Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The six judges in favor of eliminating affirmative action argued that considering race in college admissions is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the 14 th Amendment. Its decisions to rule against affirmative action have struck a nerve with higher education leaders.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. Itzkowitz: Over the past year, we’ve seen an uptick in students and families wanting to know what type of return on investment they’re going to get from the college education. We have data from the U.S.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Ironically, it’s the essay’s major source of satire—the primacy of criticism over the art that it interprets and evaluates—that has, to a surprising extent, been realized. It should be read not only by the English professoriate, but by its counterparts in art and music history, history and philosophy.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. Despite this, 53% of student respondents at our two-year college have indicated they would be interested in research opportunities and identified far more benefits than barriers.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

There may be more opportunities at a research-focused university than a community college or a school more focused on liberal arts. Despite this, 53% of student respondents at our two-year college have indicated they would be interested in research opportunities and identified far more benefits than barriers.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

Drexel University Drexel University LeBow College of Business Build Relationships in Diverse Group Experiences (BRIDGE) is an academic enrichment program designed to support underrepresented students at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. Studies indicate that a majority of U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Consider the following examples: Wealthy colleges have found a new way to separate potential students from their dollars. Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Not a day goes by that I don’t read something that shocks me, annoys me, frustrates me, rouses me, or inspires me. ” Or I don’t know whether to laugh for cry.

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SRHE

JUNE 7, 2023

That vocabulary must be challenging, so that it provokes new thinking, but it must not be overly technical or oriented towards engineering or architectural concerns. Here the three presenters reflect on some of the ideas and issues raised during the first symposium on ‘Networks’. How are others using those spaces?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Implementing Innovative Structures Innovation in higher education is not just about generating ideas; it’s about putting those ideas into action and breaking down structural barriers that no longer serve today’s diverse demographic. Innovation Beyond Ideas Innovation isn’t confined to brainstorming sessions and novel concepts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

Spelman College has received a historic $100 million gift. The Atlanta-based institution was founded in 1881 and is considered a leading liberal arts college and global leader in the education of women of African descent. in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

colleges and universities. Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. How to subset rising costs with remote learning and course selection. The type of mindset that boards should look for when appointing a president or chancellor.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2023

Podcast Highlights Framework leadership involves listening and learning everything that you can about a college or university to prepare the right vision so that everyone can excel and go to levels they’ve never been before. This will allow an institution to do what others can’t.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Image: Howard Community College in Maryland opened its first family-friendly study space on campus earlier this month. How it happened: Howard president Daria Willis got the idea for the space when she toured the library last year upon beginning her tenure at the college. Nationally, about one in five college students is a parent.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

These criticisms are aggravated by businesses’ claim that too many college graduates can’t write well. Because it’s widely read as a eulogy for a discipline that has lost its audience and lost its way. As the field has fractured, its mission and purpose have grown increasingly unclear. The field is besieged.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. And as it turns out, I know and respect one of the authors.

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

The award of doctorates in Divinity had ceased to depend on advanced scholarship, and had often became more or less honorific as new Bishops began to be granted an automatic Doctorate of Divinity. As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Unlike programs on Critical Race and Ethnic Studies programs, which had grown increasingly widespread, and which were founded at such institutions as Augsburg, Gonzaga, Manhattan College, Miami of Ohio, Pace, St. John’s University, UC-Merced, and the University of Denver, the Chicago and Yale initiatives are less U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. These four traditions co-exist uneasily within the contemporary college and university.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

At a time in academia when STEM is increasingly evolving into STEAM, colleges and universities with intensely driven, career-focused students are endeavoring to create space for arts education. STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is expanding into STEAM, with the addition of art.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 2, 2023

Illinois Tech is also one of just 88 institutions named an American Talent Initiative ‘High-Flier’ by the Aspen Talent Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies for ensuring college access and success. Moreover, Illinois Tech’s employment rate is 92% six months after graduation, even when 37% of its students receive Pell Grants.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

Over the past several years, colleges and universities are establishing coalitions and democratic action plans (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, 2022) to address not just voting, but a healthier learning environment for engagement. Some may assume that these topics belong in political science courses only, but that is not accurate.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

Over the past several years, colleges and universities are establishing coalitions and democratic action plans (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, 2022) to address not just voting, but a healthier learning environment for engagement. Some may assume that these topics belong in political science courses only, but that is not accurate.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Why would faculty who were disciplinary specialists trained at elite graduate schools and well published in their fields forsake scholarship? This is an institution that values scholarship, the liberal arts, a physical campus and the teacher-scholar. But those higher figures still won’t bowl you over. ” Ugh.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2024

The goal is to safeguard students from the weight of unaffordable college debt, shifting the focus from targeting primarily for-profit higher education to a broader scope that includes all educational institutions. Thinking about a merger? Listen in.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While most target K-12 education, an increasing number concern colleges and universities. While most target K-12 education, an increasing number concern colleges and universities. The present is not good … Politically it’s horrible … All the hawks are screaming … —Toni Morrison, from a 2015 interview.

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