Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

As schools and workplaces return to in-person post-pandemic, so is college recruiting, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Dr. Mary Gatta The 2023 Recruiting Benchmarks Report examines survey data from a NACE survey conducted from April-May 2023. The association asked employers – 334 organizations responded – about their recruitment and hiring practices and preferences.

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Ray Schroeder

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Rozema, now a senior, was doing just that, rehearsing on stage for the department’s performance of “The Tempest” when she heard the news: University leaders had proposed ending the theater program she loves. They also wanted to end UNK’s philosophy program, where her father, David Rozema, has taught for 30 years. “It was tragically poetic being in the middle of something that UNK wanted to take away,” Rozema said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Dwight Hamilton Dwight Hamilton has been appointed chief diversity officer at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. He served as a diversity officer in the corporate sector. Hamilton, a graduate of Michigan State University, also holds a juris doctorate from Wayne State University in Detroit.

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Ray Schroeder

OCTOBER 29, 2023

University of Nevada, Reno officials Friday said coming up with money to fund a cost-of-living salary adjustment for employees means budget cuts and fee increases are on the horizon. The Nevada Legislature failed to fund the COLAs at the 80% level due to a budgeting error and instead funded it at about 61%. Nevada higher education institutions have to cover the shortfall.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Those people of color who received some or all of their higher education at predominantly white institutions frequently describe their experiences in these hallowed environments as bittersweet, with more emphasis on the bitter than the sweet. They recall the various incidents of racism that they encountered at their alma mater, the rarity of seeing and interacting with professors who shared their racial and ethnic background, and the paucity of courses that nourished their cultural identity with

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 29, 2023

While COVID eliminated hundreds of thousands of older Americans from the dependency rolls, higher education experts have not expressed the profound effect that the Baby Boomers reaching their 80s will have on state budgets. In 2026, the year we expect an enrollment cliff, the first Boomers will turn 80. Transfers of wealth will enrich the upper-middle class and the rich, but working-class folks will be further devastated.

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