Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey launched MassReconnect, her administration’s new program establishing free community college for Massachusetts residents aged 25 and older and awarded $100,000 to each of Massachusetts’ 15 community colleges to support the quick implementation of the program this fall. Gov. Maura Healey “MassReconnect will be transformative for thousands of students, for our amazing community colleges, and for our economy,” said Healey.

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Great College Advice

AUGUST 25, 2023

What looks good on a college application? If I had a nickel for every time a parent or student asked me this question, I’d be a very rich man. This is the key question, isn’t it? After all, in the United States, our admissions process is very subjective. Colleges talk about how the process is “holistic.” But that’s just a kinder way of saying, “we don’t really have any solid, firm criteria, so we sort of follow our nose and make decisions on each applic

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

Dr. Marla Frederick will become dean of Harvard Divinity School (HDS), effective Jan. 1. Dr. Marla Frederick She is currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture at Emory University. “I look forward to joining the HDS community in developing religious and civic leaders for our increasingly complex and diverse society,” Frederick said.

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University Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

As it currently stands, no HBCU fits the bill for R1 status, a Carnegie Classification rank that every research institution aspires for. Only 146 colleges and universities—less than 4% of all higher education institutions—have reached this pedestal. But that could all change thanks to a new opportunity announced by the U.S. Department of Education called the Development Infrastructure Grant Program (RDI).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced settlements with five freestanding law schools accused of improperly disbursing federal financial aid to students in unaccredited program. According to ED, Albany Law School, the John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta, Brooklyn Law School, New England Law—Boston, and New York Law School doled out nearly $2.9 million of federal funding to 92 students between July 2017 and June 2022 that it was not allowed to give.

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University Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

Under the new rules approved Wednesday, staff and faculty at Florida colleges can be fired if they use a restroom for a gender that does not correspond with their gender assigned at birth. Employees may also face a verbal and written warning and suspension without pay as penalty for a first offense. Colleges will be forced to fire employees after a second offense, according to the new rule’s text.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

AUGUST 25, 2023

At Connecticut’s Fairfield University, computer science students do more than read about cybersecurity in the classroom. They also help run the school’s security operations center (SOC). “They extract data from the monitoring tools and format it in a concise way for the security team,” says Mirco Speretta, cybersecurity program director. “They create reports using our network monitoring software, and based on what they see, they can open a task for the security team to continue the investigation

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 25, 2023

McPherson College now has the largest endowment of any small liberal arts college in the country. Observers say the gift is a "dramatic" example of fundraising success. Last month, Michael Schneider, McPherson’s president, announced the college had surpassed the ambitious $1 billion endowment goal he set years ago. While Schneider said McPherson was in a stable financial position already—which is what motivated some of its biggest donors to invest—this new access to such a large endowment will a

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

Hodges University, a small private nonprofit college in Florida, announced late Friday that it would stop enrolling students and close by the end of this academic year.

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Roompact

AUGUST 25, 2023

Roompact’s “Quick Tips” series highlights ideas and suggestions you can put into your practice as either a professional staff or student staff member working in residence life and education. Click to read more from the series. As a Resident Assistant (RA), you have the unique opportunity to create a welcoming and engaging environment for your.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

Less than a week before classes start, New College of Florida has added a new class on Homer’s Odyssey to the course catalog, according to emails provided to Inside Higher Ed. The course is targeted at first-year students and offers all attendees a complimentary dinner, served by food trucks, each class—as well as a free copy of Robert Fagles’s translation of the epic poem.

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EAB

AUGUST 25, 2023

Blogs The five topics independent school leaders were most curious about in the past year Each year, EAB’s Dedicated Advisors pass scores of questions from independent school leaders to our AskEAB team. Our K-12 researchers track down answers to each question using a combination of proprietary research, external publications like academic journals, and consultation with EAB’s subject matter experts—all in 10 days or less.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Cornell University’s Impacts of AI Week: Jenny E. Sabin, Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture and inaugural chair of design tech, details a piece of architecture that humans and AI can help influence.

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University Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

Gizmodo observed the College Board’s website sharing data with Facebook and TikTok when a user fills in information about their GPA and SAT scores. When this reporter used the College Board’s search filtering tools to find colleges that might accept a student with a C+ grade-point average and a SAT score of 420 out of 1600, the site let the social media companies know.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

Does Climate Activism Help or Hinder an Academic Career? Featured Image at Top of Article THE Logo with Background.

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University Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

The move is part of a five-part implementation plan announced Monday by the police department. The plan also saw a revision to the university’s Use of Force Policy, which prohibits chokeholds and other measures that could restrict an individual’s breathing. It also details the “special circumstances” in which force can be used. Supervisors who wish to be armed must complete “implicit bias training” each semester, “de-escalation training” once a month, “

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

The U.S. Department of Education has settled with five free-standing law schools after an investigation showed that those institutions “improperly disbursed” federal financial aid to students enrolled in unaccredited master of laws programs.

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University Business

AUGUST 25, 2023

Endings are never easy, and they’re rarely smooth. And the most recent smattering of presidents to soon depart is a stark reminder of that. Of the four college and university presidents whose run will end this academic year, only one is retiring on satisfying terms. A personal aliment and pressure from higher-ups have led to three early dismissals, some of which have garnered pushback from the community.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

Case Western Reserve University will make campuswide changes to its management of sexual assault allegations as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, the university announced Tuesday.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 25, 2023

Not long after paying her deposit to FIDM, she heard on TikTok about changes coming to the fashion school, and soon after she received an email announcing the surprise merger of her current and future campuses, creating a new ASU FIDM, housed under ASU’s design institute. Feldman wasn’t sure how the change would affect her program, so she spoke with counselors from the schools.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Education Department settles with five law schools over financial aid; a new report explores the role of California's Hispanic-serving community colleges; New College of Florida aims to lure students to a new Odyssey course with free books and food trucks.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

Towson University is withdrawing its proposal for a new business analytics doctoral program after the state attorney general’s office raised concerns about the legality of the program's approval process by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Maryland Daily Record reported on Friday.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

AUGUST 25, 2023

University leaders are fielding demands to remove a book, deemed antisemitic by some and a legitimate criticism of Israel by others, from a course syllabus. A book included on a course syllabus at Princeton University has sparked controversy on and beyond the New Jersey campus. Some Jewish campus community members and onlookers contend that the book peddles antisemitic tropes and false assertions about Israeli policy and should be removed from the course.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Another Small College, Hodges University, Will Close Featured Image at Top of Article hodges pta-featured-image.c34a6954.

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