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Honor and invest in Ukraine through scholarships (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In the spring of 2022, at least 15 colleges and universities , including my own, Alfred University, jointly awarded honorary degrees during our commencement exercises. The higher education institutions conferring honorary degrees on Zelensky committed to assisting Ukraine in other ways.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

President Joe Biden, left, is flanked by Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Using the authority Congress granted to the Department of Education, we will forgive $10,000 in outstanding student federal loans. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Department of Education (ED). Biden Administration U.S.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

ATSU is also creating a Grow Your Own faculty development program that offers a low-to-no-cost education designed to support students interested in academic medicine. Five areas were examined: curriculum, equitable assessment, mitigating bias, learning environment culture, and equity in research education.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

Throughout 2022, Ball State University has made significant progress on its five-year Inclusive Excellence Plan, which aims to advance broad DEI goals across the university, including campus culture, policies and infrastructure, and recruitment and retention. Urban STEM Education — Davenport University.

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Awarded 2022 Linda C. Tillman Social and Racial Justice Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julian Vasquez Heilig, dean of the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Education, has been named the winner of the University Council for Educational Administration's (UCEA) 2022 Linda C. Tillman – recognizes and commends Vasquez Heilig’s work towards equity in education. s education system.

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These access and affordability programs geared toward high schoolers reap great results

University Business

Tackling workforce needs with financial assistance Maine Free College, a free college scholarship initiative introduced by the Maine Community College System (MCCS) in the 2022-23 academic year, has helped contribute to a mass resurgence in enrollment compared to the rest of the country. The same goes for Arizona.

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Teacher shortage tied to education programs' enrollment drop

Inside Higher Ed

The president of the National Education Association called the lack of classroom teachers a “ five-alarm crisis.” The flow of new teachers through the pipeline has slowed to a trickle, in part due to years of declining enrollment in education programs.

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