Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Higher education is a ladder to social and economic mobility and stability, and learning certain skills like leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving and communication, can make the difference in a graduate feeling their time in postsecondary education was both worth the expense and helped them achieve life goals. While these skills are shown to positively impact the lives of graduates, not all graduates experience the same economic benefits.

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Great College Advice

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Your Application is Deferred. Now What? As early admissions decisions have come over the last few weeks, many students are not being admitted or denied admission. Many are being deferred. Welcome to the purgatory of college admissions. You can’t reveal in the elation of being admitted and you can’t sulk and get over being rejected. You are somewhere in the middle.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Facing a national shortage of early childhood educators , the Community College of Vermont (CCV) and the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) have teamed up for an innovative solution: paying students to reduce their hours at their jobs in favor of taking more classes. The goal is to make students, many of whom work while attending school part-time, more likely to complete a credential while putting new workers into the pipeline more quickly.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The cybersecurity threat landscape in higher education is constantly evolving. According to VMware’s “Global Incident Response Threat Report,” emerging threats against APIs and containers have gained traction during the past year, as have attacks using deepfakes. Supply chain threats also have become a significant concern, and all signs say that they will get worse in the near future.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Levon Esters will become vice provost for graduate education at Penn State and dean of its Graduate School, effective May 1, 2023. Dr. Levon Esters Esters is currently the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and faculty affairs for Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute and professor of agricultural sciences education. He is also director of the Mentoring@Purdue program and director of Cornell University’s Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship Program.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

For the past two years, Santa Clara University has won a DEI award from the publication INSIGHT Into Higher Education magazine. The Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award recognizes universities with an outstanding commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)—especially those that have made DEI part of the holistic fabric of their campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

St. Augustine’s University is on probation again with its accreditation agency due to financial reasons, The News & Observer reported. To note, the school will remain fully accredited while on probation because it is being "continued in accreditation for Good Cause and placed on Probation.” The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) decided to put the historically Black college on university on probation for one year, after its board of trustees determi

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Robert K. Vischer will become president of The University of St. Thomas, effective Jan. 1, 2023, making him the second layperson in the role at the Catholic school. Rob Vischer Vischer has held several roles at St. Thomas, including interim president, dean of the law school, and associate professor of law. He was also an inaugural recipient of the Minnesota Lawyer Diversity and Inclusion Award for contributions to diversity and inclusion in law.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Blogs. What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders. The long-term impacts of the pandemic on student mental health—and 7 steps you can take to prepare. The pandemic ripple effects on student success will last for years, including the long-term impact on student mental health. The stresses and loss of the pandemic profoundly impacted student well-being, while the social disruption and isolation altered their social development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Daniel Pullin will become the next president of Texas Christian University (TCU), effective Feb. 1, 2023. Daniel Pullin Pullin is currently the John V. Roach Dean of the TCU Neeley School of Business and a professor of entrepreneurship and innovation. Previously, Pullin has been university vice president at the University of Oklahoma (OU) and dean of its Price College of Business.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. I recently got to reunite with some former colleagues all at once. They were a great group when we worked together, but I hadn’t seen them (and vice versa) in a while. We caught up for probably about 45 minutes, of which at least 44 were devoted entirely to personal matters – spouses, kids, vacations, random observations of the universe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Sarah Wice-Courtney Sarah Wice-Courtney has been appointed associate vice president for marketing and communications at the University of Northern Kentucky. Wice-Courtney holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications from the University of Kentucky and an MBA from Thomas More University in Crestview Hills, Ky.

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College for Creative Study

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Students stunned in silks, denim, and other fabrics as they repurposed thrifted materials redefining their purpose through a “Fashion ReInterpretation” course offered at CCS. . Fifteen high school dual-enrolled students and twelve undergraduates created one of a kind fashion looks. The course was partially sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul and the General Motors “Design for an Equitable Future” grant. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Kiwana McClung Kiwana McClung has been appointed chief diversity officer at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. McClung serves as an associate professor in the School of Architecture and Design. She earned a bachelor’s degree in arts and humanities from Southern University in Baton Rouge and a Master of Architecture degree from Louisiana State University.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Holy Names University, a 154-year institution in Oakland, California, is the latest small private college to announce that it will close at the end of the 2022-23 school year. Holy Names had “struggled to remain” open while administrators sought a merger as they grappled with rising operational costs, declining enrollment, and students’ increased need for financial aid.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although 20% of students are estimated to have dyslexia, it is only diagnosed in less than 4%. This chasm can swallow lives. Students with dyslexia are twice as likely to drop out of school, and an estimated 70% of juvenile delinquents have this learning difference. Approximately 80% of adults in the prison system are estimated to be functionally illiterate.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Faculty leaders have demanded the resignation of Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon after he blurted out a string of gibberish in a failed, offensive joke he made during a commencement ceremony. Keon was apparently trying, but not succeeding, to poke fun at the previous speaker’s anecdote about speaking a (seemingly non-offensive) made-up language with his granddaughter.

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CAPD

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Health Coaching Workshop Series – click here to read more and register for workshops. Fridays 1-1:45 pm, via Zoom. Friday, January 6: Setting Wellness Goals in 2023. Friday, January 13: Personalized Stress Management. Friday, January 20: Sleep Reboot. Monday Mindfulness – click here to read more and register. Mondays Jan. 9, 23, 30 (no class on Monday, Jan. 16), 4-4:30 pm via Zoom.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Blogs. How to Build a Sustainable Model for Student Equity and Increase Student Success. The pandemic and widespread civil unrest of 2020 forced institutions to acknowledge the impact new learning environments and sociocultural issues have on students. With this in mind, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte decided to evaluate its institutional policies through an equity lens using EAB’s 360-Degree Student Equity Audit.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Moscow Police Department collected 10,000 tips and leads related to the deaths of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13. Police still have the same number of resources looking through the tips, including a team that is specifically looking through digital content. Investigators say these tips and leads are not released to the public “as part of the ongoing commitment to keep information safe because it can be a powerful tool in the investigation process.”.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Nothing can replace firsthand knowledge. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of New England Week, Marilyn R. Gugliucci explores one example. Gugliucci is a professor of geriatrics research and director of the U-ExCEL (UNE~Exercise and Conditioning for Easier Living) Fitness/Wellness Program for older adults. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.

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Ray Schroeder

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Developing an entirely new form of programming, like micro-credentials, requires collaboration between departments, faculty, senior leadership and even the surrounding community. The work that goes into making these programs accessible and differentiating them from the rest of the university through badges or certificates can help more students return to work with new skills quickly.

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Gray Associates

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The median program size for our November Program of the Month grew 38% year-over-year. Enter the market early by offering this growing program.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Arizbeth Cortez felt confident college would be just like high school and she’d ace all her classes. After all, she’d never received anything less than an A grade at Denver’s Bruce Randolph School. On her first exam at the University of Northern Colorado, however, she got a B. It brought a flood of tears and worries that she didn’t have the skills to meet her expectations.

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ISA Journal

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Learn about environmental sustainability on Roehampton’s campus with Fall ’22 Vlogger Natalie!

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Success strategies for continuous enrollment growth in a declining market. Dr. Nathan Long shares how Saybrook's enrollment is beating the odds.

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Paradigm IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Developing Allyship Skills: Three Tips to Expanding Your Network.

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EAB

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Blogs. How to recruit specialized business students and grow non-MBA enrollment. Finding and attracting career switchers. In my experience managing graduate business enrollment, the pool of students applying to business programs is always changing. And that’s especially true today: according to GMAC, there have been an increasing number of applications to specialized business master’s programs, while applications to MBA programs have been declining.

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University Business

DECEMBER 20, 2022

President Joe Biden’s plan for mass student loan debt relief may be a bust, but the attempt to wipe billions in education-related debt was an acknowledgment: The way the U.S. pays for higher education is not working. Why else would nearly $400 billion in student loan debt relief be necessary? Biden himself stated in announcing his plan that an “entire generation is now saddled with unsustainable debt in exchange for an attempt, at least, at a college degree.”.

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