Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Miller Lite and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) are using their longstanding partnership to give 35 scholarships to eligible undergraduate Latinx students. Lacey Golonka The scholarship amounts range from $2,500 to $5,000. And recipients of the Miller Lite Brewed to be Bright scholarship program will also be offered career development opportunities via HACU's ¡Adelante!

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

Federal regulators have enhanced their requirements that colleges and universities have a comprehensive cybersecurity program in place. If they don’t, they may be unable to participate in Title IV programs and award federal financial aid. That is the result of the June 9 effective date for the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) updated rule on safeguarding consumer information, a component of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

After two years of COVID-19-related disruptions, the percentage of first-time college students sticking with school has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). The report, based on data from institutions representing 97% of U.S. postsecondary enrollment, found that 75.7% of the students entering college in fall 2021 continued their studies in fall 2022, an increase of nearly one point from the previous year, and

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Higher Education Today

JULY 27, 2023

By the Action Network for Equitable Wellbeing College and university leaders are being asked to focus on student wellbeing more than ever before—and with good reason. Students’ needs and experiences change rapidly, and data from the Healthy Minds Study have demonstrated that student wellbeing outcomes have worsened over the past decade. Moreover, improving these outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Holy Family University is partnering with the Bucks County Workforce Development Board in Pennsylvania on a $1.3 million grant for former Holy Family University and other Pennsylvania undergrads who were near degree completion but withdrew before obtaining diplomas or certificates. Dr. Anne M. Prisco The Aim & Attain Near Completer Grant – funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry – aims to help eligible students get credentials and training, immediately enter the job mar

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

International students from African nations and the Global South are much more likely to have their visas rejected, according to a new report from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and the Shorelight Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

A new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) finds that more than half of the 2023 graduating class had an internship. However, the study reveals that minority and female students are underrepresented in paid and unpaid internships. According to NACE, students with paid internships receive more job offers after graduation and receive higher starting salaries.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Howard University partnered with Blue Star Families (BSF) and The Chamberlain Project to host a panel symposium to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9981, which led to the 1948 integration of the U.S. military. Morgan Freeman BSF is a non-profit supporting military-connected families, and The Chamberlain Project is a program connecting retiring service members to higher ed teaching roles.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

A man was arrested last week for second-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree failure to appear, and he had visited Brown University and the University of Connecticut to plan mass shootings there, authorities said, according to

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

A new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) finds that more than half of the 2023 graduating class had an internship. However, the study reveals that minority and female students are underrepresented in paid and unpaid internships. According to NACE, students with paid internships receive more job offers after graduation and receive higher starting salaries.

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Roompact

JULY 27, 2023

As our Summer 2023 ACUHO-I Intern, Kassidy, finishes up her time with us, we wanted to take a moment to check back in with her to see how her time working at Roompact went. Kassidy shares with Dustin her favorite moments, what she's learned, and what's next for her.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

The College Board rejected claims that parts of the state's new, embattled history standards align with an AP African American Studies course the state banned earlier this year, USA Today reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis Last week, Florida's new Board of Education- approved African American history standards came under fire for including language about how "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 27, 2023

The rise of generative AI has led universities to rethink how learning is quantified. Julia Chen offers four options for assessment redesign that can be applied across disciplines. At the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, our institutional position is to embrace GenAI and rethink learning purposes and assessment design. Instead of banning it or using detection tools to check student use of such tools, starting this September the university will allow, and indeed expect, the use of GenAI in take-

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Vanessa Love Vanessa Love has been appointed director of the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX at the University of Pittsburgh. She served as assistant vice president in the Office of Compliance & Integrity at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Love holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, a master’s in international affairs, and a juris doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

When moving, the loss comes before the gain. As TW and I prepare in earnest for the big move, we’re running into something I noticed the last time we moved: subtraction comes before addition.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

The New College of Florida Board of Trustees has voted to advance a $2 million budget request to the Florida Legislature for a center to combat “cancel culture” in higher ed, Axios reported. The New College Freedom Institute aims to "promote freedom of inquiry and champion tolerance of civil discourse among those of opposing views," according to the budget request.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

MOVEit Attack Signals Growing Cybersecurity Threats for Higher Ed Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1322205512.jpg Lauren.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

Lloyd Nivens IV Lloyd Nivens IV has been named senior campus minister at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He is pastor of Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Zion Church in Rockingham, North Carolina. Nivens holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Livingstone and a Master of Divinity degree from the Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

Princeton Professor Objects to Retraction of Economics Paper Featured Image at Top of Article Retraction_illo copy(1).

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 27, 2023

In this post, Dr Jennifer Yule and Dr Pauline Ferguson, programme leads at the University of Edinburgh Business School (UEBS)↗️ share their journey of successfully partnering with one of the student societies EUMAS↗️ This post is a summary of their presentation at the Learning and Teaching Conference 2023↗️and belongs to the July-August Learning & Teaching […]

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities.

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

New data on first-year students’ persistence and retention rates is the latest example of higher education finally overcoming the pandemic’s influence. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s 2023 Persistence and Retention report concludes that first-year students in fall 2021 had a 75.7% persistence rate, matching levels not seen since 2016 through 2018.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

More than three-quarters of students who entered college for the first time in fall 2021 continued their education (at their original institution or another college) in fall 2022, returning the so-called persistence rate to the average level seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center said in a report today.

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

A $65.4 million appropriation to provide financial debt relief to the Penn West trio of state-owned universities at California, Clarion and Edinboro is included in the state budget bill awaiting final enactment. The budget bill – House Bill 611 – has yet to win final enactment due to a partisan dispute over a new student school voucher program called Lifeline Scholarships.

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Ray Schroeder

JULY 27, 2023

ChatGPT is capable of achieving respectable grades at Harvard, an experiment found. Per the experiment conducted by a Harvard student, the bot ended the year with a 3.34 GPA. The rise of generative AI has rocked the higher education sector in recent months.

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

Clemson University has suspended the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity for four years after allegations of hazing were proven true. The university said an investigation started in April for reports of hazing including line-ups, ice water baths, and bodily harm. The legislation was named after a 19-year-old fraternity pledge at Clemson who was found dead after a run with his pledge class in 2014.

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Paradigm IQ

JULY 27, 2023

Learn from the world leaders of Paradigm to discover Inclusive Leadership: Unlocking the Power of Diversity Through Inclusion

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

Enhancements to CUNY Transfer Explorer empower students to explore paths to degree completion with transparent and accessible information. Credit loss and lack of transparency around transfer policies and credit applicability can stymie a student’s journey to degree completion, prolonging graduation and increasing college costs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

In an effort to cultivate more inclusive campuses for LGBTQ students, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation has collaborated with colleges and universities nationwide to develop its Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program and its PrEP Ambassador Program. The programs focus on building a network of leaders to eliminate stigma and enrich the college experience for LGBTQ students attending HBCUs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 27, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Rachel Savage, assistant professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, examines how we might best care for an aging population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 27, 2023

The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DoL) have announced new efforts to expand Registered Apprenticeships for educators and bolster teacher preparation programs. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona The efforts range from monetary investment to new guidelines, such as more than $27 million in awards from ED to support educator preparation programs; more than $65 million from DoL for Registered Apprenticeship programs in critical sectors, including education; and new National Guide

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EAB

JULY 27, 2023

Blogs Overcome these two roadblocks to engage young alumni Many of today’s young alumni find themselves burdened with outsized student loan debt and facing tumultuous financial challenges as they embark on entry-level careers. The recent Supreme Court ruling striking down student loan forgiveness has only brought these realities to the forefront of many recent graduates' minds, meaning your young alumni are likely feeling financial strain and frustration more than ever.

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University Business

JULY 27, 2023

Intel is trying to make sure it has the workforce it needs when it opens two semiconductor plants east of Columbus in 2025. The state says this largest single-private investment in Ohio has the potential to bring as many as 20,000 jobs to the area. Because it needs to hire qualified people, Intel is paying eight institutions — which are leading more than 80 others — $17.7 million over three years.

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