Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
“If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” That quote from Jack Welch, American business executive and writer, has stuck with Dr. Juan Alexander, associate vice president for enrollment management at Norfolk State University (NSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Virginia. Dr.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Image: Isaac Newton wrote to fellow scientist Robert Hooke in a 1675, saying, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Centuries later, it remains generally understood that innovation builds on past science. So in this era of unprecedented research volume , breakthroughs should be increasingly common, right?
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. Pamela Everhart The money – from Fidelity Investments – will go towards launching the Fidelity Scholars Program, which will have renewable, need-based scholarships and wrap-around support services. The gift comes as part of Fidelity’s $250-million initiative to support education access and economic mobility for up to 50,000 underrepresented African American/Black,
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A recent article in The New York Times , “Does the Meaning of a Song Change Depending on Who Wrote It?,” by Esau McCaulley, an assistant professor of the New Testament at Wheaton College, addresses an issue that has become extraordinarily controversial: cultural appropriation. Professor McCaulley was “was startled to discover that “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” the spiritual I’d loved as a child was not written by an African American during sl
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
Why aren’t there more Black male teachers? I recently attended a forum where this question was posed. I contend that a lack of intergenerational wealth transfers due to the historic exclusion of Blacks from many wealth building opportunities is a primary reason why there aren’t more Black male teachers. This along with the societal expectations of men needing to be the “breadwinners” for families deter many men from desiring to go into areas where there is a perceived lack of bread to win.
eLiterate
JANUARY 17, 2023
As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. This one will be listed under the “ changing enrollment ” tag. Just before Christmas, The New York Times published an ostensibly feel-good story about a Syrian refugee who built a massively successful chocolate business in Canada.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
Oakton Community College has changed its name to Oakton College. The school also presented a new logo and visual identity focused on diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI). Oakton’s Board of Trustees approved the transition in August 2021. The school will remain a community college and offer associate degrees, certificates, and adult and continuing education programs, including the State of Illinois High School Diploma and English as a Second Language programs.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
Dr. Katharine Shepherd has been named dean of The University of Vermont’s (UVM) College of Education and Social Services. Dr. Katharine Shepherd Shepherd is currently the Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor of Education. She also served as interim dean of the education college since July 2021. Having been at UVM for 36 years, she also held roles such as s pecial education program coordinator, vice chair of the Department of Education, interim associate dean for academic affairs and research,
University Business
JANUARY 17, 2023
Although institutions are faster to adopt technology today than ever before, the driving force of adoption in recent years was survival. As universities enter a fundamentally different era of competition, the future will belong to institutions that bring strategy and intentionality to digital transformation and use it to enable better student experiences and outcomes.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 17, 2023
Ann-Marie Knoblauch Ann-Marie Knoblauch has been named director of the School of Visual Arts, part of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech. Knoblauch has bachelor’s degrees in history of art and classical civilization from New York University as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in classical and Near Eastern archaeology at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
David F. Labaree offers recommendations based on years of experience as a doctoral adviser, associate dean of students and teacher of courses aimed at first-year doctoral students. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Show on Jobs site: Image Source: rudi_suardi/E+/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?
The Change Leader, Inc.
JANUARY 17, 2023
Higher education institutions are facing numerous challenges as enrollment numbers continue to decline, forcing many campuses to drop majors, merge with other institutions or reset their tuition. Even larger public universities are beginning to act more like private institutions by price-matching the competition. To stay afloat, these schools are also looking to embrace nontraditional models like lifelong learning and are focusing on retaining students by outsourcing mental health services.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Image: When David Greene became president of Colby College in 2014, the city of Waterville, where the Maine institution is located, was struggling financially. Waterville’s manufacturing base, which was centered around paper and textile mills, was long gone, and no other industries had replaced them over the two decades since they shut down. The city’s economy had stagnated.
Roompact
JANUARY 17, 2023
The end of the semester comes at us like the down track on a rollercoaster. We’ve climbed and persisted up the track and hit some peaks this fall. As we gleefully enjoyed a winter break, it went by so quickly. Before we can fully catch a breath we’re ascending another climb into spring opening. As.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Faculty members at the University of Illinois at Chicago plan to strike today. The faculty union, UIC United Faculty, tweeted shortly after midnight: "@UICUF is On Strike! Fair minimum salaries. Salary increases that keep up with #inflation. Learning disability assessments for our students. Earlier notice of reappointment for NTT faculty. Due process for TT faculty.
Proctor Academy
JANUARY 17, 2023
During all three trimesters of the academic year since 1972, Proctor has operated an off-campus program in Spain. Rather than experiencing Spain through the transitory lens of a tourist, Proctor en Segovia students live with host families, immersed in the language and culture.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
During my seven years leading facilities operations at Butler University—a private liberal arts and professional institution in Indianapolis—I had the honor of working closely with the late Tom Weede. Tom, who served as our vice president of enrollment management from 2007 until 2014, recognized not only the importance of maintaining a beautiful campus year-round but, even more importantly, the importance of making a strong first impression with our visitors and potential students du
University Business
JANUARY 17, 2023
Heading into a new year, higher education institutions face a growing sense of urgency around college admissions. Application rates are up for many schools, but they come with matching low acceptance rates that often mean students aren’t making it to registration day—and overall enrollments continue to fall. . Significant obstacles stand between institutions and high enrollments, including increasing competition for students, shifting demographics in the student body, and changing expectations
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Graduate assistants at Northwestern University voted last week to form a union, 1,644 to 114. Some 2,893 assistants were eligible to vote. The new union is affiliated with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Kathleen Hagerty, provost, and Kelly Mayo, graduate school dean, said in a statement, “We thank the voters for casting ballots and respect their decision.
University Business
JANUARY 17, 2023
Higher education institutions are uniquely positioned to develop individuals who will improve society with their abilities to think critically and solve complex problems. And while their overarching missions vary, most institutions would agree a key role is to help prepare graduates for professional success by ensuring they have the essential competencies they need to flourish.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
A new report, released today, suggests using a customer service management system, or CRM, can help historically Black colleges and universities better serve students. The majority of companies with at least 10 employees use a CRM, a software system to manage communication with customers, but fewer than half of colleges and universities use one, according to the report.
University Business
JANUARY 17, 2023
It can be frustrating to dedicate time, money, and effort to career services in higher education and see headlines like “ Colleges get F for career prep ” go mainstream. . After all, this work with students is essential. More than half of college grads who received their degrees after 2009 indicate they visited their career services office at least once, and college graduates are almost twice as likely to be engaged at work if they had a mentor who encouraged them to pursue their goals and drea
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
A student at Indiana University at Bloomington was stabbed several times in the head last week while riding a local bus, NPR reported. The suspect, who is 56, told police she stabbed the victim because she was “Chinese,” adding that she “would be one less person to blow up our country,” according to an affidavit shared with NPR.
University Business
JANUARY 17, 2023
Many institutions approached online and digital learning with a slow burn that the pandemic pushed into overdrive. Practically overnight, institutions had to re-calibrate and move instruction online, with 75% of undergraduate students enrolled in at least one distance education course — a 97% year-over-year increase (11.8 million vs. 6.0 million students). .
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Media references can be a great way to break the ice in a conversation. In today’s Academic Minute, Syracuse University’s Sylvia Sierra explores why. Sierra is an assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 01-17-23 Syracuse - Media References in Everyday Conversation.
CAPD
JANUARY 17, 2023
Facilitating Effective Research (FER) is geared towards graduate students and post-docs mentoring undergraduate researchers, especially those new to mentoring and planning to mentor students this spring and/or summer. This 2 session workshop will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 25 and Thursday, Jan. 26, noon-1:30pm with lunch provided. Participants are expected to attend both days.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
A federal district court last week rejected a suit challenging the right of the Education Department to grant exemptions, as required by federal law, to some religious colleges from certain provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. A group of LGBTQ students and former students at religious colleges sued over the exemption. The students said they were expelled or otherwise discriminated against by the colleges.
Gray Associates
JANUARY 17, 2023
Explore the connection between academic programs and employment opportunities with this in-depth analysis of the crosswalk between degree and employment. Learn how to use this tool to align academic programs with the right employment opportunities and understand the limitations of commonly used data. This thought-provoking piece will challenge your perceptions and change the way you think about degrees, jobs, and wages.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. The Girl is home for a few more days before heading back to campus for the Spring semester. A couple of months ago, I agreed to give a virtual presentation to a college in another state. It was on a topic I hadn’t done before, so I accepted the invitation on the theory that a deadline would force me to discover what I think about it.
CAPD
JANUARY 17, 2023
MIT Values Workshop sponsored by MindHandHeart. January 25, 2023; 11:00am – 1:00pm. Vannevar Bush Room (10-105). What do Excellence and Curiosity; Openness and Respect; and Belonging and Community mean at MIT? What do they mean to you? MindHandHeart invites you to sit down with other members of the MIT community to explore the answers to those questions, and more, about the MIT Values Statement.
EAB
JANUARY 17, 2023
Podcast. How to Recruit and Serve Military Students. Episode 134. January 17, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes. EAB’s Lauren Edmonds and Natalie Ken discuss the programs, course modalities, and other educational preferences of active-duty military and veterans.
University Business
JANUARY 17, 2023
In 1964, hoping to erase its image as a privileged cloister for white rich families, Wesleyan University contacted 400 Black high school students from around the country to persuade them to apply. The outreach led to the enrollment of what became known as Wesleyan’s “vanguard” class — one Latino and 13 Black students — which helped establish the university’s commitment to diversity.
EAB
JANUARY 17, 2023
Blogs. Why growing demand doesn’t guarantee success for cybersecurity programs. Cyberattacks and data breaches skyrocketed over the past two years— up 68% from 2020 to 2021 and another 14% from 2021 to 2022. Even top companies like Microsoft and Accenture remain vulnerable to attack. So, it should come as no surprise that national demand for cybersecurity master’s graduates has risen in response and is expected to grow across the coming decade.
Ray Schroeder
JANUARY 17, 2023
A conservative state legislator in Texas is seeking to ban public colleges from funding campus offices of diversity, equity and inclusion. State Rep. Carl Tepper recently introduced a bill that would only allow college departments to promote diversity if they were doing so to uphold equal protection laws under the 14th Amendment.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
Today on the Academic Minute : Sylvia Sierra, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, examines why media references can be a great way to break the ice in a conversation. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. And if you missed Monday’s episode about new therapies that can help restore the body’s natural tumor-suppressing powers, please listen here.
Ray Schroeder
JANUARY 17, 2023
Over the last few years, businesses have grappled with decisions such as offering permanent remote work, creating hybrid work models or requiring employees to return to the office. Businesses have also faced the impact of quiet quitting and the Great Resignation, which have made them think more deeply about hiring policies, employee benefits and retention rates.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 17, 2023
A new report from the National Humanities Alliance, based in part on a national survey of colleges and universities, finds that training in the public humanities is a relatively new offering but a growing one. Some 72 percent of 156 responding institutions said they offered a public humanities course, degree or credential for students. While the goals of public humanities training programs vary, the report says, the programs tend to share four interrelated goals: offering students the opportunit
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