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George Washington University Adjunct Faculty to Potentially Receive Raise and Base Salary Increase

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Per that agreement, GW part-time faculty may see their first contractual raise in four years and an increase in base salaries – from $4,467 to $5,000. The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) could give a 10% raise to all regular, or tenure-eligible, part-time faculty starting Spring 2023.

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A small college needs $2.6M to survive. It's raised $178K

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The deadline to raise the $2.6 So far, the college has raised $178,000, according to an email sent to supporters earlier this week. But once the semester rolled around, they reversed the tuition cut, raising the price for domestic students to $35,000 a year.

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Raising the Bar: Leveraging Accreditation and Its Influence on Transfer and Credit Mobility

Confessions of a Community College Dean

These variations raise serious questions about how differing approaches play out across agencies and/or programs, how accreditors view their responsibilities, and what that means for equity in student outcomes.

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Education Department Announces Initiative to Improve Access to Training Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona The initiative, “ Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success,” – supported by the Departments of Commerce and Labor – involves a program to expand work-based learning opportunities for students, using $5.6 million dollars in Perkins funding. The U.S.

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Hochul Proposes Nearly $7.5B for Higher Ed in FY24

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Harnisch thought that the funding proposal was especially good in light of national trends. “In The proposal would also raise tuition at SUNY and CUNY schools, indexed to the Higher Education Price Index or 3%--whichever is less. billion is proposed for capital funding.

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Omnibus Bill Offers Financial Boosts, Compromises

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

trillion omnibus federal spending bill that was signed right before Christmas by President Joe Biden, are funding provisions and policy changes that impact the world of higher education. According to Gasman, the emphasis on MSIs is a relatively recent development.

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Success Coaching and Online Platform Shown to Improve Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The software also uses predictive analytics in an attempt to address issues before they develop. The combination of student data and coaching could raise privacy concerns, however.

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Rising Inflation and the Impending Tuition Squeeze

Robert Kelchen

Midyear adjustments in student charges are highly unusual and typically only happen if a state withholds previously promised funding during a recession. For the first time in the lifetimes of many Americans, inflation has become a legitimate concern.

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Research co-creation may be the key to impact

SRHE

Previous research by the Centre discovered that pressures within schools dampen students’ expressed curiosity in questions about the nature of reality and human personhood and limit the development of their epistemic insight into how science, religion and the wider humanities relate.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The consequence: the richest institutions can fully fund the education of lower-income students, while the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class undergraduates must take out loans to pay for their education. Take steps to distribute research funding more equitably.

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Middle and High School PBL: 10 Earth Day Project Idea Driving Questions?

Experiential Learning Depot

Earth Day is one of my favorite days of the year to develop experiential science learning activities around! As a final product, I have had my students develop tools (charts, quizzes, mind maps, etc.) Should we be putting funding and energy into individual species?

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5 New Solutions that Improve the Student Experience

Campus Groups

To remain ahead of the curve, our team develops solutions together with partner campuses, and through market trend analysis. Available natively on web and mobile applications , this feature was developed in partnership with Columbia Business School.

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"Soft Money"

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I thought it connoted something vaguely sinister, like a slush fund. It refers to funding that comes with time limits, typically from external grants. This piece from the Times about COVID funding isn’t about higher ed directly, but I recognized the dynamics. It’s about the mismatch between what would do the most good – sustained, consistent operating funding – and what’s politically available.

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Moving Right Along to Improve Mood and Memory

The Scholarly Teacher

Mark Tarnopolsky, a genetic metabolic neurologist at McMaster University, said that “if there were a drug that could do for human health everything that exercise can, it would likely be the most valuable pharmaceutical ever developed” (Oaklander, 2016, para. funded by a Kansas foundation.

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Paying it Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He’s looking around, seeing what’s here, and seeing possibilities for growth, extension, development.” Lopez Valdez is hoping to organize accommodations and funding for additional Ph.D. Another one of Lopez Valdez’s extra projects is the development, across several departments of the university, of a program in quantum computing. Hiram Lopez Valdez Title: Assistant Professor, Cleveland State University Age: 37 Education: B.S.,

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

SRHE

A further concern for many educational researchers is that approaches to ethical review, initially developed in relation to biomedical sciences, have largely been positivist. Certainly, those PhD students who attend our SRHE professional development events tell a very different story.

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Why the Term ‘Friendraising’ Makes Me Cross

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Ken Burnett’s classic 1992 fundraising text, Relationship Fundraising , taught and touted the value of developing relationships with donors based on the attributes of friendship, such as care, understanding, respect and mutual trust. The trust that develops between an employee and a donor can run deep. Dysfunctional friendraising events find evidence in the cost to raise a dollar (CRD). Blog: Just Explain It to Me!

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A small college is failing. Is a rich Canadian to blame?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Earlier this year, the college announced a funding gap of $2 million that it needed to close quickly in order to remain open. Image: The King’s College has long relied on the generosity of billionaires.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Attempts to develop an accurate definition and measure of "intelligence" have been fraught with difficulty and controversy. The ultimate responsibility for equitable assessment rests with those who develop, administer, interpret, and use tests.

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‘Soft Money’

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I thought it connoted something vaguely sinister, like a slush fund. It refers to funding that comes with time limits, typically from external grants. This piece from the Times about COVID funding isn’t about higher ed directly, but I recognized the dynamics. Shortly after the peak, a pile of new public funding arrives. “I supported raising community colleges’ operating funding by 5 percent!”

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It’s time for wealthy colleges to share the wealth (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The competition for revenue and wealth began 130 years ago among elite colleges and universities that devised now-conventional practices such as annual alumni funds , national fundraising campaigns and aggressive endowment investing.

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Deprivation data: Introducing a new UK-wide area-based measure

SRHE

Hence, the past few years have seen us develop new fields designed to be relevant and valuable in meeting the current needs of our customers. by Tej Nathwani Introduction The 2020s will be a pivotal period in determining the UK’s economic future.

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Casino project opposed By Hofstra, supported by others

Confessions of a Community College Dean

has riled leaders of a nearby college who say the development would harm their students and the region. The community college also is partnering with the developers to serve as a workforce training hub. The event has raised more than $2.2

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University autonomy in Europe "eroded by political meddling"

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The 2022 edition of the European University Association’s Autonomy Scorecard offers a snapshot of the changing relationships between public universities and the governments that fund and regulate them.

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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The agreements raised questions, as the Times put it, “about whether promoting gambling on campus—especially to people who are at an age when they are vulnerable to developing gambling disorders—fits the mission of higher education.”

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Lessons from a Failed Start-up: VC Culture

eLiterate

One successful serial entrepreneur, when I told him that a VC firm would be interested in funding us when we reach $X in revenues, replied, “You know how VCs say ‘no,’ right?” Instead of saying “no,” the VC community has developed a culture of avoiding saying “yes.” Here’s the deal: Different funds have wildly different investment disciplines and therefore are looking for wildly different kinds of pitches from founders.

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European research universities group: doctoral supervisors should be trained

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The LERU paper says “neglect or violation of good supervision practice requires suitable repercussions,” possibly including temporary loss of the right to supervise, intensified training requirements or loss of funding.

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Interdisciplinarity

SRHE

Historian GR Evans takes the long view of developments in interdisciplinary studies, with particular reference to experience at Cambridge, where progress may at times be slow but is also measured. by GR Evans.

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8 reasons why you need an Alumni Management Platform

Creatrix Campus

Alumni management software helps engage alumni, manage outreach, accept funds and create a philanthropic culture. They aid in the development of deeper relationships with alumni and increase the likelihood of meaningful engagement. 8 reasons why you need an Alumni Management Platform.

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Groups Seek Details on FAFSA Simplification Timeline

Confessions of a Community College Dean

NASFAA and other organizations have previously raised concerns about whether the department could meet the Oct. That budget does not provide additional funding for the Office of Federal Student Aid, which could hamper the office’s work on simplifying the FAFSA and on other projects.

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Argos Education is Winding Down

eLiterate

The current venture funding market conditions proved too difficult for us to raise the money that we needed. The platform remains under active development and the collaborators continue to attract grant money for new features and new courses.

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How do colleges hit record-level fundraising? It’s all about the alumni

University Business

In the fiscal year 2022, the university received $115 million in donations , which set a school record for the most gifts raised during a single fiscal year. In the fiscal year 2022, UA raised nearly $226 million in charitable gifts and pledges, setting a fundraising record for the university.

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University of Kentucky trains teachers in Holocaust education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Holocaust Education Initiative, run by UK professors and funded by a grant from the Jewish Heritage Fund, aims to prepare teachers to meet state standards of a 2018 law requiring Holocaust education at Kentucky public schools.

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College endowments dropped in fiscal year 2022

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Even as endowment returns dipped, colleges tapped those assets to fund their needs. The median percentage of budgets funded by endowments was 5.3

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The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software

Creatrix Campus

It provides numerous opportunities for alumni to reconnect, engage, contribute, discuss, raise funds, and keep in touch in order to serve as future brand ambassadors for an institution. The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software. editor. Wed, 12/07/2022 - 23:40.

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Tennessee State cites past underfunding as cause of problems

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At stake is local control of an institution in a state that has admitted to years of inequitable funding for its only public historically Black college. Tennessee State supporters raised the issue of persistent underfunding during committee meetings about the comptroller’s report.

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Faculty Strike Ends at U of Illinois at Chicago

Confessions of a Community College Dean

20 percent raise pools over the course of the 4-year contract[.] Increased professional development funds[.] The University of Illinois at Chicago’s faculty strike has ended, just before its second week was to start. The university and the union, UIC United Faculty, each announced the strike’s end and a tentative agreement early Monday morning. Union members haven’t yet voted on the new contract, so the walkout could resume if members reject the deal.

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How Higher Ed Can Fight Racism: Q&A with Terri Givens

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

Leadership is critical for developing a climate that is supportive of black students and faculty. Make commitments to hire diverse faculty and staff, invite speakers to campus, and develop relationships with those at your university who are interested in supporting black students and faculty.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. J-WEL is one of many funded centers at MIT. Everything from college rankings to funding flow from the implications of this classed system.

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Faculty Strike Ends at U of Illinois at Chicago

Confessions of a Community College Dean

20 percent raise pools over the course of the 4-year contract[.] Increased professional development funds[.] University of Illinois at Chicago’s faculty strike is over, just before its second week was to start.

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Helping Afghan women back into higher ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Jonah Kokodyniak, senior vice president for program development and partner services at the Institute of International Education, said it's the kind of assault on the values of higher education that prompts an international response.

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The Forces That Are Shaping the Future of Higher Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. million in federal relief funding. Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Renegade members say they’ve been falsely accused of racism and their jobs are at risk after some of them raised questions about a racial climate survey at an October diversity committee meeting.