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JULY 31, 2023

And, Lasso’s, “Be curious, not judgmental ” remains a great motto for all of us as assessment professionals. I was fortunate to be able to spend three days with like minded folks at the conference, returning home with new ideas and a renewed sense of community.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Book a Demo There’s always more to learn. We discuss the stigma around transfer students, the institutional bias against transfer students, and the insuffiency of transfer articulation agreements.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The past several weeks have proven particularly challenging, and as president, I fully accept my share of responsibility for the circumstances that have led us to this moment,” she wrote in an emailed statement to the campus community Friday morning. It never is, when the work is so important and the goals so ambitious.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Rodmon Cedric King, Connecticut College’s former Dean of Institutional Equity and Inclusion (DIEI), insisted President Katherine Bergeron avoid hosting a fundraising event at a Florida venue King knew had a reputation for racism and antisemitism. His advice fell on deaf ears, and as quickly as he was ignored, he resigned. “I

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Back in 2013, Governor of North Carolina Pat McCrory questioned the value of a “liberal arts” education , the initial angle of assault on the humanities taken by conservative ideologues, since surpassed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who wants to make teaching anything at odds with his particular vision of America essentially illegal.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Going even further, the state of Florida is defunding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the state; Texas’s governor has warned against DEI in hiring practices ; and Iowa , Utah and West Virginia are all considering bills that would defund DEI initiatives or eliminate DEI statements in hiring.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

News World Report released its annual college and university rankings, a highly anticipated event for prospective students and curious parents. News added a separate category for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). News World Report by public, private, and research designation, and the results look a lot different.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

That proportion more than doubled—to 8 percent —by the fall of 2022, and some of the new online courses are quite large. In a news release , the university celebrated the online courses for offering students access and flexibility. “Are massive courses best practice in online?” “Absolutely not.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

In his time at Coastal Carolina, enrollment grew and their first-year retention rate bumped up 6%, totaling 73%, according to AP News. Presidents picking up at new schools John Nicklow While the jazz-playing Dr. John Nicklow is on his way out of The Big Easy to The Sunshine State. ” Thomas K.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2023

About Our Podcast Guest Dr. Kent Ingle serves as the 15th president of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. He is also a frequent columnist for Fox News and Newsmax. He has appeared on a number of national news programs, including Fox & Friends, CBSN, and CNN. You’ve been there for about 12 years now.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Phil’s worked with the who’s who of online education institutions, and with EdTech in the news more and more, Phil joins us today to talk about the state of EdTech, where it’s going, what university presidents need to know to take advantage of current market forces. It doesn’t affect us holistically.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2024

Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs The University of Florida is terminating all its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) positions to comply with a state law passed in January that prohibits state or federal funds from being used to fund the programs.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In a rebuke to Governor Ron DeSantis’s denialism, the student body calls for campus-wide measures to tackle the climate crisis The University of Florida student senate voted in favour of a “green new deal” late on Tuesday, becoming the first public university to adopt such a resolution through student government.

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The Guardian Higher Education

MARCH 12, 2024

Florida public colleges have eliminated DEI programs Black student-athletes play large part in college sports Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida, the NAACP said in a letter to the NCAA president, Charlie Baker, on Monday.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Now, there is a new analysis based on the Federal government’s College Scorecard that ranks 4,000 higher education institutions, providing prospective students with a clear and detailed view of their earning potential with specific majors, from which colleges and universities, and how quickly graduates pay off their loans.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 8, 2022

In previous blogs and our podcasts, you have heard us discuss how corporate governance is “infiltrating” higher education governance. Furthermore, both the board and administration need to agree that innovation and growth are critical for the survival of the institution (and higher education).

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Authorities said at a news conference Tuesday that the gunman was Anthony McRae, a 43-year-old with no connection to Michigan State. At the news conference, officials said they had no indication as yet of the motive for the shootings. At the news conference, officials said they had no indication as yet of the motive for the shootings.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Count on The New York Post to come up with the tabloids’ most incendiary headlines and news article leads. That this requirement is the mirror image of those initiatives that Florida governor Ron DeSantis seeks to push through in his state: dictating course content with a political slant.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

those are all converging, I think, to, to give us challenges that, frankly, we haven’t seen before, to that extent. [00:06:44] And of course, so that’s the good news, bad news, right? In short, I would say this was cautionary good news. And those of us who have been around a know that we faced these before.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2024

Justin joins us today to talk about how institutions can turn around their enrollment, especially their grad school enrollment, through the principles of strategic enrollment management and what he calls “keeping it simple and real” Justin, welcome to the show. Graduate studies saved us from a much deeper cliff.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 2, 2024

00:31:32] Drumm: Mary joins us today to talk about higher education governance and AGB’s recent statement on influences impacting governing board independence and leadership, which is only the 13th such statement they’ve issued in their 110 th -year history. [00:31:48] 00:31:48] Drumm: Mary, welcome to the show. [00:31:49]

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EAB

MAY 9, 2023

I highly recommend you read the article if you haven't already, but the good news for you is that Jon joins us today on Office Hours, so welcome back to the program, Jon. Jon Marcus, I wanna thank you so much for joining us today on Office Hours with EAB. Jon Marcus: Thanks very much for having me. So thanks again.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: The Stop WOKE Act continues to be blocked at Florida public colleges and universities, and it will likely stay that way at least through the end of this academic year. The Florida Board of Governors of the State University System and the University of South Florida Board of Trustees have been defending the act in court.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

News & World Report again ranked Florida the No. 1 state for higher education: “ Florida schools are some of the best in the nation.” ” Despite the cross-messaging from Kim Jong-Ron, it is clear that Florida’s colleges and universities are not broken.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

Students first occupied Fanning Hall, where Bergeron’s office is located, last month after Rodmon King, the dean of institutional equity and inclusion, resigned in protest of the college’s decision to hold a fundraiser at the Everglades Club in Florida, which has a famously discriminatory past. King resigned on Feb.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2023

Governor’s latest shot in his war on woke is the shock appointment of rightwing trustees to progressive New College New College of Florida started making history from the day it opened its doors to its first incoming class of 101 undergraduate students in 1964.

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The Guardian Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

We’d just completed a tour of Mississippi’s historic grandiose Capital building chambers when cell phones vibrated, alerting us of the first grim headline. News of the passing of Christine King Farris, the last of Dr. Martin Luther King’s living siblings, at the age of 95 sent the first flame of emotions throughout our group.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Image: Florida Atlantic University’s interim provost replied to concerns about the university collecting and providing to the state information that might be used to target Black and LGBTQ faculty members by saying, “We did not know what color—if they were purple, if they had sex with animals.”

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 30, 2023

The provost, Bradley Thiessen, described the number of faculty openings as “ridiculously high”, and the disclosure was the latest evidence of a brain drain afflicting colleges and universities throughout the Sunshine state.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Texas’s move to limit DEI in hiring comes less than a week after Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced proposed higher education reforms that include defunding DEI initiatives at state universities. “We recognize and support compliance with all state and federal laws and continue to train our employees in this regard.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

Florida Atlantic’s search for new president halted by state officials after ‘war on woke’ Republican Randy Fine omitted from shortlist Barely three months have passed since Florida Atlantic University gained national prominence during an unlikely run to the final four of the March Madness men’s college basketball championship.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It follows the State University System of Florida’s similar directive to its state colleges and universities last month. ” The New York Civil Liberties Union came to the defense of pro-Palestinian supporters after New York Gov. and the son of a Palestinian refugee.

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The Guardian Higher Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Republican Florida governor unveils plans for overhaul of state university system as he prepares for expected presidential bid Alex Obraud, a 21-year-old anthropology student in his third year at New College in Florida, did not expect to be on the frontlines of America’s culture wars simply by attending university in the state.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Some good news came in late summer as U.S. Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. Supreme Court News U.S. A harm against any one of our communities is a harm against all of us,” says Harris, a graduate of Howard University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 14, 2023

deGregory is the director of the Mary McLeod Bethune Center for the Study of Women and Girls at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. The truest beauty of HBCU architecture has been, and will always be, the determination of Black people. Dr. Crystal A.

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The Guardian Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2023

Florida sees new deluge of legislation targeting trans rights and controlling public education as governor steps up courtship of Trump voters No public school teacher or college professor in Florida has been more outspoken in his criticism of Governor Ron DeSantis than Don Falls.

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