Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 1, 2024

Think the pandemic is well behind us? Survey data shows feelings of inclusion have continued dropping as a result of it, write Laurel Smith-Doerr, Joya Misra, Shuyin Liu and Dessie Clark. Remember the COVID-19 pandemic? It seems like a silly question, but as social scientists who study organizations, we know that organizational routines, including in higher education, are set up to forget crises and return to business as usual.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 30, 2024

The majority of future good jobs will be accessible through bachelor’s degree pathways. That’s according to a new report by the Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. " The Future of Good Jobs: Projections through 2031 " reminds readers that higher education has a critical role to play in the future earnings of their students and the stability of the American economy.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 29, 2024

By: Matt Nosanchuk, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education All students deserve access to learning environments that are inclusive and free from discrimination and that nurture their intellect, wellbeing, and creativity, preparing them for success in school and beyond. Books have been the gateway to Continue Reading The post Book Bans Are Not Just Bad Policy; They Can Raise Civil Rights Issues appeared first on ED.g

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 31, 2024

Higher education institutions have been slower to adopt zero-trust principles than their peers in other industries, according to a new survey — findings that indicate colleges and universities are leaving themselves vulnerable to the continuing onslaught of cyberattacks. The 2024 CDW Cybersecurity Research Report polled IT professionals in education, government, private business and other fields to gauge how prepared organizations are to defend themselves.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 31, 2024

Facing pressure from conservative lawmakers, Missouri’s flagship university is disbanding its inclusion, diversity and equity division, undoing a keystone achievement of the 2015 campus protests over racial equity. The University of Missouri at Columbia is dissolving its Division for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, leaders announced Tuesday morning, in an effort to pre-empt legislative action from conservative state lawmakers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2024

The Ohio State University is launching a new mental health initiative to expand teletherapy services for nearly 70,000 students across its five campuses. Ryan Lovell "Our goal is to build upon a student experience that is not only free of stigma around mental health but where students feel supported and encouraged to seek help if they are experiencing mental health challenges," said Ryan Lovell, associate vice president for student health and well-being at The Ohio State University.

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University Business

AUGUST 1, 2024

Many of the most direct predictions about higher education appear poised to become reality as we enter the second half of the decade: the looming demographic cliff, the shrinking pool of first-time students, waning public confidence in higher education and growing skepticism about the value of attending college. The percentage of high school students matriculating immediately to college has fallen to a 10-year low, and the nation’s colleges—now closing at a rate of one per week —may well be faci

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 29, 2024

The publisher didn’t give authors any notice before selling access to its data to Microsoft for $10 million. The agreement could improve academic research, but it further entrenches the predatory nature of academic publishing, experts say. Academic researchers around the world are reeling from news announced in May that Informa, the parent company of academic publisher Taylor & Francis, has signed a $10 million data-access agreement with Microsoft.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Darius J. Young will serve as director of the new Center for African and African American Studies at Florida A&M University. Dr. Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. His plans for the center include helping to advance African and African American studies as a discipline and to create a more substantial intellectual community through interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty, students, and the local community.

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University Business

JULY 30, 2024

Employer interest in hiring MBA graduates is ticking up across the United States and the rest of the world due to how they’re preparing business leaders to manage today’s remote-work environment, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council. As of 2021, nearly twice the amount of employers believe recently graduated MBA earners can navigate the post-pandemic landscape better than experienced employees hired directly from the industry.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 31, 2024

Colleges and universities have spent more than $1 billion on educational technology since 2020, making enormous investments focused on improving the quality of remote learning and eventually expanding into student tech, campus safety tools and much more. The cash came, for the most part, from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, a multibillion dollar allocation from the federal government that was necessary to allow learning to continue and was critical to keeping many institutions afloat

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 30, 2024

Black Sororities, Fraternities ‘Organizing Like Never Before’ Sara Weissman Tue, 07/30/2024 - 03:00 AM The organizations are mobilizing to get voters to the polls as their student and alumni members embrace Alpha Kappa Alpha member Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2024

Oakland University (OU) and Oakland Community College (OCC) in Michigan, are launching a pilot program campus housing program to permit community college students to live on the university campus. “The opportunity for OCC students to live on campus at Oakland University is another example of the great partnerships we have that benefits our students,” said Dr.

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University Business

AUGUST 1, 2024

By 2031, we’ll see the number of good jobs grow by 15.2 million, and 85% of them will require some postsecondary education. A college degree may not be the only postsecondary option for high school graduates, but it may be preferred among those who value earnings potential. A “good job” pays at least $43,000, with a median of $74,000 for workers between the ages of 25 and 44, according to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce in a new report, The Future of Good Jobs: P

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

A wide-ranging, security-focused survey of IT professionals in K–12 and higher education revealed a disconnect between technology leaders and administrators over the IT department’s most precious resource: people. In March, CDW asked technology and security professionals from a wide range of industries, government agencies and other sectors about their cyber defenses, level of cyber preparedness and ability to respond to cyberattacks.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 30, 2024

Most ‘Good Jobs’ Will Require a Bachelor’s Degree by 2030s kathryn.palmer… Tue, 07/30/2024 - 01:33 PM Despite public skepticism that a college degree isn’t worth the cost, projections show that a bachelor’s degree will significantly increase the odds of getting a good-paying job in the future.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

In April, Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is fa

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

Faculty learning communities (FLC) as an approach to improving pedagogy have their roots in 1979 when the first FLC was launched at Miami University by Dr. Milton D. Cox. FLCs have since expanded to include making teaching and learning visible efforts, like those at the University Colorado, Boulder, to professional learning communities, communities of practice, to its natural outgrowth as professional organizational development programs.

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Roompact

AUGUST 1, 2024

In this episode of Roompact’s ResEdChat, Crystal is joined by Dr. Andy Johnson, Director for Operations & Outreach at the University of South Florida. Andy shares insights on common questions students and families have as they prepare for campus move-in and highlights the numerous campus partners involved in this major production. Additionally, Andy and Crystal.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 30, 2024

Indiana U Board Doubles Down on Protest Restrictions Ryan Quinn Tue, 07/30/2024 - 03:00 AM The Indiana University Board of Trustees has approved a divisive policy expanding restrictions enacted against a pro-Palestinian encampment at the Bloomington campus in the spring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2024

In a few short weeks, fall term will be upon us and millions of students will flood classrooms. While their past transcripts, test scores, and applications indicate something about who they are and how they are doing, the truth is that we won’t know much about their lives without asking better questions. If one thing’s certain these days, it’s that we are constantly changing with the world around us.

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AIFS Abroad

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Olympics are in full swing! While watching the best in the world compete for a coveted gold medal and cheering for your country, have you wondered if your favorite summer sports at the Olympics could guide your next study abroad adventure? Whether you’e into gymnastics, soccer, track and field, swimming, diving, or tennis, AIFS Abroad has a location for you.

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University Business

JULY 30, 2024

It is not an overstatement to claim that higher education in the United States is facing unprecedented challenges that pose an existential threat for many colleges and universities. According to recent data , at least 56 public or nonprofit colleges have closed, merged, or announced closures or mergers since March 2020. Much has already been written to try to account for this crisis, which has often been referred to as the triple crisis , and includes loss of trust, increasing costs with their i

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 1, 2024

Preparing students for the future means thinking deeply about the questions new technologies raise. Writing here at Inside Higher Ed, Ray Schroeder argues that “it is our urgent responsibility to teach students how to use [AI] in their discipline.” I agree, but I also found the proposal for what we’re supposed to do following the opening call to arms rather murky and feel like some of the claims about the future of the workplace and higher education’s role in preparing students for those jobs co

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, the longtime president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), has confirmed plans that she will retire from her post next year. Dr. Belle S. Wheelan “To see the increases in student achievement and know that we had a little something to do with it has been extremely rewarding,” said Wheelan, who has led the accrediting body for the past two decades.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 30, 2024

By: Abigail Swisher, Rural Impact Fellow, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Sam Smith – then a student at Daviess County High School in Owensboro, Kentucky – saw that his classmates were struggling in the wake of the pandemic, so when Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman asked if Sam and his peers on the Commissioner’s Continue Reading The post How Students Helped Spur $40 million in Federal Investments in Mental Health Across Kentucky appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 30, 2024

Greetings from the InnovationACT: Research to Impact Panel at the Canberra Innovation Network. Damith Herath nominated a coin operated robot he built at school as his first innovation. Inger Newburn described her Thesis blog as a career saving strategy. Elizabeth McGrath nominated her space research project.I asked the panel if enterperur skills should be in the curriculum.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 1, 2024

After months of discussion, St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy will join forces, hoping to capitalize on respective strengths. Eighteen months after a handful of Roman Catholic college presidents in Iowa gathered to talk about possible greater collaboration, two of those institutions—St. Ambrose University and Mount Mercy University—announced today that they will merge.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

A rising tide of anti-DEI sentiment is sweeping across the U.S., leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in higher education feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. Legislative attacks, budget cuts, and job insecurity have created a pervasive sense of crisis for these professionals. My colleagues in the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education increasingly share stories of shuttered diversity offices, reassignments, and career upheavals.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 28, 2024

Jonny Clothier was refused graduation at Bristol University over unpaid bill relating to flatmate’s bird A man who was denied his graduation for 41 years because of an unpaid bill of £64.80 relating to a parrot has finally donned his cap and gown on the same day as his son. Jonny Clothier studied architecture at the University of Bristol and was meant to graduate with his peers in 1983.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 30, 2024

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Dr. Drumm McNaughton welcomes Nuno Fernandes, President of American Public University System (APUS), to discuss how institutions can leverage technology to revolutionize their branding and marketing strategies in higher education. Podcast Overview: • Insights into the challenges facing higher education institutions in adapting to today's digital world and shifting power dynamics from institutions to students. • Strategies for differentiation in higher educa

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 29, 2024

A trustee is suing the board for allegedly withholding financial data. His lawsuit echoes broad transparency concerns that have plagued Penn State for years. When Pennsylvania State University trustee Barry Fenchak sued fellow board members earlier this month for allegedly withholding financial information from him, he became the latest occupant of the Happy Valley sphere to register concerns about institutional transparency.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Lee Lambert Lee Lambert has been named chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. He serves as chancellor of Pima Community College in Arizona. Lambert holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from The Evergreen State College and a juris doctor from Seattle University.

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Roompact

JULY 30, 2024

Summertime in education (but not the good kind where you get summer off) presents many opportunities during the break. Although the campus might be quieter during these months, it also poses a challenge in deciding how best to use our time. Should we rest and recuperate from the academic year’s demands, or should we plan.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 29, 2024

In this extra post, Dr David Quinn, Lecturer in the School of Mathematics, shares his experience of supporting tutors and demonstrators, from informal support like peer support, to more formal routes such as peer observation and the courses offered by Institute for Academic Development: Introduction to Academic Practice (IntroAP) or the Edinburgh Teaching Award (EdTA).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 30, 2024

Opinions of Higher Ed Vary, but Most Agree It’s Too Expensive jessica.blake@… Tue, 07/30/2024 - 03:00 AM Americans might be ambivalent in their opinions about higher education, but nearly everyone agrees the sticker price is too high, according to the latest edition of New America’s “Varying Degrees” survey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Racial justice advocates are turning out for the Fifth Annual Critical Race Theory Summer School hosted by the African American Policy Forum. The social justice think tank opened its July 28-Aug. 2 summit with a plenary titled “Tip of the Spear: Tennessee on the Frontlines of the War on Woke.” Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw “Racism is the Achilles heel of our democracy, a deeply rooted weakness in this country used to forge a war against ‘wokeness,’ or what many of us simply call education and advo

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