Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

While most colleges are producing graduates who go on to earn incomes higher than your typical high school graduate, a sizable portion of them are not, according to a new report from the HEA Group. Michael Itzkowitz “We know the number one reason why students attend college is for greater employability and to obtain a financially secure future,” said report author Michael Itzkowitz, founder and president of the HEA Group.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Did an N.C. State Building Sicken Scores of Occupants? Ryan Quinn Fri, 02/23/2024 - 03:00 AM Some current and former employees say they fear probable carcinogens in a campus building may have harmed them and students. They’re criticizing the university’s response.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard is set to speak during the 17th Annual National Black, Brown and College Bound (BBCB) Summit, according to organizers. The summit, convening March 6-9 at the Tampa (Florida) Convention Center was founded by Hillsborough Community College and has emerged as one of the most preeminent national voices to address issues facing Black and Latino males enrolling in and completing college.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Whom Would Jesus Cancel? Elizabeth Redden Fri, 02/23/2024 - 03:00 AM Alex Small offers a Catholic defense of academic freedom in the wake of a Catholic University of America lecturer’s firing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The University of La Verne is joining the African American Male Education Network & Development Organization (A2MEND) in a partnership aimed at fostering educational opportunities and supporting the academic journey of its students and members. Dr. Pardis Mahdavi For this alliance officials deemed transformative, the university plans to extend its educational offerings to A2MEND students, advisors, and mentors through the introduction of the Partnership Award.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A bill that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at certain public institutions in Alabama—including colleges and universities—passed a state Senate committee on Wednesday, according to Alabama Political Reporter.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Curtis Reynolds Curtis Reynolds has been named vice president of business and finance and chief financial officer at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Reynolds holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well as an MBA from the University of Alabama.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Dr. Suri Duitch Suri Duitch has been appointed interim president of Kingsborough Community College in New York. Duitch holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Columbia College, Columbia University, an MSW from Hunter College/CUNY, and a Ph.D. in urban education from CUNY Graduate Center.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Skills-based hiring and the short-term certificates touted to help students gain industry experience and professionalism have gained a lot of momentum at the start of the new decade. However, higher education leaders worried about the relevance of the college degree in the coming decade can relax: a pair of reports suggest that degree earners still hold a considerable advantage in the application pool and are guaranteed to fare better a decade removed from school.

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College for Creative Study

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The post Alumni Precious Hannah-King (’12 PD), Ashley Comeaux (’10 PD) and Cheresse Thornhill-Goldson (’07 PD) featured in Teen Vogue article about Black Women who are Constructing a Diverse Future in Sneaker Design appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Brain-Body Problem and False Work-Play Dichotomy Sarah Bray Fri, 02/23/2024 - 03:00 AM Creative writing classes are often Islands of Misfit Toys, but students today seem just plain broken, says Rachel Toor, who tried something new to help mend them.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

What does the future of AI-based technology hold? We’re doing a little experiment, specifically with the AI chat-bot, ChatGPT. This post is part of a series where we ask ChatGPT interesting, unusual, or just plain fun questions related to residence life and college student housing. All answers were generated by the AI. At the end.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Dartmouth College and Northwestern and Vanderbilt Universities have become the latest institutions to settle a financial aid antitrust lawsuit that accused 17 institutions of illegally colluding for decades to limit student financial aid packages. Dartmouth will pay $33.75 million, Northwestern $43.5 million, and Vanderbilt $55 million.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Penn State’s Faculty Senate has requested details about the university’s budgeting process and methods as potential cuts at the university’s commonwealth campuses loom. The senate has also “humbly offered” several “creative ideas” that could improve the university’s financial situation — which could include tabling the current capital proposal for the school’s $700 million football stadium renovation and asking Gov.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A Blueprint for Improving Campus Dialogue and Belonging Melissa Ezarik Fri, 02/23/2024 - 03:00 AM Administrators focused on supporting meaningful engagement across lines of difference should consider 10 principles to bring about change, writes Caroline Mehl of the Constructive Dialogue Institute.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A spate of new hires breathes fresh life into higher education as the thick of winter slowly dissipates. One presidential heavyweight steps into her mother’s alma mater. And while a 20-year presidential tenure is one to celebrate in retirement, one particular decade-old stint is souring following proposed academic cuts. Hired CUNY Hunter College President Nancy Cantor (Source: The City University of New York) Nancy Cantor – CUNY Hunter College CUNY Hunter College just gained a higher

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Dartmouth College and Northwestern and Vanderbilt Universities have become the latest institutions to settle a financial aid antitrust lawsuit that accused 17 institutions of illegally colluding to limit student financial aid packages. Dartmouth will pay $33.75 million, Northwestern $43.5 million, and Vanderbilt $55 million.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Financially struggling 2U, one of the largest online course providers, has warned of “substantial doubt” it can continue in business, creating uncertainty for the hundreds of colleges and universities that use its services. The warning, in a quarterly filing on Monday, added more tumult to the already-uncertain landscape for online program management firms, or OPMs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Dartmouth College and Northwestern and Vanderbilt Universities have become the latest institutions to settle a financial aid antitrust lawsuit that accused 17 institutions of illegally colluding to limit student financial aid packages. Dartmouth will pay $33.75 million, Northwestern $43.5 million, and Vanderbilt $55 million.

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College for Creative Study

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Join Design Core Detroit for the 2024 Detroit Month of Design , September 1 -30, 2024. Open Call for Detroit Month of Design is now live and the theme for 2024 is Creative Currents. Detroit Month of Design is a citywide collaboration of creativity that gathers designers, consumers, residents and the greater community to celebrate Detroit’s role as a national and global design capital.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Board of Trustees at Eastern Gateway Community College in Ohio announced Wednesday that registration and enrollment will be paused for terms beyond the current spring semester due to ongoing financial struggles, according to Ideastream Public Media

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Register now for the live airing Date & Time: Tuesday, March 19 at 12 pm ET Payments compliance in higher education is a complex issue that – if ignored – can threaten the financial stability of colleges and universities. As payments technology and payment methods evolve, the payments industry regularly updates operational standards and regulations to help protect payers and merchants from security risks and fraud.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

PEN America, a free speech advocacy organization, is calling on Catholic University of America to reverse its decision to fire a lecturer after a guest speaker discussed abortion in her class.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Who knew a conversation over Starbucks would be one of the reasons a high school student would choose to attend PUC? Anna Maria Ramos Marin was a sophomore at her high school in Oregon when a PUC academic advisor asked her to meet over Starbucks to discuss the college.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The University of Michigan said Thursday it has formalized how it will handle test scores during the admissions process with a test optional policy after a similar policy begun during the pandemic led to a more diverse campus. UM’s move comes as the Ann Arbor university has worked to diversify its campus after Michigan voters in 2006 banned the consideration of race in college admissions and government hiring.

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Study and Go Abroad

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Popular terms you’ll want to explore when applying for awards, scholarships, and bursaries. There are many scholarships out there , and nearly as many scholarship administrators. Sometimes it feels like they’re all looking for something different! Knowing what to include in your application so you stand out is key. Why keywords? Applying for a scholarship is like applying for a job.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

More than half of Americans who earned college diplomas find themselves working in jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree or utilize the skills acquired in obtaining one. What’s worse, they can get stuck there for the entirety of their careers. If a graduate’s first job is in a low-paying field or out-of-line with a worker’s interests, it could pigeonhole them into an undesirable role or industry that’s hard to escape, according to a new study from The

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

My father, Phillip Williams, who has died aged 97, was one of the first educational psychologists, guided by a strong belief in equal opportunity. Phill joined the education department at the University of Wales (Swansea) in the 1960s, and moved in the early 70s to the Open University, where he became dean of education. He took a sabbatical year in 1974, visiting India, Iran and Columbia for the British Council, mainly giving talks on the development of the Open University, and was then part of

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University Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Register Now Date & Time: Tuesday, April 2 at 2 pm ET Aging buildings and systems, deferred maintenance, and obsolete energy infrastructures are common challenges in higher ed, while rising energy costs and demand for greener operations are putting pressure on college and university leaders to improve energy efficiency, adopt renewable energy sources, and reduce carbon emissions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Mississippi University for Women’s Rebrand Redux Rejected, Paused jessica.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Ohio State President Ted Carter attended 58 public engagements across campus, Ohio and the country in January alone. Carter touted the State of Ohio Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) study , a statewide look into the root causes of mental illness and addiction. Highlighting the groundbreaking of the Multispecies Animal Learning Center at OSU’s Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory, Carter noted that, like his last home in Nebraska where he was president of that state̵

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Barret Michalec, associate professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation at Arizona State University, explains why humility could be key to the future of health care.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education In the tapestry of American history, the threads of courage and resilience are woven by extraordinary individuals. This article features three such individuals: Joan Anderson, Cheryl Brown Henderson, and John Stokes. Each person has a unique story to tell about their experiences with segregation and their fight for educational justice.

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Study and Go Abroad

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

There are similarities and differences in these English language tests. Which is right for you? If you’d like to study in Canada as an international student, and you don’t come from a predominantly English-speaking country, chances are you’ll have to write an English language proficiency test. Two of the most popular around the world are IELTS and TOEFL.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Co-creator of an Open University course that had a profound effect on the study of design history in Britain Charlotte Benton, who has died of a heart attack aged 80, was one of a handful of pioneers who helped shape design history as a discrete discipline in the 1970s and 80s, initially in collaboration with her husband, Tim. From 1972 the Bentons worked together on the first art history course for the recently founded Open University.

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