Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

Dr. Samantha L. Strachan said she wants to figure out why fewer than 2% of all teachers in the U.S. are African American men and what can be done to improve that number. “While we know that they bring value to the classroom, they’re very much absent in the classroom as educators, as teachers,” said Strachan, acting chair of the Department of Teacher Education & Leadership at Alabama A&M University.

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships—oh my! In today’s higher education landscape, a plethora of schools face razor-thin revenue margins and are exploring innovative ways to serve their students through strategic alliances. The playbook for any given institution’s alliances can vary wildly. For example, Lewis University and St. Augustine College announced this week their plans to merge.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

Four Pennsylvania men have been charged after a Black Lehigh University student was allegedly called a racial slur, chased to his dorm, and assaulted, CNN reported. Brandon John, 22, was charged with simple assault and harassment; Michael Rosta, 21, with burglary and simple assault; Nabil Jameel, 22, with simple assault; and Cameron Graf, 22, with simple assault and harassment.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

Hundreds of UNC Professors Oppose ‘Overreach’ Featured Image at Top of Article Option-2-e1618229469756-1200x675.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

Savannah State University President Dr. Kimberly Ballard-Washington will step down from her role at the end of the fiscal year, after four years at SSU’s helm, Savannah Morning News reported. Kimberly Ballard-Washington In an Apr. 27 email sent to SSU faculty, Ballard-Washington cited personal issues that have prevented her from meeting her presidential goals as the reason why she is stepping down.

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Hanover Research

APRIL 27, 2023

Iowa Wesleyan had an estimated $55.1 million annual economic impact on southeast Iowa, according to a 2017 study conducted for the university by Hanover Research. That included direct spending by students, faculty, staff and visitors, plus income earned by graduates who stayed in the area to work or start businesses. The post Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: Agriculture Department Attempts to Keep Rural Colleges and Universities Afloat appeared first on Hanover Research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

Camber Hayes Spring is a busy time for Miami University soccer midfielder/defender Camber Hayes, who has been named the 2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year. As team captain since the second semester of her freshman year, she is focused on her training so she can give a top performance come soccer season in the fall. She also studies intently to maintain her 4.0 GPA and be a top candidate for veterinary school, which she hopes to enter after graduation next year.

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Hanover Research

APRIL 27, 2023

Ongoing brand tracking is essential for improving brand health and tracking the ROI of marketing initiatives. However, establishing a brand tracking strategy can be difficult, time-consuming, and costly. Why is measuring brand health difficult? Brand health is impacted by a variety of factors, including the ever-changing technology buyers can use to discover, engage, and comment on an organization’s brand (and its competitors).

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College for Creative Study

APRIL 27, 2023

The post CCS partners with Oakland University on VR game for new augment reality lab appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

Why Peer Mentors Are Crucial for Women in STEM Featured Image at Top of Article op ed pic3.

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Paradigm IQ

APRIL 27, 2023

In the United States, May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, a time to honor the history, culture, and achievements of the AAPI community. With the AAPI community’s long history in the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

Low-Income Students Stand to Benefit From Stackable Credentials Sara Weissman Fri, 04/28/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

APRIL 27, 2023

Reva Wittenberg, MPA, California State University, Sacramento Having just started my position as Student Affairs Assessment Manager a year ago, I was excited to take the Applying & Leading Assessment in Student Affairs course to make sure I was on the right track and to continue to build my knowledge and skills in assessment. Evaluation and assessment have been a part of every position I’ve had in my career since graduate school, but I had rarely been responsible for assessing programs other

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

Whatever Happened to MIT and Harvard’s Big EdX Profit?

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Experiential Learning Depot

APRIL 27, 2023

Teaching high school entrepreneurs to start their own businesses is a great idea! Just reading this blog post is a great first step. But teaching students how to create their own high school businesses can be slightly overwhelming, and I get it. ​Let's talk high school entrepreneurship that is engaging, effective, and not overly complicated for anyone involved.

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Proctor Academy

APRIL 27, 2023

Since 1994, Proctor students have studied at sea as a part of Proctor’s Ocean Classroom program. Throughout those nearly three decades, Proctor has worked with different partners, most recently Sailing Ships Maine, to deliver this life-changing off-campus program that puts students at the center of learning aboard a tall-ship. It is with great enthusiasm that Proctor announces a new partnership with Sea Education Association (SEA) out of Woods Hole, Massachusetts for the fall Ocean Classroom pro

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

As digital natives, many young people today are quick to adopt en vogue apps and social media platforms, like TikTok, without fully understanding how their personal data is used or what steps they should take to keep themselves safe online. Now more than ever, schools should be leaning into their educational missions and taking the long-game approach of implementing digital literacy training to help students operate safely and effectively in their uber-connected world (yes, that’s a technology p

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

In today’s hybrid learning environment, it’s more important than ever to fully equip higher education classrooms for recording live lectures. Whether for students who are attending a live class remotely or recorded for later use, capturing exactly what is said with perfect clarity is critical. That is what the Panasonic WX-ST700 DECT wireless boundary microphone is designed to accomplish.

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PUC

APRIL 27, 2023

Jericho Road, written by Lindsay Morton, depicts the realities that many couples face in the modern age when faith, commitment, and responsibility converge in a stalemate. It proposes thought-provoking questions within our own relationships and does not condescend to tell the answers.

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The Humphrey Group

APRIL 27, 2023

The term “leadership communication” draws millions of search results on Google–approximately 694 million, to be exact. Many of these results highlight that “ Effective Leadership is all about Communicating Effectively ” or emphasize “ How Great Leaders Communicate ” (presumably differently from others).

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

Most statewide programs, including Michigan’s, don’t necessarily help the lowest-income students finish or pay for college. Most statewide programs, including Michigan’s, don’t necessarily help the lowest-income students finish or pay for college. Many cover only the tuition that is still outstanding after federal aid is used up. These are called “last-dollar” free college programs.

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SRHE

APRIL 27, 2023

by Paul Temple A movie about the life and work of J Robert Oppenheimer, called simply Oppenheimer , with Cillian Murphy in the title role, is due to be released in the UK this summer. It looks as if the movie will deal mainly with the three years of Oppenheimer’s life when he led the Manhattan Project’s scientific team which produced the first atomic bomb in 1945, but his life story holds many other points of interest for those of us studying higher education.

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

Four men have been arrested for allegedly yelling racial slurs at a Black student at Lehigh University before chasing him and following him into his dorm, where he was allegedly assaulted, a Pennsylvania district attorney announced Tuesday. The suspects — all in their early 20s but none of them current or former Lehigh students — drove past the victim, who was walking home with two friends early Saturday, and shouted racial slurs, according to Northampton County District Attorney Ter

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Ed.gov Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

By Dr. Mary S. Graham, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College president As president of a large community college in South Mississippi, I have the privilege of investing in our community and local economy and the responsibility to ensure the training we provide to our students is innovative, relevant, and career-advancing. We partner with local businesses Continue Reading The post INVESTING IN STUDENT AND COMMUNITY SUCCESS appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

The New College of Florida trustees now dominated by conservatives appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis voted Wednesday to deny tenure to five professors, overriding concerns by faculty and students that the decision poses a threat to academic freedom. Shouts of “shame on you!” came from the audience afterward. One trustee holdover, New College professor Matthew Lepinski, quit the board after the vote and walked out of the room.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 27, 2023

In this post, Boryana and Tomris highlight the activities and aspirations of Student Feedback Network Project (SFNP) in amplifying the student voice through collection and utilisation of student feedback across the University. Boryana is a fourth-year History student and Tomris is a fourth-year Law and Economics LLB student.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 27, 2023

A growing number of small, private colleges are cutting tuition in half, overhauling prices to reflect what most students pay after discounting through need-based and merit financial aid, according to an extensive report in The New York Times this week. This so-called tuition reset has a marketing component since it boosts recognition for some lesser-known colleges.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

2 Apparent Suicides in 24 Hours at N.C.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 27, 2023

As university faculties around Illinois strike for better pay and working conditions, budget analysts have found that state spending on higher education has fallen dramatically over the past 20 years. When adjusted for inflation, state spending on higher education fell 46 percent between 2000 and 2023, according to a new research report from the left-leaning think tank Center for Tax and Budget Accountability.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

Suit Filed Over Valparaiso’s Plan to Sell Art Scott Jaschik Fri, 04/28/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Paradigm IQ

APRIL 27, 2023

The Keys to Effective Employee Resource Groups

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

California 2-Year Colleges Won’t Pause Approving 4-Year Programs Sara Weissman Fri, 04/28/2023 - 12:00 AM

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ISA Journal

APRIL 27, 2023

“Caminante, son tus huellas el camino y nada más.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

The Essential Skills Students Need to Acquire in College mprutter@mit.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

APRIL 27, 2023

Dr. Divya Bheda Dear Colleagues, I have been feeling frustrated lately. More so than usual. Here is why: How can so many of our student support colleagues and assessment leaders—who are all so strongly and passionately motivated by the need to be of service, who want to and often do make a difference in the lives of so many, who help and nurture students and units to realize their potential—how can so many colleagues be struggling to feel valued at our institutions?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 27, 2023

How Forests Behave in a Drought: Academic Minute Doug Lederman Fri, 04/28/2023 - 12:00 AM

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University Business

APRIL 27, 2023

Leaders at Temple University in Philadelphia can’t seem to catch a break. Following President Jason Wingard’s resignation last month , the Temple faculty union has now turned its ire towards Provost Gregory Mandel and Board of Trustees Chair Mitchell Morgan. More than 800 union members (81%) cast a vote of no confidence in their ability to lead one of the state’s leading research universities.

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