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Retired Navy Vice Admiral to Lead Texas Southern

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Crawford served nearly two years as president Felician University, where he oversaw the completion of the Wellness and Recreation Center and other large capital projects, as well as the creation of the STEM Center in Kirby Hall on the Lodi campus. He served under six U.S. Gates and Leon Panetta.

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Minoritized, First-Gen Students Most at Risk from FAFSA Delays

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While some students have been able to navigate the new FAFSA within the ideal, reduced time-window of about 30 minutes, many other families encountered hiccups in the system, unable to send in paperwork due to unique familial circumstances or missing social security numbers for undocumented parents or students.

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2 ways universities are mitigating cybersecurity risks in a complex environment

University Business

You have a kaleidoscope of departments, institutes and centers that have developed their own unique IT infrastructure. If you’re at a research university, there are troves of potentially valuable data relating to defense and national security. research institutions, boosting research-related security is now a mandate.

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Report: More DEI Efforts Needed at Predominantly White Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There needs to be more, not fewer opportunities to assist students of color on campuses, according to a new report from The Education Trust. Another Black student, Ava, was interviewed about the distinctly few counselors of color available at her school’s counseling center. Unfortunately, there’s only one Black person,” Ava said.

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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

government took a major step towards remedying these disparities by awarding a five-year $90 million contract to create a university affiliated research center (UARC) to Howard University, one of the largest HBCUs in America. The UARC will center on tactical autonomy, or systems that can operate by themselves. This week, the U.S.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While many of the immediate concerns in postsecondary education arenas are centered on admissions policies and scholarship support, the potential damage of eliminating affirmative action extends to employees across higher education and beyond. These administrators (e.g.,

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Q&A: Zero Trust Is Higher Education’s Best Defense for Valuable Research Assets

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

EdTech spoke recently with Hunter Ely, a Palo Alto Networks field strategist specializing in higher education, about zero-trust architecture and why it’s an excellent security strategy for the unique needs of research computing environments. ELY: The teaching and learning mission is front and center, and in many schools, the…