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What is The Future of RAs? Our Pay Disparities Need To Change

Roompact

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.

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Demotion of USC Administrator Leads to Accusations of Racism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Breaking Bread in Communities of Learners

The Scholarly Teacher

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.

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Six reasons why HyFlex shouldn't become the norm (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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.

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Proactive Desktop Management Brings Efficiencies to University IT

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

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.

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UPitt Dean Works to Advance Equity in Policy, Practice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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An Unrecognized Bias Contributing to the Gender Gap in the College Presidency

Higher Education Today

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.

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How Much Time Can Device Management Programs Save Higher Ed IT?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

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.

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Report: Applications for UC System Fall 2023 Saw General Declines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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EAB’s Navigate Platform Now Supports Student Recruitment and Retention

EAB

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

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Reflecting on "The End of the English Major" (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Last week, The New Yorker published “ The End of the English Major ,” by Nathan Heller. English faculty members took to Twitter to push back on virtually every point in the essay. English B.A.s responded in droves to the poet Jorie Graham’s call to declare #IWasAnEnglishMajor , recounting how their undergraduate training led to remarkable careers.

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Surprising K12 enrollment declines are trickling up into higher ed

University Business

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.

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Ivy League to Become Collegiate Outlier in Top Women Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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4 takeaways on combatting faculty burnout from our gathering of academic leaders

EAB

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.

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Grad students need career mentors as well as academic ones (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Category: Carpe Careers Your thesis adviser may be the best person to guide your research, but conversations about your career may need to happen outside your department, Daniel J. Moglen advises. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Nuthawut Somsuk/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Top Study Abroad Programs at Big 10 Schools

Via's

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!

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Puerto Rican Resilience Is a Lesson for the Mainland

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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After a ‘no confidence’ vote, JSU sits its seventh president since 2010

University Business

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.

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Thoughts on dealing with despair over the state of the humanities (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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?

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Daily Record News: ESD School Board Approves Committee Recommendations for Budget Reductions, Reallocations

Hanover Research

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.

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Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara Named VP for Academic Affairs at Teachers College, Columbia University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara will become vice president for academic affairs, provost, and dean of the college at Teachers College, Columbia University, effective Jul. 5. Dr. KerryAnn O’Meara O’Meara is currently professor of higher education, a distinguished scholar teacher, and special assistant to the provost for strategic initiative at University of Maryland (UMD).

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[UPDATED] Employer Guide to Internship Laws 2023

Symplicity

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.

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Use learning, care and other values to shift campus culture

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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.

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New Report Looks at How HBCUs Can Support Student Mental Health

Higher Education Today

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.

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Judge Orders North Idaho College to Reinstate NIC President Placed on Leave Without Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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20 Citizen Science Projects for Students of All Ages

Experiential Learning Depot

Spring is the perfect time of year for citizen science! It's warming up outside, students are getting antsy and exhausted, testing is underway, and breaks are badly needed. ​On top of that, things start to get active in the world of wildlife, especially in temperate regions like Minnesota. Animals emerge from hibernation, migrating species begin their long journeys to their summer sanctuaries, and it's breeding season for many organisms. ​ Citizen science is when citizens, like your

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Equity director targeted, she says, for questioning antiracist 'orthodoxy'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The faculty director for a California college’s Office of Equity, Social Justice and Multicultural Education says she’s being terminated after she questioned antiracist “orthodoxy,” objected to the college’s land acknowledgments for an Indigenous tribe, tried to bring a “Jewish inclusion” event to campus, declined to join a “socialist network,” refused to use the gender-neutral terms “Latinx” and “Filipinx,” inq

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Study Abroad Housing: What Are My Options?

AIFS Abroad

Last Updated on March 7, 2023 by Cat Rogliano If you’re planning to study or intern abroad, one of the biggest decisions you’ll have to make is where you’ll be living during your time overseas. Thankfully, housing is included on all AIFS Abroad programs, which can really take the stress out of planning. Although each program varies, housing options include  residence halls, host families and shared apartments.

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Dr. Safa Zaki Appointed First Woman President of Bowdoin College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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.

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Celebrating our 365th blog post… Our TOP TEN posts of all time

Roompact

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.

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A New GMAT Will Arrive This Year

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A new version of the Graduate Management Admission Test will debut this year. The Graduate Management Admission Council, which runs the test, announced the change Thursday without providing much detail. It said the GMAT Focus “is more efficient, flexible, and insightful by honing in [ sic ] on the higher-order critical reasoning skills and data literacy especially relevant and applicable in the business environment of tomorrow.

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Proctor Announces Alisa Barnard as New Assistant Head of School

Proctor Academy

Proctor Academy is excited to announce Alisa Barnard as its next Assistant Head of School, beginning July 1, 2023. A New Hampshire native and graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Divinity School, Alisa has spent the last nineteen years of her career at her alma mater, St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, most recently as the Director of the Advanced Studies Program.

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Dr. John W. Miller Jr. Appointed Dean of the Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science at the University of Louisville

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. John W. Miller Jr. will become dean of The University of Louisville’s Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work and Family Science, effective Jul. 1, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. Dr. John W. Miller Jr. Miller is dean of curriculum and senior diversity officer at St. Norbert College. “The Kent School has a rich tradition of producing exceptional research and dedicated practice and teaching,” Miller said.

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Students at top London university urged to ‘snitch’ on striking lecturers

The Guardian Higher Education

Queen Mary accused of ‘turning students into spies’ to gather data on academics who did not reschedule missed teaching A prestigious London university has become the first in the country to use a “student snitch form” to encourage students to report striking staff, while threatening to dock full pay for 39 days if those named fail to reschedule missed teaching.

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Maine looks at waiver that would cut four-year college tuition in half

University Business

Lawmakers in Maine are considering a new bill that would waive up to 50% of tuition expenses for up to four years for upcoming high school graduates in the state. The bill, LD 512 , establishes two types of tuition waivers for students who enroll at a campus of the University of Maine System. The bill’s sponsor, Senator Mike Tipping, whose district includes the University of Maine’s flagship campus at Orono, said, “Enrollment has been down, and student debt has been up” in an inter

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Belmont University hires new VP of hope, unity and belonging

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: D’Angelo Taylor had a hard time imagining a career in higher education. Growing up in a tough neighborhood on the south side of Richmond, Va., he assumed his career options were limited. No one in his family had gone to college, much less earned an advanced degree. But Taylor, raised by a grandmother who encouraged him to dream big and to follow the educational path that would make those dreams come true, ended up doing both.

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Candace Byrd-Vinson Leads Calhoun Community College Women's Basketball as School’s First African American Female Basketball Coach

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Candace Byrd-Vinson, Calhoun Community College head women's basketball coach, is the school’s first African American female basketball coach, FOX 54 reported. Candace Byrd-Vinson This comes as Calhoun returns to men's and women’s basketball after a 21-year hiatus. Byrd-Vinson – a Tanner, Alabama native – was a 4-time All-State player and 2A State Player of the Year at Tanner High School in Limestone County and played at the collegiate level at Birmingham-Southern College.