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Report: Significant Amount of Faculty Today Self-Censor Due to Fears of Reprisal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Faculty members are more likely to self-censor today than social scientists did during McCarthy era of the 1940s and 50s, according to a recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Dr. Sean Stevens At the end of the Second Red Scare in 1955, 9% of social scientists said they toned down their writing for fear of causing controversy.

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ChatGPT: Educational Friend or Foe?

The Scholarly Teacher

By Todd Zakrajsek, Director ITLC-Lilly Conferences on Evidence-Based Teaching Key Statement: ChatGPT is a potential game-changer in an ever-changing educational space. Keywords: Evolving Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Student Learning, Assessment What Is ChatGPT? ChatGPT has caused quite a stir in education, and for good reason. For those of you who have not yet heard of ChatGPT, it’s simple enough; you ask a question and ChatGPT responds.

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Racism at the Hyatt Spurs Action to Ensure Safety at Conventions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was supposed to be a night of celebration. Dr. Celeste Malone, an associate professor and coordinator of the psychology program at Howard University, had invited fellow Black psychologists, graduate students, and a small number of friends and family to celebrate in her presidential suite on the evening of Feb. 8. The gathering was part of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) annual convention at the Hyatt Regency in Denver.

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ChatGPT can help students and faculty with ADHD (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

How could a chat bot that is causing panic in academia leave me with a palpable sense of focus and calm as a professor? I have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and ChatGPT has become my go-to assistive technology for writing and for teaching. Assistive technologies (AT) specifically for folks with ADHD are not new. A suite of technologies address and help mitigate barriers associated with ADHD, including time management, notetaking and voice-recognition software.

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Report Emphasizes the Importance of Professional Social Capital

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jobs for the Future (JFF), a nonprofit driving workforce and education transformation, in partnership with the University of Phoenix released the report “Professional Social Capital: A Key to Black Economic Advancement.” It contains an action-based framework that addresses systemic barriers in education and workforce development as well as outlining strategies for colleges and employers to support career advancement for Black learners and workers by building professional social capital.

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Student peer-review feedback requires guidance and structure (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Such activities among students can leave us dissatisfied and frustrated, write Katherine Shwetz and Maria Assif. The fact is that they require guidance and structure. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Transforming Teaching & Learning Editorial Tags: Teaching Today Show on Jobs site: Image Source: urbancow/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Katherine Shwetz Maria Assif Is this diversity newsletter?

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Breaking the Silence: Mental Health and Trauma on Campus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was coincidental that the American College Health Association’s (ACHA’s) Gun Safety Task Force met shortly after the Michigan State University shooting earlier this month on Feb. 13, said Dr. Keith Williamson, co-chair of the task force and medical director at the Vinson Health Center at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. Dr. Keith Williamson, co-chair of the ACHA Gun Safety Task Force and medical director at the Vinson Health Center at Midwestern State University.

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University of Louisville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Bolster Research and Add Endowed Faculty Roles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Louisville (UofL) has launched a fundraising campaign to match a $10 million state investment, which will go towards adding endowed faculty positions and advancing university research. This campaign with Bucks-for-Brains – a program that matches private donations going to Kentucky universities with state dollars, effectively doubling the support of private investment into research – will fund UofL’s efforts to hire faculty in fields such as inflammation and microbiome; bioinfor

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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Locksley Knibbs, lead academic adviser for students studying the natural sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University, knows that advisers take on different roles to serve the whole student: mentor, advocate, mediator, coach. At FGCU, where many full-time advisers have faculty status, Knibbs even teaches a class on the foundations of civic engagement.

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Senators Reintroduce Bills to Help Inform Students about College Loans and Financial Aid

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sens. Tina Smith, D-Minn, and Chuck Grassley R-Iowa, have reintroduced three bills to help students and families make informed decisions about borrowing for college. Sen. Tina Smith The bills aim to make sure that students are informed and educated about college search and selection, loans, and financial aid. The Net Price Calculator Improvement Act aims to improve effectiveness and access to net price calculators.

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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When the University of Richmond’s Board of Trustees voted last fall to remove the name of alumnus and donor T. C. Williams from its law school, Williams’s descendants were irate. The board was following a new set of principles adopted earlier that year to ensure the namesakes of buildings, colleges and professorships lived up to the university’s values; the trustees decided that Williams, a wealthy tobacco farmer and slave owner, did not.

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Pima Community College Receives Nearly $1.5 Million to Support Low-Income and First-Generation Students with STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pima Community College has received nearly $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education (ED), which it will use to serve low-income and first-generation students interested in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degrees from select high schools. The TRiO Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) Program – funded with $1,437,685 – will support 60 students from Alta Vista, Desert View and Sunnyside high schools a year for five years.

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A pathway to graduate school for Latinx students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Latinx students can have a tough time navigating the numerous structural and institutional challenges that work against them in academia, especially when it comes to attending and succeeding in graduate school. A new book, The Latinx Guide to Graduate School ( Duke University Press ), by Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales and Magdalena L. Barrera, attempts to provide a pathway and guidance for Latinx and other students of color who are interested in pursuing an advanced degree.

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Dr. Janelle Scott Voted President-Elect of AERA

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Janelle Scott has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She will begin in her new role at the end of the association’s 2024 annual meeting. Dr. Janelle Scott Scott, the Robert J. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Education, conducts research on the politics of educational policy in a multiracial, segregated, and unequal society and has been published i

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Video networking at Grinnell enhances student connections

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Connecting students and alumni can be challenging, especially for a school with a widely dispersed population, but Grinnell College is closing the gap between its graduates and current students by hosting short virtual networking events. “For many undergraduates, particularly those who have been historically underrepresented in higher education, building one’s network can be a formidable challenge,” Mark Peltz, dean of careers, life and service at Grinnell College, share

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Poll: Majority of Americans Support College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Monetization

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over half of Americans (54%) support allowing college athletes to be paid for sports-related business ventures using their name, image, and likeness (NIL), according to a recent poll from market research and consulting firm Ipsos. The Ipsos Sports Poll surveyed Americans of varying ages – 1,035 general population adults, ages 18 and up – about a number of topics related to athletics, including sports played, sports fandoms, issues in the sports industry, and NIL rights.

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Prioritize universal access in AI policy response (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In the past few months, much electronic ink has been spilled about the threat artificial intelligence, principally ChatGPT , poses to education. Some commentators immediately evoke Stephen King levels of terror. They decry the thought of students writing lab reports, law school exam responses and even entire term papers simply by putting the essay prompts into ChatGPT, waiting a few moments and then copying the results.

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KEONA LEWIS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Keona Lewis Keona Lewis has been named assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame. She served as the associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Georgia Tech. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminology and a doctorate in applied anthropology from the University of South Florida in Tampa.

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U.S. News rankings out, digital marketing in?

University Business

The stream of graduate schools opting out of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings may be growing to include entire universities, but what these schools will do to market themselves effectively remains unanswered. When Yale Law School opted out in November, a flood of other law schools, such as U.C. Berkeley and Georgetown, followed suit. Soon enough, medical schools from Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania quit it as well.

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Education Department Clarifies When It Can Require Institution Leaders to Assume Personal Liability for Unpaid Debts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has released guidance on implementing Higher Education Act provisions that allow the Secretary of Education to require leaders of private colleges failing to operate with financial responsibility to assume personal liability for unpaid debts. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona The guidance clarifies when ED can require individuals to assume personal liability to allow their schools to participate in federal financial aid programs.

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Four ways colleges can encourage students to get more sleep

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Parties and papers, alcohol use and caffeine consumption, stress from feeling overscheduled, and overstimulation from technology. All of these and more play a role in college students not getting enough sleep. As research has shown, lack of sleep often impacts physical health, mental well-being and the ability to do daily activities ; plus, it can be a predictor of lower grades.

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University of Georgia Football Player Jalen Carter Surrenders to Police

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of Georgia football player Jalen Carter surrendered to police in Athens, Georgia the night of Mar 1. night after a warrant was issued for his arrest earlier that day, ProFootballTalk reported. Jalen Carter Carter – who said he believed he will be fully exonerated – was charged with reckless driving and racing in relation to a Jan. 15 car crash that killed teammate and redshirt sophomore Devin Willock and football team staff member Chandler LeCroy.

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4 Places to Study Abroad if You Like Wildlife

AIFS Abroad

Last Updated on March 1, 2023 by Cat Rogliano March 3 rd is World Wildlife Day, an international holiday to celebrate all of Earth’s diverse animals and plants. Here’s something you may not have considered before – studying abroad is a unique opportunity for you to observe and learn about some of the world’s most incredible animals in their natural habitats.

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Fossil fuel companies donated $700m to US universities over 10 years – study

The Guardian Higher Education

Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, authors argue Six fossil fuel companies funnelednearly $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from 2010 to 2020, according to new research. Such funding at universities that conduct climate research can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction of climate solutions the industry prefers, the report’s authors argue.

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Students Hold Protests of Connecticut College President

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. The venue has a history of racial discrimination and antisemitism.

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Presence | Blog | 75 Welcome Week Program Ideas Your Students Will Love

Modern Campus

Welcome Week is one of my favorite celebrations as it kicks off the new year and helps welcome new students to the educational and co-curricular opportunities available to them.

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New Report on the Resilience of Puerto Rican Universities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A new research brief by Excelencia in Education, an organization focused on Latino student success, examines how Puerto Rican universities weathered a series of challenges, including Hurricanes Irma and Maria, earthquakes, unexpected changes in governmental leadership, demographic shifts, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief, released last week, highlights five Puerto Rican Hispanic-serving institutions as case studies: Inter American University of Puerto Rico–Arecibo, Universidad Ana G.

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17 predictions about higher education in 2023

University Business

As we prepare for a new year, we look back on the lessons learned, both good and bad, as the door closes 2022. Questions continued around meeting the needs of non-traditional students, offering flexible learning in different modalities, and ensuring students receive beneficial outcomes for their considerable financial investments. Read more on eCampus News.

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D.C. Higher Ed Leaders Propose Gun Violence Solutions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area has issued a new report on preventing gun violence, which asserts that mental health services should be treated as a crucial part of any solution and that the root causes, namely poverty and economic insecurity, should be addressed. The consortium last June enlisted more than 100 experts in fields from public health to business to “identify the most practical, actionable, and preferably non-legislative solutions to reducing

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January Higher Education Demand Trends: Results Through December 2022

Gray Associates

Advancements in our January Program of the Month have recently caused a stir in higher education. It is a young program, but it is quickly growing. In fact, completions have increased 25% annually over the last five years!

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NYC Comptroller Urges Yeshiva U to Recognize LGBTQ Group

Confessions of a Community College Dean

New York City comptroller Brad Lander sent a letter to Yeshiva University president Ari Berman on Monday urging him to recognize the YU Pride Alliance, an LGBTQ student group that sued the university in 2021 for failing to do so. The group has since been locked in a legal battle with the institution. A New York appeals court ruled in December that the university must recognize the club.

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Why is diversity the hot issue in Florida higher education? 4 things to know.

University Business

The term “DEI” — short for diversity, equity and inclusion — has emerged as a buzzword for a trend in campus culture that conservative commentators say is discriminatory and hostile to dissenting voices. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis agrees, saying he hopes to make diversity offices “wither on the vine” without state funding. His critics say that rhetoric distorts and obscures the necessary day-to-day work that the offices perform.

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Impact of Accreditation Sanctions on Enrollment

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Sanctions on an institution can cause students to look elsewhere for higher education. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Houston’s Christopher Burnett determines how bad the damage can be. Burnett is a postdoctoral fellow in Houston’s department of education leadership and policy studies. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 03-01-23 Houston - College and University Accreditation Sanction and Enrollment.

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UConn Students Plan Walkout Over State Budget Allocation for University - Ned Lamont, NBC Connecticut

Ray Schroeder

UConn students are planning to walk out Wednesday and travel to the state Capitol in Hartford in response to Gov. Ned Lamont’s two-year budget plan. The university president said the budget falls short of adequately funding the university and could lead to increasing tuition by thousands of dollars.

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Biden’s administration made a ‘powerful defense’ of its student-loan forgiveness plan before the Supreme Court, education secretary says

University Business

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the two conservative-backed lawsuits that blocked Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers. While the liberal justices drilled the lawyers representing the two cases on the standing they have to bring the lawsuit, the conservative justices appeared skeptical of Biden’s authority to cancel student debt broadly for millions of Americans without Congressional approval.

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Legislators plan to wait, and listen, before deciding University of Nebraska budget - PAUL HAMMEL, Nebraska Examiner

Ray Schroeder

A preliminary budget report issued Wednesday by a legislative committee leaves open the allocation for the University of Nebraska system, an allocation that has been criticized as failing to keep up with inflation. The university system had requested a 3% annual increase in its budget, but new Gov. Jim Pillen’s budget recommendation came in below that.

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Southeastern La. Takes Down System After ‘Network Incident‘

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Southeastern Louisiana University is operating without most computer networks, which were taken down Friday due to a “network incident,” 4WWL News reported. State police and the governor’s Office of Homeland Security are now investigating a possible cyberthreat. Email has been restored, but the Moodle system and basic internet access are not working.

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