Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Courtney Adkins The beginning of the fall academic term brings to mind images of freshly graduated high school students arriving on college campuses across the country. But the incoming freshman class has dramatically changed in the last decade. When the fall 2023 term begins, close to 20% of community college students will also be high school students who are dually enrolled.
Great College Advice
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The college admissions process can be filled with uncertainty. One source of information that can help reduce the uncertainty — in some respects — are college admissions counselors. But do you know how to write an email to college admissions counselors? If you want to communicate with admissions, it’s best to think carefully about how you will communicate with the humans that populate those offices of admission.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will give Howard University a replacement of actor Hattie McDaniel’s Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. Hattie McDaniel For her supporting performance as “Mammy” in Gone with the Wind (1939), McDaniel was the first Black person to be nominated for and to win a competitive Academy Award.
Great College Advice
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Each year, the Common Application asks students to address one of several prompts around which to build their college essay. In this article, we will examine the prompt that focuses on the subject we all wish we could avoid—but cannot: FAILURE. Writing about failure can be difficult, but it also can make for an excellent college essay. Read on to learn how you can turn a failure into a successful college essay.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Even when the federal government tries to streamline financial aid, things wind up becoming more complicated. The FAFSA Simplification Act, scheduled to go into effect this year, will cut the number of questions on the notoriously difficult application for federal aid—which is also used in calculations for state and institutional awards—from 108 to 36 for most students.
Great College Advice
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
All the essay prompts for the Common Application ask you to provide evidence of your personal growth. One particular prompt–the personal growth prompt–makes this request more explicit. Here you are asked to look at your circumstances, point of view, and personal understanding, and then provide evidence of how these things might have changed due to some accomplishment, event, or realization.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Jeffery L. Clark Jeffery L. Clark has been appointed chief of the University of Georgia Police Department. He served as deputy chief for engagement, training, and standards. Clark holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Phoenix and a master’s in public safety administration from Columbus State University in Georgia.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Aimee Lemrise Aimee Lemrise has been named director of sustainability at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She served as an academic adviser at the university. Lemrise holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geography and environmental resources at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Advisory Boards Aid in Alleviating AI Anxiety Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 09/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Nearly a year after ChatGPT debuted, hundreds of educators sought advice at the Teaching and Learning With AI conference in Orlando, Fla., this week.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Federal Student Aid announcement on the deferral of the FAFSA form from October to December will create a cluster of issues for students , parents and financial aid officers this academic year. However, one university isn’t interested in working off a schedule. Assumption University , a Massachusetts private university, plans to dodge the headache of the new FAFSA implementation with its own form that it promises to provide applicants as early as next week.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Dickinson State President Picks Degrees to Ax, Spares Others Ryan Quinn Thu, 09/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Math, communication and political science are among those on the chopping block; English, chemistry and environmental science get a reprieve.
College Forward
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Asma is a freshman at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee pursuing her degree in social work so that she can help refugees just like herself to be successful and thrive. Her experience as both a refugee and as a volunteer working with the refugee community are the driving factors behind her aspirations. She grew up in Southeast Burma in the Rakhine camp.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
‘Adversarial Collaboration’ Makes Feuding Scholars Work Together Marjorie Valbrun Thu, 09/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Pairing ideologically opposed academics should become a sector norm when researchers disagree, says Penn project leader.
College Forward
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
We are pleased to have teamed up with the United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County as agency partners for the 2023-24 campaign year to tackle college access and success for scholars from low-income backgrounds. Early in 2023, we were honored to be selected as a recipient of their Racial Equity Fund. The Racial Equity Fund supports Black- and Brown-led organizations and ideas.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
An amendment to a House appropriations bill would eliminate funding for all cultural and educational exchange programs run by the U.S. Department of State, including the Fulbright and Critical Language Scholarships.
Roompact
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we chat with Stewart Robinette, who was most recently at The George Washington University and was instrumental in some of the staffing structure changes they made to their residence life program. This episode will get you thinking about alternative ways to organize our work and how we construct the roles that serve our residents.
Ed.gov Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
By: Jessica Ramakis, Director, Grants Policy Office, Office of Planning Evaluation and Policy Development, and Matthew Soldner, Commissioner, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences & Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Education The U.S. Department of Education (ED) strives to support the education community–including families, students, educators, State and local Continue Reading The post Advancing Opportunity through Building an
Ray Schroeder
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Only about half of K-12 students who want to pursue higher education believe they can pay for it, a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation poll found. Over 4 in 5 of members of Gen Z say a college education is fairly or very important, according to a new poll from Gallup and Walton Family Foundation. However, while the survey found that 85% of Gen Z students in K-12 schools view college as important, only 62% plan to pursue higher education after they earn their high school diploma.
Ed.gov Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
By: Ji Soo Song, Digital Equity Advisor, Office of Educational Technology and Elena Saltzman, Director of Campaigns, Civic Nation Last month, as part of Back to School Bus Tour 2023: Raise the Bar, Secretary Cardona held a roundtable discussion in Kansas City, KS about broadband connectivity with FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. During this event with Continue Reading The post Online For All: Coalition Mobilizes for Digital Equity during Back-to-School Season appeared first on ED.gov Blog.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Employer Branding Key to Addressing Higher Ed’s Talent Crisis Kylie Kinnaman Thu, 09/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Defining distinct institutional qualities is key to making smart hiring decisions.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Managing the thousands of university-owned devices on a college campus is a major challenge for IT departments across the country. Tracking, asset tagging, imaging, repairing, replacing and maintaining the laptops, desktops and more that allow university employees to do their jobs requires teams of dedicated IT staff members working countless hours to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible.
The Guardian Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Higher levels of poor mental health in England could be linked to worries about money and academic achievement, findings suggest University students are more at risk of depression and anxiety than their peers who go straight into work, according to a study, suggesting mental health may deteriorate due to the financial strain of higher education. The research is the first to find evidence of slightly higher levels of depression and anxiety among students, and challenges earlier work suggesting th
Teaching Matters Student Employment
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In this post, Kit Daniel Searle, University Teacher in Operational Research (OR)↗️ at the School of Mathematics↗️ shares their experience embedding a low-risk consultancy project within their course curriculum highlighting the perks of student-industry collaboration.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of St. Thomas Week: J. Roxanne Prichard, a professor of psychology, explains sleep’s impact on college students. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
What began as a data breach among a few private universities at the turn of summer has now expanded into an interconnected web of compromised Social Security numbers, birthdates and school records that has claimed students and retired faculty alike. According to two separate filings with the California and Maine attorney general’s offices, a compromise within the National Student Clearinghouse’s third-party file transferring service, MOVEit Transfer, has impacted nearly 900 colleges
AIFS Abroad
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Learning to write a formal email can feel a little daunting. Whether you’re writing an email to a potential employer , colleagues, or someone within your professional network, you want to make sure you’re crafting an email that is appropriate and hits the mark. With these easy steps you’ll be a pro at writing a professional email in no time at all. 1.
EAB
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
This insight paper delves into college search trends in the application process among first-time undergraduates at four-year institutions. Thanks for your interest! To access this content, please log in or register for a free guest account. Log In Register The post College Search Trends Across Space and Time appeared first on EAB.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Among the people streaming onto Baker College campuses early this fall were some new faces: federal investigators conducting an unusual review of the marketing and recruitment practices of the Michigan private college. The investigators’ presence is the latest sign of precarious times at the nonprofit college. The U.S. Department of Education, whose investigation into Baker was made public in June, could penalize the college by jeopardizing its accreditation or access to federal student aid.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
‘Redefining Postsecondary Value at a Time of Upheaval’: a Compilation Doug Lederman Thu, 09/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman
University Business
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The college said 29 positions were immediately cut, while 12 more employees would lose their jobs after the semester, the end of the academic year or the end of 2024. College leaders cited a desire to be good stewards of students’ tuition dollars by cutting operating costs and increasing efficiency, while saying the higher education industry has been “disrupted.” Because two-thirds of the college’s operating budget funds personnel costs, they weren’t able to avoid a reduc
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Students and Administrators Diverge on Improving Campus Racial Climate jessica.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health ( ARPA-H ) has awarded $45 million to rapidly develop sense-and-respond implant technology that could slash U.S. cancer-related deaths by more than 50%. The award to a Rice University-led team of researchers from seven states will fast-track development and testing of a new approach to cancer treatment that aims to dramatically improve immunotherapy outcomes for patients with ovarian, pancreatic and other difficult-to-treat cancers.
The Humphrey Group
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Learn about the connection between effective leadership with strong communication skills!
Confessions of a Community College Dean
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Well Assessed and Well Expressed quintina.barne… Thu, 09/28/2023 - 03:00 AM The case for trust innovation in learning credentials.
Ray Schroeder
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Campus leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will reportedly not cut the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions despite demands to do so by Republican lawmakers. UW Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor announced the decision while speaking at a meeting of the Associated Students of Madison (ASM) Wednesday, according to The Daily Cardinal, the university's student newspaper.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has named the student loan stakeholders who will be participating in discussions with the department to develop debt relief policies via the Higher Education Act. U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal The process will be made up of a three-session series of “negotiated rulemaking,” in which ED will meet with the selected non-federal “negotiators” from 14 different constituencies to settle on a proposed rule to then put up for public comment.
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