Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With state support, Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) could be made into even stronger centers of education and economic opportunity, according to a recent report. Sen. Sonya Halpern The report – from the Georgia Senate Study Committee on Excellence, Innovation, and Technology at HBCUs – included recommendations for lawmakers on how to help HBCUs drive workforce diversity, innovation, and community and economic development.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Image: Leading international scientists who discovered articles written by artificial intelligence that have been published in their names have backed plans for legal action. In recent months, academics at leading universities in Australia, Europe and North America have been alerted to low-quality scholarly articles—often little more than a page long, probably written by a language-scraping algorithm—appearing under their names in titles published by Prime Scholars, an open-access pu

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Over the past decade, some historically Black institutions have developed women’s and gender studies programs and embedded courses within general education curriculum. When Dr. Adele Newson-Horst was developing a grant proposal, she quoted a 2015 article published in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education that noted HBCU institutions had been slow to introduce gender-related programs.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Sign up for the People's Rally for Student Debt Cancellation to be held outside the US Supreme Court, February 28, 2022. The link is at [link] Stay tuned to this post for more information.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Kelly Hall Kelly Hall has been named executive vice chancellor for finance and business services at the San Diego Community College District. Hall holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an MBA in corporate management from California State University, San Bernardino, as well as a Ph.D. in organization and management from Capella University.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Temple’s ongoing graduate student strike catching national headlines did not happen in a vacuum. Across the country, many graduate programs at prolific higher ed institutions have gone on strike or unionized since fall 2022. Grad student labor organizing has spiked in recent years , according to William A. Herbert, executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Paul R. Watson II Paul R. Watson II has been appointed president of Michigan’s Kellogg Community College. Watson holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Houghton College and master’s degrees in mathematics education from Syracuse University and in teaching and curriculum from the University of Rochester. He earned an Ed.D. in educational leadership and management from Drexel University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Dominique Harrison Dominique Harrison has been named director of undergraduate admissions at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Harrison served as director of undergraduate recruitment and admissions. He earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and master’s in adult education specializing in higher education from A&T.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Image: More institutions are installing professional head-shot booths in their career centers to assist students on the job or internship hunt. These machines allow students to experiment with multiple poses and then will deliver high-quality, editable digital images within minutes. The booths are getting students in career center doors while leveling the playing field between those who might otherwise be able to obtain a professional head shot and those who might not.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Technology is rapidly becoming an invaluable resource for higher education professionals who want to create inclusive classrooms in the age of digital transformation. More than ever, universities are looking for ways to create an inclusive learning environment for all students, regardless of their backgrounds. Technology is uniquely designed to support educators in fostering a sense of belonging in the inclusive classrooms.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Image: College completion rates of Black students are lower than those of any other ethnic or racial group: 34 percent of Black Americans have an associate degree or higher, compared with 46 percent of the general population, according to a recent report from the Lumina Foundation. The reasons for this attainment gap are varied, but Black students say the biggest obstacles they face are cost, a lack of extracurricular support and “implicit and overt forms of racial discrimination,” a

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Ed.gov Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Department of Education (Department) is interested in stakeholder input regarding the Senate Committee on Appropriation’s Explanatory Statement for the 2023 Appropriations Bill, which directs the Department regarding Elementary and Secondary Education Act School Safety National Activities funds as follows:   School Infrastructure and Sustainability.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Image: Temple University has cut off striking graduate student workers’ health coverage and is demanding they pay tuition by March 9. “The withdrawal of a tuition waiver is unprecedented,” wrote Andrew Crook, an American Federation of Teachers spokesman, in an email. Temple said its records show that more than 80 percent of the graduate student union members weren’t striking as of Thursday—the day after it emailed the demand to pay tuition.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Six days into strike action, Jo Grady, UCU general secretary, demands end to ‘draining’ campus conditions Striking university staff are determined to secure a deal that tackles burnout and makes their working lives more liveable, Jo Grady, general secretary of the University and Colleges Union (UCU) has insisted, ahead of talks at the independent Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Image: Jackie Recktenwald sees her role in student success as one of collaboration and education. As the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural director of well-being initiatives, she believes creating student success demands equipping students with all the right tools. Working on Wellness Recktenwald’s position is part of the college’s larger division Wellness at Penn Public Health and Well-Being—which, as implied in its name, has two pillars: clinical health and health

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Proctor Academy

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We talk about community and relationships a lot at Proctor. We have a TOGETHER banner hanging on the wall of the Wilkins Meetinghouse. We experience that community and “togetherness” by watching our Hornet teams capture big wins, meeting weekly as advisory groups, or hanging out with friends in a dorm common room.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Column: Intellectual Affairs The word “condescension” once had a positive connotation, unlikely ever to be revived. It referred to a variety of gracefulness or tact possessed by some individuals born into the upper echelons of the social hierarchy. Condescension in what we might call the complimentary sense was a knack for dealing well with people of lower standing—not as equals, to be sure, but agreeably enough to spare them any uncomfortable self-consciousness about their low

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Big-money donors on the right like the Olin and Koch foundations have been establishing “ beachhead ” academic centers in universities across the country since the 1970s, as a means of shoring up academic arguments for right-wing policies, creating a pipeline of conservative talent, and endowing professorships for right-wing scholars—some of whom, more moderate academics suggest, are unemployable on their own merits.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Category: Conditionally Accepted Without certain conditions, a search amounts to a public devaluing of scholars who have historically been marginalized within the academy, argues Abena Ampofoa Asare. Job Tags: Academic administration Ad keywords: diversity Section: Diversity Topic: Diversity Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A new study utilizing North Carolina’s Community College System (NCCCS) found an increase in minority male student retention rates when they had reliable access to a success coach. Watermark, a higher ed tech company, had partnered with the school system in the past to examine the effects of individualized success coaching on student outcomes and found that minority male students were most positively impacted.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Multiple buildings were evacuated and closed on the University of Delaware campus Wednesday after researchers accidentally created “a small amount of a shock-sensitive explosive chemical” in a campus laboratory, according to the Delaware News Journal. Delaware State Police deployed an explosive ordnance–disposal unit to remove the substance from the laboratory and conduct a controlled detonation on the campus’s South Green.

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Modern Campus

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Many student leaders view fundraising as a hurdle to clear. They understand that they can’t reap the benefits of a student organization without money — which needs to come from… well, somewhere.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A Georgia Senate committee released a new report on the needs of the state’s 10 historically Black colleges and universities and shared recommendations to better support the institutions at a press conference at the state capitol on Thursday. “This is an opportunity for Georgia to become the nation’s leader in how states fully support HBCUs and maximize their economic and social impact for their graduates and surrounding communities,” State Senator Sonya Halpern, chair of

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The Humphrey Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Many companies today celebrate Black History Month as well as other monthly celebrations that offer opportunities to highlight the contributions of BIPOC employees to their organizations.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Smartphones are everywhere, including the classroom. In today’s Academic Minute, New York Institute of Technology’s Melissa Huey examines how they affect students. Huey is an assistant professor of behavioral sciences at NYIT. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 02-10-23 NYIT - The Psychological Impact of Smartphones in the College Classroom.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Blogs Is your digital front door open? Tips to optimize your organic website lead generation for adult learners Stealth shoppers, or students who research extensively on their own before “raising their hand” to express interest in your program, have grown to a whopping 80% of adult learner applicants, up from 20% just a few years ago, according to EAB’s latest research.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Cooper Union reinstated a student show that it initially barred for fears it would offend Ukrainians in the neighborhood, The New York Times reported. The exhibit was apolitical but concerned a Russian response to the Bauhaus. The exhibit is called “Vkhutemas: Laboratory of the Avant-Garde, 1920–1930.” Vkhutemas was dismantled by Stalin.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The University of Arizona has been ranked the nation’s top producer of Fulbright Scholars, setting a new university record for the number of faculty and researchers to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards. A total of 17 UArizona faculty members and researchers received Fulbrights in 2022-2023, besting the university’s previous record of 11, set in 2020-2021.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A new letter has revealed that Florida officials were in frequent contact with the College Board about the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. The New York Times reported on the letter , which contradicts the College Board’s statements that it did not make changes in the AP course to please Florida officials. The College Board responded with its own letter Thursday.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Increasingly it seems there is nothing that ChatGPT cannot do, even consulting judges in cases and boosting research. Now, the AI chatbot has been found to score at or around the approximately 60 percent passing threshold for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), “with responses that make coherent, internal sense and contain frequent insights.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I write in reference to the February 3, 2022 article entitled, “Shouting Down an Empty Hallway.” In contrast to the mischaracterization in the article, during my presidency at the University of South Florida (USF), we demonstrated a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As examples, my administration took specific actions to reach the following milestones: The incoming class for autumn 2021 showed an increase of 16% in Black

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University Business

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina is home to the country’s largest number of Black HBCU undergraduate students. Historically Black colleges and Universities were established in the United States to provide higher education opportunities to Black Americans, at a time when many other colleges denied them access based on their race. Almost two centuries later since the first HBCU was founded, the institutions have produced some of the most successful and influential Black graduates in the Un

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

David Doré , president of campuses and executive vice chancellor for student experience and workforce development at Pima Community College, in Arizona, has been appointed chancellor of the Virginia Community College System. Dimetri Horner , associate vice provost of academics at Strayer University, in Illinois, has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Harris-Stowe State University, in Missouri.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In recent months, many former interns and recent grads have found themselves among the thousands of people laid off at the major tech companies. That has prompted many soon-to-be grads like Xie, who once assumed they’d easily slide into employment at one of tech’s marquee names, to rethink the value of these companies, their own prospects, and in some cases, what they want from their careers.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

A plan to reduce faculty workloads at Metropolitan State University of Denver, which had been expected to take effect in the fall, has been delayed indefinitely, Colorado Public Radio reported. The planned reduction would have had most tenure-track faculty members reduced from teaching four to three courses a semester. The university would hire additional faculty members to make up for the lost courses.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

After heavy criticism from Gov. Ron DeSantis, the College Board released on Wednesday an official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies — stripped of much of the subject matter that had angered the governor and other conservatives. The College Board purged the names of many Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory, the queer experience and Black feminism.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute : Melissa Huey, assistant professor of behavioral sciences at New York Institute of Technology, explores the psychological impact on students of smartphones in the classroom. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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