Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

College students have been shown to be likelier to pass courses with race-matched instructors, likelier to receive higher grades in those courses, and likelier to persist in school. Griffin, the dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. However, only 29% of Hispanic students and 14% of Black students had the same.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2023

Supreme Court should allow colleges to consider race as part of the admissions process, but few believe students’ race should be a major factor, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The majority of adults in the U.S. say that the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) has long been considered one of most confusing and frustrating governmental forms, a 108-question gantlet of information on finances and family for students trying to pay for college. It raises a lot of anxiety and fear because it’s much less publicized.”

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University Business

JANUARY 5, 2023

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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. ” According to information from the university, Graduate College of Social Work enrollment grew from 405 in 2015 to 544 in 2022.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In both instances, the principal aim was to understand better the challenges to HE progression faced by those on advanced level applied and professional courses (including BTECs) at a Midlands based further education (FE) college. For context, progression rates are generally lower from FE colleges than sixth forms.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Half are nonwhite, and most (60 percent) are the first in their families to attend college. That may change—or not—depending on the outcome of UoPeople’s bid for accreditation from the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), whose decision is expected this month. It’s a delicate balance.”

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Enrollment officials at colleges that experienced robust increases aren’t even waiting for the official numbers and are instead publicly announcing enrollment upswings. Administrators at colleges that had modest gains are being more circumspect and have adopted a wait-and-see attitude.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image: Public university administrators who comply with state policy bans on accessing TikTok via state-owned Wi-Fi networks and devices might understandably expect pushback—or at least frustration—from their student bodies. The system subsequently announced that such a policy would go into effect on Friday, Jan.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: Wellesley College students have made their position clear: the majority of them want the women’s college to open admissions to all transgender people, including those who identify as trans men. "Wellesley College acknowledges the result of the non-binding student ballot initiative," the statement read.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But the world of higher education will be listening carefully for what Biden may say about the many issues America’s colleges and universities are facing, several of which have assumed national prominence in recent months. Bumphus, president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, by email. Dr. Kenneth K.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Image: As legal battles have been waged over the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions in federal student loans, the associations representing colleges and universities have stayed out of the fight. Even if we had the time, it would be hard to know what to do.”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Hamline University Board of Trustees is actively involved in reviewing the university’s policies and responses to recent student concerns and subsequent faculty concerns about academic freedom. Professors at colleges and universities have a duty to teach facts relevant to their areas of study. This is one of those times.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

She continues to be an influential figure in the Democratic Party and a role model for young women and people of color who aspire to enter the policy arena. in interdisciplinary studies (political science, economics, and sociology) from Spelman College, a master's degree from the Lyndon B. We are incredibly grateful to Ms.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Although Weiss had never run a museum, his background as an art historian specializing in the European Middle Ages and as president of a small liberal arts college, Haverford, proved to be valuable preparation for his job. Colleges and universities don’t inhabit an ivory tower.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Under the policy, tenured faculty members would be subject to review every five years based on several factors, most notably their cooperation with the Stop WOKE law which aims to keep colleges from “indoctrinating” students with divisive concepts including race and white privilege. " pic.twitter.com/hgnEAyOqj7.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

About 2,000 Arizona high school graduates each year are undocumented, according to the Higher Ed Immigration Portal, which tracks a range of data points related to DACA and undocumented and other international students to inform policy makers and advocate for expanded access to higher education.

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University Business

MAY 30, 2023

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research concluded from its May polling that 63% of U.S. Supreme Court should not block colleges from considering race or ethnicity in its admissions process. adults don’t believe race or ethnicity should significantly affect college admissions. However, most U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

Over all, 540 institutions, including community colleges, public and private colleges, and university hospitals and medical centers, received more than $1.73 “Earmarks come and go,” said Terry Hartle, senior vice president for government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education.

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APRIL 5, 2017

It’s worth noting that Cole is author of The Great American University: Its Rise To Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be Protected (Public Affairs, 2009), one of the seminal texts about state-society-economy conditions and associated policies and programs that enabled U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

A shift in control of either or both houses of Congress would mean changes for national education policy. Kenneth Wong, a professor of Education Policy and Political Science at Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs. Congress controls the purse, right?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

However, higher education lobbyists and policy experts expect to see lawsuits challenging student loan forgiveness from the new GOP majority and stepped-up oversight of the U.S. Editorial Tags: Federal policy Image Source: Andrew Harnik/Pool/Getty Images Image Caption: North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

However, others, especially those who have paid off their debt or did not go to college, view it as a handout at the expense of taxpayers. So that’s still a bit of an unsettled question,” said Jack Fitzhenry, a legal policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Supreme Court dismantled decades of legal precedent in June, ruling against race-conscious college admissions and bringing an end to affirmative action practices in higher education. million borrowers have $0 payments, and 75% of SAVE borrowers are Pell Grant recipients, meaning they are or were low-income college students.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 30, 2024

Hennessy Erin, at TVP Communications, leverages her higher education expertise, policy knowledge, and understanding of leadership styles to develop internal communication plans and offer strategic counsel to senior leaders. So our clients are colleges, universities, associations, foundations, affiliated businesses.

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