Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

National University (NU) announced the launch of the Cause Research Institute (CRI), a new applied Research and Development arm that will coordinate research, scholarship, and other innovation efforts focused on social sector challenges, including education, health, human services, and criminal justice. This institute will seek to close the academic barriers that marginalized and nontraditional students face in higher education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

AUGUST 21, 2023

In this extra post, Ukrainian student Olena Herasymova shares insights into her experience participating in the innovative hybrid summer school↗️ co-led by the Institute for Academic Development and Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) in Ukraine. It was the first Ukrainian-British summer school for graduate students of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

The importance of accounting for an intended audience when designing a system is but one of the lessons panelists shared during a webinar hosted by California Competes Monday. User-Centered Design (UCD), a product design approach that centers on researching intended users, getting feedback from them, and iterating on the product, was central to how the higher ed nonprofit developed its California Postsecondary to Prosperity Dashboard , an education statistics resource for the state.

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

With classes now well underway this fall for the majority of institutions, colleges and universities are looking to optimize their students’ success, especially among first-year students. But institutions are also looking to optimize campus safety amid a wave of stark reminders about how necessary it is. Last week, Howard University suspended its campus police lieutenant and fired a security officer after a mob of 20 to 50 teenagers kicked, punched and stabbed a group of university student

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

Richelle D. Payne Richelle D. Payne has been appointed vice president for strategic communications and marketing at Hampton University in Virginia. She served as partner and senior director of brand management for Ascendant Group. Payne has a bachelor’s degree in English from Hampton University and a master’s in corporate communication from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Blogs How to empower student-parents in higher education A conversation with Generation Hope My mom had me at 17, and like many teen parents, had to put her education on hold to care for our family. Due to a lack of available support and resources, it wasn't until her late 30s that she obtained a nursing degree – after missing over a decade of the socioeconomic opportunities that a degree brings.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

A former administrator was accused of mishandling sexual assault issues at St. Norbert College. Now he’s a trustee and suing a graduate who publicly criticized his leadership. A former administrator who is now a trustee at St. Norbert College is suing a graduate for allegedly defaming him in 2018 while criticizing his response to sexual assault on campus.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

Learn what boosts and limits student participation in campus extracurriculars and events in this preview of findings from the newest Student Voice survey. Hint: timing and location of events matter, as do advertising and promotion. Three in 10 students spend zero hours per week on extracurriculars, clubs or groups such as student government. On the upside, half of students spend one to five hours weekly on these activities, and the rest spend more, according to the newest Student Voice survey on

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

Keir Starmer says sluggish economy has driven up prices and is holding back students and apprentices UK growth will be the slowest in the G7 in 2024, Labour analysis of the latest economic forecasts shows, as Keir Starmer said that the economic climate would prevent him from going to university today. The opposition said the economy was “stuck in a low-growth trap” that had led to higher taxes, higher prices in the shops, and the British people worse off.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

Colleges and universities across Southern California canceled in-person classes and made other preparations for the unusual West Coast hurricane that made landfall in Mexico and Baja California Sunday.

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College Forward

AUGUST 21, 2023

The end of the summer means a new group of AmeriCorps service members begin their term of service as coaches for College Possible. Coaches are the backbone of College Possible and work tirelessly to support students from junior year of high school until they graduate college. College access and success coaches work in schools throughout Minnesota and ensure that students have the support they need to feel prepared to succeed in higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

Community Colleges Buoyed by Modest Enrollment Growth Featured Image at Top of Article Community_Colleges_Enrollment-01.

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Study and Go Abroad

AUGUST 21, 2023

Have you considered studying abroad in Germany? Based on benefits like free tuition and travel opportunities, you definitely should! You’ve made the decision to study abroad, but now what? You’ve got a whole world to explore; how can you narrow down your study abroad location to just one country? Well, universities in Germany make that decision simple for you with all the benefits they offer.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

Feds Complicate College Mergers, With Possible Unintended Consequences Featured Image at Top of Article Merger.

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Missouri State

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Office of Student Conduct is extremely excited to welcome new and returning students to campus for the fall 2023 semester. We hope you all have a fabulous and fun semester while being responsible and safe! The mission of our office is to educate students about their rights, privileges, and responsibilities per The Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Vermont Law and Graduate School can permanently cover a pair of controversial murals depicting slavery without infringing upon the artist’s rights.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

Blogs Near-Term Strategies to Combat Transfer Decline As Fall 2023 classes shape up, many enrollment leaders once again face lagging transfer rates. Transfer enrollments have declined by 13.5% over the past four years for a variety of reasons, including readiness concerns, post-pandemic financial woes, and a renewed skepticism of higher education. More high school students are now opting out of college and instead choosing to enter the workforce directly.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Cornell University’s Impacts of AI Week: Farzin Lotfi-Jam, assistant professor of architecture and director of Cornell’s Realtime Urbanism lab, urges us to explore the questions at the intersection of AI and humanity.

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EAB

AUGUST 21, 2023

How Missouri State University Leveraged Data to Grow Their Advancement Shop Missouri State University's partnership with EAB's Advancement Advisory Services About Missouri State University (MSU) is a public doctoral professional university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905, its mission is to educate students to be global citizen scholars. Quick Facts Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri Large Public University 122,000+ alumni The Challenge The MSU advancement leadership team f

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

The potential for cannabis cultivation in the United States is so high that not even the Pope, who is against its legalization , could dissuade Saint Louis University (Mo.) from opening its Cannabis Science and Operations certificate program. Self-described as “one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities,” the university resides in a state that legalized the medicinal use of cannabis in 2018 and has since witnessed a major proliferation of dispensary licenses awarded, i

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 21, 2023

Promoting a Positive Campus Culture: Using Behavior Management in Higher Education editor Mon, 08/21/2023 - 03:15 In the dynamic realm of higher education, fostering a positive campus culture is not only desirable but essential for academic excellence and holistic student development. The advent of data-driven insights has unveiled the remarkable potential of behavior management strategies in shaping the campus environment.

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

#BamaRush is not just a racialized system (the schools sororities were unofficially segregated until 2013 ), it’s a system shaped by a troubling shift in college admissions: public universities heavily recruit out-of-state students from affluent, predominantly white high schools because as nonresidents they pay higher tuition. Too many schools around the country are following UA’s formula, which is a particular travesty at land-grant institutions that were funded by the sale of land given to st

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SRHE

AUGUST 21, 2023

by Katherine Emms The 2017 Higher Education and Research Act (HERA) enabled new and innovative HE providers to enter and establish themselves, with the aim of diversifying the HE sector. The HERA reforms enabled institutions to apply to register as HE providers, obtain their own degree awarding powers (DAPs) and finally secure university title and status through a supposedly more streamlined and flexible process overseen by – the then new body – the Office for Students (OfS).

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

The offer makes concessions on a variety of issues, many of which were brought up in GEO’s original bargaining platform. The offer includes offering birthing parent graduate students up to 12 weeks of paid leave, lower out-of-pocket maximums on mental health care and physical therapy copays, expanded gender-affirming benefits and the creation of a $20,000 per year International Graduate Workers Assistance Fund.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 21, 2023

West Virginia University will move to eliminate nearly three dozen degree programs, including all of its world languages, as well as merge several other academic offerings, it announced Friday. It’s also aggressively cutting its faculty numbers, looking to shed 169 positions. WVU has been reviewing about half of its programs as part of massive rework of the public flagship’s academic operations that means to correct an estimated $45 million budget shortfall.

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

Colorado students hoping to earn bachelor’s degrees in civil or mechanical engineering, fermentation science and technology or hospitality and event management from Colorado State University will spend more than $56,000 apiece in tuition and fees to complete the four-year programs. Those who take the same classes just four miles away at Front Range Community College’s Larimer Campus for their first two years can cut that total by more than $14,000, a 25% savings.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

What a wiped-out pick-your-own season might say about the future of the university. Last week, the front-page headline in our local newspaper read “Pick-Your-Own Apples in Short Supply Following Late May Frost.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2023

Sixty years ago this weekend, an estimated 250,000 people gathered on the National Mall to demonstrate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans in the famed March on Washington. At the protest, which is credited with playing a role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Biden-Harris administration’s guidance on race-conscious admissions offers hope to affirmative action’s advocates and benefactors—and love, Phelton Moss writes. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley often describes policy as her “love language.” If she is correct, and the policies and laws we create today are “love letters” we write to the next generation, the most recent letter written by the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 21, 2023

Photography’s uncanny ability to freeze time, arouse emotions, preserve or distort the past, fetishize objects and people, and find beauty and complexity in the mundane. A single shocking photograph can sway public opinion like nothing else. A Buddhist monk calmly burning himself to death to protest the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government. A 9-year-old girl, running naked and screaming in pain after a fiery napalm attack on her village.

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