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New Book Focuses on Anti-Asian Racism, Stereotypes, and Catholic Teachings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, the Reverend Dr. Joseph Cheah said that he would spend hours at the bookstore, reading about Asian American studies. Dr. Joseph Cheah “The whole notion of Asian American things like that, I've been interested in that for a long time,” Cheah said. “I would just stand there for hours, reading one book after another in Asian American studies.

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4 Reasons College Campus Visits Are a Waste of Time & Money

Great College Advice

College campus visits are a ritual. A rite of passage. A requirement. And they also are mostly a waste of time and money. As the summer winds down, my team and I have been busy debriefing our students and their parents about whatever summertime college campus visits they have done in the past month or two. While my colleagues and I have done hundreds of campus visits as a way to research colleges, our families are embarking on these adventures for the first time.

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Funding source shouldn't affect postdoc benefits (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Imagine two postdoctoral researchers in an academic lab. Both have similar duties, such as conducting experiments, mentoring junior lab members, analyzing data and publishing and presenting their work. However, if one of them were awarded a prestigious training fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, that same postdoc may lose their employment status with their institution, causing a loss of critical employee benefits in their overall compensation package.

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Five Themes for Educators in 2023

Will Richardson

(1/4 Newsletter Repost). First, Happy New Year! May 2023 bring us all good health, deeper relationships, and as much joy as we can handle! With those aspirations in mind, we want to tee up some of the themes that will be most on our minds here at BQI over the coming year. We see the year ahead as a complex mixture of reckoning and opportunity, of deceptively fast change, and of increasingly urgent, fundamental questions and conversations about the future of education.

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Philander Smith College to Become Graduate Degree-Granting School After MBA Program Approval

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Philander Smith College (PSC) will become a graduate degree-granting school after its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in November 2022. Dr. Roderick L. Smothers "On the heels of the 145th anniversary of Philander Smith College, we are elated about this milestone announcement," said Dr.

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Looking Ahead in 2023

The Scholarly Teacher

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Public health majors grow by more than 1,000 percent

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Tabitha Edson always knew she wanted to work in health sciences. She earned a nursing assistant certification in high school but decided not to pursue the field at Westminster College, a small private institution in Salt Lake City; she worried that it would limit her job opportunities when she graduated. Instead, she found herself drawn to public health, inspired by an introductory course in the subject required for both public health and nursing majors.

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Dr. Fredrick Muyia Nafukho Appointed Vice Provost for University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. Dr. Fredrick Nafukho Nafukho will also become tenured faculty in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business. He is currently at Texas A&M University, where he is senior associate dean for faculty affairs; professor of educational administration and human resource development; and co-director of the school’s Educational Leadership Research Cent

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2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance

UMSL Diversity

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is proud to host the annual observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). Since the university’s inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance on January 18, 1988, the campus community has celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. King with prolific speakers, inspiring music, and a scholarship presentation to our outstanding UMSL students. .

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College presidents must denounce white nationalist attacks (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The movement must not be written off as just politics or culture wars when in fact it’s a direct threat to everything higher education stands for, writes Michael Gavin. Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Brent Stirton/Staff/Getty Images News Image Caption: Insurrectionists clash with law enforcement as they try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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What Higher Ed Institutions Should Know About Security Service Edge

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Technology use has not only become ubiquitous among university students, faculty and staff, but it’s also expanded with the rapid adoption of mobile devices, cloud computing and Internet of Things devices. As cybersecurity grows even more challenging in this accelerating environment, having a unified security strategy for protecting all university resources is more important than ever.

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‘An Invisible Tax’: Study Finds That Schools Lag in Utilizing Data

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges and universities generate vast amounts of data every day, spanning from the research findings of their scholars to the log-in times of their students to learning management systems. But institutions of higher learning have fallen behind businesses and government when it comes to putting this data to use, according to a new study in Science.

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ACUHO-I Internship Series Part 5: Navigating Offers

Roompact

This post is one in a five part series on securing a summer internship in college housing and residence life through the ACUHO-I’s Housing Internship Program. It is written from the perspective of a former ACUHO-I Intern. The series will walk you through the process from beginning to end providing tips and tricks along the.

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DeSantis Asks Colleges How Much They Spend on Diversity

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has asked Florida's public colleges to report on the costs associated with diversity, equity and inclusion programs, The Tallahassee Democr a t reported. He asked last month and his administration released the request on Wednesday. The memo also asked institutions to include the number of positions and amount of funding dedicated to each program as well as how much of that cost is state funding.

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5 Things to Consider Before Modernizing Your Classrooms

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

1. What Network Capacity is Needed? Classrooms are high-density environments, and you should estimate one to two devices per user on the Wi-Fi network. As a starting point, you’ll likely need one access point for every 50 devices. If your calculations call for more than four APs, have a specialist help with placement and product selection. Invest in the newest technologies; Wi-Fi 6 is specifically designed for high-density deployments.

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American Indian College Fund Receives Near $39 Million for TCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The legacy of mistreatment that American Indians and Alaska Natives have endured is evident in the educational statistics. Only 16.1% of AIAN people over 25 have a bachelor’s degree or higher, less than half the rate of Americans overall, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In an attempt to address this disparity, the Lilly Endowment, has announced a five-year, $38,775,000 grant to the American Indian College Fund, the nation’s largest charity for Native higher education.

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Supporting Staff Through the ResLife Job Search Season

Roompact

It’s job search season! For those of us with graduate assistants, and perhaps those with undergrads interested in the field (see my previous blog post!) these staff are beginning to plan out their job searches. The professional job search and the graduate school search have some significant differences and individuals going through these processes need.

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Community colleges suffer from employee shortages

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm. A recent data analysis from EAB shows that four-year colleges mostly recouped their losses after also experiencing sharp declines in staff, unlike community colleges, which

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Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed’s top 30 R&D performers

University Business

Innovation is alive and well on campus as R&D on campus is seeing increased investment by college and university leaders. Academic institutions spent $89.9 billion on research and development in math, science, engineering and other major fields during FY 2021, an increase of $3.4 billion from 2020, according to the latest data from the National Science Foundation.

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Dr. Keona Lewis Appointed Assistant Provost for Academic Diversity and Inclusion at University of Notre Dame

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Keona Lewis will become assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame, effective Feb. 1. In this role, she will report to the vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs. Dr. Keona Lewis Lewis will also serve as an assistant professor of the practice in Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns.

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Harvard blocks role for former Human Rights Watch head over Israel criticism

The Guardian Higher Education

Kennedy School allegedly bowed to donors unhappy with organisation accusing Israel of apartheid in occupied territories The dean of one the US’s leading schools of government blocked a position for the former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) over his organisation’s criticism of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians. The Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy offered Kenneth Roth a position as a senior fellow shortly after he retired as director of HRW in April after 29 ye

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired.

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CCS alumnus Ndubisi Okoye Named on Hour Magazine’s List of 2023 Most Influential People from Southeast Michigan.

College for Creative Study

The post CCS alumnus Ndubisi Okoye Named on Hour Magazine’s List of 2023 Most Influential People from Southeast Michigan. appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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DeSantis Administration Requires Florida State Colleges and Universities to Report Spending on DEI and CRT

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Florida state colleges and universities must report spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and projects and initiatives related to critical race theory (CRT), per orders from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ’s administration, the National Review reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis In a Dec. 28 memo , Chris Spencer, director of the office of policy and budget in the DeSantis administration, asked the Department of Education and the state university system to disclose staff, programs, and campus ac

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EdTech’s Funding Problems Are Going to Get Worse

eLiterate

As with much of the venture capital world, EdTech venture funding has slowed to a trickle overall and is almost completely frozen in some areas, such as early-stage investments. Conventional wisdom seems to be that this state of affairs won’t last forever. Since the proximate causes of the situation are falling stock prices and high inflation, the investing environment should improve significantly during 2023 as inflation falls and the stock market begins to recover.

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A university president in Ukraine turns to social media

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When the president of the Kyiv School of Economics began to post photos of his daily life to social media in November, it was a gut reaction. A day earlier, Russian air strikes had hit Ukraine’s power grid, plunging the capital city into darkness. “I didn’t have a plan. I realized we had no heating and no water for a while, and somehow I felt it would be interesting for the world to know how people are trying to get through the war,” said Tymofiy Mylovanov.

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Symplicity Spotlight: Tiffany Lyle

Symplicity

Each and every day, our client managers across the globe help make our clients' day-to-day just a little bit easier so that they can better support their students. With a client support team that comes from across the student success spectrum, clients continuously speak to the dedication of our client support team, and we at Symplicity want to give them the attention they deserve.

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Johnson C. Smith University President Announces June Retirement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) President Clarence Armbrister will retire in June. Armbrister – the 14th president of the historically Black college and university (HBCU) – broke the news in a message to students Jan. 3. Clarence D. “Clay” Armbrister “It is a bittersweet moment for me and my family because we love this university and the unparalleled opportunities HBCUs like ours provide for thousands of students across the country each year,” Armbrister wrote in his message.

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Manhattanville College’s Administration Tries to Save School.by Removing its Heart (Bob Frank)

Higher Education Inquirer

During the past two years, administrators at storied Manhattanville College have removed 46 full-time faculty--by paying then to retire or laying them off. Last month, for the first time in Manhattanville's history, tenured faculty in the arts and humanities were pushed away. Since the 1840s, Manhattanville College was famous for its caring faculty.

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Should class participation be graded in college?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Students who enroll in William Altman’s psychology classes at the State University of New York’s Broome Community College sometimes find themselves hooked up to an electroencephalograph—a device that measures electrical activity of the brain—while driving simulated cars either with or without texting. Others in the class participate by monitoring the device’s output or the number of accidents or driving errors both for drivers who text and those who refrain.

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Review: Okta Grants Access to Necessary Apps with One Password

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

There’s a common misconception that increased security often comes at the expense of productivity. This can seem especially true in higher education, where students can easily forget passwords for multiple applications, bringing learning to a halt and turning faculty into help desk technicians. While this may have been true in the past, Okta’s single sign-on software solution shatters the notion.

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Pell Grant Increase Will Help Low-Income Students, But More is Needed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With President Biden’s signature on Dec. 29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. The new total is a record high for the program, first created in 1972. Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant.

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Santander UK drops 2:1 requirement for graduate scheme

The Guardian Higher Education

Bank says changing minimum qualification policy opens scheme to 64,000 more candidates each year Santander UK will no longer require graduates applying to work there to achieve a 2:1 degree or higher, as part of efforts to boost the socioeconomic diversity of its recruits. The bank said the change would lead to an extra 64,000 more applicants being eligible for its annual graduate scheme and reflected the fact that university performance did not guarantee success in the workplace.

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Review of Jamie Kreiner, "The Wandering Mind"

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Column: Intellectual Affairs The patient, an accomplished scholar of international reputation, presents with recurrent symptoms that suggest an underlying malady. Relevant behavior may be summarized briefly: While reading, he “yawns a lot and readily drifts off into sleep; he rubs his eyes and stretches his arms; turning his eyes away from the book, he stares at the wall and again goes back to read for a while; leafing through the pages, he looks curiously for the end of texts, he counts t

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What is Self-Directed Learning in a High School Classroom?

Experiential Learning Depot

What is self-directed learning and what does that look like in a classroom or homeschool? This phrase and other variations of the phrase (child-led learning, self-directed learning, student-led learning, etc. etc. etc. ) imply that learning experiences are designed, coordinated, and led by students. Your students are self-directed learners, not passive receivers of information.

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. LaVar Charleston had a crush on Dr. Sherri Charleston from the moment he met her in ninth grade. Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. “She was Claire Huxtable—beauty, brains, and personality,” said LaVar Charleston. While the two were friendly, they had opposite interests at the time.

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5 sites for free stock photos and videos for higher education

Terminalfour

For higher education professionals, there’s usually a cost associated with every aspect of a creative marketing campaign. But you have millions of free creative assets right at your fingertips. Here’s how to find them.