concede to the union demand for a 12 percent raise this academic year.

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2024

Alternative non-degree credentials are slowly becoming higher education’s hottest learning modality. Enrollment is strong and employer buy-in is promising. However, two reports from UPCEA demonstrate that despite institutions’ increased infrastructure to provide these academic programs, challenges persist—and they’re leaving money on the table as a result.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

The California State University (CSU) has reached a tentative agreement with the California Faculty Association (CFA), ending their systemwide strike after one day. “I am extremely pleased and deeply appreciative that we have reached common ground with CFA that will end the strike immediately,” said CSU Chancellor Dr. Mildred García. Charles Toombs The CFA represents some 28,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors, and coaches across the CSU's 23 universities.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Analysis also says not attending school is as deadly as smoking or heavy drinking Every year spent in school or university improves our life expectancy, while not attending school is as deadly as smoking or heavy drinking, according to the first systematic study directly linking education to gains in longevity. Using evidence from industrialised countries such as the UK and US as well as developing countries such as China and Brazil, the review found that an adult’s risk of mortality went down b

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Xiomara Giordano Xiomara Giordano has been appointed assistant vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Empire State University in Saratoga Springs, New York. Giordano holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and a master’s in higher education at the University at Albany (SUNY).

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PUC

JANUARY 23, 2024

Esteban A. Ramirez is this year’s student association financial vice president. As financial VP, his primary responsibility is serving as the organization’s accountant, overseeing a range of duties essential to its financial management, and a key aspect of his role involves meticulous bookkeeping. Budgeting and consulting constitute integral components of SA’s financial VP.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Kim Van Savage Kim Van Savage has been named associate vice president of human resources and chief human resource officer for Piedmont Virginia Community College. Van Savage holds bachelor's degrees in political science and in psychology from Swarthmore College as well as a master's in management from Antioch University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Microcredentials on the Rise, but Not at Colleges kathryn.palmer… Tue, 01/23/2024 - 03:00 AM A new survey found training partnerships between employers and four-year colleges fell between 2022 and 2023 while instruction provided by third-party providers rose.

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Roompact

JANUARY 23, 2024

My undergraduate friends and I decided it was time for a reunion this winter break. Since graduating in 2021 and 2022, our crew had been experiencing the inevitable scatter that comes with leaving college life behind. No more meet-ups at dining halls. No more easy, late-night walks. Pre-funded and pre-organised events obviously became obsolete as.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Plucking Plagiarism’s Low-Hanging Fruit Elizabeth Redden Tue, 01/23/2024 - 03:00 AM Tricia Bertram Gallant argues that graduate programs and journals should routinely check dissertations and articles for plagiarism.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 23, 2024

Senate President Karen Spilka advises to “keep your eyes peeled” for free community college funding in the Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2025 budget. Making community college free for every Massachusetts resident could cost the state about $170 million annually, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group on behalf of the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Weeklong Strike Across Cal State System Begins Ryan Quinn Tue, 01/23/2024 - 03:00 AM The university, the country’s largest four-year public institution by enrollment, hasn’t conceded to some union demands, including a 12 percent raise this academic year.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Notebooks are the centerpiece of many higher education employees’ worlds, especially in the era of digital work, and this key piece of gear needs to be lightweight and fast. The new ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 is a sleek system that includes a powerful processor and features that surpass those on many desktop computers. The Zenbook’s solid-state drive has no moving parts, hardening it against bumps while on the road and keeping stored data safe.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Goddard College in Vermont is ending on-campus residency programs and shifting classes to online only, at least for now, the local newspaper Seven Days reported. Declining enrollment and rising operational costs are driving the move, which will be accompanied by an estimated dozen job cuts, the newspaper reported. The shift online is expected to be temporary.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

We’re keen to hear from students at UK universities how they’ve been feeling about attending lectures and tutorials We’re interested to hear from university students in the UK about their attitude towards in-person lectures and tutorials, and attending university classes generally. Whether you’ve been appreciating the return of face-to-face teaching since the pandemic, have experienced reduced interest in attending tutorials and lectures or have been attending your classes as usual but have expe

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Youngstown State University students, faculty members and alumni protested President Bill Johnson with a walkout on Monday, his first day on the job, Ideastream Public Media reported.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 23, 2024

The UConn athletic department has submitted its annual financial report to the NCAA and there is, as usual, a wide gap between revenue and expenses that is bridged by a university subsidy. That gap has shrunk, though. More specifically, UConn athletics in fiscal year 2023 cut direct institutional support by 35 percent. The athletic department’s total expenditures were $93.1 million, met with the push of $30.2 million in institutional support.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Canada will sharply reduce the number of international student visas it issues for the next two years, the CBC reported. Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Monday that the government will approve about 360,000 undergraduate permits for 2024—a 35 percent decline from 2023. The move is intended both to limit the role of “bad actors” who abuse the system and to help ease Canada’s housing crisis.

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2024

The number of applications and applicants using the Common App continues to proliferate as the popular college portal has grown to include over 1,000 schools. Colleges and universities eager to protect student diversity post-affirmative action will be happy to know that the number of minority and nontraditional students who applied for the 2023-2024 academic year is contributing to the uptick, according to recently released Common App data.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a North Carolina State University professor who alleged the university retaliated against him for speaking his mind and opposing some of the university’s social justice and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Stephen Porter, a professor of higher education, alleged that university administrators violated his First Amendment rights by removing him from a Ph.D. program in the department of leadership, policy and human development in response to c

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

23 January · Episode 191 Increase Graduate School Enrollment through Strategic Enrollment Management 40 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Strategic enrollment management (SEM) as a solution for growing graduate school enrollment in declining markets (e.g., minority and STEM). The higher education landscape faces a troubling decrease in graduate school enrollment, markedly among minority groups and engineering programs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Accepting a Higher Ed CMCO Role rzinkan@rhb.com Tue, 01/23/2024 - 03:00 AM An experienced chief marketing and communications officer shares tips for colleagues aspiring to the senior-most marketing role on a campus.

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2024

In both 2019 and 2020, the most recently reported years, the schools with the highest number of reported crimes in New Jersey were Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Princeton University, and Rowan University. Princeton University, which has a student population of about 8,623 was ranked second in New Jersey and 56th nationally with 75 total crimes. Motor vehicle theft was reported the most with 39.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Northern Kentucky University Week: Tamara O’Callaghan, professor in the department of English, uses many different creative tools to understand how to build a better book.

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2024

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander announced Friday that the university’s branch campus in Marinette will cease in-person instruction beginning with the 2024 fall semester, WLUK-TV reported. The school will continue to offer online instruction. The Marinette campus is one of three two-year branch schools that UWGB runs.

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Gray Associates

JANUARY 23, 2024

Explore the world of digital bioacoustics, where we're on the brink of unlocking the language of animals, offering universities a unique opportunity to engage students in cutting-edge research, environmental conservation, and interspecies dialogue. Discover how higher education can nurture the next generation of bioacoustics leaders through interdisciplinary programs, specializations, doctoral research, and certification options, working towards a future where we converse with the natural world,

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University Business

JANUARY 23, 2024

California State university faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers struck at the nation’s largest public university system, their union announced. Members of the California Faculty Association will return to work Tuesday instead of continuing their planned weeklong walkout to demand higher wages, the California Faculty Association said in a statement.

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ISA Journal

JANUARY 23, 2024

I didn’t understand just how much Ireland had become my home until it was time for me to leave it. The beautiful sunset on my flight from Dublin to Chicago. I know it sounds kind of ridiculous. After all, I was only there for three months from September through December.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2024

Campus Tensions Over Gaza Extend to ‘Spirit Rocks’ Johanna Alonso Tue, 01/23/2024 - 03:00 AM UT Dallas students have long had free rein to paint messages on spirit rocks. Dueling graffiti about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict prompted officials to intervene.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced 19 new grant awards totaling $25 million through the first-ever Perkins Innovation and Modernization, Career Connected High Schools (CCHS) Grant Program and issued by the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Dr. Miguel Cardona This investment is expected to build the capacity of education and workforce systems to partner with business and industry, to develop new high-quality career-connected high school programs for more students.

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