Kortext University Leaders' Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This is supported by research undertaken by Kortext in September 2022, revealing that over 60% of students were both unprepared for university life and struggled to adjust at first. . The post World Mental Health Day 2022 appeared first on Kortext. million students. .

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The program was hybrid for 2022 and resumed on-campus clinical skills labs. DEI-focused development efforts at RUSON resulted in a $2 million endowment received in fall 2022, which will provide four-year scholarships for first-generation college students from underrepresented communities in Newark, N.J. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 9, 2024

25, 1956 — have donated their personal archives (professional documents and artifacts) to the F.D. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University The Fryes are well-known throughout North Carolina for their contributions to the civil rights movement, public life, higher education, and the legal profession. The Justice Henry E.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has donated $1 million to Jackson State University’s (JSU) football team, continuing his pattern of support for HBCUs. The hip-hop impresario first pledged the gift while receiving a lifetime achievement award at the 2022 BET Awards.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Demolition has begun on the house where four University of Idaho students were killed in 2022. Warren Students Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves were fatally stabbed in the home in November 2022. The house owner donated the property to the university in 2023. AP Photo/Ted S.

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University Business

MARCH 21, 2023

Jim Justice’s approval of moving $28.375 million in remaining federal CARES Act funds to a state discretionary fund, $10 million of which Justice donated to Marshall University’s turf baseball field project. 30, 2022, had to be returned to the federal government. Justice’s Gifts, Grants and Donations fund.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In April of 2022, for instance, NCAN reported that FAFSA renewals were down 12%. By late January, more than 676,000 seniors completed a FAFSA, nearly a 57% drop compared to last year’s numbers. However, it’s a trend that’s been years in the making. In the year prior, applications were also down 9%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Evidence of enthusiasm and continued support for SAU can be found in its alumni donations. On Giving Tuesday 2022, the National Alumni Association of SAU donated $10,000. The event’s donations totaled $217,000, which broke the record SAU had set just the previous year. Students didn’t run away during the pandemic.

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Helix Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

percent decline from the record high reported in 2022. As we saw with overall giving, reported by Giving USA for 2022 , there may be a significant market timing component to these fiscal year results. The stock market was weak in December 2022, and many donors time their charitable gifts to coincide with stock market growth periods.

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The PIE News

MAY 22, 2023

We are finding that 2022’s student numbers beat 2019’s in some source markets. In 2022, UCT English Language Centre welcomed four students from Brazilian agency IE Intercâmbio through an initiative funded by donations. Specifically, the Saudi Arabian market,” Liebenberg, who is also chair of EduSA , explained.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and other experts are excited about the $2 million donation from the Croel Family Foundation for the development of the David Satcher Global Health Equity Institute at the school. “As According to 2022 research by the Association of American Medical Colleges, 63.9%

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In January 2022, officials announced they were dropping annual tuition from $37,000 to $21,000 for students entering that fall. The DeVos family donated millions to the institution, and the King’s College has a tribute page to the late megadonor Richard DeVos , the former secretary’s father-in-law, on its website.)

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EAB

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Explore more insights in EAB’s 2022 Parent Survey. Timing is key EAB research indicates that parents are more likely to donate at the end of the calendar year for tax benefits and within five years of their child's graduation. Timing is a crucial aspect of the donor journey. Start building connections with parents as early as you can.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

But fall 2022 saw those losses slow. At CCC, a Historically Black College and University, fall 2022 enrollment jumped 22.2%, the highest enrollment gains of any community college in the state. IRSC’s fall 2022 enrollment increased by 8.9%, with its incoming cohort breaking their ten-year average enrollment by more than 1,000 students.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

After years of fighting for more equitable funding, Tennessee State University was awarded new funds in the 2022–23 state budget, including $8 million toward facilities maintenance, $60 million for a new engineering building, and $250 million for strategic initiatives.

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Helix Education

OCTOBER 6, 2022

You can easily upload multiple fund designations, and the funds appear in a searchable, scrolling box on the donation page, making it easy for your donors to track down the giving area of their choice and make their gift. With RNL ScaleFunder’s Evergreen giving pages, you can link directly to a donation form from your main university website.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant. trillion by the end of 2022, according to the U.S. By January 2022, Black male retention jumped to 79%. With President Biden’s signature on Dec. The total student loan debt reached $1.75

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University Business

JUNE 21, 2023

Beginning in fall 2022, the University of California, Irvine, operated its first academic year with the newly constructed Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute, which conjoins the Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. It’s no surprise that higher education faces a mental health problem among its students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Since 2022, at least 35 HBCUs have announced presidential changes. By 2022, that number shrunk to 5.9 Challenging times Since the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year to today, over two dozen HBCUs have announced the retirement or departure of their executive. In 2006, presidents spent an average of 8.5 years in charge.

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Helix Education

APRIL 6, 2023

Each event is an opportunity for the students to have fun, donate to All In, and spread the spirit of philanthropy. Their kickoff event, “Let’s TACO ‘bout All In” included walking tacos, paw prints on the wall for each donation made, and their infamous yellow bug to promote philanthropy. They also host several events on campus.

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 14, 2023

Both the center and master’s degree program were funded by a $848,000 donation from the Alice L. Focusing primarily on gospel music, the program will prepare students and working professionals for numerous career paths in the music industry, such as music educators, film composers, and church worship directors. Walton Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The JSU Tigers finished their 2022 season with a shutout, winning their second consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference title just last week. Sanders also donated half of his $300,000 yearly salary to the maintenance and refurbishment of the JSU football facilities. Online, reactions to Sanders's announcement have varied.

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University Business

APRIL 9, 2023

Then in June 2022, USC and UCLA announced their departures from the Pac-12 conference to the Big Ten conference starting in 2024 ( see our previous blog, “USC, UCLA Big Ten Playbook” here ). Over the seven years that followed, there were numerous rumors of impending moves but little activity. Athletics impact the brand of a university.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2023

From July 2021 to June 2022, NIL platform Opendorse estimates the total amount of NIL deal money spent to be $917 million, reports NBC New York. Just three years later, some college students are racking upwards of a million dollars. The top 100 current NCAA student-athletes making the most money off NIL deals have earned well over $500,000.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For one university, it was a really great year – VCU was given a $2m anonymous donation for its study abroad efforts. The Netherlands At the end of 2022, there were growing concerns among Dutch universities that there would be a crackdown on soaring international student enrolment.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

MARCH 15, 2023

News College Rankings The 2022 Best Colleges list reflects nearly 40 years of ranking colleges for U.S. Top-Ranked Colleges in the U.S. Not surprisingly, prestigious schools maintained their positions among the top rankings for 2022. News applied the following weight to the ranking factors for 2022: 1.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

We know that donors who actively engage with your content throughout the year are more likely to donate when you make a direct ask. Understanding what platforms your donors and alumni are on, and how they use them, is crucial in creating authentic connections that will more likely lead them to donate to your institution.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As a result, participating interns of color doubled from 41 percent to 82 percent in 2022. The fruits from these trees are then donated to UArizona’s Campus Pantry, to address issues of food insecurity while promoting sustainable practices. The latter program expanded an aquaponics system to include citrus and fruit trees.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Western Sydney University topping the THE Impact Rankings , one of two global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in 2022, and Arizona State University (ASU) being ranked the number one ‘Most Innovative School’ in the United States by U.S. Get our updates via email.

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EAB

AUGUST 25, 2023

Now, we’re sharing the five topics that were top of mind for independent school leaders over the past year (July 2022 through June 2023). Building pipelines: Interest in advancement and enrollment by percentage To ensure potential donors have a seamless experience when donating online, EAB created a set of advancement webpage best practices.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

billion in higher ed spending—a 13% increase from this year’s spending and a 22% increase from the 2022 budget proposed by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo. Funding for community colleges will match the fiscal year 2022 level at $689 million despite drops in enrollment. This one-time support doesn’t properly address those needs.”

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Faculty Focus

JULY 27, 2023

QR codes (short for “quick response”) are square-shaped codes that many of us use for restaurant menus, concert tickets, and church donations. To get more ideas on how to use QR codes, readers can review 8 Ways to Use QR Codes in Higher Education Classrooms by Tolu Noah (2022). Random House. Davidson, C., & Katopodis, C.

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EAB

APRIL 11, 2023

Instead, they will extensively research gift opportunities before making a donation. While some Gen Zers may not even consider supporting their alma mater until they have finished paying down their student debt, others will set a very high bar for organizations to meet to earn their support.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

” The California Community Colleges were required by state law to establish or expand basic needs centers by February 2022 at each of the 116 institutions in the system, and to employ at least one basic needs coordinator by July 2022.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

” Carpenter—a tenured public health physician and professor, director of the university’s Institute for Health and the Environment, and a former dean of its School of Public Health—told Inside Higher Ed that in early 2022, Monsanto filed a records request regarding his financial arrangements.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Legacy applicants tend to be less diverse than the general applicant pool and the general population, but their “yield” rate is higher – that is, they’re likelier to accept an offer of admission – and families with consecutive generations of alumni tend to donate at higher levels. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

“I then thought, because I was very good in math and science, perhaps I could become an engineer and design an airplane for others to pilot,” said Lim, who joined the NJIT in July 2022 as its ninth president and a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering. Research activity is ahead of last year.

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