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Civil Discord – Bridging Ideological Divides in Higher Education : Changing Higher Ed Podcast 207 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Daniel Oppenheimer

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm welcomes Dan Oppenheimer, Director of Public Affairs for UT Austin's College of Liberal Arts, to discuss the university's groundbreaking "Civil Discord" symposium that was held in March of this year. Vision for the future of civil discourse initiatives in higher education.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When the Taliban banned women from pursuing higher education, they did not simultaneously extinguish half their citizens’ educational ambitions. Saleema is one of more than 126,000 students, including nearly 17,000 refugees, studying at this tuition-free, nonprofit online university with an all-volunteer faculty.

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Stancia Jenkins

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Vice President for Diversity, Access and Inclusion; Associate to the President, University of Nebraska Jenkins has served as the University of Nebraska’s associate to the president and assistant vice president for diversity, access and inclusion since August of 2016.

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Hillary Clinton to become global affairs professor at Columbia University

University Business

Columbia University announced Tuesday the hiring of Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a professor focusing on international affairs. She will serve as a professor of practice at the School of International and Public Affairs and as a presidential fellow at Columbia World Projects, according to a statement from Columbia U.

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Communicating Effectively in a Presidential Search

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education A presidential search and the launch of a new administration are among the highest-visibility occasions in the life of an institution. It needs to recognize the college or university’s past in relation to its future.

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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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Study Shows that FAFSA Verification Doesn’t Lead to Lower Enrollment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“We’re talking about students who have already gone through a bunch of steps and feel like they’ve done what they need to do to prepare for college,” said Dr. Oded Gurantz, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education. It raises a lot of anxiety and fear because it’s much less publicized.”