Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Dr. Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. Dr. Timothy Alvarez From earning an associate degree to serving as president of a community college, Alvarez understands the value of higher education and the need to create pathways and support systems. As he prepares to retire Aug. 11, after five years as president of Otero College, which is part of the Colorado Community College System, he does so with a sense of satisfaction that he followed his

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Great College Advice

JUNE 28, 2023

Write the Common App Essay Prompt 2 About Overcoming Obstacles or Challenges Writing a good essay for your Common Application is tough. You have to dig into your life and find interesting nuggets to share with perfect strangers. Common App essay prompt 2 asks you about some things that perhaps you’d rather not talk about: your failures, your greatest challenges, and moments that just aren’t things you want to talk about all that much.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Carrie Forsyth has led UCLA’s women’s golf team to two NCAA championships, five Pac-12 titles, more than 100 All-American awards, and at least half a dozen conference Golfer of the Year accolades in 24 years as the program’s head coach. Carrie Forsyth played as a student athlete for the UCLA Bruins’ women’s golf program from 1989-1993. Although she thinks of these accomplishments as “great successes” and “moments [that] stay with you forever,” she said those victories aren’t what the veteran gol

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 28, 2023

Wells College president Jonathan Gibralter is among the higher ed leaders who used ChatGPT to craft a graduation speech this year. But the administrative potential of such tools remains largely untapped. As Wells College graduates gathered last month, President Jonathan Gibralter delivered a commencement address that sounded like countless others delivered across the country.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Kathleen Fuchs Hritz Kathleen Fuchs Hritz has been named senior director of community relations at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Hritz holds a bachelor’s degree in human organizational development and Spanish from Vanderbilt, a master’s in civic leadership from Lipscomb University in Nashville, and an Executive MBA from Vanderbilt.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 28, 2023

A new Louisiana law that requires “In God We Trust” signs displayed in classrooms raises larger questions about religion and higher ed. Public colleges and universities and K-12 schools in Louisiana will be required to display signs that read “In God We Trust” in all classrooms starting in August, according to a new law signed by Governor John Bel Edwards earlier this month.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

In partnership with educational virtual reality developers VictoryXR, Morehouse created a virtual space where students could congregate for class remotely. Using a virtual reality (VR) headset, students first “spawn” into the digital twin campus, a familiar environment that “makes them more comfortable with the fact that they’re in new and emerging technology,” says Morris.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

International graduate student enrollment continues to rebound since the pandemic froze students in place, and new countries and regions favoriting a U.S. education are contributing to the trend, according to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). From fall 2021 to fall 2022, first-time enrollment increased by 8%, and international graduate applications grew by 26%.

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Ed.gov Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

By: David Greenberg & Dr. Linh Dang The challenges we face in today’s education landscape rarely have simple policy solutions. The youth mental health crisis, insufficient community and family engagement, and lack of access to early childhood learning are only a handful of the complex issues that require innovative strategies that extend beyond the school Continue Reading The post Community Schools: Fostering Innovation and Transformation appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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CIP

JUNE 28, 2023

"CIP gave me confidence. CIP got me out of my comfort zone. CIP made an impact on me that no other program has ever come close to doing. It made me ME again.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 28, 2023

Amid ongoing enrollment challenges, the presidents of North Dakota colleges made a plea to state officials Tuesday to respond to a program in Minnesota that they worry could lead to a loss of students, The Forum of Fargo-Moorehead reported.

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Roompact

JUNE 28, 2023

ACUHO-I and its associated regional conferences (NEACUHO, MACUHO, SEAHO, GLACUHO, UMR-ACUHO, SWACUHO, AIMHO, NWACUHO, and WACUHO) provide valuable opportunities for networking and establishing connections with other housing and residence life professionals. If you want to network, but aren’t sure how to begin, we’ve got some tips to help you get the most out of your.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 28, 2023

Montgomery College responded promptly in investigating a professor accused of requiring female students to remove their shirts in class but failed to notify students about the results of its investigation, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights found during its own investigation of the college.

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Campus Sonar

JUNE 28, 2023

As a marketing leader you have a lot on your plate. Between managing competing goals, responding to urgent requests, attending last minute meetings, satisfying tight deadlines, and more—it’s a lot. That’s why support is critical to your success as a leader and campus. Setting your team up with the right tools and resources empowers you to achieve your goals.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 28, 2023

Gen eds and cross-subsidies. Yesterday I heard the third person in a month make the same point, each in a different context. I’d love to find out if others are seeing the same thing.

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EAB

JUNE 28, 2023

Use the resources provided on this page to see activities that student success partners are often focused on and when they typically occur, and then map your own processes. Thanks for your interest! To access this content, please log in or register for a free guest account. Log In Register The post Student Success Annual Calendar appeared first on EAB.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

As a business office administrator at a university, you know how important it is to reconcile transactions. The process provides checks and balances, can help identify errors and potential fraud, and is required to complete your institutional taxes. But reconciliation can be complex and tedious. That’s where reconciliation software comes in. Reconciliation software eases the accounting process, saving your team significant time and reducing errors by providing tools to reconcile the thousands

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Roompact

JUNE 28, 2023

Roompact was thrilled to sponsor this special episode of Student Affairs NOW talking about why, how, and in what ways we can re-think the RA role. Check out this episode and other resources we’ve put together on the topic. As resident and student staff needs have expanded, many housing and residence life leaders are rethinking.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

Today’s campuses are complex ecosystems of sensitive financial data that can be difficult to secure, and higher ed institutions have increasingly become targets for hackers and cybercriminals. Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards were developed to regulate security measures for merchants that process, store, or transmit credit or debit card transactions.

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College for Creative Study

JUNE 28, 2023

The College for Creative Studies has been named to the PTK’s Transfer Honor roll for the 5th consecutive year. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) has named 208 colleges and universities to its 2023 Transfer Honor Roll in recognition of the dynamic pathways they have created to support community college transfer students. “As a student who navigated the transfer path from a community college to CCS myself, I know what an intimidating process this can be.” recalls Amber Thomas, Director of Transf

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

Eastern Michigan University (EMU) is a leading four-year public university with 20,000 students that has been completely cashless since 2017. In this TouchNet podcast, Beth Hardcastle, assistant controller for Student Business Services at EMU, discusses how going cashless, closing the in-person cashier’s office, and implementing payment plans have positively impacted their financial operations over the past five years.

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EAB

JUNE 28, 2023

Blogs Creating and implementing sustainability and climate action plans Reflections from our focus group with chief sustainability officers Last month, we held our second session for chief sustainability officers from around the world to discuss their experiences with creating and implementing sustainability and climate action plans. For those who missed it, we are sharing the highlights of that conversation below and encouraging you all to join us in July for our next discussion on smart campus

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

Increasingly, colleges and universities are limiting cash on campuses and seeing a variety of benefits, including reduced administrative workloads, modernized operations and improved efficiency. An environment that prioritizes cashless transactions also better meets the expectations of students, parents and campus visitors, who overwhelmingly no longer carry or use cash.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

JUNE 28, 2023

How Organic Content Can Support Your Institution’s Marketing Goals You’ll be able to tell right away that this article wasn’t written by AI. It was written by a person with many years of higher ed content experience. A person who can share insights from that experience, but who doesn’t know everything and is still learning all the time. OK, maybe I’m like AI in that regard.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Melissa Nobles on diversity and equal opportunity in the US education system. As the United States Supreme Court considers the role of race in college admissions, we explore the many challenges facing education with the first African American woman to lead one of the world’s highest-ranked institutions. The alumni and faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been awarded 100 Nobel prizes.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 28, 2023

Roxbury Community College is one of the Massachusetts institutions that have seen precipitous enrollment declines over the past decade. Massachusetts community colleges have been battered by a confluence of headwinds: a rapidly declining population of traditional college-age residents, a global pandemic, an economy replete with well-paying jobs that don’t require degrees, and rising costs of living.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

The 27th time was not the charm — and for one Chinese man it could mark the end of a lifelong quest to make it to university. Liang Shi, 56, has tried for 40 years to get a satisfactory score on China’s national college entrance exam, known as the gaokao. Regarded as one of the most challenging and competitive exams in the world, the gaokao is held once a year over two to three grueling days.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 28, 2023

Higher education groups representing a range of colleges and universities told the Education Department this week that the agency has a lot of work to do over the next four months to fix its proposed gainful-employment rule. They want some areas of the more than 1,000-page regulation clarified and others thrown out completely. Meanwhile, think tank analysts and consumer protection advocates applauded the department’s proposed rule, which they said would strengthen the higher education system.

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College for Creative Study

JUNE 28, 2023

The post Alumna Cailyn Dawson (AP ’01) featured in two-person Exhibition at M Contemporary Gallery appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 28, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Moti Mizrahi, associate professor of philosophy in the school of arts and communication at Florida Institute of Technology, explores how people use rhetoric to stoke public skepticism.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

The post [Podcast] Understanding the New PCI Standards for Higher Ed appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

On July 1 st , incarcerated Americans will re-gain access to Pell grants for the first time in nearly 30 years. Reformers have hailed the change as a critical step towards enabling people in prison to experience the myriad benefits of higher education. But a new report has revealed that an important segment of this population may be largely left out: those who already have student loans.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

The post [Podcast] Going Cashless with Eastern Michigan University appeared first on University Business.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 28, 2023

Orthodox Jewish students at Brandeis University slammed the institution’s administrators for placing an advertisement in The New York Times Magazine that called the institution “anything but orthodox,” the Times of Israel reported.

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University Business

JUNE 28, 2023

The way campus buildings are constructed and used is rapidly changing, making the need for flexibility even more essential. For example, traditional, single-use buildings have evolved into more dynamic environments as capital streams shift and programmatic innovation becomes more of an investment focus. Blending life sciences, research and healthcare creates greater opportunities for universities to develop beneficial partnerships for R&D, including funding, talent development and ongoing op

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 28, 2023

Professor Sarah Kreps, Cornell UniversitySince late last year I have been part of presenting, and attended, many seminars on ChatGPT, but this is a first: "Weaponizing ChatGPT? National Security and the Perils of AI-Generated Texts in Democratic Societies". In this case "weaponising" is not a metaphor, or hyperbole, it really is about using AI to wage war.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Higher education administrators face a common dilemma. In the face of resource constraints and siloed departments, how does a campus improve processes and provide service as efficiently and smoothly as possible? And can the improvements benefit everyone involved, including students, parents and authorized users, campus visitors, as well as staff? The College of Charleston strives to provide service that fits the specific needs of its community.

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