Wed.Mar 15, 2023

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Students Weigh Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in College Decisions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Reagan Gonzalez began applying to law schools, she didn’t imagine that she would have to research the laws of the states to which she was thinking about moving.

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Flipped Classrooms: A Next Generation Nursing Case Study

The Scholarly Teacher

Anne Marie Welsh , Doctoral Student, Gwynedd Mercy University Key Statement: Flipping case studies lets students practice critical thinking in real-world scenarios while also imparting knowledge required for licensure.

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Students at Women's College Voted in Favor of Allowing Transgender Men and Nonbinary People Assigned Male at Birth for Admission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women’s liberal arts institution Wellesley College students voted Mar. 14 to allow transgender men and nonbinary people assigned male at birth to be eligible for admission, The Washington Post reported.

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Student Community Building on Forums

Campus Sonar

It’s no secret that online spaces provide students with opportunities to connect to others and build community, but do you know how often that’s happening on your campus’s Reddit page?

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How to Debunk Dangerous College Myths

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The post-pandemic decline in U.S. college enrollment is a lingering concern for both educators and policy makers. College and university student enrollment is down for the third straight year, 7% lower than it was in 2019.

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Introducing the Roompact Blog Team 2023

Roompact

We’d like to introduce the Roompact Blogging Team for the upcoming year! Roompact hires bloggers to further increase our contributions to the field through the free dissemination of ideas and knowledge. Every year we refresh our blog team with a new cohort of writers.

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LAUREN DI MONTE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lauren Di Monte Lauren Di Monte has been appointed associate university librarian for research and learning at Yale University Library.

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Dr. John Karl Scholz Appointed President of University of Oregon

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

John Karl Scholz will become president of The University of Oregon (UO), effective Jul. Dr. John Karl Scholz Scholz is currently provost and the Nellie June Gray Professor of Economic Policy at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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How Does U.S. News Rank Colleges?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

How Important Are U.S. News Best Rankings? News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. Since then, prospective students (and their parents) have used the rankings as a guide for where to consider going to school.

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Education espionage: FSA “secret shoppers” to monitor higher ed for unethical practices

University Business

The Department of Education’s vigilance against “low value” colleges continues to intensify as it empowers the Enforcement Office of Federal Student Aid to employ “secret shoppers” who are tasked with uncovering misleading or predatory practices in the recruitment and enrollment of students.

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Faculty Focus: Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Hanover Research

Both UDL and trauma-informed pedagogies document the importance of clarity (CAST, 2022; Hanover, 2019). Clarity provides predictability and structure, which mitigates student stress by keeping one calm and not taxing the nervous system.

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Educators are on the frontlines for campus emergencies and they need help

University Business

The need for advanced campus safety technology has never been greater and the stakes have never been higher. Don’t take my word for it, just turn on the news on any given day.

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A new era of union activism in higher ed (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Labor unions are in the news a lot these days. And it’s fair to say that conditions in higher education are ripe for a level of labor activism not seen in recent decades.

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Brown extends test-optional policy for 2023-24 admissions cycle

University Business

The University is the last Ivy League college to announce test-optional extensions through 2024.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions.

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How Does Google Workspace for Education Archive User Data?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Google’s most recent storage policy shift — limiting higher education institutions to 100 terabytes of stored data in Google Workspace for Education — has caused plenty of consternation and policy shifting in higher education.

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Are Your Thoughts Helpful or Unhelpful?

Biola

Personally, I believe one’s undergraduate years are well spent learning to ask good questions, carrying a countenance of curiosity about the world. One can wonder about practically anything: about oneself, that one strange thing your housemade

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Education Department to use secret shoppers to catch colleges lying

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices.

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Wellesley College students vote to admit trans men and non-binary people

The Guardian Higher Education

Proposal also calls for gender neutral language at women’s college whose alumni include Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright Students at the famed Wellesley College for women voted this week to extend admission to trans men and non-binary students, though campus administrators have said there is “no plan” to immediately change school policy.

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Strong Opposition to Art Sale at Valparaiso

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: A Valparaiso University plan to sell off artworks by Georgia O’Keeffe and others has led to strong opposition from some faculty members and students questioning the ethics of selling off prized and valuable parts of the university museum’s collection to pay for residence hall renovations.

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Application Deadlines Extended for Summer and Fall 2023 Study Abroad with ISA

ISA Journal

We get it – procrastination happens! That’s why we’ve extended deadlines on some of our… Choosing Your Program ISA News ISA Study Abroad featured International Studies Abroad

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A potential downside of active learning classrooms (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Rather than positively providing them a self-directed space, it might instead be just one more thing an overworked student has to cope with, writes Sarabeth Grant.

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Bringing Student Voice to the table: Supporting Student Representatives

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

In this blog post, Callum Paterson discusses how the academic representative system works and how the University community can best support student representatives. Callum is the Academic Engagement Coordinator in the Student Voice Team at the Students’ Association.

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Six factors to improve student connections

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Keeping students engaged on campus and in the classroom can revolve around their sense of belonging.

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4 Ways to Support Faculty-Led Higher Education Grants

Hanover Research

Many higher education institutions are interested in expanding their grantseeking capacity and are including grant-funded research in their strategic plans.

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American Society Does Not Have an Information Policy

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Law, Policy—and IT? Artificial Intelligence (AI) and chatbots are the opening that American society needs to close the information policy gaps in its law on privacy, security, behavioral advertising and even financial services. Why is this the case?

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Prevention and Taking Action: Designing Schools for Students and Safety

Clark Nesxen

While bullying, mental health, and other acts of violence are all too common in schools today, designers have shown that smart and subtle preventive steps can make a big difference.

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Students reveal lack of clarity in course outcomes

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Connecting students’ coursework to their future career is seen as an engagement tool and a necessity for career development.

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Application Deadlines Extended for Summer 2023 Study Abroad with ISA

ISA Journal

We get it – procrastination happens! That’s why we’ve extended deadlines on some of our… Choosing Your Program ISA News ISA Study Abroad International Studies Abroad

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Wellesley students want trans men to be allowed to enroll

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Wellesley College students have made their position clear: the majority of them want the women’s college to open admissions to all transgender people, including those who identify as trans men. That’s according to a student-led, nonbinding referendum held Tuesday as part of the institution’s yearly student government elections.

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Southern Regional graduate, now a Princeton University student, charged in Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol

University Business

STAFFORD – A 2019 Southern Regional High School graduate, who is now a Princeton University student, has been charged with taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the Department of Justice.

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Engaging Marketing Professionals for Degree Program Launch Success 

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Why Higher Ed Marketing Needs a Seat at the Table During Online Program Planning & Development While launching hundreds of online degree programs over the last decade, we at Archer Education have seen most colleges and universities consistently make the same mistake.

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Stories that Shaped Us: Finding Community through Mindful Living

ISA Journal

Morgan Doherty is an ISA Athens alumna and current ISA/TEAN Global Ambassador at University of Massachusetts Amhurst… Alumni Greece Health & Wellness ISA Programs community abroad Culture Egypt ISA Study Abroad mindfulness Student Life study abroad Study Abroad Tips

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5 Organizations Reimagining Career Navigation for Adult Learners - Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology

Ray Schroeder

The United States Department of Education has announced five finalists in its Future Finder Challenge, a competition announced last September seeking digital tools to help adult learners navigate from education to careers. Each finalist will receive $50,000 to help develop a prototype as well as six months of "virtual accelerator" assistance to further develop their product, ED explained in a news announcement.

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Princeton Seminarians Call For Trustee’s Removal

Confessions of a Community College Dean

More than 300 Princeton Theological Seminary students and alumni signed a letter to the institution’s president asking that a Board of Trustees member be removed for his ties to a prison telecommunications company. The letter, delivered Tuesday, also demands that the seminary adopt “deliberate and transparent policies on appointing and maintaining board members who reflect the anti-slavery theological commitments of the seminary.”

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AI Is Impacting Education, but the Best Is Yet to Come - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed

Ray Schroeder

Generative AI already creates lesson plans, grades assignments, advises students and answers learner questions. Much of the interesting work in the coming months will be to design interfaces to adapt the technology to actual work roles in both supportive and possibly in replacement modes. Generative AI already creates lesson plans, grades assignments, advises students, and answers learner questions. And, certainly, generative AI has an important role to play in research.

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In Retreat: Why the Study of Military History Remains Essential

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The war in Ukraine should serve as a vivid reminder: We may be sick and tired of war, but war isn’t finished with us. Those who thought there wouldn’t be another land war or cross-border invasion in Europe – or that no war would ever take place in countries with a McDonald’s restaurant -- have once again been proven wrong.