Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The number of academic credits a student takes per year has ties to their likelihood to graduate and complete their college journey, a new report from course scheduling company Ad Astra found. Sarah Collins Ad Astra’s 2024 Benchmark Report – released on Feb. 20 – dives into data from its partner institutions to look at potential relationships between access to courses, credits taken per school year, and college completion.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Indiana Bill Threatens Faculty Members Who Don’t Provide ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Ryan Quinn Wed, 02/21/2024 - 03:00 AM One critic says a bill passed by the state Senate would mandate “a system of surveillance and political scrutiny.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Universal Write Publications (UWP) was founded in 2004 by Dr. Ayo Sekai and has flourished from a passion project publishing fiction and children’s books into a respected publisher of rigorous, peer-reviewed academic literature. Dr. Ayo Sekai The independent Black-owned scholarly press is celebrating two decades of promoting and publishing academic works that underscore Black voices and narratives.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Does Higher Ed Lead to a Living Wage? It Depends. Katherine Knott Wed, 02/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A new analysis found that more than 1,000 colleges failed to meet a “generous” threshold for postgraduate earnings, raising concern about the return on investment for some students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Morgan State University and the State of Maryland are establishing a new Center for Urban and Coastal Climate Science Research to address the issue of climate change. The center is one of six that Morgan State has launched over the past five years. It represents one of the “Peaks of Excellence” recommended by a Blue-Ribbon Panel on STEM Research Expansion.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Duke University is no longer assigning numerical ratings to applicants’ standardized test scores and essays, a university spokesperson confirmed in an email to Inside Higher Ed. The change was made earlier this year and has been in effect for the latest round of applications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Giving to U.S. higher education institutions was $58 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. Although this represents a 2.5 percent decline from the record high reported in 2022, it demonstrates continued significant philanthropic support to the important higher education sector. The annual survey results were released today by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in a research brief.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Dr. Denise Kwok Denise Kwok has been named deputy athletic director for internal operations and senior woman administrator at the University of Southern California. Kwok holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and Asian American studies from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a master’s and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Southern California.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Students caught in the slog of poorly designed academic pathways and burdensome costs who opt to take a minimal amount of credits per year are in grave danger of never seeing their academic ambitions through, and it’s up to our institutions to design pathways that can support students to push harder. These are the predominant findings in a new report by Ad Astra , a software provider helping students complete their degree, based on sobering retention and completion rates from 1.3 million s

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Rebecca Abrams and Alice Jolly claimed they were denied important workplace rights for 15 years Two academics who sued Oxford University for employing them on “sham contracts” as gig economy workers, have won their claim for employee status in a ruling that could have implications for other higher education workers on precarious contracts. Rebecca Abrams and Alice Jolly, both respected authors, taught on Oxford’s prestigious creative writing course for 15 years, but were employed on fixed-term “

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The University of Minnesota Morris is excited to share with potential students that they could potentially save $20,000 on tuition costs for a bachelor’s degree, which may appease a public and federal government pushing for a more affordable higher education. The fix? It’s scraping an entire year off a student’s academic calendar with its Degree in Three programs.

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Credo Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

by Narketta Sparkman-Key, Ph.D. Dr. Narketta Sparkman-Key is Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Global Affairs and Professor of Learning, Technology & Leadership Education at James Madison University. She was a speaker for Credo and AAC&U's Leadership Institute for Cabinet Leaders in 2023, where she presented as part of a panel about radical strategies to initiate in the moment during times of strain, crisis, and conflict.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Struggling Saint Augustine’s Hit With $7.9 Million Tax Lien Josh Moody Wed, 02/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Financial issues continue to mount for the beleaguered North Carolina HBCU, even as it awaits a looming decision on its accreditation status.

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?” Guest Post by Alex Baker, Residence Life Professional In the dynamic world of higher education, the landscape of Residence Life is continually transforming. At the heart of these changes are Residence Directors (RDs), professionals who.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A former administrator at the University of California, San Francisco, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution for committing wire fraud. Her sentence was publicized in a news release Tuesday by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In a rebuke to Governor Ron DeSantis’s denialism, the student body calls for campus-wide measures to tackle the climate crisis The University of Florida student senate voted in favour of a “green new deal” late on Tuesday, becoming the first public university to adopt such a resolution through student government. The mandate – which was unanimously passed – calls for sweeping campus-wide measures to tackle the climate crisis that include just transition , total divestment from fossil fuels, disc

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Another Bountiful Year of Big (and Small) Donations jessica.blake@… Wed, 02/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Despite declining public support in some quarters and growing questions about the value and mission of higher ed, generous benefactors gave colleges $58 billion last fiscal year, according to a new survey.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As it grapples with slashing $14 million from its annual budget, the University of New Hampshire recently shuttered its Museum of Art and announced it’s laying off 75 faculty and staff members to balance the books. However the university has yet to publicly identify cuts into personnel dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion, which reportedly costs an estimated $1 million-plus in annual salaries.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It’s no secret by now that the redesign and relaunch of the FAFSA form at the federal level has caused stress and confusion for higher ed leaders and college-going families alike. Staff and administrators are navigating frequent updates and shifting processes and timelines; and further uncertainty about aid and finances has added to the worries prospective students already feel about affording a degree.

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Paradigm IQ

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Last year (2023) presented a series of challenges for companies that wanted to build more diverse, equitable, and inclusive organizations: economic uncertainty and layoffs, unfounde.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

by Paul Temple Remember the Metaverse? Oh, come on, you must remember it, just think back a year, eighteen months ago, it was everywhere! Mark Zuckerberg’s new big thing, ads everywhere about how it was going to transform, well, everything! I particularly liked the ad showing a school group virtually visiting the Metaverse forum in ancient Rome, which was apparently going to transform their understanding of the classical world.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As Yale’s final decision on their standardized testing policy for admissions — which is set to be released soon — looms, several international students spoke with the News about difficulty accessing standardized test centers in their home countries. Since going test-optional in 2020, Yale has seen a disproportionate increase in applications from international students.

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Symplicity

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Each and every day, our client managers and implementation 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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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Register now for the live airing Date & Time: Thursday, March 7th at 12 pm ET The Inflation Reduction Act created unprecedented opportunities for higher education institutions to monetize renewable energy tax credits for campus infrastructure projects. In this podcast, a Tax Principal at CLA and the Associate Vice Chancellor in the Department of Facilities Management & Planning at the University of Denver discuss how the university’s leaders are including clean energy in capital project

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Delta State welcomed President Daniel J. Ennis with not just Okra and Statement pride, but also with an insurmountable amount of debt. This led President Ennis to make the tough decision to instigate budget cuts across the board. According to Ennis at Jan. 23 campus Town Hall event, the school has been operating at $51 million but needs to function at $40 million.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Wheeling University suspended its president Tuesday evening, with pay and effective immediately, according to local news reports.

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AIFS Abroad

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Whether you’re a Business major or just need to fulfill a class requirement, why not take those types of classes as you study abroad? Business is one of the most popular fields that college students pursue when they study abroad. In addition to general Business, there are so many business-adjacent fields to consider, too: International Business , Accounting , Finance , Marketing , Management , Economics , Fashion Business , and more.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Last week, Kent State University announced it intends to cut spending by tens of millions of dollars in coming years. Days earlier, the University of Toledo published plans to suspend and merge 48 of its degree programs. The schools are the latest to join a growing list of Ohio schools to announce looming cuts. At some schools, enrollment in certain degree programs has gotten so low that colleges argue it doesn’t make financial sense to continue them.

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Symplicity

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Trusted by over 300 universities globally for its case management solution, Symplicity® Advocate ™ expands its UK footprint with the renowned University for the Creative Arts (UCA). Home to 6,000 creative minds and with over 100 diverse courses, UCA is a leading UK institution for those passionate about the arts.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Over the past decade, the 102-year-old private college with about 1,400 students, located in South Euclid, Ohio, has watched its enrollment wither by a third. In January, the school announced it was exploring its options, including tying up with nearby Cleveland State University. Similar stories are playing out at many of the 850-or-so colleges in the US that have religious, usually Christian, affiliations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The Virginia Military Institute has penalized several alumni for harvesting the contact information of 6,000 VMI graduates, which they used to solicit donations for a private fund unaffiliated with the institute.

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Higher Education Whisperer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Generative AI is the new bitcoin. Pundits used to compete for which country they could compare Bitcoin's power use with. Some nominated were: Greece, Ireland, * Netherlands, and New Zealand. I put a section on this in my Sustainable Computing course.I tried asking Copilot:"What country does Microsoft Copilot use as much power and water as?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Ilan Kelman, professor of disasters and health at University College London, explores some options for responding to the increasing number of disasters.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The US Department of Education (ED) handles the student loans of about 40 million US citizens, holding on to about $1.6 Trillion in debt--which is considered an asset to the US government. And ED-FSA (Federal Student Aid) hires tens of thousands of workers, mostly contractors, to service the debt. But that could change in a few years. If Donald Trump is elected President.

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