Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

In a pair of votes, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down race consciousness in college admissions on Thursday, upending four decades of precedent. The court voted 6-3 against the race conscious practices of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and 6-2 against the practices of Harvard, due to the recusal of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson The court’s opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, articulated three main reasons that the affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC violated the eq

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

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Justices deem admissions programs at both Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional. This is a developing story. Please return throughout the day for more coverage. The U.S. Supreme Court declared Thursday that the admissions systems used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill illegally violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Stony Brook University has received $700,000 for an initiative to address the lack of diverse and well-prepared K-12 school leaders. The grant – from the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to Stony Brook’s Educational Leadership program – will help teachers from underrepresented groups enroll graduate education to prepare for leadership roles; will fund professional development for school leaders; and will support research to improve understanding of challenges and strategies.

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Paradigm IQ

JUNE 29, 2023

Today’s Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action is, sadly, not a surprise. Over the past few months, as the Court’s decision has drawn cl.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Tennessee State University (TSU) is looking to become the first HBCU to sponsor an ice hockey program, The Athletic reported. TSU – in partnership with the NHL , the NHL Players Association and the Nashville Predators – plans to launch a men’s club ice hockey team in the 2024-25 school year. The school aims to start competing at the club level in the American College Hockey Association (ACHA), but eventually wants to field men’s and women’s teams in ACHA Division 1 or Division 2 level in 2026-2

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Time and time again, Gen Z students share their thoughts on whether they intend to pursue an education beyond high school, a statistic that often changes depending on the current climate. For instance, the pandemic caused many students to rethink their postsecondary decisions. Similarly, a recent report from the American School Counselor Association revealed that more than one-fourth of the graduating class of 2023 reported having doubts about college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Sabine Stanley Sabine Stanley has been appointed vice provost of graduate and professional education at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Stanley holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Toronto and a master’s and Ph.D. in geophysics from Harvard University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Dr. Jennifer Borland Jennifer Borland has been appointed director of Oklahoma State University’s Center for the Humanities. She is a professor of art history at the university. Borland holds a bachelor’s degree in the history of art from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in art history from Stanford University.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

State college presidents are pleading for a response to Minnesota’s North Star Promise Program, which they’re worried will cost them many of their students. North Dakota State University’s president says more than half of their students come from Minnesota. At a time of declining enrollment, this gives those students a reason not to cross the state line—potentially costing North Dakota schools millions of dollars.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Scott McLemee reviews Debra Hawhee’s new book on climate and rhetoric. Rhetoric is a discipline drawing much of its core technical vocabulary from lectures that Aristotle gave 2,400 years ago. Two or three other ancient authors elaborated on his work, and with that, the foundations were laid for a field of study that remained in good stead for two millennia.

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Roompact

JUNE 29, 2023

This week, Dustin chats with Kendra about how institutions can think about integrating a supportive residence life experience to study abroad programs and why it is important for student success. Kendra also shares anecdotes from her story that help inform her perspective as well as changing dynamics in the international education space.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Hope College lets a small group of students attend for free and asks them to donate money to the institution after they graduate. An effort to raise $1 billion to expand the pilot program campuswide is going slowly. Hope College made headlines two years ago when it announced it was launching a pilot program of a tuition-free model that let a small group of students attend for free.

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CIP

JUNE 29, 2023

In-Focus features a staff member each month as a way to learn more about our amazing staff. This month, we highlight CIP Bloomington's Career Coordinator, John Loveland. We asked John a few questions about his role, his CIP experience, and what he does when he’s not at the Center.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Can higher ed step up and walk the talk? I’ve spent a couple of weeks trying to work out a blog post that dug into some of the current challenges facing higher education (particularly public higher education) with a desire to cut through the examples and perhaps provide a glimmer of insight to help interested people think about them more productively.

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CAPD

JUNE 29, 2023

BY LEI SHEN | 22 JUN 2023 | Science Careers “Maybe I should been quicker to realize what really matters to me in a lab and find the right fit. But no matter how unconventional my postdoc experience might look on paper, I’m grateful for the experience I had in all three labs. I learned valuable things along the way—about research, and about myself.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Data Skills Are Just as Important as Soft Skills in Higher Education Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-912617272.

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Via's

JUNE 29, 2023

Via allows administrator more time for students, less time ‘shuffling paper’ When it came to application and post-acceptance processes, Joe Meringolo says he had “a bit of a learning curve” when he took on the role as Assistant Director, Study Abroad at Salve Regina University (SRU) in November 2021. “Many of the forms and the documentation that goes into Via I hadn’t worked on in previous roles,” Joe says.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: C. Michael White, distinguished professor and chair of pharmacy practice at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, examines whether there’s a better way to treat cancer patients for depression and anxiety.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Lincoln University, Penn State University, Temple University, and the University of Pittsburgh have a special status that allows them to operate independently while receiving money from the state. State Rep. Ryan Warner (R., Fayette) said in an emailed statement that the lack of transparency is “beyond frustrating,” given the universities got nearly $600 million from the state during the latest budget cycle.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

a professor and two students were stabbed Wednesday in a philosophy class on gender issues at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, the Associated Press reported. A suspect in the stabbings is a member of the “university community,” a spokesman said. The suspect is being questioned.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

In a ruling divided along ideological lines , the high court’s six-justice conservative majority found that the universities discriminated against white and Asian American applicants by using race-conscious policies that benefited applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. The three liberal justices dissented.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Advocates Celebrate End of Race-Conscious Admissions Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1504460546.

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University Business

JUNE 29, 2023

Among higher education’s most recent presidential comings and goings, we have a mix of vetted academics and professionals who draw on the wealth of their outside experience. Milo Riverso, for example, has leveraged his esteemed background in construction and engineering to win over Manhattan College’s Board of Trustees. Anita Olson Gustafson, on the other hand, drew on her decades-long, relentless passion for liberal arts to gain favor at Presbyterian College.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

A professor and two students were stabbed Wednesday in a philosophy class on gender issues at the University of Waterloo, in Canada, the Associated Press reported. A suspect in the stabbings is a member of the “university community,” a spokesman said. The suspect is being questioned. The three who were stabbed were being treated at a hospital for what were described as non-life-threatening injuries.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 29, 2023

Current and former WVU faculty members sent an open letter to the Board of Governors describing the damage that could come from the university’s downsizing. The letter says that the faculty understands the Reduction in Force, or RIF, is in place as a response to the budget crisis, but they believe it will damage the school’s ability to deliver quality education.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

The US supreme court has banned the use of affirmative-action policies that have been in place for decades The US supreme court banned the use of affirmative action policies in college admissions on Thursday. The court ruled that race-conscious admissions violate the equal-protection clause under the US constitution. Envisioned as a tool to help remedy historical discrimination and create more diverse student bodies, affirmative action policies have permitted hundreds of colleges and universitie

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Fitch Ratings’ 2024 outlook for higher education enrollment is fairly bleak, according to data offered during an online presentation Thursday.

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Paradigm IQ

JUNE 29, 2023

Learn from the world leaders of Paradigm to discover Tips for Inclusive, Equitable Performance Management

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

New Mexico State University has settled a lawsuit brought by two former basketball players who alleged that they were sexually assaulted by their teammates, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The university agreed to pay the plaintiffs a total of $8 million.

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SRHE

JUNE 29, 2023

by Marguerite Koole As I write this response to the first symposium on “ Prospects for Space in Higher Education ”, I am aware of my asynchronicity. I listened to the recording of the session, and I am subsequently engaging in the conversation through writing. I am physically located 6,500 km away. While time and space may separate us, the technologies that we use in our daily engagements can weave us together.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 29, 2023

Calvin University has acquired Compass College of Film and Media, a small nonprofit college also located in Grand Rapids, Mich. The move will allow Calvin to expand its offerings for students as well as extend the physical reach of its campus in downtown Grand Rapids. Both Calvin and Compass College are Christian institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is hosting its second annual trip to Israel Jul. 7-15, the goal being to build capacity, establish relationships with Israeli educational institutions, and expand student and faculty opportunities. Dr. Harry L. Williams TMCF President Dr. Harry L. Williams will lead the group, which includes multiple HBCU leaders: Delaware State University President Dr.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 29, 2023

Seattle Pacific University is cutting its budget for academic programs by 40% — mostly through steep faculty layoffs, effective in a year. The announcement by interim President Peter Menjares in an email to faculty Wednesday follows several years of internal protests against the Christian university’s policy against hiring people in same-sex relationships.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

As more states with conservative leaders pass laws to end or curtail diversity initiatives in higher education, a number of higher ed stakeholders say they are intensifying efforts to ensure access and success for the very students who are being targeted. Cheryl Crazy Bull has been president and CEO of the Denver, Colorado-based American Indian College Fund since 2012, and she previously served as a president and a vice president of two tribal colleges, so she has seen the higher ed landscape fo

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

[Editor's Note: What we saw today at the US Supreme Court is horrible but not shocking. The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. In many cases it has been horrifying. Some of it has been documented. Much of it has not. No one has documented the full-length of the terrain.

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