Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

Rev. Dr. Michael A. Hunt This spring, the three of us proudly earned our doctoral degrees while serving as directors of federally funded TRIO programs in the Office of Academic Opportunity Programs (AOP) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). The TRIO programs assist and empower students from disadvantaged backgrounds, especially low-income, first-generation college attendees, and those with disabilities.

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Great College Advice

JUNE 30, 2025

What is Need-Blind Admission to College? Clients ask the team at Great College Advice repeatedly to explain the relationship between the financial aid and admissions offices to help them understand how financial need is factored into admissions decisions. Usually, these questions revolve around whether a college is “need-blind” or “need-aware.” So in this post, we’ll try to shed some light on how the admissions and financial aid offices work together.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

Women who recently graduated from college earn significantly less than their male counterparts, with female early career professionals making an average of $63,822 compared to $78,114 for men, according to new research from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The $14,292 gender pay gap affects women who earned their bachelor's degrees within the past one to seven years and work full-time, NACE's Early Career Talent Survey revealed.

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University Business

JUNE 30, 2025

I work almost exclusively with technology leaders at top research universities and they never cease to amaze me. Higher ed CIOs see into the future, making decisions that won’t outdate themselves in a year, or even 10 years. And, although these CIOs and CTOs serve large universities, their strategies can be scaled to any size institution. Below is a list of five specific trends I’ve observed in the university technology world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

Chris Manriquez Chris Manriquez is returning to Cal State Fullerton, his alma mater, to serve as the university’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer as of Aug. 1 Since 2012, Manriquez has served as vice president for information technology and chief information officer at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

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University Business

JUNE 30, 2025

In 2025, Gordian is proud to publish the 12 th annual edition of their State of Facilities in Higher Education report. Drawing on their exclusive higher ed database of 43,000 campus buildings, 1.1 billion gross square feet of space and more than $13.5 billion in capital and operating budgets, the report is the premier publication on the key trends and data influencing facilities management in academia today.

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Hanover Research

JUNE 30, 2025

University of Florida’s Hamilton School applied Hanover’s survey and interview insights to improve enrollment messaging and academic program decisions. The post UF Hamilton Uses Market Research to Attune to Student Program Demand appeared first on Hanover Research.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JUNE 30, 2025

AI generated, pixabay In this final post of the Student Voice in Practice series, Marianne Brown provides a reflections and overview of the frustrations, innovations and future directions for Student Voice and feedback activities across the University of Edinburgh, including a new Student Voice Framework. Marianne is Head of Academic Planning in Registry Services.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 30, 2025

What Legacy Vendors Won’t Tell You About Accreditation Readiness admin Mon, 06/30/2025 - 09:11 30% of Institutions Are Not Accreditation Ready — Is Yours Falling Behind? Nearly 1 in 3 higher education institutions struggle to meet accreditation standards — not because of academic shortcomings, but because they lack true accreditation readiness. The pressure on QA Directors and Accreditation Heads has never been higher.

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University Business

JUNE 30, 2025

The Princeton Review this week released its ranking of the “Best Value Colleges for 2025,” featuring private and public universities. Schools were ranked across seven categories, with a top public and private school listed for each. These categories include: Best value colleges overall Best value colleges for financial aid Best value colleges for career placement Best value colleges for internships Best value colleges for alumni networks Best value colleges for making an impact Best

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

Part of the seemingly limitless potential of artificial intelligence is taking skills that were once restricted to a small group of professionals and extending the opportunity to the masses. Take college students, for example. Stuck on an essay? Ask a generative AI for an outline to get you going in the right direction. Need to write a grant proposal for a research project?

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Parchment

JUNE 30, 2025

The landscape of Career Technical Education (CTE) is rapidly evolving. What are states doing to maximize opportunities for learners? How are states grappling with the proliferation of credentials? To understand the current status of CTE in the United States, Emily Passias, Deputy Executive Director at Advance CTE, joins us to share their latest report on state policy, credentials of value and recommendations on state strategy.

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University Business

JUNE 30, 2025

Out-of-home (OOH) advertising refers to any paid media that reaches people when they’re outside their homes—think billboards, transit shelters, airport signage, kiosks, and posters. It’s historically been used as a standard brand-awareness channel, especially for institutions looking to boost visibility across a specific city or region. But OOH has evolved.

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Roompact

JUNE 30, 2025

The purpose is our Why. In the Framework, broadly speaking, the purpose of residence life is threefold. Although presented here as three distinct components, all three purposes mutually support each other as a whole. Let’s break them down. Belonging & Engagement Learning Individualized Support Help residents connect with one another, get engaged, feel a sense of.

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University Business

JUNE 30, 2025

Harvard University and the University of Toronto have unveiled a contingency plan that would allow select Harvard graduate students to continue their studies in Canada if U.S. visa restrictions prevent them from re-entering the United States. It is the first international student backup strategy announced since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security moved last month to strip Harvard of its ability to enroll international students.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 30, 2025

What Legacy Vendors Won’t Tell You About Accreditation Readiness admin Mon, 06/30/2025 - 09:11 30% of Institutions Are Not Accreditation Ready — Is Yours Falling Behind? Nearly 1 in 3 higher education institutions struggle to meet accreditation standards — not because of academic shortcomings, but because they lack true accreditation readiness. The pressure on QA Directors and Accreditation Heads has never been higher.

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University Business

JUNE 30, 2025

A new law banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at Kentucky’s higher education institutions is set to take effect June 30, prompting colleges and universities to make changes to comply with the new requirements. The law, House Bill 4, was passed by the Kentucky General Assembly during the 2025 legislative session. During the floor vote and debate in the House and Senate chambers, the legislation received wide support from Republicans and stark criticism from Democrats.

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Paradigm IQ

JUNE 30, 2025

Communities come in all shapes and sizes. While our geographic community is important, we also spend significant time in our workplace community, a constellation of different human beings working together toward a shared mission. When people feel as though they can be their authentic selves in the office, feel heard and valued by others, and have the chance to thriv.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

Revealed: Shakespeare Martineau LLP, which helped Cardiff get year-long ban on unauthorised action, promoted court orders at webinar A law firm that helped a UK university obtain a year-long ban on unauthorised protests, which could lead to students being jailed for up to two years, has quietly coached several others on how to take similar legal action, the Guardian can reveal.

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Paradigm IQ

JUNE 30, 2025

What does it take to keep employees engaged? While compensation plays a role, true engagement goes beyond getting a paycheck. Achieving a successful engagement strategy requires understanding why people choose to join your company and what motivates them to stay. Prioritizing the “why” gives you and your organization a.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

The artificial intelligence boom and the resulting increase in data center power consumption has thrust sustainability into the minds of technology professionals everywhere. Not only is generative AI itself forcing data centers to use more electricity, there’s also an urgent need to properly cool those overworked data centers without threatening the planet’s water supply.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JUNE 30, 2025

Greetings from the Industrial Design and Prototyping Info Session at Canberra Innovation Network. I am not making a gadget but it helps me to know what some of my students do (the unis & CIT have maker spaces). The ACT Government is funding vouchers to pay for a startup's prototype making locally. This complements other schemes to refine the business idea first.

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AIFS Abroad

JUNE 30, 2025

Spring is a season of new beginnings, warmer weather, and blooming flowers. With a study abroad or international internship program during spring semester , you can see natural landscapes across the world come to life, all while you earn credits towards your degree and build your resume. Read on to discover some of our favorite international destinations to experience the magic of the spring season!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2025

The AP reports that the Trump Administration has concluded that Harvard University has “failed to protect Jewish students from harassment” and is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Trump Administration has threatened “to cut all federal funding from the Ivy League school if it fails to take action.” In a letter sent to Harvard, a federal task force ”accuses the university of being a ‘willful participant’ in antisemitic harassment of Jewish students and faculty.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 30, 2025

In the halls of Washington, a familiar Cold War-era phrase has returned with renewed urgency: “guns versus butter.” But in 2025, the metaphor isn't academic—it’s reality. With the Trump administration's proposed FY2026 budget increasing defense spending to an unprecedented $1.01 trillion, educators, students, and policy advocates are warning that the nation’s commitment to higher education is being eroded at its foundation.

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Robert Kelchen

JUNE 30, 2025

Even though there have been longstanding ideological differences across states, higher education leadership was largely insulated against these differences over the last half-century. Yes, they popped up in meaningful ways on topics such as South African divestment, affirmative action, and antiwar protests, but it was possible for university leaders to move from red states to blue states and vice versa.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 30, 2025

Maximus Inc., the parent company of federal student loan servicer Aidvantage , is facing growing financial and existential threats as the Trump administration completes a radical budget proposal that would slash Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars and cut the U.S. Department of Education in half. These proposed changes could gut the very federal contracts that have fueled Maximus's revenue and investor confidence over the last two decades.

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University Business

JUNE 30, 2025

Harvard University risks losing access to all federal funding and resources as the Trump administration’s Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism declared the school in “violent violation” of Jewish students’ civil rights. The Department of Education task force sent a harshly worded letter Monday to Harvard President Alan Garber, calling the university “the most prominent and visible breeding ground for race discrimination.” In finding Harvard in violation of Title

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 30, 2025

Higher Education Inquirer No Kings 2.0, July 17, 2025. Send tips to Glen McGhee at gmcghee@aya.yale.edu. Search This Blog Monday, June 30, 2025 Higher Education Inquirer Surpasses 150,000 Monthly Views in June 2025 Posted by Dahn Shaulis at 6:00 AM Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest No comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Us Dahn Shaulis The Higher Education Inquirer (HEI) is edited by Dahn Shaulis an

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 30, 2025

Back in March, President Trump announced an executive order to revoke Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility from public service workers employed at organizations engaged in work opposed by his administration—a blatantly illegal attempt to use public service workers as pawns in his right-wing political project to destroy civil society. Shortly after, the U.S.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 30, 2025

Friends, One of my objectives in this daily letter is to equip you with the facts you need. As the Senate approaches a vote on Trump’s giant “big beautiful” tax and budget bill, I want to be as clear as possible about it. First, it will cost a budget-busting $3.3 trillion. According to new estimates by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office , the Senate bill would add at least $3.3 trillion to the already out-of-control national debt over a decade.

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