Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Dr. Ruth Simmons, the outgoing president of Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), will become a senior adviser to the president of Harvard University on engagement with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), effective Jun. 1, The Harvard Gazette reported. Dr. Ruth Simmons Simmons, president emerita of Smith College and Brown University, recently announced an early resignation as PVAMU President after hiring disagreements with the Chancellor of the Texas system chancellor.

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Dr. Josie Ahlquist

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In honor of Black History Month, I selected 30 inspiring Black Higher Education leaders (because, yes, they needed a full month’s worth) who come from all walks of life and serve in various roles, from Vice Presidents to Deans to Directors. Their excellence, impact, and influence on their communities and institutions are second to none. Through their stories, we can learn about their journey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Students and faculty at the New College of Florida held a a protest during a board of trustees meeting a Tuesday after a conservative takeover of the college, CNN reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis Back in January, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis replaced six of 13 members on the small public liberal arts school’s board with conservative allies. That board has since replaced the college’s president with DeSantis ally Richard Corcoran in the interim.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Image: Kaitlyn Schaaf has lived in four different homes during her five-year (and counting) career as a Vanderbilt University Ph.D. candidate. Her first living situation, a house that she found through a friend of a friend of her aunt, was only 5.5 miles from campus, but in Nashville traffic, the commute took about an hour. Four apartments later, she lives a short bus ride from campus but also shares a 1,100-square-foot space with two other people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Tiffany Sanderson Tiffany Sanderson has been appointed president of Lake Area Technical College. Sanderson served as secretary of South Dakota’s Department of Education. She earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural education from South Dakota State University and master’s in human resource management from the University of South Dakota.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Besides damaging people’s health, they’re detrimental to employee retention and long-term satisfaction, so colleges must rid themselves of such cultures, says Richard Orbé-Austin. Job Tags: ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS Ad keywords: administrators Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: ArtemisDiana/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

California’s community colleges are lacking in full-time faculty, according to a recent report from California’s state auditor. The state-ordered audit looked at hiring and state funds spending practices for full-time faculty at four community college districts: Foothill-De Anza, Kern, Los Rios and San Diego. Evan Hawkins The district with the highest amount of instruction taught by full-time faculty was Los Rios with 63%, falling short of the state’s goal that 75% of community college classes

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Marta is a 41-year-old divorced mother of three who works as an office assistant at a dental practice in San Luis Obispo County. She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. Marta also takes care of her mother, who has declining health and requires increasing levels of care. So, while she aspires to become a dental hygienist, the pursuit would require uprooting her family, leaving her job, and accruing significant debt.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Blog: Just Visiting I see we are in another cycle of concern for the academic humanities, this time triggered by a long article in the New Yorker by Nathan Heller titled “The End of the English Major.” Heller covers a lot of ground , and none of it will be novel (pardon the pun) to people who read a publication called Inside Higher Ed. One of the benefits of having been writing in this space for such a long time is that I can go to my own archives over these evergreen issues and see

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RA role?” Guest Post by Justin Mason, Professional, Georgetown University The RA role as we know it has been a staple for residential living for over a few decades. Since the 1960’s, college students living on campus could be.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick is the 17th president of Howard University, one of 107 historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S., serving some 11,000 students across its undergraduate, graduate, and professional student programs. Frederick is the distinguished Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery at the Howard University College of Medicine.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Every IT department in higher education is focused on cybersecurity. For years now, colleges and universities have been subjected to cyberattacks, and as long as institutions continue to be storehouses of massive amounts of student, research and staff data, they will continue to be targeted. Over time, higher education institutions have gotten a little better at defending themselves.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Image: Addressing the challenges with students’ mental health goes beyond the counseling center and health and wellness resources, and one university is hoping to get its entire campus community on board with meeting mental health needs and managing crisis situations. Four out of five college students believe there is a mental health crisis on campus, according to a January 2023 survey of 1,200 college students from TimelyMD.

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Via's

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Concordia University, Nebraska, Makes Move from “Clunky” System to Via Via Helps One-Person Office “Keep Plates Spinning in a Functional Way” Julie Johnston Hermann, director of global opportunities at Concordia University, Nebraska, had been contemplating changing software providers for some time when she learned about Via. “Our other system was pretty clunky,” Julie says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Bowdoin College Oyman Basaran, sociology Meryem N. Belkaïd, romance languages and literatures Theo Greene, sociology Alison Riley Miller, education Colorado College Eli Fahrenkrug, chemistry and biochemistry Flavia Sancier-Barbosa, mathematics and computer science Natalie Gosnell, physics Sylvan Goldberg, English Seminole State College, in Oklahoma Emily Carpenter, mathematics Andrew Davis, English Editorial Tags: Tenure list Is this diversity newsletter?

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Proctor Academy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Proctor Academy's winter 2023 Mountain Classroom program has come to an end after ten weeks of exploring, adventuring, learning, and bonding as a group. The off-campus experience is like none other, pushing students so far outside their comfort zone that individuals learn to rely on each other, and to fully understand the impact of their individual actions on the well-being of the group.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Blog: Law, Policy—and IT? Tonight Representative Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) will open proceedings on the select committee that he leads, the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. This special committee has a blank slate upon which to heap U.S. anxieties—real and imagined—about the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Weekly 75 minutes of moderate-intensity activity is half the amount recommended by the NHS An 11-minute brisk walk every day could prevent one in 10 premature deaths worldwide, according to the largest ever study of its kind. This equates to 75 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week, half the weekly 150 minutes recommended by the NHS. Continue reading.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Colorado College announced Monday that it is leaving the rankings produced each year by U.S. News & World Report. L. Song Richardson, the president, wrote to the campus that, “We are pulling out of this ranking because it privileges criteria that are antithetical to our values and our aspirational goals. Here are a few examples. U.S. News ’ flawed methodology still equates academic quality with institutional wealth and continues to rely heavily on the infamous questionnaire askin

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

EdTech often covers innovation and emerging technologies that carry higher education forward, leading to better experiences for students, faculty and staff. But sometimes it’s important for IT leaders to take a step back and return to their roots. The 2023 EDUCAUSE Top 10 IT Issues list is all about foundation models, building on the fundamentals of higher education IT to improve processes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Financial aid administrators at colleges and universities say a lack of time and guidance from the U.S. Department of Education are key barriers they’ll face in preparing to carry out the coming overhaul of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. A simplified version of the new application is set to go live sometime this fall. The new application is just one of several changes the department is making as part of the overhaul, known as FAFSA simplification , which also includes changi

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Photo by Lightspring on StockSnap.io I’ve always been hesitant to take on a leadership role for an organization because I fear not being able to give my very best to all of my competing personal and professional responsibilities. However, when I was notified that I had been nominated for the SAAL Board VP of Profession Advancement position, I knew this was an opportunity that I could not let pass.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sanjay Gupta, former dean at Michigan State University’s Broad School of Business, has filed a lawsuit against interim president Teresa Woodruff, former president Dr. Samuel Stanley Jr. and five other MSU employees related to his removal over alleged missteps on Title IX. The lawsuit alleges Woodruff defamed and demoted Gupta to thwart his potential bid for the presidency to replace Dr.

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PUC

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Meet PUC’s new men’s volleyball coach, Patrick Taaffe. This is Coach Taaffe’s (pronounced TAF) first time coaching at a collegiate level, with a background of coaching high school girls and guys volleyball along with club.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Bethany College in West Virginia has put its presidential search on pause for a year and will continue with Jamie Caridi as interim president, announced Ken Bado, chair of the Board of Trustees. Caridi’s interim presidency began Jan. 1, 2022, with the departure of the previous president, Tamara Rodenberg. The board started a search, with RH Perry & Associates, a search firm.

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Paradigm IQ

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As we enter this Women’s History Month, we are facing the risk of an unfortunate history repeating itself: economic uncertainty having a disproportionate impact on the careers of women and women of color. In just the last 20 years, we’ve seen two examples.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The San Mateo Community College District is pausing and restarting its search for a new chancellor after one of the candidates issued a public statement about withdrawing from the process, The Almanac reported. The district’s Board of Trustees selected Melissa Moreno, president of Skyline College, to serve as interim chancellor in the meantime.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Changing Higher Ed Podcast 144 With Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton And Guest Ralph Wolff: Institutional Accreditation is in Dire Need of Change → Read the podcast transcript → Download the podcast PDF transcript Institutional accreditation is in dire need of change, even though it provides institutions with more external recognition, improves the likelihood of gaining more resources, and boosts the respect of staff and faculty.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

On Thursday, Sen. John Johnson, R-North Ogden and professor of data analytics and information systems at Utah State University, introduced a bill that addresses diversity and inclusion programs in Utah’s system of higher education. On Monday, Johnson presented an updated bill to the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee, where he changed the legislation from prohibiting the funding of “diversity, equity and inclusion offices or officers” at Utah universities to instead require the Education Inte

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College for Creative Study

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

CCS junior Camila Lerena won gold in the Architecture and Design Collection Awards (ADC) for her conceptual design of a chair that can be passed down through generations. Lerena, entered her concept design for the Florencia Lounge chair — created in a design course she had taken in 2022. The Florencia is a piece of furniture that with its simplicity can fit into varying environments, and is also designed with a timeless flare that allows it to move through generations.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As I recount in the excerpt below, college students are a favorite target of plasma companies, who know that young students need extra cash. I spent time in one unique college town in the Mountain West asking why so many students there sell plasma. The geotargeting of plasma extraction leaves a lot of people out and maintains it as something people do while in school.

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Terminalfour

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The world of digital marketing moves fast—and it can be hard to keep up with the latest trends and tools and find ways to optimize workflows. We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar on AI-Powered Higher Ed: Unlocking the Potential of AI Models for Digital Marketing, March 15, 2023.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Today’s generation of students will become some of the most digitally literate citizens we’ve ever seen. Sure, they’re probably already Microsoft Word experts and have great search engine optimization skills, but even greater technological opportunities await them. Nearly every job requires its employees to have a considerable range of digital skills , according to a report from the National Skills Coalition, an organization that seeks inclusive and high-quality skills training

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this post, Nichola Kett (Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement) looks back at the University’s work on the student transitions-Enhancement Theme and highlights updated sector resources, whilst Lucy Evans (Deputy Secretary, Students) outlines the University’s planned work on continuous service improvement aligned to the student journey.

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SRHE

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

by Sam Elkington and Jill Dickinson Across the higher education (HE) sector, factors including increasing student numbers, growing diversification, concerns about students’ mental health and wellbeing, and marketisation, have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. Their culmination has pushed the changing needs of learning spaces to the top of the agenda.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. The venue has a history of racial discrimination and antisemitism.

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ISA Journal

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Coming to Seville with my street clothes and crop tops felt like an opportunity for…

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