Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Drew University of Medicine and Science (CDU) in Los Angeles, opened in early July with 60 students. CDU joins Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., Supreme Court decided in July to strike down race-based college and university admissions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 2, 2023

Jennifer Laflam, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at American River College. It was a revelation that took some processing for the attendees, including Heather Mayer, associate dean of teaching and learning at Everett Community College. “It It was helpful and hard [to hear],” she said. “I

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

For a college or university to be designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), at least 25% of full-time equivalent students enrolled must be Hispanic. These two-year and four-year institutions must also enroll a significant number of students who require needs-based financial aid.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Michelle Morgan, Dean of Students at the University of East London. This piece is the second part of two discussing the rise in student mental health issues. Higher education has come a long way in recognising and being aware of mental health issues that students enter their studies with.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

It is up to you to decide when these tools might be allowed in your courses and to make that clear to your students. Tell your students what YOU allow Every college and university has an academic integrity/honesty or academic dishonesty statement. Be referred to the Dean of Students? oral exam)?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The late donor, a 1953 graduate, was a disabled student at a time when such services were not the norm on college campuses, but she thrived academically and built a successful career after graduating—outcomes her family members say she credited to her time at Temple. Newcombe Foundation and received more than $1.1

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

That report, Supporting Instruction and Learning Through Artificial Intelligence: A Survey of Institutional Practices and Policies , found that only four percent of respondents reported that their institution had an overall institutional strategy for approaching AI, and only seven percent had strategies at the department or college level.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Form a Powerful Guiding Coalition Dr. King assembled a diverse and powerful coalition of individuals from various departments and disciplines, including academic staff, faculty, administrators, and students, all working together towards a common goal—improving retention and graduation rates for minoritized students.

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The Student Affairs Collective

MAY 28, 2020

As a student myself, what I thought was the most important aspect of this Virtual Welcome is that our Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Dean of Students appeared in the webinar with supportive and empathetic messages for students.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Image: A powerful heat wave that began a week ago is forcing colleges and universities across the West Coast to take extra safety precautions, such as providing additional air-conditioned places to study on campus and advising students on how to recognize heat exhaustion. ” the community college tweeted.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

It is up to you to decide when these tools might be allowed in your courses and to make that clear to your students. Tell your students what YOU allow Every college and university has an academic integrity/honesty or academic dishonesty statement. Be referred to the Dean of Students? oral exam)?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

He said questions about how and why the hazing occurred are being asked of campus officials charged with safeguarding students, and that those questions extend beyond the athletic department. “There’s obviously responsibilities that go into the athletic department.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Image: College and university campuses are highly permeable environments. This dual reality was thrown into stark relief last week when Thomas Meixner, professor and chair of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona, was shot dead in his office building, apparently by a former graduate student in the department.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Place matters, Medlin adds, because students think it matters. Summing up the latest Student Voice survey, which asked 2,000 college undergrads about their impressions and experiences within facilities as well as outdoors on campus, Medlin says, “They get aggravated and annoyed when things are not as they should be.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Image: The University of California, Los Angeles, has launched a new center dedicated to studying and treating depression among students at California community colleges. The projects are being funded by a five-year, $12 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

About seven years ago, Columbia University welcomed its first HBCU Fellowship cohort, allowing students who had graduated from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to pursue select master’s degrees in the university’s School of Professional Studies (SPS), all the while getting financial, career, and academic support.

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Liaison International

MARCH 27, 2024

In the first weeks of college, students learn that success isn’t just about grades and getting involved. But over time, it’s easy for students to lose sight of these crucial support systems. A recent study found that up to 60% of students had no idea how many support services were available on their college campus.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

I have been an educator for 41 years and have worked with students from Pre-K through college. I’ve taught two first year-experience courses as an assistant professor in the Academic Strategies Department. Today’s college students have grown up with devices that allow for instantaneous access to the world.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. Burwell the very next day voicing concerns about the investigation. Sabrina Conza, a program officer for campus rights advocacy at FIRE who wrote the letter, reminded Burwell that the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

I have been an educator for 41 years and have worked with students from Pre-K through college. I’ve taught two first year-experience courses as an assistant professor in the Academic Strategies Department. Today’s college students have grown up with devices that allow for instantaneous access to the world.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services planned to give out free crack pipes. (Ho These foundational values guide everything we do,” Dean Heather Gerken wrote in an Oct. Ho and Branch will reportedly get a chance to raise their concerns about free speech at Yale directly at the university. The View From Outside.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Yale dean on free speech at Yale Law School. “ We replaced our digital listserv with what alumni fondly remember as “the Wall” to encourage students to take time to reflect and resolve their differences face-to-face. Sean Stevens, “ 2022 College Free Speech Rankings: Gender differences in censorship attitudes ,” FIRE (Oct.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

“A lot of this process was really instinct,” said Goldberg, who had accrued 4,387 signatures on the petition as of Tuesday night—including a few big-name alumni such as Eddie Glaude, the chair of Princeton University’s department of African American studies and a well-known scholar. Nationwide Movement.

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