University Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

If one could start a higher education institution from scratch, what would be jettisoned, what would be retained and how would it work? As provost, I have been pushed to confront many of the quasi-religious assumptions usually held in academic affairs without guardrails or reason to pause for the first time in my 26 years in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Zack Mabel The Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy has issued “Missed Opportunities: Credential Shortages in Programs Aligned with High-Paying Middle-Skills Jobs in 55 U.S. Perez said the recommendations in the report align with what the college is currently doing.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

AUGUST 9, 2024

Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline A Conversation With Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven Elana Thu, 08/15/2024 - 18:01 Image College to Career First Generation Weekly Wisdom Braven is an inspiring organization: a nonprofit that partners with higher education institutions to guide their graduates into the workforce.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Nine out of ten raise their hands,” said Jean, assistant provost for special programs at MSU. Dr. Daniel Jean, assistant provost for special programs at Montclair State university. “His His untimely death is a stark reminder about the importance of our work,” said Jean. “It

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

As Dr. Martin Luther King Day approaches this year, colleges and universities across the nation are gearing up once again to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Additionally, the school’s Forum on Black Affairs (FOBA) will host the 49th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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UW Presidential Blog

AUGUST 8, 2022

As we approach the start of the academic year next month, I’m writing to let you know 2022–23 will be Mark Richards’ last year as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Mark plans to step down as provost in summer 2023, after he completes his five-year term in the position.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 26, 2023

Trinity College Dublin will remove Irish philosopher George Berkeley’s name from its biggest library because of his links with 18th century slavery, The Guardian reported. However, he bought enslaved people to work on his Rhode Island estate in 1730-31 and sought to “advance ideology in support of slavery,” according to Trinity Dublin.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: As a college student, Josh Landau was close to dropping out. Associate provost for student success at York College in Pennsylvania since 2016, Landau spoke to Inside Higher Ed about his philosophy for student success, his struggles as an undeclared undergrad and how his team creates checkpoints for students to ensure academic success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Daniel Jean often recounts with sadness the story of Robert Daniel Cuadra, an 18-year-old honor student from Paterson, New Jersey, who was planning to embark on a promising college career at Montclair State University in the summer of 2022. Gonzales, Montclair’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, was clear.

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MindMax

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The panelists in attendance included some of my personal mentors: Bea Gonzalez , Former VP for Community Engagement, Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Dean of University College at Syracuse University Hunt Lambert , Dean Emeritus of the Division of Continuing Education and University Extension at Harvard University Karen Sibley, Ed.D.,

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. And that's how I started to solidify my position to keep us moving forward." How do you keep them all at the table?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Baston, president of Cuyahoga Community College pointed to the “opportunity deserts” that exist within higher education that stretch beyond race and ethnicity. She said that college leaders have to do a better job at “refuting assumptions about Jewish people” and to “see them in a more accurate and fair way. Dr. Michael A.

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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 four-year, Catholic private school officially became an Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), meaning over 25% of their undergraduate population are Latinx. Manhattan College has been classified as an emerging HSI for years, says Roy.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Colleges and universities nationwide have incrementally ramped up initiatives around their campuses to help their LGBTQ+ students feel seen, heard and supported. ” More from UB: Why your school needs to adopt curricula in computer and information sciences The growing need for LGBTQ+ healthcare The percentage of U.S. population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In this 189-page book, he provides a chronological timeline that highlights the evolution of post-secondary institutions as well as the impact of religion and race and the role of private philanthropy in shaping the prominence of colleges and universities. I couldn’t wait to go to college.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

As vice provost of student academic success and enrollment management at James Madison University in Virginia, Molina approaches student success from a curricular perspective, focusing on student learning experiences and how educators can best support their students. We also work with the summer and winter sessions.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Colleges and universities were forced to grapple with the distance education compliance conundrum during the onset and proliferation of the COVID-19 pandemic. It began by providing credible information in digestible portions to the Associate Provost and General Counsel. Department of Education’s (ED) mandate ( 34 CFR §668.43(a)(5)(v))

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The PIE News

AUGUST 25, 2023

The US needs to utilise its diverse entry points and facilitate connections between them to increase international student enrolments in the country, experts have said. Stakeholders have long called for the US government to introduce a national strategy for international education.

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The PIE News

JUNE 5, 2024

Arizona State University, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Northeastern University, and UC San Diego will each receive the funding over four years to establish new study abroad programs, as part of CIEE’s Pledge to Lead Change in Study Abroad. Chosen from a pool of 21 proposals, James P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2012, he says he realized he could use modern technology to amplify the support structures and staff they did have in place. This work would eventually lead to GSU’s development of the National Institute for Student Success (NISS). We’re offering advice as a collection of practitioners who’ve done the work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Esters have written an important and useful historiography of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The authors take a thoughtful approach to examining HBCUs today and challenge us to reimagine what HBCUs should look like in the future. Marybeth Gasman and Levon T. But the book is not merely an exercise in nostalgia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

Graves remembers being a young student in public school, looking forward to the third Monday of every January as a day off. Every King holiday is a day out of school, without intentional reflection,” said Graves. “At You can never take a break from social justice work.” It’s a day of not just reflection but concrete action.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nowadays, I continue to do research because it’s not enough to do research to be seen but to do work that helps people understand and grapple with power.” The historian grew up in multi-racial, working- and middle-class neighborhoods and communities thronged with military families like Ramos’. “My

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The PIE News

JULY 31, 2023

A phrase floating around for some time has suggested that 90% of international students in the US enrol at just 10% of the country’s institutions. According to the National Center for Education Statistics , the number of Postsecondary Title IV schools totalled almost 6,000 schools in 2021. Is this actually the case?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Together, the two work to make organizational, leadership, and cultural changes that transform higher education into a welcoming space for marginalized populations.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 31, 2024

When we received the federal COVID funds, it allowed for students to be able to take summer school courses and not have to worry about the tuition of those classes,” said Dr. Dwayne L. Tutt, assistant vice provost of student success at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU.

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UW Presidential Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The academic year ahead of us is especially rich with opportunities for all of us to get engaged in the learning, discovery and public service for which the UW is an unparalleled launchpad.

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The PIE News

JUNE 8, 2023

Last month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a mandate into law prohibiting public colleges from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives for students, faculty or staff. The law, starting July 1, also limits what public colleges in Florida can teach.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Mason serves as associate provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Kenyon College in Ohio. Vick is chief diversity officer at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. Vick: Like many institutions, we are still in the process of determining what the SCOTUS decision specifically means for us at Muhlenberg.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

Growing up in Malaysia, Lim wanted to skip college, join the military and pursue the dream of becoming a pilot. He attended a school that specialized in science and while still a teenager in 1983 came alone to the United States to pursue higher education. In a career that has included both academia and the private sector, Dr. Teik C.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

The chatbot generates articulate and nuanced text in response to short prompts, with people using it in a variety of ways including their schoolwork. ChatGPT could be a useful tool to prepare students for the real world where critical thinking is more important than rote memorization. A red flag instantly went up.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

In high school, students mostly demonstrate competency by absorbing and then reproducing material. Memorization remains important in college, but simply regurgitating information generally isn’t the learning goal of our courses. We need to explain what college-level learning requires at the outset of our courses.

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University Business

JULY 28, 2023

At Wednesday’s National Summit on Equal Opportunity hosted by the Department of Education, presidents, chancellors, provosts, CEOs and secretaries from across the nation heeded Department Secretary Miguel Cardona’s advice to turn this “low point” in higher education into a “turning point.”

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

In high school, students mostly demonstrate competency by absorbing and then reproducing material. Memorization remains important in college, but simply regurgitating information generally isn’t the learning goal of our courses. We need to explain what college-level learning requires at the outset of our courses.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

A&T Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, is working on developing an all-natural, antiviral disinfectant with promising results in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “As A&T) is the largest historically Black university in the country.

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