Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Oregon is changing how $550 million-plus in annual local and state taxpayer funding will be distributed to the state’s 17 community colleges. Ben Cannon This new approach – approved by Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) – is a student-focused distribution model that allocates a portion of money to support Oregon’s community college student success and equity.

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University Business

JUNE 9, 2023

Would you use a pitchfork to find a needle in a haystack? It’s a question that Noah Geisel, the micro-credential program manager at the University of Colorado Boulder, asks employers, admissions counselors and all other professionals trying to find the most qualified human among the swaths of faceless applicants—the hay. Currently, too many industry stakeholders are too dependent on the pitchfork, according to Geisel. “It’s a crummy tool,” he quips.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Dr. Leslie E. Wong will become interim president of Connecticut College, effective July 1. Dr. Les Wong “As a steward of this institution, I believe we have a tremendous opportunity at hand, particularly in executing our strategic plan, ' Building on Strength ,' which will guide me during my role as interim president,” said Wong. “This role requires considerable listening and dialogue as well as a willingness to engage ideas and aspirations of everyone at Conn.

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Roompact

JUNE 9, 2023

What does the future of AI-based technology hold? We’re doing a little experiment, specifically with the AI chat-bot, ChatGPT. This post is part of a series where we ask ChatGPT interesting, unusual, or just plain fun questions related to residence life and college student housing. All answers were generated by the AI. At the end.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

On a Friday night in 2019, Gesy Duran prepared to dine at an Italian restaurant with her wife. She was excited for the special occasion. Duran had been paralyzed three years earlier, and this was the first time she had gone out since. “I spent most of my time just going to physical therapy, going to doctor’s appointments,” she said. “I didn’t do anything besides that.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 9, 2023

The Juilliard School fired a professor after it found “credible evidence” that he had “engaged in conduct which interfered with individuals’ academic work,” according to a letter sent to students and faculty members, The New York Times reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Dr. Maurice D. Edington will become president of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), effective Aug. 1 Dr. Maurice Edington Most recently, Edington was executive vice president and chief operating officer at Florida A&M University (FAMU). He was previously FAMU’s provost, vice president for academic affairs, vice president for strategic planning, analysis, and institutional effectiveness, and founding dean of the College of Science and Technology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Johns Hopkins Hospital will rename its outpatient center to honor former cardiac surgeon Dr. Levi Watkins Jr., a trailblazer for Black medical professionals, The Baltimore Banner reported. Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Watkins was the hospital’s first Black chief resident, the university’s first Black full professor of cardiac surgery, and the first African American graduate from Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine.

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College for Creative Study

JUNE 9, 2023

The post Alumnus Chris Benjamin (TD ‘99) named Chief Design Office for Scout Motors appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Ian Bouie Ian Bouie has been appointed director of academic achievement programs at Stockton University in New Jersey. Bouie holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Florham Park, New Jersey, a master’s in media studies from William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, and a Ph.D. in urban systems from Rutgers University-Newark.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

It’s been nearly two years since Google announced that colleges and universities using the free version of Google Workspace for Education would soon be subject to a 100-terabyte cloud storage cap per institution. The news sent administrators scrambling in several directions. Some decided to buy additional storage through a paid tier of Google Workspace.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Issue blown out of proportion, says Matt Cook, after appointment of ‘free speech tsar’ for higher education Oxford University’s new professor of LGBTQ+ history has accused the government of “fanning a culture war” over freedom of speech, insisting it is alive and well in higher education. Matt Cook , who was this week named as the first Jonathan Cooper chair of the history of sexualities, a newly created post at Mansfield College, was speaking only days after the appointment of the government’s

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

A collaboration between the Association for Institutional Research, EDUCAUSE and the National Association of College and University Business Officers — funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — is continuing its efforts to improve the way higher education institutions use data to drive student success.

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University Business

JUNE 9, 2023

Starting in July, Virginia will not require state job applicants to have a college degree across 90% of its classified positions, dramatically altering the utility of a higher education degree. “This landmark change in hiring practices for our state workforce will improve hiring processes, expand possibilities and career paths for job seekers and enhance our ability to deliver quality services,” Gov.

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College for Creative Study

JUNE 9, 2023

Focusing on glass as a mediator of image, a group of College for Creative Studies students took a Crafts and Material Studies class learning how to utilize glass objects as an actor in photography and video through a sponsored project with The Henry Ford Museum. Students began the project with a private tour of the museum’s archive collection led by museum curators.

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University Business

JUNE 9, 2023

In February, the Vermont College of Fine Arts, which plans to stop hosting on-campus programs, told community members that it had reached a deal to sell three campus buildings: the Gary Library, Martin Hall and the Crowley Center. “There’s not really a whole lot to say about it honestly,” Casey Ellison, the principal of 150 Main Street, said in an email to VTDigger.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 9, 2023

Most Georgia college students will pay about the same tuition and fees this fall, but University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue warned that a state budget cut could put college presidents in a tough position. “They’re under a tremendous amount of pressure,” he said. “We need to recognize that and thank them and help them the best we can. We’re about to reach a tipping point here at our university system, where we’re going to need more resources in the future to maintain the quality of

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University Business

JUNE 9, 2023

Earlier this week, New College of Florida trustee Christopher Rufo bragged about violating the First Amendment, tweeting that the college would not renew visiting history professor Erik Wallenberg’s contract, citing his “left-wing” teaching, views, and past criticism of university leadership. As we explained to New College in a letter today, this is a clear violation of the public college’s First Amendment obligations to respect faculty expression, with ramifications far beyond one non-rene

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 9, 2023

Dr. Janet R. Jakobsen is the Claire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College in New York. After three decades in academia, Dr. Janet R. Jakobsen, the Claire Tow Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College in New York, says students continue to be a driving force for her. In the early 1980s, between undergraduate and graduate school, she was a policy analyst and an organizer on environmental issues, housing and shelter, and anti-apartheid

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University Business

JUNE 9, 2023

The Weitz Innovation and Excellence Fund will put focus on elevating programs already putting UNO on the map while supporting others in critical areas of need locally. Barbara Weitz doesn’t limit her support of Higher Ed for all Nebraskans to UNO. $6 million of the total gift is earmarked for the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis. Forbes Business Magazine says it’s one of the top 30 trade schools in the country.

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SRHE

JUNE 9, 2023

by Dangeni, James Burford and Sophia Kier-Byfield Working out how to apply for a doctoral programme can be a challenging process for many potential applicants. As countless Youtube videos , blogposts and twitter threads attest, there is much confusion and plenty of (sometimes contrasting) advice on the internet about what to do, whom to contact, and how to contact them.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 9, 2023

The legislation is part of Republican lawmakers' efforts to end certain DEI programs and initiatives in higher education this session. They've claimed that DEI is divisive in colleges and has a "chilling effect" on faculty and student speech. Lt. Gov Dan Patrick made Senate Bill 17, banning DEI at public colleges and universities, one of his priorities this year.

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