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The Target Corporation is launching an internship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported. Maya Moss The Target Scholars Sophomore Internship Program will give second-year students industry experience in a number of the retailer's departments, such as retail, supply chain facilities, technology, merchandising, and product development.
By Rory O'Neill Schmitt , University of Southern California. Key Statement: Elevate engagement online by creating inclusive environments, demonstrating your own commitment and engagement, and empowering student voices. Keywords: Online, Engagement, Empowered. How Can We Engage Students Online? For the past decade, as a faculty member and manager, I’ve learned, taught, observed, and coached faculty with various methods of student engagement.
AP, IB, and dual enrollment. Which is better for college admission. A reader recently wrote in to ask my opinion about dual enrollment courses. She wanted to compare them to the Advanced Placement (or AP) options at her sons’ school. The question came on a post I wrote analyzing the worth of AP courses. What Is “Dual Enrollment” or PSEO?
A lot of higher ed trends have been upended over the last few years, but gradually changing college student demographics is not one of them. Unlike in past economic slowdowns, financial turmoil and spikes in unemployment during the early months of the pandemic did not send large numbers of students fleeing the job market into higher education. “People had needs at home and they had health concerns,” says Thomas L.
Nicholas Cochrane never thought he would be a teacher one day. He grew up in the projects, and most of his friends and peers ended up in jail or lost their lives. He assumed his path would be similar, and he dropped out of high school at 16. Eventually, he found his way back to education 13 years later. Nicholas Cochrane, associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College.
By Philip P. DiStefano The University of Colorado Boulder is proud to be cohosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit with the United Nations Human Rights Office on campus December 1–4. This landmark summit is an opportunity for worldwide participants to learn more about climate change through the lens of human rights from. Read more » The post Why Climate Action Is in Higher Education’s Best Interest appeared first on Higher Education Today.
Higher education institutions have long been aware that cybercriminals target their faculty, staff and students through phishing attacks. Recently, the problem has gotten worse: The FBI issued a warning that as of January 2022, Russian criminal forums were offering for sale or giving away credentials and VPN access to many U.S.-based colleges and universities.
When you think of “Failure to Launch” you may remember the old rom-com about desperate parents who hire a glamorous woman to pry their son out of his too-comfy life at home. For typically developing young adults, this story usually has a happy ending.
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When you think of “Failure to Launch” you may remember the old rom-com about desperate parents who hire a glamorous woman to pry their son out of his too-comfy life at home. For typically developing young adults, this story usually has a happy ending.
After two years of COVID-19, community college enrollment was in triage. But fall 2022 saw those losses slow. Some institutions were even able to reverse their downward trajectory. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off.
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.
Higher education institutions can be challenged when it comes to helping students persist and graduate, even under normal circumstances. However, the past two years have not been normal circumstances for anyone. Many of our students are working adults who balance the pursuit of a degree with family life and other personal commitments. At DeVry University, we are committed to helping our students engage with resources to support their academic journey, coursework success and persistence.
Blogs. Creating a data-informed campus: part 2. How to staff your analytics function. The need for data-informed decision making in higher education continues to increase. As I discussed in the first blog post in this series , institutions need a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data. But successful adoption of new technologies requires more than just the technology itself—it also requires the necessary leadership to set a clear vision for ana
Sophia Rosing, 22, the white University of Kentucky (UK) senior caught on video assaulting Black students will voluntarily withdraw from the school, her lawyer said Nov. 8, NBC News reported. Sophia Rosing and Kylah Spring Rosing was captured on video visibly intoxicated and assaulting UK first-year Kylah Spring and repeatedly calling her a racial slur on Nov. 6.
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In-Focus features a staff member as a way to learn more about our amazing staff. This time, we highlight CIP Berkeley Career Coordinator, Dominique Ousborn. We asked Dominique a few questions about her role, her CIP experience, and what she does when she’s not at the Berkeley Center.
Yale University faculty and staff will not be mandated to get a second booster shot before returning for spring semester, Yale Daily News reported. To note, students – undergraduate, graduate, and professional students – will be required to get a second booster shot , the school announced Oct. 27. Students may seek exemptions on medical or religious grounds.
In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. John A. White, discuss changes in higher ed governance and governing boards, and strategies for aligning trustees with the CEO’s strategic mission and strategies. Their experience is both higher education and corporate; this is important as higher education governance is becoming more and more like that of corporate governance.
Not all students are set up for success the way they should be when it comes to communication skills. Unfortunately, students who cannot communicate effectively will be limited in how they can express their value, contribute to the classroom, and eventually build a successful career. Download this eBook to learn five steps higher ed institutions can take to advocate for equity and equip students with the skills and tools they need to communicate effectively.
Everyone seems to agree that passwords and password management are a pain. Many universities have adopted multifactor authentication, but MFA still requires the use of passwords. Organizations adopting zero-trust security measures may want to look for something stronger. Passwordless authentication is MFA without a password. Instead, it uses biometric verification, cryptographic keys and other types of authentication factors frequently supported by existing devices.
The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation. Dr. Christopher Ellis, Natalie Grandison, Dr.
LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about factors that increase the likelihood of African American students transferring to four-year universities. In this episode, I interview Dr. Darla Cooper, Executive Director of the RP Group , a nonprofit research and planning organization focused on supporting California community colleges to increase student success and equity.
Communication is an equity challenge for higher ed institutions, but with the right resources, it becomes an opportunity. Equipping students with next-level writing support fosters inclusive learning by helping students develop clear, confident, and compelling communication skills, no matter where they are starting. In this infographic, learn five ways to help level the playing field and support more equitable student outcomes through improved communication, and how Grammarly for Education can h
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat podcast, we welcome our new host, Dustin Ramsdell, who you may know as The Higher Ed Geek. We also share some behind the scenes on the creation of the podcast, as well as what is to come for the show in the coming months. If you have a topic idea or want to engage in the community discussion, use the hashtag #ResEdChat.
On Spanish radio stations near Wenatchee, Wash., advertisements air for Wenatchee Valley College (WVC). Brochures, fliers, and information sessions are bilingual, and intentional connections built with area Latinx community groups ensure that future students know they are welcome at WVC even before they graduate high school. WVC, an associate’s and bachelor’s degree granting institution, has two dual enrollment programs: Running Start, which brings students to WVC, and College in the High School
Emmanuel Bernet Greetings from EduTech Asia in Singapore, where Emmanuel Bernet is speaking on "The role of ICT in pedagogical activities and its impact on achievement motivation: Scientific evidence and practical applications". He started with a standard "introduce yourself" icebreaker, which is unusual for a conference, but worked well. He started with the beliefs of the teacher and how they.
Last week, U.S. Supreme Court justices heard challenges to race-based college admissions in two cases involving Harvard College and the University of North Carolina. Now, the future of affirmative action rests in their hands. The Republican majority court addressed concerns over both colleges’ admissions processes with a statement made by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in 2003 during the Grutter v.
October, among many other celebrations and observances, was Career in Student Affairs Month. As graduate school application deadlines begin to loom in the near future, it felt important to discuss some insight into making the choice and transition to pursue a career within the field of student affairs. Below are some considerations for the uniqueness.
The National Black Food & Justice Alliance (NBFJA) and Florida A&M University (FAMU) are launching a center to address the lack of and support Black farmers. The Lola Hampton-Frank Pinder Center for Agroecology – named after local land stewards and sustainable agriculture advocates, Lola Hampton and Frank Pinder – seeks to be an agroecological hub to expand practices, create solutions, and give support to land grant institutions and future generations of farmers, so that they may maintai
While large programs continue to be popular among bachelor’s students, some smaller programs are experiencing healthy gains in the number of students enrolled. We analyzed Spring 2021 to 2022 enrollment data to identify bachelor’s programs with the largest gains in the number of students enrolled and those with the largest declines.
Students at the University of Alabama could soon be required to take fewer writing, humanities and history courses as faculty vote on a major change to general education requirements this week. The new proposed curriculum , projected to roll out in the fall of 2025, is shaved down by about 16 credit hours, expands math options and reduces the amount of writing, fine arts, history and literature courses that are currently required.
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Blogs. The Supreme Court affirmative action hearings: a guide for the overwhelmed. The large volume of commentary generated by the recent Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action, while undoubtedly helpful, important, and interesting, has understandably left some enrollment leaders overwhelmed. Today’s post offers a briefing on key takeaways and a quick guide to the most consequential points in the debate, including practical implications for enrollment teams.
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by Sam Illingworth. Poetry has the potential to build communities and provide shelter for people who otherwise feel isolated. Whether using poetry as a method of spiritual and mental healing in palliative care or being used to foster community development and positive change , poetry has the power to heal, support, and engender action. Similarly, community engagement projects such as Talking Wellness and The Good Listening Project have been designed to develop social capital and enhance communit
Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman in space, will be partnering with McDonald’s USA to encourage Hispanic students to pursue higher education. Katya Echazarreta Echazarreta – a first-generation student and education advocate – will be a guest speaker at select high schools, as part of the HACER® Education Tour, visiting the likes of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and El Paso.
Leadership training (LT) and Diversity and inclusion training (DIT) are two of the most popular offerings in the multi-billion dollar industry of corporate training. Leading organizations recognize the importance of both leadership and inclusion as vital ingredients for success in today’s competitive and globalized economy. But what is the best way to deliver training in these areas?
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