Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have been awarded a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to establish the Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI (CELaRAI). According to university officials, the Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI will focus on "harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform early literacy instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse learners in kindergarten through second-gr

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The affirmative action foe threatened to sue three colleges for allegedly defying the Supreme Court’s race-conscious admissions ban. Should others prepare for the worst? Selective colleges began unveiling demographic data for the Class of 2028, the first admitted after the 2023 affirmative action ban, just a few weeks ago, and already legal threats are flying.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Empowering HBCU students to reshape the political landscape “I don’t want politicians to be relatable, I want them to be reliable. I don’t care if you have hot sauce in your bag; what are you going to do about student loan debt?” This raw plea from young Black voters highlights a stark truth: traditional political engagement methods are failing those who know what they want but feel unheard.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A federal appeals court has ruled that the First Amendment likely protected a University of Tennessee pharmacy student’s social media activity that a professionalism committee chair deemed “vulgar.” A former doctoral student’s years-long fight to prove her university violated her First Amendment rights can continue, thanks to a federal appeals court ruling that overturned a lower court’s dismissal of the lawsuit.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

One of the appeals of welcoming an AI-trained chatbot to campus is the ability to answer any question, at any time, on any day. It can be a lifesaver for overworked staff burned out from answering the same questions over and over while more important projects fall by the wayside.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Pennsylvania State University will pay $703,742 in back wages and interest to dozens of female employees who alleged they were paid less than their male counterparts, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Low-key public colleges and minority-serving institutions, commonly known as MSIs, are serving as strong engines for economic mobility for the average American, according to new data by Third Way, a center-left think tank focused on improving learner outcomes. Of the over 1,600 institutions evaluated, 135 helped their students recoup the cost of their credentials in less than two years on average.

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Roompact

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This week, we're excited to feature the ACPA Commission on Housing & Residential Life (CHRL) by talking with both the outgoing and incoming chairs, Drs. DeAndre Taylor and Leah Shaw respectively. They chat with Dustin about what CHRL is, how to get involved, and their reflections on their experiences so far.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A large-scale federal study shows how the challenges of COVID-19—including job loss and difficulty paying for food and housing—affected various groups of students. Emerging federal data offers a nuanced portrait of the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic created for the generation of students who entered higher education at the onset of the public health crisis.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Image credit: Tung Nguyen, Pixabay, CC0 In this post, Dr Matjaz Vidmar offers Part 2 of his exploration about the future of the take-home essay as a form of assessment in the era of generative large-language models. Matjaz is Lecturer in Engineering Management and Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching overseeing the interdisciplinary courses at the School of Engineering.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The University of Maryland Global Campus’s agreement with online program provider Coursera to pay “service fees” based on the number of students who enroll in cybersecurity degree programs violates federal law, according to a new lawsuit, though the practice is allowed under Education Department guidance.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A proposed federal financial aid policy could change the lives of postsecondary students, particularly Black and Latinx students, by allowing them to spend less out-of-pocket for their degrees and prevent the accumulation of student debt, which remains financially crippling for many graduates. That's the findings from a new report , released by researchers at the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy (HERE) Lab at the University of California, Merced, in cooperation with The Institute for Col

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A new report argues a $17 billion investment in a grant program will meet unaddressed financial aid needs for Black and brown students. As concerns about college affordability and the economic burden of student loan debt grow, some experts say it might be time not only to boost the budget for federal financial aid but also to go back to the drawing board on how that aid is allocated.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Online learning has picked up so much steam after the pandemic that institutions are shifting their priorities to match the rabid demand. However, new research from West Point may suggest leaders should move with a degree of caution. Researchers compared the outcomes of over 550 students randomly assigned to either online or in-person sections of an economics course and found that those assigned online were about 22% of a standard deviation lower than their traditional counterparts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Florida Board of Governors will have more say in presidential searches at the state’s public institutions, approving a new policy Wednesday that will require its chair to sign off on a list of finalists before the candidates are submitted to individual governing boards.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A former office manager for Dartmouth College’s nonprofit student newspaper has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for stealing from the organization, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A cool new job at Michigan’s amazing Center for Academic Innovation. As a champion of Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation, I’m always looking for opportunities to highlight CAI’s work.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Defining credentials using a linked, open, transparent data schema. How do we ensure that the economic and social mobility promised by quality educational experiences are realized by all, especially as more people around the world need to apply their credentials in contexts and jurisdictions that are different from where they achieved them? How do we support learners who move across borders?

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