Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation is a compelling book about leadership, service, and the importance of mentorship/sponsorship within the academy. The book is edited by Drs. Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan, and Stephanie G. Adams. And its publication by Wayne State University Press earlier this month comes right on time, as a new academic school year gets underway.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

For Selective Institutions, Progress and Backsliding on Socioeconomic Diversity jessica.blake@… Mon, 09/11/2023 - 03:00 AM New York Times database shows some colleges have gained in socioeconomic diversity, but many have declined.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Twenty-two years on, the memories don’t come quite as readily as they once did for Dr. Lynne Brown. But some aspects of 9/11 are indelible. Brown, who was vice president of government relations and public affairs for New York University (NYU) on that day, climbed to the roof of Bobst Library when she heard that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Oregon State, Washington State Sue Over Control of Pac-12 Doug Lederman Mon, 09/11/2023 - 03:00 AM Two remaining members of the historic conference say they, not their departing peers, should decide its future. And where are the adults in the room, Oregon State’s leader asks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Aimee Turner Aimee Turner has been named vice president for finance and treasurer at the University of Delaware. She served as chief financial officer of the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Turner earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Frostburg State University in Maryland.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

New Academic Freedom Principles Open Door to Outside Intervention Ryan Quinn Mon, 09/11/2023 - 03:00 AM The Princeton Principles—endorsed by a program and some professors at the university, but not Princeton itself—say off-campus actors “should become involved” in some instances.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. The University of Arkansas, for example, has welcomed a record number of students this school year, topping 32,000.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and College Pulse have released their annual ranking on campus free speech , and one of the most prestigious universities in the nation received the lowest score possible: a fat zero. Harvard University, currently ranked 9th and 6th, respectively, in Forbes’ and The Wall Street Journal’s latest college rankings, placed last out of 248 schools and is the only institution to have received an “Abysmal” speech climat

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Michigan State University suspended its head football coach Sunday after news reports that he had sexually harassed the rape survivor and activist Brenda Tracy last year, the Associated Press reported.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As digital transformation initiatives accelerate across colleges and universities, institutions must bring their applications up to date. The limitations of some legacy applications may hold back transformation efforts and hamper improvements to efficiency, productivity and security. “This slows the pace of innovation because organizations can't meet the demands of their customers,” says Greg Peters, chief architect for strategic application modernization assessment with CDW.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Where the First Amendment and national security meet. This semester I am teaching a course entitled Law, Policy and Politics of Cybersecurity. It incorporates everything from national security to information security and privacy. This morning when I read about the appellate decision in the Missouri v. Biden case, about which I have already spent some class time, I thought I would write a little summary for the students.

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College Forward

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Austin-based college access and success nonprofit unveils new name as statewide expansion continues College Forward is now College Possible Texas—and on a path to serve 12,000 students by 2025 in cities and rural communities across Texas AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — College Forward, the pioneering college access and success nonprofit that has for 20 years helped Central Texas high school and college students chart pathways to and through higher education, today unveiled its

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Florida Board of Governors voted Friday to ask the state attorney general to weigh in on the Florida Atlantic University presidential search, which has been suspended for alleged anomalies. The board voted to seek a legal opinion on the use of a survey that sought demographic information about applicants, including questions on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Blogs How Change Leadership Propelled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Journey to Equity Change leadership acts as a vital bridge between intent and action. What does effective change leadership look like in practice? In this post, we’ll take you inside an initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) to illustrate how their Associate Vice Chancellor Dr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees voted Friday to guarantee admission to the flagship Knoxville campus for high school seniors who rank in the top 10 percent of their class or maintain a minimum 4.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Blogs Adult learners’ application behavior is changing—here’s how Insights from our new survey of 3,800+ graduate and adult learners As the demographics of prospective graduate students and adult learners change, so do students’ application preferences and behaviors. To better understand how students are choosing which programs to apply to—and ensure our partners are equipped to meet their needs—our Adult Learner Recruitment team recently surveyed more than 3,800 prospective graduate, online, an

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Higher Education Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Title: Varying Degrees 2023: New America’s Seventh Annual Survey on Higher Education Authors: Sophie Nguyen, Rachel Fishman, and Olivia Cheche Source: New America New America annually conducts its Varying Degrees survey to assess public opinion and regard for different aspects of higher education. The 2023 survey addressed five different issues: value, funding, accountability, equity and.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In the second part of this two post series, Ozan Evkaya from the School of Mathematics↗️ shares his personal experiences, opinions and concerns regarding the potential use cases of LLMs in higher education environments. His previous post↗️ provided a broad overview of conversations and arguments surrounding the impact, capabilities and limitations of Generative AI.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Arkansas Tech University fired its president, Robin E. Bowen, without cause Saturday three months into a medical leave she began after a scheduled surgery.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It’s a day many college students and graduates have been concerned about since the early days of the pandemic. One month out from student loan payments resuming, interest started accruing Friday, Sept. 1. On college campuses including at Newman University in Wichita, students expressed concern about how they’re going to make upcoming payments and what interest rates will look like when they start paying on the loans.

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Roompact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Looking to creatively advertise your floor meeting, program, or event? Or perhaps you want to get information out to your residents that they will pay attention to. The following are A to Z idea starters that will make you think beyond the traditional poster.Some of them are a bit whacky (admittedly), but some of them.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The large majority of U.S. universities’ chief diversity officers—87.9 percent—have held their positions for five years or less, according to the first-ever survey of CDOs by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, released Wednesday. More than half reported that they were their institution’s first-ever CDO. The survey received 261 responses to questions about the demographics of CDOs, the support they get from their institutions, the most critical issues they face an

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CAPD

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Bart: Look at me, I’m a grad student. I’m 30 years old and I made $600 last year. Marge: Bart, don’t make fun of grad students. They’ve just made a terrible life choice.

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Ray Schroeder

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

No wallet, no phone, no problem. A neural network learned from images of millions of artificial hands to achieve accuracy higher than scanning two irises. Amazon One is a fast, convenient, and contactless experience that enables customers to leave their wallets (and even their phones) at home. They can instead use the palm of their hand for everyday activities like paying at a store, presenting a loyalty card, verifying their age, or entering a venue.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Oregon State University and Washington State University, the two remaining members of the Pac-12 Conference, initiated legal action today to confirm the governance structure of the conference, gain access to business information, and protect the conference’s assets. Oregon State and Washington State brought this action against the conference and Pac-12 commissioner in the state of Washington requesting a temporary restraining order.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Listen now: Your go-to-market strategy for new, online graduate programs Listen in to our newest higher ed podcast series with our friends at Enrollify: How to Market an Online Graduate Program. In this special, 4-part series we’ll unpack the essential strategies for designing a marketing strategy for a new, online graduate program. With each episode, we’ll examine a different year of the marketing cycle and how to grow your program enrollments.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

A rising share of US workers are worried technology will make their jobs obsolete, driven almost entirely by growing fears among college-educated employees. Some 22% of US workers now fear that they could be sidelined by technology, up from 15% two years ago, according to a survey from Gallup. While the share of non-college-educated workers who express concern has held steady at a little over 20% during that period, the portion of college-educated workers who say they’re worried more than doubl

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Lewis Davis, Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics at Union College, explains how COVID rates on campuses didn’t always follow the socioeconomic script.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Today, no members of the Ivy League and none of the top 15 schools on Forbes’ 2023 America’s Top Colleges even consider applicants’ interest as a factor in admissions. Looking at the top 100 on the new Forbes list, only 48% of private schools and 23% of public schools take demonstrated interest into account, according to the latest information they’ve provided to what’s known as the Common Data Set.

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Missouri State

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

September is National Hazing Prevention Month. Here at Missouri State, we are committed to creating and providing a hazing free community. Hazing is a serious issue and impacts college campuses nationwide. We know that 55% of college students involved in clubs, teams, and student organizations experience hazing (Allan and Madden, 2008). National research has shown that hazing is most likely to happen within sorority and fraternity life organizations, athletic teams, and other student organizatio

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Earlier this summer the Supreme Court had denied President Biden the option to cancel $10K - $20K of federal student loan debt. As a result, the COVID-19 student loan payment pause ended on August 31, 2023. Student loan interest will have resumed starting 9/1/23 and payments will be due starting in October. Fortunately, the White House just released the SAVE plan, an affordable plan to lower monthly payment for millions of borrowers.

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Higher Education Today

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Title: How the Gainful Employment Rule Will Affect Student Loan Repayment Authors: Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute, Center on Education Data and Policy The Biden administration is currently pursuing two higher education policies through the negotiated rulemaking process that focus on increasing affordability and easier repayment options for students.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Florida System Adopts the Classic Learning Test Liam Knox Mon, 09/11/2023 - 03:00 AM The State University System of Florida’s Board of Governors voted to accept the SAT alternative in state Republicans’ latest rebuke of academic norms.

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