Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Temple University acting President JoAnne Epps died Tuesday afternoon after collapsing onstage at the Temple Performing Arts Center. JoAnne Epps “It is with deep heartbreak that we write to inform you that Temple University Acting President JoAnne A. Epps suddenly passed away this afternoon,” Temple said in a statement. At an event honoring the late Charles L.
EAB
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Podcast Could Your Students Benefit from “One Front Door” Onboarding? Episode 166. September 19, 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.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year. In all of the recent fundraising trainings I provide, I posit that HBCUs are literally “leaving money on the table” due to the lack of attention paid to cultivating indivi
University Business
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Since CUPA-HR began tracking employee turnover in 2017-18, this year’s Higher Education Employee Retention Survey (ERS ) shows that the higher education retention rate isn’t improving. Turnover has increased by 7% for full-time, exempt staff and 6% for non-exempt staff across three academic years, now totaling 14.3% and 15.2%, respectively.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Reading stories about diverse characters has benefits for all students. Students of color perform better when they see themselves accurately represented, and white students learn about the world as it really is—a complex multi-cultural place. A new report from the Education Trust, however, shows that those stories are few and far between. Although there have been improvements in character representation in recent years, the literary world that students experience is still predominantly white.
Higher Education Whisperer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
ANU Multimedia StudioGreeting from the soft launch of the Australian National University's new central multimedia studio. Grazia Scotellaro, Senior Educator for College of Arts and Social Sciences, argues that we need to provide opportunities for students to create content in new ways, so they don't just fall back on generative AI, such as Chat GPT.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Dr. Cady Short-Thompson will become president of Northern Kentucky University (NKU). Dr. Cady Short-Thompson Short-Thompson is currently CEO and executive director of educational equity at the nonprofit Breakthrough Cincinnati. She previously served as provost at Hope College and dean at Cincinnati Blue Ash College. This appointment marks a return to NKU for Short-Thompson.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
E. Cheryl Ponder E. Cheryl Ponder has been named assistant vice chancellor for advocacy, inclusion, and support programs in the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from Dillard University in New Orleans, an MBA from Clark Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Oklahoma.
The Guardian Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
In today’s newsletter: Black professors make up less than 1% of science academics – will a new Royal Society scheme address the imbalance? • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First Edition Officially there are no black chemistry or physics professors in the UK, which many scientists say is all the data needed to conclude that UK science is institutionally racist.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Student affairs leader Quamina Carter did not take a traditional route to higher education. For a decade prior to coming to Claremont Graduate University (CGU), she worked as a clinical therapist in DePauw University’s counseling center. There, she had opportunities to work with the school’s student affairs division and began to learn that she was “sort of good at that side of the camp,” she says.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Offering courses on subjects ranging from chemistry to linguistics, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences encompasses 37 academic departments. And budgets can vary among those departments, says Dan Wood, associate director for user services in the college’s Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts & Sciences (ATLAS) support unit.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Register Now Date & Time: Wednesday, October 18 at 2 pm ET An increasing number of higher education institutions have decided to implement private cloud IT infrastructures. For many applications, private clouds enable better user experiences for faculty, staff and students, with higher security and data privacy and lower cost than public clouds.
Ray Schroeder
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
With rising costs of housing, costs for food, budget shortfalls and COVID aid in the rearview mirror, the time has come for educational institutions to start looking for new ways to finance their operations. And no matter how predictable, it’s surprising to see that this time it’s the California State University system ready to ask students to pay up.
PUC
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
As a student, you are always on the go. From going to classes, meetings, after school activities- some days you have to bring everything with you because you won’t have time to go back home or to your dorm room.
Ray Schroeder
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
“Since my arrival at West Virginia University, I have spoken consistently about three critical missions we must address as a university community. One, we would put our students first. Two, we would be a fiercely land-grant university. And three, we would act as One WVU. I also emphasized we would focus within our four pillars of Education, Healthcare, Prosperity and Purpose.
College Forward
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
David Morales joined the College Possible AmeriCorps team for the 2023-24 program year, where he’ll be serving juniors at Gresham High School. A graduate of Sacramento State University, David is the first in his family to attend or graduate from college. Read more to learn what drew him to College Possible and why service is so important to him. What sparked your interest in College Possible and AmeriCorps service?
The Humphrey Group
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
In this episode, Bart welcomes Mike McDonald, Founder of the charity Recess Guardians and CEO of Activ8, a new play-based educational company helping kids and adults move and learn. Mike shares his experiences creating a school-based leadership charity that empowers youth to lead and teach younger kids, He explains why kids embrace leadership opportunities, different styles of leadership, how to use play to create engagement, and how what he learned inspired him to launch Activ8.
NACADA
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
As a graduate student, I heard it was important to participate in a professional association; however, I was unsure of why and how to do so. I wasn’t a NACADA member my first several years in advising. I thought it was sufficient to learn about NACADA resources from a supervisor with a membership. I didn’t realize I was missing out on the personalized experience of membership.
CAPD
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Don’t let peer pressure or heightened expectations make you stress about finding a great summer experience. Here are some answers to your frequently asked questions. If you need additional support, schedule an appointment with CAPD today! How important is it for me to have an internship my first summer? An internship is one of many options that first years consider for their first summer, but it is not the only option out there.
Via's
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
“With the right passion, anything is possible” Passion, possibility, and collaberations were the recurring themes from Via’s 2023 In-Real-Life Meet-Up in Michigan. It was a gathering where a supportive group of talented and passionate individuals came together, focusing on forging a brighter future for the international education industry. Here are our highlights from this energizing time spent together.
CAPD
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Looking for a short-term project or internship over IAP? Consider a micro-internship! Build skills, connect with employers and explore a career path. Check out these micro-internships: Micro-Intern – Technology Transfer Policy Analyst @ U.S. Department of Energy Micro-intern: Climate Engineering and Sustainability @ Transsolar Inc. Micro-Intern: Aerospace Engineer @ Princeton Satellite Systems IAP Internship: Data Scientist @ AI Engineering and Research Lab, Nasdaq Micro-Intern: Motion Cap
University Business
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
A recent article in The New York Times documented the story of Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum, a first-year student at Yale who committed suicide in 2021. According to her family, Shaw-Rosenbaum knew she had mental health issues, but feared revealing them to the university because of its policy that students who are suicidal may not remain on campus. And if they leave, they must reapply to the school, writing an essay and submitting letters of recommendation.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
For community college students, the path towards a degree has been compared to a shapeless river: unending, with no current pushing them forward. Confronted with a vast array of options, students get lost, failing to take classes that build towards a clear goal. Frustration builds, and many wind up dropping out, having invested precious funds into their education, but with nothing to show for it.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Michigan State University has told Mel Tucker it intends to fire him as head football coach for cause as soon as Sept. 26, the latest development in what is a swift and stunning fall from grace for a man who signed a 10-year, $95 million contract extension less than two years ago. The university initially suspended Tucker, 51, without pay Sept. 10 , pending the results of a Title IX investigation and Office for Civil Rights case over allegations of sexual misconduct.
The Change Leader, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
19 September · Episode 173 Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI 37 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton What does your institution need to improve to ensure you are providing the best ROI for students and in turn, financial stability for your institution? One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
With standardized testing losing steam and affirmative action ending, admission officers have to adapt new critical frameworks to study potential students’ fit at a given institution. Enter “holistic admission” or “holistic review,” higher education’s biggest buzz phrase in this next application cycle. More than 90% of institutions claim to review student applications holistically, but the exact formula is hard to nail down from one institution to another.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
The secretaries of education and agriculture sent a joint letter to the governors of 16 states Monday, urging them to make up for decades of underfunding of their land-grant HBCUs. According to the Second Morill Act of 1890, states that opened a Black land-grant school were required to fund it equitably compared to their pre-existing land-grant schools.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
Chicago State University finds itself at the center of a political dispute involving the newly elected president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu’s political rival, Atiku Abubakar, claims that documents showing that Tinubu graduated from Chicago State in 1979 are not authentic, and that is grounds to nullify Tinubu’s election victory earlier this year.
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