Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 5, 2023

Several governors banned the app from state-owned devices over privacy concerns and China. Some public institutions are following suit.

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MindMax

JANUARY 5, 2023

In a 2021 survey conducted by Financial Times , more than 25% of Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) expressed intentions to increase their budgets for executive education in 2021. More than half said they would maintain 2020 spending levels. It’s clear that employers are committed to providing development opportunities for middle and senior managers. So what’s on the horizon for executive education?

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 5, 2023

A final Title IX rule, as well as negotiated rulemaking on topics like accreditation and distance education, are on the horizon.

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MindMax

JANUARY 5, 2023

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Gone are the days when there was a clear divide between the academic year and summer. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year, and summer programming is an essential component of their offerings. This changing landscape presents significant opportunities for schools to increase revenue, grow enrollments, and boost persistence and graduation rates.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 5, 2023

Scooters bring risks and benefits, mobility experts say. Dangers are heightened by infrastructure built for cars.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Incoming Ph.D. students have a hard time grasping the true career challenges they face. By David A. Bell. Nate Kitch for The Chronicle. Incoming Ph.D. students have a hard time grasping the true career challenges they face.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

As an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, the Reverend Dr. Joseph Cheah said that he would spend hours at the bookstore, reading about Asian American studies. Dr. Joseph Cheah “The whole notion of Asian American things like that, I've been interested in that for a long time,” Cheah said. “I would just stand there for hours, reading one book after another in Asian American studies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Some universities are scrutinizing or blocking usage of the social media platform TikTok on school devices and networks amid cybersecurity concerns surrounding the video-sharing app and its parent company, ByteDance. Dr. Richard Forno TikTok and Chinese company ByteDance has been gaining attention for connections with Chinese state media and potential influence from the Chinese government.

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Academe Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

BY JENNIFER RUTH “Where woke comes to die.” Let’s call this phrase what it is: fascist propaganda. In “The Collapse of Radical Reconstruction,” the first episode of Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s podcast “History is Us,” Le Moyne College professor Douglas Egerton says, “Reconstruction did not fail.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Dr. Fredrick Muyia Nafukho will become vice provost for the University of Washington Office of Academic Personnel. Dr. Fredrick Nafukho Nafukho will also become tenured faculty in the Department of Management and Organization in the Foster School of Business. He is currently at Texas A&M University, where he is senior associate dean for faculty affairs; professor of educational administration and human resource development; and co-director of the school’s Educational Leadership Research Cent

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

Image: At the start of 2022, leaders and faculty attached to a brand-new American university in Ukraine were bullish about the future. American University Kyiv, the result of a partnership with Arizona State University and Cintana Education —a private subsidiary of ASU that helps manage international campuses—would be the first institution in Ukraine developed in line with U.S. higher education accreditation standards.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Dr. Keona Lewis will become assistant provost for academic diversity and inclusion at the University of Notre Dame, effective Feb. 1. In this role, she will report to the vice president and associate provost for faculty affairs. Dr. Keona Lewis Lewis will also serve as an assistant professor of the practice in Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns.

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PeopleAdmin

JANUARY 5, 2023

2023 is here. What are your priorities? It’s a brand new year and the start of a new semester, which means your team should be thinking about creative ways to tackle the challenges ahead for HigherEd. Here at PeopleAdmin, we’ve been preparing to help your institution take on what’s next. Below are the trends we’re focusing on for 2023. Simplify, streamline, and clarify the application processes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Florida state colleges and universities must report spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and projects and initiatives related to critical race theory (CRT), per orders from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ’s administration, the National Review reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis In a Dec. 28 memo , Chris Spencer, director of the office of policy and budget in the DeSantis administration, asked the Department of Education and the state university system to disclose staff, programs, and campus ac

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

The proposed legislation aims to enforce ‘minimum service levels’ in six key public services Starmer says voters looked at Labour again in 2022. And he felt, “for the first time in a while that we could return their gaze with confidence”. But Labour must not rest on its laurels. It needs to push forward, and show it can be a “bold, reforming government”, he says.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) President Clarence Armbrister will retire in June. Armbrister – the 14th president of the historically Black college and university (HBCU) – broke the news in a message to students Jan. 3. Clarence D. “Clay” Armbrister “It is a bittersweet moment for me and my family because we love this university and the unparalleled opportunities HBCUs like ours provide for thousands of students across the country each year,” Armbrister wrote in his message.

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Campus Technology

JANUARY 5, 2023

In a new report, experience management company Qualtrics found that students, families, and alumni said their experiences at colleges and universities improved in 2022, making them likely to recommend these institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Dr. David Doré will become chancellor of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), effective Apr. 1. Dr. David Doré Doré is currently president of campuses and executive vice chancellor for student experience and workforce development at Pima Community College. A first-generation college student, Doré has led an extensive career in the community college sector, having been in various roles such as instructor, director, department chair, dean, president, and executive vice chancellor.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

Image: When the president of the Kyiv School of Economics began to post photos of his daily life to social media in November, it was a gut reaction. A day earlier, Russian air strikes had hit Ukraine’s power grid, plunging the capital city into darkness. “I didn’t have a plan. I realized we had no heating and no water for a while, and somehow I felt it would be interesting for the world to know how people are trying to get through the war,” said Tymofiy Mylovanov.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Hillary Clinton will become a professor of practice in Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), effective Feb. 1. Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton – a former senator, First Lady, presidential candidate, and U.S. secretary of state for then-president Barack Obama – will also hold a joint appointment at Columbia World Projects.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 5, 2023

The m inister of education, culture and science in the Netherlands has written to the boards of all public research and applied sciences universities, urgently requesting a halt to international student recruitment. The letter, dated December 22 2022 and signed by Robbert Dijkgraaf, comes weeks after a parliamentary motion, spearheaded by MPs Peter Kwint and Harry van der Molen, was passed which called on Dijkgraaf to limit international student recruitment efforts. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka began the new state legislative session Jan. 4 by proposing free community college for all state residents, WPRI reported. Sen. Karen Spilka To note, no legislation has yet been filed. However, a spokesperson for Spilka said she looked forward to collaborating to get something drafted. Spikla said she wanted to see legislators figure out how to dedicate more funds to public higher education, including making a two-year program free.

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Liaison International

JANUARY 5, 2023

It’s hard to overstate the role that universities have played in the development of our world. They inspire and catalog discovery and exploration, steward the knowledge that defines modern civilization, and facilitate the transfer of new ideas and information around the globe. And in a time of crisis, a time of transition like the one drawing – hopefully – to a close, these institutions play an additional role.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Onondaga Community College will receive $2 million to renovate and expand a hospital simulation center to train nurses and technicians amid staffing shortages at Central New York hospitals, Syracuse.com reported. The federal funding – announced by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY – will go towards renovating and equipping simulation rooms with audiovisual gear capable of virtual reality learning.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

How can college leaders in 2023 begin to re-engage their employees in the midst of increasing disengagement and departures? Brandon L. Wolfe offers some suggestions. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: zhuweiyi49/digitalvision vectors/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

William “Rick” Singer, mastermind of college admissions scam Operation Varsity Blues, was sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison. William “Rick” Singer In March 2019, Singer – who cooperated with the investigation – pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and obstruction of justice. The sentence – given on Jan. 4 and is the longest sentence in the case – also includes three years of supervised release and forfeiture of more than $

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

By Marcela Rodrigues. Matt Rourke, AP Bryan Kohberger is accused of killing four U. of Idaho students. Surveillance-video footage was critical in identifying a grad student's whereabouts on the morning of November 13.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Tiffany R. Hinton Tiffany R. Hinton has been appointed assistant vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Elizabeth City State University. She holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, a master’s in criminal justice from Norfolk State University in Virginia, and an Ed.D. from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 5, 2023

A group of Russian universities hosting more than 200 South African students at the centre of a fees and stipends row through most of 2022, have agreed to start dealing directly South African authorities in settling the dues worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The move will see the institutions sidestep education agency Racus which had a contract for handling the students’ affairs.

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Campus Technology

JANUARY 5, 2023

Over the past decade, Lumen Learning has expanded its focus on open educational resources to encompass courseware, professional development, online community building and more. Here's how the company is tackling challenges of equity and student success.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Several years ago, a wise colleague described someone else at the college – a terrific person, high performer, and just generally good egg – as having attained her dream job too young. The wise colleague was concerned that she would burn out over time, since there wasn’t really an obvious route upwards from there, and you can’t do that job forever.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 5, 2023

As technology continues to rapidly innovate, it is even easier to connect with peers all over the world in a far more personal and intuitive way online. But as AMBA & BGA found when returning to in-person conferences with a hugely successful Global Conference for Deans and Directors hosted in Lisbon in May, there is still nothing quite like face-to-face.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute : Lallen Johnson, associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University, examines why certain groups bear more of the brunt from disaster and epidemics. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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University Business

JANUARY 5, 2023

The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared celebrities, prominent businesspeople and other parents who used their wealth and privilege to buy their kids’ way into top-tier schools was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday. The punishment for Rick Singer, 62, is the longest sentence handed down in the sprawling scandal that embarrassed some of the nation’s most prestigious universities and put a spotlight on the secretive admissions system already seen

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

Actions by North Idaho College’s Board of Trustees have already prompted scrutiny from its accreditor, but now Moody’s Investor Services is considering a downgrade to NIC’s bond ratings, citing “governance considerations, including board structure,” The Coeur d’Alene Press reported. “The board members’ very public disputes with one another, college leadership and external parties are negatively impacting NIC’s brand, which in turn could negat

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Gray Associates

JANUARY 5, 2023

Get the latest insights on bachelor's degree program trends in 2021. From the top disciplines to the fastest-growing programs and a breakdown of online completions, you won't want to miss our latest blog. With data from IPEDS and Gray's Program Evaluation System (PES), you'll get a comprehensive overview of the state of bachelor's degree programs.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

Bristol Community College’s computer systems were recently hacked in a ransomware incident, The Sun Chronicle reported. Officials of the Massachusetts college said in a statement posted on the institution’s website Dec. 30 that the computer network was hacked by a “criminal cyberattack” and “this incident involved ransomware encryption,” according to The Sun Chronicle.

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