The Scholarly Teacher
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
By Todd Zakrajsek , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Key Statement : Using mini-lectures to set up and support active learning is the most effective teaching method. Key Words: Lecture, active learning, efficacy Go Ahead and Lecture Go ahead and lecture.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The Biden administration’s recent moves towards relief for student borrowers—the debt forgiveness program currently awaiting a hearing at the Supreme Court and changes to income-driven repayment programs—have sparked controversy and criticism.
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Great College Advice
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
How do you choose the best Common App essay topic? I tell students that virtually any topic will work. However, a good Common Application essay has two critical elements. First, it must tell an interesting story in which you are the main character (the protagonist!). Second, you (the author!)
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) hosted a celebration on Monday, marking the 63rd anniversary of the A&T Four’s Woolworth’s Department Store sit-in. The sit-in by then-freshmen Jibreel Khazan (formerly Ezell Blair Jr.), Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain Sr.,
University Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
News recently released its rankings stacking the best schools’ student-faculty ratios, culminating from 1,222 ranked schools’ fall 2022 data. This ranking features the top 16 schools, which had no more than 6 students per teacher on average.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) has announced the creation of a new agency office focused on promoting the value of higher education and strengthening partnerships with key partners. Dr. Rick W. Smith Sr.
University Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
(CNN) – The proposal is a top priority for DeSantis’ higher education agenda this year, which also includes giving politically appointed presidents and university boards of trustees more power over hiring and firing at universities and urging schools to focus their missions on Florida’s future workforce needs.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Image: Utica University’s president on Jan. 18 recommended ending a dozen degree offerings, moves the institution says were informed by a report it won’t release. The private New York college’s public comment period on the changes ends Thursday.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Georj Lewis has been appointed president of Clayton State University. Dr. Georj Lewis Lewis was president of Atlanta Metropolitan State College.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Image: After more than two years of declining enrollment numbers, fall 2022 finally brought refreshing news: freshman enrollment, which represented the most significant deficits throughout the pandemic, is up from the previous year, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Nearly 2.34
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Randi Congleton Randi Congleton has been named chief diversity and inclusion officer at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio.
Roompact
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RA role?” ” Guest Post by Jason Alt There was a time when “in loco parentis” was a guiding theme in higher education.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Image: Professor Thomas Meixner’s dying words, according to a University of Arizona faculty report on his murder, were “I knew you were going to do this!”
Proctor Academy
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
With temperatures plummeting well below zero over the next two days, we find ourselves in the heart of winter; academic classes, research papers, projects, athletic schedules, and musical rehearsals fill our days and minds.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Life coaching and a Louise Penny novel changed the way I read even critical ones, writes Diane LeBlanc.
AIFS Abroad
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Last Updated on February 2, 2023 by Cat Rogliano Throughout history, Black explorers and travelers have charted unknown territories around the world. Unfortunately, many of their stories aren’t famous or well-known.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The state of Florida is conducting a master class in how not to have civil debate. So it came as a blessed relief this week to see a relevant, civil, on-point scholarly debate play out in a relatively public venue. It’s about completion scholarships. It’s noteworthy both on its own terms, and as an example of exactly the kind of debates that academics should be having.
University Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
HOUSTON – The University of St. Thomas announced an anti-trafficking collaboration with college and high school students in the communication department, according to a release.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ most incendiary headlines and news article leads. We all recall “Headless Body in Topless Bar.” ” But what about some other headlines that are much more inflammatory or offensive.
University Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Undergraduate enrollment across all undergraduate sectors is beginning to steady, remedying the sharper declines colleges have experienced before the pandemic, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Higher education professionals have long been concerned with how to raise public awareness about climate change. Yet today we face a different problem.
Gray Associates
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Guiding student-athletes to career success after college sports can not only benefit a college or university’s sports stars but also its enrollment.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Image: More than 18 million college students received federal COVID-19 emergency funds in the last two years—money that helped them stay in college and cover the cost of basic needs, the Education Department found in a new report on the federal aid.
Terminalfour
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
After the disruption of the past three years, 2022 saw a shift in social media use. As we launch into 2023, what are the best times for higher education institutions and marketers to engage with current and prospective students on social media
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Blog: Learning Innovation Elizabeth Dellavedova, associate library director at a community college, connected with me after reading my piece “ How Do Academic Libraries Spend Their Money?
Ray Schroeder
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
American colleges and universities face a big challenge: enrollments are plummeting. Demographically there are fewer 18-year-olds in the United States than there were, say, 10 years ago," Lee Gardner says. With the number of projected 18-year-olds who are going to graduate high school and go on to college, that number is even worse.” The enrollment cliff spells trouble for all higher education institutions – but particularly for small colleges.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Blog: Beyond Transfer The skills gap, that chasm between the needs of the labor market and the capabilities of the available workforce, is one of the most pressing threats to Michigan’s economy. But while the state is spending millions to close the gap by expanding access to college credentials and good jobs, those efforts will fall short without a crucial, under-the-radar reform effort—transforming the delivery of developmental education. What’s at Stake?
Ray Schroeder
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Hundreds of West Virginia University faculty members have registered their opposition to proposed policy changes that could alter how they are evaluated, promoted and terminated. The opposition comes even after WVU officials removed some of the more controversial proposals. The university nixed a line that would have said faculty members who receive unsatisfactory ratings in two areas in just one year must be recommended for “non-continuation” of employment.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. students have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Monday and Tuesday’s vote was 2,053 to 67. The union is called the Teachers and Researchers United–United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers. “Approximately 3,200 student workers across JHU’s 65 Ph.D. programs will be represented by TRU-UE in collective bargaining with the university,” university provost Sunil Kumar announced in a statement.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Two years after COVID-19 first decimated higher education enrollment, fall 2022 numbers show enrollment is finally stabilizing. But it has a long way to go before it returns to pre-pandemic levels.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The University of Wisconsin System on Wednesday released a survey of its students’ views on free speech, and the results are likely to be both heartening and distressing to those concerned about the state of campus expression. The survey of more than 10,000 students at the system’s 13 campuses covers a wide range of topics related to free speech and expression.
Hanover Research
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Trends include data related to more urgent concerns for districts, including academic recovery and student voice. The post PR Web: New Report from Hanover Research Reveals Trends That Will Shape K-12 Education in 2023 appeared first on Hanover Research.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Spirituality comes in many forms today. In today’s Academic Minute, Michigan State University’s Morgan Shipley surveys the varieties. Shipley is the Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality and associate professor of religious studies at Michigan State. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 02-02-23 Michigan State - The Varieties of Spirituality.mp3 Event's date: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 6:00pm Insider only
University Business
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tenn. WZTV) — Sigma Chi has voted to suspend their chapter at Vanderbilt University, the fraternity announced this week. The Executive Committee says it comes amid “accountability issues” and “disappointing” actions among members. “The members’ actions were inconsistent with the Fraternity’s values, and the [committee] was left with no other option than to suspend the chapter’s charter,” Sigma Chi’s Executive Committee wrote.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The University of California, Berkeley, fired Teri McKeever, its women’s swimming coach, on Tuesday, the Southern California News Group reported. The university, which interviewed 147 people and reviewed 1,700 documents, found “by a preponderance of the evidence that Coach McKeever discriminated against certain student-athletes, in certain instances, on the basis of race, national origin and disability.” ” The coach also engaged in bullying, a report said.
CAPD
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe seeks candidates for its Max Kampelman Fellowship.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Hebrew College in Massachusetts announced that it will now admit students to its rabbinical programs even if they are in interfaith relationships, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported. Previously, such students could not be admitted. Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, Hebrew College’s president, announced the change in an email to students and graduates on Tuesday evening.
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