Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2024
Moving the needle on graduation rates might be the most pressing challenge for today’s higher education leaders. While some individual campuses have emerged as success stories around college completion, growth in the nation’s college completion rate has stalled at 62.2%, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
Should Departments Make Political Statements? Sara Weissman Fri, 01/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of California is considering a policy to limit “personal or collective opinions” on department websites. Some say it violates academic freedom.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2024
The University of South Carolina has announced that former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley will join the faculty of its Joseph F. Rice School of Law. Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley Beasley receives the full-time appointment, effective March 1, as Distinguished Professor of Practice and Public Service in the law school’s Department of Legal Studies.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
Professor’s Salty Suggestion Triggers Tempest in a Teapot David Ho Fri, 01/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Her recommendation to put salt in tea spurs outraged British headlines, a U.S. Embassy statement and a flood of attention for Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2024
Dr. Kizito Mukuni Kizito Mukuni has been appointed director of online education at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. He served as an instructional design specialist at the University of North Dakota and Virginia Tech. Mukuni holds a Ph.D. in instructional design and technology from Virginia Tech.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
Why Did the Cal State Strike End After Just 1 Day? Ryan Quinn Fri, 01/26/2024 - 03:00 AM California State University’s systemwide strike quickly ended with a tentative agreement. Some faculty members are urging a no vote on what union leaders say is an “excellent” deal.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2024
Dr. Dale Dan Dale Dan has been appointed chief diversity officer at Lansing Community College in Michigan. She served as chief diversity officer for Empire State University. Dan holds a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University as well as an MBA and a doctorate in education and organizational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2024
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has released a new blueprint for higher education in the state, focused on competitiveness and workforce development, and grounded in access and affordability. Gov. Josh Shapiro Shapiro’s blueprint is largely based on the work of the Higher Education Working Group, a group of higher education leaders from across Pennsylvania appointed by the governor to develop a series of recommendations for improving higher education in the Commonwealth.
Roompact
JANUARY 26, 2024
This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?” Guest Post by Cynthia Moberly, Residence Life Professional Resident Directors, Hall Directors, Community Coordinators—the list of titles could go on and on, but their work is generally the same: They are full-time professionals that live.
Ed.gov Blog
JANUARY 26, 2024
By: Roberto Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary of the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development. If you need suicide or mental health-related crisis support, or are worried about someone else, please call or text 988 or visit the National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s chat to connect with a trained crisis counselor. The need for mental Continue Reading The post We Want to Hear From You: Supporting Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Needs in Higher Education appeared first on
University Business
JANUARY 26, 2024
It was a quiet week among presidents’ comings and goings. A first-time female leader is beginning her career and one long-time leader is in his twilight. Plus, one president has been placed on administrative leave in the wake of an administrator’s suicide. Hired Lynne Coy-Ogan – Husson University (Maine) The board of trustees at Husson University has selected Lynne Coy-Ogan as its next president, marking the first female to lead the institution in its 125-year history.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
The University of Texas at Austin is eliminating a scholarship program for undocumented students, citing the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion spending and federal immigration law, The Dallas Morning News reported.
SRHE
JANUARY 26, 2024
by Jess Pilgrim-Brown University discourse, policy, and practice has focused increasingly on access, widening participation and inclusion over the course of the last thirty years ( Heath et al , 2013 ). In particular, understanding access, participation and inclusion for those who align with the different protected characteristics (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) has been of interest to academic research, given various political movements to widen access to higher education.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
A Hunger Strike, Then a Letdown for Undocumented UC Students Sara Weissman Fri, 01/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The students began their hunger strike Tuesday to urge the University of California Board of Regents to allow them to be employed on campuses. It didn’t work.
Ray Schroeder
JANUARY 26, 2024
Utah colleges would be barred from asking prospective hires or students about their views on diversity, equity and inclusion under newly proposed legislation. Banned topics would include implicit bias, critical race theory, intersectionality and racial privilege. The bill would also prohibit mandatory trainings for staff or students that promote “differential treatment” or that teach certain concepts, such as that individuals are inherently privileged or oppressed based on their personal identit
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
Brown University will adopt a need-blind admissions policy for undergraduate international students, the university announced Thursday afternoon, after meeting a $120 million fundraising goal centered on beefing up institutional financial aid for international students. The policy will begin next cycle with applicants to the Class of 2029.
Terminalfour
JANUARY 26, 2024
Build your professional development playlist. Here are 11+ higher education podcasts covering marketing, enrollment, technology, and current industry issues.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid form has been giving undocumented applicants and their families problems since its soft launch late last month.
College Forward
JANUARY 26, 2024
Most college systems weren’t built for today’s students, so they can be tough to navigate. For students who are the first in their family to attend college, it can be even harder without the guidance of someone who’s been there. College Possible Minnesota provides students with free, personalized support – for a minimum of 6 years – for students to find their best-fit colleges, fund their education, and thrive through degree completion.
Ray Schroeder
JANUARY 26, 2024
The proposal furthers a conservative push to weaken tenure, though these types of bills largely stalled across state legislatures last year. A Nebraska lawmaker introduced a bill last week that would end tenure protections across the state’s public colleges. The proposal would replace tenure with employee agreements and yearly performance evaluations for all faculty members.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
Florida Career College, a for-profit institution whose ability to tap federal financial aid funds was cut off by the U.S. Education Department in April, will formally close its doors by Feb. 15 after teaching out all remaining students in its programs, a spokesman confirmed Thursday.
CU Work-Life Balance
JANUARY 26, 2024
Two distinct character traits appeared again and again in Distinguished Professor Ruth Ellen Kocher’s nomination letters for the 2023 Excellence in Leadership Award: her capacity to connect with colleagues on a personal level and her ability to translate those colleague’s needs into practical, actionable plans. “I’m not doing this for power,” Kocher said.
University Business
JANUARY 26, 2024
With generous donors enabling Brown University to achieve a $120 million fundraising goal, Brown plans to become need-blind for all undergraduate international students starting with the Class of 2029, which will arrive on campus in Fall 2025. Brown has sustained a need-blind admission policy for domestic undergraduates since 2003, eliminating from the admission process the consideration of each applicant’s ability to pay tuition.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
The University of Arizona’s acquisition of an online, for-profit institution has significantly contributed to the university’s financial woes, according to an investigation by The Arizona Republic.
University Business
JANUARY 26, 2024
Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who has complained that his state’s higher education “isn’t working,” proposed on Friday a sweeping overhaul of the state’s sprawling college and university system that would reduce tuition for many students and determine funding for individual schools based in part on their performance. The plan would consolidate 10 of Pennsylvania’s state universities and all 15 of its community colleges under one governance umbrella, boost state funding for public higher edu
Confessions of a Community College Dean
JANUARY 26, 2024
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Northern Kentucky University Week: Brittany Smith, assistant professor in the department of psychological sciences, explores how to help mothers and infants affected by the opioid crisis.
University Business
JANUARY 26, 2024
Thanking UA President Robert Robbins for his leadership and cooperation, Arnold and Regent Fred DuVal said plans to centralize the university’s budget, as well as action taken to reduce spending late in the fall, were potentially successful steps to reverse course on 2023’s overspending—and said that widespread decentralized spending was the root cause of the UA’s budget deficit and lack of cash on hand, rather than the acquisition of Univeristy of Arizona Global Campus , or sp
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