Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Smith Title: Associate Professor of Higher Education; Provost Faculty Fellow, University of Cincinnati Age: 39 Education: B.S., Smith Title: Associate Professor of Higher Education; Provost Faculty Fellow, University of Cincinnati Age: 39 Education: B.S., Everrett A. psychology, Middle Tennessee State University; M.S.,

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JULY 14, 2023

Community colleges play a critical role, providing affordable and accessible education for diverse populations. According to the American Association of Community Colleges, our nation had over 1,000 public, tribal, and independent community colleges enrolling 10.2

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Dr. Terry Calaway is president emeritus, Johnson County Community College (KS).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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MAY 4, 2023

Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. They discussed their ideas Thursday at a panel co-sponsored by CCEAL and the Association of Community College Trustees.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Offering advice about professional development opportunities, shared governance, and health benefits were but some of the practices presented and discussed by Montgomery College and the Dominican University of California, the two winners of the 2022 Delphi Award, at a webinar onWednesday.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 13, 2023

A rift has formed at Spartanburg Community College, where some faculty members are in revolt against what they say is a school administration that has been heavy-handed in its approach to governance since new leadership took over three years ago.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Among the latest efforts are HB 715 in North Carolina, which would remove tenure for future faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and at public community colleges, and SB 266 in Florida, which would give the state more control over the content of core classes and limit funding for DEI efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 10, 2024

College faculty don’t reflect the diversity of the students they teach, according to a new study the Government Accountability Office released Tuesday.

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APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2023

Image: A debate over how to achieve pay parity between two groups of faculty members has left lingering tensions among professors in the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona. Adjuncts who work as service faculty currently make $53 per hour, and those who only teach earn $32 per hour.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

“By codifying the program, it gives institutions something to look forward to annually as a source that they may be able to tap, assuming they qualify, for much needed resources,” said Kelly Leon, vice president of communications and government relations for the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Renshaw offers a practical model based on his expertise in couples’ therapy as an analogue for thinking about how faculty and administrators might best work together.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The American Association of University Professors’ Governing Council voted unanimously over the weekend to sanction New College of Florida and Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released a statement, criticizing the decision of the presidents of Florida’s 28 state and community colleges to eliminate courses dealing with critical race theory or related concepts such as intersectionality. But the danger is very real.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Before and during COVID, most of these students vanished from our most affordable and accessible institutions – our community colleges.

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MAY 15, 2024

Harvard Has No University-Wide Senate—Professors Are Proposing One Ryan Quinn Wed, 05/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Amid attacks in multiple states on shared governance, faculty members seek to strengthen their role at America’s oldest higher education institution. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 10, 2023

Image: Manhattanville College in Purchase, N.Y., laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. Other faculty sources said that history has two remaining full-time faculty members. Focus on the Future.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Most recently, Florida passed a law exempting public college presidential searches from the state’s open records law, and Purdue University hired Mitch Daniels’s replacement on the same day the university announced its longtime president’s retirement.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

But after showing up at one of Michigan’s community colleges, the returning student is given a high-stakes test in math and English to see if they are “ready” for college-level work. And Michigan colleges have begun making those changes. And they follow through.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

They deserve to be the focus of public attention and philanthropic giving and the priority for governments, instead of the tiny number of already highly-resourced gated colleges always dominating the news. Let’s say I run a community college in Colorado and want to effectively support my students’ basic needs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Candidates of color confront racial biases, both internal and external, from search committees, board of trustees, and even faculty and staff. It’s not just a report on diversity, it’s about student success,” said Eloy Ortiz Oakley, president of College Futures and former chancellor of California Community Colleges.

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MARCH 9, 2023

The faculty of Connecticut College voted that it had no confidence in the performance of President Katherine Bergeron, The Day reported. Bergeron has been under fire for weeks at the college over a planned fundraiser that was set to be held at the Everglades Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive country clubs in Palm Beach, Fla.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

“The political landscape that’s targeting LGBTQ people is taking a toll on young people’s mental health, especially right now with the Supreme Court decisions and DEI efforts being removed or educational institutions being pressured by their state governments,” says Jorge Valencia, executive director of the Point Foundation.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

New College of Florida and Spartanburg Community College have been added to the American Association of University Professors ’ list of institutions sanctioned for substantial noncompliance with widely accepted standards of academic government. AAUP’s Governing Council voted on the measure Feb.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Lesley University’s Faculty Assembly says it has voted no confidence in university president Janet Steinmayer for the second time in roughly a year. private university’s 167 faculty members with full-time or prorated faculty contracts. “A coalition of faculty and students held a protest outside.”

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

.” Most states allow high school students to enroll in community college or university courses. Students enroll twice: they earn both high school AND college credits for the same course. In some cases, community college faculty offer these courses in the high school.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A group of Stanford University faculty members has petitioned for a campus investigation of free speech and academic freedom in light of an anonymous reporting system that they say can stifle expression, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Journal reported that 77 Stanford faculty members signed the petition.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Some of those difficult decisions had to do with cutting employees – faculty and professional staff – and downsizing NJCU’s academic offerings. In total, 43 undergrad programs, 28 graduate programs, one doctoral program, 22 minor programs, and eight certificate programs were sunset, according to NJCU Chief Communications Officer Ira Thor.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 2, 2021

In this second post of our five-part series on Embracing a New Higher Education Governance Model , we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

University of California Lifts Ban on Online Degree Programs Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 02/27/2024 - 03:00 AM Even as the debate on online courses continues, the UC move is creating concern about shared governance between faculty and university leaders. Byline(s) Lauren Coffey

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

The American Association of University Professors has condemned Florida’s community college presidents for their criticism of critical race theory. By dictating course content, they are also usurping the primary responsibility for the curriculum traditionally accorded the faculty under principles of shared governance.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It’s an online module that we released earlier this year to all our faculty and staff as required training. It was also incorporated into all our new employee/new faculty orientations. There was a recommendation to have focus groups beginning this fall with diverse populations of staff, faculty, and students to capture their stories.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

McPhail completely restaffed her business office and placed a greater emphasis on the importance of interoffice communication. Moving the institution toward full compliance has required breaking down silos across the university, pulling the board, faculty, and staff together onto the same page, she said. Dr. Michael J.

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