Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In the wake of a front assault on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is calling on colleges and universities not to give in to the pressure to abandon such initiatives. On Wednesday, AAUP renewed their call to colleges and universities to fund and protect research and teaching that addresses social inequity and the needs of historically underrepresented groups.

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The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Jeannette Baca , New Mexico Highlands University Debbie Gonzalez , California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Jamie Langlois , Grand Valley State University Mary Kirk , Winona State University Key Statement: A framework for educators to address personal and student trauma, provide compassionate instruction, and create a thriving learning environment Keywords: T-I CoI, Instruction, Well-Being, Crisis Introduction Using the Trauma-Informed Community of Inquiry (T-I CoI) framework as a peda

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Higher education has long been a key driver of economic prosperity and social mobility in the United States. American universities have provided countless students with the opportunity to pursue their dreams, develop their talents, and improve their economic standing. However, for some of the very groups who need it most—especially Black students—these opportunities are becoming more limited.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Higher Ed Censorship Becoming More Discreet, PEN Reports Johanna Alonso Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM A review of 2024 legislation shows more bills attempting to attack classroom learning indirectly and couch censorship in uncontroversial language.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Most students will save the supplemental essays as the very last thing they do on their application. But those supplemental essays are important. Some would say they are as important as the Common App personal statement. Red flags are raised by admission officers when they read an excellent personal essay followed by a less than mediocre supplemental essay.

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Ed.gov Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

By: James Kvaal, U.S. Under Secretary of Education Too often, the conversation on higher education focuses on a handful of colleges and universities that were founded centuries ago, have huge endowments and sparkling facilities, and admit very few students. While our country is lucky to have these institutions, we also need colleges and universities that Continue Reading The post Raising the Bar on College Excellence and Equity: Update on the Postsecondary Success Recognition Program appeared fi

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. The reasoning for going “test optional” was twofold: it was not possible to administer the tests safely, and there was a shared understanding that the most deleterious effects of the pandemic were exacerbating inequities in ways that disadvantaged students from under-resourced communities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 8, 2024

ACE Tells Presidential Candidates, ‘Higher Education Builds America’ Sara Weissman Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM In a full-page ad in The New York Times, the American Council on Education addressed both presidential candidates and made its case for higher ed. Here’s why.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2024

If you have a sense of adventure and know your squills from your spurges, Cambridge University Botanic Garden may have the job for you With the promise of travel, adventure and the chance to follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin, applications have opened for what might be the best job in the natural world: an expedition botanist to go on plant-collecting adventures for Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

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Ed.gov Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

One year ago, Congress restarted student loan payments, and already more borrowers are current on their federal student loans than were before the payment pause began. Borrowers now have only three months until they face consequences for late payments – making our work to support student borrowers and reform the broken student loan system more Continue Reading The post What’s Next as Borrowers Return to Repayment appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Ohio Wesleyan University has received an estate commitment of $12 million to support first-generation college students. The gift, made by 1992 Ohio Wesleyan alumna Kathrine Trine Grissom of Louisville, honors her mother, Mary Ellen Grissom who died in a car accident when Grissom was 8-month-old. Ohio Wesleyan University “I believe I would have fallen through the cracks at any other school,” Grissom said.

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University Business

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A stealthier wave of censorship campaigns is hitting college campuses as lawmakers in some states move to restrict academic freedom beyond “educational gag orders” enacted in recent years, a new report warns. New censorship laws aimed at higher education have become “more insidious” during 2024 legislative sessions, according to PEN America’s “ America’s Censored Classrooms 2024: Refining the Art of Censorship ” report.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Colleges throughout the Carolinas are picking up the pieces after the devastating storm. But officials are confident students will be able to finish the semester. As colleges and universities across the western Carolinas start the cleanup from Hurricane Helene, administrators say a full recovery will take not just days or weeks, but months and possibly even years.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Humboldt University of Berlin research also shows Asian elephants have more wrinkles than African cousins While humans are split between right-handers and left-handers, elephants have a preference for which side of their trunk they use. Now scientists have discovered it is possible to determine an elephant’s “trunkedness” by looking at its wrinkles.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Image credit: unsplash, Ying Ge, CC0 In this extra post, Dr Adan Chew, Dr Jess Gurney, and Dr Magdalena Cerbin-Koczorowska, from Edinburgh Medical School, explore the concept of student-centred education through the lens of medical education and clinical practice. In considering different learning theories, they foreground the importance of social and cultural influences, and the uniqueness of the individual, on learning.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Register now Date & Time: Wednesday, October 16 at 12pm ET As technologies, space utilization, and institutional identities evolve at a rapid pace, higher ed libraries are undergoing a fundamental transformation to new modalities, redefining their roles as temples of knowledge and community hubs. In this podcast, furniture manufacturer KI commissioned StudioFynn to undertake an extensive national research study.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Unlikely Enrollment Success Stories Liam Knox Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Despite months of doomsaying for regional public universities, a number boasted surprisingly robust enrollment gains this fall. We took a closer look at six.

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Roompact

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In last month’s post, we explored some examples of programming ideas that are both fun and educational. However, programming is only one of the many strategies that make up a residential curriculum. For those that are newer to the world of curriculum, a strategy can be thought of as any intentional effort to interact with.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The cloud can improve workflow efficiencies and support artificial intelligence initiatives, but to reap these benefits, higher education institutions must evolve their cloud strategies. That’s according to new research conducted by CDW on cloud computing trends. The report, which includes responses from more than 900 IT professionals across industries, explores how organizations are managing their cloud environments, business benefits created by cloud investments and how the cloud enables AI ad

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 3, 2024

For two decades, the gradual decline of the liberal arts degree has been met with both resignation and celebration. The prevailing belief is that students should prioritize hard, technical skills essential for thriving in our rapidly evolving information economy—with areas like science, technology, engineering, and business taking precedence over subjects like English or philosophy.

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University Business

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A wave of initiatives has sprouted across the U.S. to serve the country’s rapidly growing Hispanic workforce. A key pillar is the over 600 Hispanic-serving institutions, known as HSIs, working to fuel Hispanic students’ ambitions. “HSIs are vital to the future competitiveness of the workforce in the country and our global economy,” Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Study: GPA Not the Best Judge of Work Behavior Ashley Mowreader Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Researchers from the University of Iowa find, due to grade inflation and other differences between academic and work behavior, GPA has lost predictive validity for job performance among college graduates.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Next Steps to Empower Your Multiyear Growth Road Map In higher education organizations, enrollment management plans can be like the weather: short term, ever changing, and subject to the whims of the seasons each year. But for your organization and programs to thrive no matter the conditions, a multiyear growth road map is needed to keep all parts of the organization aligned and moving toward a strategic set of goals.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In this week's podcast Drumm is joined by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) President Sonny Ramaswamy and Executive Vice President Selena Grace to share insights into the commission's efforts to transform accreditation through collaboration and innovation. What you'll gain from listening to this podcast: ✓ Understanding Accreditation Changes: Gain insights into innovative accreditation approaches, such as NWCCU’s pilot for a three-year bachelor's degree, which could help

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

TimelyCare and Active Minds released new data today that sheds light on students’ interest in mental health reform. According to the report, almost three-quarters (73.6%) of college students feel it is important to raise awareness about mental health, but only 42.5% of students plan to invest time and effort into helping people talk more openly about it.

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University Business

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Flawed incentive structures for publishing scholarly work may be eroding faculty and research integrity at large, contributing to an “epidemic” of dishonesty and even cheating, says Phillip Magness, senior fellow at the Independent Institute, a think tank, and co-author of “ Cracks in the Ivory Tower: The Moral Mess of Higher Education.” “Academia is an industry,” he says. “Even though we have private universities, it’s really kind of a private-pub

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A ‘Super League’ for Big-Time College Sports? Doug Lederman Wed, 10/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The four major football-playing conferences could join forces in a league backed by private equity, a news report suggests.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Sunset in Holland Introduction: One Month in Holland, Michigan So, here I am, an international student from Central Asia, Uzbekistan, and I’ve been living in the beautiful town of Holland, Michigan, for about a month now. Let me tell you, it’s been quite the ride so far—full of new experiences, new friends, and way too many trips to the cafeteria (because who can resist good food, right?).

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The Student Affairs Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Office of Student Engagement at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) provides support for over 480 student organizations, which play a crucial role in enhancing student life. Recognizing the growing need for impactful interactions, the Division of Student Affairs launched a plan in Fall 2023 aimed at strengthening student organizations, recognizing their transformative potential, and addressing the evolving needs of VCU students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The 2024 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education will occur October 23 - 25, 2024 at the Drury Plaza Hotel Pittsburgh Downtown. The annual, international gathering serves as a space to exchange ideas and perspectives concerning the global dynamics of Black males in the educational pipeline. First held in 2012, it is a community-building experience that brings together world-class scholars, high-impact practitioners, policy makers, funders, students, and concerned citizens across the

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University Business

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A college degree can help you financially get ahead, compared to a high school diploma alone. In 2022, workers ages 25 to 34 with a bachelor’s degree earned a median annual salary of $66,600, according to the latest National Center for Education Statistics data. Their counterparts with only a high school education earned $41,800 a year. But not all college grads see that salary boost.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Florida International University faculty have raised concerns about course revisions designed to comply with state law, a process undertaken quietly across the state. Florida International University’s Board of Trustees voted last week to drop 22 courses from the core curriculum, including Anthropology of Race & Ethnicity, Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies, and Sociology of Gender.

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Hope College Network

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Introduction I’ve had at least one job on campus since February of my freshman year, and I’m now a junior. In other words, I’ve had a lot of time to figure out the best and hardest parts of having a job as a student, and I’m here today to share those with you! Where do I work? My primary job is working in Campus Print and Mail.

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The Student Affairs Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Fostering Transparency and Dialogue: The Creation of the Student Leadership Executive Board (SLEB) During the summer of 2023, the Division of Student Affairs at VCU listened to student concerns over recent university decisions, including the closure of Chili’s, which was converted into a catering kitchen, and the closing of the pool and basketball courts at the Larrick Student Center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Jennifer Eccles has been named vice president for advancement at Harvey Mudd College. She is expected to begin in the new post on October 28. Jennifer Eccles Eccles joins Harvey Mudd College from the Giant Magellan Telescope Corporation in Pasadena, CA, an international consortium dedicated to building one of the world’s most powerful observatories.

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University Business

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The role of college leadership has significantly evolved in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). With AI transforming various sectors, higher education is no exception. Colleges can no longer afford to ignore AI and the Fourth Industrial Revolution because these technologies are becoming increasingly prevalent in the employment sector. Employers widely use AI to enhance efficiency, boost productivity and improve customer satisfaction, making it essential for future employees.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Can We Trust AI in Qualitative Research? Elizabeth Redden Wed, 10/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Andrew L. Gillen urges caution in using AI to analyze qualitative data. Byline(s) Andrew L.

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