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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. Hired Trevor Bates – Mercy College of Ohio Trevor Bates Mercy College of Ohio has announced Trevor Bates as its next president.

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These 15 colleges offer the most financial aid for international undergrad students

University Business

Colleges and universities are discovering new technologies to capitalize on the significant influx of foreign-born students, but there might be no better tool than cold hard cash. Specifically, the average financial aid offered by the 15 most rewarding colleges to undergraduate international students soars over $72,000 , according to U.S.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. in African American studies and sociology from EIU; and an Associate of Arts in African American studies from Olive-Harvey Community College.

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

Many came to the sleepy village in central Vermont because of the college’s sharp focus on environmental law and policy, as well as its progressive outlook on justice. Now, the only college in Vermont that offers a J.D. He said the college’s innovative restructuring plan and progressive history drew him to the job.

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Journal places warning on flawed abuse-homosexuality study

Inside Higher Ed

Warren Throckmorton, a Grove City College psychology professor, told Zucker about the discrepancy back in 2009, according to emails Throckmorton provided Inside Higher Ed. Throckmorton also provided his emails pointing out the issue in 2006 to Donald I. Grove City, in Pennsylvania, is a Christian liberal arts college.

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Questions remain after release of new Pell Grant regulations

Inside Higher Ed

Before new programs can start, a college or university will need staff on board and to train those employees, along with funding beyond the Pell Grants, which typically don’t cover the total cost. Then, an institution will have to get approval from its accreditor, a corrections agency, and the U.S.

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Indigenous Ways of Knowing, a Faculty’s Journey to Redesign Native American Art Online Course

WCET Frontiers

Today we showcase Nicolet College’s Native American Art Course Redesign. Artist and Art Instructor Nate Wilson discusses the inspiration for the redesign, the partnership between course instructor, instructional design team, and an Elder from one of the Native American tribes in the area.