Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

HBCUs are currently enjoying their highest levels of cultural prominence in decades. Enrollment is soaring and funding is increasing. And some expect application numbers to improve even further this year as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-conscious admissions practices. Although HBCUs are more mainstream than ever, a new report from EAB, the educational consulting firm focused on enrollment management, student success, and institutional strategy, shows that the students who s

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AUGUST 28, 2023

Blogs Most strategic plans fail to set useful goals. Why these mistakes make it impossible to meet institutional objectives. Everyone agrees that a strategic plan should set clear institutional goals. The plan should serve as the “North Star” guiding what is otherwise “a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over car parking,” as Clark Kerr famously quipped.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

HBCUs are currently enjoying their highest levels of cultural prominence in decades. Enrollment is soaring and funding is increasing. And some expect application numbers to improve even further this year as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling against race-conscious admissions practices. Although HBCUs are more mainstream than ever, a new report from EAB, the educational consulting firm focused on enrollment management, student success, and institutional strategy, shows that the students who s

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The Guardian Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Andrea Smith, an ethnic studies scholar at a California university, had faced decades of criticism for claiming Cherokee heritage An ethnic studies professor at the University of California, Riverside, will resign next year following more than a decade of outrage over accusations that she falsely claimed Indigenous American heritage. Andrea Smith, once a heralded scholar of Native American studies, faced criticism since at least 2008 for claiming she was Cherokee but had remained employed at the

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

A 20-year-old University of South Carolina student was fatally shot Saturday when he accidentally tried to enter the wrong house on the street where he lived and was mistaken for a burglar. University of South Carolina in southeast Columbia. The student was identified as Nicholas Anthony Donofrio. Classes for the fall semester had just started the week prior and Donofrio had begun his sophomore year last week at the University of South Carolina in southeast Columbia, said school officials.

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Higher Education Whisperer

AUGUST 28, 2023

Barrie & Worthington in ACSS Control Room, CC-BY 29/8/2023Greetings from the Control Room of the Australian Crisis Simulation Summit at the Australian National University in Canberra. There is a team of ten students sitting at computers, in a horseshoe shaped room running through the scenarios which teams of students around Australia will respond to.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Towson University has withdrawn its proposal for a business analytics Ph.D. program after Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General questioned the validity of the vote approving it, The Daily Record reported. Towson’s program proposal had received criticism from advocates for what they claim was a duplication of a program at Morgan State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Succession planning is paramount in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as it can play a critical role in preserving these institutions' legacy, values, and unique contributions. With a strong succession plan, HBCUs can ensure a smooth transition of leadership, cultivate a pipeline of diverse and visionary leaders, and continue to fulfill their vital mission of empowering generations of students and advancing social justice.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2023

Federal Student Aid discovered five law schools that improperly disbursed $2.9 million of ineligible federal financial aid funds to 92 students between 2017 and 2022. The Department of Education has subsequently fined three of the institutions and has requested from all five reimbursements for the allotted funds. Albany Law School, Atlanta’s John Marshall School of Law, Brooklyn Law School, New England Law–Boston, and New York Law School are considered freestanding law schools, meaning they are

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Occidental College President Dr. Harry J. Elam Jr. will end his tenure early due to a recent diagnosis of neuro-degenerative illness Parkinson’s disease, the Los Angeles Times reported. Dr. Harry J. Elam Jr. “Please know that I am doing well, with excellent medical care and a strong support system,” Elam said in a letter to the campus community. “But in order to prioritize my health and time with family, I have made the difficult decision not to serve the final (2024-25) year of my five-year ter

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

In nearly every area of higher education, Adobe Acrobat Pro — perhaps the most well-known PDF viewing and editing software on the market — has become a must-have. But the platform can do much more than simply open and mark up PDFs, particularly with the wealth of features recently introduced. From secure document signing to workflow integration, Acrobat Pro offers a robust selection of features, including many that the average user often forgets about or doesn’t understand.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2023

Wayne Gersie Wayne Gersie has been appointed vice president for equity and inclusion at Quinnipiac University. He served as vice president of diversity and inclusion and as a research assistant professor in the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences at Michigan Technological University. Gersie holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from The Pennsylvania State University.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2023

The union that represents resident assistants at Tufts University is planning to go on strike on move-in day on Tuesday, August 29. OPEIU Local 153 voted in favor on Friday to authorize a strike after management refused to meet their demand of providing an economic counterproposal. The union says they have been bargaining with the University since February about compensation with very little progress.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 28, 2023

Both sprawling, public land-grant flagship universities in two of the poorest states in the nation, Louisiana State University and West Virginia University are more similar than you’d think. It’s why higher education observers in Louisiana are watching the slashing of WVU’s budget with trepidation. But the budget problems faced by WVU are attributed to problems higher education is experiencing across the country and might be compounded in Louisiana if a temporary state sales tax expires as sched

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2023

“There’s a delay in the start of the form due to the complexity of simplification,” said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. For the 2024-2025 school year, the FAFSA filing season will open in December, two months later than in previous years. (The Education Department said it plans to return to an October 1 start date next year.

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Ray Schroeder

AUGUST 28, 2023

At a recent University of Minnesota Board of Regents meeting, members were told the university has seen a nearly 6 percent drop in enrollment, system wide since 2019. It’s part of a nationwide trend: There are fewer high schoolers enrolling in post-secondary institutions. How is the University of Minnesota dealing with these headwinds? MPR News host Cathy Wurzer asked interim president Jeff Ettinger.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2023

Andrew Coats, the lawyer who convinced the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984 to allow universities to maximize football revenue, leading to a television-driven money-grab and today’s sweeping upheaval, now looks back with regret on the landmark case he successfully argued. “I think I screwed up college football across the board, because I think the case did it,” Coats recently told NBC News, reflecting on his role in NCAA v.

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University Business

AUGUST 28, 2023

With the fall semester beginning on Monday at New College of Florida, it’s the start of a new academic year like no other. The new-look Board of Trustees Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed in January ushered in a new era at New College, a shift so dramatic the board ousted its sitting president. But the swath of changes it’s implementing has created a chaotic start to the fall semester.

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