Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Target Corporation is launching an internship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported. Maya Moss The Target Scholars Sophomore Internship Program will give second-year students industry experience in a number of the retailer's departments, such as retail, supply chain facilities, technology, merchandising, and product development.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

AP, IB, and dual enrollment. Which is better for college admission. A reader recently wrote in to ask my opinion about dual enrollment courses. She wanted to compare them to the Advanced Placement (or AP) options at her sons’ school. The question came on a post I wrote analyzing the worth of AP courses. What Is “Dual Enrollment” or PSEO?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

After two years of COVID-19, community college enrollment was in triage. But fall 2022 saw those losses slow. Some institutions were even able to reverse their downward trajectory. Indian River State College (IRSC) in Fort Pierce, FL, and Coahoma Community College (CCC) in Clarksdale, MS, saw their efforts to rebuild their student populations pay off.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Blogs. Creating a data-informed campus: part 2. How to staff your analytics function. The need for data-informed decision making in higher education continues to increase. As I discussed in the first blog post in this series , institutions need a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data. But successful adoption of new technologies requires more than just the technology itself—it also requires the necessary leadership to set a clear vision for ana

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Sophia Rosing, 22, the white University of Kentucky (UK) senior caught on video assaulting Black students will voluntarily withdraw from the school, her lawyer said Nov. 8, NBC News reported. Sophia Rosing and Kylah Spring Rosing was captured on video visibly intoxicated and assaulting UK first-year Kylah Spring and repeatedly calling her a racial slur on Nov. 6.

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CIP

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

In-Focus features a staff member as a way to learn more about our amazing staff. This time, we highlight CIP Berkeley Career Coordinator, Dominique Ousborn. We asked Dominique a few questions about her role, her CIP experience, and what she does when she’s not at the Berkeley Center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A stipend increase is coming to the graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill). The announcement was made by UNC Chapel Hill Provost Dr. Chris Clemens at a Nov. 4 Faculty Council meeting. The proposed one-time increase – which would be in addition to a $1,000 increase to the minimum stipend that has already been approved – does not have a specific figure or date.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Dr. Gary G. Bennett will become dean of Duke University’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, effective Feb. 1, 2023. Dr. Gary G. Bennett Bennett, a behavioral scientist, is currently vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health, and medicine at Duke. Under Bennett's leadership, Duke has introduced initiatives such as the DukeLIFE program, to support first-generation and low-income students; the Academic Guides, who are residentially

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EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Blogs. Prepare your graduates for today's and tomorrow’s tech jobs—here’s how. Offer coursework in in-demand languages like Python, SQL, Go, and Swift. What do data scientists, web developers, business analysts, and software engineers have in common? Each of these jobs requires the use of programming languages Python, SQL, or both. While programming Java and JavaScript have remained among the top five most requested programming languages by employers since 2015, Python and SQL have now largely u

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), an organization made up of four historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), is planning to launch a new institute in an effort to increase the number of engineers from underrepresented communities, using a $1.5 million investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation. Dr. Christopher Ellis, Natalie Grandison, Dr.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The white University of Kentucky student who was caught on video assaulting Black students will voluntarily withdraw from the university, her lawyer told NBC News on Tuesday morning. “She’s going to withdraw from the university today or tomorrow,” attorney Fred Peters said of Sophia Rosing, 22, a senior who was captured on viral video repeatedly hurling a racist slur and physically attacking two Black students Sunday. “She’s a very, very embarrassed and humiliated young

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Cornell University has suspended fraternity parties and social events after campus police alerts about an alleged sexual assault and alleged incidents of drug-laced drinks, CNN reported. The incidents reportedly occurred at off-campus residences affiliated with registered fraternities, according to Cornell in a Nov. 7 letter to students. The school’s interfraternity council suspended social events after an emergency meeting with staff, wrote Cornell President Dr.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The post On-Demand Video: Going into the Cloud: Functionalities Campuses Should Look For When Making Transactions Cloud-Based appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Jennifer Flatt Jennifer Flatt has been appointed vice president of student services at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC). Flatt earned a Ph.D. in English from Loyola University in Chicago, a master’s in English from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and a bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

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Higher Education Whisperer

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Jason Clare MPJason Clare, Australian Minister for Education has announced $18.5M for a Microcredentials Pilot in Higher Education (9 November 2022). This is targeted at skills shortages in areas including teaching, engineering, health, and technology. This year, only public universities will be able to apply for the first $2 M to develop, & $2M to deliver, microcredentials.

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Missouri State

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Have you witnessed public speakers or demonstrations on campus? Perhaps you didn’t agree with the message they were delivering. Or maybe you’ve thought about spreading awareness for specific topics on campus yourself, but you’re not sure how to go about it. This would all be covered under Missouri State’s Expressive Activity Policy. . The Expressive Activity Policy exists for a few reasons.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The former dean of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law did not have tenure and thus was not entitled to certain job protections, state officials said in a motion to dismiss her gender bias and retaliation lawsuit. Joan Bullock in September sued the university’s board of regents in Houston federal court, claiming she was ousted in June without cause and stripped of her tenured faculty position afterward even though male deans in the past were allowed to remain on the fac

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

On election week, a week after the SCOTUS affirmative action hearing, you’d think things would die down until a decision is rendered sometime in 2023. But why bury a good wedge when it’s still hot? I mean, this is an election, and democracy deniers out there aren’t ready to quit a little fear mongering to rile up the conservative base. One Asian American voter brought to my attention a flyer put out in the closing days of the campaign.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The University of Louisville’s interim president, Lori Stewart Gonzalez , will not become the school’s long-term leader, a school spokesman confirmed Monday. The university’s board of trustees is nearing the end of its monthslong search for a new president since its last one, Neeli Bendapudi, left for the top job at Penn State University last December.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Say what you want about the state of the economy and how it’s creating headaches for higher education institutions, but that doesn’t stop those who have mastered the art of fundraising. Two universities stand out amongst the crowd for their continuous ability to receive record levels of donations and charitable gifts, no matter the storm: Temple University and The University of Alabama.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As higher education institutions navigate through their first year of “normalcy” since the pandemic, they will continue to create paths toward a brighter future for their students. But what does the future look like for the institutions themselves? In a recent survey conducted by the accounting firm BDO, leaders across 47 colleges and universities were asked to list their top priorities for 2023.

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