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AUGUST 25, 2022

Blog: Beyond Transfer The University of Illinois system is fortunate to be located in a state that historically has placed a great emphasis on transfer student success. With a total of 12 public four-year institutions, 48 community colleges and more than 60 nonprofit four-year institutions, the state of Illinois is a national leader in bachelor’s degree completion rates among community college students who transfer to four-year institutions.

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The one constant in life is change. The variable is the pace of change. And lately, it seems change has accelerated. Image by Andreas Glöckner from Pixabay. The academic year has either just started, or you are preparing for it to start shortly. And while fall normally is a season of change, we are hearing about more drastic changes from our members this season, including enrollment levels, enrollment patterns across modalities, changes in modalities offered, and worries about quality education

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Image: When Steve Tedford, professor of mathematics at Misericordia University, wanted to boost enrollment in the department’s math and statistics courses, he thought of offering elective courses in the high-demand field of data analytics. But hiring a faculty member with expertise to develop and teach new courses was not an option; the Pennsylvania university had suspended tenure in 2020 and had lost faculty positions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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An interview with Dahn Shaulis - from the Higher Education Inquirer

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AUGUST 25, 2022

If colleges are interested in real diversity work, their spousal accommodation policies for dual-career academic couples should be much clearer and more supportive, argues Mireille Rebeiz. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: kmlmtz66/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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AUGUST 25, 2022

It is late August 2025, 3 years after I write this blog.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Florida International University is launching a professional science master’s degree in veterinary forensic science. University of Evansville is starting a B.S. in construction management. University of Pittsburgh is starting a B.S. in computational social science. Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: New academic programs Is this diversity newsletter?

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AUGUST 25, 2022

The Education Department on Wednesday released a final rule on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that provides protection against deportation to immigrants, often known as Dreamers, who were brought to the United States without documentation as children. Bloomberg Law reported that the final rule largely leaves the program as it was created, but on firmer legal ground.

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Enrollment of Underrepresented Students at Highly Selective Schools Increased in the Fall . The number of underrepresented students enrolled at 16 private colleges and universities deemed to be ‘highly selective’ rose modestly last fall, although the number of Black students increased significantly. Private colleges with admission rates below 25% reported that the number of underrepresented minority students rose to 29.4% last fall, from 26.0% one year earlier.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

The University of Delaware is imposing a two-week mask mandate for all classrooms, research laboratories and university transportation. The university said its action was preventative. “COVID-19 continues to spread across the nation, now with the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron variant. We know from campus experience over the past two and a half years that COVID-19 cases tend to surge at the beginning of each semester, largely due to the sharp increase in campus density as students arriv

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Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising. A Conversation With Arne Duncan, Former U.S. Secretary of Education. bridget. Thu, 08/25/2022 - 06:00. Image. Advising. Graduation. Student Success. On May 26, 2022, in connection with a panel discussion about the future of academic advising , we were honored to speak with Arne Duncan, the former U.S. Secretary of Education.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Today on the Academic Minute : Daniel Macfarlane, associate professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University, explains why attempts to clean up one body of water have not gone as planned. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?

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AUGUST 25, 2022

A survey of faculty members at the University of Florida found widespread dissatisfaction, The Tampa Bay Times reported. The survey, with 623 responses, was conducted by the faculty chapter of the United Faculty of Florida, the faculty union. More than 67 percent said they somewhat or strongly disagreed that they could “openly express a dissenting opinion about the administration’s policies without fear of reprisal.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Taking care of our waterways will be key in the future. In today’s Academic Minute, Western Michigan University’s Daniel Macfarlane determines why attempts to clean up one body have not gone as planned. Macfarlane is an associate professor at Western Michigan’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Blog: Just Visiting When I read the op-ed by Claremont McKenna Professor Christopher Nadon in the Wall Street Journal discussing what he believes are sanctions he’s received for using the full utterance of the N-word in a class when illustrating a point about censorship and Huck Finn , I thought two things. First, I thought that if Nadon’s self-account was accurate, he did not merit sanction.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The Horror! The Horror! When I put out the call for job interview horror stories, I thought I might receive three or four. Alas, terrible behavior is an infinitely renewable resource. The outpouring was dramatic. That said, though, the stories fell into three main buckets. The first includes tales of generally boorish, clueless, or disingenuous interviewer behavior.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Image: With the start of the school year comes rush week, the recruitment period for fraternities and sororities. At the University of Alabama, recruitment has exploded into a social media extravaganza known as “Bama Rush Tok,” an event covered by The New York Times and other media outlets fascinated with the style, drama and nitpicky rules governing the rush process.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

The uniquely American experiment since the 1980s of viewing college as mainly benefiting graduates and passing rising expenses along to students and families has been a costly failure, recent Public Agenda– USA Today polling suggests. The decision by the Biden administration Wednesday to address college debt-financing woes by canceling up to $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers making under $125,000, and up to $20,000 for individuals who’d received federal Pell Grants to attend

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Image: Claremont McKenna College stands accused of censoring faculty members who were discussing texts including Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. But the college, which is known for promoting freedom of expression, is pushing back on these allegations, saying that its actions have been misrepresented.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Image: President Biden announced today that he will cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for Americans earning less than $125,000 per year (or $250,000 for couples filing jointly) with additional relief for low-income Pell Grant recipients. He will also extend the current pause on student loan payments for an additional four months, through Dec. 31.

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