The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sally Clemenson , Minnesota State University, Mankato Ellen Johnson , Minnesota State University, Mankato Keywords: Connectedness, Asynchronous, Online Learning Key Statement: Connectedness in the asynchronous online environment can be difficult to establish. Faculty can make a difference by creating opportunities to engage in transformational educational experiences in the online discussion board.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2024

Doctoral candidates Dion T. Harry and Joshua D. Wallace have been chosen to receive the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation’s 2023 MCT Scholarship. The annual scholarship is meant for matriculating students in master’s or doctoral programs in student affairs or higher ed administration-related fields. Dion Harry Harry is a North Carolina State University doctoral candidate studying higher education opportunity, equity, and justice.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 16, 2024

Why Attend a Liberal Arts College? It’s a four-year investment, so you want to get the most out of your college experience. That’s why you should consider attending a liberal arts college where your personal achievement is important to everyone there, not just to you personally. However, there is a lot of misunderstanding out there in the higher education marketplace.

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Dr. Laura Pasquini

JANUARY 15, 2024

Today I’m giving you permission to F.A.I.L. in your career. This permission slip gives you full rights to try out, test, experiment, play, and get curious about what is possible in your career, and to be willing not get it “right” the first time. F.A.I.L. = First Attempt In Learning Although I’ve heard this acronym before, it was a helpful reminder from a Peloton instructor, Becs Gentry, during a recent run.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2024

DEI Spending Banned, Sociology Scrapped in Florida Josh Moody Thu, 01/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Florida’s State Board of Education imposed new prohibitions on DEI spending at state colleges, following a similar decision for state universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2024

Dear Black women in higher education, 2023 should have been a wake-up call to our community, yet the red flags persist. The untimely deaths of two Black women presidents, JoAnne A. Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T. Montague of Volunteer State Community College, was a signal to all other Black women in higher education. Now, the death of Dr.

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 15, 2024

More and more, college admissions is becoming a game. The days when kids simply submitted applications and waited for a response based on the merits of their application are long gone. As colleges and universities act more and more like businesses, they demand more than just an application from their prospects. They want demonstrated interest from the student.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 16, 2024

A Small Pennsylvania College’s Big Investment in the Humanities kathryn.palmer… Tue, 01/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Lycoming College is providing more research and experiential learning opportunities for students in hopes of setting itself apart in a tough enrollment environment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Educators and doctoral students offered advice and shared career experiences Tuesday in an effort to guide aspiring graduate students seeking to become teachers and to promote resources that students could access along the way. Marcus Penny In a Jan. 16 online panel sponsored by the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, leaders and alumni from the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT), an organization that works to support students through grad school and increase educator diversity, hi

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Great College Advice

JANUARY 16, 2024

While April 1 st has come and gone and the majority of high school seniors know where they will attend college next year, some students are still in a holding pattern. They are stuck in the purgatory of college admissions. They are on the dreaded Wait List. Reality is that there is no way to predict if you will be taken off the wait list of a college.

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University Business

JANUARY 18, 2024

Test-optional policies have become common in higher education. Nearly 2,000 colleges and universities didn’t require SAT or ACT scores for admission this academic year. While it was a rational choice during the pandemic, institutions are slowly moving toward making it the new status quo. The move has left admissions teams to rely solely on GPA as a quantitative metric to aid their decision-making.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 17, 2024

Fresh Battle Lines in the Testing Wars Liam Knox Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The debate over standardized testing requirements, put on ice during the pandemic, is catching fire again as colleges reconsider their temporary test-optional policies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education's 2024 Emerging Scholars shared sentiments of drive, hope, community, and validation during a webinar Thursday. To accompany the release of its 2024 Emerging Scholars magazine edition, Diverse hosted its first-ever panel for the 15 outstanding scholars it recognized this year. The panel was moderated by Dr. Jamal Watson.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Dr Neil RavenDr Neil Raven, a UK educational consultant has provided a useful analysis on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the educational ambitions of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds (Raven, 2023). They talked to 14 teaching professionals from schools and colleges in the English disadvantaged areas.

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University Business

JANUARY 17, 2024

Colleges and universities have become well aware of the growing mental health crisis plaguing students, especially their first-years who developed during the pandemic. However, a new report reveals that the problem isn’t contained to students; higher education should also take stock in evaluating their staff’s mental health. TimelyCare, one of the most prominent telehealth services for higher education, found that six in 10 are experiencing issues related to mental health.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 18, 2024

4 More Colleges Face Civil Rights Investigations Katherine Knott Thu, 01/18/2024 - 03:00 AM The Education Department has now opened dozens of investigations into antisemitic and other bias-related incidents on college campuses since Oct. 7. But resolutions that could lead to changes are expected to take a while.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Howard University Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: B.A., international business, Taylor University; M.A., student affairs administration/higher education, Ball State University, Teachers College; Certificate, College and University Teaching, Ball State University, Teachers College; Ph.D., educational leadership and policy, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education Career mentors: Dr.

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ISA Journal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We are excited to announce our ISA scholarship winners for Spring 2024! Congratulations to Sofia, Pranjal, Olivia, and Emily. From enjoying the delectable, local cuisine in Spain to exploring the castles of England, our scholarship winners share what they’re looking forward to most while abroad.

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University Business

JANUARY 19, 2024

In all that she’d learned in her 40 years of working in higher education, Lori White had found herself in entirely new territory. For the first time in her career, she was the president of a university. This also marked the first time in DePauw University’s history that a woman and a person of color was stepping in. But this was March of 2020.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 17, 2024

More Universities Join Chicago in Settling Financial Aid Lawsuit Josh Moody Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM Rice, Emory and Vanderbilt quietly settled last fall in a financial aid lawsuit against 17 institutions. Now pressure is mounting for the remaining defendants in the case.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

Monique Trusclair Maddox Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation announced applications are open for an advancement of education scholarship program in partnership with Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF). The scholarships will provide Descendants of Jesuit slaveholding in the United States with need-based scholarships of up to $10,000 for attendance at a historically Black college or university (HBCU) as well as other post-second

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Gray Associates

JANUARY 18, 2024

Colleges and universities are in the middle of an academic arms race to create curricula relevant to today’s jobs. If your institution wants to be ahead of the curve and discover the next exciting academic program to offer students, take some advice from Gray Decision Intelligence.

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University Business

JANUARY 18, 2024

The floodgates are opening for international students as pandemic-era travel restrictions are left in the dust, and data suggests that learners abroad are readily taking interest in the U.S. once again. However, as higher education in the U.S. seems to be changing , so does the international recruitment landscape: Competition from countries like the U.K., Australia, and Canada is increasing, concerns over U.S. safety are changing, and online modalities are making it easier than ever for students

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 16, 2024

Higher Education in Political Crosshairs as 2024 Election Heats Up Katherine Knott Tue, 01/16/2024 - 03:00 AM With higher education becoming more politicized, it’s poised to play a more prominent role than usual in this year’s presidential and congressional elections. The outcomes will carry huge policy implications.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Everywhere you look there are signs that the higher education sector is precariously rocking, such that even a strong jab might take it down. The suicides and resignations of key leaders and the broader mental health crisis are a signal that cannot be ignored. The increasingly aggressive stance toward the sector among both federal and state politicians, growth in faculty departures, ongoing staff burnout, and persistent dearth of enrollment among low-income, rural, and male-identified students a

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SRHE

JANUARY 15, 2024

by Neil Raven Context Whilst much has been said about the broadening education gap caused by covid-19 ( Hayes, 2021 ; Crossfield et al , 2023 ; De Witte and Francois, 2023 ), fears have also been raised about its impact on the next-step plans of those from widening participation (WP) backgrounds ( Nelson et al , 2021 ; Co-op, 2021 ; Kingsley, 2021 ), including progression to university.

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Roompact

JANUARY 17, 2024

Labor movements are seeing a new burst of unions following COVID-19 impacts on working conditions. This session will work to demystify the world of unions by discussing the history and impacts of the United State's first Resident Assistant Union and how that's shaped daily life working as a residence director.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 17, 2024

University of Redlands Announces Another Merger jessica.blake@… Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The planned merger with Woodbury University, a small, private liberal arts institution in California, follows a wave of college mergers and closures in 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

In November, Dr. Luis Antonio Leyva, associate professor of Mathematics Education and STEM Higher Education at Vanderbilt University Peabody College of Education & Human Development, posted a tweet that reflected not only his area of research and teaching, but also his commitment to making STEM more inclusive for students from historically marginalized backgrounds.

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PUC

JANUARY 16, 2024

This January marks Emily Logan’s one-year anniversary of working at PUC as an assistant professor of English.

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Roompact

JANUARY 19, 2024

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RD position and role?” Guest Post by Sam Ferrigno, University of Maryland Baltimore County As I enter my fourth year as a full time live-in professional, I’ve often found myself wondering if the RD position is at its core.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Humiliation of Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden Tue, 01/16/2024 - 03:00 AM We’ve entered a new stage in the culture wars, Jennifer Ruth writes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Title: Assistant Professor of Applied Psychology Tenured: No Age: 33 Education: B.A., English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A., child development, Tufts University; and Ph.D., educational psychology, University of Virginia Career mentors: Black women educators (past and present); Dr. Joanna Lee Williams, Rutgers University; Dr. David Johns, NBJC; Dr.

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Ray Schroeder

JANUARY 19, 2024

"2024 will be the year that firms get serious about applying generative AI to their own internal data sources and making information and insights available to their employees to help them do their jobs even better." Additional research from Digitate suggests 90% of IT decision-makers across all sectors plan to implement automation in the next year, with 56% expecting to make significant progress in IT organizations during the next six months.

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Roompact

JANUARY 15, 2024

Entering our 11th Year! Happy New Year! After celebrating our 10th birthday this year, we’re excited to start the new decade with you. We’ve got some exciting updates on the horizon, but before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s recap what you may have missed since our last update. What has Roompact been up to.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 19, 2024

Building Belonging to Benefit Black Male Students Sarah Bray Fri, 01/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Katelynn Jarrells offers advice for how faculty, staff and top administrators can help retain them by working to create a community of support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Gillian McKnight-Tutein Gillian McKnight-Tutein has been appointed chief educational equity officer for the Colorado Department of Higher Education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from FIU, a master’s in human resources development and administration from Barry U. in Miami, and a doctorate in instructional technology and distance education from Nova Southeastern University.

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