Tue.Nov 15, 2022

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Tensions Build at Penn State After Controversial Decisions Regarding Racial Justice

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Criticisms against Penn State’s moves regarding racial justice are amassing, Spotlight PA reported. In recent months, Penn State officials decided to cancel its plans for a Center for Racial Justice and not to initially cancel a Oct. 24 event involving far-right activists. More than 400 professors and lecturers questioned new President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi’s commitment to racial justice in a letter.

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How to Incorporate Interactive Displays and Whiteboard Cameras in Hybrid Learning

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Most modern classrooms are now equipped with some type of interactive display or whiteboard, but with hybrid learning becoming part of the norm in higher education, it’s no longer enough for those technologies to serve only in-class students. That’s why it’s now a priority for colleges, universities and their faculty to learn how to use those interactive displays for learners across modalities.

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AGB Launches Digital Toolkit for Higher Ed Boards to Improve Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) has launched a digital toolkit to help higher education governing boards proactively oversee equitable student success. Henry Stoever The toolkit includes leadership principles, a guide to board responsibilities, a planning playbook, among other resources, and pays special attention to issues of equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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Students’ top 10 most-regretted majors have everything to do with one issue

University Business

What are the top 10 most regretted college majors? What may just as noteworthy as what’s on that list is that nearly half of all current job seekers regret their choice of college major, a new ZipRecruiter survey says. The survey asked graduates whether they would choose the same major if they could do college all over again. The happiest respondents earned their degrees in computer and information sciences, and criminology.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Alex Red Corn Recently at our Indigenous Peoples Day gathering at Kansas State University, Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee spoke from the heart about matters related to Shawnee histories and their ongoing presence as a Native nation. He emphasized a word which he believes speaks to the systemic issues and status quos which we must continually confront: Pernicious.

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Is Culture the Secret Sauce for Higher Ed Performance?Changing Higher Ed Podcast 129 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Chris Kuberski

The Change Leader, Inc.

Changing Higher Ed Podcast 129 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Chris Kuberski: Is Culture the Secret Sauce for Higher Ed Performance? In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton, a leading expert on transformational change management in higher education, and Chris Kuberski, president of Highland Community College in Freeport, […].

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College Promise to Host Third Annual College Promise Careers Institute

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College Promise will be hosting its third annual College Promise Careers Institute Nov. 16 and 17. The two-day event will take place in Washington, DC. Dr. Martha Kanter The theme for this year’s institute is economic mobility. First Lady Jill Biden will be speaking at the event. The College Promise movement has grown significantly, from the original 53 programs to now 400 by the close of 2022.

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Native American Studies Programs Struggle to Recover from COVID-19 Pandemic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Brady DeSanti Recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that while life expectancy in the U.S. declined nearly a year from 2020 to 2021, non-Hispanic American Indian-Alaskan Native people (AIAN) experienced the biggest drop in life expectancy, declining 6.6 years from 2019 to 2021. According to the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, as of 2021, Native Americans’ life expectancy of 65.2 years was equal to the life expectancy of the total U.S. popu

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Who is on the positive side of the growing gender gap in higher education?

University Business

Female students have put themselves on the plus side of at least one gender gap in K-12 and higher education, new research shows. “In every U.S. state, young women are more likely than their male counterparts to have a bachelor’s degree,” write Richard V. Reeves, the economic studies director, and Ember Smith, a research analyst specializing in children and families, at Brookings, the nonprofit public policy organization.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award. Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig The award – named after diversity and equity advocate Linda C. Tillman – recognizes and commends Vasquez Heilig’s work towards equity in education.

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Restorative Practices in ResLife: Residential Curriculum and Curricular Approaches

Roompact

This post is one in a series about integrating Restorative Practices into a model for residential learning. Start with the introduction as a primer and explore posts on other strategies you can utilize with a restorative lens. | Introduction | Roommate Agreements | Floor Meetings & Circles | Curriculum Development | Residential Curriculum | Intentional.

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STEPHANIE OBERHAUSEN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stephanie Oberhausen Stephanie Oberhausen has been named associate vice chancellor and chief development officer for Vanderbilt University. She served as assistant vice chancellor for leadership philanthropy and engagement. Oberhausen holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Vanderbilt University and an MBA and a master’s degree in arts administration from the University of Cincinnati.

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Come Transfer To PUC

PUC

Interested in transferring schools? Come to PUC! Our lively community is filled with friendly, kind-hearted people who are ready to help you pursue your passions, grow spiritually, and get you to where you want to be. Here are other reasons why you should consider transferring to PUC. PUC has over 70 degrees and programs Whether […].

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Working as a College Student

Hope College Network

As an incoming Freshman, I knew I needed to find ways to financially contribute to my tuition and living costs, but I was concerned about how to balance college-level academics, social commitments, and a job simultaneously. As I began to look into part-time employment in Holland and attended an on-campus career fair, I was excited to discover the flexibility of working on campus. .

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Is Your Academic Program Portfolio Missing Economic Analysis?

Gray Associates

Having internal and external data is critical when evaluating your academic programs. If your institution looks at external market data for your academic programs, you are halfway there. But to complete a sound program evaluation, you also need to look inward at program economics and academic outcomes.

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Community Forged through Unathleticism: A Take on Intramurals

Hope College Network

My friends and family will be the first to tell you that I am not a sporty person. From watching sports to participating in them, I am usually the first to say no. However, one of the few things I have always appreciated about sports is the community that you can find within, and as a freshman at Hope, I knew that I wanted to find an enriching community.

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How to manage your digital lead generation budget

EAB

Blogs. How to manage your digital lead generation budget. Tips to evaluate sources and make the most of your dollars. “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the trouble is, I don’t know which half.”. I’m sure you’ve heard this adage before. And if you work in digital marketing, you know that this saying reflects a world gone by. Unlike when we were putting ads on bus wrappers or billboards, in this digital landscape, virtually every marketing outcome can be traced to a source, mak

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Students seek answers after Princeton professor uses n-word in class

University Business

A tenured Princeton professor is under fire for using the n-word in a class discussion, with some of his students asking the university to fire him, cancel his class, and allow them to complete his course without interacting with him. Princeton has defended the professor, Joe Scanlan, saying the incident fell under the university’s policies protecting academic freedom.

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How to Set and Achieve Ambitious Green Goals

EAB

Podcast. How to Set and Achieve Ambitious Green Goals. Episode 128. November 15, 2022. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes. EAB’s Michael Fischer and Jon Barnhart guide listeners through the process of evaluating, prioritizing, and gaining leadership buy in on making their in

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Can students recover when campus closures dim their college prospects?

University Business

A campus closure can be a heartbreaking experience for students, alumni and college communities. And when it happens suddenly, without warning, it can do lasting academic damage, throwing a student’s education wildly off track. Abrupt shutdowns are far more likely to affect students at for-profit institutions. But wherever they occur, students are far less likely to reenroll or complete a credential when campus leadership has not made plans for them to continue their education at another

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How can cloud-based Course Registration Software help students and faculty?

Creatrix Campus

How can cloud-based Course Registration Software help students and faculty? admin. Tue, 11/15/2022 - 08:55. The Course Registration Software can be of utmost benefit to students and staff! Oftentimes, students and parents are frustrated with completing the paper-based course registration forms year after year. Managing the enrollment process is time-consuming and tedious for staff—checking duplicate data entries and double-keying errors exceed their enrollment deadlines.

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Student debt relief blocked, potentially hurting Black and Latino families the most

University Business

As she applied to colleges in the late 1980s, life looked rosy for Sandra Garcia, who was in the top 10% of her high school class. But after her father became disabled following an accident at his construction job, Garcia, the oldest of her family’s eight kids in Fort Worth, Texas, found herself working three jobs to help support the family while attending college part-time in fits and starts.

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Virginia students were prepared for shooting, not aftermath

University Business

Students huddled inside laboratory closets and darkened dorm rooms across the University of Virginia while others moved far away from library windows and barricaded the doors of its stately academic buildings after an ominous warning flashed on their screens: “RUN. HIDE. FIGHT.”. Responding to the immediate threat of an on-campus shooting was a moment they had prepared for since their first years of elementary school.