Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This year’s Race & Justice Imperative—a series of conversations with Black political leaders put on by the DC-based newspaper The Hill —came at an auspicious moment for Black power. More Black Americans were elected in 2022 than ever before, and the Congressional Black Caucus now boasts 57 members, a record. But the overwhelming consensus from the people who spoke, a mixture of Congresspeople, academics, and advocates, was that representation is not enough.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By: Dawn M. Ford, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jillian Saraney, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Service-learning projects designed by students can meet community needs while elevating student learning, engagement, and success by integrating high-impact practices (HIPs) and HIP elements. Keywords: Service-learning, public health, graduate education, community needs, student engagement, research, high-impact practices Introduction High-impact practices (HIPs) su

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The Academic Pipeline Exchange is an open access database charting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in businesses, organizations, and institutions of higher education across the nation. While the full database is only in its initial stages, Drs. Curtis Byrd and Rihana Mason are already working to turn their idea into a nationwide standard.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Image: The latest college drinking trend is as simple as it is potent: equal parts water and liquor, combined with some sort of sugary flavoring. And while some see the beverage as just another way to get drunk quickly, others consider the fad a safer alternative to drinking games of yore, such as Slap the Bag or Edward Fortyhands. Called a borg—short for “blackout rage gallon”—the beverages have been around since at least early 2020, when the first recipes for the concoc

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Educational test prep company Kaplan and Talladega College are partnering to provide the school's undergraduate student population with free prep courses for graduate-level admissions exams and professional certifications. The school joins Xavier University of Louisiana, Howard University, and Delaware State University as Kaplan’s first historically Black college and university (HBCU) partners for its All Access initiative.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

During these especially challenging times, the little things that happen in the classroom can matter the most, writes Kevin Currie-Knight. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Today Show on Jobs site: Image Source: James Woodson/photodisc/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), a regional transportation research center led by the University of Washington (UW), will receive $3 million in federal funding. Rep. Pramila Jayapal Rep. Pramila Jayapal helped secure the funding for the center, which will aid the university in its research and workforce development efforts for transportation around mountainous roadways and protected waterways.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Cedric Bernard Rucker Cedric Bernard Rucker has been named senior associate dean in the Office of African-American Affairs at the University of Virginia. He served as associate vice president for student affairs and dean of student life at the University of Mary Washington. Rucker received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Mary Washington and earned a master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Image: The pedagogical approach known as HyFlex has been part of the learning landscape for more than 15 years, primarily in graduate courses. But it moved from a fringe phenomenon to the mainstream, at least temporarily, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as colleges brought students back to their physical campuses but needed flexibility so that students who were sick or otherwise unable to be in the classroom could continue their educations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Sophia Lee Sophia Lee has been named chief of staff for the president of Temple University in Philadelphia. Lee served as a partner in the litigation practice at Blank Rome in Philadelphia. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Cornell University, as well as an LL.M. and J.D. from the Temple University School of Law.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University announced today a $116 million donation from the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to help underrepresented students pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The university, located in Pittsburgh, will add $34 million to the private foundation’s gift to establish the CMU Rales Fellows Program, which will provide full tuition and a stipend to students enrolling in select master’s degree and doctoral programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Margaret Lo will become the first chief sustainability officer at Ball State University, effective Mar. 6. Margaret Lo “We are excited to bring Margaret aboard to provide institutional leadership and support as we expand upon our University’s culture of collaborative sustainability,” said Alan Finn, Ball vice president for business affairs and treasurer.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Image: For students, leveraging their institution’s alumni network can be easier said than done. The Connect Team at Hamilton College in New York serves as a bridge between students and graduates working in various industries. The team puts on dozens of events and works with hundreds of alumni who conduct interviews and writes a blog to create resources for their classmates.

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Ed.gov Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and honor our nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Max Aulwes, Alan Mo, and Sreeya Pittala are three of the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program recipients for excellence in Career and Technical Education (CTE).

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Proctor Academy

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“Tank. Tank. Tank." The loud sounds of “tanking, clanking and rattling” of the old steam pipes hissing down in the basement of Maxwell Savage punctures the serenity between the “tick, tap, ticking” of our collective keyboards. Four boys and I are serving early morning mandatory Sunday study hall on a blustery mid-February day.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Arday, 37, a sociologist, aims to inspire others from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds A renowned sociologist who was unable to read or write until the age of 18, and was working part-time in Sainsbury’s less than eight years ago, is to become the youngest black professor ever appointed at the University of Cambridge. Prof Jason Arday , 37, is a highly respected scholar of race, inequality and education, yet at three years old he was diagnosed with global development delay and aut

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting One of my personal mantras about writing is that writing is thinking. Writing involves both the expression and the exploration of an idea, where the writing itself changes the shape of the original idea, winding up in a different, previously unknown spot. Being aware of when this happens is one of the things I ask students to be on the lookout for as they write.

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Roompact is pleased to announce its fifth annual user’s conference scheduled for this fall on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 between 12:30pm and 2:30pm at the Hilton Long Beach. Our “mini conference” this year will feature Roompact updates, a showcase session on specialized use cases of our software, and the opportunity to interact with Roompact teammates.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A new study found that early-morning classes are associated with “lower attendance, shorter sleep, and poorer academic achievement” among college students. The study, published Monday in Nature Human Behavior , analyzed university students’ digital traces. Wi-Fi connection logs of 23,391 students revealed that class attendance was about 10 percentage points lower for classes at 8 a.m. compared with later start times, according to the study.

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Hanover Research

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The entire ecosystem of large higher education institutions, mainly students, faculty, and staff, continue to live in a world still effected by the changes experienced during the pandemic as we ease into the first few months of 2023 with the ultimate goal of returning to normalcy. In this panel, hear from Hanover Research experts sharing findings from our newly released 2023 Higher Education Trends Report as well as university and individual college leaders reflecting on personal experiences in

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A number of terrific tidbits have come in over the last week or so, most of which are directly relevant to student success. Rather than waiting for Friday, it seemed reasonable to share them now. First, the idea of 8-week semesters (as opposed to 15 or 16 weeks) continues to prove itself. I’ve known about the successes at Odessa College, Amarillo College, the College of Southern Maryland, and Grayson College, but now we can add Kilgore College

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Roompact is pleased to announce its fifth annual user’s conference scheduled for this fall on Wednesday, October 25th, 2023 between 12:30pm and 2:30pm at the Hilton Long Beach. Our “mini conference” this year will feature Roompact updates, a showcase session on specialized use cases of our software, and the opportunity to interact with Roompact teammates.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

U.S. News & World Report , the magazine famous for its controversial rankings of educational institutions, on Tuesday announced its purchase of CollegeAdvisor.com , which “matches students and families with dedicated and highly trained admissions coaches to build a customized college application strategy that includes one-on-one counseling, essay editing, interview prep and other specialty workshops.

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Hanover Research

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The entire ecosystem of large higher education institutions, mainly students, faculty, and staff, continue to live in a world still effected by the changes experienced during the pandemic as we ease into the first few months of 2023 with the ultimate goal of returning to normalcy. In this panel, hear from Hanover Research experts sharing findings from our newly released 2023 Higher Education Trends Report as well as university and individual college leaders reflecting on personal experiences in

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Vermont Law and Graduate School is embroiled in a fight about a pair of murals in the student center that depict slavery, The New York Times reported. Painted 30 years ago by a white artist, Sam Kerson, the two 24-foot-long murals show scenes of a slave market and a white man wielding a whip, as well as images of white Vermonters helping enslaved people escape on the Underground Railroad.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A proposed fundraiser event by a small liberal arts school president has incited an avalanche, calling for the resignation of a school dean and drawing the Board of Trustees into the muck as 120 faculty pressure the Board to begin its new president search immediately. Dr. Rodmon Cedric King, Connecticut College’s former Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion (DIEI), insisted President Katherine Bergeron avoid hosting a fundraising event at a Florida venue King knew had a reputation for

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The American Bar Association will again consider a request from its Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to make law schools test optional. The ABA House of Delegates rejected such a proposal this month. But the council voted Friday to make the request a second time. Now the House of Delegates will return to the issue in August.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Good teaching is notoriously difficult to define, in part because of its individualized, context-dependent nature. Higher education needs this shared foundation of what constitutes good teaching if we are to foster productive conversations that increase equity in evaluations, collaboration between colleagues, and ultimately student success. Read more on NEA’s website.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Most Michigan State University students returned to classes Monday, following a break because of last week’s murder of three students, The Detroit News reported. The News reported that most faculty members devoted their classes to giving students an opportunity to talk about the tragedy. There were memorials, therapy dogs and a visible police presence on campus.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

State lawmakers are considering a bill to give most in-state students free tuition to Minnesota’s colleges and universities. DFL senators proposed creating the Minnesota Commitment to Higher Education Act, which would allow eligible Minnesota residents who are enrolled in a public state college or university to apply for a grant to cover the entire cost of their tuition and fees.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education With a 24-hour news cycle, shrinking newsrooms and lots of competition in higher education, breaking through the noise to gain national media attention is more challenging than ever. Despite these challenges, we at Southern New Hampshire University have had great success by focusing our media outreach on our students and their stories.

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CAPD

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

By: Erik Pavesic and Kendel Jester Many of us in Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) have had an opportunity to play around with the latest disruptive technology: ChatGPT from OpenAI. ChatGPT, a chatbot prototype launched in November 2022, has demonstrated use in reviewing code, compiling ideas, answering general questions, and writing full documents including poems, plays, letters, essays, and more.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

STATE: Texas CLOSING DATE: January 2025 B. H. Carroll Theological Institute, located outside of Dallas, announced plans to become part of East Texas Baptist University, which is located some 170 miles to the east in Marshall. The theological school said it would immediately drop the term “institute” from its name. Once the merger is complete, it’s set to be known as B.

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ISA Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stories that Shaped Us: Short but Sweet: Paris during the Pandemic Rachel Mullikin is an…

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The University of Illinois Springfield has announced an increase in spring semester enrollment. According to campus officials, as of Jan. 30, total enrollment is 4,107 – an increase of 363 students from Spring 2022. The number is down slightly from 4,198 last fall. UIS also said the number amounts to a 9.7% increase in head count, a 10.3% increase in credit hours and a 12.5 percent increase in total full-time enrollment from a year ago.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute : Nir Eisikovits, professor of philosophy and founding director of the Applied Ethics Center at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, examines the impacts of the emergence of AI in our daily lives. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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Hanover Research

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Data can tell a vital story about K–12 challenges and how to solve them. All teachers, principals, and district leaders can use data effectively to set goals, measure changes, discover patterns, and track outcomes — if they fortify their data literacy skills. Our K–12 Data Literacy Checklist provides a framework you can use right away to draw meaningful insights from any data you encounter in your school or district.

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