Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

In some ways, 2020 seemed like it would be a watershed year for diversity officers. Given the spate of high-profile murders of Black Americans, we witnessed a surge of national empathy. In a short span of time, many college and university leaders within predominantly white institutions (PWIs) rushed to support DEI initiatives. Perhaps you recall the riotous clamor for “courageous” or “fierce conversations” — basically, a hunger for “real talk” about the perils of white supremacy and anti-Blackne

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

JULY 25, 2024

I am delighted to release a version of the DEILO: Designing Effective Intended Learning Outcomes on the SenseiLMS platform for individuals self-study, self-paced, learning at USD139.00. The course takes between 3 and 10 hours depending on the depth of engagement. You also have the opportunity, entirely optional, to engage with me virtually by submtting draft ILOs for my review and feedback.

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Robert Kelchen

JULY 25, 2024

As the academic summer quickly wraps up (nine-month faculty contracts at Tennessee begin on August 1), I am working on wrapping up some research projects while also simultaneously preparing for new ones. One of the projects that is near completion (thanks to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work) is examining the prevalence and implications of the federal government’s heightened cash monitoring (HCM) policy in higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 23, 2024

Rosemary Admiral writes that her sense of belonging at her institution has been shattered. What does it mean to be charged with criminal trespassing on a campus where you work, teach, socialize, pray and generally spend way too much time?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

The latest attack on efforts to support diversity comes in the form of a lawsuit targeting Northwestern University’s law school. The suit accuses the school’s faculty and administration of snubbing high-profile white male applicants. The 30-page complaint gets so many facts wrong that it is difficult to know where to begin. Since the plaintiffs decided to make the “high-demand, low-supply field” of tax law an example, I’d like to acknowledge one undeniably true statement: there are very few mino

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Grant McMillan

JULY 26, 2024

I love watching the Olympic Games every 2 years (Winter and Summer). And I love working at Trinity Western University because we have such a strong commitment to the Complete Champion approach in our Spartan Athletics program.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 24, 2024

Greetings from "AI and Other Scientific Fables" at the ANU School of Cybernetics. We have tech storytellers exploring how AI is changing our lives. Note that the term "Cybernetics." is used in a more social was in this school, than the way the computing profession understands it, as being about technical control systems. The first reading was by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker of "Campfire".

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

The recently released "Project 2025: The Conservative Promise" paints a dystopian picture of American higher education, overrun by a "woke" ideology that supposedly threatens our nation's very foundations. This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underr

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

Many higher education leaders now see growing potential for generative artificial intelligence to elevate the academic experience for students and faculty, a relatively fast evolution from the initial uncertainty about the technology’s role in higher education. “This is an exciting time, but one characterized by rapid change,” says Brian Johnsrud, head of thought leadership and advocacy for education at Adobe.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government UK politics live – latest updates Powers introduced by the Conservatives to protect freedom of speech in universities have been halted by the new government in a dramatic about-turn, paving the way for ministers to scrap the legislation. Only days before it was due to come into force, the education secretary said she had decided to “stop further commencement of the Higher Education (F

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

These Professors Don’t Want Their ‘Antisemitic’ Union’s Representation Ryan Quinn Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Six faculty members at the City University of New York have asked the Supreme Court to answer a question: Can employees completely sever themselves from a labor organization they object to?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Friday marked the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights law that unlocked opportunity for disabled people in many areas of public life, including in the workforce and higher education. As an educator and university president, I have seen firsthand the ADA’s transformative impact on our higher education systems — and how far we still must go before higher education is truly accessible and inclusive of learners from all backgrounds.

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PUC

JULY 24, 2024

From 2001-2006, Nathan Tasker was the flight center director for the aviation department at Pacific Union College. Now, after 18 years of being away, he returns to his old job. Nathan was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, but calls the remote town Port Augusta in the deserts of South Australia the closest thing to his hometown since he lived there for a decade in his adult years.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Rosemary Fowler discovered the kaon particle during her doctoral research in 1948 but gave up PhD to have a family A trailblazing physicist who gave up her PhD 75 years ago to have a family has received an honorary doctorate from her former university. Rosemary Fowler, 98, discovered the kaon particle during her doctoral research under Cecil Powell at the University of Bristol in 1948, which contributed to his Nobel prize for physics in 1950.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 23, 2024

A new survey shows 70 percent of graduates think generative AI should be incorporated into courses. More than half said they felt unprepared for the workforce. A majority of college graduates believe generative artificial intelligence tools should be incorporated into college classrooms, with more than half saying they felt unprepared for the workforce, according to a new survey from Cengage Group, an education-technology company.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Paul Quinn College has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. Dr. Michael J. Sorrell “The impact of this gift on our institution and our students, staff, faculty, and alumni cannot be overstated,” said Paul Quinn President Dr. Michael J. Sorrell. The private, faith-based, four-year, liberal arts-inspired institution was founded in 1872 by a group of African Methodist Episcopal Church preachers in Austin, Texas.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 24, 2024

Greetings from a panel on Cyber Security: Exposing the THE magic involved in product evaluation, at the Australian Computer Society in Canberra. This is timely with Friday's Microsoft Windows/CloudStrike outage. The discussion so far is focused on the Australian Information Security Evaluation Program (AISEP).

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University Business

JULY 26, 2024

Admissions offices are slowly integrating generative AI into their toolboxes to manage ballooning application pools while also easing staff burnout and other workload issues. The pandemic and this year’s botched FAFSA rollout exacerbated admissions teams’ challenges. But the runaway growth of application pools is a fundamental issue many institutions also now face. “As the surface area of an admissions officer’s job has doubled, tripled or quadrupled over the last 20 years, it

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2024

Settling the Score Liam Knox Thu, 07/25/2024 - 03:00 AM In 2022 the College Board changed how it scores AP exams, and some test scores surged. It publicly defended its new method this week after critics questioned its rigor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

For the past several years, the Dr. N. Joyce Payne Center for Social Justice (CSJ) has been bringing together crucial voices and perspectives to positively impact Black life in American society. And its impact on social issues has been dramatic, say scholars who add that the need for a social justice think tank, particularly with a focus on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is critically important.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 20, 2024

These hated essays are going to be scrapped. It’s good news for those who can’t afford private tutors – and for those who had to read them Every autumn, as the fruit fills with ripeness to the core and the small gnats mourn among the river sallows, my inbox fills with requests for help from parents whose children have been tasked with writing an essay of 4,000 characters in which they explain to their prospective universities why they want to study a given subject.

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University Business

JULY 24, 2024

The recent Gallup/Lumina Foundation poll, The State of Higher Education 2024 , underscores Americans’ growing lack of confidence in higher education. When Gallup first measured confidence in higher education in 2015, those who said they had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence were at 57%. The current survey clocks this at 36%. For all the focus that institutions have placed on conveying the long-term value of a degree and its success as a vehicle for social mobility (all true), the m

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 22, 2024

Introducing a Shorter, ‘More Flexible’ ACT Liam Knox Mon, 07/22/2024 - 03:00 AM The newly for-profit assessment company rolled out two “fundamental changes” to its namesake exam last week. What’s driving the overhaul?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Dr. Marcus H. Burgess An arbitration committee appointed by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has reversed a decision to strip Saint Augustine’s University (SAU), a historically Black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, of its membership. “This reinstatement acknowledges SAU’s relentless dedication to upholding academic standards and ensuring a thriving educational environment for our students,” said SAU Interim President Dr.

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Roompact

JULY 23, 2024

~ Blog Posts Written By RAs for RAs ~ The thought of a looming crisis can be daunting for any RA or student staff member. We all know that all-too-familiar sinking feeling as the duty phone starts ringing. No matter how confident one might be before an incident, in an emergency, having a clear-cut plan.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 24, 2024

By: John Garcia, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development The U.S. Department of Education (Department), under the leadership of U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible higher education system. As part of that commitment, the Department has developed various tools and Continue Reading The post Unveiling New Tools for Educators, School Counselors and Advisors: Enhance College Decision-

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2024

GAO Report on Students’ Food Insecurity Highlights SNAP Gap Katherine Knott Thu, 07/25/2024 - 03:00 AM The latest federal study on food insecurity among college students underscores the need for more systemic changes to the federal food-assistance program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has announced steps it will take to comply with Senate Bill 129 affecting diversity, equity and inclusion programming on University of Alabama System campuses. Dr. Ray L. Watts The bill bans, among several prohibitions, certain public entities from maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and from sponsoring diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Education secretary acknowledged crisis in sector with many institutions facing severe financial difficulties Universities in England facing severe financial difficulties should not expect a government bailout, the education secretary has said, despite warnings from the sector of thousands of job losses, course closures and even bankruptcies. With 40% of institutions projected to run budget deficits this year, Bridget Phillipson acknowledged the crisis.

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Roompact

JULY 24, 2024

Soooo…if anyone knows how to slow down time, now would be the time for you to utilize those talents. I mean it is already July which means it’s basically August and it feels like tomorrow we will be officially welcoming our students back to our campuses. While I know we cannot slow down time, I.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

2U Bankruptcy Adds Fuel to OPM Uncertainties Lauren.Coffey@… Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The company once hailed as a pioneer in online program management declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday. How should—and will—colleges who partner with the company handle the news?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2024

Dr. Ioana G. Hulbert Most instructors do not report feeling unsafe or uncomfortable discussing or teaching sensitive topics, according to a new report by Ithaka S+R, part of the not-for-profit ITHAKA organization that aids in the use of digital technologies to sustainably advance research and teaching. “ Perceptions of Academic Freedom in Teaching ,” authored by Ithaka S+R researcher Dr.

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University Business

JULY 26, 2024

The past week has seen three institutions — Pennsylvania State University, Paul Quinn College, and the University of Oklahoma — each receive a historic gift of $20 million. Here’s a summary of each of the record-setting donations. Pennsylvania State University On July 19, Pennsylvania State University announced it had received a $20 million commitment from J.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 23, 2024

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Dr. Drumm McNaughton welcomes Stephanie Craig, President of Kith crisis preparation, response, and recovery firm, to discuss essential strategies for crisis management and communication in higher education. Podcast Overview: • Insights into the unique challenges facing higher education institutions in crisis management, including complex stakeholder environments and rapid information spread. • Strategies for building crisis management muscle using the PIP2

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 24, 2024

College Network to Nurture Rural Students Set to Expand Susan H. Greenberg Wed, 07/24/2024 - 03:00 AM Last summer 16 institutions formed the STARS network to open their doors to more rural and small-town students. Now, thanks to a generous donation, it’s doubling in size.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

Darren Walker has announced plans to step down as president of the Ford Foundation by the end of 2025. Darren Walker “The work of the Ford Foundation is the work of generations, and I’m proud to have played a part in leading this storied institution,” said Walker. “The efforts to address the societal drivers of inequality with grantees and partners would not have been possible without the tenacity of our incredible program and operations colleagues,” he continued.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 22, 2024

In the 1980s, 25% of pupils at my children’s primary school had free school dinners. The number now is more than 50%, writes local GP Dr Martin Judson Benjamin Myers and Anna Barker correctly point out increasing poverty among the permanent residents of Durham ( My home town: How Durham changed under Conservative rule, 9 July ). I have spent my career as a GP serving the local population and my family home remains in the city centre.

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