Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s been a year of missteps, miscalculations, confusion, delays, glitches, and frustration after the botched launch of the simplified FAFSA, which has prevented financial aid packages from being awarded to students with ample time to make plans for their future. Last week, Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cardona released a letter to Federal Student Aid (FSA) staff which acknowledged the errors made and a need for departmental modernization, which he outlined in an eight-point plan.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

Turning Students’ College Intentions Into Enrollments jessica.blake@… Mon, 06/03/2024 - 03:00 AM A new survey from Art & Science Group suggests colleges should invest in cultivating recent high school grads who have considered a 4-year degree but not followed through.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Marquette University recently received over a million dollars from the Mellon Foundation to further energize and grow its prison education program. The program is headed by two organizations housed within Marquette’s Center for Urban Research, Teaching, & Outreach (CURTO). The first, the Educational Preparedness Program (EPP) , offers courses, academic support, and career-building resources to currently and formerly incarcerated (CFI) students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

Librarians Grapple With Diverse Archiving in a Digital World Lauren.Coffey@… Mon, 06/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Librarians know more diversity is needed in archiving but it’s a work in progress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Columbia College Chicago has laid off 70 faculty and staff members with plans to remove 32 vacant positions to address financial concerns amid declining enrollment numbers. The announcement tops mounting troubles for the college, whose budget deficit is expected to grow to $38 million. Columbia College President and CEO Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim recently announced plans to step down July 1.

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University Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Think a branding agency can rank the 100 best college mottos? So do we. Or at least, verbal brand agency Tagline Guru believes they can in their newly released Top 100 U.S. College & University Mottos. The agency gathered votes from 250 branding, marketing and ad agency professionals who were asked to pick their 10 favorites out of 400 nominations based on whether the motto “embodied” the school, told its story in a compelling way, was original and “inspired” the rea

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

The University of the Arts in Philadelphia is closing, effective June 7. Dr. Kerry Walk The university, established in 1876, served some 1,300 students in 40 undergraduate and graduate programs. Its Board of Trustees announced the shutter after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education took immediate adverse action to withdraw the university’s accreditation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Montana State University President Dr. Waded Cruzado has been named winner of the American Council on Education’s 2024 ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award. Dr. Waded Cruzado The annual award acknowledges the role mentors play in the success of participants in the ACE Fellows Program, which was established in 1965 to help prepare faculty and administrators for senior positions in higher education leadership.

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University Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law this week that allows more people in Colorado to achieve their goal of higher education. He signed the bill that created the Colorado Promise: Two Free Years of College Expanded effort on Thursday. The effort makes two years at a four-year public college, community or trade school free beginning this fall. The program applies to students who have family incomes of $90,000 or less.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Columbia College Chicago has laid off 70 faculty and staff members with plans to remove 32 vacant positions to address financial concerns amid declining enrollment numbers. The announcement tops mounting troubles for the college, whose budget deficit is expected to grow to $38 million. Columbia College President and CEO Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim recently announced plans to step down July 1.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

Mental Health and Career Transitions Sarah Bray Mon, 06/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Grad students and postdocs about to embark on a job search can sustain their well-being by taking a holistic approach, write Pallavi Eswara and Lauren Lyon.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

The University of the Arts in Philadelphia is closing, effective June 7. Dr. Kerry Walk The university, established in 1876, served some 1,300 students in 40 undergraduate and graduate programs. Its Board of Trustees announced the shutter after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education took immediate adverse action to withdraw the university’s accreditation.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Benefits of Project-Based Learning Week: Kris Wobbe, associate professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, explains why developing high-impact practices for students can benefit institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Joseph J. McCarthy Joseph J. McCarthy has been appointed provost and senior vice chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. He served as interim provost and William Kepler Whiteford Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering. McCarthy holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

The University of Virginia will pay a total of $9 million in settlements to the families of the victims of a 2022 shooting that left three students dead and two injured, The Washington Post reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Dr. Heather Bush Heather Bush has been named dean of the University of Kentucky’s College of Public Health. She served as the acting dean of Kentucky’s College of Public Health. Bush holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Mount Vernon Nazarene University as well as an M.S. and a Ph.D. in statistics from Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences.

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JUNE 3, 2024

A Contentious Pay Cut at Maricopa Community Colleges Sara Weissman Mon, 06/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Some of the college district’s adjunct librarians and counselors have been fighting a pay cut intended to bring their wages closer to that of other adjunct faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Dr. Sandra Hinski Sandra Hinski has been appointed provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Coconino Community College. She served as the Dean of Career and Technical Education at Paradise Valley Community College. Hinski holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s in health sciences from Georgia State University as well as a Ph.D. in human systems engineering from Arizona State University.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 3, 2024

Sarah Boddington and Rebecca Blackburn at ANUGreetings from "Addressing climate change by reducing consumption and phasing out gas cooktops" by Sarah Boddington and Rebecca Blackburn at the Australian National University in Canberra. Rebecca has researched minimalists. This is a philosophy and lifestyle of owning less and less disposable items.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

Higher Education’s Trust Deficit mprutter@mit.edu Mon, 06/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges' and universities’ new mandate: to rebuild public trust.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

Going green is a major theme in higher education these days. “A growing number of universities and colleges are committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050,” says Jenay Robert, a senior researcher at EDUCAUSE. To that end, they are “finding and using renewable sources of energy, adopting green technology and making curriculum changes.” Remote work also can help schools to achieve their overall sustainability goals.

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Roompact

JUNE 3, 2024

Right now, many of us are still hiring or planning for next year’s recruitment during the short window we call summer. This hiring marathon brings in the people who make everything possible. I love seeing candidates go through our process, sharpening their interview skills, and hopefully getting a position. The excitement of Spring orientation for.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

There are countless network upgrades taking place across higher education. This is a straightforward response to an obvious and significant challenge, as networks are being forced to react to the seemingly endless demands on their capacity. Forget the surge of interest in remote and hybrid learning options, and just think for a moment about the sheer number of devices interacting with a campus network today.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 3, 2024

Students as change agents (SACHA) Welcome to the Hot Topic series for June and July 2024: Students as Change Agents (SACHA). This series is introduced in the this post by Emma Taylor and Ruth Donnelly. Ruth is Assistant Director, Careers Service, and SACHA Programme Director, and Emma is SACHA Programme Manager. What is SACHA? Students as Change Agents (SACHA) is a student-led design thinking programme that partners diverse student groups with host organisations to tackle challenges aligned to t

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 3, 2024

Building Operational Excellence in Online Learning Many institutions have responded to the demand for online learning by creating new programs to meet the evolving needs of students. Too often, however, online programs fail to provide students with the flexible, accessible, high-quality experience they expect. In this 20-minute talk, presented in partnership with University Business, Angie and John discuss how online programs will provide strategies to ensure operational excellence in any online

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JUNE 3, 2024

Introduction: Origins, Purpose, and Design of the Higher Education Assessment Syllabi Project The syllabi project began in 2023 with a simple observation: despite the growing emphasis on assessment as a critical competency area for higher education and student affairs (HESA) professionals, the expected skills and knowledge around what assessment should look like in practice remains unclear.

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University Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Graduation is an important moment for many Americans. More than just pomp and circumstance, the ceremonies mark when students are handed the most coveted testimonial in academic life: A diploma. But for some college students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests, campus activism has cost them their degrees – at least for a while. “Four years and just a criminal record, nothing else,” said Youssef Hasweh, one of four students at the University of Chicago who have had their degrees withheld

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

Two University of Texas at Austin professors have joined a state lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and Education Department officials to block new Title IX regulations from going into effect this summer.

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University Business

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s almost laughable at this point when Bryn Savidge gets a job rejection email. “It’s like they’re all using the same AI algorithm to say, ‘Write this person a rejection letter,’” said Savidge, who graduated from Kenyon College, a small liberal arts college 50 miles from Columbus, Ohio, with a major in environmental science. A classic refrain is “We can tell you really want to change the world, but we’ve gone for more qualified candidates,” she said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 3, 2024

DePaul Adjunct Ousted for Optional Gaza Assignment Ryan Quinn Mon, 06/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges have punished several professors since Oct. 7 for out-of-classroom speech. Now a faculty member has been fired for a task description that referenced “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing” and “a decolonized future.

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University Business

JUNE 3, 2024

Philadelphia’s University of the Arts will close its doors at the end of the week, the school announced, abruptly ending programs for its about 1,100 students and 700 faculty and staff amid financial trouble. Many students and faculty first got word of the closure via the Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday, with an official explanation from the school being released later that day and confirmed Sunday.

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University Business

JUNE 3, 2024

One of the most important administration positions at colleges and universities right now is the Title IX coordinator. All schools receiving federal financial assistance must designate at least one employee as their coordinator, who is responsible for not only understanding Title IX’s evolving requirements but for ensuring the school’s compliance with them.

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