Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Dr. Yvonne Harris Yvonne Harris has been appointed vice president of the Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships at Northern Illinois University. Harris holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as a Ph.D. in science with an emphasis in molecular and cellular radiation biology from Northern Illinois University.
Higher Education Today
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Title: 2023 Listening to Learners: Increasing Belonging In and Out of the Classroom Authors: C. Shaw, R. Bhardwaj, K. Condon, L. NeJame, S. Martin, J. Rich, N. Janson, G. Bryant, and K. Fox Source: Tyton Partners Research has shown that students’ feelings of belonging have a positive impact on their academic performance, persistence, program completion, Read more » The post Boosting Student Belonging: Four Strategies Inside and Outside the Classroom appeared first on Higher Education Today.
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The Guardian Higher Education
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Astrophoria programme aims to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds fulfil their potential When Jessica Neate told her friends in Leicester that she was going to study at Oxford University, they didn’t believe her. “People thought I was not being serious about it, because I think people have a sort of expectation of a typical Oxford applicant or Oxford student, and they were just like, no you’re not.
Higher Education Today
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Title: ‘Segregation Forever’?: The Continued Underrepresentation of Black Undergraduates at the Nation’s 122 Most Selective Private Colleges and Universities Author: Gabriel Montague Source: The Education Trust As a follow-up to a 2020 report from The Education Trust that brought to light the persistent underrepresentation of Black and Latino students at public universities nationwide, a new.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Vanessa Kenon, the associate vice president for technology compliance and community engagement at the University of Texas at San Antonio, can practically see the Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park out her office window. So, when a group of students from the university’s esports team, Roadrunner Gaming, came to her with an opportunity to bring the two entities together, she jumped at it.
Higher Education Today
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Title: The CUPA-HR 2023 Higher Education Employee Retention Survey Authors: Jacqueline Bichsel, Melissa Fuesting, Diana Tubbs, and Jennifer Schneider Source: College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) CUPA-HR has released the latest version of an annual report that provides insight into employee retention in the field of higher education.
Credo Higher Ed
OCTOBER 23, 2023
By Destiny Harper-Lane, DBA How is your institution generating intensity around understanding strategies that can drive fall-to-spring persistence and ultimately, retention?
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Teaching Matters Online Learning
OCTOBER 23, 2023
In this extra post, Elizabeth Anderson explores how students at the university are utilising generative AI, particularly ChatGPT, and delves into their perspectives on the ethical dimensions of this technology.
Ray Schroeder
OCTOBER 23, 2023
The Columbia administration is considering multiple cost-cutting measures to balance the budget and curb the college’s $20 million deficit. Campus leaders have started to share some of the ideas with faculty in recent days, including at a forum on Monday, Oct. 16 with President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim and other administrators.
University Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Boise State’s enrollment jumped from a stagnant 18,876 in fall 2006 to 24,145 in spring 2018. The percentage of students from out of state skyrocketed. The percentage of in-state students, but outside the Treasure Valley that surrounds Boise, increased dramatically, Tramel reported. The president of the university at the time said faculty recruitment became easier and the state legislature took more interest in Boise State.
Great College Advice
OCTOBER 23, 2023
What are the steps to get you into college? One of the great myths about college admission is that the process is merely a matter of doing your best in high school, getting good scores on some tests, writing a decent essay, and then simply submitting your application to the admissions office. Then you just sit back and pray that a college admissions officer will love you enough to give you the keys to the gate.
University Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
On or around Monday, nearly 3,000 former college students will be getting letters with the kind of news millions of Americans probably wish they could receive right now: that their outstanding debts have been cleared. The 2,777 former students attended Morehouse College, a historically Black liberal arts school for men in Atlanta. And collectively, they owed Morehouse $9,707,827.67 through the fall 2022 term, some of the accounts dating back decades.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Children as early as preschool age discern the unequal household labor dynamics in their families and view it as fair, even across different cultures, according to findings from a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Allegra Midgette The recently published study examined households from both China and the U.S. to gauge potential differences given the countries’ different cultural, socio-political, and economic contexts and gender equality rankings.
University Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Most likely, your college or university has had to scramble to adapt its current admissions strategy and huddle with lawyers to avoid any legal ramifications due to the fall of affirmative action this summer. A new report identifies how deeply institutional leaders were affected by the decision. Acuity Insights surveyed admissions teams’ deans, associate directors, committee members and more to gauge the impact of the ruling and how they adapted.
Ray Schroeder
OCTOBER 23, 2023
A Republican-controlled committee approved 6% wage increases for all state employees on Tuesday morning except for the University of Wisconsin’s over 36,000 full-time employees. State employees, except for those in the University System, will receive a 4% pay raise in 2024 and 2% for 2025. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Sen. Chris Kapenga (R-Delafield), who co-chair the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER), have refused to schedule a vote on the UW System raises.
University Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
On Sunday evening, a university official said an unnamed employee was connected to the incident but didn’t make clear whether was intentional or the result of lax oversight. A photo of Hitler and the name of his birthplace, Austria, were shown on video boards at Spartan Stadium as part of a pregame quiz before Michigan State was set to host No. 2 Michigan, the institution said.
University Business
OCTOBER 23, 2023
A draft of Florida’s regulation determining how the state will enforce defunding diversity, equity and inclusion programs at its public institutions has tacked on a new ordinance that prohibits forms of social activism on campus. Regulation 9.016 derives from Senate Bill 266, a bill Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in May that prohibited state and federal being used toward DEI in the Florida College System.
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