Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Students and an advocacy group are suing Yale University, alleging systemic discrimination against students with mental health disabilities, CNN reported. The lawsuit – filed Wednesday in Connecticut federal court – claims that the school discriminated against students with mental health disabilities and forced students to withdraw after exhibiting severe mental health disability symptoms.

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Who should universities watch? The question is to what extent universities feel the need to step into the developmental space around XR technologies, and who should they be watching. Which evolutionary pathways will win out is unknown. Meta/Facebook has brand identification with the Metaverse concept in its advocacy of VR. Given the serious trust issues with Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, the challenge to revenue from Apple’s changing advertising policy, and TikTok’s growing share of a

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The detrimental ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education won’t be going away any time soon, and student mental health is becoming an increasingly urgent issue, according to a recent EAB report. Dr. Ed Venit The white paper, “Navigating the Recovery: A Long Term Perspective on Student Success Following the Pandemic and What Actions You Can Take Now,” notes three student success issues that were made worse by the pandemic: K-12 learning loss, high staff turnover rates in higher

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Augusta University’s College of Nursing realized it needed to better train students on how to support family members when patients are near the end of life after recent graduates told faculty how emotionally unprepared they were the first time they faced the situation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has chosen the schools that will participate in the third annual Institute on ePortfolios , which will begin on Jan. 13, 2023. Dr. C. Edward Watson According to the AAC&U, ePortfolios are digital repositories of student work – such as course-related essays, volunteer experiences, and employment history – that show learning outcomes.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When student-athletes arrived at the University of Mississippi this fall, each was given an Apple MacBook Pro laptop and AirPods — theirs to keep and take with them when they graduate. Distributing the technology bundles made Ole Miss one of the first schools to take advantage of an April 2021 Supreme Court decision (NCAA v. Alston) that gave colleges and universities the right to offer financial and other benefits, such as devices and tutoring, to support their athletes academically.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

At the University of Hawai’i at M?noa (UH M?noa), Native Hawaiian students make up roughly 15% of the undergraduate student population. The school is one of only 21 institutions that qualifies for federally designated funding as an Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian serving institution. Dr. Willy Kauai, director of Native Hawaiian student services at UH M?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (VP&S) has established the VP&S Latino Association, a group that aims to foster development, presence, and belonging of the Latino community at the medical school. Dr. Mara Minguez The association plans to help with recruitment, retention, and promotion of Latino faculty and trainees; offer mentorship to promote well-being and facilitate social connections; increase representation of Latinos in leadership; help shape policy

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Roompact

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we talk with Crystal about her decades of experience working in Residence Life all the way from her time as a student. She shares reflections about crisis response, setting boundaries, and being able to bring your best self to work. If you have a topic idea or want to engage in the community discussion, use the hashtag #ResEdChat.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Gerald Lewis Gerald Lewis has been appointed vice president for public safety at Columbia University in New York City. Lewis previously served as associate vice president and chief of police at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.

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AIFS Abroad

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Last Updated on December 1, 2022 by Cat Rogliano. It’s true – with so many incredible program options, it can be challenging to decide where to study abroad this fall. Don’t worry, we have you covered! Take a look at all the places where you could make lifelong memories. This fall semester, you can study abroad in these dazzling locations: . AIFS Abroad student in Patagonia, Argentina.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Several New Jersey public colleges and research universities can apply for mental health services funding from the state, NorthJersey.com reported. The funds will come from the $15 million allocated for mental health services by the state. Gov. Phil Murphy This comes amid rising suicide and depression among students. State agencies and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spoke of a mental health emergency among youth and schoolchildren in 2020, citing steadily rising rates of suicide

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Proctor Academy

DECEMBER 1, 2022

An underlying theme of our work as teachers this year has been engagement. How can we best engage our students and engage ourselves in the Proctor community. This engagement comes in many forms - in classrooms, on teams, in dorms, and in advisories - but central to helping students feel connected and invested in community is our willingness as adults to meet our students where they are, understanding the stressors and motivators in their lives.

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eLiterate

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When I talked to my friends at Open LMS about facilitating a webinar series, they gave me a lot of latitude to explore the aspects of their business that I find interesting, unusual, and valuable. The angle that caught my attention immediately is that, due to their Moodle heritage, they bridge a lot of silos. Which means that their user community bridges a lot of silos.

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The Guardian Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

My friend David Browning, who has died aged 83, was a dockworker for 15 years before becoming an academic and passionate advocate of informal adult education, working with local communities. In the late 1970s and early 80s, as the outreach tutor at Northern College Barnsley, David worked with its founder, Michael Barratt Brown , to set up creative short residential courses that empowered local communities and changed people’s lives, particularly women’s.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In this post, Anna Wood at the School of Mathematics introduces the Framework for Interactive Learning in Lectures, a classroom observation tool she co-developed to support reflections on teaching. It often goes unsaid that reflection relies on good recall – yet memory can be, as Anna points out, unreliable for many reasons. Might detailed data […].

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Paradigm IQ

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When he was 14 years old, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson stole a Snickers bar from 7-11 every day on his way to the gym. Decades later, he addressed the stealing and chronicled his journey toward atonement for the petty thefts in a video posted. Let’s Break It Down | How Can Public Figures Handle Past Transgressions?

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CAPD

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships Published by MIT News on November 23, 2022. MIT senior Teresa Gao has been named one of the 12 winners of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship’s Class of 2024. After graduating next spring with a double major in computer science and engineering as well as brain and cognitive sciences, she will study augmented and virtual reality at Trinity College Dublin.

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University Business

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Stanford University now has its sights set on allegedly manipulated research papers dated back from the early 2000s—and their author, President March Tessier-Lavigne. Once president of Rockefeller University, Tessier-Lavigne was also chief scientific officer at Genetech and is well-known for his research on axon guidance molecules. However, on Tuesday, it was revealed that a prominent research journal confirmed to the school’s newspaper, The Stanford Daily , that a paper co-authored by the

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Gray Associates

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Good news! The total number of international students enrolled at US institutions has rebounded after falling sharply in 2020-21. We took a deeper dive into the data to see what is driving this growth, what programs international students are interested in, and where those students are located.

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University Business

DECEMBER 1, 2022

When Madeline Burkhardt, a third-generation Auburn University graduate, heard about the school’s hire of head football coach Hugh Freeze, she pulled out her notes app and started typing a letter. She felt someone should know the story of her grandmother, Mary Rosser Burkhardt, who was one of a small number of female graduates in the 1930s. Burkhardt grew up hearing her grandmother’s tales of greasing down the railroad tracks before a big game.

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EAB

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Blogs. Higher ed job descriptions can't compete. Here's how to fix them. Higher ed’s competition for talent is larger and more diverse than ever before, increasingly including out-of-sector companies. As a result, institutions must do more than ever before to convince prospective applicants to choose higher ed jobs over those in other industries. Job descriptions are critical for doing so because they are one of the first ways candidates learn about prospective employers.

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Credo Higher Ed

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The hardest thing about strategic planning isn’t creating the plan, it’s implementing it. But we’ve got good news: there are steps you can take during the planning process to ensure that your execution stage proceeds smoothly. Here are five tips our Credo experts have identified as foundational to implementing strategic plans.

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University Business

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In a normal year, University of Idaho students would be bustling between classes and the library, readying for the pre-finals cramming period known as “dead week.”. On Wednesday, however, a little under half the students appeared to be gone, choosing to stay home and take classes online rather than return to the town where the killings of four classmates remain unsolved, said Blaine Eckles, the university’s dean of students.

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Creatrix Campus

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Cloud security best practices for key institutional data. editor. Thu, 12/01/2022 - 05:20. Threats are always evolving and growing. Information security is still a major concern, according to the rankings made by IT and non-IT leaders in higher education for EDUCAUSE's Top IT issues 2021. Cloud security best practices are taking a huge calling. Data integrity, confidentiality, and system availability are becoming crucial issues.

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University Business

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Another appeals court rejected President Biden’s bid to reinstate his student debt plan on Wednesday, marking the latest legal setback in the administration’s effort to forgive up to $20,000 in debt. At the 5th Circuit Court, the U.S. Education Department had requested a reversal in one of several parallel lawsuits seeking to block the president’s plan, in this instance a case out of Texas.

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