Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Emmy Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph will be the commencement speaker for Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences on May 14. She will receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree in the process. Sheryl Lee Ralph Broadway star, author, and Rutgers College alumna, Ralph was in the first class of undergraduate women admitted to Rutgers in 1972 and is in the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

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Higher Education Today

APRIL 21, 2023

Title: Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education Source: Lumina Foundation-Gallup Lumina Foundation and Gallup have released a new report that provides insight into the mental health environment in higher education today. The report draws on data collected in the fall of 2022 for the Lumina Foundation-Gallup State of Higher.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Amarillo College and Imperial Valley College has been chosen as winners of the Aspen Institute Prize for Community College Excellence. Two of the nation's fastest improving community colleges, Amarillo and Imperial Valley are beating national rates by getting 8 and 12 percentage point improvements respectively, in graduation rates over four years. More than 50% of transfer students from Imperial Valley earn a bachelor’s degree within six years of entering community college – about 10 percentage

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Students are the lifeblood of higher education. All of the energy that faculty, staff and administrators devote to their universities is directed toward improving the student experience, student outcomes and lifelong student success. Without students, there would be no universities, no IT departments and no technology decisions to be made. Engaged student bodies bring campuses to life and invigorate classroom discussion, whether that’s done in a lecture hall or through a computer screen.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Ashtin Lizanich Ashtin Lizanich has been appointed director of alumni relations for the College of Science at Clemson University. Lizanich served as director of alumni relations for Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Presbyterian College.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

Recent college graduates and hiring managers are far from being on the same page when it comes to Generation Z’s workforce preparedness. A new report from TimelyCare reveals that 88% of the Class of 2023 feels prepared to enter the workforce. However, half of all managers and business leaders surveyed by ResumeBuilder say it’s difficult to work with their generation all or most of the time.

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Study and Go Abroad

APRIL 21, 2023

About three quarters of Canadians between 16 and 25 see the future of the planet as “frightening.” Are you one of them? Climate change is coming — or rather, it’s already here. Earthquakes, floods, heat waves, you name it: the changing climate is whipping them all up, and more. It’s no wonder that nearly half of young Canadians think “humanity is doomed,” according to a recent survey of 1,000 youth between the ages of 16 and 25 , run by professors at both

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The Guardian Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Last year saw 15 strikes, the highest number of strikes in academia in at least 20 years, and the surge has continued into 2023 Thousands of workers at universities have gone on strike in 2023 amid new union contract negotiations in demand of pay increases that align with the effect high inflation rates have had on the cost of living. The strikes are a continuation of wave of industrial action in higher education in the US last year.

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The Humphrey Group

APRIL 21, 2023

When I started at The Humphrey Group in 2001, I would meet with executives to help them prepare for major speeches. Before we started working on their remarks (which involved a series of interviews, tape recorders and then hours of manual transcription) I’d explain to them that leadership and communication were intrinsically intertwined and that they had an opportunity to not only inform but inspire.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

Each college was awarded $500,000, half of the million dollar prize purse. According to the release, since its creation in 2010, the Aspen Prize has been the nation’s signature recognition of community colleges that are achieving high, improving, and equitable outcomes for students. Amarillo and Imperial Valley are among the nation’s fastest-improving community colleges, achieving 8 and 12 percentage point improvements, respectively, in graduation rates over just four years, far exceeding improv

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Higher Education Today

APRIL 21, 2023

Title: Navigating a Path Forward for Mental Health Services in Higher Education Authors: Kimberly S. Gorman, David Walden, Lynn Braun, and Marcus Hotaling Source: Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors The Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors has released a new report that provides guidance on how colleges and universities can.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

Tests will remain required at the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech, while Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville will resume a testing requirement in what Chancellor Sonny Perdue characterized as an experiment to examine how requiring the exams affects applications. Perdue left open the possibility that he could ask regents to permanently abolish testing requirements at many universities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 21, 2023

Board Replaces President of Alcorn State Scott Jaschik Fri, 04/21/2023 - 06:27 AM

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

West, D-Dallas, asked the bill’s author, Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, whether voluntary training would be allowed under the bill. Creighton said “the bill specifically restricts against mandatory training. As long as there is no mandatory training, then you’re in compliance with the bill.” In 2020, the NCAA created a new requirement for member institutions: every college or university has to appoint an “ athletics diversity and inclusion designee ,” a full-time staff member designated by

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 21, 2023

Richard Corcoran, the interim president of New College of Florida, has asked seven faculty members to relinquish their bids for tenure, according to faculty union leaders, The Tampa Bay Times reported. The paper noted that the professors’ only remaining hurdle to tenure was approval by the Board of Trustees. The seven faculty members had already been approved for tenure by school administrators, including Bradley Thiessen, who briefly served as interim president after the board’s ouster of Okker

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

Generation Z students are now in college and entering the workforce. College and university leaders need to understand their values, expectations and motivations in order to recruit, retain, and support this generation of students effectively. In this podcast episode, author and researcher Hana Ben-Shabat discusses her extensive research into Gen Z students, describes their culture and motivations, and outlines how institutions can build a strategy that better engages them.

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Ray Schroeder

APRIL 21, 2023

Cardinal Stritch University, a Roman Catholic institution in Wisconsin, will close when the academic year ends in May, its president announced Monday. President Dan Scholz in a video message attributed the closure to downward enrollment trends, the coronavirus pandemic and “mounting operational and facility challenges.” Describing the shutdown as devastating, he said all of those factors led to “a no-win situation.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

As college costs continue to rise and student loan debt reaches record highs, Generation Z students are increasingly interested in alternative ways to pay for their education. It is vital that institutions offer flexible payment plan options to attract, enroll and retain Gen Z students. Watch this recent webinar to learn more about these changing student expectations, and how tailored payment plans provide options that help students avoid debt, while streamlining processes, reducing the need for

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 21, 2023

Now that college acceptance letters have been sent, the pressure is on students to choose what schools to attend by May 1 st , National Decision Day. But institutions are under pressure, too. The effects of the pandemic on college enrollments are still lingering , with a total enrollment decline of 1.2 million students since the fall of 2019, and notable decreases in students with several under-represented backgrounds.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

The post Gen Z Students Are Wary of Student Loan Debt. Here’s How to Help Them Avoid It. appeared first on University Business.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

The post [Podcast] Understanding Gen Z students appeared first on University Business.

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APRIL 21, 2023

From restaurants switching to compostable takeout containers and paper bags to musicians, actors and other celebrities using their platforms to raise awareness, sustainability has never been more relevant. From the local to the national level, leaders are creating legislation to reduce emissions, increase resiliency and address other issues related to global climate change.

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University Business

APRIL 21, 2023

Over the past 20 years or so, individuals and organizations both at an institution and outside have sought retribution against a scholar for something they said at an alarmingly increasing rate. In the last three years specifically, sanctions have exploded, according to a new report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. Scholars Under Fire: Attempts to Sanction Scholars from 2000 to 2022 discovered speech-related sanctions against scholars in the last 3 years (509) nearly equals

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