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CARLTON SPELLMAN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Carlton Spellman Carlton Spellman has been named vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer at Alabama A&M University. Spellman served as vice chancellor for business and finance at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. The Saint Leo University graduate served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1984 until 2007.

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A Guide to Embracing the Future: Artificial Intelligence in Career Centres Part 2

Symplicity

In our latest ongoing series, we are looking at the impact AI is having on universities, and in particular career centres. In part one, we explored what Chat GPT is, its origins, and some ways it is being utilised. Now let’s take a dive into how it is impacting career centres and recruiting in part two.

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ResEdChat Ep 52: Working Abroad in Student Affairs, Housing, and Residence Life

Roompact

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, guest host Stewart Robinette chats with two professionals who are currently working outside the United States at NYU Shanghai. They discuss how their careers took them there, what the differences are when operating a residence life program outside the United States, and the learning, experiences, and skills they gained along the way.

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Pura Vida & Mental Health Abroad

ISA Journal

When making the decision to go abroad for a semester, the idea of leaving your family, friends, and daily routine can be daunting.

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The challenge of preparing biomedical science undergraduates for the changing landscape of science funding and employment 

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Mathew Brook makes a compelling case for teaching students to translate their research into entrepreneurial project in preparing them for the competitive world of biomedical science.

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Resolving bias: 4 ways higher education can create responsible AI for societal good

University Business

It’s no secret that the commercialization of generative AI tools is deeply impacting higher education. Its ability to reduce workloads to a fraction of what it once was for students and faculty and administrators alike is invigorating forward thinkers to leverage the technology even more. As powerful of a tool as it is, so is its risk of being misused.

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Festivals and Holidays in Italy You Won’t Want to Miss

AIFS Abroad

Last Updated on October 26, 2023 by Cat Rogliano People in Italy love cultural traditions and celebrating holidays — and there are plenty to enjoy throughout the year! It’s incredible to get in on the fun as a visitor, whether you’re there for a quick visit or a longer stay, like an immersive study abroad or international internship program.

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The Enrollment-Optimized College Website

EAB

Video The Enrollment-Optimized College Website Enhance your online presence Between reduced name availability and limited in-person events, attracting students and converting their interest has become increasingly difficult. Your college website plays an outsized role in shaping the impression of prospective students and their parents of you prospective students’ perceptions of you—for better and for worse.

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N.H. establishes higher ed. task force amid enrollment decline

University Business

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is putting pencil to paper in an effort to help higher education. An executive order signed Wednesday establishes a task force to study public higher education in the state. It comes as enrollment rates across the country have declined 8% between 2019 and 2022, with further declines expected as the birth rate drops.

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Caboni appears before Faculty Senate, discusses budget, compensation - Molly Dobberstein, Alexandria Anderson, and Maggie Phelps, College Heights Herald

Ray Schroeder

“We [faculty] are good at critiquing. And I’m a personal fan, because I believe that this university has to be a learning organization, we need to get better,” Caboni said. “The way we get better, I think, it’s just being honest with ourselves and talking about the work that we have to do together. And we’ve done some really good work.” Caboni then discussed enrollment increases, with the first enrollment increase in degree-seeking students seen since 2013, as well as growth in retention.

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Nevada higher ed eyes more cuts, hiking student fees to fund faculty pay raises

University Business

A panel of students, faculty and administrators from across the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) met Wednesday with a single goal: Come up with ways to cover a $63 million hole in the state’s public college and university budgets. Multiple interviews with administrators and faculty involved with discussions suggest regents will be presented with a raft of options to help stem the budget bleeding — including a potential increase in student fees coupled with yet more institutional cuts.

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MU budget deficit could take years to correct - Daily Independent

Ray Schroeder

Marshall’s student recruitment efforts are paying off. Through expanding its metro fee territory and other measures, it is succeeding in attracting people to campus as the pool of traditional college-age students is projected to shrink and as more young people question the return on investment of a college education. That’s the good news. There’s also some not-so-good news.

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HxA Hosts Discussion on the Neutrality of University Leaders

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When it comes to hot button issues, should institutional leaders speak out or remain neutral? Earlier this week, Heterodox Academy (HxA) president Dr. John Tomasi moderated a discussion with Nadine Strossen, the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and past President of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Dr. Keith Whittington, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University, in which they explored when it is appropriate for unive

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Week roundup: How the Israel-Hamas war is affecting colleges, universities

University Business

As the war between Israel and Hamas escalates, with Israel finally conducting its long-awaited ground offensive into Gaza, the death toll quickly approaches 10,000. As fighting intensifies, tension across college campuses shows no signs of letting up. Among the most recent developments of conflict across the nation’s colleges and universities, college leaders are increasingly stepping away from maintaining neutrality and instead opting to denounce Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack as an act of te