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Dr. Ruth J. Simmons Takes Readers ‘Up Home’ in New Memoir

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Simmons busily prepared to deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. At the heart of those questions was a deep curiosity about how she overcame seeming insurmountable odds to become a world-renowned college administrator. “I

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GPT-4 is here. But most faculty lack AI policies.

Inside Higher Ed

” A few short months after OpenAI released ChatGPT—a large language model with an unusual ability to mimic human language and thought—the company released an upgrade known as GPT-4. But by OpenAI’s own admission, humans are susceptible to overrelying on the tools, which could have unintended outcomes.

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In 2024, Higher Ed Must Find Its Footing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While the biggest problems are directly impacting only a tiny number of colleges and universities, the effects are widespread because, to the public and the politicians, all 4,000+ institutions are part of the same band. That public is diverse along every possible line and far more diverse than today’s college students.

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Community College Leader Recognized as 2023 Diverse Champion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. He became president of GateWay Community College in MCCCD in 2013.

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When a college president is also a tech entrepreneur

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. That allowed the college to build out new majors, which in turn brought in students and revenue. Rize was founded in 2019, and Adrian began using the platform the following year.

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There’s a Hidden Equity Issue in Education. Here’s How Colleges Can Address It.

University Business

The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic made digital literacy more urgent than ever on college campuses. Researchers call this phenomenon the digital divide, and college administrators striving for greater equity have a responsibility to take it seriously. . Here’s How Colleges Can Address It.

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Small colleges share online programs, powered by a company

Inside Higher Ed

Instead, he found Rize Education , a for-profit company that works in partnership with the Lower Cost Models for Independent Colleges Consortium , a coalition of dozens of independent colleges that share financial information and strategies for institutional sustainability.

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