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Study Abroad Program Locations that Offer Service Learning & Community Service Classes

AIFS Abroad

Whether you’re majoring in a field related to Community Service or Service Learning, just need to fulfill a class requirement, or are simply passionate about giving back, why not take those types of classes as you study abroad? Stellenbosch, South Africa 1. ” Katie H.,

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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. ” “I am one of many pretenure faculty who are leaving the college,” Bell said.

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Back-and-forth over faculty agreement divisive at Maricopa

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: A debate over how to achieve pay parity between two groups of faculty members has left lingering tensions among professors in the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona. Adjuncts who work as service faculty currently make $53 per hour, and those who only teach earn $32 per hour.

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EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage

EAB

Blogs EAB Strategic Advisory Services Extends Breadth and Depth of Coverage The challenges facing higher education have become increasingly complex and interconnected over the past 15 years and in many cases require the collective action of multiple cabinet leaders and divisions to make progress.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He says he also looks forward to collaborating with faculty on campus to pursue and publish research on issues related to student-athletes of color. Alston decision limits the NCAA’s ability to regulate and govern education-related benefits for student-athletes that increase access to internships and graduate school.

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Three Principles for Navigating This Time of Transformational Change in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Barber-Scotia, I was transformed by the power of community and African American solidarity. I saw that my experiences growing up in Princeville had prepared me for a lifetime of service to others. Government, private institutions, and individuals benefit from and have an obligation to support higher education.

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3 Questions to Syracuse’s Chancellor Kent Syverud on Potential ED Changes to the Bundled Services Exemption

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Learning Innovation With all the conversation about the Department of Education (ED) review of the bundled services exemption , I thought it would be instructive to hear from a university leader on the subject. Kent Syverud , Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, graciously agreed to answer my questions.