Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II has been appointed founding director of Yale Divinity School’s (YDS) new Center for Public Theology and Public Policy. He will also serve as professor in the practice of public theology and public policy. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Barber – a moral movement leader with experience of 30 years of pastoral ministry and in multiple public leadership roles – led the Moral Mondays protests and movement in North Carolina; established Repairers of the Breach to t

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Category: Carpe Careers When mental health topics are taboo, grad students suffer in silence, write Christiann Gaines and Rebekah Layton, who explore ways the academic community can support trainees. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Mental Health Show on Jobs site: Image Source: CreativeDesignArt/digitalvision vectors/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Christiann Gaines Rebekah Layton Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced the 2023 recipients of its annual K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. The award recognizes graduate students demonstrating exemplary promise as future higher education leaders and committed to academic innovation in equity, community engagement, and teaching and learning.

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Robert Kelchen

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It’s definitely the holiday season here at Kelchen on Education HQ (my home office in beautiful east Tennessee). My Christmas tree is brightly lit and I’m certainly enjoying my share of homemade cookies right now. But as a researcher, I got an early gift this week when the U.S. Department of Education released the latest round of data for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS ).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Furman University and 14 other institutions have collectively been awarded $8.625 million to improve inclusion for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The 15 schools make up one cohort – of seven – that is part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s (HHMI) $60 million Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) initiative, which asks schools to substantially and sustainably capacity-build towards student belonging, especially for those historically excluded from the sciences

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Image: Another year has come and gone, and colleges and universities are once again sending holiday greetings to students, alumni and other members of their community. From comedic sketches to parody songs to heartfelt ruminations on the past year, each video offers a glimpse into its institution's campus and community. Here are a few of Inside Higher Ed 's favorites in no particular order. #1 -- James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

NBA star Chris Paul has graduated from Winston-Salem State University and is helping give career advancement and financial literacy opportunities to his fellow graduating classmates. Chris Paul The gift – through Greenwood , a digital banking platform for Black and Latino individuals and businesses, and the Chris Paul Family Foundation – will give each graduate a one-year Greenwood Elevate membership and a Greenwood account with a $100 deposit, a total value of $2,500 per person.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Eric Buckles Eric Buckles has been named interim associate provost for the Division of Academic Affairs at Dillard University in New Orleans. Buckles holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Alcorn State University in Mississippi and a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from Meharry Medical College in Nashville.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

by Finley Lawson. I have been using a design-based implementation approach to co-creating educational research since 2019 at Canterbury Christ Church University, where a cross-institutional team of teachers, researchers, and school senior leaders grapples with where and how to provide opportunities for students to become ‘epistemically insightful’ (equipped with an understanding of the nature of knowledge within disciplines and across disciplinary boundaries).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Image: When New York University announced last month that it would suspend admissions to its undergraduate music education program, students were shocked. They weren't worried about whether they would still be able to graduate; the email sent Nov. 1 by Marilyn Nonken, who chairs the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, which includes music education, specified that the pause would not affect current students' ability to complete their studies.

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Higher Education Whisperer

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Tom Worthington at ANU Coffee Grounds Cafe. Photo by Tom Worthington CC-BY 2022Greetings from the Coffee Grounds Cafe, at the Australian National University. in Canberra. I just met with a PhD student who is researching an ancient dead language, and working on a commercial spinoff, while employed part time by the government. Someone who talks to university donors happened past with a project.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Chronic pain takes over your life. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of New England Week, Ling Cao examines the fight for relief. Cao is a professor of immunology at UNE. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 12-19-22 UNE - Models for Discovering Methods to Reduce Chronic Pain.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

This post is one in a five part series on securing a summer internship in college housing and residence life through the ACUHO-I’s Housing Internship Program. It is written from the perspective of a former ACUHO-I Intern. The series will walk you through the process from beginning to end providing tips and tricks along the.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Image: The season of accreditation swapping appears to be upon us. Days after it became evident that Florida's public universities are considering leaving the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges in response to a change in state law, the University of Arizona revealed that it was seeking accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission, which currently accredits the University of Arizona Global Campus, the online university that Arizona

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Proctor Academy

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Recognizing the power of art on a community’s understanding of itself and its members, Proctor Academy’s Visual Arts Department, under the leadership of Interim Chair and Art Curator Molly Leith, continues to curate exhibits on campus of local artists. Read more about the latest exhibits on display on Proctor’s campus.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A federal arbiter decided that Youngstown State University must welcome back, immediately and with back pay, two professors of music it quickly retrenched last academic year. The arbiter, Jay Nadelbach, found that Youngstown State violated a provision of the faculty union contract on retrenchment procedures and that the two faculty grievants should be "made whole.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A fledgling Texas newspaper is claiming credit for a change in policy by the Texas State University System regarding penalties for students found to have illegally possessed, used, sold or distributed drugs, including marijuana. The year-old Caldwell/Hays Examiner sued the higher education institution in San Marcos to find out the race of students suspended and expelled due to marijuana infractions.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The early scenes in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis —that show the future king of rock ’n’ roll entering a Black gospel revival or interacting with B. B. King and Little Richard—might come as a surprise to many undergraduates. After all, rock today is an overwhelmingly white (and male) genre, separate and apart from Black music.

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College for Creative Study

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The post Foundation Adjunct Faculty Alan Kaniarz featured on A Craftsman’s Legacy on PBS appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Faculty groups are calling for the removal of Chancellor Thomas L. Keon of Purdue University Northwest for mocking Asian languages during a commencement speech. Keon has apologized for the "confusion, pain, and anger" caused by his remarks. But the executive committee of the Faculty Senate and the campus branch of the American Association of University Professor said the apology wasn't enough.

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Study and Go Abroad

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Setting a New Year’s resolution is traditional! Following through with it? Less so. Let’s change that for 2023! New Year’s Eve is right around the corner, and that means it’s just about time to gather with friends and family, sip champagne (if you’re old enough!), and reflect on the past year. Of course, New Year’s also means resolutions — those pesky promises we make to ourselves before promptly forgetting about them.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A new report from the National Postdoctoral Association, based on a fall survey of 366 postdocs, says that "widespread shortcomings in fundamental components of the postdoc position are causing significant negative effects on the professional and/or personal lives of postdocs." Postdocs said that they were most negatively affected by their salary (95 percent of respondents), lack of clarity of pathway to next position (90 percent), unclear definition of their time as a postdoc (87 perc

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Study and Go Abroad

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Emilia Pantigoso was a participant on Outward Bound Costa Rica ’s Residential Gap Semester program in fall 2021. After the course she remained in Costa Rica, taking Spanish classes in San José and later participated in an engineering internship at the National University of Technology (TEC) in Cartago. She began studying biomedical engineering at Brown University in Rhode Island this fall.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Birmingham-Southern College, which lost millions of dollars after finding that it made financial aid errors in 2010, is in danger of closing in 2023, AL.com reported. Lawmakers said the private college may close if it doesn't get a government bailout. "Birmingham-Southern has been operating in financial distress for over a decade. Without support, it will not be able to continue to operate after May 2023," said a letter from legislators.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Blogs. What we learned about the future of student success from 1,200 success leaders. Lessons from CONNECTED22. CONNECTED is my favorite time of year in the Student Success Collaborative , and this year did not disappoint! I came away feeling energized and with a renewed focus. 1,200 student success leaders convened in Orlando, Florida in November for three days of research presentations, workshops, and spirited networking.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The U.S. Education Department is updating the list of federal education assistance funds that proprietary institutions have to include in their calculations of federal revenue. By law, for-profit colleges and universities have to bring in 10 percent of their revenue from non-federal sources. Initially, federal money from the GI Bill and Department of Defense were not considered a federal source until Congress changed the law in March 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Name: Jonathan Cannon. Course: 9. Life before MIT. Before starting his postdoc in neuroscience at MIT, Jon performed postdoctoral research on homeostatic feedback mechanisms at Brandeis. He then moved on to teach math and science classes at Jamaica Plain. Although he enjoyed teaching, he missed the thrill of academic rigor and wanted to study rhythm in the brain.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A student was arrested in a class at Winston-Salem State University after a conflict with a faculty member. The arrest, which was videotaped and shared on social media, has prompted much criticism of the university. The Winston-Salem Journal said Chancellor Elwood L. Robinson issued a statement in which he said he understands the situation "has caused a great deal of trauma to those involved and our campus community at large.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A private Alabama college is seeking a $37.5 million government bailout after years of deficits and declining enrollment, with state legislators warning that Birmngham-Southern College may close within months without the money. The 1,000-student institution in Birmingham released a statement Saturday calling the request part of a plan “to put the college on a sound financial footing for the long term.” Jefferson County state lawmakers are scheduled to discuss the proposal on Monday, AL.com

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Holy Names University , a 154-year-old institution in Oakland, Calif., announced on Monday that it will close after the spring semester. The university “has struggled to remain open as it faced rising operational costs, declining enrollment, and an increased need for institutional aid. Both COVID-19 and an economic downturn disproportionately impacted HNU students,” the university said in a statement.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A recent government report suggested cutting enrollment and enforcing higher entry standards to certain fields of study. These programs too often lead to “poor outcomes, including poor retention, poor graduate employability, and poor long-term earnings potential,” the authors said. While the government in question was that of the United Kingdom, and while the authors didn’t name names, that sentiment echoes loudly across the Atlantic.

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Ray Schroeder

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A federal judge rejected Grand Canyon University’s bid to reverse the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to consider the institution a for-profit under Title IV, the law governing federal student aid. In 2019, the Education Department determined Grand Canyon University is a for-profit college, citing a contract that gives a sizable portion of the institution’s revenue to its former owner.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The University of California (UC) and graduate student workers have reached a tentative agreement to increase pay and benefits that could end a weeks-long strike. UC said in a release on Friday that it reached a deal with the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) on contracts for academic student employees and graduate student researchers.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Nick Swayne didn’t say anything when the board of North Idaho College recently placed him on leave as president. The move came after he questioned board actions at a recent meeting. During that meeting, the president raised concerns that trustees had violated open meeting and procurement laws by introducing unannounced resolutions and abruptly hiring a new college attorney without a formal interview or application process.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Although the world of higher education achieved some policy victories this year, its grandest ambitions were frustrated, according to a public policy year-in-review panel hosted Monday by the American Council on Education (ACE). Perhaps the most significant public policy moment for colleges and universities this year was the failure of President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) legislation, after the administration and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin could not at arrive at a deal.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of New England Week: Ling Cao, professor of immunology, examines ways to fight chronic pain. 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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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Blogs. How thematic major clusters, major maps, and faculty mentorship elevate the student experience. Today’s students face more difficulties succeeding in their academic experience than those that came before them. The last two years of the pandemic impacted students’ academic success and their transition to a residential campus setting. Further, low retention and graduation rates continue to affect overall student success and disproportionately impact vulnerable student groups (e.g., BIPOC an

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