Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Dr. Maisha T. Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Dr. Maisha T Winn The association announced that Winn will join the AERA Council as president-elect in 2024–2025, ahead of her presidency, which begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2025 annual meeting. She will succeed Dr. Janelle Scott, who will assume the AERA presidency April 14, 2024, at the close of the association’s 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2024

Game-Changing Access to Academic Materials in Prison Sara Weissman Fri, 03/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Doing research on JSTOR is a routine part of many students’ college experience. Now that opportunity is available to hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

The Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers University-Newark has been named in honor of the first Black woman in New Jersey to hold statewide office, Lt. Gov. Sheila Y. Oliver , who died while in office Aug. 1, 2023. "Lt. Gov. Oliver's legacy will continue to inspire our center as we expand access to public service as a profession and promote research and public policy that confronts systemic inequalities,” said Dr.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Safeguarding Black Women Educators’ Mental Health Sarah Bray Fri, 03/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Campus leaders and colleagues must recognize their battle fatigue—and the sophisticated racism at its root—and work to support them, write Jálin B. Johnson, Nakisha Castillo, Natalie V. Nagthall and Hawani Negussie. Byline(s) Jálin B. Johnson Nakisha Castillo Natalie V.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Gilead Sciences Inc. has awarded a grant worth nearly $1 million to the Howard University College of Medicine to promote HIV prevention among Black women and girls. Gilead Sciences recently announced awards totaling $12.6 million in grants to the medical school’s Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and 18 other organizations as part of its new Setting the P.A.C.E.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2024

Is ‘Fatphobia’ the Last Acceptable Prejudice in the Academy? Marjorie Valbrun Fri, 03/01/2024 - 03:00 AM A Cornell University philosopher is calling out the discrimination—which is often blatant—faced by scholars deemed overweight.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Yathish Ramena Yathish Ramena has been named director of the Center of Excellence in Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. He holds several degrees, including a master’s in aquaculture from Acharya Nagarjuan University in India, a master’s in animal biotechnology from Bharathidasan University in India, and a doctorate in aquaculture from the University of Arkansas.

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MARCH 1, 2024

The Lumina Foundation in Indianapolis has announced the winners of The Great Admissions Redesign. The Great Admissions Redesign seeks to revolutionize the admissions process and increase accessibility to higher education for all students, particularly those not admitted in proportion to their shares of the U.S. population. Melanie Heath "COVID, shifting testing requirements, and legal rulings have caused significant disruptions in college admissions," said Melanie Heath, strategy director at Lum

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Roompact

MARCH 1, 2024

What does the future of AI-based technology hold? We’re doing a little experiment, specifically with the AI chat-bot, ChatGPT. This post is part of a series where we ask ChatGPT interesting, unusual, or just plain fun questions related to residence life and college student housing. All answers were generated by the AI. At the end.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Dr. Lynda Batiste Lynda Batiste has been named senior vice president of finance and chief operating officer at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Batiste holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as a Ph.D. in urban higher education from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

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UMSL Diversity

MARCH 1, 2024

Greetings, UMSL Community! As we step into the celebratory spirit of UMSL’s 60th year of operation, the Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion is thrilled to share the outcomes of our recent Homecoming Door Decoration Contest under the theme “The Golden Legacy: UMSL Pride Meets Bridgerton.” It was truly an honor for our office to host this contest which encapsulates the creative spirit and community engagement that defines our UMSL community.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2024

It is time to bring back the SAT. How do you feel about the SAT? The recent decisions of Dartmouth and Yale to return to consideration of standardized testing in admission has raised this question anew. I have smart, thoughtful friends on both sides of this question. My own opinion of standardized tests is favorable. I think selective colleges should require standardized tests and use them appropriately in their decisions.

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SRHE

MARCH 1, 2024

by Fabio R Aricò, Laura Harvey and Ritchie Woodard The pattern is familiar across many universities: more and more students are asking to be excused from attending classes, submitting coursework, and even sitting examinations, because of work commitments. Not long ago, these requests would have been dismissed as feeble justifications and lack of planning but, in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, this rising phenomenon is a signal that students are struggling to make ends meet and that ad-ho

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 1, 2024

Youngstown State University’s interim provost said no reduction in staff is necessary during this recent round of cuts thanks to voluntary retirements and separations. The update was shared Monday in an email to the campus community from Interim Provost Jennifer Pintar. In January, YSU announced a shift in focus toward “high-demand programs” while phasing out other majors where enrollment was reportedly faltering.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2024

Arizona governor Katie Hobbs is exploring options to remove members of the Arizona Board of Regents amid a financial crisis at the University of Arizona, NPR affiliate KJZZ reported.

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MARCH 1, 2024

The University of California, Los Angeles’ Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed data from the 2021 American Community Survey and found that more Latinas are pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher than ever before. The number of Latina students pursuing a bachelor’s degree or higher rose from 1 million in 2000 to over 3.5 million in 2021, and in the same time frame, the percentage of degree-holding Latinas quadrupled from a meager 5% to 20%.

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Today on the Academic Minute: Jay Zagorsky, clinical associate professor of markets, public policy and law at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, explains why it’s getting harder to live without a bank account.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 1, 2024

Choosing the Right Programs Choosing the right program portfolio is a critical decision. Team Archer is walking you through the process of research, assessing market demand, competition and saturation, and what it costs to market a program. We’ll cover how to: Select the right programs Understand your institution’s strengths and community needs Identify competition and job market demands Assess market saturation and competition Cost your programs effectively Watch on-demand, anytime: The p

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2024

Congress moved Thursday to fix an error in the legislation overhauling the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, days after the Education Department announced it was updating the formula for aid eligibility to comply with the law.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2024

In a Friday meeting with Jefferson County superintendents, Youngstown State University President Bill Johnson affirmed his commitment to an expansion of education in the Steubenville region. This expansion could even come in the form of a physical campus. Johnson seized the opportunity to assure the county’s educational leaders of YSU’s “unwavering commitment” to seamlessly transition the College Credit Plus (CCP) programs from Eastern Gateway to YSU.

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ISA Journal

MARCH 1, 2024

Nestled in the heart of the Basque Country, Bilbao offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, making it an ideal location for students seeking an unforgettable educational adventure.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2024

A disturbing video that leaked online appears to depict members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Miami engaging in a troubling act of hazing within their fraternity house. The video, which has garnered attention on social media, shows one student crouching inside a trash can while others surrounding him chug large amounts of milk.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2024

A new report from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce challenges the common public perception that rural America and its working adults are being left behind economically.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2024

Higher education finds itself at a pivotal juncture. Public confidence in the value of traditional degrees is waning while employers demand graduates with job-ready skills. Failing to address this skills mismatch could jeopardize enrolments and revenue. However, forward-thinking institutions can boost graduate employability and underscore their contemporary worth by embedding industry-recognized professional certifications within their curricula.

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 1, 2024

Wright State University to suspend admissions to 34 degrees - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive Wright State University, in Ohio, immediately suspended enrollment into almost three dozen programs as part of its review of academic offerings. The public institution announced plans last week to deactivate the 34 associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees, including those in art history, engineering physics and rehabilitation counseling.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Hopeful parents in Alabama are watching and waiting for Gov. Kay Ivey’s signature after Alabama’s legislature pushed through bills meant to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF). The two bills, from both the House and Senate, were introduced less than two weeks after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos were children, making their destruction, a common byproduct of the IVF process, illegal.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2024

With a doctorate in business administration and three years of experience as an auditor for a public accounting firm, Elizabeth Davis honed her ability to walk into any room and assess the situation, ask the right questions and retool a business strategy. Add two decades of academic leadership at Baylor University and nearly ten years at the helm of Furman University and the president is a well-oiled machine. “I think my trustees like it because, as they say, I can understand the numbers,&

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2024

As Alabama Republicans Target DEI, They Propose ‘Gag Order’ on Professors Ryan Quinn Fri, 03/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Free speech groups and students have raised alarm about a bill that flew through the state’s Senate last week and awaits action in the House.

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AIFS Abroad

MARCH 1, 2024

Tovah is a recent graduate from Carleton University in Ontario, Canada. She graduated with a degree in Political Science and a specific concentration in Public Affairs and Policy Analysis. During Summer 2019, she participated in a Government internship at an NGO in Washington, D.C. It was the perfect city for her to expand on her studies and gain real world experience.

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