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National Black Food & Justice Alliance and Florida A&M University to Launch Center to Support Black Farmers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The National Black Food & Justice Alliance (NBFJA) and Florida A&M University (FAMU) are launching a center to address the lack of and support Black farmers. The Lola Hampton-Frank Pinder Center for Agroecology – named after local land stewards and sustainable agriculture advocates, Lola Hampton and Frank Pinder – seeks to be an agroecological hub to expand practices, create solutions, and give support to land grant institutions and future generations of farmers, so that they may maintai

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3 Actions to Elevate Engagement in Online Classes

The Scholarly Teacher

By Rory O'Neill Schmitt , University of Southern California. Key Statement: Elevate engagement online by creating inclusive environments, demonstrating your own commitment and engagement, and empowering student voices. Keywords: Online, Engagement, Empowered. How Can We Engage Students Online? For the past decade, as a faculty member and manager, I’ve learned, taught, observed, and coached faculty with various methods of student engagement.

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Proposed Tenured Faculty Review Policy Prompts Concerns from Universities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Officials at several Florida universities are worried about a proposed regulation that would base faculty tenure decisions on Florida’s new “Stop WOKE” law, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The policy would create a review for tenured faculty in the university system every five years which would look at several factors, including compliance with the new law, which bans schools from “indoctrinating” students with concepts such as white privilege and other ideas and theories surrounding race.

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Why Climate Action Is in Higher Education’s Best Interest

Higher Education Today

By Philip P. DiStefano The University of Colorado Boulder is proud to be cohosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit with the United Nations Human Rights Office on campus December 1–4. This landmark summit is an opportunity for worldwide participants to learn more about climate change through the lens of human rights from. Read more » The post Why Climate Action Is in Higher Education’s Best Interest appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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First Mexican-Born Woman in Space to Partnering with McDonald’s USA for HACER Education Tour

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman in space, will be partnering with McDonald’s USA to encourage Hispanic students to pursue higher education. Katya Echazarreta Echazarreta – a first-generation student and education advocate – will be a guest speaker at select high schools, as part of the HACER® Education Tour, visiting the likes of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and El Paso.

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3 Ways to Boost Student Persistence Beyond the Classroom

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Higher education institutions can be challenged when it comes to helping students persist and graduate, even under normal circumstances. However, the past two years have not been normal circumstances for anyone. Many of our students are working adults who balance the pursuit of a degree with family life and other personal commitments. At DeVry University, we are committed to helping our students engage with resources to support their academic journey, coursework success and persistence.

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Panel Explores Data Needs for Changing Student Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Doug Shapiro, vice president of research and executive director of the National Student Clearinghouse. Every sector of America has been buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic and a shifting economy, and the world of higher education is no exception. Enrollment has declined steeply, with 85% of 2022 losses coming from four-year schools. Definitions of student success are changing, and there has been a rise in alternative degrees and credentials, micro-credentials, and apprenticeships.

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Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande Named Sole Finalist to Become President of Prairie View A&M University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande has been named the sole finalist to become president of Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Tomikia LeGrande Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp recommended LeGrande as the sole finalist, and the Texas A&M system’s Board of Regents approved. LeGrande will not step into the role at Prairie View A&M until the end of the 2022-23 school year.

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Symplicity Spotlight: Jeff Feld-Gore

Symplicity

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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Jennifer Jones Austin Appointed Visiting Scholar at New York University Silver School of Social Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jennifer Jones Austin has been appointed a visiting scholar at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. Jennifer Jones Austin Jones Austin, a leader in anti-poverty and social justice policy, advocacy, and law, will work to develop curricula, advance social work policy and poverty initiatives, and deepen the school’s community engagement.

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As Harvard’s endowment abandons fossil fuels, oil-rich University of Texas catches up

University Business

Harvard University’s endowment, currently valued at a jaw-dropping $50.9 billion, has been the largest among academic institutions for more than 35 years. But the University of Texas is nipping at its heels. The University of Texas hopes to regain the top spot it relinquished to Harvard in 1986. According to new data, it now has a $42.3 billion endowment, thanks in part to royalties it makes from oil and natural gas.

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Incarcerated Americans Left Out of Biden’s Loan Forgiveness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Biden Administration has won praise for its application for student loan forgiveness. The form for up to $20,000 of debt relief is fast and simple , and almost 26 million people have already applied. But the rollout has almost entirely excluded one of the groups of people most in need of debt forgiveness—the incarcerated. The federal government does not keep statistics on how many student borrowers are in jails and prisons , but experts estimate that the number is a s high as 2 5 0,000.

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ResEdChat Ep 14: The Reboot Episode!

Roompact

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat podcast, we welcome our new host, Dustin Ramsdell, who you may know as The Higher Ed Geek. We also share some behind the scenes on the creation of the podcast, as well as what is to come for the show in the coming months. If you have a topic idea or want to engage in the community discussion, use the hashtag #ResEdChat.

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UT Austin Receives $2.5 million Gift to Bolster Global Resources and Coursework

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has received a $2.5 million gift to bolster its global resources and coursework. Raymond Brimble and Dr. Deirdre Mendez, director of the McCombs Center The money – from Austin resident Raymond Brimble, founder and CEO of the Lynxs Holdings LP, and his wife, Karen – was given to the McCombs School Center for Global Business.

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Bachelor’s Programs: What’s Hot and What’s Not?

Gray Associates

While large programs continue to be popular among bachelor’s students, some smaller programs are experiencing healthy gains in the number of students enrolled. We analyzed Spring 2021 to 2022 enrollment data to identify bachelor’s programs with the largest gains in the number of students enrolled and those with the largest declines.

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MYRA BLANCO

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Myra Blanco Myra Blanco has been appointed senior faculty fellow for the Office of Research and Innovation. She served as director of advancement, partnerships, and outreach at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Blanco received her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the University of Puerto Rico. She earned a master’s and a Ph.D. in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech.

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Leadership Development and DEI Training: What is the Relationship?

The Humphrey Group

Leadership training (LT) and Diversity and inclusion training (DIT) are two of the most popular offerings in the multi-billion dollar industry of corporate training. Leading organizations recognize the importance of both leadership and inclusion as vital ingredients for success in today’s competitive and globalized economy. But what is the best way to deliver training in these areas?

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Former Yale soccer coach gets five months in prison, ordered to pay over $550K for bribery scandal

University Business

The former Yale University women’s soccer coach whohelped blow the lid off the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal by leading the FBI to the scheme’s mastermind was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison. Rudy Meredith, head coach at Yale from 1995 until 2018, pleaded guilty in March 2019 to wire fraud for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to help students get into the elite Ivy League university as soccer recruits.

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Lessons from a Failed Start-up: Recognizing VC Kindness

eLiterate

I often find when I’m writing about the challenges or dysfunctions of a situation that I struggle to communicate about the dysfunction itself without making my words feel personal to the people who are in the middle of it. I try to write about problems and challenges clearly enough to make them easier to tackle. As a result, my prose has sharp edges.

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DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE’ law draws concern from university faculty

University Business

“Florida is where woke goes to die,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis during his victory speech after Tuesday’s midterm elections. His win over Democratic candidate Charlie Crist is another advancement toward the state’s continuous shift to becoming increasingly red as opposed to a swing state—and that has those at some Florida universities worried. “We have embraced freedom.

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Wakanda Forever!!! HBCUs Forever!!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees. How many times have we heard that adage? The world was introduced to the mythical country Wakanda in the original “Black Panther” movie, starring award winning actor and Howard University alum, Chadwick Boseman. Hidden deep in the forest, this isolated Third World country was only known by its people; and behold, this isolated African nation is a technologically advanced wonder.

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