Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

In June, Head and Heart Philanthropy hosted its inaugural Presidential Cohort for HBCU Presidents at a two-day conference in New York, the first event held as part of two-year initiative centered around boosting sustainability and fiscal capacity for HBCUs. According to its website, Head and Heart Philanthropy, the philanthropic arm of Mosaic Genius, is a social impact agency focused on improving economic, health and education outcomes for communities of color.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

More than ever, higher ed needs a new approach to assessing what faculty do, writes Salvatore J. Catanzaro, who proposes an integrated teacher-scholar model. In the face of internal disenchantment about faculty recognition and reward systems, as well as external threats questioning the value of faculty work and tenure altogether, higher education needs a new approach to understanding, evaluating and recognizing what faculty do more than ever before.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

Amid a hazing scandal and the subsequent firing of Northwestern University football coach Pat Fitzgerald , some faculty, alumni, and investors are pushing back against the school’s plans for a $800 million renovation of its football stadium, CBS reported. The upgrades to Ryan Field were set to begin after the 2023 season, with a reopening in 2026. But calls to delay are increasing.

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AIFS Abroad

JULY 13, 2023

Last Updated on July 13, 2023 by Cat Rogliano Italy’s rich cultural heritage and breathtaking views make it an ideal destination for anyone seeking a life-changing experience in a new place. While there are countless jaw-dropping destinations to explore, a few stand out amongst the rest. You won’t want to miss these cities if you plan to pursue a study abroad or internship opportunity in Italy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

Dr. Ray Jayawardhana will become provost of Johns Hopkins University (JHU), effective Oct. 15. Dr. Ray Jayawardhana Jayawardhana is currently dean of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences. He previously served as dean of science and professor of physics and astronomy at York University in Canada and senior adviser to the president for science engagement at the University of Toronto.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

Five ways to take inventory of institutional communication. When we take inventory on how to best serve transfer students, many times we think about the essentials: articulation of credit, money, time to competition and onboarding. All these areas are valuable, but an area that we do not often think about is how we communicate to our prospective transfer students on an interpersonal level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

Favour Nerrise was interested in engineering even before she knew what it was. As young as 5 growing up in Cameroon, Favour was the one her family relied on to repair a broken television or telephone. “I don’t know how or why, but I knew how to fix everything,” she said. But Nerrise didn’t have a lot of guidance on how to channel her abilities. “Exposure to engineering doesn’t really exist for my family,” she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) has been given $33 million to build upon and renovate its academic facilities and resources. The money – it came in the form of a capital facilities grant by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education of New Jersey – will go towards CNJ’s “Educating New Jersey’s Next Generation Health Workforce” plan. As part of the plan, TCNJ is looking to construct a new building for the nursing and public health departments; refurbish academic support spaces in Roscoe Wes

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

A women’s soccer coach at Geneva College, a Christian institution in Pennsylvania, was fired in June for posting messages supporting the LGBTQ community on her Instagram page, Religion News Service reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

Marvin Lewis Marvin Lewis has been named assistant vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He served as assistant vice president for athletics and recreation/chief operating officer at Brown University. Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the Georgia Tech and a master’s in taxation from Georgia State.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

A group of 11 Native American tribes is calling on the University of Minnesota to pay reparations for past harms, The Washington Post reported.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JULY 13, 2023

Furthering Our Commitment to Data Security in Higher Education Marketing and Enrollment Services Archer Education, a leader in higher education marketing and enrollment services, is proud to announce the receipt of a clean System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2, Type 1 attestation report. This milestone is the culmination of an intensive third-party auditor’s assessment of the company’s internal controls in alignment with the AICPA, Trust Services Criteria for Security and Confidentialit

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Parchment

JULY 13, 2023

Partnerships in the education and credentialing landscape play a crucial role in driving innovation and creating opportunities for learners and professionals. Since 2019, Credential Engine, a renowned non-profit organization dedicated to promoting transparency and understanding in the credentialing marketplace, has been partnering with Parchment. Together, we have been working to help institutions and employers better understand the value of academic and professional credentials.

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Biola

JULY 13, 2023

Having a degree in Public Health is an invaluable asset to any individual looking to make a positive impact on the world. With such a degree, one can go on to become part of something larger than themselves and make meaningful contributions toward.

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University Business

JULY 13, 2023

According to a release from the university , officials got a notification from a third-party service provider that “personally identifiable information” from current and incoming students and staff may have been exposed in a data breach. The university said the breach could have been caused by an ongoing cybersecurity incident related to MOVEit Transfer, a popular filesharing program.

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Gray Associates

JULY 13, 2023

Want to attract new students to your academic programs? Understanding the competitive landscape is crucial. Dive into the power of a Program Evaluation System (PES) and gain valuable insights into your program-level competition. Discover competitors, program sizes, and market trends that drive enrollment growth, and see how Gray's Program Evaluation System can revolutionize your approach, helping your institution stand out.

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University Business

JULY 13, 2023

E lite college presidents reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision banning affirmative action in college admissions on June 29 with near-universal disapproval. For all the hand-wringing, there is an easy way for institutions to legally refuse to comply with the Court and thus have the freedom to shape their incoming freshman classes using race as a factor, as they have in the past: Don’t take any of the government’s money.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

The Supreme Court's recent decisions follow decades of declining commitment to equal opportunity. Scott Jaschik’s June 29 “Justices deem admissions programs at both Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional” and succeeding essays do not address the historical foundations of affirmative action in the equal opportunity campaigns of the late 1960s and early 1970s nor the decline over time well before late June 2023.

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University Business

JULY 13, 2023

The class of 2021 went to college at a rate of 52.9%, a half of a percentage point down from 53.4% for the class of 2020. That meant that about 400 fewer high school graduates went to college. This rate is the percentage of students going directly from high school to some form of college — which ranged from less than one-year certificates to four-year degrees.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 13, 2023

In this post, Ada Bayramoglu, Learning and Teaching Conference Support Intern at the IAD, reflects and shares her story being involved in organising the Learning and Teaching Conference 2023↗️ at the University.

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University Business

JULY 13, 2023

When College Promise first set out to make postsecondary education as affordable and accessible as public high schools, it started with 53 programs. Today, free college programs have proliferated to 425 different initiatives, spanning all 50 states. College Promise offers students an affordable, life-changing opportunity in different packages, from statewide initiatives like the Excelsior Scholarship in New York or the GEAR UP Idaho Scholarship 2 to more localized options like the Alamo Promise

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SRHE

JULY 13, 2023

by Ian McNay Surprise, surprise…or not. The initial decisions on REF 2028 (REF 2028/23/01 from Research England et al ), based on the report on FRAP – the Future Research Assessment Programme – contain one surprise and one non-surprise among nearly 40 decisions. To take the second first, it recommends, through its cost analysis report, that any future exercise ‘should maintain continuity with rules and processes from previous exercises’ and ‘issue the REF guidance in a timely fashion’ (par

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University Business

JULY 13, 2023

As we reflect on a waning academic year, a surprising number of colleges and universities—from Florida State University to the University of Utah—are celebrating their highest-ever graduating classes. As impressive as these kinds of numbers are, however, they never tell the whole story. We are, after all, joining graduates at the very end of their journeys, and each of those journeys was filled with unique challenges and experiences.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

The University of Idaho will not demolish the house where four of its students were killed in November until this October. Scott Green, president of the university, announced the delay Wednesday.

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Roompact

JULY 13, 2023

Paul returns to the podcast this week to chat with host Dustin Ramsdell about the fundamentals of roommate agreements and the role they serve in managing residential student conflict. Paul also highlights how users of Roompact's software can leverage its features to be proactive in reducing conflict. Learn from him and examples from other schools about high impact practices.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) voted yesterday to grant Alderson Broaddus University provisional authorization on the condition that it demonstrates sound financial footing throughout the next academic year.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 13, 2023

Alliance University, a Christian institution in New York City, will cease operations Aug. 31, with student housing closing by the end of July. The nonprofit institution’s board of trustees voted for the closure Thursday, just three days after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education announced it would pull Alliance’s accreditation at the end of December.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

Hackers took aim at the University of Connecticut last week, sending students a hoax email that falsely announced the death of UConn president Radenka Maric. The university said in a statement it had determined how the hackers got access to the UConn Daily Digest email and “took corrective action to prevent it from occurring again.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 13, 2023

Wisconsin’s Democratic governor has vetoed a plan that would have combined a University of Wisconsin campus with a nearby public technical college. As part of a June state budget proposal, Republican lawmakers sought to consolidate the campuses of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Washington County and Moraine Park Technical College.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

The Associated Press ran a story about Supreme Court justices’ appearances on campuses and how some of those events become fundraisers for institutions. The conduct would be banned for lower court federal judges. The story details appearances by both conservative and liberal justices but highlights Justice Clarence Thomas. The article was based on open records requests to the colleges and universities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

New Presidents and Provosts: Foothill–De Anza CC District, Judson U, Kentucky State U, Louisiana State U–Shreveport, Middlesex CC (Conn.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 13, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Timand Bates, visiting professor of education at Bard College, discusses how online education can affect student learning.

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