Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 9, 2023

Rulings are expected in several high-profile cases, including those that could determine the fate of race-conscious admissions and the DACA program.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 9, 2023

Ahead of this weeks' big admissions data drop, David Kernohan goes behind the headlines on applying to university from an independent school. The post Independent schools and university entry appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 9, 2023

The president of Muhlenberg College shares strategies the institution used in Pennsylvania to sharply boost voting.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 9, 2023

An external review praises the intent but criticises the implementation of a strategy on gender-based violence. Jim Dickinson wonders whether it understands power. The post Should students and staff trust a university’s review of gender-based violence? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

A growing number of community college systems, in California , Florida , Louisiana , Tennessee , Texas , New York City and elsewhere, have stopped requiring students to take remedial courses before they can enroll in college-level courses—the long-standing model for remedial education. With this policy change, states have lifted a significant barrier to college progress that affects millions of students and disproportionately impacts first-generation and low-income students and students of

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Even though Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) in Raleigh, NC has been placed on probation by the accrediting agency The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), SAU President Dr. Christine McPhail isn’t slowing down. Dr. Christine McPhail, president of Saint Augustine's University, “Nobody wants probation, but I’m a seasoned administrator with multiple decades of experience in the area,” said McPhail.

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University Business

JANUARY 9, 2023

When it comes to accelerating ROI for students on price and outcomes, an abundance of career-oriented majors and thriving technical colleges are essentials for campus leaders. A new analysis ranks the return on investment of all 50 state public university systems by comparing tuition and other financial factors to the increase in lifetime income that graduates earn from their degrees. “While some state college systems succeed in moving large numbers of students into the middle class, other

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Immigrant high school students without citizenship or permanent residency in the U.S. are often told by high school counselors and colleges that they do not have many options for higher education. Known to many as Dreamers, DACA recipients, and undocumented students, it’s easy for them to slip through the cracks without getting the educational support or resources they deserve.

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Higher Education Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

By Jordan Harper, Natsumi Ueda, and Elizabeth Holcombe Join us for a webinar Jan. 31 to discuss our upcoming report on capacity building for Shared Equity Leadership. Register here. Over the past three years, the American Council on Education (ACE) and the University of Southern California (USC) have been working together to study new ways. Read more » The post Capacity Building for Shared Equity Leadership appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Dr. Ritu Raju has been named president of Gateway Technical College. Dr. Ritu Raju Raju was previously vice president of academic affairs at Tarrant County College ‘s northeast campus in Texas. “I’m excited and honored to begin serving as the president of Gateway Technical College,” Raju said. “The college has strong local support and a reputation for its groundbreaking programs, dedication to student success and strong partnerships with industry and community.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Over 100 international students have been provided with emergency accommodation over the last two weeks by a Sikh temple in the city of Timmins, Northern Ontario, The PIE News has learned. Kanwaljit Bains, from the Gurdwara Sikh Sangat Of Timmins said the temple stepped in to support the students who had recently arrived in Canada for the new semester but had nowhere to stay.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed six new board members to the New College of Florida, a step towards turning the school into a more conservative institution, the Herald-Tribune reported. "It is our hope that New College of Florida will become Florida's classical college, more along the lines of a Hillsdale of the south," Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr., said in a statement, referring to conservative Hillsdale College.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Category: Carpe Careers We carry such beliefs into each search and how we present ourselves as candidates, so it’s vital that grad students and postdocs hold the right ones, writes Vanessa Doriott Anderson. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Show on Jobs site: Image Source: phototechno/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Players on the Albion College men’s basketball team are calling for the public suspension of head coach Jody May and an apology from the school after May – who is white – allegedly used a racial slur in practice on Dec. 28, News 8 reported. A player said May kicked a Black player out of practice for saying, “Give me that (expletive), (N-word)” to another Black teammate during drills.

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HEPI

JANUARY 9, 2023

Not for the first time, Leicester lays claim to be a unique place in the UK. According to the 2021 Census data, it has emerged as the first plural city in the UK where no ethnic group has a majority. In the blog below, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, describes the opportunities and challenges this presents.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Image: BOSTON—For a long time, the “joint” in the Joint Mathematics Meetings—the annual math professional meeting held each January, known as the world’s largest mathematics gathering—referred to the two organizations that owned the event: the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Rolundus Rice Rolundus Rice has been named chief operating officer at Tuskegee University in Alabama. He served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss. He holds a master’s from Alabama A&M University and a Ph.D. in history from Auburn University in Alabama.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Image: Adam Gray was instantly intrigued the first time he heard the term “corporate chaplain.” After working as a pastor full-time for 25 years at Central Church of Christ in Amarillo, Tex., Gray couldn’t stop thinking about it. “I wasn’t looking for a job change or really looking to leave my church, but when I heard about this idea about being a corporate chaplain, it struck me, and then, like two weeks later, I’m still thinking about it,” Gray recalle

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

The British PM may believe that compulsory maths is the key to education – but Asawa showed a different path, armed with little more than flour and water ‘Art will make people better, more highly skilled in thinking and improving whatever business or occupation one goes into. It makes a person broader.” So proclaimed Ruth Asawa in 1976. Born 50 years earlier, she was a US artist hailed for her cocoon-like sculptures made from interlocking, silvery wires that hang from the ceiling and evoke womb-

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Bryant University has launched its first ever online, asynchronous master’s degree: in actuarial science. University of Providence , in Montana, is starting a B.S.N. program. Washington State University is starting a veterinary paraprofessional certificate program. Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: New academic programs Is this diversity newsletter?

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Was his presidency a model for how to navigate the partisan divide over higher ed? By Eric Kelderman. Chronicle illustration; AP and Getty images. Was his tenure a model for how to navigate the partisan divide over higher ed?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) medical college was “intimately connected” to slavery in the mid-1800s, according to a report commissioned by VCU and published last month, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The school owned or rented enslaved people who cooked, cleaned, and maintained buildings. The $30,000, 74-page report called the use of enslaved workers sad and troubling.

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Campus Technology

JANUARY 9, 2023

CT asks D2L President Stephen Laster to comment on critical issues for education, on the technologies and practices that can help make a difference, and on the projects he's found most rewarding and productive.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Having a Nobel laureate on campus can be chaos, as the case of Mario Vargas Llosa at Princeton shows. By Rubén Gallo. Having a Nobel laureate on campus can be chaos, as the case of Mario Vargas Llosa at Princeton shows.

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Campus Technology

JANUARY 9, 2023

Students who want to enroll in digital courses are finding that not enough information is provided ahead of time in order for them to be successful, a 2022 WCET (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) partnership survey found.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Business school alumni are seeking further lifelong learning opportunities from their alma maters, new research has suggested. The Alumni Matters study by CarringtonCrisp and EFMD found that of the 2,489 alumni surveyed from 82 countries, 48% would like their former schools to offer more opportunities for further learning. “Alumni already know and trust their former school, and that makes it an obvious place to turn to for reskilling and upskilling when people are changing careers or want

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Good advising is really about giving students the information they need — when they need it. By Allison Calhoun-Brown. Kathleen Fu for The Chronicle. Good advising is really about giving students the information they need — when they need it.

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The Berkeley Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

co-authored by Ilona Sologoub (VoxUkraine), Tetyana Deryugina (U of Illinois), Tanya Babina (Columbia U.), James Hodson (AI for good) The Russian war in Ukraine is far from being over, but perhaps it is a natural time to think about what will happen after the Russian aggression is defeated. Indeed, the allies were discussing the.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

By Grace Mayer. Some students and alumni are concerned about Ron DeSantis’s plans to revamp New College of Florida.

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ACRLog

JANUARY 9, 2023

It’s that time of the year again: a new year and new goals. Several years ago, my friend wrote a mini-comic entitled No Goals , about minor hockey culture. The title refers to scoring goals throughout a hockey season, but also puns on not having a clear direction in life, influenced by overarching life goals. I was thinking about my friend’s comic as I’m writing professional goals for the new year.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Organisers say they are seeking 30% monthly cut and that more than 150 people have signed up Hundreds of students in halls of residence at the University of Manchester are withholding their rent payments this month over the cost of living crisis. The students are seeking to pressure their university into offering a 30% cut on monthly rent payments, including a rebate for fees already paid, which they claim have become unaffordable.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

By Tom Bartlett. Heterodox is attempting to promote its mission of open inquiry at a more grassroots level.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Fifty percent of college students cited their own mental health struggles as their top stressor going into 2023, according to a survey of 1,200 students nationwide conducted by the virtual health services provider TimelyMD. Thirty-nine percent of respondents said they were most concerned about their personal finances, and 37 percent named academics, while mass shootings and inflation were each cited by 35 percent.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Russell Group says more hard-up students in England will drop out if loans fail to keep up with rising costs UK politics live – latest news updates Hard-up students in England, who are struggling to pay their rent and bills as the cost of living soars, will lose out on as much as £1,500 a year if maintenance loans fail to keep up with inflation, university leaders have said.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Albion College head men’s basketball coach Jody May has served a multigame suspension after players charged that he used a racial slur multiple times during a practice last month, The Detroit News reported. Ten players declined to suit up for Saturday’s home game against Trine University, in large part because of inaction by the administration.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 9, 2023

UK-based Dukes Education Group has partnered with the United Lisbon International School in Portugal in a deal that will help the school reach its target of becoming the “best” international school in the country. The school, which opened in September 2020, recognised that it required a partnership with an education group that has the “experience and scale in the education sector” needed to deliver the offering its founders envisioned.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Department of Education is supposed to release an updated version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid in October, but organizations representing financial aid officers and college access groups are seeking to confirm that timeline. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the National College Attainment Network wrote to the White House and the department last month to ask whether the administration could confirm that the 2024–25 FAFSA will be rea

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