Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students. In the light of decades-long enrollment declines and historic low enrollment numbers among Black, Latinx and Indigenous students, our work is an uphill battle but not insurmountable.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” Lawrence is one of academia’s earliest adopters of the controversial ChatGPT AI in the classroom, and thanks to it, Lawrence has witnessed a sizable elevation in student comprehension of class curriculum at a very early stage of the spring semester.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Dr. Ruth Simmons, president of the Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), will be stepping down at the end of the month, four months earlier than her expected resignation date on Jun. 1, The Texas Tribune reported. Dr. Ruth J. Simmons The sudden change of plans appears to be due to a conflict about hiring powers with Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp during the rest of Simmons’ tenure.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

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Image: Students cite faculty teaching styles, overly difficult coursework and balancing schoolwork and other obligations as the top three barriers to their academic success, according to Inside Higher Ed ’s first Student Voice survey of 2023. Professors’ unclear expectations and mental health issues round out the top five challenges. Here’s a sneak peek at some findings, on which readers are invited to comment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Dr. Javier Cevallos was recently appointed president of the American Academic Leadership Institute (AALI). Dr. Javier Cevallos Cevallos is currently president-in-residence of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Previously, he was president of Framingham State University, president of Kutztown University; and vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Massachusetts; chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UMass; and faculty adviser to the provost at UMass.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: Richard Bland College of William & Mary is an anomaly in Virginia higher education. The public two-year college is slightly more selective than its peers across the commonwealth; it is not a member of the Virginia Community College System, and it is the only junior college in Virginia with residential housing. Most notably, it has a unique governing structure: Richard Bland shares a board of visitors with the College of William & Mary and is governed by a committee of William &

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller has been named dean of student engagement at the Community College of Rhode Island. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s in student personnel from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Khrystyna Sanborn Khrystyna Sanborn has been appointed dean of adult education at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. Sanborn served as associate dean and then interim dean at the college. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kyiv National University in Ukraine.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

When intercollegiate athletics goes from the sports page to the front page, it is big news, but not always good news. Nowhere has this been more evident than in a Nov. 23 article in The New York Times , “ How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life ,” which chronicled how universities have signed lucrative contracts with sports betting companies to promote online gambling to their students and campus communities.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Podcast Will ChatGPT Ruin or Improve Higher Education? Episode 138. February 14, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes. EAB’s Michael Fischer and Ron Yanosky discuss whether ChatGPT represents an existential threat to higher education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Institutions often promote academic leaders who rise until their skills prove insufficient in their new positions, writes Stefan Niewiesk. What can be done? Job Tags: Academic administration Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: tommy/digitalvision vectors/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Symplicity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As an employer competing with countless other organizations for top-tier entry-level talent, it is crucial to be aware of the types of benefits that appeal to this type of hire. Offering the right employee perks enables your organization to stand out as an employer of choice. Beyond offering a competitive base salary and work-life balance, there are myriad benefits that appeal specifically to new grads and increase your entry-level retention.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: It might seem an unenviable position to succeed a long-standing, widely admired college president who is credited with practically building the institution. But you wouldn’t know it from listening to Valerie Sheares Ashby, who last year took over the presidency of the University of Maryland Baltimore County from Freeman A. Hrabowski III, who over 30 years helped transform the public university from a sleepy commuter institution into a research powerhouse known especially for produci

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Roompact

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

I remember the first time I heard the saying: surviving or thriving. I was an Assistant Director at a school in Northern California and we would talk about the importance of our students thriving and not just surviving. There was an urgency and a passion and I totally bought into it! In my opinion, surviving.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Mark Rudnick , vice president of learning partnerships at Guild Education , and I first became friends a few years ago when he was in a similar role at edX. The other day, Mark and I Zoomed to catch up, and he filled me in on what is going on over at Guild. In listening to Mark talk about Guild and his role, I thought that our Inside Higher Ed community would be interested to learn more.

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Proctor Academy

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Late last night, Head of School Brian Thomas announced that today would be Head’s Day, an unplanned, surprise day off from school commitments for students. Students get to sleep in, lounge around, go skiing, head to a local restaurant with faculty, or take their time with an extra long workout in the gym.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Image: Tranquilino “Kino” Hurtado became Salt Lake Community College’s inaugural Hispanic-serving institution initiatives director in November 2022, poised for the challenge and opportunity of preparing the college for HSI designation. SLCC is the first emerging HSI in Utah, and Hurtado shared his vision for equipping Hispanic students while also preparing the community for the new Title V designation.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Rightwing pundits target knowledge found in critical race theory because they know it leads to action On the first day of Black History Month this year, the College Board announced significant changes to its Advanced Placement African American studies course. The billion-dollar company made this move after widespread rightwing pushback against the inclusion of liberal, progressive and radical books by Black authors in the curriculum (they have since apologized ).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A $50 million gift to Purdue University will be used to help relaunch the Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. School of Business, the university announced Monday. The donation, committed by the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation, will serve as the lead gift to establish the Bruce White Undergraduate Institute within the business school. It represents the largest monetary gift ever made to Purdue’s School of Management/Business.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Photo by Kawê Rodrigues on Unsplash [link] As I sat in our new SAAL board onboarding meeting, I could not help but think, “what in the world am I doing here?” Here I was, someone who has only been working professionally (at all) for one year, and my experience with assessment just being on a departmental committee, and I was on a Zoom meeting with individuals who have been doing assessment work for 10, 15, and even 20 plus years!

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A new report suggests that calculus prerequisite sequences across the California State University system are too lengthy and could pose a barrier to students who need to complete calculus as a stepping-stone to earning STEM degrees. The report, released today by Just Equations, an organization focused on equitable math education, analyzes prerequisites in the 23-campus system and draws on interviews with math leaders from eight CSU campuses.

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PUC

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Meet PUC’s new Lead Pastor, Nate Furness. Born in Seattle, WA. (“GO Seahawks”) and raised in Orange County, CA., Pastor Nate began his pastoral ministry at Westminster Good Samaritan SDA Church, then became the lead pastor at the Costa Mesa SDA Church.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday that it will no longer participate in U.S. News & World Report ’s undergraduate college rankings. Thus far, most of the colleges dropping out have been law and medical schools, although Reed College withdrew in 1995. RISD president Crystal Williams said, “Principally, Rhode Island School of Design does not measure the value of our students or our academic programs based on the same factors used by U.S.

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CAPD

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

GSC Institute Awards – Nominations are now open! Every year the GSC gives out four Institute Awards, to be presented at the Institute Awards Convocation. The awards are: Graduate Teaching Awards (for each school) Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising (for each school) Edward L. Horton Fellowship Award Irwin Sizer Award for Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education Nomination of students and faculty for these awards offer a unique opportunity to honor these individu

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A student death, apparently by suicide, on Saturday brings to eight the number of students who have died at North Carolina State University this academic year, The News & Observer reported. A graduate student was found dead Thursday from what are believed to be natural causes. Counseling services are available to students, who are being urged to use them.

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CAPD

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Open Conversation Series lunch and facilitated discussion First Session: Progress Your Priorities – Wed., Feb. 15th, Bush Room (10-105) Additional Sessions: Career Path Choices – Wed., Wed., March 8; Peer Review in Life – Tues., April 18 Grab lunch. Connect with peers. Progress your priorities. You’ve already said yes to a lot and now the cows have come home.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Last weekend we drove to UMD to visit The Girl and catch a basketball game. The crowd at the game offered some remarkable accidental eavesdropping—“Caitlin has one husband who’s incinerated and another husband who’s incarcerated!”—but the lines that really raised an eyebrow came from TG herself.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In today’s multi-generational and borderless world, study abroad programs are critical for introducing students to the world outside their university and even their country. They make up an integral part of the curriculum and the student undergraduate experience, and generally, students look back with very fond memories of their time abroad on their colleagues with whom they experienced these trips.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The gunman who killed three students and wounded five at Michigan State University was a 43-year-old with a previous gun violation who fatally shot himself after an hourslong manhunt that ended in a confrontation with police miles from campus, officials said Tuesday. The gunman was found with a note in his pocket indicating a threat to two schools in Ewing Township, New Jersey, where he had ties, that district’s superintendent said in a statement posted online.

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Gray Associates

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Are you prepared for a Jumanji-like world? Rising sea levels, natural disasters, and emerging societal shifts are the new reality. As climate change effects worsen, colleges and universities must launch new programs to prepare skilled graduates for the exploding job market focused on adapting structures, institutions, and society.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

On Monday, both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly voted to pass the bill, which outlines how such institutions should respond to a dangerous threat on campus. The measure now awaits Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) signature to become law. If it is signed, threat assessment teams at public higher education institutions would need to obtain criminal history records and health records for any individual who “poses an articulable and significant threat of violence to others.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Images are everywhere today. In today’s Academic Minute, a Student Spotlight, the University of Oregon’s Parichehr Kazemi explores how they can be used for protest. Kazemi is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Oregon. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 02-14-23 Oregon - The Protest Potential of Social Media Images.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Lori Henson, who has taught journalism at Indiana State University for 11 years, learned Friday that she is among faculty and other employees losing their jobs because of enrollment losses and budget cuts. “I am the only faculty line in journalism, and my position ends May 31,” she wrote on social media. She is an instructor who specializes in journalism.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

NAPLES, Fla. — As a feud over an African American studies course continues between Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and the College Board, the governor said on Monday that Florida will “look to re-evaluate” its relationship with the organization. “This College Board, like, nobody elected them to anything. They’re just kind of there, and they’re providing service.

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Ray Schroeder

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Rep. Jane Gillette, R-Bozeman, drew lawmakers’ attention during public comment to the notable absence of one item: a new building for Montana State University’s 12-year-old two-year campus, Gallatin College. The request, Gillette explained, was MSU President Waded Cruzado’s top priority heading into the 2023 Legislature. But the $38 million ask did not appear in Gov.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute , a Student Spotlight: Parichehr Kazemi, a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Oregon, explores how images can be used for protest. 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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Experts discussed issues, opportunities, and advice for Black Americans during this year’s Brookings Institution annual Black History Month program. The event, “Transcending and Thriving: Civil Rights in Black America,” took place virtually Feb. 13 and was led by the think tank’s Governance Studies program. Nicole Austin-Hillery The program featured panelists: Dr.

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