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Must Headlines Deceive?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A February 23, 2024, article in Diverse headlined “Growing Number of College Grads Earn Less Than the Typical High School Graduate” was based on a report from the HEA Group – a headline mirrored in other national media (including CBS MoneyWatch, Forbes, and the New York Times ).

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Last month, it announced that it would move the 2024 meeting, scheduled for New Orleans, out of Louisiana because of the state’s laws restricting access to abortion and the participation of transgender people in sports. This is more than a “business decision,” said Jason P. “This also impacts people in a very real way.”

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Australia asks universities to show they merit the title

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The other universities that failed to achieve 50 percent—Bond, Federation and Notre Dame Australia—are due for re-registration in 2024 or 2025. Last year TEQSA reversed its decision not to award university college status to a Christian education provider that had subsequently appealed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

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How Virtual Reality is Transforming Higher Education Learning

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

This article will delve into the true experience of VR and its transformation to higher education institutions today through the following components: What to consider before applying VR. The VR industry is already booming and will need a workforce with the understanding of the technology. While 18% of U.S.

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Unpacking the Pillars of Resistance Against DEI Initiatives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Board of Governors is expected to have a final vote on adopting the regulations at their meeting on January 24, 2024. Limited opportunities are often exacerbated by existing institutional barriers and ingrained practices within industries. This decision aligns with the bill signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis in May 2023.

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Biden seeks Pell increase, renews calls for free community college

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Department officials said the budget proposal , which is for fiscal year 2024 beginning Oct. ” Increasing the Pell Grant by is a key part of the administration’s plan to make college more affordable. The administration also is renewing calls for free community college with a $90 billion proposal over 10 years.

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DeSantis puts into action his plan to end "woke activism"

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And with DeSantis’s eye on a potential White House run in 2024, this week’s events in Florida offered a glimpse of how the battle over higher education could play out on the national stage during the next presidential race. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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