Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 23, 2024

In some ways, 2020 seemed like it would be a watershed year for diversity officers. Given the spate of high-profile murders of Black Americans, we witnessed a surge of national empathy. In a short span of time, many college and university leaders within predominantly white institutions (PWIs) rushed to support DEI initiatives. Perhaps you recall the riotous clamor for “courageous” or “fierce conversations” — basically, a hunger for “real talk” about the perils of white supremacy and anti-Blackne

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 23, 2024

Rosemary Admiral writes that her sense of belonging at her institution has been shattered. What does it mean to be charged with criminal trespassing on a campus where you work, teach, socialize, pray and generally spend way too much time?

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Fundamental restructuring must happen, along with an honest debate about what – and who – higher education is really for Imagine a beach before the tsunami. Out at sea, the wave is gathering force, yet on the sand people are still sunbathing, blissfully unaware. That’s how it feels, one professor tells me, to be working in higher education. Academics by their nature don’t look outwards much, he argues, so not all have registered the risk to their profession.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 25, 2024

Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough has been appointed interim president of Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama. Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough Dr. Edward L. Hill Jr., the college’s vice provost for Lifelong Learning and Professional Development and Dean of Graduate Studies, served as the immediate interim president following the June 4 resignation of Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

As institutions of higher education turn to AI machine learning and data-driven algorithms to make their work more efficient, a new study published in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) peer-reviewed journal , AERA Open , reminds administrators that algorithms can be racially biased. Dr. Denisa Gándara, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of the study.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2024

A few days ago, I went to my office to get one of my students a book of great interest. In searching the shelves, I came across Dr. James A. Banks’ An Introduction to Multicultural Education. I had an immediate epiphany: How timely Banks’ book is in these most troubling anti-EDI times (EDI - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) I must not only continue to proactively teach my students the goals of multicultural education, but I must also remind larger audiences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

In 2018, Dr. Audrey Jaeger and Dr. Monique B. Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? Dr. Audrey Jaeger, professor of community college education at North Carolina State University and director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

Sacramento State has been designated as a Black Serving Institution by the California State Assembly, Sacramento County, and the city of Sacramento. Dr. Luke Wood “This distinctive recognition reaffirms Sacramento State’s commitment and dedication to serving the needs of our diverse student body, especially for our Black students,” said Sacramento State President Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Dr. Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2024

There are at least three new presidential vacancies at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which have already been experiencing high turnover within their leadership ranks. In the case of two of the presidential departures — Dillard University and Florida Memorial University — the presidents resigned amid health challenges. Their departures raise new questions about the stress associated with being a college president, particularly at a smaller and under-resourced institution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2024

In his new book, From Foster Care to College , Dr. Royel M. Johnson, an associate professor and director at the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education, shines a light on an often-forgotten subset of students. Through capturing the lived experiences of foster youth in college, Johnson found that, beyond the misconceptions that plague them, foster youth are a remarkably resilient group with college-going aspirations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 18, 2024

Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She served as interim dean of the college. Luster-Teasley Pass holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina A&T as well as a master’s in chemical engineering and Ph.D. in environmental engineering, both from Michigan State University.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2024

Settling the Score Liam Knox Thu, 07/25/2024 - 03:00 AM In 2022 the College Board changed how it scores AP exams, and some test scores surged. It publicly defended its new method this week after critics questioned its rigor.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 23, 2024

GOP lawmakers, governors or boards in eight states have mandated new university centers focused on civics and “classical liberal education.” Critics call them beachheads for the ideological right. Florida’s creation appears to be the largest yet. In the summer of 2022, Florida newspapers reported on the strange appearance of $3 million in one-time funds from Florida’s GOP-controlled state Legislature for something called the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civics Education at the University of

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 23, 2024

A new survey shows 70 percent of graduates think generative AI should be incorporated into courses. More than half said they felt unprepared for the workforce. A majority of college graduates believe generative artificial intelligence tools should be incorporated into college classrooms, with more than half saying they felt unprepared for the workforce, according to a new survey from Cengage Group, an education-technology company.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 16, 2024

J.D. Vance Called Universities ‘The Enemy.’ Now He’s Trump’s VP Pick. Katherine Knott Tue, 07/16/2024 - 03:00 AM The Yale Law School graduate has used sharp criticism of elite higher ed to help establish his MAGA bona fides and build a national brand.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 15, 2024

Deploying Student Journalists to Help Local ‘News Deserts’ jessica.blake@… Mon, 07/15/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of Vermont’s Center for Community News supports efforts to re-energize local news coverage in underserved regions in the state and beyond.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

Animated AI TAs Coming to Morehouse Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 07/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The AI avatars—which can look like students’ professors—are intended to answer course questions 24-7.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 8, 2024

After a 2023 measure increased penalties for making errors when registering voters, some student groups have decided the risk of doing so is too high. A Florida law that went into effect last July has mostly ended paper-and-pen voter registration on the state’s college campuses, according to students and voter registration organizations. The number of groups registering voters on campuses across the state has plummeted, and while some have refocused their efforts on helping students register onl

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JULY 10, 2024

Giving an F for Recording Classes, Even for Students With Disabilities Ryan Quinn Wed, 07/10/2024 - 03:00 AM A UCLA professor whose classroom hosts contentious debates says she’ll fail any student who records. She says it’s a matter of academic freedom. But does federal law allow it?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

The College Board’s FAFSA Takeover Liam Knox Tue, 07/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The embattled Federal Student Aid office enlisted executives from the nonprofit to help launch next year’s aid form. Is it a necessary shake-up or an ethical blunder?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 26, 2024

These Professors Don’t Want Their ‘Antisemitic’ Union’s Representation Ryan Quinn Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Six faculty members at the City University of New York have asked the Supreme Court to answer a question: Can employees completely sever themselves from a labor organization they object to?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 21, 2024

Florida Argues It Could Stop Professors From Criticizing Governor Ryan Quinn Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A nationally prominent conservative lawyer, hired to defend the state’s Stop WOKE Act, asserted that what public university professors say in classrooms “is the government’s speech.” The national implications for academic freedom could be dire.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 1, 2024

As in Florida, Texas and other states that have passed anti-DEI legislation, Utah’s public institutions are applying the law with a broad brush. Starting today, Utah joins the growing list of states that have implemented a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and practices at colleges and universities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 25, 2024

GAO Report on Students’ Food Insecurity Highlights SNAP Gap Katherine Knott Thu, 07/25/2024 - 03:00 AM The latest federal study on food insecurity among college students underscores the need for more systemic changes to the federal food-assistance program.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 18, 2024

The American Federation of Teachers, of which the American Association of University Professors is an affiliate, is launching a $1 million campaign to support campus and statewide AFT/AAUP chapters in fighting for academic freedom, job security and college costs.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 3, 2024

A suite of new regulations governing higher education took effect Monday. Here’s what you should know about the key measures now in place—and the legal challenges they face. A host of new federal regulations took effect Monday, and Education Department officials say the new rules make up part of “the most effective system ever to oversee predatory and low-quality institutions of postsecondary education.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 17, 2024

The university recorded Larry Chavis’s class without his consent for a professional review. Last week he was told his contract would not be renewed. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not renew the contract of a professor whose classes they recorded without his permission, university media relations director Beth Lutz confirmed.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 25, 2024

University of Southern California postdoctoral scholars have “resoundingly” voted to unionize, the new union announced Monday. The vote, held Thursday and Friday, was 200 to 15 to form USC Researchers and Fellows United, the organization announced in a news release. The union, affiliated with the UAW, said it will represent 450 total employees.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 16, 2024

Bridging the Campus Divide With ‘Dangerous Ideas’ and AI Debate Moderators Ryan Quinn Tue, 07/16/2024 - 03:00 AM In this polarized time, one assistant professor is teaching students to argue more constructively about the most contentious topics: abortion, guns, transracial identities, moral obligations to animals—even the existence of God.

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JUNE 14, 2024

Bad-Faith Counteroffers Sarah Bray Fri, 06/14/2024 - 03:00 PM Black and other minoritized faculty don’t receive equitable ones if they receive them at all, which harms both them and their Institutions, writes Jasmine L. Harris. Byline(s) Jasmine L.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 25, 2024

While both students and faculty have concerns with generative artificial intelligence, two new reports show a divergence in AI adoption. Students continue to run laps around faculty when it comes to using generative artificial intelligence, two unrelated surveys find.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 3, 2024

As microcredential programs slowly gain traction, more universities are looking for leaders to coordinate the efforts. Amy Heitzman noticed a new trend when UPCEA, an online and professional education association, put out calls last year to institutions looking to bulk up microcredential programs. “Five of the 40 [applicants] said, ‘We’re going to hire someone to head this up,’” said Heitzman, UPCEA’s deputy CEO and chief learning officer.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 12, 2024

All seven full-time nursing faculty members at Dickinson State University in North Dakota resigned Wednesday in response to high workloads and accreditation concerns, according to KFYR-TV, Bismarck’s NBC affiliate.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 18, 2024

Desperate Times, Unorthodox Measures Liam Knox Thu, 07/18/2024 - 03:00 AM The FAFSA fiasco set fall enrollments back, far behind targets for many vulnerable small colleges. Some are taking extreme steps to fill their empty seats.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 11, 2024

Faces of the FAFSA Fiasco Tim Phang Tue, 06/11/2024 - 03:00 AM The botched rollout of the new federal aid form is more than just a policy failure. It’s a human crisis. Inside Higher Ed’s “Faces of the FAFSA Fiasco” tells the story of the students behind the numbers.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JUNE 13, 2024

The University of Missouri system is removing racial criteria from endowed scholarships, saying they run afoul of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban. Donors feel disrespected—and some may be ready to go to court. Almost as soon as the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action last June, Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey fired off a response.

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