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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. She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education.

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Temple University VP for Student Affairs Dr. Theresa A. Powell Dies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Powell, Temple University’s Vice President for Student Affairs, has died unexpectedly on Jan. She was passionate about student success and kept them at the forefront of her work for decades. She will be missed and her legacy will guide Temple and the Division of Student Affairs long into the future." Dr. Theresa A.

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The private Roman Catholic university boasts a leadership of majority women, with women leading all four of the school's academic schools as deans. Kelly McNeal, dean of the School of Education. McNeal was the last to join – she did so in July 2022 – and her appointment solidified GCU’s 100% women deanship rate.

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Its time to talk tech experience and capability

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Michelle Morgan, Dean of Students at the University of East London (UEL). This piece is a case study of students’ tech experience at UEL. There is a lot of discussion at the moment about AI and how we navigate this use of technology with our students. This was not the case.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) in Los Angeles, opened in early July with 60 students. Many African American medical students are interested in treating African Americans and in closing the disparities gap — and by opening this new M.D. The fourth and newest, an independent four-year medical program at the Charles R.

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Explaining the rise in student mental health and wellbeing issues

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Michelle Morgan, Dean of Students at the University of East London. This piece is the first part of two discussing the rise in student mental health issues. These data provide valuable insights into student characteristics. The second part will be published tomorrow.

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Yale Law dean’s message to alumni promises free speech changes. We’re (very) cautiously optimistic.

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Starting in 2015 with its viral Halloween costume imbroglio , Yale has since weathered poorly-handled speaker shout-downs , created a COVID-19 surveillance state, and was caught on tape trying to force a student to apologize for something he had every right to say.