Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has long been considered one of most confusing and frustrating governmental forms, a 108-question gantlet of information on finances and family for students trying to pay for college. But for around 18% of FAFSA filers, the burden is even worse. These students are selected for verification, a process in which aid applicants have to provide additional documentation, which can include tax returns, wage statements, and high school diplomas, to ea

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College for Creative Study

JULY 19, 2023

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has employed many winning strategies to run her multiple successful campaigns, but her ace in the hole might just be her exceptionally strong social media game.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Tanyka M. Barber Tanyka M. Barber has been named vice president for institutional equity and chief diversity officer at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Barber holds a bachelor’s degree from Morgan State University, a Master of Health Sciences degree from Johns Hopkins University, and a law degree from the University of Baltimore.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

Last month, former Texas A&M interim dean José Luis Bermúdez celebrated the hiring of an esteemed journalist and experienced academic leader with balloons and a press package. That leader, Kathleen McElroy, would not only have the chance to revamp the university’s journalism program, but she would be doing so at her alma mater. As of Monday, however, Bermúdez has resigned as dean of the school’s College of Arts and Sciences, finding his continuation in the role “a needless distra

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Wesleyan University will no longer engage in legacy admissions. This comes in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action. “An applicant’s connection to a Wesleyan graduate indicates little about that applicant’s ability to succeed at the University, meaning that legacy status has played a negligible role in our admissions process for many years,” Wesleyan President Dr.

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Higher Education Today

JULY 19, 2023

Title: Rising Above the Threshold: How Expansions in Financial Aid Can Increase the Equitable Delivery of Postsecondary Value for Education Authors: Kim Dancy, Genevieve Garcia-Kendrick, and Diane Cheng The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) has released a new report based on data from over 2,400 institutions examining how changes in funding affect institutions where.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

In high school, André Childs wasn’t particularly interested in higher ed. He wasn’t surrounded by college graduates or even friends who were planning to enroll. However, he was curious about some aspects of science and engineering, so he decided he’d try community college. Fast forward to 2023. Childs is an award-winning Ph.D. candidate in material science and engineering at the University of Central Florida.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Debbie Day Debbie Day has been appointed associate vice president for presidential priorities in the Advancement Division at Virginia Tech. Day served as associate vice president for alumni relations. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication studies, a master’s in adult and continuing education, and a Ph.D. in higher education from Virginia Tech.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities will no longer consider applicants’ ties to alumni in admissions decisions, The Star Tribune reported. The decision came in “an exceptionally deep review of our context factors,” said Keri Risic, executive director of admissions. The university will also no longer favor applicants who are the children of faculty members.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Stanford President Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne will resign and retract or issue significant corrections to five of his papers after a Stanford-sponsored investigation found research data manipulation, The Stanford Daily reported. Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne The eight-month investigation found multiple cases of neuroscience research data manipulation or subpar scientific practices from people and in labs run by Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Biden’s Backup for Student Loan Relief Likely to Take a Year Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1226892511 (2).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Two Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) business faculty are studying ways to maintain academic honesty in test-taking in a post-COVID world that utilizes remote and online exams. Dr. Gerard Beenen Dr. Gerard Beenen, professor of management, and Dr. Sinjini Mitra, professor of information systems, recently co-authored, “Deterring Cheating Online: Passive versus Active Proctoring through a Social Facilitation Lens,” which examines the efficacy of various proctoring methods, such as honor codes, webcams re

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

More than one-third of the faculty—36 members—has left the New College of Florida within the past year, The Tampa Bay Times reported. Provost Bradley Thiessen called it a “ridiculously high” number for an institution with fewer than 100 full-time professors.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

Siân Lawrence, Julian Preece, Chris Townsend, Ann Lynch and Richard Mountford on Rishi Sunak’s plan to cap student numbers for some university courses Rishi Sunak’s definition of a “low-value” degree – one that doesn’t lead to a graduate job, postgraduate studies or starting a business – has a very narrow focus ( Sunak to force English universities to cap numbers of students on ‘low-value’ degrees, 14 July ).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Marc Tessier-Lavigne is resigning following the results of an investigation into research misconduct. Marc Tessier-Lavigne is stepping down as president of Stanford University following the release of a months-long investigation into research misconduct allegations that found he left mistakes in scientific papers uncorrected amid allegations of data manipulation.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

Overall, 74 percent of all students say professors should be reported for saying something found offensive, while 26 percent disagree. Eighty-one percent of liberal students and 53 percent of conservative ones agree with reporting the professor, according to the survey. One section of the survey gave statements to test which opinions students might believe a professor should be reported.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Marc Tessier-Lavigne is stepping down following an investigation that found he had no knowledge or intent of research misconduct but nevertheless co-authored papers with “serious flaws.” Marc Tessier-Lavigne is stepping down as president of Stanford University following a months-long investigation of alleged research misconduct that cleared him of personally engaging in fraud or falsification of data but acknowledged he had left mistakes in scientific papers uncorrected, according to a universi

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

A flawed policy at California State University, the largest higher education system in the country, contributed to the closure of nearly a dozen sexual harassment cases without thorough explanation, according to a state audit reviewing 40 cases over the span of seven years. The audit, released Tuesday, examined allegations of harassment between 2016 and 2022 against employees at the university system’s chancellor’s office and three of 23 campuses.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Don’t let students get away with a writing performance. Have them do the real thing. I think I have a new mantra for how faculty should think about approaching student writing assignments and assessment in this new ChatGPT era. It’s a bit of a throwback idea, borrowed from MTV’s seminal reality show, The Real World, the tagline used at the end of the opening title and credits: “It’s time to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

“It is with regret we share that our faculty and staff positions will be reduced or eliminated.” That’s the message members of the “King’s Community” received in an email on Monday, which also announced King’s College’s intent not to offer classes in the upcoming fall semester, according to Religion News Service.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

It is important that we give our learners experience in using generative AI to prepare them for job interviews, career advancement and efficient practices in the workplace. One might ask, why should we bend to the latest fad in our field? Let me be clear that AI is not a fad. It will not fade quietly away in a few months or years. It is, rather, an effective tool that is seen broadly as money-saving, creative and competitively necessary in the workplace.

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SRHE

JULY 19, 2023

by Rob Cuthbert The UK HE academic year 2022-2023 is coming to an end, or not, amid disputes, unrest and polarised attitudes which seem unprecedented. Recent years have seen previous strikes, days of action, marking and assessment boycotts and more, but nothing quite like this. At the time of writing there seems little prospect of rapprochement between the employers and the Universities and Colleges Union.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

A new analysis by Excelencia in Education, an organization dedicated to Latino student success, found degree-completion rates among Latino students have stagnated in recent years while white students’ graduation rates have risen, creating a widening gap.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 19, 2023

Enrollment in the state has plummeted, but it has one of the highest ratios of institutions to students in the country. The result is fierce competition over a dwindling pool of applicants. With nearly 250 colleges and universities, including over 40 public institutions, Pennsylvania has the fourth most higher education institutions of any state, after California, Texas and New York.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Ohio is spending $24 million to create “intellectual diversity centers” at five of the state’s public institutions of higher education, according to The Ohio Capital Journal. The centers will be independent academic units all centered on the U.S. Constitution, law and history.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 19, 2023

Dubbed the Undergraduate Women in Economics (or UWE, pronounced like the word “you”) challenge, the study asked 20 college economics departments to implement “light-touch” initiatives for one year aimed at recruiting and retaining female students. The goal of the UWE Challenge, according to the report, “was to uncover why women do not major in economics to the same degree as men and to assess what could be done about the disparity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Sam Kruger, assistant professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, explores how some researchers kept up their work during the pandemic.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

History has shown us that curiosity killed the cat, skinned it and dissected it, says David Ansell Elon Musk believes that making artificial intelligence “maximally curious” means that it would be “pro-humanity” ( Elon Musk launches AI startup and warns of a ‘Terminator future’, 13 July ). Before Mr Musk creates such an entity, perhaps he should visit some of the hallowed institutions of curiosity and reflect on how the “maximal curiosity” of previous self-appointed “higher/superior” intelligenc

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Clarkson University administrators were none too pleased about a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that took a swipe at the New York institution for having a position opening for a “sustainability coordinator/Alpine ski coach.

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Biola

JULY 19, 2023

An abundance of career options exist that offer invigorating experiences for those studying Biological Sciences who are willing to dive in and put their passion to work. From examining ocean depths as a research scientist or marine biologist to.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

City College of San Francisco recently issued a press release apologizing for the contentious delay of a Cantonese certificate program.

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University Business

JULY 19, 2023

Five decades ago, the U.S. was training an army of college students to become teachers, with 1 in every 5 bachelor’s degrees earned in the field of education. Today, education is an afterthought for many college students, who are more likely to study business, engineering, and even the visual and performing arts, according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics.

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