The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Stephanie Wasmanski , Wilkes University Keywords : Student Choice, Student Autonomy, Self-Determination Theory Key Statement: Supporting students’ basic psychological needs of autonomy and competence through self-selected activities and positive feedback may enhance student engagement and motivation. Introduction Educators are tasked with finding strategies and creating learning environments that both support and enhance student motivation and engagement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This is year 19 for Examples of Excelencia, an annual recognition given by Excelencia in Education. Founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Santiago and Sarita E. Brown, Excelencia in Education has the stated mission to accelerate Latino student success in higher education. “The intent is to bring attention to evidence-based practices that are making a positive difference for Hispanic students,” says Santiago, chief executive officer of Excelencia in Education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Black, Hispanic Faculty Far Less Likely to Get ‘Gold Standard’ Tenure Recommendations Ryan Quinn Tue, 10/15/2024 - 03:00 AM A study published this month focusing on five unnamed universities adds to research on racial disparities in the professoriate.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 16, 2024

How do you write the ‘Why This College’ essay? If you are going through the college application process, more than likely you are encountering supplemental essay questions asking you to elaborate on why you want to attend that institution. The question takes many forms. Why are you a good fit? What will you bring to our campus? What is it about our school that makes you want to attend?

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Higher Education Today

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The latest report on student mental health from Healthy Minds reveals encouraging data but also underscores the complex nature of this persistent problem and the ongoing need for comprehensive support. The traditional campus resources—counseling centers and wellness programs—are stretched thin, and higher education leaders are beginning to explore innovative solutions to provide this critical support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In an effort to provide support for its student parents at all 23 of its campuses, the California State University (CSU) launched its first university-wide initiative focused on this demographic. “Pregnant and Parenting Student Initiative”, once fully implemented, will have the goal of reducing the ‘stop out’ rate – students who leave college without graduating with a degree or credential – primarily due to the demands of trying to be both a student and a parent.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 18, 2024

How DEI Initiatives on Islamophobia Fall Short Elizabeth Redden Fri, 10/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Nadia Ahmad suggests steps institutions can take to create better anti-Islamophobia initiatives.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’ Melani Callicott, a human biology major at the University of California, San Diego, thinks about the climate crisis all the time. She discusses it with family and friends because of the intensity of hurricanes like Milton and Helene, which have ravaged the southern US, she says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In an “embarrassing moment” to witness, a British university’s vice-chancellor “beelined” for the only Black academic at a PhD reception, despite not having spoken to any other candidates. At a European research institute, the only Black female researcher was included in every possible photo, even when the subject of the photo opportunity was unrelated to her area of expertise.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Pro-Palestinian students at Harvey Mudd College, Tufts University, and others have protested the presence of certain companies at recent career fairs. Pro-Palestinian protest activity has declined on college campuses this semester, at least compared to the tumultuous events of last spring.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The 2024 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, held Oct. 21-24 at San Antonio’s Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, will feature timely programming on higher education IT technology issues and offer networking opportunities as well as an exhibit hall to see emerging technologies at work.

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Higher Education Whisperer

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Greetings from the Australian Computer Society in Canberra where Stephen Dunkerley from Matsue Leadership & Consulting is talking on leadership. He started with an example of what language to use to convince a technical versus non-technical boss. The difficult example was recommending croudstrike just after the hack. This follows today's workshop for ANU students on how to get a job.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), even as humanities degree completions decline across the nation. The report titled “Tracking the Health of the Humanities at HBCUs ” highlights how HBCUs continue to play a critical role in maintaining humanities education and diversifying the student body in these fields.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Education Department wrapped up phase one of the federal aid form’s limited rollout last week, seeking out early bugs and reassurance for families shell-shocked from last year’s fiasco. Are they passing their own test? After the disastrous launch of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) last year, all eyes are on this fall’s rollout, watching under skeptically raised brows for signs of improvement or further frustration.

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University Business

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In light of the Department of Justice filing suit against the Georgia Institute of Technology for allegedly failing to apply contractually required information security controls to Department of Defense data, higher education institutions should pay close attention to a proposed Department of Education rule. If finalized, the Controlled Unclassified Information Rule (the “ED CUI Rule”) may soon require universities and colleges to protect personal data and other categories of controlled unclassi

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CAPD

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Have you ever discovered an intriguing internship that perfectly aligns with your career goals and offers new growth opportunities, but you weren’t sure you could participate due to financial or logistic reasons? Last year, I found myself in that exact situation. Fortunately, while browsing the MIT CAPD website, I stumbled upon the MIT Career Exploration Fellowship (CEF) , which completely turned things around for me.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Kresge Foundation has created two permanent $1 million endowment funds to support Detroit Public School graduates pursuing education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The funds will be managed by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Kresge will provide an additional challenge grant of $500,000 to each of the national organization if they raise matching funds.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Robert Zaretsky worries that the expansion of asynchronous courses is not serving students well. As with other corporations and institutions during the coronavirus pandemic, American universities turned to virtual means to maintain their vital functions. Consequently, though synchronous and asynchronous classes first appeared more than twenty years ago, they metastasized when students and faculty were either locked down or leery of returning to their campuses.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2024

College closures are showing no sign of slowing down in 2024 following a report from Implan, an economic software and analysis company, that revealed at least 20 colleges have shuttered so far this year. However, several institutions this year have dodged the tolling bell—offering college leaders clues as to how they, too, can avoid an existential crisis.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Critics say courses are being closed that played a leading role in addressing racial disparities in higher education Black scholarship in the UK risks being wiped out due to redundancies and course closures, leading academics have warned. Universities in England are engulfed in a financial crisis and have in response implemented a number of cost-cutting measures.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She will replace Dr. Shaun R. Harper, the founding director who first announced in Diverse last year that he was planning to step down after 14 years on the job.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The latest studentPOLL from Art & Science Group shows that traditional-aged students are considering more specific policies when choosing where to attend to college.

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University Business

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The latest annual Healthy Minds Study, which surveyed 100,000-plus college students from 200 universities across the United States, has good news to report: There are decreases in symptoms of anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide, and increases in receiving mental health care and support. In general, the latest report from the Healthy Minds Network found that college students seem to be flourishing more, but mental illness and related issues for this age group remain a pressing concern.

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Experiential Learning Depot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

“What are some effective group work strategies for students?” I’m asked this question a lot, and understand it well as a project-based educator. I’ve been through the ups and downs that come along with group projects, and as a result, have developed some group work strategies for effective collaboration. Let’s take a look.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The University of Houston has received two new grants designed to address barriers that prevent low-income and underrepresented students from pursuing STEM education. The funding of two projects – one addressing postdoctoral researchers preparing for engineering/STEM education careers and one supporting youngsters - will build upon the community partnership between UH and Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, says university officials.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Most Campus Tech Leaders Say Higher Ed Is Unprepared for AI’s Rise kathryn.palmer… Wed, 10/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Inside Higher Ed’s third annual survey of campus chief technology officers shows that while there’s enthusiasm for artificial intelligence’s potential to enhance higher education, most institutions don’t have policies that support enterprise-level uses of AI.

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Roompact

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In this episode of Roompact’s RA Chat, Crystal is joined by Kathryn Palmieri, Managing Director at the Engineering Student Success Center and College of Science Student Success Center at San Jose State University. Join KP as they share tips on making the most of your campus resources, how to connect with your academic advisor for personalized guidance, and the best ways to create spaces in your residence halls that foster both community and academic success.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Nova university programme criticised for only having white instructors and for some of its content, such as session on ‘does racism really exist?’ A top university in Lisbon has suspended plans to launch a postgraduate programme on racism and xenophobia after the course was criticised for hiring only white instructors. The programme, offered by the faculty of law at Nova University in tandem with the government-backed Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia, was also condemned for some of its conte

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror for a reason. – Jelly Roll Alone for 23 hours a day in solitary confinement as part of his 10.5-year prison sentence, Cordero Holmes could not see his future as a great dad, Honors College student, or recipient of the MLK Living the Dream Award for community service in his old neighborhood. In fact, he viewed solitary as a hallmark of his success.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Letter From a Child-Free Cat Guy Elizabeth Redden Thu, 10/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Craig Wynne calls for adding childlessness—and childfree-ness—to DEI conversations.

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College for Creative Study

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The post At Age 86, Alumna Lois Teicher ’79 CR Plans Her Next Major Abstract Sculpture appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2024

System for applying for travelcards yet to be restored after cyber-attack on Transport for London’s IT systems Students in London fear they may have to abandon their school and university courses to save money after a cyber hack on Transport for London’s (TfL) IT systems left them unable to apply for discounted travelcards. TfL suspended applications for discounted travel passes when its systems were hacked in early September, compromising the details of about 5,000 Oyster card holders.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As the 2024 college football season approaches the halfway point, there are three Black head coaches that have a good chance of making the College Football Playoffs. The new playoff system will include 12 universities for the first time which is up from 4 teams in the old system. This has created more interest and more revenue for college football than there has ever been.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The University of Kansas announced Friday that an instructor is no longer employed there after a video showed him “making a highly inappropriate comment in his classroom suggesting violence against individuals for their personal views.

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Ed.gov Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today launched the Career and Technical Education (CTE) CHIPS Challenge, a $1 million prize competition, funded by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins V) that seeks to expand student recruitment, training, and placement strategies in good-paying semiconductor fabrication (fab) construction and advanced manufacturing Continue Reading The post U.S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm continues the conversation with Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy and Dr. Selena M. Grace, leaders at the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), discussing important innovations in higher education accreditation. What you'll gain from listening to this podcast: ✓ Accreditation Innovation: Learn about NWCCU's pilot program for a three-year bachelor's degree, helping your institution understand and prepare for potential shifts in degree structures

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Historically, the leadership of organizations, including institutions of postsecondary education, has rested within the dominant white, cis-gendered male culture. The first college in the U.S, Harvard University, founded in 1646, existed to educate white male landowners (and their progeny) in a classical curriculum focusing heavily on ethics, politics, and religion.

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