Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

JUNE 11, 2023

The vernacular definition of plagiarism is often “passing off someone else’s work as your own” or more fully, in the University of Oxford maternal guidance, “Presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.” This later definition works better in the current climate in which generative AI assistants are being rolled out across many word-processing tools.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

Students in a new survey cite concerns about academic preparation, mental health and affordability. Many say college isn’t worth it. One in five high school students who say they won’t enroll in college cite their doubts about the value of college, up from 8 percent in 2019. This is a finding in a new report from EAB. The report summarizes the results of a new survey of more than 20,000 high school students—those whose college-going behaviors have been influenced by the pandemic.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 11, 2023

Having bought a small, for-profit career-focused school with campuses in Ohio and West Virginia, a private Franciscan college in New York will double their online programs in fields such as cybersecurity and business. The deal will double the number of online programs for both schools, which will continue to operate independently while forging "vertical pathways" for students to build their educations in fields such as health care, business and cybersecurity.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

Its move could encourage other colleges to do the same. Three have acted this year. Columbia University is dropping out of the undergraduate rankings of U.S. News & World Report. The university’s law and medical schools earlier announced that they would not participate, but the undergraduate rankings get more attention. A statement noted that much of the information conveyed in the rankings may be found in the university’s Common Data Sets, which the university just released for this year.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 11, 2023

University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman issued this statement today: “We appreciate the action the legislature’s budget-writing committee took today to approve several facilities for the UW System. However, for Wisconsin to compete and prosper, we must invest in high-demand programs at all our universities. UW-Madison’s engineering building is our top priority for a reason.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

The University of Connecticut has expelled “several” students who were arrested for vandalism after the university won a men’s basketball championship game in April, Sports Illustrated reported.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

A survey of students by Edelman found that they trust professors more than their presidents or DEI officers “when it comes to responding to systemic racism and racial injustice in this country.” Sixty-three percent said they trusted professors, 52 percent trust their DEI officers and 50 percent trust the president. In addition, among the public, colleges and universities are trusted more than other groups “to do what is right when it comes to responding to systemic racism and racial injustice in

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

Paul Gore, who has served as Bellarmine University’s vice president for academic affairs and provost since 2019, is leaving his post, Bellarmine president Susan Donovan told faculty and staff in a message Thursday,

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Faculty 57

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

Hopeful signs for community colleges. When community colleges are called “comprehensive,” it isn’t because they do (or try to do) everything. It’s because their missions encompass both a transfer function and a workforce function. The national higher ed discourse is dominated by elite institutions, so it tends to focus on the transfer function when it notices community colleges at all.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

Public is skeptical of affirmative action, poll suggests; tough choices on the federal budget; UNC medical school and diversity; defining liberal education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Cailyn Green, assistant professor of addiction studies at SUNY Empire State College, examines the health effects of teen substance use.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

The following colleges have announced new programs:

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Education 60