Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Dr. Daniel Jean often recounts with sadness the story of Robert Daniel Cuadra, an 18-year-old honor student from Paterson, New Jersey, who was planning to embark on a promising college career at Montclair State University in the summer of 2022. Dr. Junius Gonzales Mike Peters/Montclair State University But Cuadra would never actually enroll at the public research university just a few miles from his home.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

American University Bans Indoor Protests jessica.blake@… Thu, 02/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Administrators say the new policy was a necessary response to antisemitism, but many faculty members, students and free speech advocates fear it will chill free speech on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A dozen higher education institutions have been selected to participate in the Equitable and Inclusive Curriculum-to-Career Models Project, according to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). The two-year project — supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation — builds on campus work initiated through AAC&U’s Curriculum-to-Career Innovations Institute.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Privileging outputs can steer us away from quality. I am in the midst of revising a book about writing, which has me simultaneously thinking about writing in the context of what I’m saying in the book and reflecting on the writing I am doing as the book is being written. This has surfaced a desire to get a little Zen on y’all regarding a minor epiphany I’ve had while making my way through the revision process following receiving feedback from my editor and some trusted readers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ruth L. Okediji Ruth L. Okediji has been appointed the Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies at Harvard University. She serves as the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Okediji holds a Bachelor of Law degree from University of Jos in Nigeria as well as a master’s and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

College students are the lifeblood of higher education. Everyone in university administration — including in the IT office — knows how valuable it is to truly understand how those students feel, what they want, what they appreciate and what they dislike about their college experience. Our series of student-authored content, which began in 2020 as the pandemic upended our world, aims to help institutions get an unfiltered student perspective.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As New York is projected to experience a dearth of 40,000 nurses by 2030, the City University of New York (CUNY) has planned to get ahead of the potential shortage. Dr. Fernando Delgado CUNY is opening a $95 million Nursing Education, Research and Practice Center that will include 22 robotic patient simulators that can be programmed to replicate hundreds of medical conditions, including breathing difficulty and childbirth.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Tenure Extensions Were Popular Amid the Pandemic. That May Not Be Good. Ryan Quinn Thu, 02/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges gave tenure candidates more time due to COVID-19. Women, who may be more likely to fall behind due to extensions, reported more disruption to their research than men.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Providing higher education access for rural learners in the United States has pushed state leaders in Kentucky to think about building a new university and the USDA to help sustain the financial health of some colleges to prevent an “education desert” in the region. One foundation is stepping up to bridge these underserved students’ college and university access.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

State Support for Colleges Grew as Stimulus Funds Ebbed Doug Lederman Thu, 02/01/2024 - 03:00 AM Even with a reduction in federal stimulus funding, state support for higher education was up 10 percent in fiscal 2024.

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Working in Residence Life enables us to be jacks of all trades. We Adjudicate, Budget, Counsel, Coach, Plan Events, Manage Projects, Respond to Crisis and more. You name it, we likely do it. But being a multifaceted generalist is not necessarily a long-term goal for all of us. Maybe you have an interest or passion.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A coalition of higher ed professional associations and advocacy organizations issued a letter Wednesday urging colleges to extend their typical May 1 commitment deadline for accepted students in light of a nearly two-month delay in the delivery of FAFSA information to c

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A whistleblower lawsuit accusing Colorado Technical University of artificially inflating how much educational content it provides students will move forward after a federal judge denied a motion to dismiss the complaint earlier this month. The suit, brought by an anonymous former employee, alleges that the for-profit college defrauded the federal government out of hundreds of millions of dollars by deliberately failing to provide students with the number of learning hours needed to meet federal

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Accuracy in Media, the group behind what it calls infamous mobile billboards and what others call doxing trucks, has now targeted faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder, The Daily Camera reports.

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Add post content. There’s always more to learn. Blog Parchment News Parchment + Quottly: How We are Turning Credentials Into Opportunities, Together Podcast International The Challenges of International Credential Evaluation Blog Higher Ed Congrats to the 2023 CPN Seal of Prevention Recipients! Podcast Pathways Student Transfer (Part 2) – How to Improve the Transfer Experience for Students Ready to feel the power of Parchment?

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In this post, Julia Lisa, a graduate of the MSc in Environmental Sustainability, tells us how participating in the workshop that investigated the “who”, “what”, “where”, and “how” of learning and teaching at the School of Geosciences inspired her to lead her own research project on undergraduate students’ participation in the University’s Nature Positive Goals.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ensuring students are fully informed. Britt was a good but not outstanding student in high school. She had always planned to go to college, but as the first in her family to graduate from high school, she wasn’t exposed at home to information about the college selection or application process; because she wasn’t in high school honors classes, she didn’t hear much about them from peers or teachers.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

At the University of California, Merced, lecturers make up almost half of faculty members, representing the largest percentage of lecturers when compared to other UC campuses. Those lecturers say they are now feeling the impact of flatlining enrollment and a budget crunch at the campus in the middle of the state's agricultural heartland. Amid efforts to contain that budget gap, lecturers say they have seen less work and their positions eliminated.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Alexandra Brozowski, research associate at Michigan State University, takes a look at one group of people who feel left out and underresearched. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A Good, Better, Best Approach to Online Program Growth Whether you have an existing online program portfolio or you’re just getting started in online education, this workshop is for you. Archer’s Good, Better, Best framework is a structured roadmap rooted in organizational development — Archer believes universities can build success from within.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is engaged in another war of words (and potentially legal action) with its member universities, this time over the association’s enforcement of its rules governing athletes’ names, images and likenesses.

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Biola

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

OVERVIEW As part of our efforts to live out our shared biblical value of unity amidst diversity and to highlight and show appreciation for our brothers and sisters from diverse backgrounds, we will host Cultural Heritage Month celebrations.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Financial aid experts worry the hurdles could discourage students from immigrant families from applying for financial aid at all, or put them off college altogether. Students from immigrant families have been getting stuck trying to add their parents as “contributors,” a new step that requires parents to verify their identity. There’s no option on the form right now that allows families to get verified without a Social Security number.

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ISA Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

On the plane home from my four-month journey abroad, I spent a lot of time reflecting on my experience and all the memories. And I couldn’t help but to think of all the amazing food that I ate. I was already a foodie, but Europe transformed me into a big food critic.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The University of Idaho said Wednesday it would move forward with its planned affiliation with the for-profit University of Phoenix in a nearly $700 million deal after a judge dismissed the state attorney general’s lawsuit alleging the deal was done in violation of an open meetings law. Attorney General Raúl Labrador failed to prove the Board of Regents violated Idaho’s Open Meetings Law when considering the transaction, an Idaho judge ruled Tuesday in dismissing Labrador’s lawsuit.

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CAPD

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This spring, BCG invites PhDs and postdocs to delve into the world of management consulting and learn how your experience as an Advanced Degree Candidate (ADC) can help BCG clients solve their biggest problems. There will be a variety of opportunities to connect with the firm, including our new BCG Accelerate info series, virtual coffee chats and MIT-specific events.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Student organizations held a silent protest at South Carolina State University on Wednesday as the university’s board of trustees consider eliminating academic programs at the university. Students on campus were concerned as this topic was brought up by the university’s Board of Trustees last month. They expected the board to take it up again at its meeting Wednesday, but that discussion never happened.

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AIFS Abroad

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Want to study abroad but can’t decide on just one city? Well, you’re in luck! AIFS Abroad offers multi-destination study abroad programs, called Study + Travel , and they have tons of benefits. Swap your textbooks for passports, classrooms for historical landmarks, and lectures for immersive cultural experiences. If you’re looking to study abroad, you should consider a multi-destination program.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Joining a research and education network (REN) is a worthwhile investment for any college or university with a research program. They act as high-powered internet service providers connecting laboratories, research sites and academic institutions. Additionally, they provide colleges and universities with opportunities to collaborate on joint research efforts and government-funded scientific initiatives while supporting advanced learning for their most gifted students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Utah is the latest state to enact legislation against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives: Republican governor Spencer Cox signed a law Tuesday barring DEI programs at public universities and in the state government, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

House Committee Advances GOP Plan to Overhaul Higher Ed Katherine Knott Thu, 02/01/2024 - 03:00 AM In a lengthy hearing Wednesday, Democrats argued the Republicans’ College Cost Reduction Act wouldn’t actually lower costs.

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