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Columbia Administration, Student Organizers Talks Fail

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Columbia University administration leaders and student organizers failed to reach agreement in negotiations that might have included the university’s divestment from Israel.

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Dr. Donovan Livingston Returns Home, Merging His Hip Hop Self with His College Advisor Self

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“It was like, ‘I gotta do this school thing so I can get a job and when there's time, I'll feed the creative part of my spirit.’” Livingston received his master’s degree in higher education administration from Columbia University, a second master's degree from Harvard University in learning and teaching, and his Ph.D.

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Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022

University Business

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) distinguished the colleges who most egregiously botched a faculty or student organization’s right to tenants that align with free speech in 2022. Recently, it suspended a faculty member in response to a tweet. The school has since fired 33 faculty members.

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HBCU students, faculty denounce 'Cop City'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Some students and faculty members at historically Black Atlanta colleges and universities are speaking out against plans to build an 85-acre, $90 million police training facility nearby in forested land owned by the city. ” Picking Up Momentum Scholars at Morehouse have also joined the fray.

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How schools are expanding student mental health support without hiring more counselors

EAB

The Eight Dimensions of Wellness, developed by Dr. Peggy Swarbrick at Rutgers University and embraced by the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is a strengths-based model to promote mental health and wellbeing. By combining these concepts, we can align our programs and services to support wellbeing more effectively.

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How To Better Engage Students With Our New Mobile App!

Campus Groups

Mobile apps reportedly contribute to higher rates of student engagement, retention, and success. They are used by Student Life administrators and students for planning, communicating, tracking, and reporting. This helps students locate and orient themselves on the go.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. I stepped out of a tenure-track role and into an administrative position, where I could create programs to help students be successful.” Dr. Tremayne O.