Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

After years of steady increases, internationalization at colleges and universities slipped backwards during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Thursday by the American Counc il on Education (ACE). The report found that although 47% of institutions saw accelerating internationalization between 2017 and the start of the pandemic, only 21% described acceleration between 2020 and 2021.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

For Albertus Magnus College, a small liberal arts college in New Haven, Conn., competitive video gaming, or esports, represented an opportunity to heighten its profile while offering a valuable activity for students. Jeremy Peterson, a network analyst and media coordinator with the college’s IT team, helped found the college’s esports program. At the recent CDW Executive SummIT: Making Future IT a Reality, Peterson explained how CDW helped build out the college’s esports arena and offered insigh

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Earlham College has received nearly $1 million for a summer immersion experience for Indiana high school students. The grant – from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Indiana Youth Programs on Campus initiative – is part of a statewide investment of more than $29 million to help students explore their interests, learn skills, and consider college. “This program is intentionally designed to help the next generation of students envision how a college education can enrich their lives and support thei

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

On Wednesday, Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley announced he will be stepping down from his post on Friday, two months earlier than he originally planned. “One of the greatest privileges of my career, serving as the president of Michigan State University, will draw to a close Friday,” wrote Stanley in a letter to the campus community. “It has been an eventful three years since my arrival.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The field of economics has a problem with women. Unlike the gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields that have catalyzed highly visible and widespread efforts to increase gender parity, the vast underrepresentation of women in economics has received relatively little attention. Given the outsized impact the field of economics has on social policies relative to any other academic field, the paucity of women in the field is a crucial issue.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Leaders at the University of Texas at San Antonio looked at today's modern learning environment and came up with three distinct classroom personas, adapting existing rooms to accommodate in-person, hybrid, HyFlex and fully remote teaching. Their growing program was on display at the 2022 EDUCAUSE annual conference where they shared what spurred their decision to create the personas, what technology went into their development and what they're doing to make sure faculty members get the most out o

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Jody Neathery-Castro Jody Neathery-Castro has been named interim associate vice chancellor for global engagement at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Neathery-Castro is a graduate of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from Rice University in Houston.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Innovation Network (TIN) at Brookdale Community College has reached out to help the victims of Hurricane Ian by helping fellow students at Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) after the Florida school was damaged and shut down by the hurricane a month ago. This is being done on the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. TIN members are partnering with the FSW Foundation to assist student hurricane victims.

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Roompact

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Guest Post by Christopher Trautman, Residence Life Professional, The College of New Jersey This past month in Baltimore, MD, ACPA held their 15th annual Institute on the Curricular Approach (ICA). The Institute teaches student affairs professionals how to design and implement out-of-class experiences for students that facilitate learning in an intentionally designed and sequenced way.

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Symplicity

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In its annual Job Outlook Report, the National Association of Careers and Employers (NACE) (available to NACE members) has some interesting insights for recruiters and career services staff to be mindful of as we begin to make plans for 2023. Here are some takeaways for those in the "too long didn't read" (TLDR) camp.

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Roompact

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Roompact is STOKED to be offering an ACUHO-I Summer internship for the third year. This position represents a unique opportunity for the right graduate student. You can experience what a “higher education adjacent” career path might look like, you can interact with many different campuses (not just one!), and you’ll have a lot of freedom.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Welcome to the November and December Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Reflective Learning. In this first post, Professor Simon Riley and Dr. Gavin McCabe introduce the series by exploring the importance of reflective learning and the diverse forms such experiential pedagogy can take, as well as how such learning is already being implemented in our […].

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Credo Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Measurement is an essential element of strategic planning because it offers a declaration of intent: This is where we’re going as an organization, and here’s how we’ll know when we get there.

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Via's

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

“We feel like we’re part of a team,” says Director Melissa Ochal. Pre-pandemic, the Center for International Education at the College of Charleston was sending about a thousand students on global experiences while using a free software system. Five years ago, it became clear the center needed to make a change. . “We were hitting a number of limits with what was possible to do with the free system.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Blogs. How to engage more community college prospects amid the “great opt out”. As the number of traditional-aged students continues to decline, community college leaders must focus on enrollment and recruitment strategies within their control. One thing is clear—the shrinking birth rate, declines in young adult enrollment, and growing skepticism of higher education makes each interaction with a prospective student more important than ever. -->. 0.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Despite growing economic uncertainty, employers are still waging a war for talent, and employees are coming out ahead. Now, more businesses are expanding their benefit offerings with free college programs to attract and retain workers. Most recently, Fidelity Investments said it will offer fully funded undergraduate degrees to 18,000 employees, including entry-level customer service phone representatives.

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Higher Education Whisperer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Currently I am in Singapore for five conferences. One thing I noticed was that they are using applications like Swapcard, for delegates. This provides the agenda for the event, a QR code to get your badge at the event. But it also provides a way to find people, before, during and after the live event. This aspect is likely to be of great interest to businesses wanting to contact potential clients.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

B en Ellis and Jacob Elie are fourth-year Vanderbilt University students. They’re both set to graduate spring 2023, and both are unsure what they’ll do once that happens. They meet weekly on campus to study, Elie — a student mentor — as a part of his class on human development and Ellis as a part of Vanderbilt’s Next Steps program. In 2010, Vanderbilt became the first university in the state and among the first in the country to create a higher-education program for students with intellectual or

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Two professors at Indiana University are spearheading the Digital Gardener Initiative, a wide-ranging program created to bring a culture of digital literacy to IU's campuses around the state. The two co-directors of the initiative shared their plans at the 2022 EDUCAUSE annual conference, highlighting a faculty fellowship program that's now helping its second cohort learn digital skills that can be incorporated into their teaching and translated on to their students.

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Higher Education Inquirer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Press Release The Black and Gold Project Foundation For Immediate Release Nov. 3, 2022 Contact: James Michael Brodie (443) 739-3613 boulderblackandgold@gmail.com The Black and Gold Project Foundation’s Case for Equity at the University of Colorado Boulder The commitment of many major institutions of higher learning to educate all qualified students, regardless of where they came from or the depth of their parents’ purses, has long fallen short of the institutions’ collective mission and vision s

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Two professors at Indiana University are spearheading the Digital Gardener Initiative, a wide-ranging program created to bring a culture of digital literacy to IU's campuses around the state. The two co-directors of the initiative shared their plans at the 2022 EDUCAUSE annual conference, highlighting a faculty fellowship program that's now helping its second cohort learn digital skills that can be incorporated into their teaching and translated on to their students.

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The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Todd Zakrajsek, ITLC-Lilly Conference Director. Key Statement: Exercise changes brain chemistry and structure to facilitate better learning and memory. Keywords: Exercise, Cognition, Wellness. Introduction According to the World Health Organization (2022), in the first year alone of the COVID-19 pandemic, reported cases of anxiety and depression surged by 25%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Calvin University’s (CU) board of trustees has allowed a group of faculty to remain employed despite dissenting from a clause in a confession of faith that says sex outside of heterosexual marriage is sinful, Religion News Service reported. The Christian school’s board voted Oct. 28 to accept each of the faculty’s statement of confessional difficulties.

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Experiential Learning Depot

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Do you need innovative ideas for projects that have creative end products to demonstrate learning? Sometimes we just need something to reference for final project ideas. This blog post is a laundry list of interesting and creative project final product ideas that students and teachers can browse for inspiration. I have seen students produce some pretty outstanding final products in my 15 years as a project-based educator.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The power struggle between a group of college students and their university has ended in compromise but critics claim the college is just caving in. One professor landed in hot water for saying there are only two biological sexes. At the University of Southern Maine , a campus of over 10,000 students were thrust into the spotlight by 22 graduate students and the college watchdog group Campus Reform.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Recessions typically raise enrollment but the aftereffects of the pandemic are injecting yet more uncertainty into how hard the expected economic slowdown will hit higher education. COVID has not only driven enrollment down for five semesters in a row, but it has also made high school graduates even more skeptical of the value of a college degree than they were prior to the pandemic when enrollment numbers were already beginning to drop, says Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Associati

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