Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Everywhere you look there are signs that the higher education sector is precariously rocking, such that even a strong jab might take it down. The suicides and resignations of key leaders and the broader mental health crisis are a signal that cannot be ignored. Higher education’s fundamental purpose lies in educating the public.

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APRIL 6, 2023

It's normal. That's what most current and former athletes thought about Angel Reese waving her hand in front of her face and signaling towards a ring on her hand. The non-verbal form of trash-talking or trolling is familiar to contact sports like basketball. So why is Reese, in particular, being ostracized for normative behavior? I'm not done.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Williams has demonstrated proven success in strategic planning, community engagement, legislative advocacy, and fundraising, according to Board Chair Lynn Parman. “Dr. Williams possesses the qualifications and experience necessary to ensure the university continues to thrive and build on its strong foundation,” said Parman.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Mississippi College will change its name and drop its football program after the current season, the board of the private institution announced. The college, in the Jackson suburb of Clinton, will become Mississippi Christian University beginning with its bicentennial in 2026. Read more at Mississippi Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Family, it is time for a chat! Pull up a seat or make whatever adjustments that you need to make so that my brothers and I can rap with you. Over the last few days, we have seen countless opinions internal and external to the HBCU community regarding the exit of Coach Prime [Deion Sanders] from Jackson State University. In 2021 Harold Love Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2024

“Because of the myths, I could never seem to settle down and relax and write with flair the way I knew I could under normal circumstances.” When I first read those words, I thought maybe McCall was making excuses. He survived prison but couldn’t hack it in a newsroom? which it still isn’t after all these years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

The Benedict College Board of Trustees recently hosted a rededication and naming ceremony for the college’s administration building named in honor of Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis. Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis A.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Inevitably, when I visit colleges and sit through their information sessions, a question comes from a concerned parent in the audience asking about the school’s acceptance rate (the number admitted divided by the number who applied) for Early Decision versus Regular Decision. How can this be? What does easier mean? And for whom.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2023

It has been three years since the nation was shaken by the untimely murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, igniting a powerful movement to address racism in policing and other facets of society like education. In response, college and university leaders nationwide made significant commitments to improve campus racial climates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 2, 2024

Plagiarism, in its true form, is an act of theft, a deliberate attempt to claim another’s work as one’s own. Yet, the flimsy charges leveled against her were nothing but a web of nitpicking, fueled by cherry-picked quotes and twisted interpretations. To call this anything but slander is a disservice to the truth.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2024

UNC System President Peter Hans Diversity programs at several universities in North Carolina will be subject to critique of their institutional neutrality this fall. Two of the 24 board members voted against the repeal.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Lim The institute — which operates at the highest tier of research (R1) — reached its goal a year ahead of schedule, after launching its Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council to fuel Hispanic student enrollment and deepen relationships with Hispanic and Latinx alumni, businesses, and organizations.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

As enrollment and retention remain top concerns for higher education leaders, IT professionals and other technology experts are integral members of these institutions’ teams. They know that to stay competitive, colleges and universities must employ the latest technologies and give students access to the technology they will see in the workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

Yolanda Vivian Williams-Goliday’s first priority is to make sure that the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is a supportive and inclusive space for its LGBTQ+, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary community. There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says. It was new for everyone.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The newly minted, hotly debated university, founded by some vocal conservative figures, opened the doors to it first cohort of freshmen. University of Austin, a new higher ed institution founded by high-profile conservative figures, officially welcomed its inaugural class on Monday.

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The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2023

During the 13 months we had each dog, our responsibility was to work with a puppy to teach them a set of basic commands, such as sit, stay, and down. For the last dog we raised, Sam, I thought it would also be helpful to teach him to read. Sam and I met each evening for about 30 minutes. I started with letters and basic sounds.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Self-sovereign identity is a new idea in the world of identity and access management, focusing on giving users more control over their digital identity. What Is a Digital Identity, and Who Owns It? To understand SSI, it helps to contrast this new idea with more traditional ways that people and organizations handle digital identities.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

While the IT needs of college campuses are always changing, it seems that the number of different requirements that students, faculty and researchers have has increased exponentially over the past five years. One of the major changes to how universities use data is artificial intelligence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This makes Brown one of the latest schools to make such a move and the first Ivy League school to mention casteism in its general policy, according to Dalit civil rights organization Equality Labs. “If People are going to have to get trained about it. They have to make an announcement. They have to make an announcement. in recent years.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 12, 2024

Is College Worth It? Elizabeth Redden Fri, 04/12/2024 - 03:00 AM David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler review a new book taking on the “myth” of the college wage premium. Byline(s) David Wippman Glenn C. Altschuler

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Florida Argues It Could Stop Professors From Criticizing Governor Ryan Quinn Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A nationally prominent conservative lawyer, hired to defend the state’s Stop WOKE Act, asserted that what public university professors say in classrooms “is the government’s speech.” The national implications for academic freedom could be dire.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 1, 2023

The University of Virginia (UVA) will rework its legacy admissions policy, The Washington Post reported. An applicant’s familial ties to alumni will no longer be conveyed to admission officers in a direct “checkbox” way, UVA officials said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Anti-DEI Bills Failed in Kentucky. Universities Are Restricting It Anyway. Ryan Quinn Wed, 09/11/2024 - 03:00 AM Some of the state’s biggest public institutions have voluntarily dissolved their DEI offices. But will that be enough to forestall legislation that guts them even more? Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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University Business

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Board of Trustees at Bluefield University has tapped Steven Peterson as its 10th president during homecoming and family weekend, WVNSTV reports. Lexie Tom, acting director of the Lummi Nation Educational System, will serve as interim president.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 15, 2024

Defense Department Cuts 13 of its Language Flagship Programs kathryn.palmer… Wed, 05/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Linguists are concerned about the implications the elimination of these programs may have on foreign relations. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Elisa Gorla, University of Neuchâtel; Dr. Felice Manganiello, Clemson University; and Dr. Gretchen Matthews, Virginia Tech Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Try, try, and try, and then you will get it. Do what you love. I know that the money is important, but the money will come eventually when you do what you love."

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Other studies done over the same time period showed a growing dissatisfaction among university employees — everyone from professors to IT staff, many of whom have already left for other fields. And on top of it all, university budgets are shrinking as institutions grapple with the arrival of the enrollment cliff.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In retrospect, the Institute of Education, when it was a more-or-less autonomous college of the University of London, was an almost-nearly-perfect university institution. As the student concerned went on, with a little help from us, to become a PVC in a major university, I think you might say that we called it right.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 3, 2024

The New FAFSA Is Here. Liam Knox Wed, 01/03/2024 - 03:00 AM After a frustrating year of delays, the new federal aid application launched Dec. But maintenance pauses, glitches and other obstacles have led to a rocky start. Byline(s) Katherine Knott Liam Knox

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University Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The first phase of FAFSA beta testing concluded last week with minor disruptions for students, declares a press release from the Department of Education. The Department processed six times the number of applications than they originally planned this fall, leading to nearly 600 institutions receiving student information records. Can it hold on?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Higher Education as Its Own Worst Enemy Susan H. Greenberg Thu, 09/28/2023 - 03:00 AM In a wide-ranging discussion about his new book, Brian Rosenberg explains how shared governance, tenure and other practices stifle change on college campuses. Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2024

Columbia Has Changed Its Protest Policy—Again Johanna Alonso Thu, 03/07/2024 - 03:00 AM The university established controversial demonstration guidelines after Oct. Now, it has implemented new ones—this time incorporating faculty and student feedback. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The 2024 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, held Oct. 21-24 at San Antonio’s Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, will feature timely programming on higher education IT technology issues and offer networking opportunities as well as an exhibit hall to see emerging technologies at work.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Online Course Provider 2U Faces Doubts It Can Continue Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 02/15/2024 - 03:00 AM The financially challenged company said it needs to undergo major changes to survive. Byline(s) Lauren Coffey

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CAPD

OCTOBER 24, 2024

As MIT welcomes incoming first year students for the 2024 fall semester, Discover Prehealth FPOP gives 24 of these students an additional opportunity to learn about careers in healthcare/medicine, meet the MIT Prehealth Advising team, and make new friends the week before first year orientation.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Economic challenges in recent years have led many higher education institutions to stretch out their IT refresh cycles. Where many universities previously would replace aging infrastructure every three to five years, some are now trying to extend those periods to save money.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Differential Tuition Is Popular. But Is It Equitable? Johanna Alonso Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges have long charged more for costly programs like nursing and engineering. Some put money back into scholarships meant to offset negative impacts. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso

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