Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has released a statement, criticizing the decision of the presidents of Florida’s 28 state and community colleges to eliminate courses dealing with critical race theory or related concepts such as intersectionality. “The AAUP is appalled at the blatant violation of academic freedom and shared governance that the presidents of the Florida College System (FCS) have pledged to commit by February 1, 2023,” the statement read.

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Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Their word and phrase choices are more varied than those selected by machines that write. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. And unlike machines, people are susceptible to inserting minor typos, such as a misplaced comma or a misspelled word.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

Bonita Brown has been appointed interim president of Northern Kentucky University (NKU). Bonita Brown “NKU has a strong reputation for supporting students in this region in reaching their academic goals and I look forward to collaborating with the NKU campus community to continue this important work,” Brown said. Brown is currently NKU’s vice president and chief strategy officer.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Becky K. Becker advises readers to be aware and wary of two types that often thrive unrecognized: the opportunist and the victim. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Feodora Chiosea/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Anjerrika Bean Anjerrika Bean has been appointed assistant director of the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Bean holds a bachelor’s degree in Christian leadership from the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, a master’s in sociology from Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph.D. in sociology and criminology from Howard.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

After you read this, you’ll either leave excited for what’s to come or you’ll be on Amazon stocking up on doomsday supplies. ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot, has educators and even some students worried about its capacity to promote cheating on assignments. And after writing this article, I’m a little concerned too. However, AI technology shouldn’t be something we fear, but rather a tool that teachers and education leaders can lean in on for the benefit of our studen

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Torie A. Johnson Torie A. Johnson has been named associate vice president for strategic communications and initiatives at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She served as the associate commissioner for academic relations for the Southeastern Conference. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Baylor University, a master’s in educational leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a doctorate in higher education management from the University of Georgia.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Someone once explained to me that she had found the key to J. R. R. Tolkien’s novels: they turned out to be allegories of the Cold War and possible thermonuclear catastrophe. This was ingenious, or at least imaginative. It felt downright pedantic to mention The Hobbit was published in 1937, or that most of The Lord of the Rings was written before the end of World War II.

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EAB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Blogs Why your institution needs an up-to-date flexible work policy Remote and hybrid work is here to stay , and effective flexible work arrangements can help your institution attract and retain top talent, improve productivity, and conserve space and energy. Yet many university leaders struggle to institutionalize flexible work and establish formal policies and procedures that clarify eligibility and approval processes and that align with broader institutional goals.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

In the spring of 2022, at least 15 colleges and universities , including my own, Alfred University, jointly awarded honorary degrees during our commencement exercises. We honored President Volodymyr Zelensky in absentia on behalf of the Ukrainian people. Our collective gesture recognized the inspiring example provided by the Ukrainian leader in defense of freedom and democracy and the significance of what Ukraine’s citizens are fighting for, not just for themselves but in the greater geopo

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The Guardian Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

Experts say banning the app over college networks will not stop students from accessing it over cellular data There’s a new frontline opening up in the US war on TikTok: college campuses. The China-based app has already been banned on all federal government devices and on government devices in 31 states over data privacy concerns. Now restrictions are spreading to universities, with the University of Auburn, University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M and others all blocking the platform from school w

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education As we grow one year further away from the seismic shift that was 2020, new challenges are emerging that present opportunities for marketing and communications pros to have significant impact. Here are three of the trends affecting how we’ll need to communicate going forward.

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Knowledge Avatars College

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Day AI Arrived Emiliano for E… Fri, 01/20/2023 - 16:03 Until ChatGPT arrived on the scene, AI still seemed like a distant possibility – a thought experiment that was still in the realm of science fiction. ChatGPT changed all that by slapping us in the face with content so human and profound that we began questioning our writing and analytical abilities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Yale University has made major changes to its medical leave policy that will allow students struggling with mental health problems to take time off—rather than withdraw—and to return to campus when they’re ready, without reapplying, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Yale has come under fire in recent months for what students suffering from psychological distress have described as callous treatment.

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PUC

JANUARY 20, 2023

Sophomore student Christian Junior De Jesus is a BBA finance major and communication minor from Manchester, New Hampshire. He dreams of being the CEO/Founder of a Fortune 500 company and is passionate about entrepreneurship.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Delaware State University students on Wednesday held a protest of the university’s police forces, The Delaware News Journal reported. Students at the historically Black college protested both what they said was excessive force by police officers and a lack of response to serious crimes. From August 2022 to the day before this protest, the university’s public crime log shows seven reports of rape on campus.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

“Like all of us in the Columbia community, she believes that in order to bring about meaningful change, we have a collective obligation to combine our distinctive intellectual capabilities with groups and organizations beyond the academy,” wrote Jonathan Lavine, chair of the Columbia Board of Trustees in a letter to the community. These kind words speak to the character and professional integrity of Nemat “Minouche” Shafik who is set to become Columbia University’s

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 20, 2023

January is, statistically speaking, the most miserable month of the year (yes, someone monitored the national mood to confirm this). And that's not even taking into account the roller coaster feel of the world these past few years. All of which means chances are excellent that either you, your employees, or a loved one is going to be stressed out right about now.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

University of Wyoming College of Education faculty members have published a paper in the journal PLOS ONE describing the development of an interactive dashboard that combines data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The manuscript, “Using R Shiny to Develop a Dashboard Using IPEDS, U.S.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 20, 2023

As governors begin to propose revised budgets for the current year and submit their recommendations for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2024, one trend is emerging on the higher education front - a strategy to direct new funding to a small number of college programs that meet critical workforce needs.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

For decades, Bay State College has welcomed students to classes in a swanky, marble-floored office building in downtown Boston. But only a trickle of students arrived for classes this week, following news that the college could lose its accreditation — and its ability to award degrees — by summer. Pedro, a 21-year-old nursing student who wanted to give only his first name, said he was devastated by the news.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

by Vera Spangler, Lene Møller Madsen, and Hanne Kirstine Adriansen December marks the month of the International SRHE Research Conference. It was an interesting week full of presentations and discussions around the theme of Mobilities in Higher Education. In the opening plenary talk, Emily Henderson invited us to reflect critically on the different ways in which mobilities of academics and students in higher education are discursively constructed.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Ioakim Boutakidis, professor of child and adolescent studies at California State University, Fullerton, explores how the mental health of males manifests in a school setting. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Although the news cycle has been dominated by the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program and its fate at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Department of Education’s recent revisions to income-driven repayment (IDR) plans may be far more significant in the long run. Dr. Robert Kelchen, professor and head of the department of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville “Forgiveness is a one-time limited amount of money, and this is a new permanent

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Image: Public university administrators who comply with state policy bans on accessing TikTok via state-owned Wi-Fi networks and devices might understandably expect pushback—or at least frustration—from their student bodies. Instead, many students seem to be indifferent. With a single click on a smartphone, most students can easily turn off campus Wi-Fi and switch to their personal cellular data to continue watching TikTok’s endless stream of content.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2023

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has released its strategic plan for 2023–27. Dr. Lynn Pasquerella Released during its annual meeting in San Francisco, “ Equity, Innovation, and Excellence ” describes the strategic objectives that will guide the association’s commitment to innovation, improvement, and expansion. The four objectives are: to sustain an association prepared to thrive and champion liberal education globally; to create a model for institutional transf

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Nelnet, a federal student loan servicer, is cutting staff because of delays in the Biden administration’s debt-relief plan and the continued pause on loan payments, the company announced Wednesday. About 350 employees hired in the last six months will be laid off and about 210 employees will be let go because of “performance reasons,” according to the announcement.

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University Business

JANUARY 20, 2023

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the numbers and ages of their students who sought or received gender dysphoria treatment, including sex reassignment surgery and hormone prescriptions, according to a survey released Wednesday. Why he’s conducting the survey wasn’t completely clear. LGBTQ advocates have criticized DeSantis for policies seen as discriminatory, including banning instruction on sexual and gender identity in early grades and making it easier for

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JANUARY 20, 2023

The Florida Department of Education has said that public schools in the state cannot offer the new Advanced Placement course in African American studies, The Miami Herald reported. The department, which is part of the administration of Republican governor Ron DeSantis, said that the course “lacks educational value.” “In the future, should College Board be willing to come back to the table with lawful, historically accurate content, [the Florida Department of Education] will alw

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: A federal district court judge has ordered two years of probation rather than a prison sentence for a former chemical engineering professor who prosecutors said had illegally failed to disclose ties to China while employed by the University of Kansas. Prosecutors had sought a prison sentence of two and a half years for Feng (Franklin) Tao, whose 2019 indictment was among some two dozen cases brought forward against academics under the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: A Harvard University dean says he’s reversing course and offering a fellowship to Kenneth Roth, the former longtime Human Rights Watch executive director who said he was initially rejected over his criticism of Israel. Roth, whose Jewish father fled Nazi Germany as a boy, said Thursday he will accept the John F. Kennedy School of Government fellowship, while also honoring the visiting fellowship the University of Pennsylvania gave him for this academic year.

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