Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

vandenBerg is currently president of Presbyterian College. in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Public Affairs with concentrations in nonprofit management and public policy analysis from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; and a B.A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. To be eligible, students must pursue a bachelor’s or associate degree at an accredited, not-for-profit college or university or a not-for-profit certificate program in their state of residence. “As

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

Matt Allen Operated as a partnership between UNO’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and its College of Public Affairs and Community Service’s Juvenile Justice Institute, the curriculum was structured around monthly themes critical to juvenile justice work.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Kim Eccleston, Head of Strategy and Reform – Strategy, Policy and Public Affairs, at UCA S. HEPI’s recent paper on reforming UCAS personal statements is here. What happens next?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Brown, who was vice president of government relations and public affairs for New York University (NYU) on that day, climbed to the roof of Bobst Library when she heard that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. This year’s college freshmen were born in 2005. College seniors were born in the fall of 2001.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

It needs to recognize the college or university’s past in relation to its future. She previously served as vice president for public affairs and strategic initiatives at Smith College and in news and public affairs roles at the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Image: Two tenured professors at Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio are suing former and current administrators at the college. The college denies the allegations. College administrators denied the retaliation allegations through a campus spokesperson. “And we’re going to make an effort to rectify it.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s not an everyday occurrence when a community college leader gets a phone call telling them their institution will receive an influx of funding in the millions. when MacKenzie Scott, one of the richest women in the world, decided to make a major investment in community colleges.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

And we typically address them from the type of institution where we each sit, with emphasis on the distinctions between public, private and community college institutions or the perceived trade-off between scholarly research and student thriving.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

First, post-traditional students being recruited aggressively by a surprisingly broad swath of colleges and universities. One could argue this trend started with the MOOCs and with OPMs like 2U moving upmarket, if you consider employed white-collar college graduates as post-traditional. Enrollment shifts. 1 Enrollments have been down.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 19, 2022

By disaffiliating, the UPIFC members have ceded their rights to use the USC logo or brand, access the college’s Greek life portal, participate in campuswide committees and club fairs, and secure personal and professional leadership opportunities. Sexual assault is reportedly more pervasive at USC than on other college campuses.

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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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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

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

JANUARY 20, 2023

According to Helen Thigpen, deputy commissioner for government relations and public affairs for the system, Montana universities are “considering providing additional direction for existing accounts. The Montana University System is currently considering additions to its policy that would address this issue.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. Choosing the Future: Technology and Opportunity in Communities , a book Mossberger coauthored with Dr. But just south of Colo. In Memphis, Tenn.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2023

in interdisciplinary studies (political science, economics, and sociology) from Spelman College, a master's degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. Abrams holds a B.A. from Yale University.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2023

“Given the ubiquity of Islamophobic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, it hardly makes sense to target an art professor trying to combat narrow understandings of Islam,” said a statement from the Muslim Public Affairs Council. “There is an unmistakable irony in the situation, which should be appreciated.

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

“For the Arizona undocumented student population, this would be a huge step forward for their access to college opportunities,” said Tom Harnisch, vice president for government relations for the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. The Los Angeles Community College District’s $5.3

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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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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2023

One state over, Georgia public colleges also placed a ban on school-issued devices impacting 26 universities and colleges. 13,” according to an emailed statement obtained by Entrepreneur. The University System of Georgia did so in response to Gov.

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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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GlobalHigherEd

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

Arizona voted for Proposition 308, which would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges. There were also bond measures on ballots which would have raised a total of nearly $9 billion for capital projects at colleges, led by a $5.3 billion ask for the Los Angeles Community College district.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“We know the Republicans will be in charge, but what they will be able and want to do is much less certain than I would have anticipated a couple of weeks ago,” said Terry Hartle, senior vice president for government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

“Congressman Walberg doesn’t have as extensive a public record on these issues.” Foxx is a former college administrator and had previously introduced several pieces of higher ed legislation, including a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in 2017. Virginia Foxx is deeply, deeply interested in higher education,” said Lindwarm.

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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. “We are aware of it, and it’s a matter of concern,” said Terry Hartle, senior vice president of government relations and public affairs at the American Council on Education.

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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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