Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D. dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I am a higher ed scholar, that’s where my academic upbringing is,” Gonzalez told Diverse.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

It may help to identify minority students, but experts caution against expecting essays to replace affirmative action. One of the essay prompts on the Common Application is: “Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2023

The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing has received $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor to address Alabama's nursing faculty shortage, The Tuscaloosa News reported. The money – secured by Dr. Susan Welch, associate professor with the College of Nursing – will be put towards helping increase the state’s nursing education workforce through Welch’s project, BAMA Distance, which aims to work with HBCUs and schools with nursing student populations from underrepresented group

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

Lots of institutions have systems for informing students of their performance in class. New research indicates the positive effects of these “nudges” dwindle over the course of a semester. Do academic alerts actually motivate students to step up their performance? Or do they just make them feel stressed out? New research by a Virginia Tech professor indicates the results of such “nudging” might be mixed.

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Experiential Learning Depot

JULY 9, 2023

One of the most important aspects of project-based learning, especially when student-led, is PBL culture-building. ​Developing an amazing project-based learning experience is an achievement and feels good, for sure, but that PBL design is only a dream if PBL culture isn’t part of the equation. What is PBL culture and why does it matter? Imagine you walk into a non-PBL classroom.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill responded on Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week barring the university (and Harvard University) from using affirmative action in undergraduate admissions.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 9, 2023

The Department of Education has reportedly opened an investigation into Baker College’s marketing and recruiting practices following an article last year by The Detroit Free Press and ProPublica that revealed the college spent more on marketing and recruiting than on student financial aid. Facing a probe by the Department of Education, Baker College officials have pledged transparency while remaining tight-lipped about the investigation, The Detroit Free Press reported.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 9, 2023

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education said Monday it is yanking accreditation from Alliance University, a financially struggling Christian college in New York. Accreditation will terminate at the end of December, according to MSCHE’s announcement. The decision comes a few months after MSCHE flagged multiple compliance concerns with the private nonprofit institution and asked for information to assess its financial viability.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

When Bill Zhou was accepted to the University of California, Berkeley last year, he checked out housing and found it all too expensive. So Zhou commuted from Los Angeles for a one-year master’s in engineering, The Los Angeles Times reported.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

About 700 graduates of the University of North Dakota received diplomas with the North Dakota State University seal, instead of the seal of the University of North Dakota, Valley News Live reported. The error was made by a vendor. Correct diplomas will soon be available.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Mark Warschauer, professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine, explores how to make TV characters interact with the kids watching them.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2023

The following colleges have awarded professors tenure recently.

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