Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Eveland worried that the policy may lead to challenging students’ opinions for educational purposes being misconstrued as censorship. Surveys from other schools have found that the largest barrier to campus free speech was self-censorship rooted in student fears of judgement. However, a policy can’t change that, Eveland said.

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University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The post Opinion | Should colleges and universities speak on political issues? As leaders, they have sought to raise awareness of that impact, and to ensure that the community coheres around an ethos of care and connection, in spite of the differences and tensions that events like those in the Middle East cause on their campuses.

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

The post Opinion: Why are so many college presidents resigning? Despite the high-blown rhetoric about developing critical thinkers, the No. 1 goal is to keep the money flowing. As long as presidents can do that, they’ll weather any storm. When they can’t, they’re out. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

The post Opinion | #BamaRush shows what’s wrong with public higher ed appeared first on University Business. Too many schools around the country are following UA’s formula, which is a particular travesty at land-grant institutions that were funded by the sale of land given to states by the federal government. Read more from The Hill.

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University Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

The post Opinion | How standardized tests can preserve equitable college admissions appeared first on University Business. But let’s not stop at just returning to the original intent of standardized testing. Let’s make it better. We can use SAT and ACT scores in a much more effective way to identify exceptional students.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The post Opinion | Social class is not about only race appeared first on University Business. As colleges revamp their admissions policies to respond to the court’s decision, there will be two different questions worth asking: Can the new system do as well as the old one at enrolling Black, Hispanic and Native students?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2024

Moreover, the report delves into the perspectives and opinions of police officers themselves. Marybeth Gasman The report focuses on addressing the gap in outcomes based on attitudes and perception by either party of an encounter, according to the author Dr. James Hyman, an assistant professor at Bowie State University.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The post Opinion | Without a college degree, life in America is staggeringly shorter appeared first on University Business. Almost two-thirds of American adults do not have college degrees, and they have become increasingly excluded from good jobs, political power and social esteem. Read more from The New York Times.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2024

Nothing in this opinion should be construed as prohibiting universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise,” wrote Chief Justice John G. in his majority opinion. Roberts Jr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

As university administrators and admissions officers scramble to comply with the Supreme Court’s opinion, here’s the counterintuitive way out. Nothing like a double dose of Lidocaine to numb me while absorbing the opinion. The Harvard opinion makes it clear. Be color blind. But keep talking about race. But I didn’t cry.

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2023

The post Opinion: The cynical reason college applications are surging appeared first on University Business. The University of Wisconsin initially told me how many students it deferred, then asked that I not publish the number, but relented when I suggested they weren’t being transparent with applicants. Why the secrecy?

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The post Opinion: How health privacy laws are hurting college students and their families appeared first on University Business. In addition to forcing students to reapply, the school also cut off students’ health insurance almost immediately and offered no accommodations for doing work from home. Read more from Deseret News.

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University Business

AUGUST 18, 2023

The post Maryland AG rejects approval of Towson doctoral program, HBCU group praises opinion appeared first on University Business. He thanked Brown and the commission for “reviewing the circumstances surrounding the unreasonable duplication of Morgan’s longstanding, high-quality and affordable Business Administration Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

The court voted 6-3 against the race conscious practices of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and 6-2 against the practices of Harvard, due to the recusal of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson The court’s opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, articulated three main reasons that the affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC violated the (..)

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 23, 2023

I read opinions about The Bot that I disagreed with, ones that made me bristle with their assumptions and ideas about what education is. I typed in, “600-word opinion piece about why not to use AI to write an academic essay.” But, partway through, something shifted. Sorry, I hit a wall. Plus, it’s research!)

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2023

The post Opinion: Budget impasse is already impacting higher ed—for the worse appeared first on University Business. Much-needed increases in pay for hourly wage earners are on the chopping block. As a result, students, faculty and some of Virginia’s most valuable educational programs are paying the price. Read more from Richmond.

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Hanover Research

MAY 30, 2023

The post Government Technology: Opinion: Automation Can Be a Useful Disruption for Higher Ed appeared first on Hanover Research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Over the last few days, we have seen countless opinions internal and external to the HBCU community regarding the exit of Coach Prime [Deion Sanders] from Jackson State University. There have been many opinions flying across Twitter, Facebook, and even national news stations like CNN.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to the law firm, trustees discriminated against Black women, devalued their opinions, and dismissed McPhail’s concerns, instead allegedly telling her to be “less sensitive” and to separate herself from “that woman stuff.” Woman, did you hear me speak?! I demand you answer my question!”

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2023

But when there are diverging opinions on campus about whether an institution is either a “great employer” or utterly “failing [its] workers,” the seeds of labor activism and unrest will find fertile ground to grow.

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Ray Schroeder

JUNE 1, 2023

Linked below you can find the installments of his regular Merger Watch opinion series on corporate restructuring in higher education. Ricardo Azziz has held numerous executive positions in higher education and led the merger that resulted in Georgia Regents University, now Augusta University.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

The post Opinion: College students have something to say. As someone who has spent two decades teaching at colleges large and small, public and private, I don’t recognize this description — and it’s not because I think that it’s conservative students who are dominating the discourse. Read more from The New York Times.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 19, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week: Sarah Marzen, assistant professor of physics, examines how to you combat confirmation bias and polarization.

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University Business

JUNE 6, 2023

The post Opinion | I’m a university president. Accused of addiction to smartphones and social media, the members of Gen Z actually are using those devices and apps to transcend traditional boundaries, including borders, socioeconomic status and generations, as they build community. Read more from Yahoo! Here’s what Florida’s Gov.

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University Business

MAY 22, 2023

The post OPINION: We can and must do better to help Black students enroll in college and succeed appeared first on University Business. Read more from the Hechinger Report.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 9, 2023

A growing number of community college systems, in California , Florida , Louisiana , Tennessee , Texas , New York City and elsewhere, have stopped requiring students to take remedial courses before they can enroll in college-level courses—the long-standing model for remedial education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A recent Student Voice survey on sustainability opinions and experiences found that 42 percent of 2,164 student respondents are “very worried” and another 39 percent “somewhat worried” about climate change.

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University Business

MARCH 27, 2023

The post Opinion: There’s only one college rankings list that matters appeared first on University Business. Sometimes they showed up at my office door, not because they were looking for me but because they were looking around, and they liked to peek in on the professors in their path. Read more from The New York Times.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Over time, the center will consult with government officials and policymakers, as well as CEOs and other organizational leaders seeking advice on how to effectively maneuver — and embrace — diversity of opinions.

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University Business

JUNE 14, 2023

The post Presidential opinion: Why leading in ambiguity is the new norm appeared first on University Business. The person striving to become a higher-education leader today must first and foremost be purpose- and mission-driven to educate the next generation of leaders with a skillset and mindset to transform the world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2023

In our opinion, it is a mix of all of the above. There is a plethora of information, facts and professional opinions on both the positive and negative affect social media has on our young people. As you can see, it’s a complex problem— and not just Chicago’s problem, but nationwide —that cannot be resolved in this short opinion piece.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 26, 2024

Sara Weissman Fri, 01/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of California is considering a policy to limit “personal or collective opinions” on department websites. Should Departments Make Political Statements? Some say it violates academic freedom. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso Sara Weissman

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 6, 2023

The movement must not be written off as just politics or culture wars when in fact it’s a direct threat to everything higher education stands for, writes Michael Gavin. Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Brent Stirton/Staff/Getty Images News Image Caption: Insurrectionists clash with law enforcement as they try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 24, 2023

The universities that respond quickly to this new paradigm will be the ones that survive, say Gillian R. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: olaser/E+/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 5, 2023

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This research sheds light on how students at HBCUs form their political opinions, how they vote, and how they feel about political messaging,” said report co-author Dr. Rebecca Entress. “HBCUs have shaped elections and the entire political landscape but are often ignored by researchers.

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