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New Study Reveals the Anti-CRT Agenda is Really about Denying Racism and Revising History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new study conducted by the ultra-conservative Manhattan Institute and published by the City Journal claims to prove that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is being taught in K-12 education. However, their claim is false, because they misrepresented CRT to prove their point. According to the study, evidence that CRT is being taught in school comes from recent high school graduates endorsing the following four statements: (1) “America is a systemically racist country,” (2) “white people have white priv

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Resilience Inspiring Success

The Scholarly Teacher

Martha Unobe , Masters Candidate at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. Key Statement: Faculty can provide encouragement and tools so students have the opportunity to strengthen their resilience and find success in challenging situations. Keywords: Resilience, 7 C's, Growth, Success. Introduction Students are struggling. Personal conflicts, financial problems, loneliness, heavy workloads, and mental health issues have led many students to drop out of college or perform poorly.

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The pandemic may have ended but the demand for edtech is growing

University Business

One of the greatest challenges higher education has ever had to face was the pandemic. Colleges didn’t choose but were forced to overcome barriers to instruction through innovative educational technology solutions with little to no turnaround as students returned home for remote learning. However, the dramatic shift in instruction also created a demand for certain services that had gone unnoticed for years. 220 million students were directly affected globally by the pandemic in April of 20

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EDUCAUSE 2022: A Cybersecurity Training People Want to Attend

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The University of Notre Dame wanted to find a way to make cybersecurity training both engaging and informative. The result was the first-ever Cybersecurity Carnival, a free on-campus event that drew more than 1,000 smiling and cyber-secure attendees. Keep up with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education’s coverage on our EDUCAUSE event page and via Twitter with the hashtag #EDU22.

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National HBCU Scholarship Program Seeks to Address Student Financial Hurdles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A national scholarship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is set to be launched. The program aims to help financially support civic-minded high school students who are interested in attending HBCUs. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program strives to encourage students to follow in the footsteps of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and develop into advocates and champions for universal rights.

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New Approaches for Managing Student Mental Health Crises

EAB

Podcast. New Approaches for Managing Student Mental Health Crises. Episode 125. October 25, 2022. 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.

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Report: Censorship legislation and its grip on education

University Business

Fewer teachers are entering the field, and for those who are currently in it, “it’s a wonder we have any,” said President of the National Education Association Becky Pringle. Her statement addressed the burden America’s educators currently face , specifically surrounding the lack of respect they receive and the inadequate pay.

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Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves: Living Life on Purpose

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves is working with colleagues to launch a minor in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Photo courtesy of Terza A. Lima-Neves If someone wants informal career advice, he or she can check out Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves’ YouTube Channel, 1000 Seeds: Living Life on Purpose with Dr. Terza. There is even a video titled “How Do We Choose the Right Career Path?

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How JEDI Can Improve Higher Education ROIChanging Higher Ed Podcast 126 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Daniel Aguilar

The Change Leader, Inc.

Daniel Aguilar is in the JEDI profession—justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, with a focus on higher education. For him, this endeavor is not about checking off politically correct to-do boxes. He believes that this is more than merely a moral responsibility—improving the lives of individual students also boosts the institution’s return on investment and creates closer alignment with the institution’s mission over both the short and long terms.

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How colleges should rethink emergency student aid

University Business

Imagine this: You’ve finally built up your courage to go back to school as an adult learner, and today is your first day of college. You’d like to be a neonatal nurse one day, so you’ve enrolled in a medical assisting program to get your foot in the healthcare door. But at the moment, you’re blocking traffic because your car’s power steering quit right as you were turning into a parking space.

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EDUCAUSE 2022: How Data Collection Can Improve Student and Faculty IT Support

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The rise of online learning and exponential growth in the use of digital technologies in higher education has students and faculty talking, and IT teams should be taking this feedback seriously. At the 2022 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, a panel of teaching and learning technology experts discussed how their institutions are collecting and implementing learnings from this data.

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UW Gets Google Gift to Diversify Computer Science Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Washington (UW) and Google have announced a $400,000 gift from the tech giant that will go towards efforts to diversify the field of K-12 computer science education. Computer science is one of America’s most critical fields. It ' s also among the fastest growing. But it is dominated by white and Asian males. This effects both the culture of the tech world and the products that it creates —from facial recognition software that can’t recognize Black and brown people to algorith

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How Student Enrollment Changed in 2022

Higher Education Today

Title: First Look Fall 2022 Enrollment (As of September 29) Source: National Student Clearinghouse Amid concerns surrounding volatile college enrollment trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) has released a new summary of enrollment trends from 2020 to 2022. Across sectors, undergraduate enrollment declined from 2022 to 2021 (1.1 percent), but at.

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How your future students’ needs are changing in 5 big ways

University Business

Have you updated the recruitment pitch your college is making to prospective students as other options beckon and enrollment continues to slip? There are an estimated one million fewer students on campus than there were prior to the pandemic, and the latest numbers show another decline. An ever-increasing range of competing interests drawing the attention of prospective students is increasing the pressure of institutions to fill their classrooms and residence halls, says the 2022 National Pros

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5 Tips for Recruiting and Enrolling Latine/x Students in Your Community College

EAB

Blogs. 5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. They’re also more likely to be first-generation, come from families in the bottom half of earners, and delay or cancel their college plans due to financial struggles or caregiving responsibilities.

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MEGA Symposium to Build Pipelines that Bring Black and Latinx Men to College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Daniel Jean talks with young male scholars at Montclair State University (MSU) in Montclair, NJ, he asks them to raise their hands if they know someone who died from street violence. “Nine out of ten raise their hands,” said Jean, assistant provost for special programs at MSU. Dr. Daniel Jean, assistant provost for special programs at Montclair State university.

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EDUCAUSE 2022: Panelists Explore Evolving Tech Roles and the Future of Work

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

As staffing shortages, burnout and organizational changes continue to impact higher education IT teams, the roles of the CIO and their departments are constantly shifting. At the 2022 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Denver, the “Tech Roles and the Future of Work” session addressed how the changes in higher education impact IT departments, and why leaders are increasingly seeing IT as valuable members of the overall strategic team.

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5 cooperation tools leaders can use to manage change successfully

University Business

Question: Can you still move forward with change management in higher ed when you have varying levels of cooperation from within your institution? The answer is a resounding yes, and new research on innovation is offering presidents and other leaders the tools to achieve their goals. Of course, institutions moving forward must overcome a host of modern-day obstacles—the aftermath of the pandemic, shrinking numbers of high school graduates, and culture war battles over what colleges can teach and

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I’m Facilitating an Upcoming Webinar on University/Workplace Partnerships

eLiterate

As the first of a three-part series, I’ll be facilitating a webinar sponsored by OpenLMS on university/workplace partnerships on Wednesday, November 2nd at 1 PM EDT. Register here. I’m excited about this series for a few reasons. First, it fits well with my new themes for e-Literate. Second, I really like and respect the OpenLMS folks, so that will make the conversations more interesting and fun.

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Seeking Solutions to Strengthen Career Pathways

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. JaNice Marshall is a teaching professor and doctoral cohort coordinator for Kansas State University’s John E. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. At Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), college leaders continue to be involved in strategic discussions throughout Northeast Ohio with a diverse group of partners about solutions to connect people to fam

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EDUCAUSE 2022: Get in the Game with Esports Tech

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Higher education institutions are investing in esports and technology providers are offering the latest tools and technologies to keep gamers going no matter what, when or where they play. Dell and Lenovo both offer esports solutions and they demonstrated some of their power at EDUCAUSE 2022 in Denver. Keep up with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education’s coverage on our EDUCAUSE event page and via Twitter with the hashtag #EDU22.

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Penn State University does away with plans for its racial justice center

University Business

Penn State University has scrapped plans for a proposed Center for Racial Justice, electing to go another route, according to the Washington Post. The school first announced plans after the George Floyd protests of 2020. Two Black professors had also released a report chronicling the slowness of Black hiring, and existing staff experiencing racism on campus.

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Faces of PUC: Taytan Bereket

PUC

Meet one of our new Pioneers, Taytan Bereket. She’s a biotechnology pre-med student from Riverside, CA., and is passionate about lifestyle, growth, and her relationship with Jesus. By the end of her senior year of high school, Taytan had a feeling she would attend PUC. “I’m glad that I made that decision,” she shares. “And […].

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AERA Releases Handbook on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has released a handbook discussing issues surrounding teachers of color, Indigenous teachers, and ethnoracial diversity. Dr. Felice J. Levine Issues include recruitment and retention, professional development, and the role of minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Black, Indigenous, and people of color are 37% of the adult population, yet make up just 19% of the teaching force, according to AERA.

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Tech Tools Evolve to Meet Students’ Needs

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The latest technology tools were on display at EDUCAUSE 2022 in Denver, all designed to help students succeed in today's hybrid learning environments. We took a closer look at three offerings from Cisco, Zoom and Lenovo that run the gamut from virtual reality to collaboration to space-saving hardware. Keep up with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education’s coverage on our EDUCAUSE event page and via Twitter with the hashtag #EDU22.

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It’s out: U.S. News has released its Top 10 Best Global Universities list

University Business

There’s nothing like the pride that comes with attending your state’s university, regardless of whether it’s known nationally for its prestige. But pursuing higher education is a choice, and students deserve a vast and diverse set of institutions to choose from. U.S. News and World Report has just released its list of the best global universities of 2022-23, with China boasting the most schools in the overall ranking.

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Cassandra Teixeira Correia Marsy: A French Girl in Minnesota

Ridgewater College

This is the story of how a French girl ended up in central Minnesota at 21 years old. Everything really started when I was 17 years old, back in January 2019 when I was watching YouTube and those “day in my life” kind of videos. I landed on a video of a girl named Pauline; she was an au pair in Reno Nevada. She was filming a typical weekday as a foreigner living nanny.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. David A. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Photo courtesy of David Canton. At the height of the pandemic in 2020, without ever visiting the campus, Dr. David A. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida (UF).

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Stackable Credentials Give Students a Roadmap to the Career They Want

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Southern New Hampshire University, the largest undergraduate online university in America, will continue to provide a path to 2- and 4-year degrees for its students, but that doesn't mean it's not listening to what those students and their future employers want. Stackable credentials might be the future of higher education and Travis Willard of SNHU explains why his college has adapted so quickly.

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Why elite colleges won’t give up legacy admissions

University Business

Elite colleges and universities say they want to diversify their student bodies, and yet they continue to favor white students with certain credentials and fail to keep up with the changing demographics in our country. Despite affirmative action, Black and Hispanic students were more underrepresented at top colleges in 2015 than they were in 1980, though their numbers improved at some elite schools during the pandemic.

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Learning to Innovate for Sustainable Computing in Singapore

Higher Education Whisperer

I will be speaking on "Learning to Innovate for Sustainable Computing" at EduTech Asia in Singapore, in the Show and Tell Sessions, 3:20, Thursday, 10 November. I am a last minute addition, reprising my talk at Tech in Government, in Canberra this week.Computers are part of the problem of global warming,Computers > electricity > fossil fuel > CO2 > global warming.Yallourn W Power Station -.

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Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, Pastor of Historic Abyssinian Baptist Church and Veteran Educator, Dies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, who served as senior pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church and was one of New York City's most influential religious and community leaders, died Friday at 73. Butts was also the former president of the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury from 1999 until his retirement in 2020. Reverend Dr. Calvin O.

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EDUCAUSE 2022: Top 10 Higher Ed IT Issues List Addresses Foundation Models

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Every year, EDUCAUSE releases its top 10 IT issues for the coming year, giving higher education IT leaders an idea of the trends they can expect to see in learning, administration, workforce and emerging technology. Susan Grajek, vice president of partnerships, communities and research at EDUCAUSE, presented this year’s list at the organization’s annual conference in Denver.

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Samford University denies student application to form LGBTQ group

University Business

When Angela Whitlock, a Cumberland Law student at Samford University, was looking for student groups to join last year, she noticed something was missing. There were groups for Black, Hispanic and Native American law students, student athletes, women, and various political organizations. But none were for LGBTQ students. So last fall, she and more than 50 students at Cumberland formed OUTLaw, an identity-based organization that aims to support and affirm LGBTQ students.

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Breaking Down the Barriers to Financial Aid and College Access for Homeless and Foster Youth

Higher Education Today

Title: “Working Harder Just to Be Seen and Heard”: Barriers to Financial Aid for Homeless and Foster Youth Source: SchoolHouse Connection Many foster and homeless youth aspire to a college education but encounter numerous barriers in the process, according to a new report from SchoolHouse Connection. One of the biggest challenges they encounter while applying.

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State of Diversity Summit Highlights National and Emerging Issues in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) convened leading higher education thought leaders on campus earlier this week for its fourth annual State of Diversity summit. Hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, this year's event provided historical and key data, reporting and updates on initiatives and efforts designed to inform, equip, and engage the campus community on diversity-related trends and issues at the university.

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September Higher Education Demand Trends: Results Through August 2022

Gray Associates

For our September Program of the Month, the average wages for graduates under 30 are about $50,000, but they double for people ages 30 - 60! Could this be a good program for your students? The post September Higher Education Demand Trends: Results Through August 2022 appeared first on Gray Associates | Program Evaluation.