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Wave of Higher Ed Union Strikes Swells Nationwide

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

as workers in the industry demand improvements from their institutions for their ongoing labor. Unions in higher ed may go on strike after months of bargaining and impasse in negotiations on issues and demands from higher ed employees such as wage increases, better working conditions, and reliable job security.

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Why Higher Ed Data Security Depends on People

Collegis Education Data Management

percent average increase across all industries in just July and August 2020. We connected with Mark Relf, senior security analyst with Collegis Education, to get a better understanding of the security issues in higher ed and how they can be avoided. Data security is everyone’s job,” Relf says.

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Why Higher Ed Data Security Depends on People

Collegis Education Data Management

percent average increase across all industries in just July and August 2020. We connected with Mark Relf, senior security analyst with Collegis Education, to get a better understanding of the security issues in higher ed and how they can be avoided. Addressing security issues in higher ed is about more than technology.

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Temple University president resigns

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He remained unable to quash students’ and parents’ fears of violence spilling onto campus from adjacent neighborhoods, despite adding campus police and providing grants to area property owners to increase public safety by installing lights and cameras. He also launched an effort to rank off-campus housing based on safety features.

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New retirement fund options offer socially conscious investment choices

CU Work-Life Balance

Working together we were able to find and implement a solution for faculty, staff, and our student employees who were asking for more investment options that support their personal principles around socially responsible investing,” said Michelle Martinez, CU’s director of strategic benefits initiatives. “I am excited about these changes.

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How to Credential Durable Skills

Parchment

At Higher Ed alone, we’re reaching 10 million students, staff, and faculty every year with evidence -based digital trainings on topics like sexual assault, alcohol and substance misuse, harassment, discrimination, career readiness, mental wellbeing, belonging, hazing. mission alignment and student success.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. We attempted to do something for Black faculty and administrators and so Black Issues was started. 1, after 35 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech. Biden Administration U.S. HBCUs In March, U.S.

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