Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 4, 2024

Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) offer more upward mobility for their students when compared to Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs), despite having fewer resources. Institutions should really take a look at the strategies that HSIs are using to support low-income, high-needs student groups,” said Gasman.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

News and World Report has added measures of social mobility to its college rankings, and the Carnegie Foundation is currently looking into how social mobility can be incorporated into its all-important classification system. News and World Report and Washington Monthly are significantly different. In recent years, the U.S.

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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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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Grand Canyon University for deceptive advertising, illegal telemarketing, and misrepresenting the school as a nonprofit institution, according to Reuters. GCU News The FTC filed a complaint against Grand Canyon Education Inc. Department of Education decisions.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Baptist News Global "The amount of the fine is absolutely ridiculous, but the point is, whether it was one dollar or $38 million, we're not paying a dime," Mueller said. "We We are the most transparent institution in the country." Department of Education (ED) for alleged deceptive practices, The Christian Post reported.

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Robert Kelchen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

News and World Report. News usually puts together a really helpful list of metrics and weights, and this year is no exception. News creeps slower in the direction that other rankers have taken over the last decade by including a new metric of the share of graduates earning more than $32,000 per year (from the College Scorecard).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Gay’s appointment marks the first time a person of color will lead the nation’s oldest and one of its most prominent postsecondary institutions. Experts in higher education, diversity, equity and inclusion celebrated the news, hoping it could signal to other institutions that it is time for more diverse leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

A new Illinois law will aim to make major course credits at Illinois higher ed institutions transfer-friendly, reducing the time and money students spend on degrees. This is great news for students that want to continue their education at a 4-year university in Illinois,” said Sen. Cristina Castro SB2288 – effective Jan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Jennie Vaughan Vaughan, chancellor since 2014, has spent more than 25 years at the institution. The institution also added programs such as a Pathway to Licensure in partnership with the Monroe County School Corp., The institution also added programs such as a Pathway to Licensure in partnership with the Monroe County School Corp.,

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

Bluefield University was subject to hackers this week, with them taking over the Virginia university’s emergency alerts system and threatening to leak school files if the school doesn’t pay up, NBC News reported. “We higher ed institutions were attacked with ransomware, Callow said. We have admissions data from thousands of students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Nearly 50 students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were hospitalized this past weekend after engaging in a drinking challenge popular on social media platform TikTok, CBS News reported. Koob, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

Gordon Gee’s ability to responsibly, honestly, and effectively lead, facilitate, and participate in decision-making related to any institutional transformation or restructuring at this university,” the resolution said. Gee responded in a news release. “I And we must move forward.” The resolution was voted down.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

31, after a plan for acquisition by Trocaire College fell through, Buffalo News reported. Because the integration will not occur, and due to the financial instability of the institution, the Medaille University Board of Trustees has voted to close Medaille," Interim President Dr. Lori Quigley announced Monday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

higher ed institutions. We wanted to be as generous as possible within our study to show the most promising results for institutions,” he said. 72% of for-profit institutions showed the majority of students failing to earn as much as the typical high school graduate,” he said. There's a growing partisan divide on higher ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2023

Savannah State University President Dr. Kimberly Ballard-Washington will step down from her role at the end of the fiscal year, after four years at SSU’s helm, Savannah Morning News reported. Kimberly Ballard-Washington In an Apr. I will continue to advocate for the needs of our University. I am optimistic for the future of SSU.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) will become the first two-year educational institute in Minnesota to get approval to give bachelor's degrees in elementary education, Duluth News Tribune reported. FDLTCC announced the new major back in September, and classes will start under the program in January.

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Robert Kelchen

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Yet, outside of a small number of liberal arts colleges , few institutions have made the choice not to cooperate with the 800-pound gorilla in the college rankings industry– U.S. News and World Report. News ranking of those programs fascinating. There are two groups of institutions that feel comfortable ignoring U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

Roxbury Community College is celebrating its 50th anniversary over three days this weekend, GBH News reported. They advocated for an institution of higher learning that was affordable and accessible for the neighborhood. The school is a predominantly Black institution with a faculty that reflects the student body, she said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2023

A bill proposed in the Missouri legislature may prohibit Missouri public colleges and universities from requiring diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements when hiring, the News Tribune reported. drive our scholars out of their institutions as well as deplete our workforce," said Rep. LaKeySha Bosley, a politician from St.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has placed Jackson State University (JSU) President Thomas Hudson on administrative leave with pay, effective immediately. The broadcast journalist was also the first African American female news anchor on WJTV Channel 12. Hayes-Anthony holds a B.S

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

“If somebody wants to explore the data further, they can go to our new website,” said Colby, referencing data.aaup.org, which breaks down the data in various ways—by state, region, public and private institutions—and provides tools for disaggregating summary data. That puts institutions in a difficult place.”

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University Business

APRIL 3, 2024

Lower-income families may be required to pay just 10% of the advertised rate and, for some, attending a selective private college can turn out to be cheaper than a state institution. Read more from AP News. The post College will cost up to $95,000 this fall.

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University Business

JANUARY 3, 2024

Colleges are always looking for new ways to increase their alumni’s enthusiasm to give back in a variety of different ways. But at the end of the day, cash is king, and institutions are always ready to accept monetary gifts that can potentially help increase the student experience. Among the 15 colleges in the nation U.S.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Of that group, 64% were small to mid-sized institutions with endowments of $250 million or below, a cohort representing nearly half of the institutions surveyed by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund. Universities that don’t comply with the ruling risk losing state funding.

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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. HBCUs were no longer viewed as the destination for Black athletes but became overlooked for white institutions. Travis “Dr.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News Best Rankings? News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. Many of these experts are scoring institutions without knowing much about them, making their opinions — and the scores — difficult to take seriously. News in the hopes of generating more interest from prospective students.

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University Business

JULY 6, 2023

Colleges and universities are discovering new technologies to capitalize on the significant influx of foreign-born students, but there might be no better tool than cold hard cash. Fifteen institutions offer financial aid packages—whether need- or merit-based—that are too enticing to pass up. News & World Report. 78,432 82 2.

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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.

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University Business

MARCH 12, 2024

The head of the NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, challenging a new state policy that bars those institutions from using government funds on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Read more from NBC News.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

I love seeing my feed blow up w/ the news that numerous research proposals adopting critical & intersectional approaches to advancing justice in math & STEM higher ed were accepted as presentations during the 2024 @AERA_EdResearch Annual Mtg in Philadelphia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The university has been nationally ranked as one of the top regional public institutions of higher education by U.S. News and World Report and among Kiplinger Magazine’s 100 Best Values in Public Colleges. She is also an alumna of the Harvard University Institute for Educational Management.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

During a time when educator retention is experiencing a sharp decline, the data suggests a trend of positive experiences and feelings by educators who are making moves to stay in their field, even as new concerns are emerging in academia. Only 44 percent of tenure-track faculty and 36 percent of full professors are women.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 29, 2024

Buffalo State University has rescinded an offer to presidential hire Chance Glenn amid an apparent controversy over a grant application at another institution, The Buffalo News reported.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The latest enrollment figures for upward transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions illustrate impressive vital signs that their efforts are working. The post Community college students are returning to four-year institutions, up nearly 8% since last year appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We have federal data that put numbers to the problem, most institutions have a food pantry on campus, and at least 400 colleges and universities employ a staff member dedicated to supporting students’ basic needs. How can we assess where institutions are on their journeys to provide support? What else can and should we do?

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