University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s no secret that artificial intelligence has gripped the higher education sector in more ways than inside the classroom. Although most colleges and universities are scrambling to moderate precisely how students should be allowed to use it, faculty and administrators are inviting its use systemwide. An EDUCAUSE poll that surveyed institutional leaders, technology professionals, and other campus stakeholders found that 67% are optimistic or very optimistic about using AI.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that gives community college students transferring to HBCUs a one-time grant of up to $5,000. Gov. Gavin Newsom Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Given that the state of California itself does not have any HBCUs, students who want to attend and experience one have to pursue it out-of-state but may miss out on state aid in the process.

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Great College Advice

OCTOBER 6, 2023

When it comes to college-bound students’ impressions of the relationship between financial aid and admissions, anxiety seems to rule the day. Many of my students and families worry that if they check the box on the college application indicating that they will be applying for financial aid that they won’t get in. So this is the question I hear over and over, “does applying for financial aid hurt my college admissions chances?

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The Scholarly Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Todd Zakrajsek , Director, Lilly Conferences and Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Key Statement: As higher education faculty, our role is to facilitate learning, not merely teach. Keywords: Facilitating Learning, Self-Efficacy, Student Success ​ Teaching without learning is just talking (Angelo, 1993, p. 3). From Teaching to Learning I recently had an email exchange with an outstanding faculty/educational developer, David Sacks, University of Kentucky.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Waiting for FAFSA Liam Knox Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM A major overhaul to the federal student aid form delayed its launch at least two months. That means headaches for everyone from financial aid officers to applicants.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

As president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would strip accreditation from colleges and universities with diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, MSNBC reported. It is unclear, however, if he would possess the authority to do so. Gov. Ron DeSantis DeSantis made the comments during an Oct. 4 interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Held Oct. 9-12 at Chicago’s McCormick Place convention center (and online Oct. 18-19), the EDUCAUSE annual conference will feature programming on higher education IT issues and offer opportunities to see innovative technology at work.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Arizona Faculty Threatened After Online Commotion Over Gender Teaching Ryan Quinn Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM College of Nursing employees were called "groomers" and received threats in response to Libs of TikTok's posting of two class slides. Faculty members are criticizing the university’s response.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In this extra post, Lynsey encourages us to pause and critically reflect on how we engage with our routine e-learning modules with an engaging fire safety example.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The college application process time can be a nerve-wracking time for college hopefuls. However, their chief driver of stress has changed in the past two decades as students nowadays are more preoccupied with the cost of college rather than being denied their first-choice college. But what bugs students about college costs isn’t just that it’s expensive; it’s because they rarely understand by how much.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Firing Reopens ‘Old Wound’ Regarding Treatment of Women Ryan Quinn Mon, 10/02/2023 - 03:00 AM North Dakota State’s ouster of a female vice provost is part of a pattern, women at the university say. Lawyers, in unusual release of documents, say her office mishandled discrimination complaints.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Dr. Danielle Pilar Clealand began her academic exploration on a study abroad trip to Cuba. There, she says, she felt most at home. The journey ended with her devoting herself to the study of racial politics. The Latin American and Caribbean scholar focuses her research on the silence that exists around race and racism and how it affects the way Black people see themselves, their experiences, their identities, and their politics.

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Symplicity

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Symplicity® Advocate ™, renowned worldwide for student case management with over 300 universities in its network, warmly welcomes Canterbury Christ Church University aboard. Symplicity will collaborate with the University to implement a 360-degree view of student cases and student support to enhance its university-wide approach to addressing concerns and supporting student wellbeing.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Tailoring lessons and material to each student’s interests and strengths is a goal most faculty members aspire to achieve. The remote instruction of the pandemic highlighted its value and uncovered how this different approach often helps students learn the material better. More recently, remote and hybrid instruction have opened the door for universities to better leverage resources and provide differentiated learning to students by extending an instructor’s reach to new communities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Biden Administration Prepares for Student Debt Relief Negotiations Katherine Knott Mon, 10/02/2023 - 03:00 AM A committee of 14 people representing student loan borrowers, higher education institutions and other stakeholder groups will kick off discussions about student loan forgiveness Oct. 10.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Dr. Melissa L. Gilliam, a physician and higher education leader, will take on the mantle of president of Boston University, effective Jul. 1, 2024. In doing so, she will become BU’s first woman and first Black president. Dr. Melissa Gilliam Boston University Photography Gilliam, 58, is no stranger to firsts. She is currently executive vice president and provost at The Ohio State University, the first Black to hold that role in the school’s history.

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Higher Education Whisperer

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Penny Wheeler, Amanda White, & Tom Worthington, at the TEQSA MasterclassGreetings from the TEQSA Masterclass Workshop on Contract cheating detection and deterrence, at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. This builds on the online Detecting Contract Cheating course from TEQSA. The good points of the course and workshop is that they raise uncomfortable questions for university academics.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Course exploring impact of magic and witchcraft on society comes amid growing interest in folklore If you’ve been getting into crystals, manifesting your dream board or exploring feminist readings of witchcraft, you can now take your hobby to the next level – with the UK’s first postgraduate degree in magic and the occult. The University of Exeter is seeking to harness growing interest in the subjects with a course that will explore the history and impact of witchcraft and magic around the world

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Citing Significant Budget Deficits, Several Colleges Face Cuts Doug Lederman Mon, 10/02/2023 - 03:00 AM The affected institutions include Christian Brothers, Delta State, Lane Community College, Miami University, St. Norbert and Shepherd.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Baltimore Police Department has released surveillance video of persons of interest sought in connection with the mass shooting at Morgan State University and are asking the public to help identify them. Handout/Baltimore Police Department The gunfire Tuesday night – which wounded five people with non-life-threatening injuries – appears to have been the result of "a dispute between two smaller groups, and one individual was a target of two individuals who had weapons," said Baltimore Police C

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Higher Education Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Title: Unlocking Potential: Enhancing Community College Services for Immigrant and Refugee Students Source: Upwardly Global Upwardly Global, in collaboration with Lumina Foundation and the National Council for Workforce Education, conducted research focused on the intersection of immigrant inclusion and workforce development. The report highlights the challenges and opportunities in supporting immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals.

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Dr. Al Solano

OCTOBER 2, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Learn practical equitable pedagogy practices to improve student success in higher education. In this episode, I interview Dr. Michel Estefan, Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology Department at the University of California, San Diego. The focus of the episode is the article, From Inclusive to Equitable Pedagogy: How to Design Course Assignments and Learning Activities That Address Structural Inequalities (Scroll down to access the transcript.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Liberty Flouted Federal Law on Crime Reporting Josh Moody Wed, 10/04/2023 - 03:00 AM Preliminary findings from a Department of Education investigation of the evangelical university indicate years of missteps on issues of sexual misconduct.

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Education 120

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Guilford College has apologized to Virginia State University after racial slurs were yelled at players during a Sep. 26 women’s soccer game between the two schools. Guilford College Guilford fans reportedly yelled the N-word and made monkey noises aimed at VSU players, according to VSU officials. “While there have been direct apologies to our administration, VSU says that our student-athletes also deserve a personal apology,” VSU said in an Oct. 3 statement.

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The Guardian Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Study estimates cats and dogs consume about 9% of all land animals killed for food If all the world’s dogs went vegan it would save more greenhouse gas emissions than those produced by the UK, according to research advocating the environmental benefits of plant-based pets. The study estimated cats and dogs consume about 9% of all land animals killed for food – about 7 billion animals annually – as well as billions of fish and aquatic animals.

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College for Creative Study

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For Rachel and Sam Conant, move-in day at College for Creative Studies is especially memorable because it marks both the beginning of their art careers and the story of them. “We had seen each other a couple times, just doing all the things you have to do on the first day of college,” said Sam (Illustration ’05). The two finally met when he helped a fellow student move some items into her dorm room, and she happened to be Rachel’s roommate.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Grand Canyon University Lambastes Federal Agencies in ‘Unusual’ Public Statement Katherine Knott Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM One of the nation’s largest Christian institutions claims the U.S. is “coordinating” attacks against it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Piedmont Community College will be offering a Taylor Swift course next year. Taylor Swift Scott Legato/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management file The course will be taught by Dr. David Townsend, dean of university transfer and general education and a self-proclaimed “life-long Swiftie.” Seeing larger schools with similar offerings inspired him to create the course about the popular artist, he said.

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Roompact

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Roompact’s door dec competition is now closed and we’re ready to announce the winners. We received 70+ entries (!), so picking ten was incredibly difficult. We tried to select a diverse group of winners that reflected the diversity of the submissions themselves. Thank you to all who entered! Your ideas are now a resource for.

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College for Creative Study

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The post Alumnus Chad Jenson ’04 shares about how Thomas Riley Artisan’s Guild spun off one of the top-tier art galleries in Naples appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Federal Grant Proves Elusive for Certain Colleges kathryn.palmer… Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM The money is set aside for institutions serving large numbers of Asian American, Native American and Pacific Islander students, but many eligible colleges don’t apply because of bureaucratic hurdles.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the College of Charleston on Oct. 11, as part of her Fight for Our Freedoms college tour. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The event will take place at 1 p.m. at the Sottile Theatre. The tour itself is meant to focus on issues disproportionately impacting young people, such as reproductive freedom, gun safety, climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, mental health, and book bans, according to a press release.

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Roompact

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Paul comes back to the podcast again this week to chat with Dustin about the the past, present, and future of the curricular approach in residential education. Paul brings his wealth of knowledge and experience in this area to the conversation to help capture why this practice is so important for supporting student learning.

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College for Creative Study

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Detroit Month of Design is part of what attracted Nishi Bajaj to the city to study, and the emerging international designer was gratified to find a connected design community at the citywide event.

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Alumni 98

Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Big Ambitions, Small Teams Sarah Bray Mon, 10/02/2023 - 03:00 AM Roshni Rao explores the challenges of scaling career services to meet the needs of thousands of grad students with diverse backgrounds, disciplines and career aspirations.

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Career Services 100

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

I picked up my wife recently from the airport after she had gotten in on an overnight flight. We intended to head straight home after, but we decided to stop at a grocery store to be pick up a few items. After loading the car with groceries, we got in and the car would not start. Assuming it was a dead battery, I called AAA battery service and a technician came to test the battery.

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