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Roanoke College students will soon get the opportunity to learn and even earn a degree in cannabis studies, after approval from school faculty. Come this August, students will be able to declare either a major or a minor in cannabis studies. We need to be better preparing the students of our charge for the real world.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Image: Everyone knows Black students encounter bias in college. So do queer students. Jeffries, the dean of academic affairs, Class of 1949 Professor in Ethics and professor of American studies at Wellesley College. He interviewed students at more than a dozen colleges, some of which were historically Black.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

history, Tufts University; M.A., political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. The students keep me hopeful. international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D.,

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JANUARY 25, 2024

history, Tufts University; M.A., political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. The students keep me hopeful. international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D.,

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MAY 28, 2024

The student body is diverse. So [considering that], I think the way students are taught or who is to actually interacting with them has to be a lot more diverse. Additionally, the pair co-taught a course on the history and development of ensembles. The country is diverse,” says Sapp. The field is changing.

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APRIL 4, 2023

Image: Yeshiva University, a Modern Orthodox Jewish institution, is launching a new program intended for Christian students. Students have the option of completing the program online or on Yeshiva’s campus in New York City. Support for Israel is a point of political common ground for some Jews and evangelical Christians.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Columbia University President Nemat Shafik appeared before Congress in a hearing with the potential to shape the rest of her career as a higher education leader. More from UB: Why some institutions can afford to market opaque sticker prices Poor student oversight Rep. “This is what’s being fed to your students. .

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The college’s dean, Dr. David E. Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. There had been previous conversations about transitioning the program to a department, but those had not moved forward. there were protests on campus.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Image: Harvard University announced its 30th president Thursday, drawing from within to hire Claudine Gay, the first Black president in the institution’s nearly 400-year history. Gay, currently the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was hired after a search that began in July to replace Lawrence S.

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APRIL 3, 2023

” The second point said that “Dean positions are created and filled before dean positions are defined[;] input is requested only after key decisions are made.” “I don’t think anybody is going to feel comfortable talking about this right now,” said Wendy Wilson-Fall.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Students at Connecticut College have occupied several buildings on campus, including part of the administration building, to demand the resignation of President Katherine Bergeron, Connecticut Public Radio reported. The students are angry about a planned fundraising event at Everglades Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Hide by line?:

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The money will be targeted at students with physical disabilities at a university known for its strong track record in providing disability services. Leshner said it was important to Zweig that the funds go toward supporting career-driven individuals with disabilities. Temple plans to begin awarding the scholarships this coming fall.

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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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JULY 26, 2023

Supreme Court’s decision to strike affirmative action, there are still ways to get diverse student populations into higher ed, experts and scholars said at a webinar hosted this week by California student success organization The Campaign for College Opportunity. Even with the U.S.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Smith acknowledges that much progress has been made since she was a student-athlete at Stanford University in the 1990s — notably DEI divisions in athletic departments — but most athletic staffs don’t reflect the student-athlete populations. “We They were making demands and holding administration’s feet to the fire.”

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MARCH 21, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean At a meeting over the weekend, a discussion arose around academic freedom. As it happens, I wrote a piece on that about five years ago. Academic freedom is about doing a job. Spears when I’m supposed to be teaching, say, Modern European History, I’m not doing my job.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Image: An English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University said his teaching contract has been put on hold after complaints about his instruction on race and racism. 15, I concluded a class and walked out of the classroom to find the provost and the dean of the school of liberal arts and sciences waiting for me,” Joeckel wrote.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Dr. Claudine Gay is making history. Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. Supreme Court case Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard College , which could end affirmative action, the consideration of race in admissions. Bacow on July 1, 2023.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. The college says it froze undergraduate majors with “very low student enrollment.” Current students in affected programs will be allowed to finish their studies.

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MAY 17, 2023

To thine own powers appeal,” the NTS operated from 1909-1961 and complemented its vocational curriculum with mandatory courses in Black history and the liberal arts. And from 1922-1937, Dean Lucy Diggs Slowe brought a “ blueprint ” of #BlackGirlMagic to Howard University. “So And so, I think that that made a great difference.”

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

” Why, you might ask, was I thinking about Fitzgerald instead of U.S. They were both American-focused courses, one on the history of American education and the other on the history of American public policy. I worried—I still do—that I provided my students with tools for whataboutery.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Since 1804, the New-York Historical Society (New-York Historical) and its stewards have been preserving and showcasing history. A lot of the time, when people think of the work that goes on in museums, they think about curation, what's the exhibition,” Paley said. Klingenstein Library at New-York Historical.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Before one can change, one must self-assess As we opened the new calendar year, I announced that UNCG would discontinue 20 academic programs in line with the deans’ recommendations. It’s essential to position academic reviews in the context of their long history and widespread use. of our student body.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I thought, what with high rates of inflation, a depressed stock market, and lots of reports of crime, the Democratic party was about to face a red wave. Why, then, should my thoughts about the future of higher education be any more accurate? Our students have changed, but our institutions have not adapted sufficiently to this reality.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Image: Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron is stepping down in the wake of student protests and widespread calls for her resignation over missteps on diversity, equity and inclusion. Bergeron made the announcement Friday morning, writing in a statement that she would formally step down “at the end of the current semester.”

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Gmelch, who, at the time, served as dean of Iowa State’s College of Education and had emerged as a national expert on college deans. “I Jerlando F.

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MAY 14, 2023

To ensure music students gain a more inclusive education, universities are beginning to expand their areas of study. Faculty and staff will help to advance such studies in the field by teaching scholars about the music’s impact and significance. It’s also going to address the needs of affinity groups.

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MARCH 20, 2023

Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade. It dipped to 2,042 full-time-equivalent students this academic year, down about 8.2

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Policy Last week, I wrote about the recent federal omnibus bill and heard from several readers—thank you! I was a full Pell recipient when I was an undergraduate student at Michigan State University in the mid- to late 1980s. I was fortunate that I did not have to take out any student loans while I was at MSU.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Ithaca College in New York has long been considered a safe and welcoming place for LGBTQ+ students, and its residence halls are no exception. But now a group of transgender students wants their housing to be more than simply a place where they feel safe from discrimination. For a while, that was enough.

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MAY 9, 2024

Would you let your students submit a paper where 5% of the text was written by ChatGPT? What about if they disclosed their use of ChatGPT ahead of time? Banning GenAI tools is not the solution Many students use GenAI tools to aid their learning. Or, if they cited ChatGPT as a source?

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AUGUST 25, 2022

But regarding Claremont McKenna, the question isn't necessarily whether professors should be able to say the N-word for pedagogical reasons (the college hasn't said they can't) but rather how administrators should respond to student complaints about offensive language in the classroom. Do you disagree?

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She was a confidante for students and later a gatekeeper to the president’s office. She was also a living witness to events big and small at King and the larger world: from the desegregation of Bristol and King and the broader civil rights movement to an expansion of student enrollment and programs at King and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Image: Hamline University has been engrossed in an academic freedom debate this year over the actions of an adjunct instructor at the private Minnesota institution who was teaching global art history. The instructor had warned students in advance of her plan to show the image. This is one of those times.

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APRIL 15, 2023

Throughout her life and career, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson has proven to be a leader, innovator, and motivator. John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century.

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MARCH 22, 2023

“It’s spring break,” Mity Myhr, professor of history and associate dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at St. “This one can be an A student in a pretty rigorous program.” ” Khan’s nonprofit is working on an AI assistant that seeks to ensure students do most of the work.

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