Grant McMillan
APRIL 11, 2025
As registrars, we operate guided by the policies established at our institutions. These frameworks shape our daily work, sometimes consuming our entire workday. We quickly recognize when a policy falls short of its purpose. Well-crafted policies function like good designthey operate seamlessly.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2025
For the third consecutive year, undergraduate certificate programs have reached a 10-year high in completion rates while traditional degree programs continue to decline, according to new data released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The annual Undergraduate Degree Earners report reveals shifting student preferences toward shorter, more affordable credential options in higher education.
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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2025
In what is being hailed as a significant technological leap forward, Morehouse College is offering 3D avatars that can stand in for teaching assistants. These humanlike figures can answer student questions 24 hours a day. The school, regarded as a higher education innovator in immersive learning, notes that the artificial intelligence-powered instructors are trained from teachers lectures and course notes.
University Business
APRIL 10, 2025
Social media is one of the most dynamic channels in your arsenal as an education marketer. While each platform serves a different purpose, social media as a whole offers powerful opportunities to foster professional connections and build engaged learning communities. For online and professional education providers, platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube create spaces for past, current, and prospective learners to connect, share insights, and contribute to meaningful discuss
The Guardian Higher Education
APRIL 7, 2025
Universities with policies similar to University of Sussex, which received 585,000 fine last month, will be contacted Englands higher education regulator has said it is writing to institutions that have transgender equality policies similar to the University of Sussex, which was handed a record 585,000 fine last month for failing to uphold freedom of speech.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2025
In her timely and important book Beyond Implicit and Explicit Bias: Strategies for Healing the Root Causes of Inequity in Education , Dr. ClauDean ChiNaka Kizart offers a comprehensive roadmap for educators committed to creating more equitable learning environments. As issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion continue to be at the forefront of educational discourse, Kizarts contribution stands out for its practical approach to understanding and counteracting specific biases that often undermin
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 7, 2025
The Connecticut AI Alliance recently announced its formation, creating a new consortium of organizations dedicated to developing artificial intelligence across businesses, nonprofits and educational institutions. CAIA is a statewide coalition designed to advance the development, application and impact of artificial intelligence across Connecticut, according to a statement by the organization.
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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)
APRIL 9, 2025
Strategies for Each Stage of the Enrollment Journey Higher education institutions face many challenges in their efforts to engage with potential students and keep them motivated while they navigate the enrollment process. In a 2024 Lumina Foundation/Gallup survey on the state of higher education, prospective adult students cited cost, work conflicts, emotional stress, and lack of remote learning opportunities as their top barriers to enrolling in a college program.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 6, 2025
Dr. Tabbye M. Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Chavous will become its new executive director, effective August 11, 2025, replacing Dr. Felice J. Levine who has led the organization since 2002. Chavous, currently vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan, brings more than 25 years of experience as a scholar, researcher, and academic administrator to the position.
Roompact
APRIL 9, 2025
As the academic year winds down, residence hall teams – including Desk Assistants (DAs), Resident Assistants (RAs), professional staff, and student leadership – face the emotional challenge of wrapping up their time together. Throughout the year, they have supported residents, handled crises, built community, and developed lifelong friendships.
University Business
APRIL 9, 2025
Students earning certificates led to an increase in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded for the first time in three years. That surge, however, masked a pair of significant drops in higher ed completion rates. While certificates hit record levels, both bachelors degrees and associate degrees declined for the third straight year, according to data released Thursday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Higher Education Inquirer
APRIL 10, 2025
Born in 1983 in the southern neighborhoods of Santiago, Chile, Francisco Tapia Salinasbetter known as Papas Fritas emerged as an influential figure in contemporary art despite having limited formal training. Tapias unconventional path led him to become an internationally recognized artist, but it was his provocative 2014 performance piece, Ad Augusta per Augusta ("To the Elevated by the Difficult"), that catapulted him to fame and solidified his place in the global art scene.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 8, 2025
Despite high-profile incidents suggesting otherwise, a new study finds that most college students feel their campuses provide an environment conducive to free expression, with broad agreement across political affiliations, race, and gender. A comprehensive survey conducted by Gallup and Lumina Foundation reveals that approximately 75% of currently enrolled bachelor's degree students believe their institutions do an "excellent" or "good" job of promoting free speech, with only 5% rating their col
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 11, 2025
Higher education is no stranger to managed service providers, as many institutions depend on temporary administrative staff, legal advisers and third-party partners for waste management, cleaning and food services. These professionals help organizations run smoothly without requiring them to hire and retain full-time staff. Amid growing resource constraints and the increasing complexity of technology environments, higher ed is turning its attention to managed service providers for IT.
Roompact
APRIL 10, 2025
In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we rebroadcast a past webinar discussing storytelling through data and assessment with panelists from the University of South Carolina and University of South Florida. Through this session, the panelists explore best practices to collect, interpret, and present data to campus partners and departmental leadership to create buy-in and provide the why to students and staff.
eLiterate
APRIL 10, 2025
ChatGPT’s visualization of this post Michael: Today’s post is going to get both a little geeky and a little trippy. But I promise it will come back to education. I’m trying to get at some little-discussed aspects of how AI works and the implications for how we work with it. Today I’ll be chatting with Gemini Advanced 2.5 Pro (experimental).
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2025
Ed Smith-Lewis In this exclusive interview with Diverse, Ed Smith-Lewis, Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and the Institute for Capacity Building (ICB) at the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), discusses the history of the Institute, the upcoming UNITE convening, and initiatives designed to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
Teaching Matters Student Engagement
APRIL 10, 2025
Students’ Artists Books laid out on a display table at 50 George Square Artists Books showcasing the work of the current Intermediality cohort (2024-25). Photo credit: author. In this post, Dr Inma Snchez Garca contemplates Kae Tempet’s book ‘On Connection’ and the notion of intermediality, and how they relate to a pedagogical context where connection and engagement is required for learning to be meaningful and transformative.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 8, 2025
Student Visa Dragnet Reaches Small Colleges Liam Knox Tue, 04/08/2025 - 03:00 AM Immigration officials are rapidly revoking hundreds of student visas. Administrators are struggling to keep up and advise their students, some of whom have fled the country.
Parchment
APRIL 9, 2025
Kristen Vanselow, Assistant Vice President for Innovative Education & Partnerships at Florida Gulf Coast University joins us to share how FGCU has developed a robust microcredential program that provides flexible, competency-based opportunities that signal readiness for careers beyond traditional degrees. Kristen shares how FGCU develops programs in partnership with leading employers to address skill gaps in the workforce, contributing to the success of the regional economy.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 7, 2025
Dr. Roshaunda Breeden Dr. Roshaunda Breeden never expected to become a faculty member at North Carolina State University (NC State), the very same institution where her journey in higher education began. When Breeden first arrived on campus, she was searching for a sense of belonging and found that and more as she navigated toward a calling to transform student affairs, advance equity, and reimagine the relationship between universities and Black communities.
CAPD
APRIL 9, 2025
Sophomore Consulting Exploratory Program: A Day in the BHive Join us for a virtual half-day workshop on May 16, 2025 The Brattle Groups Sophomore Consulting Exploratory Program is a professional development experience for undergraduates completing their second year. This unique experience is designed to help you learn more about how you could apply the economic, finance, policy, computer science, and/or engineering concepts from the classroom to a career path in economic consulting.
The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 8, 2025
April 8, 2025 · Episode 254 Using Faculty Satisfaction Data for Strategic Change in Higher Education 36 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Learn how higher ed leaders can turn faculty survey data into strategy, improve shared governance, and increase retention and leadership trust. Faculty surveys are a familiar practice in higher education, but many institutions fall short when it comes to using that data to drive long-term change.
University Business
APRIL 7, 2025
Register Now Date & Time: Tuesday, May 6that 2 p.m. ET Higher education institutions are battling increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks, including ransomware, data breaches, and the ever-present threat of phishing. Now, generative AI (GenAI) is raising the stakes, enabling even more complex and targeted attacks and a stronger defense. In this webinar, experts in cybersecurity will explore how to harness the power of AI to revolutionize your cybersecurity posture.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 6, 2025
Dr. David M. Johnson The allure of a community college presidency lies in the opportunity it affords to effect meaningful change in the lives of our students. The ability to implement strategies, remove barriers, and marshal resources to realize that aspiration is what valorizes the seat. And those who approach the work any differently rarely enjoy prolonged or notable success.
CAPD
APRIL 8, 2025
During Campus Preview Weekend 2025’s Parent Programming, members of the CAPD staff shared information with parents and supporters. View the recording and access the presentation below. Also see our FAQ section below for questions we have received from parents and supporters. Parent Orientation Q&A Session 2025 Download You may have additional questions that are best answered by our partner offices on campus: Office of the First Year (OFY) : first-year advising & academics, orientat
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 9, 2025
NIH Freezes Millions More in Funding for Columbia Josh Moody Wed, 04/09/2025 - 06:23 PM The U.S. National Institutes of Health reportedly froze another $250 million in federal research funding for the university, on top of the $400 million already in limbo.
Campus Sonar
APRIL 9, 2025
What movements are gaining momentum within higher education, and why? This is whats been on my mind since attending Ed Reformers Playbook: The Power of Movements at SXSW EDU. Moderated by the author of How Change Happens , it highlighted three strategies that winning movements (on the left, the right, and non-partisan) have employed to drive change in the twenty-first century.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 5, 2025
Moderator: Dr. Jamal Watson, Professor Trinity Washington University, Executive Editor of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Panelists: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Distinguished Professor, Vanderbilt University Dr. Christina Greer, Associate Professor, Fordham University, Dr. Annette Gordon Reed, Professor, Harvard University Natasha S.
University Business
APRIL 8, 2025
Philanthropy is on the rise in higher education as donors prioritize research, financial aid and faculty. Here’s a closer look at the numbers. When adjusted for inflation, donations to higher education increased by 3% during the 2023-24 academic year, according to a new report from CASE Insights. Perhaps unsurprisingly, nearly half of all endowed gifts were designated for student financial aid.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 11, 2025
The Ripple Effects of Draining the Ph.D. Pool kathryn.palmer Fri, 04/11/2025 - 03:00 AM Deep cuts to federal research funding and crackdowns on international students could mean far fewer graduate students next fall and beyond. If that happens, undergraduates, faculty and research productivity would all suffer.
Gray Associates
APRIL 8, 2025
Beneath the oceans surface lies a vast, mysterious world teeming with lifeand possibility. Despite covering most of our planet, the ocean remains largely uncharted, holding immense promise for economic growth, climate resilience, and scientific discovery. The blue economy is rapidly gaining momentum, blending long-standing industries like shipping and fisheries with bold new frontiers like marine biotech and ocean-powered energy.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2025
The recent Moodys downgrade of the 2025 U.S. higher education outlook is not merely a financial tremor; it serves as a chilling echo of the cyclone that swept Dorothy into the tumultuous Land of Oza "tempest of uncertainty" driven by rapid policy shifts and financial pressures, threatening the very foundations of higher education. Moody's current assessment acts as more than a weathervane.
PUC
APRIL 8, 2025
When Benjamin (Benji) Rangel was deciding on a college to attend, PUC was always on his radar since he grew up in an SDA environment, and his brother and mentors encouraged him to go to college. “I often heard about the excellent professors, the strong spiritual atmosphere, and the beautiful campus surrounded by naturean environment that fosters academic and spiritual growth,” he said.
University Business
APRIL 11, 2025
AI advancements thatstreamline user experience and administrative workflow could revolutionize student accessibility, enrollment and workforce outcomes, according to leaders attending Ellucian Live, the annual conference hosted by the global higher education software company. However, the project management necessary to embed AI across an institution’s IT infrastructure may be just as ambitious. “It’s hard for separate business units to connect when they’re all trying to
AIFS Abroad
APRIL 9, 2025
Ready to step into the footsteps of a college student who studied abroad in Ireland ? We recently caught up with AIFS Abroad program participant Lauren from the University of Northern Colorado. She chose to spend her fall semester studying abroad in the city of Maynooth after a summer program in Limerick ! Read on to learn more about her study abroad experience with AIFS Abroad and the impact of being an international student in Ireland.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2025
A new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) reveals that while faculty salaries increased for the second straight year, compensation has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. According to preliminary findings from AAUP's annual Faculty Compensation Survey, average salaries for full-time faculty members across all ranks rose by 3.8% in fall 2024, matching the increase seen in the previous year.
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