Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It was my pleasure last week to deliver a mini-workshop at the Independent Schools of New Zealand Annual Conference in Auckland. Intended to be more dialogue than monologue, I’m not sure if it landed quite where I had hoped. It is an exciting time to be thinking about educational governance and my key message was ‘don’t get caught up in the hype’ Understanding media representations of “Artificial Intelligence”.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation is a compelling book about leadership, service, and the importance of mentorship/sponsorship within the academy. The book is edited by Drs. Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan, and Stephanie G. Adams. And its publication by Wayne State University Press earlier this month comes right on time, as a new academic school year gets underway.

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Dr. Josie Ahlquist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Hispanic Heritage Month is a vibrant and culturally rich celebration from September 15th to October 15th each year. During this month-long tribute, we honor the many contributions, diverse cultures, and profound histories of the American Latino community (U.S. Census Bureau). The roots of Hispanic Heritage Month trace back to 1968, when it was first observed as “Hispanic Heritage Week.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Despite National Pushback, West Virginia Will Cut Faculty, Programs Ryan Quinn Fri, 09/15/2023 - 11:42 AM A month of intense public and on-campus pressure did not dissuade the Board of Governors from siding with the administration to slash programs and positions.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Exclusive: Alfie Meadows underwent brain surgery after being struck by officer at tuition fees demonstration The Metropolitan police have apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure settlement to a man who needed emergency brain surgery after being hit by an officer’s baton during the 2010 university tuition fees protests. Alfie Meadows, then a 20-year-old philosophy student at Middlesex University, sustained a brain injury after he was struck on the head during demonstrations against the tripling

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As a Black woman who studies the educational experiences of Black women and girls, Dr. Tiffany Steele says she always felt like her work was never quite valued. “If you focus on minoritized populations, there’s a lack of understanding about why this research is relevant,” she says. Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had t

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As digital transformation initiatives accelerate across colleges and universities, institutions must bring their applications up to date. The limitations of some legacy applications may hold back transformation efforts and hamper improvements to efficiency, productivity and security. “This slows the pace of innovation because organizations can't meet the demands of their customers,” says Greg Peters, chief architect for strategic application modernization assessment with CDW.

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College Forward

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

August 14 may have been an average Monday to some, but for College Possible Milwaukee, it marked the very first day of our 2023-24 Welcome Weeks in which 28 new and returning AmeriCorps coaches officially began their service year. Coaches spent Welcome Weeks connecting with fellow team members, learning the College Possible mission, and training to support scholars before the school year begins.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

When ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM) AI that can generate long, detailed answers to complicated questions, was first made accessible to the public in November 2022, it changed the landscape of education forever. “As you can imagine, people were and still are apprehensive. I would describe faculty as on a spectrum between sanguine and despairing,” says Dr.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Devices are crucial in higher education for faculty, staff and students. After the scramble to purchase devices for them to use during the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions often failed to think about what was to come. According to an EdTech X (formerly Twitter) poll, 43 percent of respondents are most concerned about cybersecurity when managing their device ecosystems.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For Selective Institutions, Progress and Backsliding on Socioeconomic Diversity jessica.blake@… Mon, 09/11/2023 - 03:00 AM New York Times database shows some colleges have gained in socioeconomic diversity, but many have declined.

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Ed.gov Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The ED Games Expo is the annual public showcase of game-changing forms of education technology created through more than 50 programs at the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, and across government. The 9th annual Expo will occur from September 19 to 22. In addition to its many in-person events at the Kennedy Continue Reading The post ED Games Expo 2023: Featuring a Livestreamed Science Is Cool (ScIC) Event on September 21 appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Dr. Vernon B. Harper, Jr. will become interim president of California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), effective Dec. 31, Bakersfield Now reported. Dr. Vernon B. Harper Harper is currently provost and vice president of academic affairs at CSUB. Previously, he was dean of academic programs at the school. “Dr. Harper is a highly principled and energetic academic leader, with a well-established track record of innovation, student success and inspiring faculty engagement and productivity,” said

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Mental health concerns plaguing college campuses today create a variety of problems for the institution. Students struggling within themselves are less engaged in the classroom and face a higher likelihood of stopping out. Thankfully, colleges have responded accordingly. Facing increased demand, mental health offerings have quickly become a pillar of student support, and students are becoming increasingly comfortable with seeking these services.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A Women’s College’s Profitable Foray Into Online Learning Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 09/12/2023 - 03:00 AM Spelman’s experiment with in-house certificate programs earned nearly $2 million in its first year, exceeding its expectations.

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PUC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

by Vivian Geow (PUC accreditation specialist & MBA program advisor) Between July 26 – August 8 of 2023, I participated in a mission trip conducted by ShareHim ministries to Colombia. Participants with ShareHim are tasked to preach – something I said I would never, ever do.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

John E. Smith Jr. John E. Smith Jr. has been named chief of staff at Saint Augustine’s University. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership & supervision from the University of Houston, a master’s in human services from Springfield College, and a Ed. D. in professional leadership from the University of Houston.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. The University of Arkansas, for example, has welcomed a record number of students this school year, topping 32,000.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

University of Texas System Bets Big on Microcredentials Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 09/14/2023 - 03:00 AM The system, with 250,000 students, has teamed up with microcredential provider Coursera in its largest partnership yet, which will get students credentialed by tech giants including Meta, IBM and Google.

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Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) are getting some recognition from President Joe Biden. The White House has issued a proclamation designating this week, September 11-17, as National Hispanic-Serving Institution Week. "Education beyond high school should be a ticket to the middle class — and across our Nation, more than 500 Hispanic-Serving Institutions have helped to make that promise real, opening the doors of opportunity a bit wider for generations of Hispanic col

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College Forward

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Sinyetta is the first in her family to attend and graduate from college. Being a first-generation student could be challenging at times. She often couldn’t turn to her family for college advice, but this never prevented her from achieving her higher education goals. In fact, this only drove her to pursue experiences, programs and support to help her be as successful as possible.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

2 Universities Halt Treatment for Trans Youths Johanna Alonso Fri, 09/15/2023 - 03:00 AM A Missouri law limits gender-affirming care for minors, but two institutions have gone beyond the bounds of the legislation and will also stop treating existing patients.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

MCC is reportedly eyeing an outpost in London. Here’s what you can expect if you’re tempted by its inducements Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), the conservative Hungarian educational institution funded by Viktor Orbán’s rightwing government, has been expanding internationally. It opened a centre in Brussels, bought a university in Vienna and has plans for new branches in other western European cities, including London.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A common state-mandated civics test policy in the U.S., the Civics Education Initiative (CEI), does not improve youth voter turnout, at least in the short term, according to findings from a recent study. Dr. Maithreyi Gopalan The study – published in AERA journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis – was administered by Penn State University graduate student Jilli Jung and public policy professor Dr.

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Roompact

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we chat with Dr. Rose Waples, who did research on RAs and crisis and emergency response, specifically looking at the experiential training experience known as Behind Closed Doors (BCDs). Many campuses have a BCDs session in their training schedule, but there are certain concepts to keep in mind when designing it to make it the most effective learning experience possible.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A Massive Investment in HBCUs’ Future Sara Weissman Thu, 09/14/2023 - 03:00 AM A coalition of historically Black university advocacy groups is receiving $124 million from philanthropists to dole out to institutions.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Relief at rejoining flagship research scheme tempered by anger over loss of top academics since Brexit Britain may have rescued its scientific fortunes with a last-minute decision to rejoin the EU’s Horizon research programme – but the move should not be treated as a cause for jubilation, scientists have warned. The sluggish pace at which the agreement was reached has had too severe an impact on UK research for widespread elation, say many British researchers, who believe that science in this co

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A new paper from Dr. Denisa Gándara, an assistant professor at the University of Texas—Austin, begins on a dispiriting note: although there have been many policy efforts to increase educational opportunity since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act in 1965, they have largely failed to reduce ethnic and racial disparities at colleges and universities.

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Higher Education Whisperer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Paul Girrawah House, welcome to country,Greetings from the "Extinction thwarted? The nexus between climate change, social equity and health" symposium at the ANU Research School of Physics theatre in Canberra. There is still time to join in free online. The symposium explores the interaction between climate change, social inequality, and disease. How do we fix that?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Limited Remote Work Options a Big Driver of Staff Turnover kathryn.palmer… Thu, 09/14/2023 - 03:00 AM A new report shows that turnover among nonfaculty higher education workers has nearly doubled since the 2020–21 school year.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Scottish institution once again finishes ahead of Oxford and Cambridge in the Guardian’s 2024 rankings View the full guide St Andrews has cemented its lead as the best university in the country, pulling further away from Oxford and Cambridge in the latest Guardian University Guide. The Fife university came top of the table for the first time in 2022, after knocking Oxford off the second spot in 2019.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Faculty and staff at the University of Colorado Boulder walked out and protested for higher wages and other demands Thursday, CPR reported. Non-tenure track faculty, contracted staff, and student workers demanded raises and better working conditions. “Who do you think is doing the lion's share of the undergraduate teaching work on this campus? It's graduate students, it's adjuncts, and it's those of us who are non-tenure track professors,” said Dr.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The value of higher education is under fire as skepticism around its reward-to-cost ratio grows among a distrusting public. For Bridgewater College (Vt.) President David Bushman, this is not the time to fall back. It’s time to step up. For Dr. Bushman, a U.S. public that can’t trust its higher education institutions is “tragic” not just for Bridgewater, but the entire country.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Oregon State, Washington State Sue Over Control of Pac-12 Doug Lederman Mon, 09/11/2023 - 03:00 AM Two remaining members of the historic conference say they, not their departing peers, should decide its future. And where are the adults in the room, Oregon State’s leader asks.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The prestigious cabal of top universities want you to think they will always be on top. But in the real world, things may be changing The 2024 league table Primary school headteachers have been known to tell parents of four-year-olds: “If your child comes here, they will go to a Russell Group university.” That might be an enticing marketing pitch for a school, but is the Russell Group of universities worthy of it?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Twenty-two years on, the memories don’t come quite as readily as they once did for Dr. Lynne Brown. But some aspects of 9/11 are indelible. Brown, who was vice president of government relations and public affairs for New York University (NYU) on that day, climbed to the roof of Bobst Library when she heard that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center.

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