Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart has been selected as the lone finalist for the role of chancellor of the Austin Community College (ACC) District. Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart Lowery-Hart is currently president of Amarillo College and member of the Kody Hodge Foundation Board of Directors. Previously, he was vice president of academic affairs for Amarillo. “Dr. Lowery-Hart is a visionary with a proven history in the community college,” said Dr.

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Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

What are the most common alumni interview questions? Because of the increasing number of applicants, more and more colleges are starting to tap their network of alumni to conduct prospective student interviews in place of on-campus interviews. As an alumni interviewer for my undergraduate alma mater — Dartmouth College — for many years now, I want to provide you with a first-hand peek into the process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

Jennifer O'Brien-Knotts Jennifer O'Brien-Knotts has been named vice provost for academic systems and services at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. O’Brien-Knotts holds a bachelor’s degree in education and a master’s in mathematics from Villanova University in Pennsylvania, as well as a doctorate in higher ed administration from Northeastern University in Boston.

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Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

How will you write your college extracurricular activity essay? The Common Application used to ask you to “elaborate” on one of your extracurricular activities in 150 words. Now this essay is not quite as common. At least it is no long required on the Common App. However, many other colleges do require it, either as a part of their application or as a “supplement” the Common Application.

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PUC

JULY 25, 2023

Coming from Manila, Philippines, is PUC’s Director of Enrollment, Pauline Cidro. Pauline started working at PUC in 2020 as a part-time enrollment counselor and enjoyed it so much that she continued as a full-time enrollment counselor.

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Great College Advice

JULY 25, 2023

One of the most-oft questions I get from families is some version of this: “Which is more important — grades or extracurricular activities? Here’s the answer. Easy. Grades. Hands down. Why is that? Well, the answer is pretty simple, really. Schools like to admit people who are good at school. Certainly, it’s nice to be a great left fielder or to strive to become the Mother Theresa of Cincinnati, or to play the Minute Waltz in 47 seconds.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

Small- to medium-sized institutions that staunchly support the on-campus-only, semester-based higher education model can see their enrollment dry up as a dwindling cohort of traditionally aged students aged 18-24 flock in droves to big-brand institutions. And in May, Ernst & Young urged university leaders to embrace fully digital modes of learning that prioritize flexibility for today’s digitally native students and to attract new student demographics as the enrollment cliff looms ahea

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

Google’s decision to limit free storage for universities has kicked off a scramble to preserve lifetime email or manage the fallout. For years at Colgate University in New York, students getting an email address “for life” was a given. Then, in February, an email portent arrived—by email, of course: alumni learned that their lifetime email addresses might be phased out next year.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

Higher education leaders know how important data is to a modern university. Digital transformation initiatives are well underway at most colleges and universities, and as these institutions incorporate more digital platforms, they are taking the data gathered by those platforms and using it to gain valuable insights into their students, faculty and staff.

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Parents across the country, with different lived experiences, are united by our belief that we can be the catalysts to create transformative change that benefits all children in our public education system. That change can only happen when we commit to truly embracing the power of parent participation, collaboration, and shared responsibility in creating a Continue Reading The post Standing Shoulder-to-Shoulder appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JULY 25, 2023

The Importance of Understanding Higher Education Marketing KPIs Today’s higher education marketer needs a full toolkit: a deep understanding of the student experience, a firm grasp on the university’s brand and unique differentiators, a creative mind, and a laser focus on enrollment goals. Most teams have enrollment goals to hit, but there’s a lot of work they have to do before these goals can be reached.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

Public-facing work shouldn't just be an add-on to scholarly work but also an integral aspect of our jobs as researchers, writers and teachers, writes Christopher Schaberg. When my co-editor, Ian Bogost, and I launched our book and essay series “Object Lessons” 10 years ago, we just wanted to make some pretty short books and accessible, engaging essays about deceptively simple topics: basic things instead of big ideas.

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Roompact

JULY 25, 2023

Over Labor Day weekend last year, I embarked on a journey unlike any I had yet taken in my life—a visit to the House of Mouse, or Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. I had grown up like many others watching the Disney channel, taking in specials where our ambitious characters on the much anticipated.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

Two former athletes sued Northwestern University for its role in reported hazing incidents, CNN reported. The suits are the first to come out of a hazing scandal facing the university’s athletics department.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

Joy Alonzo accused by student of disparaging Dan Patrick in lecture on opioid crisis at Texas A&M University The Texas A&M University professor Joy Alonzo criticized the Texas lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, during a visiting lecture in March 2023 on the opioid crisis at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Just hours later, Alonzo learned a student accused her of disparaging Patrick during the lecture.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

UC Berkeley Student Protest Keeps Anthropology Library Open—Kind Of Featured Image at Top of Article Anthro pic.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

Many of the students who began their studies under Covid restrictions are now leaving university without knowing their grades. Anna Fazackerley reports “I do not hold a degree in my hand,” Alex Mohan Morzeria-Davis told their fellow students in a speech on graduation day. “Instead, I hold an apology letter filled with platitudes and a list of courses with the letters TBC instead of a mark next to them.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

How the Farm Bill Could Affect Higher Education Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1487129213.

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Paradigm IQ

JULY 25, 2023

Employees are key to bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) to life in an organization. No matter where your organization is in its DEI journey, in order to have thoughtful DEI conversions and drive progress, every employee needs to have a shared DEI foundation. With our new Pa.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

Campus Engagement Tip: Boost Resources for Students With Children Featured Image at Top of Article mother-ged6237d70_1920.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JULY 25, 2023

In this post, the authors discuss how the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) approaches experiential learning through programmes and partners focus on real-world challenges. Vlada Kravtsova is the Engagement Manager in Education at EFI and Sarah Harvey is EFI’s Head of Education Administration.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

Seton Hall University president Joseph Nyre is stepping down. He announced the surprise move in a message to the campus community on Monday morning, according to The Asbury Park Press.

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ISA Journal

JULY 25, 2023

For being in a different country, the notion was entirely American. I mean here we were, five study abroad students who just met, decided to enjoy some live music at a restaurant on our first night in Ireland. The two Irishmen, a guitarist and a fiddler, get up to play their set.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

First and foremost is [presidents’] need to keep money flowing into their institutions’ coffers. A series of recent resignations confirms that the truth is almost always found by following the money trail. No matter what the issue, college presidencies these days are bound to be short-lived. That’s because students are seen first and foremost as customers who must be catered to for their tuition dollars.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

Erica Muhl is out as president of Berklee College of Music after only two years on the job, following an unexplained leave of absence that began last month, The Boston Globe reported.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

Colleges and universities are seeking to expand their horizons by embracing innovative new ways to reach students and generate revenue. Consequently, professional and continuing education (PCE) units are a ripe sector to explore. However, as technology becomes more sophisticated and integrated into an institution’s culture, higher ed leaders seem unprepared to blend these exciting new opportunities with the old guard—the academic registrar.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

After supreme court struck down affirmative action, legacy admissions scrutinized as race-based discrimination The US Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions , which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni. Top colleges’ preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are often white, has been facing new scrutiny since the supreme court last month struck down the use of affirmative action as a tool to diversify c

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 25, 2023

A hacker accessed personally identifying information by exploiting a vulnerability in third-party file-transfer software used by the National Student Clearinghouse and Teachers Insurance Annuity Association of America. The exposed data includes first and last names, addresses, birthdays and Social Security numbers of employees of Boise State University, the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Lewis-Clark State College, and three community colleges: the College of Western Idaho, College

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters. Less than two hours after the lecture ended, Patrick’s chief of staff had sent Sharp a link to Alonzo’s professional bio. For free speech advocates, health experts and students, Texas A&M’s investigation of Alonzo was a shocking demonstration of how quickly university

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 25, 2023

Emily Hanley is a freelance copywriter, writer, and comedian. She said she started losing work when clients decided to use ChatGPT instead of hiring a copywriter. Hanley says that if a robot can do your job for less, it'll end up doing that. Clients were simply unwilling to pay for copywriting any longer unless that writer could also provide email management and a funnel-building system, most likely because of the newfound popularity of ChatGPT.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

The University of Michigan’s president has condemned antisemitic vandalism at two off-campus fraternity houses. President Santa Ono sent an email to students saying the vandalism includes broken windows and “vile, homophobic, and anti-semitic” messages spray-painted onto both houses, including a swastika at one of the locations. “These types of incidents are in direct conflict with the university’s deeply held values of respect and inclusion and have no place within our c

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

New Presidents and Provosts: American Public U System, Los Angeles City College, Northeastern State U, Saint Paul School of Theology, Spelman College, Texas A&M U–San Antonio Doug Lederman Tue, 07/25/2023 - 03:00 AM

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EAB

JULY 25, 2023

Podcast How to Encourage Student Help-Seeking Behavior Episode 159. July 25, 2023. 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. In this second of a three-part series focused on student mental health, EAB’s Ed Venit, Lindsay Schappell, and Matt Mustard share ways to encourage and supp

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Patrick James, Dana and David Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations at the University of Southern California, explores what the U.S. can learn from the Iraq war about the conflict in Ukraine.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2023

For those who are concerned about Americans’ perceptions of higher education, the past few weeks may have been confusing. A Gallup poll was released, bearing terrible news: only 36% of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, down 12 percentage points from 2018 and 21 percentage points from 2015, when more than half of U.S. citizens expressed high confidence. 22% of Americans said that they have “little confidence,” more than doubling the 9% who said so i

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2023

An appreciation of children’s books. As the move to Iowa looms, we’ve started going through our board game collection to see what stays and what goes. Most of them will go. They’re in great shape, but these are the games the kids liked from ages 5-ish to about 12 or so; they just aren’t relevant for us anymore. We’ll keep a few classics—Monopoly, Uno—but attempt to rehome most of them.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 25, 2023

25 July · Episode 165 Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF 37 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Funding research for tier two institutions enables building robust infrastructures, achieving groundbreaking discoveries and expanding STEM. Tier two (R2) research and smaller institutions, including two-year, minority-serving, and tribal colleges, can now build solid research infrastructures and perform groundbreaking discoveries through research enterprises on the same scale as larg

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