Dr. Josie Ahlquist
AUGUST 16, 2024
Social media plays a pivotal role in higher education, shaping how institutions connect with students, alumni, faculty, and the broader community. And while students bring a valuable perspective and voice to social media efforts, it’s the guidance and expertise of professional supervisors, coupled with comprehensive training, that truly elevate these teams to success.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2024
If Dr. Valerie Kinloch could tell her teenage self anything, she’d say “Girl, stop doubting yourself and do not listen to anyone who tells you that you cannot achieve your dreams and goals.” As she pictured herself at 18, she began to uplift and encourage her younger self. Dr. Valerie Kinloch “I would sit Valerie down and tell her, ‘If you want to be a president, get to working on and learning what that means.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 16, 2024
AAUP Faces Criticism for Reversal on Academic Boycotts Ryan Quinn Fri, 08/16/2024 - 03:00 AM The American Association of University Professors announced Monday it had dropped its categorical opposition to the tactic. Critics say the organization has changed for the worse, but its new president isn’t backing down.
Ed.gov Blog
AUGUST 12, 2024
By: Roberto J. Rodríguez, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Through the Raise the Bar: Lead the World initiative, the U.S. Department of Education is working in partnership with states and school districts to eliminate educator shortages in our nation’s schools. Thanks to the leadership of state and local education Continue Reading The post Department Convenes States to Elevate Support for Educators appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
AUGUST 14, 2024
The field of artificial intelligence is hot right now, and with so many potential applications for the technology, most of us can’t even imagine them all. Because of the explosion in AI interest, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 11.5 million data-related job openings by 2026, with demand for AI research scientists expected to grow by 19 percent.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Dr. Tryan L. McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed. in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University, an historically Black university in Durham, North Carolina.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 12, 2024
AAUP Ends Two-Decade Opposition to Academic Boycotts Ryan Quinn Mon, 08/12/2024 - 03:00 AM In 2005, the American Association of University Professors spoke out against this form of protest amid calls for scholars to spurn Israeli institutions. Now, the group says boycotts “can be considered legitimate tactical responses.
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University Business
AUGUST 15, 2024
Our old school cafeteria was sitting unloved, waiting for someone to come along and repurpose it into a more useful, engaging space for the modern learning environment. We have a lot of clubs on campus that needed a place to convene, plus students who really wanted a place where they could go and hang out between classes. So, we had the 7,000-square-foot space ready to convert, but before we started, we really wanted to get student feedback on what they wanted from the space, how they planned to
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2024
What a difference a summer makes! In the few weeks since announcing her candidacy for president, Vice President Kamala Harris has ignited a level of hope and optimism not observed within the American electorate since Barack Obama’s run for president in 2008. As I listened to her speech in Philadelphia introducing her running mate Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota widely known as Coach Walz, I found myself thinking about the role historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 12, 2024
Inside an HBCU’s Big Endowment Push Sara Weissman Mon, 08/12/2024 - 03:00 AM North Carolina A&T State University achieved the largest endowment of any public HBCU—no simple feat given some of the challenges HBCUs face in growing these funds.
The Guardian Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Education secretary says grades are not expected to fall from last year as students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive results Private schools which could close as a result of the government’s plans to impose 20% VAT are already facing “big budget shortfalls”, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said. She told Sky News: Private schools are businesses that can make choices about how they manage their budgets, the level of fees that they charge, and ultimately, it’s about how at
University Business
AUGUST 14, 2024
While open educational resources have gained steam over the past decade, colleges and universities lack clear and definable metrics to share with other institutions on how much money they’re helping save students. A new whitepaper from the Midwestern Higher Education Compact believes its “course marking” strategy can help institutions communicate the value of OER to each other, their students and broader higher education systems.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 12, 2024
In a matter of days, our Black boys and girls will be returning to school. For some, especially our boys, this is not a time of celebration, as it should be. Instead of being taught, they are being unjustly punished - hyper-surveilled and hyper-penalized. The dismal numbers tell the story when it comes to discipline - suspension and expulsion. They do not lie.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 14, 2024
After a little more than a year in the position, she becomes the third college president to lose her job following pro-Palestinian student protests on campus. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned abruptly Wednesday night after months of pressure from Congress and campus constituents over her handling of pro-Palestinian student protests.
The Guardian Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Proportion of top grades is best outside pandemic but results in Wales and Northern Ireland fall compared with last year A-level results – live updates Sixth-formers in England are enjoying a bumper crop of top A-level results, surpassing previous pre-pandemic highs in the proportion of A* and A grades awarded, thanks in part to strong performances in maths and sciences.
University Business
AUGUST 14, 2024
Catawba College got its week off on the right foot, announcing a $200 million anonymous gift to its endowment on Monday. The contribution is the third transformative gift in three years to the Salisbury-based liberal arts college, which has helped get the ball rolling. “After the first gift, we started a planning process, and last October, our board approved a strategic plan,” Catawba College President Dr.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2024
Since becoming a college president, students and community members frequently have asked me what the day in the life of a college president entails. With a smile, I respond that, as a college president, I am responsible for ensuring that our institution fulfills its institutional mission by providing our faculty and staff with the high-quality resources to support their service to our students who have entrusted us with their dreams and aspirations.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 13, 2024
Demand for Online Courses Surges, Creating Cultural Tensions Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 08/13/2024 - 03:00 AM Annual survey of chief online learning officers finds students seek more virtual options; faculty push back on more workload with no increased pay.
The Guardian Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
James Esses lost place at Metanoia Institute in London after he campaigned against proposed conversion practices ban A student psychotherapist who was expelled from his master’s course after expressing gender-critical views has received an apology from the training institute where he was studying. James Esses has reached a settlement with the Metanoia Institute in London, which specialises in training counsellors and psychotherapists.
University Business
AUGUST 13, 2024
Nearly half of all chief online learning officers surveyed stated that enrollment in their online degree programs is growing faster than their on-campus programs, according to a joint-research initiative by Quality Matters, EDUCAUSE and Eduventures Research. This extends to on-campus students as well: 77% of executives indicated that students are asking for online options and 60% noted that online courses tend to fill up first.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2024
Newly released data reveals that, although students of color are steadily making up a higher percentage of those receiving law degrees, racial diversity in law school admissions, and attendance remains relatively stagnant. Some measures of academic success also declined for law students of color in 2023. AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit organization that advocates access to legal education, released its biannual summary of demographic, financial, and academic data about U.S. law students and app
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 16, 2024
The New College of Florida has thrown away hundreds of books from its main campus library, as well as from the library of its recently-shuttered Gender and Diversity Center, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Thursday.
The Guardian Higher Education
AUGUST 13, 2024
Tory ministers and Nigel Farage scapegoated us as part of their anti-immigration agenda. Does anyone see us as human? A new academic year is coming soon. But as students flock back to campuses, we will probably see fewer international student faces. According to the latest statistics, the number of work or study visa applicants fell by more than a third compared with last July, with some institutions bracing for a 50% decline in new international enrolments.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Wireless needs on campus are expanding at a rapid pace. “Three years ago, students were bringing two and a half devices on average to campus that needed Wi-Fi access. Today they’re bringing four and a half,” says Michael Mathews, vice president of global learning and innovation at Oral Roberts University. With students increasingly dependent on Wi-Fi in classrooms, labs and dorms, a robust wireless capability “is a baseline infrastructure expectation,” says Dorothy Stanley, IEEE member and chair
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 12, 2024
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Council recently adopted a revised policy concerning academic boycotts in its " Statement on Academic Boycotts." The American Association of University Professors' new "Statement on Academic Boycotts" reconsiders AAUP's categorical opposition to academic boycotts. The statement reconsiders AAUP's categorical opposition to academic boycotts from the 2006 report, On Academic Boycotts , maintaining that such boycotts are not in themselves vio
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 13, 2024
Why Do Students Stop Out of College? kathryn.palmer… Tue, 08/13/2024 - 03:00 AM Academic challenges, financial constraints and family responsibilities were among the biggest reasons students said they left, according to a recent survey.
The Guardian Higher Education
AUGUST 10, 2024
Committee rejects student denaming proposal despite role of Sackler-owned Purdue Pharma in US opioid epidemic Harvard University has decided that it will not remove the name of the Sackler family from two of its buildings, despite years of protests from families of opioid overdose victims and anti-opioid groups. In its recent denaming proposal update, a Harvard review committee rebuffed a 23-page proposal filed in October 2022 by Harvard College Overdose Prevention and Education Students to dena
Roompact
AUGUST 12, 2024
Most RAs and even professional staff can see team-building day as a drag going in but come out enjoying it. The dread of the team-building day always comes from not knowing what your team needs or what to do. Here are some tips for a successful team-building day. Overall, team-building day should be something to.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 14, 2024
The American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, has responded to a proliferation of administrative actions it deems as hastily enacted policies restricting rights to assemble and protest on college and university campuses. The association, which recently revised its own policy concerning academic boycotts, released a statement that argues new on-campus policies responding to last spring’s antiwar demonstrations go beyond reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 14, 2024
A new book says the diverse experiences of Harvard undergrads during the COVID-19 pandemic carry larger lessons for higher ed—namely that the off-campus lives of low-income students deeply affect their lives on campus. Highly selective universities have welcomed unprecedentedly diverse classes in recent years. That’s a laudable development, Anthony Abraham Jack argues in his new book, Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price (Princeton University Press), but in
The Guardian Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
North of England lags far behind south-east in national exam grades and university application rates Pupils achieved their best A-level results in a generation on Thursday with marks that highlighted the growing gap between the strongest and weakest-performing parts of the country. While the national exam grades were among the highest for decades, regional differences showed areas in the north lagging far behind the south-east.
The Humphrey Group
AUGUST 14, 2024
I love to read. Whether I’m reading fiction to unwind, or non-fiction to learn and stimulate my thinking, I enjoy digesting great ideas and insights from people with unique perspectives. I’m often asked by clients and colleagues what books are on my shelf, and what books I’d recommend to them. One thing has always been the case: I have far more business and leadership books on my shelf than I could ever finish (or even start!
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 12, 2024
Dr. Andrew Agwunobi Andrew Agwunobi has been named CEO and executive vice president of health affairs at the University of Connecticut Health. He served as president of Home Solutions for Humana. Agwunobi is a pediatrician with a medical degree from the University of Jos in Nigeria and residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He also holds an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 16, 2024
Why Did Shafik Step Down Now? Josh Moody Fri, 08/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Congress grilled seven leaders over campus antisemitism in three hearings. Columbia President Minouche Shafik is now the third leader to resign in the aftermath.
The Guardian Higher Education
AUGUST 10, 2024
As international intake dwindles, leading institutions become less cautious about offers post-Covid School leavers collecting their A-level results on Thursday will have an easier time getting into their chosen university than their predecessors in the past two years, experts are predicting. A record number of 18-year-olds are competing for university places this year, but experts said that many universities hope to fill accommodation and lecture theatres with more UK students, due to anxiety ab
Roompact
AUGUST 15, 2024
We're pleased to welcome Jeanette to the show this week where she and Dustin discuss the importance and methods of utilizing the ACUHO-I Standards in our departmental processes. Jeanette also shares some reflections on recently earning her doctorate in Educational Leadership.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 14, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $40 million in grant funding to help improve completion rates for underserved students. James Kvaal “Across the country, colleges and universities are rejecting the old idea that weeding out students was a sign of quality, and instead they are taking responsibility for all of their students’ success,” said U.S.
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