Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

After the U.S. Supreme Court ended race-conscious college admissions policies in June, focus turned to searching for alternatives. Seemingly everything from using class-based preferences to ditching legacy admissions to replacing admittance regimes with lottery systems has been suggested. But can these race-neutral means allow colleges and universities to maintain their current levels of diversity?

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 23, 2023

What is the University of San Francisco known for? I seem to have been visiting quite a few Jesuit colleges lately and like them for a lot of reasons. I need to write a post on Jesuit colleges generally. But first, I offer this bit about what is University of San Francisco known for, which I was fortunate to be able to visit yesterday as part of a tour for college counselors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle in July marked the launch of the HBCU Swingman Classic, a game that featured 50 Division I HBCU baseball players. Propelled by the MLB-Major League Baseball Players Association Youth Development Foundation (YDF) and Hall of Famer/YDF ambassador Ken Griffey Jr., the televised game enabled HBCU baseball players to showcase their talents on a global stage.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 23, 2023

A college essay isn’t just an abstract writing assignment. It’s a piece of writing that you undertake for a very specific purpose: to give college admissions officers the evidence they need in order to admit you to their school. In order to write the most compelling essay that you can, it is crucial to ask: what do college admissions look for in an essay.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

An academic enrichment program at Tallahassee Community College that primarily serves African American men won't have to change its name under a new state higher education law, reported WUSF. Florida's higher education law bans the state's public colleges and universities from spending federal and state money on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs or campus activities that advocate for DEI, with certain exceptions.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

Since the passing of California’s Fair Pay to Play Act in 2019 that allowed college athletes to receive monetary compensation on behalf of their names, images and likenesses (NIL), states were quick to begin considering similar legislation of their own. Just three years later, some college students are racking upwards of a million dollars. The top 100 current NCAA student-athletes making the most money off NIL deals have earned well over $500,000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Joel Munza Joel Munza has been named vice president for enrollment management at Xavier University in New Orleans. Munza holds an associate degree in computer information technology from Daytona State College, bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Bethune-Cookman University, and an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Walter “Ted” Carter Jr., president of the University of Nebraska system and former superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, will become the 17 th president of The Ohio State University (OSU), the school announced Tuesday. Walter "Ted" Carter Jr., incoming president of The Ohio State University "I am immensely grateful for the opportunity to serve as president of Ohio State, an institution founded upon and well known across the globe for research, teaching and an enduring commitment to service,”

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

AUGUST 23, 2023

Photo by Burst on StockSnap The Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL) has been hard at play this summer. You can keep up with all our meeting notes and minutes. We are definitely leading the charge during a very tense time in higher education where campuses are being forced to change practice due to legislative shifts. During this time, we have grown as an organization and currently have 1,345 members that are all vested in Student Affairs assessment across the nation and globe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dr. Teresa Woodruff, interim president of Michigan State University (MSU), will not seek a permanent appointment at the school’s helm, Lansing State Journal reported. Dr. Teresa Woodruff “As the third interim president of MSU in the last five years, I wish for a period of stability for the university,” Woodruff said in a statement released earlier this week.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Universities must protect both data and students from theft and unauthorized entry, and biometric building access controls play a key role in this effort. Educational institutions are using biometrics to protect facilities such as residence halls and research facilities that store highly sensitive information. Biometric devices include fingerprint readers and iris or palm scanners.

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Symplicity

AUGUST 23, 2023

Each and every day, our client managers across the globe help make our clients' day-to-day just a little bit easier so that they can better support their students. With a client support team that comes from across the student success spectrum, clients continuously speak to the dedication of our client support team, and we at Symplicity want to give them the attention they deserve.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Exclusive: Letter signed by more than 1,200 leading figures calls for ‘unambiguous statement’ about climate crisis The Royal Society is under pressure from more than 1,200 leading academics to issue a clear condemnation of the fossil fuel industry. The academics have written to the association of the world’s most eminent scientists calling for an “unambiguous statement about the culpability of the fossil fuel industry in driving the climate crisis”.

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Collegis Education Data Management

AUGUST 23, 2023

The buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) is loud and growing—and for good reason. Maybe you’ve already used an AI tool to transcribe a video call or pore through reams of research to find just the right citation in seconds. If so, you already know how these new AI capabilities can easily accomplish tasks that were just too labor intensive or not technically feasible until now.

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Actor accuses Royal Central School of Speech and Drama of paying lip service to anti-discrimination pledges after 2015 incident The actor Shaniqua Okwok has criticised the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, claiming she was told to embrace her “inherited trauma” and act like a slave in chains during an acting exercise. Okwok, who appeared in Steve McQueen’s series Small Axe and the award-winning drama It’s a Sin, accused the prestigious drama school of paying lip service to its anti-discr

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The Humphrey Group

AUGUST 23, 2023

Hybrid work environments are here to stay – at least for the foreseeable post-pandemic future. While many organizations were unexpectedly thrust into new remote work environments during the pandemic, a hybrid virtual model that balances time in the office with remote work is likely to be the new norm in the post-pandemic future.

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EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

This report offers guidance for enrollment leaders on the college search and communication preferences of prospective HBCU students. Thanks for your interest! To access this content, please log in or register for a free guest account. Log In Register The post Understanding the Mindset of Prospective HBCU Students appeared first on EAB.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

It’s a move that would underscore the desperate need for more affordable campus housing as well as the lingering after-effects of the pandemic on the city’s tourism and hotel industry. The hotel would open under new ownership and under a new name in April of the following year. SJSU Sophomore Lucas Robin says he nearly disenrolled from the university this semester because he couldn’t get into campus housing and then struggled to find an affordable off-campus option.

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EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Blogs The Dos and Don’ts of Leveraging University Traditions in Your Annual Giving Strategy By Meredith Dobbins Think back to your time as an undergraduate student. What memories stand out most to you? Perhaps it's the electrifying game-day rituals that united the entire student body, or maybe it's the tradition of rubbing a campus statue for good luck before an important exam.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

The West Virginia United Students’ Union organized separate rallies on campus. Organizers said they want to halt the university’s planned reductions, seek an independent audit of its finances and reduce WVU’s administrative spending. They also called for increased spending by the state in higher education, among other things. Students were encouraged to wear red in honor of the red bandanas West Virginia coal miners fighting to unionize wore during their march on Blair Mountain , the largest ar

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EAB

AUGUST 23, 2023

Blogs Are you meeting students’ basic needs? Review these 7 aspects of your basic needs strategy before the semester begins Community colleges play a vital role in higher education, offering affordable and accessible pathways to academic and professional success. However, many students face significant barriers outside of the classroom that hinder their ability to excel, like I did.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

U of U authorities are working to restore multiple IT outages that were reportedly caused by Utah’s high humidity levels. While they are actively working to fix the issue, there is no estimated time of restoration. The outages were identified around 4 p.m. today, Aug. 22, and are affecting multiple systems and services. Some of the services disrupted include Canvas, VPN, UMail, Zoom, U of U Home Page, and UBox.

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Campus Sonar

AUGUST 23, 2023

A Collaboration Dedicated to Growing a Diverse Community and Helping Professionals Transform Higher Education Campus Sonar and The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) are collaborating as strategic partners. This partnership focuses on elevating SCUP’s strategic communications, informing thought leadership, and evolving research and innovative resources to members.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 23, 2023

Now, educators are rethinking how they’ll teach courses this fall from Writing 101 to computer science. Educators say they want to embrace the technology’s potential to teach and learn in new ways, but when it comes to assessing students, they see a need to “ChatGPT-proof” test questions and assignments. For some instructors that means a return to paper exams, after years of digital-only tests.

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Collegis Education Data Management

AUGUST 23, 2023

The buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) is loud and growing—and for good reason. Maybe you’ve already used an AI tool to transcribe a video call or pore through reams of research to find just the right citation in seconds. If so, you already know how these new AI capabilities can easily accomplish tasks that were just too labor intensive or not technically feasible until now.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 23, 2023

When a committee of the New College of Florida Board of Trustees met in July, a whopping 36 faculty members had already left since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis initiated a conservative restructuring of the institution in January. That number has subsequently grown to more than 40, Amy Reid, the sole faculty member on the board, told Inside Higher Ed.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

Since the height of the pandemic when K12 schools began utilizing remote technology more than ever, cybercrime targeting educational institutions has been on the rise. In fact, rates have nearly doubled since 2021, a new analysis suggests. As part of their global “ State of Ransomware in 2023 ” report, Sophos surveyed 3,000 IT cybersecurity leaders between January and March of 2023 to better understand the sheer scope of the issue as the new school year begins.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 23, 2023

SAT. ACT. TOEFL. PSAT. These tests loom large in the college admissions process. And yet, every student seems to be asking these days, “do my test scores matter?” No other aspect of the college preparation process generates as many questions—and anxieties—as the standardized tests. On the one hand, you should not tress too much about your scores.

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