Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Racquel Oden is the first woman in Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 37-year history to assume the role of Board Chair, announced the organization, which was founded in 1987 by Dr. N. Joyce Payne as a bastion of support for Black students seeking higher education. Racquel Oden Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Inc. Oden takes the new role with extensive experience in finance and a highly regarded reputation in the wealth management business, according to TMCF .

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 4, 2024

Todd Zakrajsek , Director, Lilly Conferences on Evidence-Based Teaching Key Statement: There is an almost infinite number of things a teacher can do to help those who have been too often left behind by the current educational system. Start by simply thinking about learners in our classes, areas of struggle they may face, and how we might mitigate those areas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Dr. Jennifer Wells-Marshall Jennifer Wells-Marshall has been named associate director of the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service at Alabama A&M University. Marshall holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Tuskegee University as well as a master’s in human development and family studies and a doctorate in educational psychology from Auburn University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

Claudine Gay, who resigned as president of Harvard University Tuesday, defended herself and condemned the attacks against her and the university in an opinion article in The New York Times Wednesday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Two major New York state universities are collaborating with a teacher-run organization seeking to teach communities and students about civil resistance in local history, creating an online platform to display the organization’s curricula and local resistance efforts. Kesha James Now going into its third year of operations, the Antiracist Curriculum Project (ACP) has been working diligently to develop social studies curriculum that teaches students about the systemic injustices and historical re

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

What’s Next for Ed Tech in 2024 Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 01/04/2024 - 03:00 AM Coming soon: advances in VR and high-tech classrooms, plus even more AI.

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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2024

Complete College America, the nonprofit dedicated to improving equitable student outcomes, has long championed its model its outcomes-based funding model to help bolster graduation rates. However, it believes its next “evolution” has arrived: completion-goals funding. After over a decade of implementation, CCA has found outcomes-based funding to be a crude method.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

Put Your Teaching Evaluations in a Jar Sarah Bray Thu, 01/04/2024 - 03:00 AM You can just ignore them, or you can take some positive steps to ensure that they will push you forward in your teaching, writes Constanza Bartholomae.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Her resignation is merely the latest episode in the right wing’s assault on education – a project that has increased in its virulence in recent years Any political observer who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that the resignation of Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University who was driven from her job this week, had nothing to do with plagiarism.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

Online Pioneers Begin Urgent Pursuit of Value From AI Marjorie Valbrun Thu, 01/04/2024 - 03:00 AM Paul LeBlanc is stepping down from SNHU’s presidency to help push higher ed to take the generative intelligence challenge far more seriously.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Higher education leaders are familiar with difficult conversations. They’re an important part of leadership, after all, and administrators need to make hard choices every day as part of the delicate balance of institutional priorities, student success, employee welfare, budgets, security and so much more. In the higher ed IT world, one ongoing difficult conversation revolves around managing cloud storage.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

New on the Job: Kafui Kouakou, AVP of Career Development and Experiential Learning Ashley Mowreader Thu, 01/04/2024 - 03:00 AM The inaugural role at Quinnipiac University prioritizes hands-on learning inside and outside the classroom to promote career readiness for students.

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Roompact

JANUARY 4, 2024

Black women make up 64.1% of bachelor’s degrees earned by Black college students. When it comes to masters degrees, the figure becomes 71.5%. As for doctoral, medical, and dental degrees, 65.9% of them have been obtained by black women. In other words, Black women have arrived on the scene of higher education, and we have.

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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2024

For the two-hour class, David Carrillo, the adjunct professor teaching for Adams State University, mostly kept his hands in his pockets as he lectured students in green uniforms, some bright and others faded with time. Like his students at the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, Carrillo, 49, also wears green. He holds a position that is extremely rare in prison: He’s an incarcerated professor teaching in a prison bachelor’s degree program.

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Symplicity

JANUARY 4, 2024

New year, same you? Maybe, maybe not. As the new year begins, institutions and offices across the country are returning from their winter break ready to kick start a busy spring semester. Instead of adding to a list of New Year’s resolutions likely already on your plate for the new year and semester, we’re taking a deeper dive with CSM. Hear from our clients the tools they are using to provide you with some inspiration to take with you into the new year.

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SRHE

JANUARY 4, 2024

by Liz Moores and Rob Summers Why bother collecting learning analytics data? Some of the reported benefits of using learning analytics data include enabling personalised learning and narrowing attainment gaps. Indeed, a quick dip into some of the recent TEF feedback summaries to higher education institutions seems to suggest that use of learning analytics is valued by TEF panels.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

Howard University is investigating an alleged break-in and vandalism after a video circulated on social media, showing three unknown individuals walking through the university’s former divinity school, The Washington Post reported. The building, Benjamin E. Mays Hall, still houses archival materials.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Budgeting involves nuanced, difficult conversations. But too often, institutions shy away from the very conversations they should have to make sure that their tech investments are paying off. That’s a mistake. Schools may meet certain goals on their journey and believe that they’re taking the right steps — newer devices, say, or support staff. But when considering efficiency, right-sizing and optimization, it’s about more than evaluating tools.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 4, 2024

Florida’s public colleges and universities would no longer be allowed to select their presidents in total secrecy, under proposed new legislation. State Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, filed a bill this week that would require a college or university to select three to five finalists whose names would become public. Her bill is in response to a string of recent presidential searches that resulted in only one publicly named finalist, including former U.S.

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College for Creative Study

JANUARY 4, 2024

We are pleased to announce that Sterling Toles (‘00, GC) has been selected as the 2024 Alumni Juror for Re/View: CCS Alumni Exhibition. Sterling Toles is a visual/sonic artist educator and a 2016 Kresge Fellow. With roots in Detroit’s early 90s hip-hop scene, he views his creative process as a form of personal healing that extends to collective well-being.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 4, 2024

The University of Oklahoma is getting pushback from civil rights groups over its interpretation of a recent executive order affecting the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Last week, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered public colleges to review all of their diversity, equity and inclusion-related programs and jobs. If needed, colleges must eliminate ones that are “not necessary for compliance, accreditation, or student and employee support services intended to support success broad

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AIFS Abroad

JANUARY 4, 2024

After deciding where and when you want to study abroad, a good question to ask yourself is, “What is my preferred housing situation ?” While some enjoy the independence of a shared apartment or a dorm with other students, the best way to immerse yourself in the local culture is to stay with a host family in a homestay. Read on to learn more about why you should choose to live in a homestay during your study abroad program: First, what is a homestay?

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Your schedule is busy, you’re running late to class, your homework isn’t done and you forgot to print something off for class. Your friends tried encouraging you to go to chapel, but you have no time. Even the idea of church on Sunday is exhausting. Devotions take too much time from homework. Praying takes time from a struggling sleep schedule.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

The University of North Dakota plans to begin returning Native American ancestral remains to their tribes starting this year, The Grand Forks Herald reported.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

One of my favorite aspects about Hope College is that I am more than just a number on campus – professors and faculty know, value, and care about the students. From the dining hall staff that greet me enthusiastically each morning to the classroom where my professors ask about how my cross country race went to faculty of the Boerigter Center who will send me job opportunities that they think I would be interested in and every interaction in between, Hope fosters an environment that cultivates me

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

A Modern-Day Greek Tragedy mprutter@mit.edu Thu, 01/04/2024 - 03:00 AM How the classic tragedies of the past speak to events today.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Just a few hours ago, I took my last exam and wrapped up my third semester at Hope. Three down, five to go. I’m almost halfway through my time here, which blows my mind! The majority of my college experience still lies ahead but I can confidently say that thus far, I’ve been transformed in my time at Hope. As I learn to navigate life and balance responsibilities away from home, Hope has specifically helped to transform and develop my faith, my friendships and my academic experience.

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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2024

Gay is not the first head of an academic institution unseated by allegations of plagiarism: Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigned last year as Stanford University’s president after an investigation found that several academic reports he authored contained manipulated data. Her downfall raises questions about how people in such high-profile positions can find themselves facing such charges in an age when advanced technology so easily enables detection of alleged cases of plagiarism.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

When you move to a town you aren’t accustomed to you might be wondering what there is to do. Well, have no fear! As someone who was living in Holland before attending Hope I am here to offer some ideas. Downtown This one is obvious. Since Hope is located right next to Downtown Holland you can easily walk there! Spend an afternoon browsing the small local shops and splurge on yourself.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 4, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Christina Yu, assistant professor of operations research and information engineering at Cornell University, explores how to make sure we’re drawing the right conclusions when we use data to make decisions.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

I toured Hope in August 2021, right before I started my senior year of high school. I had been on plenty of college tours before, and kept visiting schools after my trip to Hope. Still, this certain visit stood out in my mind through my college decision process. In fact, the nature of my visit to Hope was fundamental to my choice to come to school here.

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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2024

As chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Joe Gow was once surely to be remembered for a tenure that oversaw unprecedented enrollment growth and increased first- and second-year student retention rates. His stewardship at the midsize university drew acclaim from colleagues when he announced his decision to step down at the end of the current academic year.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Hope College is a great place for the arts! Even if you’re not majoring or minoring in an arts field, there’s lots of opportunities to get involved. Whether it’s for a general education requirement or just for fun, there are many areas to try out, from theater to music to dance. Theater Regardless of your experience level, anyone can audition for a play at Hope.

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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2024

At Cabrillo College near Santa Cruz, Nikia Chaney stands out. You can spot her bright pink hair from a distance. She’s also the only Black professor out of the community college’s 165 tenured or tenure-track faculty. Faculty diversity has increased slightly over the past 15 years, but a report the chancellor’s office issued in November acknowledged that “progress remains slow.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Since registration happened recently, a lot of people I know, myself included, have been thinking a lot about the future. Not just in terms of next semester, but also for all four years at Hope and beyond. These thoughts are why I would encourage everyone to make a four year plan. For me, a four year plan has helped ease the anxiety surrounding the future as well as help me keep track of my major and general education requirements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

In the wake of Dr. Claudine Gay's resignation as president of Harvard earlier this week, higher education scholars have forcefully responded to her forced ouster, arguing that she was clearly targeted as the first Black woman to lead the nation's oldest university. Across social media and on cable talk shows, many seem to view Gay’s persecution and resignation as emblematic of the targeting of higher ed and minority presidents by some conservatives.

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Hope College Network

JANUARY 4, 2024

Throughout high school and most especially during this time of year for senior students, high schoolers are asked the seemingly paramount question – where will you be attending college? From the academic advising office to the holiday dinner table to chatter among friends, this single question seems synonymous with high schoolers’ very own identity.

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