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Prairie View A&M to Become First HBCU to Lead a National University Transportation Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation to lead a national-tier University Transportation Center (UTC), making the school the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to lead a national UTC. PVAMU – joined by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and Texas A&M University – will lead the National Center for Infrastructure Transformation, which aims to focus

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Professor says he was barred from campus after Monsanto info request

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: A professor who frequently testifies against Monsanto Co. in lawsuits alleging harm from toxic environmental pollutants called PCBs says that after a Monsanto lawyer filed a records request with his university, the university barred him from campus and offered him a resignation deal. “That was the very first thing that they gave me,” said the professor, David Carpenter of the University at Albany, part of the State University of New York, regarding the resignation offer.

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Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Dies at 67

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Former University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) Chancellor Dr. Rebecca Blank died Feb. 17 from pancreatic cancer at age 67. Dr. Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years.

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A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: An English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University said his teaching contract has been put on hold after complaints about his instruction on race and racism. The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news.

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Athletics and Academics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. “The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.

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Care as mattering

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this extra post, Dr. Omar Kaissi shares an inspiring example of how he incorporated Mattering – ‘the feeling of being recognised and of importance to someone’, into his personal tutor practice to support the mental health and wellbeing of his international students. Dr.

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Palm Beach Atlantic University English Professor Claims Job is Under Review for Teaching a Racial Justice Unit

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) English professor is alleging that his job is under review for teaching a racial justice unit, CNN reported. Dr. Samuel Joeckel “[They] told me they had concerns that I was indoctrinating students. That was the exact word they used: indoctrinating,” said Dr. Sam Joeckel. “I had no idea this was coming.” Joeckel said he had been teaching a racial justice unit for years without a hitch.

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BROOKE MAGALLANES

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brooke Magallanes Brooke Magallanes has been named interim director of admissions at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She served as a student recruiter. Magallanes holds a bachelor’s degree in studio arts from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and a master’s in college student personnel from Arkansas Tech University.

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Ten campus living-learning communities to model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Living-learning communities are common in the sphere of higher education as intimate, specialized spaces for students looking to establish community in on-campus residence halls. “The definition of a living-learning community is a dedicated number of beds that are contiguous to each other and have additional resources dedicated for the purpose of that community,” explains Kathy Bush-Hobgood, vice president of the Association of College and University Housing Officers.

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How Innovation and Shared Governance Influence Turnaround SuccessThe National Louis University Story

The Change Leader, Inc.

Successfully reinventing a college or university into a truly innovative school after cutting a significant portion of programs sounds near impossible. However, the experiences at National Louis University (NLU), a four-campus private institution in Chicago, proved that presidents and other decision-makers can turn around an institution without having the complete buy-in of faculty and staff.

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Teaching students to think beyond themselves

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Explicitly teaching character in college? It’s not a new idea, but it’s not widespread. For that reason (among others), Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character has attracted interest from other institutions since its founding in 2017. Building a Network Now the Lilly Endowment is giving the program $31 million over five years to expand—including by helping build a network of character education programs across academe.

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PR Newswire: New Report from Hanover Research Shares 2023 Trends in Higher Education

Hanover Research

Newly released report from Hanover Research highlights trends for the year 2023-24 school year, including debt-free education and increased marketing spending. The post PR Newswire: New Report from Hanover Research Shares 2023 Trends in Higher Education appeared first on Hanover Research.

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ICYMI | Career closets dress students for success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Career closets are one way institutions are making sure their students are dressed for success. By offering free rentals or just giving away clothing, colleges and universities are gifting their students a new flair for the professional world—without making them pay for it. Inside Higher Ed took a look at how three different institutions organize their career closets.

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CCS Alumna Features “Golden Girl’s” art in exhibition in Berkley

College for Creative Study

The post CCS Alumna Features “Golden Girl’s” art in exhibition in Berkley appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Does College Need to Be 4 Years?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Remember Bluto’s classic line in Animal House —“Christ. Seven years of college down the drain”? I sure do. I laughed at the time, but I’ve since come to realize that, according to the last statistics I could find, over 20 percent of students at public four-year institutions take seven or more years to graduate or drop out.

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Nicholas David obituary

The Guardian Higher Education

My brother Nicholas David, who has died aged 85, was a leading figure in the field of ethnoarchaeology who undertook important research in west Africa and became professor of anthropology and archaeology at the University of Calgary. Long after he retired in 2002 Nic continued to receive funding to carry out his research. He developed and maintained a website about the people of the Sukur in the Mandara mountains of Cameroon, and he contributed to adding the Sukur cultural landscape to the Unesc

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A practical model for implementing strong shared governance (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Keith D. Renshaw offers a practical model based on his expertise in couples’ therapy as an analogue for thinking about how faculty and administrators might best work together. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Governance Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Olga Kurbatova/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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5 areas for community colleges leaders to take stock in 2023

EAB

Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.

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Revival at Asbury Spreads to Other Colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A Christian revival movement at Asbury University has been going on for 11 days, and the university is now moving to schedule events related to it, Kentucky Today reported. In addition, the revival is spreading to other Christian colleges. At Samford University , it has been going on for four days. Students also engaged in similar actions at Lee University and Cedarville University.

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CCS Trustee Gary Cowger – In Memoriam

College for Creative Study

The College for Creative Studies mourns the loss of Gary Cowger, trustee since 2002. The College for Creative Studies mourns the loss of Gary Cowger, trustee since 2002. Gary passed away from cancer on February 17, 2023 at the age of 75. Gary is survived by his wife, Kay, and son, Chris. His daughter, Mindy, died in 2020. As a former President of General Motors North America, Gary was credited with repairing the automaker’s relationship with the UAW.

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Marymount Plans to Cut Many Liberal Arts Programs

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Marymount University, in Virginia, is planning to cut many of its liberal arts programs, citing low enrollments, ARLnow reported. “Over the long term, it would be irresponsible to sustain majors [and] programs with consistently low enrollment, low graduation rates, and lack of potential for growth,” President Irma Becerra said in a letter reported by the news website.

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Graduate Color and Materials Design Students Selected As Semi-Finalists In Biodesign Sprint Challenge

College for Creative Study

The Biodesign x Mars Wrigley Challenge asked students and professionals to envision and create food and agricultural products and processes that help create a future where everyone can thrive. Students from the CCS Color & Materials Design program came up with an organic, responsibly and locally sourced spice blend tile that minimizes packaging waste while creating a culturally connective and healthier experience for the consumer.

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Michigan State prepares for students to return to class

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Michigan State University will allow all undergraduates to take their courses on a credit–no credit basis, and to decide at any point this semester. That was one of the new guidelines university officials outlined in a Sunday press briefing at which they also stood by the resumption of classes after a gunman killed three students and injured five others on campus last week.

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How to stay ready for donors who “aren’t ready yet”

EAB

Blogs How to stay ready for donors who “aren’t ready yet” 3 ways digital marketing can help you nurture prospective donors By Brad Shafer At times, asking donors for contributions can feel a lot like standing outside a storefront, spinning a sign that says, “please?” Some days you’ll find just the right donor for a gift. Those are encouraging days for all of us.

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UC Riverside Urged to Investigate Economics Center

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Some University of California faculty members are criticizing a research center affiliated with UC Riverside that they say uses corporate funding for reports “attacking proposals to improve the lives of working Californians,” the Los Angeles Times reported. The center, known as the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, is not operated by university faculty and is instead run by private consulting company Beacon Economics.

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UNC Greensboro is one of many state universities bracing for budget cuts - Liz Schlemmer, North Carolina Public Radio

Ray Schroeder

Half of the offices sit empty at the chancellor's suite at UNC Greensboro. It is one sign of the downsizing that has already begun in the face of falling enrollment and a looming budget deficit. “We're embarrassed to say how many people are actually running this university,” says Chancellor Franklin Gilliam. Gilliam says some of the administrative positions that reported to him and the business office were among the first to go.

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Rebecca Blank, 1955–2023

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Rebecca Blank, who was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison for nine years, died of cancer Friday. She was 67. In July, Blank announced her diagnosis, on what would have been the first day of her presidency at Northwestern University. She had learned of her cancer a week before. Under her leadership, the Madison campus created new programs, most notably, Bucky’s Tuition Promise, to further open the doors of the university to lower-income students across the state.

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Here’s why this university is eliminating its college golf programs after the 2023 season - CAMERON JOURDAN, Yahoo News

Ray Schroeder

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will discontinue its men’s and women’s golf programs following the 2022-23 season citing financial constraints and a declining budget, the school announced this week. UCCS did an extensive assessment of its 16 NCAA-sponsored programs and ensured the remaining 14 programs (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and wome

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Saint Leo University Announces Major Cuts

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Saint Leo University announced a series of cuts Thursday “to improve efficiencies and enhance its future offerings for students.” Among the cuts: The university, which is based in Florida, will no longer offer courses in Charleston, S.C.; Joint Base Charleston–Naval Weapons Station, S.C.; Columbus, Miss.; Corpus Christi, Tex.; and Jacksonville, Lake City, Ocala and Mayport, Fla.

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European Art Classroom: W'23 Visits Madrid

Proctor Academy

This week Euro ventured to Madrid, Spain. The week was filled with many art museums, friends, good food, and more.

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Investigative Reporting Organization Moves to Morehouse

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, an organization focused on cultivating investigative reporters and editors of color, is now going to be based at Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, according to a news release from Morehouse. The organization was co-founded by a number of big names in journalism, including Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, famous for her work on The New York Times ’ “1619 Project,” which fo

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32. John Denio

StudentAffairs.com

We chat with John Denio, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs at Bryant College. Background info on our guest plus a full transcript is available at studentaffairspodcast.

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Temple and Graduate Student Workers Reach Tentative Agreement

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Temple University has offered the graduate student workers’ union a tentative agreement that could end a strike that began Jan. 31. “Temple University and the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association [TUGSA] reached a tentative agreement on a new contract tonight,” Ken Kaiser, Temple’s senior vice president and chief operating officer, announced Friday in a news release.

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Paul Snyder, Chair of BFA Transportation Design, Talks to Yahoo about the Boxy Car Trend

College for Creative Study

The post Paul Snyder, Chair of BFA Transportation Design, Talks to Yahoo about the Boxy Car Trend appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Nearly 47,000 Have Been in Loan Repayment for 40 Years

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Nearly 47,000 people have been in student-loan repayment for at least 40 years, The Washington Post reported. The finding was based on data obtained from the Education Department through a Freedom of Information Act request. About 82 percent of the nearly 47,000 are in default on their loans. The borrowers are a fraction of the 43.5 million Americans with student debt.

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Professor Sues Hamilton College for Racial Discrimination

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Joseph Mwantuali, professor of French at Hamilton College Dr. Joseph Mwantuali said that he didn’t know what to expect when he joined the French and Francophone studies department at Hamilton College in upstate New York. It was a small unit, with fewer than five professors, and Mwantuali, an immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was the only faculty member of color.

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Updates on capital campaigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Starting Out Chapman University is starting a campaign to raise $500 million by 2028. The university has raised $315 million so far. Mount Saint Mary’s University , of Maryland, has started a campaign to raise $50 million. To date, the university has raised $22 million. Finishing Up College of St. Scholastica has achieved the $62.6 million goal of its fundraising campaign.