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MAY 15, 2024

When Trustees Run for Public Office Josh Moody Wed, 05/15/2024 - 03:00 AM A handful of trustees are running for state and federal office this fall in an election cycle where recent higher education controversies will likely be on voters’ minds. Byline(s) Josh Moody

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Dr. Gregory Washington According to the report from the conservative think tank, Virginia’s public universities have the largest DEI bureaucracies, meaning that these schools have a higher DEI staff per faculty member ratio than schools in other states. DEI staff per 100 faculty ratio, the report noted.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

But more than anything else, Morgan says, she’s fed by the opportunity that she gets each day to help influence conversations about the law and its ability to help shape public policy. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Mott Community College’s automotive department is reopening its student service garage to the public starting Feb. The garage – it closed to the public in 2020 due to the pandemic – will cost $10 per vehicle per day for inspection, diagnosis, and repairs. 13, giving drivers a low-cost option for auto repairs again, ABC12 News reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Vermont Public is buying Northern Vermont University’s (NVU) radio station and turning it into a 24-hour classical music station, VTDigger reported. We are thrilled to be expanding Vermont Public's Classical service to more of the Northeast Kingdom,” Helen Lyons, Vermont Public’s music manager, said in a press release. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A bill allowing people to carry concealed weapons at public college campuses in West Virginia passed by a landslide in the state's House of Delegates Feb. Jim Justice, who has not made any public indication of whether he will sign it into law. 21, NPR reported. This move sends the bill to West Virginia Gov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 20, 2023

The Texas Senate has approved a bill that would limit how state public universities can promote equitable access to higher education and foster campus diversity, The Texas Tribune reported. Brandon Creighton Senate Bill 17 – filed by Sen. Brandon Creighton – passed along party lines in a 19-12 vote Apr.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 24, 2024

Public University Trustees Should Serve the Public Good Doug Lederman Wed, 04/24/2024 - 06:05 PM Gov. Glenn Youngkin was right to veto legislation that would have undermined accountability. Byline(s) Letters to the Editor

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APRIL 9, 2024

Wisconsin College Teeters on the Brink, in Public jessica.blake@… Tue, 04/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Northland College announced a potential closure last month hoping to spark last-minute fundraising to save itself. It hasn’t worked so far. Byline(s) Jessica Blake

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 24, 2023

The resulting self-censorship and fear among people caused the DeSantis administration’s efforts to alter higher education are damaging the quality of Florida’s public higher education, according to a new American Association of University Professors report. And these negative sentiments are also affecting the state’s private schools.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 27, 2023

Bunch III came together to discuss the increasingly vital role public institutions play in teaching American citizens their country’s history, particularly the history of Black people. On Thursday evening, the president of the philanthropic Andrew W. Dr. Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

More than half of Jewish students surveyed (57%) reported witnessing or experiencing an antisemitic incident, either on campus or in public, according to findings from a recent joint Jewish on Campus-Ipsos survey.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Chan School of Public Health. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been appointed a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Lori Lightfoot Lightfoot is Chicago’s first Black woman and first openly gay mayor. She concluded her mayoral tenure May 15.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

By next year, all Michigan public school districts and charter schools will be required to collect specific tribal affiliation data from their students and staff. Recent state data shows 8,448 American Indian and Alaskan Native students in Michigan public schools in the 2022-2023 school year.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Kean University has partnered with the city of Orange, New Jersey; Orange Public Schools; and Oiada International for a program to strengthen relationships between young people on a global scale.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Jay Pearson will become the inaugural associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, effective Jan. Foundation associate professor of public policy. 1, 2023, The Chronicle at Duke reported. Dr. Jay Pearson Pearson is the H.M.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Bradley was commended for her scholarly work in public health and her commitment to the health and well-being of local and global communities. Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Bradley has been awarded a 2023 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale University Graduate School’s highest alumni honor. and abroad, having received the 2018 William B.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Franklin County public schools in Massachusetts have been given a $200,000 grant, which they will use to partner with Greenfield Community College (GCC) to create an early college pilot program, the Greenfield Recorder reported. said Peggy Fallon, GCC’s dual enrollment coordinator.

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MAY 14, 2024

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday to reallocate $2.3 million that was planned to fund diversity, equity and inclusion programming next fiscal year to instead fund university police, a board member said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. This includes scaling up the best of what public education has to offer while eschewing elitist admissions practices that don’t allow for talent identification in diverse context.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and Columbia University’s Community College Research Center will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of ultimately improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. out by Summer/Early Fall of 2024.

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JANUARY 6, 2023

Instead, she found herself drawn to public health, inspired by an introductory course in the subject required for both public health and nursing majors. “I was very interested in the research aspect and just how broad the field of public health was,” recalled Edson, who graduated with a B.S. in public health in 2022.

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JULY 25, 2023

Public-facing work shouldn't just be an add-on to scholarly work but also an integral aspect of our jobs as researchers, writers and teachers, writes Christopher Schaberg.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Florida International University (FIU) has received $6 million to help improve access to mental health services for students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS). The five-year grant came through the U.S. Department of Education (ED) via the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A new version of a bill to regulate name, image and likeness in Utah would exempt college athletes’ NIL agreements submitted to public universities from the state’s open records law, closing them off to any public scrutiny. The post Should college athletes’ NIL agreement be public records? Read more from Deseret News.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Grand Canyon University Lambastes Federal Agencies in ‘Unusual’ Public Statement Katherine Knott Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM One of the nation’s largest Christian institutions claims the U.S. is “coordinating” attacks against it. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Players on the Albion College men’s basketball team are calling for the public suspension of head coach Jody May and an apology from the school after May – who is white – allegedly used a racial slur in practice on Dec. 28, News 8 reported.

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College Forward

APRIL 19, 2024

On March 15, College Possible Minnesota and Rochester Public Schools signed a new Navigate partnership which offers free, personalized support to a group of Rochester Public Schools Online High School students. Together, we’re excited to increase college access and support for Rochester students.”

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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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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 27, 2024

Public universities aren't alone in their struggles. Diacon said unlike Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati, most of Ohio's other public universities are in similarly precarious financial situations to Kent State. Gordon Gee said last year.

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University Business

APRIL 9, 2024

Some Temple University faculty think the school should make public the finalists for the president’s job, given that the last leader chosen through a search resigned less than two years on the job. Morgan, chair of the board of trustees, said the search advisory committee, which he is on, decided against making the finalists public.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 16, 2023

Massachusetts law allows public sector employees to spend up to 25 percent of their time on work for private foundations, a carve-out created specifically for public higher education institutions. “If UMass gets away with this, it could set a dangerous precedent for public universities across the country.”

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University Business

APRIL 25, 2024

While public perceptions of the value of going to college have diminished in recent years, experts argue the lifelong earning potential for someone with a bachelor’s degree is worth the investment. Read more from Wisconsin Public Radio.

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The Guardian Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

Since then, policymakers and university managers have pursued a disastrous ideological project to turn higher education into a commodity rather than to treat it as a public good. Continue reading.

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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2024

First, CCA believes that more intentional collaboration between the public higher education sector and those who finance it will more effectively address the region’s labor market needs, in turn boosting graduates’ return on investment and improving the economy. . Adjust budgets based on performance.

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University Business

MAY 2, 2024

The Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) has made initial changes to the way Kentucky public universities receive state funding, removing “race-based metrics” from the performance-funding model to be in compliance with a law passed earlier this month. Senate Bill 191, signed by Gov. Read more from the Kentucky Herald-Leader.

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Ray Schroeder

MARCH 17, 2024

A state commission created in 2021 has issued a new report calculating that public universities in Illinois are underfunded by approximately $1.4 The Commission on Equitable Public University Funding is made up of 34 members, including legislators, representatives from public universities, and members of advocacy organizations.

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