EAB
AUGUST 1, 2023
Podcast How to Build Belongingness to Boost Student Mental Health Episode 160. August 1, 2023. 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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 4, 2023
College students struggling with hunger has been a growing concern for some time. Over the last decade, the number of food pantries on campuses has swelled from 80 to around 800. But surveys on the issue have been limited to colleges that participated voluntarily, leaving the true extent of the problem unknown. Now, new data from the 2020 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study has provided the first nationally representative picture: more than one in five undergraduates experience food insecur
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Great College Advice
AUGUST 1, 2023
What is legacy admissions? Legacy admissions is a policy that grants preferences to the children of alumni. The policy has been particularly important in the Ivy League and other elite, private schools. The logic has been that children of alumni may be among the most eager applicants, as they have learned a lot about a school literally at their parent’s knee.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 4, 2023
Texas A&M announces it will pay Kathleen McElroy $1 million and concludes that the university’s prior president, despite protestations to the contrary, played a key role in the mess. The Texas A&M University system will pay $1 million to settle legal claims by Kathleen McElroy, the Black journalist whose botched hiring embarrassed the system’s flagship campus and led to its president’s retirement.
Higher Education Today
AUGUST 3, 2023
Title: Race, Elite College Admissions, and the Courts: The Pursuit of Racial Equality in Education Retreats to K-12 Schools Authors: Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, and Jeff Strohl Source: Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Center on Education and the Workforce The implications of disallowing the consideration of race in college admissions are significant.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 4, 2023
Some faculty at Spartanburg Community College (SCC) are criticizing what they allege is heavy-handed governance and changes without faculty input by the school administration since new leadership in 2020, The Post and Courier reported. There have even been calls for outside oversight agencies to investigate SCC. Meanwhile, SCC claims that it has had to intervene to quell distracting discontent.
Great College Advice
AUGUST 3, 2023
How to write the perfect college essay? You have to paint a picture. The Portrait Example Let me explain. Visuals might help. So let’s start by looking at this portrait of King Philip IV of Spain by Velazquez. A portrait like this is fairly static: no movement, no grand story to tell. It’s just a guy wearing a fancy outfit. But what makes this portrait interesting?
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Higher Education Today
AUGUST 3, 2023
Title: Mapping the Opportunities: How Industry-Led Public-Private Partnerships Are Engaging Postsecondary Institutions to Benefit Employers, Postsecondary Institutions, and Students Authors: Alexandria Walton Radford, Helen Muhisani, Kathy Hughes, Jasmine Howard, and Lauren Mason Source: American Institutes for Research (AIR), Center for Applied Research in Postsecondary Education Strengthening student success and maximizing return on investments (ROI) for.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 4, 2023
Texas A&M University has reached a settlement for $1 million with Dr. Kathleen McElroy, a Black journalism professor whose hiring was sabotaged by backlash over her past diversity work, the Associated Press reported. Dr. Kathleen McElroy The school admitted “mistakes were made during the hiring process.” “I hope the resolution of my matter will reinforce A&M’s allegiance to excellence in higher education and its commitment to academic freedom and journalism,” McElroy said.
Great College Advice
AUGUST 3, 2023
Fall is the time of year where admissions counselors everywhere hit the road. They stand at college fairs, conduct interviews in hotel lobbies and coffee shops and visit four to five high schools a day, all to promote their school and spread the word to potential applicants. But do you know what to expect at a college reception? One of the most important goals a college counselor has is to bring a little bit of their college to a student who may not have the opportunity to visit or is consideri
Teaching Matters Academic Support
AUGUST 1, 2023
In this post, Zhi Kang Chua, a postgraduate student at the Edinburgh Futures Institute↗️ highlights the value of mentorship and shares his reflections engaging with the contemporary city spaces through fieldwork.
Higher Education Today
AUGUST 3, 2023
Title: Time for Class 2023: Bridging Student and Faculty Perspectives on Digital Learning Authors: Catherine Shaw, Ria Bharadwaj, Louis NeJame, Sterling Martin, Natasha Janson, and Kristen Fox Source: Tyton Partners After the shift to online learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital learning has become an integral part of the higher education ecosystem.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 2, 2023
Letitia Williams Letitia Williams has been named associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of the West Indies, a master’s in education policy and leadership and a Ph.D. in education policy from the University of Maryland College Park.
Great College Advice
JULY 31, 2023
You’ve sent your application. But has a college received test scores from you? When you’re applying to college, there are so many moving parts that having a checklist of what you need to send is critical. Applications? Check. Supplements? Check. Counselor recommendations? Check. Teacher recommendations? Check. Application Fee? Check. Standardized tests?
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 4, 2023
Researchers long wanted a federal data set to back up their own work and make it known that college students suffer from hunger and homelessness. Over the past decade, universities and community organizations alike have increased their efforts to support students struggling to access basic needs like housing and food. But even as researchers tried to study how best to help those students, one significant hurdle stood in their way: no one knew exactly how many homeless or hungry students were out
Higher Ed Ethics Watch
AUGUST 2, 2023
Give Credit Where Credit is Due I’m always on the lookout for articles about the use of ChatGPT, especially as it pertains to ethical behavior. I recently read an instructive piece on the Educate Wiser website. In it, the author points out some of the limitations of ChatGPT that include: Generating inaccurate or unreliable information. Reflecting biases that are present in the text it has been trained on.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 3, 2023
Recently released data from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration highlights a significant decrease in enrollment for post-secondary undocumented students and an increase in enrollment for students from immigrant families. The Presidents Alliance on Higher Education, the American Immigration Council, and the Migration Policy Institute hosted a webinar on Wednesday to discuss data enrollment trends of two new research and policy reports that provides new data for immigrant-
Great College Advice
JULY 31, 2023
What what happens if you have already submitted your application, but then you discover an error? Can you make changes to a college application after submission? The short answer is yes. So don’t panic! Some instances in which you might want to make changes to a college application: Your mom decided to read your essay “one more time” and found an error.
Symplicity
JULY 31, 2023
Students are no longer confined to traditional classroom settings but are encouraged to explore their passions through real-world experiences. Last month, Sue Walker, Symplicity’s Client Support Manager , and Bill Heinrich, PhD, Director of Mindset sat down to share major themes in experiential learning right now and how you can plan, execute, and reflect with Symplicity CSM tools.
University Business
AUGUST 2, 2023
Colleges and universities faced a starkly different admissions process this year with the end of affirmative action and the rise of new generative AI tools like ChatGPT. With the Common Application opening its digital doors on August 1st, a fresh roll of applications is surging, and institutions are flexing their adaptability. As this marks the first admissions cycle to take into account the Supreme Court’s ruling, the Common App and institutions alike found ways to comply while leaving av
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 3, 2023
Dr. Roberto 'Cintli' Rodriguez – award-winning Chicano activist, writer, and educator – died Monday, The Tucson Sentinel reported. Dr. Roberto Rodriguez Rodriguez, who was once a staff writer for Black Issues In Higher Education and later Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, died of heart failure in Teotihuacan, Mexico. He was 69. “He was heroic,” said Patrisia Gonzales, Rodriguez’s colleague and wife.
Great College Advice
JULY 29, 2023
The foreign language requirements for college admission are sometimes very confusing. And they vary from university to university and from state to state. What Is the Foreign Language Requirement for College Admission? Spanish. French. German. Italian. Chinese. Russian. While for some high school students learning a foreign language can come quite naturally, for others it can be a painful struggle.
Terminalfour
JULY 31, 2023
10 examples of universities captivating students through innovative YouTube content Is there still room for innovation on YouTube? Discover how some universities are finding new ways to engage audiences with interactive virtual tours, captivating educational content, alumni successes, and more.
University Business
JULY 31, 2023
A spokesman for UH said the data of about 28,000 current and former employees and students was compromised in June, 2023. The criminal entity — which UH said had a confirmed history of posting stolen information when an agreement was not reached — put officials on notice. College officials said they made the difficult decision to prevent sensitive information of tens of thousands from being dumped on the internet.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 1, 2023
The University of Virginia (UVA) will rework its legacy admissions policy, The Washington Post reported. An applicant’s familial ties to alumni will no longer be conveyed to admission officers in a direct “checkbox” way, UVA officials said. Instead, they will be able to write about a “personal or historic connection” with the school and how that influenced them.
Great College Advice
JULY 29, 2023
Are You Experiencing College Application Stress? How can you deal with college application stress? Is college application procrastination making you anxious and worried? Where did this college application stress come from? How can students avoid college application procrastination? Here are the worries of a typical parent. The college application deadlines were looming, and my daughter always seemed to have too much homework or too many tests, or she was too tired from practice.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
AUGUST 3, 2023
New reports suggest recruiting students born to immigrant parents and undocumented students is critical for colleges to stay diverse and stave off enrollment declines. Students from immigrant families now make up nearly a third of all students enrolled at American colleges and universities, according to a new report commissioned by the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration.
University Business
AUGUST 3, 2023
The fissure formed this spring when the administration began forcing professors in the technology department to spend all of their work hours on campus. The faculty turned to one of its only means of bargaining — the faculty senate. But in an abrupt turn, just before the senate was to vote on formally protesting the school’s changes, the administration blocked a mass email to organize the vote and then dissolved the body and created a new one.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 1, 2023
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is postponing making racial literacy classes mandatory for the 2023-24 school year, NBC 12 reported. The two courses that offer the requirement’s criteria – “Introduction to Race and Racism in the United States” and “Reading Race” – alone do not have the necessary seats for more than 4,000 first-year students, VCU officials stated.
Great College Advice
JULY 29, 2023
What Is a Risky College Essay? In an interview that I read the other day, a former Dartmouth College admissions officer lamented the fact that students don’t take enough risks with their college essays. Their Personal Statements, in particular. When a college is receiving thousands and thousands of applications from qualified students. An admissions reader has only 10-15 minutes to review each application in its entirety.
Higher Education Whisperer
JULY 29, 2023
Matthew CooperCooper, and Cardenas-Vasquez (2023) suggest COVID-129 has accelerated optional classroom attendance to be the "new normal" for university students. This was a small study of capstone students from one US university, but useful for the clarity of the way the researchers explained their conclusions, and jot just because they cited a paper I help write (Cochrane, et al. 2020).
AIFS Abroad
AUGUST 4, 2023
Exploring the world through study abroad is an incredible opportunity to broaden your horizons and gain valuable academic experiences. However, not everyone can fit a semester-long trip into their busy college schedule. Look no further! In this blog post, we will explore three popular types of short-term study abroad programs: January Term , May Term , and Summer term.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 2, 2023
Alderson Broaddus University (AB) will no longer be allowed to award degrees starting Dec. 31, the Associated Press reported. Its board of trustees has also voted to develop a plan of dissolution. West Virginia’s Higher Education Policy Commission announced the change during an emergency meeting about the school’s financial issues, such as owing the city of Philippi $775,000 in utility debts.
Great College Advice
JULY 29, 2023
My clients often ask what are the best questions to ask as they go through the recruiting process. What are good questions to ask a college sports recruiter? What are the best questions to ask coaches? Whether you are a “blue chip” NCAA Division 1 athletic recruit, or whether you are hoping to play in the NAIA , or whether you’re interested in a NCAA Division 3 team, these questions can help you determine whether this team, this coach, and this athletic program are right fo
Higher Education Whisperer
AUGUST 2, 2023
Greetings from First Wednesday Connect in Building K at Canberra Institute of Technology. Normally this is at Canberra Innovation Network's office and I went there finding only two confused students. We found the event at the other side of the city, after a quick number 3 bus ride. We are here to celebrate approval of UNSW's new campus and new CIT courses.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
JULY 29, 2023
We are light-years beyond the initial pandemic shift into asynchronous learning in higher education, but we are still trying to identify the trends that work, weed out a few that didn’t and select the best ones to keep for years to come. Now, all eyes are on higher education’s integration of bisynchronous learning, which combines some on-screen, real-time learning between students and the educator with an asynchronous component.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 2, 2023
Neporcha Cone Neporcha Cone has been appointed dean of the College of Education at Middle Tennessee State University. Cone has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Florida State University and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction in science education from the University of South Florida.
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