Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Come July 2023, six of the eight Ivy League schools will have women leaders. The Ivy League, with some of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S., recently announced bold choices in leadership. Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Columbia University named new presidents, each to take office in July. For Dartmouth and Columbia, these are the first women presidents in their history, while Harvard welcomes its first African American president.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Hartwick College is starting academic minors in game development, cybersecurity, data analysis, web design and digital marketing. New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico are starting a Ph.D. in health equity sciences. Paul Smith’s College is starting a culinary arts essentials certificate in New York City. Virginia Tech and NMIMS, formerly called Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, in India, are starting a dual program that will award master’s degrees

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

The Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) will be looking to sell three campus buildings to local buyers, WCAX reported. The school recently agreed to sell the Crowley Center, the Gary Library, and the Martin House to a group of business owners named “150 Main Street.” The buyers aim to turn the buildings into a health and wellness center. “We’re just excited that those buildings will be able to stay in some productive use for the community and not be idle and they will be active and there will be

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

What’s a risk? Who decides? And at what cost? C. K. Gunsalus, Robert A. Easter, Nicholas C. Burbules and BrandE Faupell advise on dealing with all types of risk, including that of inaction. Job Tags: Academic administration EXECUTIVE POSITIONS Ad keywords: administrators Editorial Tags: Presidents Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Nuthawut Somsuk/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: C.K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Gordon State College (GSC) President Dr. Kirk A. Nooks was awarded the 2023 Chief Executive Leadership Award at the CASE District III Annual Conference. Dr. Kirk A. Nooks “I’m honored to have been chosen as the recipient of this prestigious award. We, at Highlander Nation, have a shared vision of our future as we innovate new ways in fulfilling our strategic plan, Building the Power of WE, and in doing so, learn together and grow,” Nooks said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. Through the experiential learning opportunities, students develop research and their professional skills to prepare them for postgraduate success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

A new Maine legislature bill may make higher education significantly less expensive for Maine high school graduates who choose to go to the University of Maine (UMaine), WMTW reported. Sen. Mike Tipping The bill – sponsored by Maine Sen. Mike Tipping – would waive half of UMaine tuition up to four years for full-time students who graduate from a state high school in 2023, 2024, or 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

A new bill has been introduced in the Texas legislature that would revamp how the state gives its community colleges money, KXAN reported. Rep. Gary VanDeaver House Bill 8 – filed Wednesday by Texas Rep. Gary VanDeaver, would alter the funding formula for money that the state gives its 50 community college districts, effective Sept. 1. This move comes after a recommendation for state funding based on “measurable outcomes” from a 2022 commission the Texas legislature created.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Nick Swayne is again the president of North Idaho College. The board, which placed him on administrative leave without cause in December, on Monday acted on the orders of State Judge Cynthia Meyer. In her ruling, Meyer said, “The board’s majority has wrongfully locked its captain in the brig while steering NIC toward an iceberg. The board’s decision to keep him on leave without cause is hostile and arbitrary.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Trey Jones Trey Jones has been appointed assistant vice president for university advancement at West Virginia State University and vice president of the WVSU Foundation. He served as the executive director of corporation and foundation relations. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management from North Carolina State University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Image: The cancellation of two days of classes at D’Youville University almost a month ago turned out to be only the start of computer network problems that have led to frustrations across campus, faculty members say. “I would characterize this as highly unusual,” said Bonnie Fox Garrity, president of the university’s Faculty Senate and a faculty member for 24 years.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Jackson State University’s web page for the office of the president features a picture of the interim president, her name and a text scroll that reads, “Check back for future updates.” The rest of the page is vacant, save some general hyperlinks. The website has been a revolving door since Ronald Mason Jr.’s 10-year tenure ended in 2010.

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Hanover Research

MARCH 7, 2023

The Ellensburg School District School Board accepted the committee recommendations made through the district’s “Budget Reduction Reallocation” process during a special meeting last Thursday including Hanover Research Equity Services and Resources. The post Daily Record News: ESD School Board Approves Committee Recommendations for Budget Reductions, Reallocations appeared first on Hanover Research.

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Proctor Academy

MARCH 7, 2023

Proctor Academy is excited to announce Alisa Barnard as its next Assistant Head of School, beginning July 1, 2023. A New Hampshire native and graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Divinity School, Alisa has spent the last nineteen years of her career at her alma mater, St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, most recently as the Director of the Advanced Studies Program.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Lawmakers in Maine are considering a new bill that would waive up to 50% of tuition expenses for up to four years for upcoming high school graduates in the state. The bill, LD 512 , establishes two types of tuition waivers for students who enroll at a campus of the University of Maine System. The bill’s sponsor, Senator Mike Tipping, whose district includes the University of Maine’s flagship campus at Orono, said, “Enrollment has been down, and student debt has been up” in an inter

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Roompact

MARCH 7, 2023

We’ve hit a milestone! In the year of Roompact’s 10th anniversary, we are publishing our 365th blog post. That’s one post for every day of the year. At Roompact, we always say that the best giveaway we can “hand out” to residence life and housing professionals is not a new pen, or a fancy trendy.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Michigan’s only private university in the state’s upper peninsula, Finlandia University, announced last week it will not enroll students for fall 2023, officially marking its closure at the conclusion of the current academic year. “We, as a board and leadership team, left no stone unturned in our attempts to move Finlandia forward toward a healthier future,” wrote Michael Nakkula, chair of Finlandia’s Board of Trustees in a statement. “While none of us wanted

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Higher Education Whisperer

MARCH 7, 2023

Greetings from the ANU New Research Showcase: Climate, Energy & Disasters. where the Vice Chancellor is opening the event. He mentioned recent "natural" disasters at ANU. This included a flood through the Library behind him, and a hailstorm, after which the roof is still being repaired (you can see the orange plastic wrap in the photo).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Students who earned fully online degrees from nonprofit colleges have a more favorable view of their experiences than do their counterparts who earned online degrees from for-profit colleges, according to a new report from Public Agenda. The nonpartisan research and polling firm surveyed 217 alumni of nonprofit online institutions and 169 alumni of for-profit online institutions.

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College for Creative Study

MARCH 7, 2023

The post Alumnus and Detroit Artist Mario Moore Kick’s off CCS’s Woodward Lecture Series appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

In latest Inside Higher Ed survey, colleges’ chief academic officers express their views on academic health, what their colleges do well (and not so well), general education, liberal arts, budgets, and more.

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College for Creative Study

MARCH 7, 2023

The post CCS Summer Camps Recognized by Hour Detroit appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

The University of California, Berkeley, will shutter three libraries—the anthropology, physics-astronomy and mathematics statistics libraries—in the next few years, part of a long-term plan to save money, Berkeleyside reported. The closures aim to “cut costs in the face of rising financial pressures, including inflation, repairs for aging campus infrastructure and the wage increase won by graduate students during the recent strike,” according to Berkeleyside.

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Hanover Research

MARCH 7, 2023

A small majority of provosts (52 percent) would favor a system of long-term contracts over the current tenure system, according to the 2023 Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers, published today by Inside Higher Ed and Hanover Research. The post Inside Higher Ed: Half of Provosts Support Tenure Alternative appeared first on Hanover Research.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! No matter your role at your college or university, everyone experiences sleepless nights obsessing about one thing or another. Please give yourself a point for each thought you’ve ever had in the middle of the night. 1-10 points: You’re an adjunct, lecturer or staff member without enough experience to be angry or paranoid.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

Research finds ‘motherhood penalty’ is greater than 40 years ago, with mothers making 69% of fathers’ wages The pay gap between mothers and fathers with post-school education has increased since the late 1970s in the UK, according to research. As the world marks International Women’s Day on Wednesday, research from the University of Kent has found that the gap in pay between higher-educated mothers and fathers – the “motherhood penalty” – is greater now than 40 years ago.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Northern Essex Community College will remain closed today in the wake of a network outage that officials at the Massachusetts institution suspect was due to a cyberattack. The campus was closed Monday, The Eagle-Tribune of Andover reported. “Upon learning of this issue, we began working closely with law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals to conduct a forensic investigation,” Melissa Bouse, the Massachusetts college’s public relations director, told the newspaper.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

MARCH 7, 2023

[link] “You’re a wizard, Harry,” explains Hagrid, saving him from the infamous cupboard under the stairs and escorting him to Hogwarts. After years of living with his Muggle aunt and uncle, wondering where he fits in, Harry has found his people and is sorted into Gryffindor House. Magical adventures and mischief ensue. While perhaps not as dramatic or magical as Harry Potter, I believe all of us want to find our people.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

A former University of Connecticut professor won a $1.4 million settlement from UConn, Hearst Connecticut Media Group reported Monday at CT Insider. The article says Dr. Li Wang resigned in September 2019, one day before she was to be fired, after allegedly not disclosing financial affiliations with Wenzhou Medical University and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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Hanover Research

MARCH 7, 2023

2022 continued to be a challenging year for private institutions as student expectations and workforce practices shifted back from COVID-era realities. As we ease into the beginning months of 2023, students, faculty, and staff now live in a world still effected by the changes experienced during the pandemic, but with a desire for a return to normalcy.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

A former director of the Office of Institutional Equity at New Mexico State University has filed a retaliation lawsuit claiming her civil rights were violated under a state whistle-blower statute, The Las Cruces Sun-News reported. Laura Castille, who also served as the university’s Title IX coordinator, alleges that she was forced to resign last year after reporting that a New Mexico State system administrator, Vice Chancellor Ruth Johnston, improperly helped a “close ally” lan

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 7, 2023

In this post, Najwa Kamaruzaman and Marianne Brown offer an overview of the new student support model and share their experience listening to and supporting students across different aspects of their University life. Najwa studies MSc Social Anthropology and is the student support evaluation intern who supports Student Analytics, Insights, and Modelling (SAIM).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

A University of Southern California professor has recalled his new book after the Los Angeles Times found at least “95 instances of plagiarism,” the newspaper reported. Dr. David Agus—a professor of medicine and biomedical engineering who directs USC’s Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine and its Center for Applied Molecular Medicine—didn’t provide comment to Inside Higher Ed Monday.

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Hanover Research

MARCH 7, 2023

What Is Customer Segmentation? Customer segmentation is the process of separating an audience into groups of buyers with similar characteristics and preferences. As a result, brands can develop more targeted, influential interactions with current and potential customers, ultimately reaching those customers more effectively and increasing sales. Why Is Customer Segmentation Important?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

The American Association of University Professors has now censured Indiana University Northwest (IUN) for firing a tenured Black professor after IUN alleged he said “words to the effect that ‘the only way to end racism is to kill all the white people.’” An AAUP report released in January called “implausible” the allegation that Mark McPhail “actually threatened to hurt white people,” noting one person it interviewed called his manner “mild an

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PUC

MARCH 7, 2023

Last month, Canadian actor Eli Goree sat down with PUC students to discuss his experience working in Hollywood as an Adventist. With being typecast for roles, such as playing an athlete, he pushed against that.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Last week, the three of us participated in the first in-person meeting of edX/2U’s recently constituted University Partner Advisory Council (UPAC). Separately and together, we sit on a number of advisory groups/councils of for-profit companies working with nonprofit universities in the online learning space. In this post, we hope to share the reasons that we invest the time to provide strategic advice to for-profit companies such as 2U.

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