Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 3, 2023

The university and its State Agricultural College agreed to improve discrimination response protocols, in a resolution agreement entered into with the Office for Civil Rights on Monday.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The allegation comes the same week the agency fined Grand Canyon University, the company’s largest client, $37.7

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 12, 2023

Northwestern University’s African American studies department will be renamed the Department of Black Studies. The department – housed in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences – is making the change to better reflect the range of its scholarship and teaching, according to the formal name change proposal. “We

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University Business

MAY 8, 2024

Department of Education announced a multimillion-dollar grant program on Monday to help students apply for federal financial aid. The post US Department of Education announces grant program to boost FAFSA completion appeared first on University Business. Instead of opening on the usual Oct. Read more from WPBS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Department of Education (ED) will investigate The University of Tampa and the Hillsborough County Schools school district in Florida for alleged cases of discrimination, CNN reported. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, universities and K-12 schools must provide students with a discrimination-free environment.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Staff flagged concerns with the WASC Senior College and University Commission’s review of UAGC’s recruiting and admissions.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The agency said the private Ohio college, which has hallmarks of an institution on the verge of closure, illegally took more financial aid than it was due.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation is a compelling book about leadership, service, and the importance of mentorship/sponsorship within the academy. And its publication by Wayne State University Press earlier this month comes right on time, as a new academic school year gets underway.

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HEPI

JUNE 28, 2023

The universities brief has never sat easily within government. For many years, English universities were notionally the responsibility of the Department for Education but were effectively regulated via funding incentives via the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 7, 2024

Colleges, Education Department at Odds Over Inclusive Access Changes Katherine Knott Thu, 03/07/2024 - 03:00 AM The department is sticking by its plan to prohibit colleges from automatically billing students for course materials despite strong opposition from publishers and university leaders. Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities has announced its selection of 36 higher education professionals for the inaugural cohort of its Department Chair Leadership Institute (DCLI). DCLI provides professional development to help department chairs cultivate critical skills to overcome common challenges.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 15, 2023

The Arkansas flagship will move DEI staff and resources to other student and employee success offices, per a community email from its chancellor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 23, 2023

million in grants to 22 colleges and universities to improve enrollment, persistence, and completion rates for students living in rural communities. The Biden-Harris Administration is providing $44.5 Students from U.S. In rural communities, only 29% of people ages 18-24 are enrolled in higher ed.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Key lawmakers said seeking money from the University of Phoenix and Ashford University would send a “warning signal” to other colleges.

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Academe Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

BY KATHRYN KLEPPINGER AND GWU COLLEAGUES On Friday, August 11, administrators at West Virginia University announced an “academic transformation” that would cut 32 majors and possibly 169 faculty positions across the university, including the entire World Languages Department.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Department of Justice (DOJ) announced two agreements with New York University (NYU) and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to improve access for individuals with disabilities. By doing so, the complainant claims the university discriminates against people with visual, hearing, and manual disabilities.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 26, 2024

Department of Education to investigate the Ivy League institution over its response to protests and other matters. Palestine Legal called on the U.S.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2023

Chris Olson, a commander in the nearby Oro Valley Police Department, will take over in the interim. Administrators came under heavy scrutiny in the wake of the October shooting death of Thomas Meixner , a hydrology professor who was gunned down by an expelled student. Read more from ABC 15 Arizona.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

For-profit DeVry University is suing the U.S. Education Department to block it from recouping millions to repay discharged student loans. The department said in August that it would hold DeVry liable for $24 million to cover the cost of the 18,000 borrower-defense claims totaling $71.7 Hide by line?:

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 28, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been loaning tens of millions of dollars to rural colleges and universities in order to keep them afloat and running, The Washington Post reported. Iowa Wesleyan University, one school that the USDA has been aiding, has had an estimated $55.1 They generate opportunity.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 26, 2023

Department of Education (ED) has launched its Antisemitism Awareness Campaign to ensure all students – including Jewish students – are able to attend schools free from discrimination and harassment. This comes as the Biden-Harris Administration issues the first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. Cardona. "No

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Department of Education (ED) announced additional steps to facilitate submitting the 2024–25 FAFSA form. Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps that will make it easier for colleges and universities to process records and allow for more time being spent to help students. On Monday, the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

” The Education Department released the draft and other supplementary materials last week and will accept comments on the form through May 23 before finalizing the document. ” Several of the comments already posted on the form urge the department to add the question back.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 22, 2023

Simmons University, a women’s college in Boston, is considering cutting several liberal arts departments in an attempt to improve the college’s finances, The Boston Globe reported.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

A University of Maryland (UMD) researcher is leading a new national pilot project to make mathematics departments more inclusive for people from diverse backgrounds. Any math or statistics department from a U.S. university or community college can apply for the training program.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Department of Energy’s ( DOE ) Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory are partnering with University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras ( UPRRP ) to expand UPRRP’s environmental sciences program and attract minority students underrepresented into the atmospheric and Earth system sciences and new energy workforce.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Education Department is investigating alleged discrimination involving shared ancestry at five more colleges and universities, according to its updated list of open inquiries.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Education Department is planning to stay busy with another round of negotiated rule making. The regulatory agenda for 2023, released Wednesday , builds on two years of regulatory overhaul that the department has undertaken. The department plans to release the notice of intent to begin negotiated rule making in April.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Department of Education created its own rumblings by releasing new guidance with rules about any contracted services and a series of questions about companies helping institutions with online learning. Earlier this year, the Department signaled it would hold negotiated rulemaking including “Third-Party Servicers”.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 3, 2023

Image: Individuals who own or run private colleges—for-profit and nonprofit—could be on the hook for the cost of unpaid debts owed to the Education Department if their institution fails to operate in a financially responsible way, according to new guidance from the Education Department.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Department of Education recently unveiled its comprehensive FAFSA College Support Strategy, aimed at enhancing access to financial aid for students pursuing higher education. Our hope is that these steps we’re announcing today are going to go a long way toward helping colleges and universities make the most of the Better FAFSA.”

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The PIE News

JUNE 9, 2023

It has been revealed that the Education Department highlighted the issue internally in March 2022, in a leaked memo noting that concurrent study rules were being ‘misused”, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The government has known of this issue for years and department even recommended a fix but no action was taken,” he wrote.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 25, 2023

But this one suggests that gender imbalances in departments exacerbate the issue. Researchers found gender bias after analyzing Clemson University student evaluations of 1,885 tenure-track and non-tenure-track educators from academic year 2018–19. These patterns were not evident in departments nearer to gender parity.”

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Image: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Academic Senate approved guidelines for departmental statements on political subjects earlier this month. Those in the department with dissenting views should be able to express them in the same forum, the guidance also says.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to increase oversight of the outside contractors that colleges and universities use to help run online programs. Colleges and universities are required to report details of their agreements to the department by May 1.

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WCET Frontiers

MAY 2, 2024

On May 1, leading higher education organizations jointly submitted a letter to the Department of Education (the Department) detailing concerns about recently raised proposals regarding state authorization reciprocity agreements. Work with your government relations department to contact your federal and state elected officials.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The agency’s recent rebuke of Troy University signals continued oversight in this area — for which colleges should prepare, experts say.

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