Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Rhodes College will unveil and dedicate its new National Pan-Hellenic Council Plaza on March 23, at 11 a.m., south of the Bryan Campus Life Center. The plaza, in the heart of the campus, pays tribute to the nine National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) fraternities and sororities, commonly known as the Divine Nine. In 2022, a group of students made a request to Rhodes College President Dr.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Universities Build Their Own ChatGPT-like Tools Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 03/21/2024 - 03:00 AM As concerns mount over the ethical and intellectual property implications of AI tools, universities are launching their own chatbots for faculty and students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Dr. Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012. Dr. Amelia Parnell “I am honored to serve in this new role and to support our members in their critical work,” said Parnell.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Florida Law Threatens to Defund, Disband Higher Ed Unions Ryan Quinn Thu, 03/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation last year threatening to decertify unions if at least 60 percent of bargaining unit members didn’t pay dues. Faculty unions are threatened but not yet erased.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Cecil Adderley Cecil Adderley has been named president-elect of the National Association for Music Education. He serves as chair of the Music Education Department at the Berklee College of Music. Adderley holds a bachelor’s degree in music education (instrumental) from Western Carolina University, a master’s in music education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Ph.D. in music education from the University of South Carolina.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

Boosting the Bottom Line Through Athletics Josh Moody Thu, 03/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Big-time college sports, often money-losing enterprises, have contracted in recent years—even as smaller, tuition-dependent institutions add teams to boost enrollment.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

It was once a daunting task to manage thousands of student, staff and faculty devices in higher education. It became even more difficult as colleges embraced hybrid learning and remote work, introducing personal devices into the mix and allowing work across multiple time zones and platforms. For IT departments, this presented a multitude of challenges and security concerns, not to mention drain on manpower.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

Alternative credentials have become a driving force in education, increasingly favored by non-traditional students who helped reverse a decade-plus long trend of declines that started in 2010 and fell sharply during the pandemic. Likewise, this trend has been embraced by corporations and employers that are increasingly focused on hiring people based on skills rather than academic degrees.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Device management in higher education is a never-ending task, whether IT teams like it or not. There are many tools available to help colleges and universities stay on top of device management. There are reliable device management platforms — such as Jamf for iOS devices and Windows Autopilot for PCs — for tagging and tracking thousands of laptops and tablets.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

About 1,000 colleges and universities across the United States qualified or were on the cusp of becoming Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) during the 2022–23 academic year, according to an annual analysis from Excelencia in Education.

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Roompact

MARCH 21, 2024

We welcome Paul back as our guest this week to explore the concept of "microsurveys". He explains what they are, how they can be used, and why residential education professionals should implementing them into their departmental strategy.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Device management in higher education is a never-ending task, whether IT teams like it or not. There are many tools available to help colleges and universities stay on top of device management. There are reliable device management platforms — such as Jamf for iOS devices and Windows Autopilot for PCs — for tagging and tracking thousands of laptops and tablets.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

As awesome the potential of AI for higher education, experts warn about its threat of widening the digital divide for institutions, families and students yet to fully obtain stable high-speed internet. As a result, minority serving institutions, like HBCUs, are on the knife’s edge between deeper student outcome disparities and a renaissance in innovation and career preparation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

Canada Signals Leeway on International Student-Visa Caps Marjorie Valbrun Thu, 03/21/2024 - 03:00 AM With Trudeau government emphasizing visa limits tied to applications and housing availability, more established institutions gain some reassurance.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

Open letter backed by Rowan Williams and Aled Jones says decision is backward step ‘for arts provision for women in the UK’ A decision to axe a mixed choir at St John’s College, Cambridge, in an attempt to make room for a “broader” range of music has been condemned as “fundamentally regressive” by the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Dame Sarah Connolly and Aled Jones.

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MARCH 21, 2024

LaGuardia Community College has been awarded a $116.2 million grant to develop a state-of-the art workforce training center, the New York City institution announced Wednesday.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 21, 2024

In this post, Dr Deborah Holt details how to co-create a grade related criteria matrix with students at the start of a course. Deborah is Lecturer in Mental Health Promotion and Health and Wellbeing at Moray House School of Education and Sport.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents named Jeffrey Gold as its priority candidate for the system’s open presidency, making the current University of Nebraska Medical Center chancellor the likely pick after the state-mandated 30-day public-vetting period concludes. Gold has led UNMC since 2014 and is provost and executive vice president of the NU system.

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 21, 2024

As part of the Library’s mission to make learning materials freely accessible and available, the Staebler Insurance OER Fellows Grant supports the creation of open education resources at Waterloo. The Library, along with support from Staebler Insurance, the Centre for Extended Learning’s Agile Development Team and the Open Education Working Group, provides Waterloo instructors with competitive grants of up to $5,000 each to help create or adapt an open educational resource (OER) for a Waterloo c

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

Presidents of the University of Findlay and Bluffton University, located 20 miles apart in Northwest Ohio, announced plans to merge on Wednesday. They signed a memorandum of understanding to join together as one institution that would still operate on the two campuses. The merger is expected to take place by fall 2025.

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We encourage you to seek support for grant proposal development from the University Center for Teaching and Learning (Teaching Center), the University Library System (ULS), and the Health Sciences Library System (HSLS). Expertise from the Teaching Center focuses on curricular integration and assessment; support from the libraries will focus on identifying sources and examples of OER materials in addition to serving as a resource for creative commons licensing assistance.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

Amelia Parnell has been named the new president of NASPA, a national association for student affairs administrators, the organization announced on Wednesday.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

John Moseley of Lincoln University reinstated after review clears him of allegations he bullied Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey The president of a historically Black Missouri university has been reinstated after an independent investigation cleared him of claims that he bullied another top administrator before she killed herself this year, university leaders announced on Thursday.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: James Dawes, DeWitt Wallace professor of English at Macalester College, explores the benefits that can accrue to people who play video games.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 21, 2024

Image credit: PIRO from Pixabay, CC0 In this post, Dr Deborah Holt details how to co-create a grade related criteria matrix with students at the start of a course. Deborah is Lecturer in Mental Health Promotion and Health and Wellbeing at Moray House School of Education and Sport. This post is part of the Mar-May Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Assessment and feedback revisited.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

The University of South Florida said Thursday it is launching a college focused on artificial intelligence. The College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing, opening in the fall, would be the first AI-centered college within a university in Florida, said Prasant Mohapatra, provost of University of South Florida. “This is the right time; either we do it now or 10 years from now we chase after other entities who have done it,” Mohapatra told Inside Higher Ed.

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CAPD

MARCH 21, 2024

“I realized that I could raise very interesting questions at the intersection of astronomy and political science,” says Fredlund. Through undergraduate projects at MIT and at institutions such as NASA, Fredlund has been focused on the ways governments are shaping humanity’s expanding ventures off planet. Read the full article on MIT News.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

Findlay and Bluffton would become one higher education community on two campuses. The decision was made by votes of each institution’s Board of Trustees. Pending all regulatory approvals, the merger is anticipated to be completed by Fall 2025. Through this merger, the universities would position themselves to provide increased educational opportunities that prepare current and future students to lead and serve in their local communities and beyond.

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ISA Journal

MARCH 21, 2024

Dear Mom and Dad, In retrospect, I get how WhatsApp video calling you from the hospital might have been alarming. For better or for worse, mild medical catastrophes have become part of my day-to-day while abroad. My weak American stomach is just not built for Peruvian food.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

The University of South Florida announced plans Thursday to launch the first college of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in the state. A USF news release said about 200 USF faculty members are already doing research in related subjects. The release said the U.S. has seen “a five-fold increase in the demand for AI skills.” It also said last year the National Science Foundation awarded more than $800 million for AI-related research.

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Gray Associates

MARCH 21, 2024

Explore Gray DI’s latest analysis of Fall 2023 enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse, revealing a four percent increase in new college enrollment nationwide. Discover the diverse array of program interests driving enrollment growth, from health-related fields to tech and liberal arts, and uncover the intriguing disparities between states like Louisiana and Washington.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2024

The University of California’s Board of Regents on Wednesday postponed a planned vote on a policy that would prohibit academic departments and other academic units from posting political statements on their website homepages.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

For the past three years, students at National University (NU) have been given the chance to bolster their in-classroom learning with integrated real-world work experience via a partnership between NU and work-based learning platform Riipen. Dr. Mark Milliron The partnership, in the form of a pilot program which kicked off in 2021, has allowed NU faculty to use Riipen’s online platform to source employers willing to offer work experience and project opportunities to students and add these projec

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

A longtime professor at Arizona State University (ASU) sued the university on Tuesday over a mandatory diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) course for faculty, arguing it violates state law. Owen Anderson, a professor of philosophy, religious studies and theology at ASU, is suing the school with the help of the conservative nonprofit the Goldwater Institute, claiming it is in violation of a two-year-old state law that forbids public agencies from requiring employees to engage in training that p

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced the approval of $5.8 billion in additional student loan debt relief for 77,700 borrowers. These approvals are the result of fixes made by the Administration to Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Dr. Miguel Cardona The announcement brings the total loan forgiveness approved by the Biden-Harris Administration to $143.6 billion for 3.96 million Americans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 21, 2024

The Kentucky House recently voted to limit funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at public universities. The Kentucky House recently voted to limit funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion offices at public universities. The Republican-backed measure to limit DEI practices at Kentucky’s public universities previously won approval from the state Senate after an emotional debate that delved into race relations and what the bill ’s sponsor portrayed as the liberal bent on college

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