Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More than half a million incarcerated people can now access scholarly materials and texts online via digital library JSTOR’s expansion of its availability in U.S. prisons. Stacy Burnett What was once a small effort available to approximately 20 carceral sites has now grown its reach to be available to more than 1,000, said Stacy Burnett, senior product manager for JSTOR’s parent company, ITHAKA.

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Transfers on the Rise Sara Weissman Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM A new report shows the number of students transferring grew last fall, especially among disadvantaged groups, a tentatively hopeful sign to higher ed experts.

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The American Council on Education (ACE) selected 26 emerging college and university leaders for the 2024-25 class of the ACE Fellows Program. “For decades, the ACE Fellows Program has played a crucial role in developing a pipeline of skilled, agile, and diverse leaders who advance and invigorate higher education,” said ACE President Ted Mitchell. The ACE Fellows Program boasts having strengthened institutions in American higher education since its 1965 inception.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

State and nationwide efforts to tackle student equity and close the gap on access and affordability for all students have cost millions of dollars and have required mass coordination between higher ed stakeholders. The latest enrollment figures for upward transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions illustrate impressive vital signs that their efforts are working.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude is professor of African American studies and sociology and anthropology at The College of New Jersey. Brown-Glaude is the former chair of the Department of African American Studies, where she spearheaded the development of its major. She researches race, gender, and informal economies in the Anglophone Caribbean. As an author and co-author, she has written several articles and books including Higglers in Kingston: Women’s Informal Work in Jamaica , The Toni Morrison Bo

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lawmakers Side With Universities Against Proposal That Could ‘Chill’ Research Partnerships kathryn.palmer… Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM The National Institute of Standards and Technology is considering allowing government agencies to seize patents of high-priced, federally funded inventions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, plans to seek an injunction following its lost appeal to retain accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The commission’s appeals committee, on Feb. 27, upheld a decision to revoke accreditation for the historically Black university and deny an extension of “Probation for Good Cause” until December 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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Dr. Lakia M. Scott Lakia M. Scott has been appointed assistant provost for faculty development and diversity at Yale University. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in communications at Texas Southern University, an M. Ed. in curriculum and instruction at Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph. D. in curriculum and instruction at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

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Distinctive Funding Challenges for Rural Regional Colleges jessica.blake@… Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM The presidents of three public colleges in Colorado have banded together, asking state legislators for additional funds to help offset the challenges of being small and isolated.

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In fall of 2023, 5.3% more students than the previous year were able to successfully transfer to a new institution. That’s according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit studying data from a majority of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. While overall enrollments are still down (with about 100,000 students missing from community college since the start of the pandemic), the data show that student mobility has increased, particularly transf

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With a third fewer students enrolling, university leaders accuse ministers of wanting to ‘diminish our success’ Immigration restrictions imposed on international students threaten to damage the UK economy, according to university leaders, with the number enrolling from overseas falling by a third. Universities UK ( UUK ), which represents mainstream universities and colleges, said the government’s new curbs, coupled with steep visa fee increases and threats to cut back on graduate work entitleme

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The University of Notre Dame has brought together a coalition of benefactors, foundations, and other funders who have committed more than $68 million to address mental health and expand access to care. The university announced the investment is expected to fund a new Veldman Family Psychology Clinic — which will develop scalable, evidence-based solutions in childhood trauma, suicide prevention, and substance use — and help mitigate the shortage of mental health professionals.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Education leaders ready to leap into the next generation of education that fully embraces digital modalities aren’t waiting around for our current institutions to get it together. Instead, they’re building their own schools that they see better fall in line with 21st-century students and match their needs. OpenAI mastermind Sam Altman and social media pioneer Jason Citron are just a few A-list investors backing Campus, a completely online community college reimagining the two-year ex

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Twenty months ago, in June of 2022, New Jersey City University (NJCU) declared a financial crisis. Andrés Acebo Its then-President Dr. Sue Henderson announced that she’d be stepping down. It was predicted that the public Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) would face a structural operating deficit of over $22 million, a forecast that officials worried would hurt enrollment and other aspects of the school.

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?” Guest Post by Maria J. Matta Moreno, Residence Life Professional When discussing the future of the Resident Director (RD) role, we also need to consider how the RD role has changed and developed throughout the.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Black and Hispanic students are more likely than their peers to consider dropping out of college, according to a Gallup and Lumina Foundation survey of current students conducted last fall. The most common reasons they gave for stopping coursework were emotional stress and personal mental health, followed by cost.

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Credo Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

March is WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! We invite you to celebrate Women's History Month and International Women's Day with us by amplifying voices and acting in service for and with women and gender-diverse people.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Bay Path University, in western Massachusetts, has agreed to acquire Boston-based Cambridge College, the two institutions announced Tuesday.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In 47 states, schools have a higher proportion of students from elsewhere than 20 years ago. At a time when school budgets are tightening and college enrollment is decreasing, state universities are increasingly turning to nonresident students to boost their revenues. In 47 states, public research universities increased the proportion of out-of-state undergraduate students they admitted between 2002 and 2022, according to an analysis of federal education data done for Stateline by University of

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Like a Good Student, AI Is Getting Smarter jdimaggio@upcea.edu Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT-4, Gemini Advanced and their competition now have more features than the versions we used just a year ago.

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Heralded as the new “blueprint” for changes to higher education for decades to come, Australian’s Federal education minister Jason Clare has released the much anticipated Universities Accord. This is the first broad review of higher education in Australia since 2008. This marks, as The University of Melbourne’s Gwilym Croucher told The Conversation , the “most significant changes to higher education in a generation.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The University of Georgia on Tuesday said it has committed more than $7.3 million on new safety measures, including emergency call boxes and a bigger police budget, following the death of Laken Riley, who was killed on the Athens campus last week. UGA President Jere Morehead said he met with campus law enforcement officials Tuesday morning to hear their recommendations and approved each one.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Struggling Saint Augustine’s University has lost an appeal to maintain its accreditation and now plans to file an injunction to ask the courts to weigh in, SAU officials announced Tuesday.

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Higher Education Whisperer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Australian Universities AccordFinal Report, 25 February 2024Despite the export revenue from, and controversy over, international education, the Australian Universities Accord final report (25 February 2024), waited until recommendation 22 before addressing the topic.

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Experiential Learning Depot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

One of the most common inquiries that I get from educators is asking for project-based learning art ideas. ​ Here’s the thing about project-based learning : it is subject-integrated. You can incorporate art into ANY project-based learning experience if that’s what you want to do. Project-based learning is real-world , authentic, involves community relationships and collaborations, and ideally solves a problem for a relevant audience.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Three of Mississippi’s eight public universities could close soon under a bill proposed by one state senator who says funding that many institutions is too costly, with what he calls a downward spiral in enrollment. The “downward spiral” is fueled by a drop in the state’s high school graduation rate, which in turn leads to lower enrollment at the state’s public universities.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Student Needs-Based Budget model, a result of extensive collaboration and data-driven strategy, will work to align funding decisions with the values of the UPFB and the diverse needs of the student community at Penn State. Critical to the new budget model is an alignment with the board’s mission to elevate the collective welfare of the student community at University Park.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Gov. Josh Shapiro indicated he would like to see the creation of a new system by the end of this calendar year. Next year, he wants to see the beginning of a $1,000-per-semester tuition cap for students whose families are below the state’s median income level. Key details outlined in the FAQ include: The community colleges would not merge into the state system.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This month’s episode of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Misty Reinhardt, director of product management at Scribbles Software. In the conversation with host Rodney Murray, Reinhardt discusses how the company’s cloud-based system helps educational institutions streamline student records.

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Higher Education Whisperer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Australian Universities AccordFinal Report, 25 February 2024It has taken me a full day to work my way through the 44 recommendations of the Australian Universities Accord final report (25 February 2024). The headline items are the later recommendations are the later ones to do with funding. What was disappointing was that the Panel did not explore new forms of tertiary education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, clinical assistant professor in the education, health and behavior studies department at the University of North Dakota, examines the mental health needs of our classroom leaders.

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Higher Education Whisperer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Australian Universities AccordFinal Report, 25 February 2024Australian Universities Accord final report (25 February 2024), waited until recommendation 40 to get to what is always the big issue in tertiary education: the funding model. The Panel focuses on skills needs for Australia, equitable access for students, balanced with a demand driven approach.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Jo-Ann Thomas , Providence College Keywords : Choice, Academic Emotions, Instruction Key Statement : Including choice activities to promote positive academic emotions in curriculum design can promote student engagement and motivation to learn. Introduction It took the human brain millions of years to evolve (and it is still evolving) from simply surviving to flourishing with emotions as part of advanced learning, supplying valuable data for the brain to assimilate how the external world

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) released the results of a years-long investigation into industry mismanagement of the student loan system. “This report shines a spotlight on the incompetence, malfeasance, and blatant disregard of a company that should be trying to help borrowers achieve their dreams,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How to Get Into the Minds of Prospective Students Welcome to How to Enroll Students and Influence People! That’s the guide we’re all looking for as we face the never-ending challenges of enrollment marketing in higher education, right? You know the drill: Competition is fierce; students expect personalized communications and digital experiences; student demographics have shifted; and, to top it all off, many schools don’t have the marketing budget to rise to these challenges effectively.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Given the ubiquitous attack on diversity, equity, and inclusion ( DEI ) led by current and aspiring politicians, including former President Donald J. Trump and Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron DeSantis of Florida, a first-time American visitor might erroneously conclude that the country has been attacked by a cultural virus created by artificial intelligence designed to infect the purity of American democracy.

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