Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

HBCUs are attracting students at record numbers and experiencing an uptick in philanthropic support, both of which are chipping away at decades of underfunding. It’s a promising trend—one that we have a responsibility to ensure isn’t just a blip. Even with these successes, the long-term viability of many HBCUs remains precarious if we don’t take advantage of this moment to create lasting, systemic changes to advance the ways HBCUs operate and provide more Black Americans with access to the dis

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MAY 4, 2023

The way we teach has undergone a massive shift in the past three years. When the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends toward remote instruction, asynchronous learning and more, classrooms were inundated with new technologies that were intended to help. The sudden push forced higher education institutions sometimes reticent instructors to adopt these tools to facilitate teaching and learning whether they were in the classroom or not.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Music is a medium commonly used as an instrument to motivate individuals through different facets of life. In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. While hip-hop may not often be referenced as tantamount with higher education, many artists have referenced the academe within their works. Dr. Jeremy C. McCool Whether you are analyzing Ye’s multiplatinum and highly regarded debut album “College Dropout” or J.

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University Business

MAY 4, 2023

Credentials holders in computer-related fields, such as computer science, computer engineering and computer and information sciences, are the country’s most lucrative students early into their careers, according to Department of Education data compiled by The HEA Group and College Scorecard. Bachelor’s degree holders in computer science from Harvard University have the highest mean earnings four years after graduation at $256,539.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Every so often, we get to see a college president overjoyed by the honor of awarding their son/daughter a diploma at commencement. That was the case for Dr. David K. Wilson, of Morgan State University in Baltimore, who in 2021, presented a degree to his son, alongside hundreds of other cheering Morgan graduates. But rarely do we see a college president preside over a commencement ceremony where they get to award a degree to their spouse.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 4, 2023

Scaling Up: Program Gets Student Stop-Outs to Graduation Featured Image at Top of Article 20221216_Commencement_82.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. African Americans and Native Americans have been particularly affected, suffering declines of 24% and 26% respectively between fall 2019 and fall 2021. These decreases are especially concerning because of how popular a path community colleges have been for these groups: 44% of all Black undergraduates and 57% of all N

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

More than half of college students (58%) accessed mental health care during their K-12 years, according to data from TimelyCare, a virtual health and well-being company for higher education. Seli Fakorzi The finding indicates that issues of mental health are not recent, said Seli Fakorzi, a licensed clinician and director of mental health operations at TimelyCare.

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Higher Education Whisperer

MAY 4, 2023

I am doing the "Detecting Contract Cheating" course from TEQSA. In Module 2 "Supply and demand" under "who are cohorts likely to cheat" lists "Students who speak a language other than English". That is, if you speak a language other than English, the claim is you probably cheat. But isn't that most of the people in the world?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Norwich University recently honored Brig. Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse Jr., one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, with an honorary doctorate during commencement, NBC5 reported. Brig. Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse, Jr. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first group of all-Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps, for which Woodhouse served as a pilot in World War II.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Nursery education is in crisis, schools and FE colleges neglected. Only by funding these properly will Labour improve standards There’s been a lot less hoo-ha about Labour’s retreat on abolishing tuition fees than some expected. Large numbers, even among students themselves, think paying for their own degrees is fair: YouGov yesterday found 50% of them pro-fees with only 30% wanting the public to pay through general taxation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Bluefield University was subject to hackers this week, with them taking over the Virginia university’s emergency alerts system and threatening to leak school files if the school doesn’t pay up, NBC News reported. “We have admissions data from thousands of students. Your personal information is at risk to be leaked on the darkweb blog,” the messages said.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MAY 4, 2023

Controversy at Madison Over Racist Video Scott Jaschik Thu, 05/04/2023 - 06:47 AM

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

New York Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has signed into law two bills that would make birth control and medication abortion easier to access, Livingston County News reported. Gov. Kathy Hochul One of the bills would allow pharmacists to prescribe over-the-counter birth control to patients. The other would fund a program to provide medication abortion at SUNY and CUNY campus health centers.

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Parchment

MAY 4, 2023

Add post content. There’s always more to learn. Blog Admissions Are Micro-Credentials Right for Your Institution? Blog Admissions A Fresh Admission Strategy to Hit Goals Case Studies Higher Ed Parchment Receive Services The University of Houston used an outdated, inefficient imaging system to intake transcripts Ready to feel the power of Parchment?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Marcus Byrd Marcus Byrd has been named director of financial aid at Alabama A&M University. He served as director of financial aid at Coppin State University in Baltimore. Byrd earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA from Alabama A&M University.

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University Business

MAY 4, 2023

South Florida State College President Thomas Leitzel is set to retire on June 30, leaving his position up for grabs. “The position remains open as a result of our three finalists all for their own personal reasons have withdrawn their names for consideration,” District Board of Trustees Chairperson Terry Atchley said at a special meeting called for Wednesday.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 4, 2023

The Process of Engineering Council UK (ECUK) Accreditation for Engineering Programs editor Thu, 05/04/2023 - 06:50 Engineering is a discipline that shapes the modern world, and the quality of engineering education has a significant impact on the future of society. In the United Kingdom, the Engineering Council plays a vital role in regulating the engineering profession and ensuring that engineering programs meet the highest standards of excellence.

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University Business

MAY 4, 2023

The Bucks County Community College Federation of Teachers chapter voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prepare a no-confidence vote in the leadership of College President Felicia Ganther. Ganther is completing the second year of a three-year contract and has been at the forefront of changes on campus since arriving at the height of the pandemic in 2021, with the goal of bringing more college students back to school.

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Ray Schroeder

MAY 4, 2023

Meanwhile, last month, many ed-tech companies in India started courses on ChatGPT that targeted job seekers and professionals. An online course on ChatGPT for beginners from an individual teacher garnered revenue of Rs.28 lakhs and drew thousands of subscribers in three months. Nothing surprising in the demand for learning Chat GPT in non-tech ways.

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University Business

MAY 4, 2023

When facing potential closure in 2018, a good actor saved Iowa Wesleyan University with a $26.1 million loan. Still, the inevitable happened , and as Iowa could not pay back its loan, the only collateral Wesleyan’s Board of Trustees could give this entity was its property. Why does the Department of Agriculture now own the 60-acre tomb of a now-defunct, 181-year-old private university in rural southeast Iowa?

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Ray Schroeder

MAY 4, 2023

A group of students and a handful of presidents from the state college and universities system’s 17 schools gathered at the Legislative Office Building Monday morning to urge lawmakers to reconsider their proposed budget. The budget the Appropriations Committee endorsed for the next two years falls $109 million short of the cost needed to maintain current services on campuses in the 2023-24 fiscal year and $225 million below in the 2024-25 year.

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ISA Journal

MAY 4, 2023

Experience life in Rome, Italy with ISA vlogger Raegan!

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MAY 4, 2023

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Study and Go Abroad

MAY 4, 2023

Looking across the southern border, you will find more than 4,700 college and university choices in the United States. While the process of applying to U.S. institutions is different, it doesn’t have to be daunting. In fact, a U.S. education is more accessible than you might think. Number of options Did I hear right? 4,700?? The United States boasts an incredibly diverse education system with 2-year colleges, public and private universities, liberal arts colleges, research universities, t

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EAB

MAY 4, 2023

Infographic 105 Tactics to Improve Employee Engagement Higher education institutions are confronting high rates of employee turnover and disengagement. To help leaders understand a range of options to improve morale, this infographic provides 105 different tactics to increase employee engagement. Each tactic is rated on how many employees it may impact and how resource-intensive it is.

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MAY 4, 2023

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Howard University’s Center for Journalism & Democracy (CJD) has won a $4 million award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to create academic and applied research programs with the goal of bolstering health equity journalism at HBCUs. The award – applied over three years – will go towards The RWJF Investigative Journalism for Health Equity Project , which aims to support programming about teaching, research, and reporting on root causes of racial health disparities in the U.S.

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MAY 4, 2023

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

More than 39,000 people have signed an online petition for the University of Wisconsin-Madison to expel a student who used racist slurs and said she wanted Black people returned to slavery so she could abuse them, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Despite condemning the video-recorded language, UW-Madison said, as a public institution , it was bound by the First Amendment.

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MAY 4, 2023

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University Business

MAY 4, 2023

Trump’s visit – and how the college is handling it – underscores the challenges facing New Hampshire’s political infrastructure as it prepares for Trump’s next presidential campaign to ramp up in the state. For its part, Saint Anselm College says hosting Trump is consistent with its mission of fostering civic dialogue. President Joseph Favazza’s letter noted that the timing of Trump’s visit, on the eve of the start of final exams, “wasn’t ideal,” but said the college is working to minimize disru

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