Thu.Jun 23, 2022

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Vacation Fun: The

Higher Ed Data Stories

I'm on vacation this week, and didn't plan to do anything on the blogs unless something really pressing came up. Something really pressing came up. It borders on scandalous. By now, you've probably heard that a certain university successfully trademarked the word "The." How this happens, I have no idea; I'm not a lawyer (and that sound you hear is all the lawyers saying, "no kidding.

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Digital Transformation at UMBC – How the pandemic created an opportunity to reimagine student services

Cisco blogs - Education

This post was authored by Damian Doyle, Deputy CIO and Senior Associate VP for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). . The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is an R1 university located just outside of Baltimore, MD that serves a diverse student body of 14,000 undergraduate and graduate and PhD students. We are a STEM-focused institution with our largest programs in Biology, Psychology, Computer Science and Information Systems.

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This Pride Month, let’s celebrate and continue the fight for equality

UW Presidential Blog

Resources. UW’s Q Center – For Washington students, staff and faculty celebrating all sexual and gender orientations, identities, and expressions. International Pride – Support for queer and questioning international UW students. Title IX Office – LGBTQ resources. UW Medicine – LGBTQ Health Pathway – Medical school education on culturally responsive care for the LGBTQ population.

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The Future of Academic Advising

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

The Future of Academic Advising. bridget. Thu, 06/23/2022 - 06:00. Image. Advising. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its 5/26/22 panel discussion on the future of academic advising. The UIA was founded by a pioneering group of university presidents and chancellors committed to breaking down the silos inhibiting collaboration, and to leading on testing, sharing, and scaling ideas across the sector to help more students succ

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Happy Fiftieth Anniversary: Pell Grant and Title IX

Susquehanna President's Blog

Happy Fiftieth Anniversary: Pell Grant and Title IX Fifty years ago today Title IX and the Pell Grant came into being. These programs are two of the most important and effective efforts to expand access and equity in higher education. Title IX laid the groundwork for gender equity in education. We need to continue our progress on these important efforts, but these 37 changed American education for the better, forever.

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