University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9%

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

The department – housed in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences – is making the change to better reflect the range of its scholarship and teaching, according to the formal name change proposal. The change will become official in the next few months, pending final trustee approval.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been awarded a $4.6 Yuliang Zhang, chair of UAB’s computer science department. 32 students will be selected over five years. 32 students will be selected over five years.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Join us at the next national Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conference plenary session for a fascinating look into future thinking and the art of crafting effective scholarship agreements. Donors may have many wishes about who receives their scholarships and how the selection process is handled.

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The PIE News

APRIL 3, 2024

With the UK government reviewing its Graduate Route visa, Australia imposing stricter English language requirements and Canada setting up a temporary study permit cap , another Anglophone country is seeing success in gaining international students from Southern Asia. “The major issue with Ireland is its brand awareness among students.

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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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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Students learn to apply machine learning, text analytics, and artificial intelligence.

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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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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

After announcing its founding in 2021, the University of Austin has won approval to issue liberal arts degrees and is now accepting undergraduate students for fall 2024, The Texas Tribune reports. John’s College in Maryland. UATX plans to maintain a small faculty and student body and a low student-to-faculty ratio.

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Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. This semester, the first cohort of the Mandel program came together, comprised of students with interests in the arts, writing, communication or the humanities.

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University Business

JUNE 23, 2023

Money Magazine has revamped its college ranking system into a star-tier list , and with it, it has named 34 colleges and universities to its five-star category. Olaf College also rank highly due to their exceptional graduation rates and grant rewards. As a result, 736 colleges were considered.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

New findings from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) are eerily similar to those of the Department of Education : only 16% of community college students earn a bachelor’s degree within six years. Washington and California showed up again for its low-income students, graduating them at rates at or above 57%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

in sociology in 2015 from Emory University’s Laney Graduate School and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and political science from North Carolina Central University. Tressie McMillan Cottom wants her work to meet people where they are, and to do so, she uses many platforms and intersects multiple disciplines.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

But institutions need to start preparing now for a range of possible outcomes, said Art Coleman, co-founder of EducationCounsel, a consultancy that works with schools on issues of diversity. Could a decision impact eligibility for scholarships? Could it prevent DEI offices from funding ethnic student resource centers and programs?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

“When I was in Japan, I had to accept the fact that I was going to be one of a few in this profession, but also in Japan, percentage wise,” says Dabney, an associate professor of politics and Japanese studies at Earlham College, a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. Dr. Dyron K. He holds a B.A.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

in a way that could also describe many women’s colleges across the country. “In fact, we are something of a unicorn, being still primarily a women’s college,” she said. Trinity’s College of Arts & Sciences, the institution’s largest program, remains all women.)

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Students’ experiences in higher education goes far beyond the curriculum in their programs. One such opportunity is for students to become involved in research. An additional opportunity to involve students in research could be by embedding it directly into the curriculum via course-based research. Benefits and barriers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. In response, colleges and universities are seeing increased interest in courses and programs that address issues of public health.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 27, 2023

In our first post, the WCET Steering Committee work group focusing on this area reviewed historical enrollment trends, changes in student markets, and what may be coming in the future. For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 28, 2023

In our first post, the WCET Steering Committee work group focusing on this area reviewed historical enrollment trends, changes in student markets, and what may be coming in the future. For a deeper look into the reasons why college enrollments are declining, see our earlier post, College Enrollment: Cliffs, Shifts, and Lifts.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2023

That shortfall resulted in low levels of student knowledge of and participation in democracy, as evidenced by alarmingly low voting rates and other civic indicators. Students have opportunities to play leadership roles not only in voter mobilization work but issue activism. The tide seems to be turning.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: The Whittier College Board of Trustees was scheduled for a rare in-person meeting this Friday, after conducting most business virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with her address looming, Oubré and her critics have radically different views of what the state of the college is.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Students’ experiences in higher education goes far beyond the curriculum in their programs. One such opportunity is for students to become involved in research. An additional opportunity to involve students in research could be by embedding it directly into the curriculum via course-based research. Benefits and barriers.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Those are just a few of the words that two Fox News critics used in 2007 to describe Rupert Murdock’s agenda-driven rightwing propaganda machine in their riotously funny, profanity-laced takedown, Fair and Balanced My Ass! Leonard Downie Jr., Leonard Downie Jr., Yet Downie’s piece ignores a telling fact.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What is an honors college? A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. Today’s honors college is the product of a complex history.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

Conway-Turner, who grew up in a small town in Missouri, said her journey mirrors that of many of the students at Buffalo State University (part of the State University of New York system). As a first-generation college student, she appreciated the process of education and embraced its transformative aspects.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most college leaders retiring in style will be recognized for their expansion, renovation and construction of campus facilities. She also served on the Board of Trustees for BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii and Ensign College in that role. Frank Sánchez – Manhattanville College (N.Y.)

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The conservative Manhattan Institute recently published a report that argues that the promotion of Social Justice ideology in K-12 schools and colleges is having a measurable impact on students’ political views and partisan leanings. What we are witnessing instead is a culture-wide shift in discourse.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Post-secondary students often have a plan in mind for what they want to achieve during their academic journey. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2022

Still, out of the many unforgettable characters I’ve had the enormous privilege of interacting with, one who stands out was the late Peter Marzio, who directed the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for nearly thirty years. Unlike many museum directors, he wasn’t an art historian. Raised largely by his grandfather P.B.S.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

At Delaware State, students pursuing women's and gender studies are examining the intersection of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. At Delaware State, students pursuing women's and gender studies are examining the intersection of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. “At

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Meanwhile, equity gaps persist, with graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients and Black and Latino/a students roughly 10 points lower than among non–Pell Grant recipients and white and Asian American undergrads. This is an institution that values scholarship, the liberal arts, a physical campus and the teacher-scholar.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Post-secondary students often have a plan in mind for what they want to achieve during their academic journey. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass.,

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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. The room is designed to give parenting students a place to study and keep their children safe and (hopefully) occupied. Nationally, about one in five college students is a parent.

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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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