Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Legacy preferences in college admissions have plummeted to their lowest recorded level, with just 24% of four-year colleges still considering family alumni status in admissions decisions, according to a comprehensive new report from Education Reform Now. The dramatic decline signals a potential end to a controversial practice that critics have long condemned as perpetuating inequality in higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

An art assignment using generative AI sparked fierce controversy, vandalism and the specter of Hitler at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, last falland then offered a lesson in navigating student anxiety about the technology. Last November, a hallway on the first floor of the fine arts building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, transformed into a contentious forum for an ongoing debate: Should generative artificial intelligence have a place in making art?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

What better way to kick off a Friday morning than by witnessing many Black intellectuals enrich the knowledge community and maximize their positive impact as Nelson Pham part of a gathering hosted by the HBCU STEM US. As numerous fellows entered the African American Hall of Fame at Morehouse College, the Dean of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Division, Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Administrative postdoc positions offer advantages for Ph.D.s looking to transition into a range of career paths, Alex Yen and Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg write. When most scholars hear the word postdoc, they may picture a researcher working with a faculty mentor in a lab. But increasingly, a new type of postdocan administrative postdocis appearing in academic institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The College Futures Foundation has released a comprehensive report highlighting California's push to achieve 70% postsecondary attainment by 2035, while revealing significant racial and socioeconomic disparities in college completion rates across the state. Currently, just 56% of California adults aged 25-64 hold a postsecondary degree or credential, according to the February 2025 report.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Seton Hall officials have said little amid allegations that President Joseph Reilly ignored sexual abuse. Now the university is disputing reports that he violated TitleIX. After weeks of relative silence, Seton Hall University has provided a resounding defense of embattled president Joseph Reilly, who has been accused of overlooking allegations of sexual misconduct in his past role.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Credit: Pixabay In this captivating blog post, Dr. Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt, a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at The University of Edinburgh, introduces an innovative approach to humanities education through her course, “Supernatural Japan: Doing Japanology through Yokai.” Dr. Matsumoto-Sturt explores the transformative potential of experiential learning to deepen students’ understanding of complex cultural concepts by actively engaging them in practical, hands-on activities.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A half-million-dollar budget proposal could be a game-changer for Virginia college students struggling with food insecurity. Advocates are urging House lawmakers and Gov. Glenn Youngkin to follow the Senates lead and support the funding, which would establish a food pantry grant program to help students in need. This is a budget amendment where, if D.C. rips public benefits away and Virginia legislators are not funding basic needs works on their campuses, were going to have an exponential growth

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Edu Alliance Journal

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Background Established in 1832, Wabash College is a private liberal arts institution dedicated exclusively to undergraduate education for men. As one of the nation’s few remaining all-male colleges, Wabash upholds a tradition of academic rigor, personal responsibility, and close-knit community engagement. The college’s mission emphasizes the development of critical thinking, effective communication, and responsible leadership.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Prospective students need better pricing information earlier in their college search process, Phillip Levine writes. Despite frequent media reports about the high cost of college, many students pay much less than the eye-catching sticker price. Students enrolled at four-year institutions living away from their parents face the highest sticker prices.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Walden University President Michael Betz has sold $380,000 worth of Adtalem shares. Walden is one of America's largest robocolleges , proving online education to tens of thousands of folks in psychology, social work, nursing, education, business, and criminal justice each year. Adtalem, formerly known as DeVry Education, is Walden's parent company. Adtalem also owns the Chamberlain College of Nursing and medical schools in the Carribean.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, successful charter school administrators are constantly on the lookout for innovative methods to streamline their operations, especially for the behind-the-scenes administrative processes. One such method that has significantly transformed the education sector is the utilization of technology. This post will delve into how charter school leaders are leveraging technology to support and enhance their school administrative operations.

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Higher Education Today

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Title: The Role of State Policy in Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness and Former Foster Youth in Higher Education Authors: Carrie E. Henderson and Katie Grissom Source: The Urban Institute Paying for a college degree is already a difficult, complex process for many students involving a variety of sources of financial aid and payment. For students with a history of foster care.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Hiring Torey Alston – Broward College (Fla.) The Broward College Board of Trustees has appointed Torey Alston as president. Alston was a previous member of the county’s school board, a position he gained by appointment from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, The Miami Times reports. Elizabeth R. Cantwell – Washington State University Elizabeth Cantwell, after less than two years at the helm of Utah State University, has accepted an appointment elsewhere.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This is what AI told us about its own limitations. 1. Illusion of Learning: Teachers may perceive an illusion of progress due to improved homework scores when students use ChatGPT. A study in Turkey found that while homework scores increased with ChatGPT use, final exam performance actually decreased by 17% for students using unprompted ChatGPT[4], that is, without guiding prompts, simply navigating it on their own].

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Good mornings | Train departures | Vice-chancellors | Boiling eggs | School reports The idea that we feel better about life in the morning ( Scientists find that things really do seem better in the morning, 5 February ) is not new. In the ancient Hebrew psalms (English Book of Common Prayer, psalm 30:5) we read: Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

A recent study from Temple University finds a majority of Pennsylvania college students consider themselves educated about vaccines, particularly the COVID-19 vaccine. To stop the spread of COVID-19, many colleges and universities implemented vaccine requirements for their students returning to campus.

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Over the past year, I have spent a fair amount of time pondering the importance and value of door decs. As Res Life professionals, I know we love collecting all of our door decs from over the years and displaying them as badges of honor. However, I have started to wonder if our good efforts.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

On its 160th birthday last week, Washburn University announced a historic gift: a $50million donation from alumni Greg and Ronda Brenneman.

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College Scholarships

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Linda McMahon has earned interest on millions of dollars in bonds issued to dozens of school districts, colleges, state boards and loan programs, according to ethics disclosure forms released Friday.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

After running into obstacles with a state review of a proposed lease and development deal, Saint Augustines University is restructuring an agreement to lease its campus, INDY Week reported.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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College for Creative Study

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The post Earl Lucas (’97 Industrial Design – Transportation) & Ralph Gilles (’92 Industrial Design – Transportation) Featured in PhillyTrib Article on Inventions in Physics, Auto and Aerospace Technology appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

University officials argued in court filings that the effects of the policy change will be immediate and devastating. A federal judge blocked the National Institutes of Health administration from carrying out a plan to cap payments for costs indirectly related to research after a coalition of 22 Democratic attorneys general challenged the policy in a lawsuit filed Monday morning.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

New survey data shows that Notre Dames legendary president Father Theodore Hesburghs wisdom for college presidents from 55 years ago is still relevant today. My basic principle is that you don’t make decisions because they are easy; you don’t make them because they are cheap; you don’t make them because they’re popular; you make them because they’re right, he advised.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The U.S. university-federal partnership is a miracle for global scientific progress. It must be protected, Mary Sue Coleman writes. There was a moment during World War II when President Roosevelt summoned Vannevar Bush to the Oval Office. Bush was director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and a close Roosevelt ally. It was 1944 and becoming increasingly clear that the Allies would achieve victory in Europe.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The Higher Education Inquirer continues to document the DOGE takeover of the US Department of Education. While some Democratic officials in Congress have protested this action by DOGE, there has been little resistance otherwise. DOGE consists of Elon Musk and several young men who have been tasked to reduce the federal budget by at least $1 Trillion.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

North Carolinas four-year public universities can no longer have in their general education requirements any mandated course credits related to diversity, equity and inclusion, the University of North Carolina systems general counsel ordered last week in a memo to campus chancellors.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Standing outside the Education Department on Friday, a group of congressional Democrats said they had one question for acting education secretary Denise Carter: Will you comply with an executive order to shut down the department?

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