University Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The University of Kentucky is sitting on a cash cow. In October, the flagship land-grant university reached its colossal $2.1 This past November, contractors began constructing a $380 million health education building approved by the Kentucky General Assembly. Why is your university here?” ” says Capilouto.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Molly Corbett Broad, who became the first woman to lead the American Council on Education after breaking a similar glass ceiling as president of the University of North Carolina system, died Monday, her family announced. She was 81. In nine years at the organization’s helm, she overhauled ACE’s approach to the G.E.D.,

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

→ View the podcast transcript Now more than ever, accreditation is essential in higher education. An increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies touch and impact colleges and universities to the point where accreditors have the potential to lead or even stifle change in higher ed. Wolff Ralph A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

That quote from Jack Welch, American business executive and writer, has stuck with Dr. Juan Alexander, associate vice president for enrollment management at Norfolk State University (NSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Virginia. Discriminatory funding has deprived HBCUs of roughly $12.8

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Students are asked to make big decisions about their lives—what to do after high school, which community college or university to attend, which degree to pursue, what career path they want to follow. And this lack of information doesn’t get better the moment students step onto a college campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Higher education is a ladder to social and economic mobility and stability, and learning certain skills like leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving and communication, can make the difference in a graduate feeling their time in postsecondary education was both worth the expense and helped them achieve life goals.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“Back then, universities looked completely different than they do now,” Anderson says. “Bringing Carnegie over to ACE allowed us to modernize it in a way that was more reflective of the true diversity and evolution of American higher education.” More from UB: Do colleges consider legacy status in admissions?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Today’s customer-centered colleges and universities are not the learner and learning-centered universities we need. A customer-centric college or university prioritizes its brand. Rethink general education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

In schools across the nation, there has been a heightened awareness of the need for students to earn postsecondary degrees – as there is substantial evidence that it leads to better labor market outcomes and a higher quality of life. Yet, there are still large disparities in postsecondary degree attainment for Black males (Espinosa et al.,

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Image: Students are obtaining postsecondary education from more places than ever—on-the-job training, military service and high school dual enrollment, to name a few, in addition to two-year and four-year colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Transfer has always been a major element of the work of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). It’s one of the objectives in the statewide postsecondary education strategic agenda, as well as a primary statutory duty. There is a lot of work around transfer in Kentucky.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Half of the top 20 bachelor’s degrees of Black STEM PhD recipients from 2010–20 were earned at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 6, 2023

brought innovation, excellence, and inclusion to community colleges. De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. Alfredo de los Santos Jr. Richardson Jr.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In April 2023, Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, passed a significant threshold. The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Manhattan College has been classified as an emerging HSI for years, says Roy. totaled 62.5 Census data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When Dr. Elmer Guy first came to Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1999 as dean of instruction, he could not have known that, 24 years later, he would oversee the institution’s renaming to Navajo Technical University (NTU). It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D. Dr. Siri G.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Further, school counselors must be trained in using an equity-based lens to help students of color explore various career options and postsecondary opportunities in preparation to enter a global, diverse, and technological workforce. f. Under-preparation for College and Careers. internships).

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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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The four entities recognized this year span a diverse geographic area, but they share the mission of uplifting their communities while also creating a broader impact in terms of education and the workforce. We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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HESA

MAY 24, 2023

In the final scenes of the 1991 movie The Russia House , as Sean Connery is about to give “the shopping list” – a comprehensive list of questions about Soviet rocket technology – to what MI6 and the CIA believe is a potential Russian defector, there’s a conversation between a young agent and Edward Fox, who plays Sean Connery’s handler. “

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Before new programs can start, a college or university will need staff on board and to train those employees, along with funding beyond the Pell Grants, which typically don’t cover the total cost. Then, an institution will have to get approval from its accreditor, a corrections agency, and the U.S.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And with an increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies now touching and impacting many colleges and universities, now is the time for higher ed leaders to strive to support and understand how accreditation can improve overall to strengthen post-secondary education even more.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

AACC – American Association of Community Colleges – One of “The Six” Higher-Education Organizations in Washington, DC; they represent almost 1,200 institutions · AACSB – Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – This is the leading accrediting body for business schools in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

colleges and universities. Andrew Koricich is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Research on Regional Colleges (ARRC) and an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Appalachian State University. in Higher Education and a B.S. from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Koricich earned a Ph.D.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

These courses also provide incarcerated students and formerly incarcerated alumni with knowledge, skills, and connections they can use to benefit their children and families, multiplying the impact of a single college degree.” Postsecondary education can facilitate upward social mobility to racially marginalized groups,” writes Taber.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

With the practice of direct admissions, colleges proactively reach out to high school students with a letter of acceptance. Personally, I view direct admissions as a game changer, especially for those students who do not see themselves as college material and their families. ” This second quote is particularly heartbreaking.

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EAB

MARCH 14, 2023

Today, we look at the customer relationship management technologies and processes that short-staffed admissions teams at two-year schools must adopt to turn more student inquiries into actual students. I'm a director of strategic research here at EAB with a focus on community colleges. Give these folks a listen and enjoy. MS: Awesome.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Higher education leaders and states can take a number of additional steps to bolster academic success, reenrollment, and degree completion for students who started college but never finished. Dr. Laura Bernhard These students with some college, no credential (SCNC) make up more than six million Californians ages 25-64.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

If the company did not urgently adapt and reclaim its role as a leader in telecommunications and information technology innovation, it risked losing everything. Let’s examine the higher education industry in 2022. I am the president of Pennsylvania’s second-largest institution of higher education. Sound familiar?

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 2, 2023

Thank you to Kristen Betts, Clinical Professor at Drexel University, and Karyn Holt, Vice President of Institutional Partnerships & Research at INTERACT123, for the resources and innovative way to consider the learning process, especially regulations regarding that process, and how we can ensure the best learning opportunities for our students.

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University Business

JULY 18, 2023

With the upcoming academic year rolling around the corner, higher education leaders may be tempted to take their foot off the gas for a bit and enjoy the warm months. However, colleges and institutions may be overwhelmed and overran by the minutiae of regulatory changes ramping up in financial aid and Title IX offices this academic year.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Image: Cameron Mozafari wasn’t surprised when a student walked into his office at Cornell University and started crying. ” The University of North Carolina system recently received a $5 million state grant to extend and update its Mental Health First Aid program , first launched in 2015.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

Twenty-four years later, stakeholders are still seeing evidence of community colleges expanding their role in school reform, especially in the State of Missouri. Brian Noller The Show-Me State has a Career and Technical Education (CTE) delivery system consisting of 518 local education agencies.

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IHEP

MARCH 5, 2021

While the clothes and the technology have changed since then, the call – and need – for racial justice has not. A directive by the Biden administration recognizes the vital role of data and has the potential to move our postsecondary education system forward to make equity a reality— if it is properly implemented.

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WCET Frontiers

MAY 24, 2023

By signing, institutional leadership asserts that the college or university agrees to abide by the detailed conditions so as to remain eligible to disburse Federal financial aid. The proposals are based on concerns about protecting students as consumers and to assure that Department of Education financial aid investments are sound.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2023

The original rule was designed to monitor contracted companies that provide colleges and universities with services to manage various aspects of Federal Student Aid. What colleges and universities will likely be impacted by the implementation of this expanded rule.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General audited Western Governors University and labeled it a “correspondence education” provider rather than a “distance education” provider. Image: In 2017, the U.S.

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