Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2023

“American Idol” alum and Broadway star Fantasia Barrino-Taylor has officially enrolled in Central State University , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Fantasia Barrino-Taylor In enrolling at the historically Black college and university (HBCU), the singer is looking to break generational curses and set the best example for her children. “I want to be the example, I want to use my platform, my social media, to show people — that if you have a dream, it doesn’t have to have a timeline,” s

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Robert Kelchen

APRIL 25, 2023

I was just starting to wonder when the U.S. Department of Education would release a new year of College Scorecard data, so I wandered over to the website to check for anything new. I was pleasantly surprised to see a date stamp of April 25 (today!), which meant that it was time for me to give my computer a workout. There are a lot of great new data elements in the updated Scorecard.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2023

It is the weekend, and we are in Chicago, having just attended the four-day 2023 AERA (The American Educational Research Association) Annual Meeting, "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth." A few of us decide to meet for adult beverages. The AERA hosts the largest annual meeting of educational researchers in the world, during which we share insight with colleagues, engage in conversation with scholars in our respective fields, and offer mentorship to graduate stud

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

Tuition Discount Rates Hit New High Featured Image at Top of Article ihe_average-tuition-discount-rates-josh-moody (2).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2023

Purdue Northwest (PNW) Chancellor Dr. Thomas L. Keon will be transitioning into a faculty role at the end of his term in June 2024, The Exponent reported. Dr. Thomas L. Keon This announcement came Monday. Keon’s term ends next year given that he will have reached the limit to how long one can stay in the role, 12 years. Back in December, the school’s Board of Trustees accepted Keon's apology for imitating speakers of Asian languages at commencement.

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PUC

APRIL 25, 2023

Before becoming a PUC student, BevenGreg Delos Reyes’s first impression was roaming around Fall Festival as a high school student and seeing the different cultural and activity clubs. Being drawn to campus life, particularly the diverse range of activities offered, he saw PUC as his future college.

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2023

Picture this: You’re a student at a flagship public university, and after class, you visit the career development office and complete a mock interview with a career advisor. Then, you pump some weight or take a light jog at the student recreation center for a well-needed sweat. To wrap up a productive day, you mingle at a school-sponsored social mixer and decompress with fellow students.

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Higher Education Whisperer

APRIL 25, 2023

Had a call from the media asking about cyber security in the Defence Strategic Review (I was interviewed from the shower cubicle in my Singapore hotel room).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

The ‘Some College, No Credential’ Cohort Grows Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1347520184.

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Roompact

APRIL 25, 2023

Across the country, a week or two before all students return to campus, we see resident advisors come back early to prepare and train for the upcoming year. This often involves team building, crisis management, face time with campus resource leaders, and hopefully some time carved out for hall preparations. After the whirlwind of the.

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SRHE

APRIL 25, 2023

by Rob Cuthbert, SRHE News Editor The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has decided to investigate the OfS. The Committee, with a remit “to consider matters relating to industry, including the policies of His Majesty’s Government to promote industrial growth, skills and competitiveness, and to scrutinise the work of UK regulators”, published 12 questions on which it invited evidence.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

Why Reading ‘Unscripted’ Will Make You Happy You Chose Academia Featured Image at Top of Article Redstone Cover.jpg joshua.m.

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Higher Education Whisperer

APRIL 25, 2023

At the Bangalore ClubGreetings from the Bangalore Club, in downtown Bengaluru. I am in India for a wedding, and our hosts have put up the wedding party at their club. The club is a good metaphor for India, and Bengaluru is particular. The nation is rushing headlong into a high tech future, while attempting to retain traditions, and work trough its colonial past.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

Arkansas Board Rejects Deal With University of Phoenix Featured Image at Top of Article CO-Southern-Colorado-Campus.

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The Guardian Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2023

Figure more than doubled in a year, as interest rate in England and Wales hit 6.3% in line with government cap Rishi Sunak’s government has more than doubled the amount of money it makes from charging interest on student loans, official figures show, as graduates face borrowing costs of almost twice the rate set by the Bank of England. According to the latest snapshot of the public finances from the Office for National Statistics, accrued interest on student loans swelled to £4.8bn in the 12 mon

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

College Board to Change AP in African American Studies Scott Jaschik Tue, 04/25/2023 - 06:00 AM

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

APRIL 25, 2023

The SAAL Blog is meant to be a place to highlight diverse voices and perspectives of assessment professionals from all skill levels. Over the course of the next year, you will hear from our blog writing team as we reflect on trends in assessment, respond to SAAL programs and events (i.e Structured Conversations), reflect on an article we read or on SAAL’s open course, and you may even find us offering SAAL membership quick and easy tips we implement in our daily work to make assessment more mana

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

Seminary Professor Fired for Offering to Fly Women to Abortions Johanna Alonso Wed, 04/26/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

APRIL 25, 2023

Gavin Henning Professor of Higher Education, New England College In 1986, the year I graduated from college, one of the hottest books in bookstores (on bookshelves, not on Amazon since it didn’t exist then), was All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulgham. Through brief, but engaging essays, Fulgham demonstrated that the life lessons we learned as children such as play fair, share everything, and clean up your own mess, serve us well throughout life.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

Vermont State University Backtracks on Cuts Susan H.

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Hanover Research

APRIL 25, 2023

While some community colleges have seen modest improvements in student persistence in the last year, national retention and persistence rates still trail pre-pandemic levels. Capturing the progress of community college students has always been challenging, but it’s never been more critical. Employing smarter data management practices such as predictive analytics can help colleges enhance their capacity to identify, prevent, and recover students who may be heading toward the exit.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 25, 2023

Building a stronger engineering community in Malaysia: The mission of the Board of Engineers Malaysia editor Wed, 04/26/2023 - 01:36 In Malaysia, the development of the nation's infrastructure and economy depends heavily on the engineering sector. The Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) was established to ensure the highest levels of engineering excellence and safety.

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CAPD

APRIL 25, 2023

CAPD is offering a series of sustainability panels to help students explore how they can make an impact beyond MIT in the jobs, research, and career paths they choose. Sustainability Best Practices for Research Labs Wednesday, April 26, 3:00-4:00 pm ET | Virtual, register in Handshake Labs are some of the most resource-intensive spaces, generating waste and using energy.

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EAB

APRIL 25, 2023

Blogs 4 tactics to reach, recruit, and enroll “stealth shoppers” Insight from our newest research on marketing to graduate and adult students Based on our Office Hours with EAB podcast, Episode 144, How to Engage ‘Stealth Shoppers'. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher , or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2023

Pennsylvania’s increase in female higher education leaders comes as a study released earlier this month shows that while strides have been made for the top spot at colleges, the gender gap remains. In Pennsylvania, it’s not only noteworthy that the four-state related schools are being led by women, but are also being led by people of color. Ms. Bendapudi is Indian, and Ms.

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Gray Associates

APRIL 25, 2023

Should the University of Notre Dame football join a conference? As the landscape of college football continues to shift, many conferences are vying to add the Fighting Irish to their ranks. However, what would be the economic impact of such a move? We took a closer look at the data behind this decision and explored the possible outcomes. From ticket sales to academic programs, learn why athletics are so important to universities and delve into the criteria that Notre Dame would need to consider

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2023

This year’s rankings place greater emphasis on the results that education can bring. Accordingly, updates were made to the methodology and supporting content to prioritize outcomes for prospective students. Additionally, U.S. News issued new rankings of graduate programs in other popular academic disciplines. These include chemistry , computer science , physics and public affairs.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 25, 2023

In this post, Vassilis Galanos offers a proposal of a counter-Turing Test that can assist teaching in non-ChatGPT-able ways. This is part 2 of Vassilis’ post from last week in which he situated the challenges posed by ChatGPT within a bureaucratic and capitalistic infrastructural culture that supports its existence.

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2023

The 5-4 vote is only symbolic because UA System President Donald Bobbitt has the authority to move forward without the board’s approval. Still, Bobbitt was seeking support for a deal that has divided faculty, staff and other stakeholders within Arkansas’s public colleges and universities. Opponents of the deal, including the faculty senate at the flagship University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the staff union, have said the partnership could imperil the reputation of the UA system.

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EAB

APRIL 25, 2023

Podcast What Keeps Facilities Leaders Up at Night? Episode 148. April 25, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes. EAB’s Michael Fischer and Maya Graham discuss findings from a new survey of higher education facilities leaders.

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2023

As deeply motivated faculty may be about research or molding the young minds of America, it can be difficult to stay motivated when they don’t feel like their salary matches their passion. As squeamish as it can feel to speak about salary with colleagues, a new report dispels the elephant in the room. “The State of Educator Pay in America” from The National Education Association explores higher education faculty salaries and the factors leading to pay discrepancies so that all

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

Penn State President Calls Local Paper ‘Fake News’ Liam Knox Tue, 04/25/2023 - 03:00 AM

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 25, 2023

Since 2005, schools and colleges in the U.S. have incurred 2,691 data breaches, leading to leaks of at least 32 million individual records, according to an April report by Comparitech, a website that reviews and analyzes products improving cybersecurity and online privacy. To date, 2021 has marked the biggest year for data breaches in education, impacting 771 institutions and nearly 2.6 million records, Comparitech said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

Cut Through the Noise Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-523822186 (1).

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 25, 2023

DePaul University is facing financial pressure after the pandemic intensified declining enrollment and widened the Chicago private school’s budget gap. To narrow the growing gap between revenue and expenses the largest Catholic university in the US is starting to cut its budget. It is offering a voluntary separation program to about 15% of the school’s 1,400 full-time staff and administration, according to an April 4 notice by DePaul University President Robert Manuel, faculty are ineligible.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 25, 2023

AAUP Condemns Collin College on Academic Freedom Scott Jaschik Tue, 04/25/2023 - 03:00 AM

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ISA Journal

APRIL 25, 2023

Let’s take a second to break down that title.

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