Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I recently went on a cruise to some destinations in the Caribbean and as is customary I entered my credit card information for additional expenses that may be incurred on the voyage. There were packages on the cruise that I knowingly purchased and anticipated being charged for. Halfway through the cruise, I glanced at the “account” section of the cruise line’s app and noticed that there was an amount that I wasn’t expecting that was being charged every day that was called “onboard gratuities”.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Gaming is for everyone, no matter your background, where you come from, or what major you study. And at the University of Montana, that’s what sets the foundation for their esports program, Grizzly Esports. There are currently around 300 members enrolled in the program, and nearly 100 of them play competitively by choice, according to Michael Cassens, assistant professor of gaming and interactive media and director of UM Esports.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Graduate school first-time enrollment has gone up between Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, according to a new report. Dr. Enyu Zhou The Graduate Enrollment and Degrees (GE&D) report – released by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) – showed that, between Fall 2020 to Fall 2021, first-time enrollment rose by 8.9%. According to the report, first-time enrollment in this context refers to the number of students enrolled for the first time in graduate certificate, education specialist, master’s, or doc

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Higher Education Whisperer

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

At the the Pacific Security Cooperation Workshop hosted at ANU in Canberra, the issue of China looking for military bases on Pacific islands is being discussed on day two of the program. One point was that these can be dual use facilities, which have an overtly civilian role. Examples are docks and airfields for civilian use, but which also can have a military role.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Scott Vignos will become Oregon State University’s vice president and chief diversity officer, effective immediately. Scott Vignos Since September 2021, Vignos has been interim vice president and chief diversity officer, and this appointment solidifies his role there. Other roles he has served in include assistant vice president for strategic diversity initiatives in the Office of Institutional Diversity; director of strategic diversity initiatives; and special assistant in Oregon State’s former

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PUC

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Bible is filled with verses about gratitude to remind you to fill your hearts with thanks, not just on Thanksgiving Day but throughout the year. With Thanksgiving break soon upon us, we wanted to share 10 heartwarming verses to express our thankfulness to God.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Tuskegee and Auburn Universities have agreed to collaborate on partnership expansion between the schools and community outreach. Auburn President Dr. Christopher B. Roberts and Tuskegee President Dr. Charlotte P. Morris The two schools announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), this one being a commitment to share resources to address racial and health disparities – such as lack of health care access – in Alabama communities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a proposed consent decree in federal court to resolve allegations that University of California, Berkeley, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The allegations of violating Title II of the ADA stem from how much of the school’s free online content is inaccessible to those with hearing, vision, and manual disabilities.

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Symplicity

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s never a bad idea for recruiters to venture out of their comfort zones and find new ways to engage with early talent. With the tail end of the recruiting season just around the corner, recruiters are pouring over resumes, searching databases, and sourcing candidates as quickly as possible to fill available spots for summer internships and entry-level openings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Washington State University’s historic College Hill home in Pullman will be renamed in honor of Ida Lou Anderson, one of WSU’s first female faculty. Ida Lou Anderson Dr. Elizabeth Chilton, inaugural chancellor of the Pullman campus, moved in earlier this year and began searching for a new namesake for the house, which has served as the WSU president’s residence for a century.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

USA TODAY asked more than 100 of the nation’s top public universities for data showing how they handled sexual misconduct complaints under the landmark federal law known as Title IX. Six of those schools refused to provide it. They shared no information about the number of sexual misconduct complaints they investigated, how many students they found responsible or what types of sanctions they issued to those students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Dr. Charles Lepper has been named president of Grand Rapids Community College, WOODTV reported. His start date is yet to be set. Dr. Charles Lepper Lepper is vice president for student affairs and enrollment at Salt Lake City Community College. He has held other administrative positions at Tidewater Community College and Ivy Tech Community College. “Dr.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

More than half of the 14 top-ranked law schools in the United States have said over the past six days that they will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report’s influential rankings, including those at Yale, Harvard and Stanford universities. But that is just one of several changes set to reshape law school admissions in the coming years, in what legal educators are calling an unprecedented moment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Kristie L. Kenney Kristie L. Kenney has been named senior vice president for institutional advancement, strategic initiatives, and communications at Talladega College in Alabama. She holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business from Tennessee State University, a master’s in higher education administration and leadership from Purdue University Global, and a Ph.D. in urban higher education from Jackson State University.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Dear Benedict, Every October, you open your gates and welcome your children home. Friends and alumni sprinkle photos and stories on social media, reminiscing on the days we walked your yard while making travel arrangements on work computers to sit in our favorite hangout spots one more time. I never told you this, but if it were not for someone on your admissions team taking a chance on me — a young woman from Bed-Stuy Brooklyn with terrible grades, low SAT scores and big dreams of becoming a re

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Ritu Raju Ritu Raju has been named president of Wisconsin’s Gateway Technical College. Raju earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston Downtown, a master’s in English from Sam Houston State University, and a doctorate in technical communication and rhetoric from Texas Tech University.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Expert Insight. How flashpoint response impacts faculty well-being. Across the last few years, flashpoints have become commonplace at colleges and universities. In our current landscape—characterized by heightened emotional states , polarized political environments, and perceptions among some faculty that administration may not always have their best interest in mind—academic leaders are spending more time grappling with and addressing these incidents.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Legislation to include step-children under the umbrella of “dependent” has been introduced for the 2023 Arkansas Legislative Session, ABC7 reported. This would affect whether the stepchildren of certain veterans can get prioritized academic financial aid. Sen. Jane English Per current law, dependents of veterans who are disabled, prisoners of war, or missing, or killed in action are eligible for prioritized academic financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As access to higher education improves, the traditional path—four years at a single institution, culminating in a bachelor’s degree—is becoming less and less the norm. Students, including those with work or care-giving responsibilities, are getting credits in a plethora of ways, including dual enrollment, prior learning assessments, and military and corporate training.

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