Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

Gee responded in a news release. “I That is why we have made the recommendations for reduction or discontinuance,” the release continued. “I I want to be clear that West Virginia University is not dismantling higher education —but we are disrupting it,” the statement said. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 26, 2024

The new United Academics of the University of Kansas (UAKA), affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the American Association of University Professors, will represent a broad swath of faculty members, the AFT announced Thursday in a news release.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

“SUNY Old Westbury is proud to be recognized formally as a university, a recognition that is reflective of our rigorous, high-quality academic offerings at both the undergraduate and graduate levels,” Sams said in a news release. This new designation rightly represents the type of institution that we are today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

The American Sociological Association (ASA) has released a sociological guide that explains concepts of race and racism and the importance of antiracism educational efforts. What do “systemic racism” and “critical race theory”—terms used loosely in the news—really mean? And why should we care?”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Cudd’s will first focus on bolstering enrollment and involving the school in city improvement efforts, including voter-mandated remaking of city government, according to a Portland State news release. Cudd holds a Ph.D. in philosophy, an M.A. in economics, and an M.A. in philosophy from UPitt, and a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Chancellor Vaughan has done all the right things for this campus and community,” stated Connie Ferguson, chair of the Bloomington Campus Board of Trustees, in a news release. The institution also added programs such as a Pathway to Licensure in partnership with the Monroe County School Corp.,

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Robert Kelchen

APRIL 29, 2024

1] HCM1 data were first made public in 2015 following news coverage from Inside Higher Ed , while retroactive HCM2 data were also released in 2015 with the unveiling of the modern College Scorecard. I am particularly interested in thoughts about the analytic strategy, interpreting results, and potential journals to send this paper to.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 27, 2024

Six new bachelor’s degrees programs have been approved at campuses within the California Community Colleges system, according to a news release from the system’s chancellor’s office. The system now offers, or will soon offer, 39 bachelor’s degree programs in total.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The American Association of University Professors’ Governing Council voted unanimously over the weekend to sanction New College of Florida and Spartanburg Community College in South Carolina. In both cases, AAUP investigations found that college officials ignored faculty members’ input in making decisions that affected them.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 4, 2023

“We are sad to have learned that today the Florida Department of Education has effectively banned AP Psychology in the state by instructing Florida superintendents that teaching foundational content on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal under state law,” the board said in a news release.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Her sentence was publicized in a news release Tuesday by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A former administrator at the University of California, San Francisco, was sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $1.5

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

The Australia Institute report, released on Wednesday, questioned if more public money should be used for research and education instead of being directed to international academic publishers. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 14, 2024

Mitchell Scholarship Program due to a lack in commitments from big donors, the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization said in a news release Wednesday. The US-Ireland Alliance is pausing its long-running George J.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 25, 2024

Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles plans to cut six sports at the end of the 2023–24 season, according to a Wednesday news release. Sports targeted for cuts are men’s cross-country, men’s rowing, men’s track and field, women’s rowing, women’s swimming, and women’s track and field.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The new union, the Adjunct Faculty Alliance/UAW, announced the victory in a news release Monday. The mail-in election took place this month among non-tenure-track adjuncts who work for the school remotely or at the University Park campus, according to information from the National Labor Relations Board.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Western Oregon University issued a news release earlier this month that revealed the school would be replacing “D-” and “F” grades with “no credit” to discourage undergrads from dropping out. Read more from Fox News.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As Yale’s final decision on their standardized testing policy for admissions — which is set to be released soon — looms, several international students spoke with the News about difficulty accessing standardized test centers in their home countries. Read more from Yale Daily News.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2024

A USF news release said about 200 USF faculty members are already doing research in related subjects. The release said the U.S. The University of South Florida announced plans Thursday to launch the first college of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in the state.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

News & World Report released its latest college rankings yesterday, and colleges are touting their improvements, prevailing against the barrage of criticism it received at the turn of the year. News found itself in on the back heel. News a “false altar” to which the public worships. The new lens U.S.

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Robert Kelchen

APRIL 25, 2023

Department of Education would release a new year of College Scorecard data, so I wandered over to the website to check for anything new. There are a lot of great new data elements in the updated Scorecard. I was just starting to wonder when the U.S. I was pleasantly surprised to see a date stamp of April 25 (today!),

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Purdue University will pay the federal government $737,400 to settle allegations that a researcher falsified data, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Alumni are more likely to view their college degree as a good investment if they received strong career support from their institution, according to the 2023 National Alumni Career Mobility survey released Tuesday by Lightcast, a market analytics company.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, will release the white paper on Monday, promising nine new policy initiatives including a national skills passport and the bid to boost Tafe with six new centres of excellence around Australia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

There have been many opinions flying across Twitter, Facebook, and even national news stations like CNN. We hate to be the ones to break the news, but you cannot give your way out of oppression. We (Black people) need to release ourselves from the chokehold of “pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps”. But wait, we aren't done.

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Robert Kelchen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

College rankings season officially concluded today with the release of the newest year of rankings from U.S. News and World Report. News usually puts together a really helpful list of metrics and weights, and this year is no exception. News used IPEDS data. Check them out if you haven’t already.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2023

Now, as the COVID cohort graduates and gets ready for higher education, a new report shows how the pandemic affected their college and career choices, both positively and negatively. Dr. Sherry Molock, an associate professor of clinical psychology at George Washington University However, the news was not all bad.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In addition to this, 13 currently vacant roles will not be filled, according to a press release. MC President Dr. Margaret Drugovich shared details of the cuts with faculty and staff at an open session, the release said. Read more from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

19, 2023 edition announcing the Emerging Scholars of the Year will be released to Diverse paid subscribers on Jan. We request that news organizations and higher education media outlets do not report this story until that date.

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University Business

APRIL 16, 2024

”‘ Anna Tabassum released a statement through CAIR-LA, saying “anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian voices have subjected me to a campaign of racist hatred because of my uncompromising belief in human rights for all.” ” Read more from CBS News.

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University Business

MARCH 26, 2024

Christian Martinez, Youngkin’s spokesperson, called the curriculum mandates a “thinly veiled attempt to incorporate the progressive left’s groupthink on Virginia’s students,” in a statement released to several news organizations.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

The groundbreaking release of ChatGPT late last year brought generative AI to the forefront and led to countless opinions, surveys and news stories about how disruptive the tool could be for colleges and universities around the world. But there are already ways that higher education institutions can take advantage of the AI revolution.

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University Business

APRIL 9, 2024

Latinos are making substantial strides in college degree attainment, according to a report released Tuesday. Read more from NBC News. The post Latino students make up most of the nation’s growth in college degrees appeared first on University Business.

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PUC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

News & World Report 2023-24 Best College list released today. News & World Report heralded PUC as the No. By Laura Gang Pacific Union College was again lauded for its excellence in higher education, ranking high among the region’s top institutions in the U.S.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 6, 2023

Syracuse Graduate Employees United, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, said in a news release that the vote was 728 to 36, with 90 contested ballots. Syracuse University graduate student workers have successfully unionized.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2023

News & World Report. A statement noted that much of the information conveyed in the rankings may be found in the university’s Common Data Sets, which the university just released for this year. Columbia University is dropping out of the undergraduate rankings of U.S.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Delivering on long-awaited improvements, the Department of Education will soon release a streamlined version of its widely used college financial aid form, known as the FAFSA, to less than 20 questions that could take some people just 10 minutes to fill out, officials told ABC News. Read more from ABC News.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 19, 2023

Marc Tessier-Lavigne is stepping down as president of Stanford University following the release of a months-long investigation into research misconduct allegations that found he left mistakes in scientific papers uncorrected amid allegations of data manipulation. News of his resignation was announced Wednesday.

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