April, 2023

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Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-700211696.

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What’s New with Microcredentials in Higher Education?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Undergraduate enrollment in higher education dipped for the third straight year in 2022, plunging the number of students at colleges and universities down 7 percent from 2019. Those numbers now show some signs of stabilizing: A preliminary report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted a decline of just 0.6 percent in fall 2022.

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The intricate, evolving and dizzying landscape of strategic college alliances

University Business

Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships—oh my! In today’s higher education landscape, a plethora of schools face razor-thin revenue margins and are exploring innovative ways to serve their students through strategic alliances. The playbook for any given institution’s alliances can vary wildly. For example, Lewis University and St. Augustine College announced this week their plans to merge.

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New Report Offers Insight into HBCU ‘Secret Sauce’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

America has woken up to the unique benefits of HBCUs for Black students. Enrollment is up , and, after a century of underfunding , some money has been coming in, from sources both public and private. Suddenly, HBCUs have cultural cachet, thanks to celebrities like Beyoncé, who honored the schools in her 2019 concert documentary Homecoming , and Deion Sanders, who brought Jackson State University’s football team to national prominence before departing last December.

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Engaging Students in Faculty Research

The Scholarly Teacher

Katie Morales , Tanner Health System School of Nursing, University of West Georgia Modupe Adewuyi , WellStar School of Nursing, Kennesaw State University Cindy Johnson , Tanner Health System School of Nursing, University of West Georgia Key Statement: Engaging students in faculty research is a high-impact practice that provides students opportunities to engage with faculty outside a course in a mentoring relationship, to respond to constructive feedback, to network with professionals in a work e

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Rutgers University Workers Waging Historic Strike For Economic Justice (Hank Kalet)

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editors note: The Higher Education Inquirer thanks Hank Kalet for allowing us to reprint his substack Channel Surfing as a record of the Rutgers strike. News sources state this is the first labor strike at the school in its entire 256-year history. Hank is a lecturer at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. We encourage you to subscribe to his substack.

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Historic faculty pay increase still beaten by inflation

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: While this academic year saw the largest one-year increase in full-time faculty members’ average salaries in over three decades, that still wasn’t enough to stop their real wages from falling due to inflation, the American Association of University Professors noted this Thursday alongside its latest salary survey data. They are preliminary data for the 2022–23 academic year; AAUP plans to release the final data in July.

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Higher Ed Reimagined: Student-Run SOC Protects University Assets

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., universities across the country sent students, faculty and staff home — along with their devices and other university assets. The University of Cincinnati was no exception, and as this environment became more complex to manage, IT staff decided to tap its student body for help. Standing up a student-run security operations center allows the university to reap the benefits of an enthusiastic workforce and gives these student workers valuable experience

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Law Significantly Cuts Prison Time for Higher Ed Credentials

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Research has repeatedly found that higher education programs in prisons reduce recidivism. And the higher a degree an incarcerated person earns, the less likely they are to re-offend, down to a 0% recidivism rate for those who have earned a master’s, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Now, Colorado, which has the fourth-highest recidivism rate in the United States , has taken one of the boldest steps of any state to incentivize people in prison to get a credential.

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Feedback or Feedforward? It’s All About the Timing

The Scholarly Teacher

Jennifer Lemke , University of Nebraska at Omaha Chris Wilcoxen , University of Nebraska at Omaha Jeni Langfeld , University of Nebraska at Omaha Key Statement: This article explores feedback structures that contribute to students' understanding and performance. Keywords: Feedback, Timing, Peer Feedback Background As educators, an expectation is to provide feedback to students.

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ChatGPTeaching or ChatGPCheating? Arguments from a semester with large language models in class (Part 1)

Teaching Matters Online Learning

In part one of a two-post series, Vassilis Galanos discusses attempts at using ChatGPT in the classroom and for essay writing and reflects on the software’s limitations but also why it can be seen as an indicator of broader social challenges in education and beyond.

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Turnitin's solution to AI cheating raises faculty concerns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When Turnitin was launched in 1998, the early ed-tech start-up promised a solution to one of the most pressing threats to academic integrity in the nascent internet era: easy plagiarism from online sources. Twenty-five years later, the question on every classroom instructor’s lips has shifted from “how do I know if my student is copying someone else’s work?

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Building Strong Partnerships to Advance Digital Equity for Learners

Ed.gov Blog

By Roberto Rodríguez, Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, and Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, Office of Educational Technology During the U.S. Department of Education’s National Digital Equity Summit, Secretary Miguel Cardona emphasized that “interagency collaboration matters.” Siloing efforts to close the digital divide between different sectors can impede the capacity for collective, Continue Reading The post Building Strong Partnerships to Advance D

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How to Prepare for Wi-Fi 6 on Your Campus

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Deploying Wi-Fi 6 across a university campus can be a complex and time-consuming process that requires careful planning and preparation. However, the benefits of faster data transfer, improved network efficiency and better performance make it a worthwhile investment. When successfully implemented, Wi-Fi 6 provides students, faculty and staff with fast and reliable wireless connectivity.

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Buried Alive: The (Un) told Stories of Black Women in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If you're silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”― Zora Neale Hurston In 2020, large-scale protests were being organized across the country in response to the unjust murders of Breonna Taylor. Breonna Taylor’s story was yet another story of Black women and girls who succumbed to excessive force, unjust treatment, and ultimately, death at the hands of the police: Sandra Bland, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Tanisha Anderson, Atatiana Jefferson, and countless others.

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Leveraging Social Cognition to Improve Student Learning

The Scholarly Teacher

Todd Zakrajsek , ITLC Lilly Conferences on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning Key Statement: Self-efficacy and self-regulation are social processes that are critical for successful learning. Keywords: Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation, Social Cognition, Success Introduction Although “brain-based” learning has captured the attention of educators for the past two decades, much of what has been discussed and implemented would fit much better into the areas of cognitive and social psychology.

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Team Spotlight: Softball

Proctor Academy

Proctor Academy’s softball team is off to a strong start in a highly competitive Lakes Region League. With dominating early season wins over Gould Academy, Kents Hill School, and New Hampton School, the Hornets have lost three straight contests to St. Paul’s School, Tilton School, and Kimball Union Academy.

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Partnership aims to bring Head Start to community colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community colleges serve high numbers of parenting students, but too few institutions have campus childcare centers, or sufficient spots to meet demand, to help these students persist and graduate. At the same time, Head Start, a federally funded program offering free early childhood education to low-income families, is suffering from enrollment declines and staffing shortages.

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Mental Health and Stop, Drop, and Enrollment Changes in Higher Education

Higher Education Today

Title: Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education Source: Lumina Foundation-Gallup Lumina Foundation and Gallup have released a new report that provides insight into the mental health environment in higher education today. The report draws on data collected in the fall of 2022 for the Lumina Foundation-Gallup State of Higher.

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What Is the Flipped Classroom and How Is It Being Applied to Hybrid Learning?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Flipped classrooms aren’t a new concept, but they saw adoption at scale during the pandemic as educators looked for ways to keep college students interested and engaged from beyond the classroom. Even with a partial return to in-person learning, many higher education institutions still use flipped classroom models for HyFlex and hybrid instruction. Here’s what that looks like, both in theory and in practice.

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Study: American College Presidency is Still Largely White and Male

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although women and people of color have made small amounts of progress over the past half-decade, the college presidency is still mostly white and mostly male That’s the main takeaway from the American Council on Education (ACE)’s The American College President: 2023 Edition , released Friday. ACE’s study, performed approximately every five years since 1986, surveyed over 1,000 college presidents and chancellors about their experiences and backgrounds during 2022.

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Second Chances: Education and Justice Involved Students

Ed.gov Blog

By: Amy Loyd, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education On the first work day of April, during which we celebrate Second Chance Month, I had the honor of joining colleagues from the Department of Justice and local and state leadership at an event held at a Miami-Dade College campus located Continue Reading The post Second Chances: Education and Justice Involved Students appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?

University Business

Most college or university presidents to have recently taken the helm might have had a grasp of their job expectations before the turn of the decade—or even when the pandemic went into full swing. However, none could have expected the speed at which it would force these leaders to adapt, or in some cases, reinvent themselves. No cohort of presidents might be more familiar with this than those leading small private colleges or universities in the Northeast.

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Strike starts at Chicago State University, more on the way

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Chicago State University faculty members and academic support professionals began striking Monday, and more walkouts are set to begin this week and next in Illinois. University Professionals of Illinois president John Miller said the union’s members will likely begin striking Thursday at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, and likely are walking out at Governors State University, in Chicago’s Southland, at the start of next week.

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Roompact Welcomes its 2023 ACUHO-I Intern: Kassidy Giles

Roompact

We’d like to introduce you to our ACUHO-I intern for 2023, Kassidy Giles! Kassidy is helping us out with the development of a professional development curriculum for student staff. She brings a wealth of experience and talent to the team. We’re excited to have her. Kassidy Giles Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Hometown: San Diego, CA Alma Mater: Favorite.

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Students Speak: The Power of Noise-Canceling Headphones and Smart Whiteboards

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Students are the lifeblood of higher education. All of the energy that faculty, staff and administrators devote to their universities is directed toward improving the student experience, student outcomes and lifelong student success. Without students, there would be no universities, no IT departments and no technology decisions to be made. Engaged student bodies bring campuses to life and invigorate classroom discussion, whether that’s done in a lecture hall or through a computer screen.

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SUNY Old Westbury to Become a University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SUNY Old Westbury will be transitioning into a university, effective Jul. 1, The school made the announcement Apr. 14, during the inauguration of Dr. Timothy Sams as its president. Sams had been appointed president of the school two years ago, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and his inauguration had been held off as the school began to return to full swing.

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Learning to become a medical interpreter

CAPD

You’re in the hospital with a serious condition. The doctor is asking you questions. The nurse is explaining your discharge instructions. The problem? You don’t understand or speak English. Or at least not well enough to grasp the complex information being discussed. And not only is there a linguistic gap between you and your medical team, but there is also a cultural barrier that’s preventing you from getting the quality of care you need and deserve.

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Bob Jones University is imploding. What happened?

University Business

Last week, Bob Jones University’s president announced the resignation of the board’s chair—one week after announcing his own plans to resign. The last two weeks have seen the South Carolina university’s leadership flip on its head. An incendiary closed-door meeting and a fiery letter from the president—which was later leaked—calling out BJU’s “dysfunctional leadership” dragged the private evangelical university’s community into the fray and has culminate

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Can the three-year bachelor's degree become a reality?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree. Their proposed solution is an unconventional one—to create a three-year bachelor’s program equivalent to a four-year college degree.

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Getting Ready for Graduation

Campus Sonar

The culminating representation of many years of hard work, exploration, change, and perseverance, graduation is a pivotal moment for grads and their friends and families, one they anticipate all year long. There are high expectations for everyone involved! It’s also one of the most overwhelming and time-consuming parts of the academic year for the campus pros involved in planning it.

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5 Things Universities Need to Know About Software-Defined Data Centers

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

A traditional three-tiered data center architecture with separate infrastructure for networking, processing and storage remains very much the norm. But for organizations looking to modernize their legacy data centers, a transition to a software-defined data center can unlock a number of important benefits. Here are five things to know about SDDCs. 1.

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Princeton African American Studies Chair Dr. Eddie Glaude to Step Down

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. chair of the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at Princeton University, will be stepping down from the role, The Daily Princetonian reported. Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. “It’s just time,” Glaude said. “It’s time for a new leader, younger energy.” With this move, he said he would be staying at Princeton and returning to full-time research and other responsibilities, such as “trying to help the nation imagine itself differently when it comes to race matters.

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Using SNAP Benefits to Reduce Student Food Insecurity and Improve College Completion

Higher Education Today

Title: SNAP Reimagined: Improving Postsecondary Education Access and Completion Source: The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) Today’s students must often navigate higher education and its associated costs while facing increased basic needs insecurity and limited need-based financial aid to close the gap. In a new brief, The Institute for College Access and Success.

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“A win-win” merger: Trocaire College acquires Medaille University

University Business

Medaille University will finalize its merger with Trocaire College on July 31 if approved by the State Department of Education and other related agencies. Medaille Interim President Lori Quigley announced the move Tuesday in her State of the University address. She explained that Medaille, based in Buffalo, was driven to take the action by COVID-19, low birth rates and subsequent poor enrollment numbers in the area’s private institutions.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: For students in Sarah Blackwood’s How to Read Moby-Dick class at Pace University, learning about Herman Melville’s work isn’t confined to lectures, essays or classroom discussions. Blackwood’s syllabus includes a tour of Lower Manhattan locations featured in the author’s novels and stories: the Wall Street law offices where Bartleby, the titular scrivener of one of Melville’s best-known stories, worked, as well as the streets that Ishmael walked in the

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Updated College Scorecard Will Help Students Find High Value Postsecondary Programs

Ed.gov Blog

By: Roberto J. Rodríguez, Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development We need a system that’s inclusive, that delivers value, and that produces equitable outcomes. We need transparency in data more now than ever before. – Secretary Miguel Cardona The U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard is a free online tool to help Continue Reading The post Updated College Scorecard Will Help Students Find High Value Postsecondary Programs appeared first on

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