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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell begins her term July 1, succeeding Dr. Kevin Kruger, who has held the post since 2012.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Georgian Court University (GCU), women leaders are the norm. The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. Increasingly, other colleges and universities are also following in this tradition.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. And she used her visibility as a student leader to advocate for more support services for undocumented and low-income students.

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Changes in the postgraduate taught landscape in the past 10 years, and things to consider for the next 10.

HEPI

Michelle Morgan , Dean of Students at the University of East London , has kindly authored this HEPI blog. Immediately, many universities raised their fee levels for masters courses, and this has continued year on year as evidenced in the Times Higher Education. Firstly, universities need accurate data.

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Professor's murder on campus raises urgent safety questions

Inside Higher Ed

Image: College and university campuses are highly permeable environments. This dual reality was thrown into stark relief last week when Thomas Meixner, professor and chair of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona, was shot dead in his office building, apparently by a former graduate student in the department.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

Faculty Focus

Your students will need you to model the use of the Mindful Learning Framework with consistency to make the choice to build neurological pathways within themselves. Marge Jackson, EdD, is the associate dean of Student Academic Services and an assistant professor of academic strategies at Hillyer College in the University of Hartford.

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The Mindful Learning Framework

Faculty Focus

Your students will need you to model the use of the Mindful Learning Framework with consistency to make the choice to build neurological pathways within themselves. Marge Jackson, EdD, is the associate dean of Student Academic Services and an assistant professor of academic strategies at Hillyer College in the University of Hartford.