Roompact
MARCH 5, 2023
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RA role?” Guest Post by Michelle Kinney, Professional Staff Member As we look at the future of the Resident Assistant role across college campuses around the nation, we must first understand that the disparity in pay could greatly affect.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2023
The University of Southern California Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy trumpets its dedication to diversity on its website. The school is “committed to preparing diverse leaders” and pledges “accountability and transparency, as well as consistent engagement to ensure that we create and maintain an inclusive environment.
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The Scholarly Teacher
MARCH 9, 2023
Tanden Brekke , University of St. Thomas Robin R. Bell , University of Northwestern St. Paul Vivian Johnson , Hamline University Key Statement: This article reports on a relationship between two social justice professors who shared stories of battle fatigue and, in doing so, supported each other in avoiding burnout. Keywords: social justice education, communities of learners, teaching fatigue Introduction Dr.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 10, 2023
The very name of HyFlex teaching— hybrid flexible —implies that this type of teaching enables extra flexibility. While the embrace of HyFlex was initially driven by public health considerations, there remain endless reasons why today’s students may need extra flexibility: most work for pay , many commute to campus and some are parents of young children.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
As short-staffed higher ed IT departments continue to feel overburdened, colleges and universities could face challenges when deploying and managing devices among faculty and staff. In some cases, the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the size of IT departments as employees took other jobs for a variety of reasons — including, in some cases, to work remotely.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
“It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten” saying in the Twi language spoken in Ghana. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and other right-wing conservative legislators would like us to believe that the field of African American studies is “woke’ indoctrination and has no value in K-12 classrooms or college and university curricula.
University Business
MARCH 6, 2023
After a 29-4 sweep on West Virginia’s Senate floor and Gov. Jim Justice’s signing last Wednesday , permit holders are now allowed to carry concealed guns onto public college and university campuses. West Virginia joins Texas and ten others to promote concealed campus carry, such as Georgia, Utah, Colorado and Oregon, to name a few, signaling other states take the lead.
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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MARCH 8, 2023
Higher education IT teams that are stretched thin due to understaffing or additional remote learning responsibilities may be able to ease their workloads by outsourcing some aspects of faculty and staff device management. Indiana University, for instance, which has multiple campuses in the state, established standard configurations that Dell Technologies applies to new employee computers before they’re shipped to the school.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
Come July 2023, six of the eight Ivy League schools will have women leaders. The Ivy League, with some of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S., recently announced bold choices in leadership. Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Columbia University named new presidents, each to take office in July. For Dartmouth and Columbia, these are the first women presidents in their history, while Harvard welcomes its first African American president.
Higher Education Today
MARCH 6, 2023
By Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar and Laura H. Jack This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. ACE will release The American College President: 2023 Edition on April 14. Since the founding of American higher education, college and university presidents have generally been White men—even.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 8, 2023
Image: The fluffiest member of Western New England University’s campus police force, Bear, is a 9-month-old golden retriever who loves belly rubs, ice cubes, treats and comforting students in a crisis. While comfort dogs are not an unusual sight on college campuses, they’re most likely to make an occasional appearance, such as during stressful exam weeks.
EAB
MARCH 10, 2023
Press Release EAB’s Navigate Platform Now Supports Student Recruitment and Retention EAB expands Navigate’s CRM capabilities to engage prospective students March 10, 2023 Tempe, Arizona (March 10, 2023) — EAB announced today an extension of its flagship student success technology, Navigate , to help colleges engage and enroll prospective students. The new Recruitment Management module enhances Navigate’s customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities and allows institutions to recruit and r
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2023
The number of applications for the Fall 2023 admissions cycle generally declined across the University of California (UC) system, particularly among nonresident applicants, The UC San Diego (UCSD) Guardian reported. The finding comes from a UC Office of the President report, which showed that there was a 2.2% decline in total applications from the previous year’s admissions cycle.
University Business
MARCH 9, 2023
An unexpected 2% decline in K12 enrollment is putting a kink in the higher education pipeline, spreading the ramifications from kindergarten up into the halls of academia. About 833,000 fewer students enrolled in public schools in fall 2021 than had been predicted, with the most surprising drops occurring in middle school, according to the “ Knocking on the College Door ” report just released by WICHE, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 8, 2023
The movie Women Talking , based on the novel by Miriam Toews and nominated for Best Picture at this weekend’s Academy Awards, has something to teach those of us who teach. I make this claim well aware of the vast differences between most U.S. college students and the group of Mennonite women who have gathered in a hayloft to decide what to do in the wake of multiple rapes.
ISA Journal
MARCH 9, 2023
Even though studying abroad can be an exciting opportunity to learn and make great memories,…
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 5, 2023
Cultivating ‘a better world’ is Dr. Valerie Kinloch’s end goal as an education scholar. "The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To advance equitable policies that are grounded in education is to understand the full humanity of people,” she said.
EAB
MARCH 9, 2023
Blogs 4 takeaways on combatting faculty burnout from our gathering of academic leaders EAB recently launched the first two-part event series for our partners focused on combatting faculty burnout and integrating a culture of well-being in academic affairs. More than twenty academic leaders from across North America participated in session one: Faculty Burnout–A Workplace Problem, Not a Worker Problem.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 8, 2023
Applying a growth mind-set–by–design approach encourages students to leave the classroom with a sense of agency, writes JT Torres. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Today Show on Jobs site: Image Source: David Schaffer/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?
Roompact
MARCH 9, 2023
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, Erin shares with Dustin how she discovered design thinking, what it is, and how she implements into her work in Residential Education. If you have a topic idea or want to engage in the community discussion, use the hashtag #ResEdChat.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 10, 2023
Hurricanes, earthquakes, bankruptcy, and a pandemic. When it comes to catastrophic events, Puerto Rico has experienced its lion’s share in the last decade. With these events have come economic vulnerability and population decreases. Yet despite the chaos, nothing has stopped Puerto Rican postsecondary institutions from working to achieve their educational missions.
Via's
MARCH 8, 2023
Studying abroad is an incredible opportunity for college students to explore new cultures, gain valuable experience, and broaden their horizons. With so many universities to choose from, Big 10 schools offer some of the best study abroad programming in the country. Let’s explore some of the top study abroad programs at schools within the Big 10. Paired with Via’s easy-to-use program match tool, who knows, maybe someday you could go abroad on one of these programs!
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 10, 2023
Image: If officials at the U.S. Department of Education hoped the “listening sessions” they arranged this week would provide consensus on whether to stop letting colleges pay outside companies a share of tuition revenue when they help recruit students, they were surely disappointed. Like just about every policy discussion in Washington these days, this one found the students, consumer advocates, college officials, corporate leaders and others who shared their opinions in three-minute
College for Creative Study
MARCH 7, 2023
The post CCS Summer Camps Recognized by Hour Detroit appeared first on College for Creative Studies.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Dr. Safa Zaki will become president of Bowdoin College, effective Jul. 1. She will be the first woman to lead the school. Dr. Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College. A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories.
Roompact
MARCH 7, 2023
We’ve hit a milestone! In the year of Roompact’s 10th anniversary, we are publishing our 365th blog post. That’s one post for every day of the year. At Roompact, we always say that the best giveaway we can “hand out” to residence life and housing professionals is not a new pen, or a fancy trendy.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 10, 2023
Image: Campus climate work affects all members of an institution’s community—but also requires a buy-in and intentional effort from all parties. Officials at Oxford College of Emory University, one of the university’s two liberal arts colleges, in 2019 identified a need for a more positive campus climate. With the introduction of their Oxford principles, leaders have created a new vocabulary for the campus community to address student needs.
College for Creative Study
MARCH 7, 2023
The post Alumnus and Detroit Artist Mario Moore Kick’s off CCS’s Woodward Lecture Series appeared first on College for Creative Studies.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 10, 2023
For most of its 50-year history, the Pell Grant has not covered summer classes, with two brief exceptions: 2009-2011 and 2017 to the present. Summer Pell, officially called year-round Pell, stands on uncertain ground, subject to the shifting priorities of Congress, which ended it originally due to its cost and a lack of evidence of its efficacy. Now, a new study from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University has shown that summer Pell has had meaningful benefits, improving ret
University Business
MARCH 7, 2023
Jackson State University’s web page for the office of the president features a picture of the interim president, her name and a text scroll that reads, “Check back for future updates.” The rest of the page is vacant, save some general hyperlinks. The website has been a revolving door since Ronald Mason Jr.’s 10-year tenure ended in 2010.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 10, 2023
Image: Understanding a student’s “Why?” can be a first step in nurturing their success. At Rochester Institute of Technology’s Academic Success Center, staff and student employees work with students to find their intrinsic values and inspire them to work in accordance with those values. In partnership with the Career Services and Cooperative Education Office, RIT students can explore their motivations to learn and work, as well as plan for a future of values-based living.
Hanover Research
MARCH 7, 2023
The Ellensburg School District School Board accepted the committee recommendations made through the district’s “Budget Reduction Reallocation” process during a special meeting last Thursday including Hanover Research Equity Services and Resources. The post Daily Record News: ESD School Board Approves Committee Recommendations for Budget Reductions, Reallocations appeared first on Hanover Research.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 8, 2023
Testing and research giant ETS, is offering a number of scholarships for underrepresented students who demonstrate academic excellence. The scholarships – administered by the organization's Center for Advocacy & Philanthropy (CAAP) – include the ETS Presidential Scholarships for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), the ETS-Trenton Central High School (TCHS) Scholarship; the ETS Cares Scholarships; the Lenora M.
Symplicity
MARCH 6, 2023
With internship season around the corner, leading employers are starting to gear up for the summer, when roughly 60% of students who are about to graduate from college and recent graduates, will join an internship program in the hopes of becoming young professionals with full-time positions post-graduation. While internship opportunities add valuable work experience for students, for employers, an internship program is more than a preview of future full-time employees.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 9, 2023
As the planet warms, the humanities grow cold, writes William Major. The only remaining question: What to do now? Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Liberal arts Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Pawel Piotr/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
Higher Education Today
MARCH 6, 2023
Title: Lessons from Black Colleges on Mental Health and Wellbeing: Practical Approaches for Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Support Student Belonging and Mental Health Source: UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building (ICP) and Active Minds While mental health concerns are rising across the U.S. college student population, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the sociopolitical.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 6, 2023
North Idaho College (NIC) has been court-ordered to reinstate NIC President Dr. Nick Swayne, who was placed on administrative leave without cause late last year, The Spokesman-Review reported. President Nick Swayne Judge Cynthia Meyer of Kootenai County District Court gave the order Mar. 3 for the public community college to take Swayne off leave for the duration of his lawsuit.
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