Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Terah J. Stewart, Roshaunda L. Breeden, Joan N. Collier, Meg E. Evans, Daniel J. Scanlon, Rachel L. Wagner, Erin R. Weston In the classic fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears readers are introduced to a little girl who happens upon a cottage in the forest where she boldly invites herself inside to explore. While there is much to learn and critique from the themes of her story, the part that is most striking to our author team is the intentional focus on space and fit.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Category: Carpe Careers Sonali Majumdar outlines how grad students and postdocs can apply the same qualities they do in their research to unlock possibilities in their professional lives. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Postdocs Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Erhui1979/digitalvision vectors/getty iamges Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Chanelle Whittaker has been appointed vice president for equity, culture, and talent at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) located in Maryland. Chanelle Whittaker “I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of the Prince George's Community College family,” Whittaker said. “My entire life has been steeped in education, and I've seen firsthand the ability the community college system has to transform the trajectory of one's life.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma In his autobiography, Mark Twain describes how he received word, out of the blue, that his favorite daughter had died. “I was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, when a cablegram was put into my hand. It said, ‘Susy was peacefully released today.’” The great humorist later wrote: “It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In the wake of turmoil, Coe College addressed matters head on and made meaningful change. Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has consistently performed well across all four Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation (DOIT) institutional pillars. A year ago, Coe was the only college or university to earn B or above on all four pillars. But during the 2021-22 academic year concerns about diversity in leadership surfaced.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Among the more than 800 higher ed respondents to an EDUCAUSE QuickPoll, 54 percent are optimistic or very optimistic about generative AI, according to a report released earlier this month. The wide-ranging survey also queried higher ed IT leaders and administrators on the potential uses — and abuses — of the latest text-generating GPT 3 tools and looked at what colleges and universities have done in the first few months since the world got a glimpse of OpenAI's ChatGPT and fretted over its poten

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Stillman College has received $2.7 million to improve its internet access and performance through fiber optic infrastructure upgrades. The money comes from The National Telecommunications and Information Administration as part of the a $268-million Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program , aimed at historically Black colleges and minority serving institutions (MSIs) to install broadband internet access service and train IT personnel.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Jarvis Christian University President and CEO Dr. Lester C. Newman will retire in June. Dr. Lester C. Newman Newman has served for 47 years in higher education and for the past11 years has helmed Jarvis. A successor is expected to be named before Jul. 1. “Some of you have heard rumors. Some of you have probably had bets,” Newman said. “But there comes a time when a leader knows it is time to step aside.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Most people don’t get accreditation. That’s OK. Most people don’t need to. But for all the students, parents and policy makers calling for a higher education reboot, know this—accreditation is one of the most powerful levers we’ve got to change what we don’t like about today’s higher ed. It’s one of our best ways to assure equity for students, quality programs and innovative new models.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

South Carolina State University 1890 Research & Extension, Mixon Seed Service, and the South Carolina Black Farmer Coalition are partnering for climate-smart initiatives. This partnership – funded by a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service grant – entails the education and training of South Carolina’s small and minority farmers and producers about climate-smart practices.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: For a significant number of students, the first year of higher education serves as a wake-up call about study habits. “Most students have not received any guidance on how to learn,” says Shaun Vecera, a University of Iowa professor of psychological and brain sciences and the director of the University Honors Program. “This lack of guidance affects students’ grades, their retention and their time to graduation, and these impacts are often more pronounced for first-g

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Lou Avotri Lou Avotri has been named associate vice president and executive director of student success at Talladega College in Alabama. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, a master’s in business education from North Carolina Central University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from North Carolina State University.

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Symplicity

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Roughly 20 percent of students enrolled in higher education have reported having a disability, according to the most recent federal data. This means there is a significant portion of college students that have a form of disability whether visible or otherwise. While the U.S. Department of Education does not require students to disclose their specific disability, but in order for a student to receive academic accommodations they must disclose in an accommodation request.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Jeannine G. Kim Jeannine G. Kim has been appointed president of Santiago Canyon College in California. Kim holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master's from California State University, Fullerton, both in cultural anthropology. She also has a doctoral degree in higher education policy, evaluation, and reform from Claremont Graduate University.

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AIFS Abroad

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Happy Study Abroad Day 2023! Taking place annually on the last Monday in February, this national holiday aims to bring awareness to the benefits and lasting impact of international education. While we could sing the praises of going abroad all day, we thought it would be more meaningful to hand the mic over to YOU. Let’s kick off Study Abroad Day 2023!

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Higher Education Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Title: Pell Dollars Left on the Table: How Many Pell Grant Dollars Did the High School Class of 2022 Leave Unclaimed in Your State? Authors: Raymond AlQaisi and Bill DeBaun Source: National College Attainment Network (NCAN) Approximately 7 million undergraduate students benefit every year from receiving the Pell Grant, a federal financial assistance program for.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: Measures of quality in online education have been developed through decades of research in the field of instructional design and technology (IDT), informing best practices in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of contemporary online courses and programs. Your recent article, “Online Classes Surge at Virginia Tech.

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Proctor Academy

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

There is nothing like coming home after a week of exploring. This time, however, we returned to our house in Aix, after a vivacious week in Madrid, realizing it was our last week at home.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The American Council on Education and PEN America have produced a guide on defending academic freedom in tense political times. “This new resource guide helps higher education leaders make the case against elected officials not imposing restrictions on what is taught and how, and emphasizes the importance of ensuring that all members of the campus community feel comfortable airing varying perspectives across campus and in the classroom,” said an announcement of the guide.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While undergraduate enrollment has begun to climb back to pre-pandemic figures, small colleges are still failing and many more are in the danger zone. The Common App recently discovered freshman applications in 2022-23 have increased by over 900,000 (or about 20%) compared to 2019-20, yet the National Student Clearinghouse observed that overall undergraduate enrollment is down 0.6%.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The board of Marymount University, in Virginia, voted unanimously to eliminate 10 programs, mostly in the liberal arts, on Friday. The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities. The majors have relatively few students enrolled, the university said.

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Higher Education Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Title: Teaching, Learning, Equity and Change: Realizing the Promise of Professional Learning Authors: Bret Eynon,Jonathan Iuzzini, H. Ray Keith, Eric Loepp, and Nicole Weber Source: Achieving the Dream and the Online Learning Consortium in partnership with Every Learner Everywhere Every Learner Everywhere has released a new report in tandem with Achieving the Dream and the.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Sophia Rosing was indicted by a Kentucky grand jury this week for third-degree assault of a police officer, two counts of fourth-degree assault, second-degree disorderly conduct and alcohol intoxication, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported. The charges stem from an incident last year, video of which was widely shared on social media, that showed the former University of Kentucky student, who is white, entering a dormitory and taunting, using racial slurs and making derogatory comments toward Ky

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Hanover Research

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Identify customer needs and pain points to retain customers, build customer loyalty, and attract new customers through a voice of customer analysis. What is Voice of the Customer? Voice of the Customer analysis (VoC) is a presentation of customers’ feedback around their experiences with and expectations of a brand’s products or services. Businesses collect and leverage this feedback to ensure customers are at the center of decisions made across the organization — from product development and

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A California appeals court has ruled against a plan put forward by the University of California, Berkeley, to develop student housing in People’s Park, the Los Angeles Times reported. Two nonprofit groups sued to block the plan. The appeals court said the suit was correct in stating that Berkeley “failed to assess potential noise impacts from loud student parties in residential neighborhoods near the campus, a longstanding problem that the [environmental review] improperly dismissed

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EAB

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Blogs 5 higher ed thought leaders we are following Thought leaders are known for their innovative ideas and research, their work often serving as a catalyst for change in the higher education system. We asked EAB’s top experts for recommendations on who to follow for new perspectives on higher ed’s latest trends. Here are a few people we are following.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

ASA College, a for-profit institution based in New York City, has closed without an approved teach-out plan, according to its former accreditor , the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. ASA College lost its accreditation, ultimately prompting its closure last week. The MSCHE website indicates that the accreditor rejected the teach-out plan submitted by ASA “because it did not meet the criteria established in the Teach-Out Plans and Agreement(s) Policy and Procedures.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

New York State governor Kathy Hochul has released her budget proposal for the 2024 fiscal year, featuring almost $7.5 billion in higher ed spending—a 13% increase from this year’s spending and a 22% increase from the 2022 budget proposed by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. The funding was hailed by the chancellors of the City University of New York (CUNY) and the State University of New York (SUNY) , as well as Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A group of Stanford University faculty members has petitioned for a campus investigation of free speech and academic freedom in light of an anonymous reporting system that they say can stifle expression, The Wall Street Journal reported. Stanford’s Protected Identity Harm Reporting system aims to provide students “a meaningful response and potential resolution” to bias incidents, according to the university’s 2021 rollout announcement of the system.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Over the past five years, U.K. universities have seen the number of U.S. undergraduate applicants spike by 49%, according to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, which manages the U.K. public university admissions system. The number of Americans studying in France has risen 5% over the past five years and jumped 50% from 2020 to 2021, according to Campus France, a French government agency that promotes higher education to foreign students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean In improvisational comedy, the rule for the actors is “yes, and…” No matter what someone else in the scene does or says, your job is to accept it immediately and build on it. Done well, it can take stories to vertiginous heights. Reading the new report on institutional policies and incentives that need to change in order for the student transfer experience to improve, I quickly landed on “yes, and.

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Higher Education Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Title: Enrolling and Supporting Student Veterans Is the Right Thing to Do – The Right Thing for Higher Education Source: George W. Bush Institute Stand-To Veteran Higher Education Task Force A new report from the George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Higher Education Task Force recently released a report focuses on the often-underestimated returns that.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Join us for this fantastic Weekly Wisdom conversation with the Interim Chancellor of the California State University Jolene Koester, CEO Bridget Burns of University Innovation Alliance (UIA) and Editor Doug Lederman from Inside Higher Ed. Chancellor Koester shares her insights about drawing from her extensive career in leadership prior to and including this interim role and shares advice for those considering such an opportunity.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How a Small College Overcame Student List Source Volatility with Cappex Candidates Small Private College in the Midwest with 1,000+ Undergraduate Students About Students were forced to forego standardized testing in favor of social distancing after the onset of the pandemic. As a result, Gilliflower College had to consider alternative options for finding prospective students.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Mental health challenges affect everyone. In today’s Academic Minute, Pennsylvania State University’s Toria Herd discusses the issues facing one group. Herd is a postdoctoral research fellow at Penn State. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 02-27-23 Penn State - The Teen Mental Health Crisis Continues to Worsen.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Examining enrollment trends from fall 2012 to fall 2020 for institutions that receive federal financial aid, higher education lost some 1.7 million students, or 8.4% of total enrollment. Colleges that had enrollments of fewer than 1,000 lost 35% of their students. In turn, schools with enrollments of 1,000 to 5,000, between 5,000 and 19,999, and 20,000 to 29,999 lost 10%, 12% and 23% of their students, respectively.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Ombudsman report says students treated unfairly and changes to exams since pandemic created uncertainty Universities have been reprimanded over unfair treatment of students accused of academic misconduct in a report by the higher education ombudsman for England and Wales. The Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) said changes to assessments, accelerated by the Covid pandemic when university examinations moved online, had led to uncertainty among students about what is and is not allowed.

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