Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 24, 2023
Administrators can take a number of steps to counter antisemitic incidents. However, one expert cautions against actions that can affect free speech rights.
University Business
MARCH 24, 2023
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s recent legislation is not only fiercely unpopular among current and prospective college students, but it also may drive them out of the state’s public higher education system, according to a new report by Intelligent. Among 1,147 students who either currently attend an undergraduate public college in Florida or intend to upon graduating, only 147 agreed with DeSantis’ policies.
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Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 24, 2023
A systemwide database developed by Ithaka S+R and CUNY provides a model for clear, easy communication with a vital demographic.
HEPI
MARCH 24, 2023
This HEPI guest blog has been written by Obinna Okereke , Project Manager – Student Experience at Coventry University. In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world, there is increasing pressure on the UK higher education sector to produce highly-skilled global ready graduates. However, the conversation on skills shortages, international students’ employability, and graduate outcomes overlooks an underutilised resource a lot of UK universities have access to, LinkedIn Learni
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 24, 2023
The legislation now heads to the governor, who is expected to sign it into law.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2023
The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) will host a Mid-Program Convening for its MSI Aspiring Leaders program in Philadelphia, Pa., for cohort building and skill development. Dr. Marybeth Gasman The event will take place Mar. 24-25. Sessions will cover topics such as balancing athletic and academic priorities, strengthening CVs, presidential fundraising skills, and negotiating presidential salary packages.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Image: The University of South Dakota’s TRIO Student Support Services is like all other federally funded TRIO SSS programs in that it serves low-income, first-generation or disabled students. Similarly, it offers tutoring and assistance with choosing courses, applying for financial aid, building financial literacy and applying to graduate programs.
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Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Image: Attracting students to various institutional resources remains a challenge for all higher education professionals. Muhlenberg College’s career center dug through the data to understand which of its students were not visiting the office or attending its programs and adjusted accordingly. “Data is driving 100 percent of the decisions we’re making, and it’s really opening up our eyes to gaps that we didn’t know … existed,” says Sean Schofield, execu
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2023
Jackie K. Brockington Jr. Jackie K. Brockington Jr. has been appointed registrar at Delaware State University. Brockington served as the associate dean of enrollment services for York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance and an MBA, both from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Image: Parchment, a leading digital transcript sharing company, expanded into new territory this week by acquiring Quottly, a company that sells software for course and program sharing, managing dual enrollment, and automating and streamlining transfer agreements. Leaders of the companies say combining their operations—transcript exchanging and credit transfer—can help institutions better handle the many moving parts of the transfer process and make students’ transition from on
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2023
Earlham College senior Marisol Cora-Cruz has been selected as one of 42 U.S. undergraduates for the Watson Fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year, making her the 44th person from Earlham to be chosen. Marisol Cora Cruz The fellowship – from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation – gives those selected a $40,000 stipend for independent international travel and research.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2023
Are you tired of reading nearly annual predictions of a looming wave of colleges shutting down? Not nearly as tired as one Chronicle reporter. By Lee Gardner Illustration by Ron Coddington, The Chronicle; Photos by iStock Are you tired of reading nearly annual predictions of a looming wave of colleges shutting down? Not nearly as tired as one Chronicle reporter.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2023
Johanna Bond will become dean of Rutgers Law School, effective Jul. 3, pending board approval. Johanna Bond Bond is currently the tenured Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law and an affiliate faculty member in the university’s Africana Studies and the women’s, gender, and sexuality studies programs.
University Business
MARCH 24, 2023
Register Now Date & Time: Thursday, April 27 at 2 pm ET Speakers: MK Palmore, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud; Retired FBI Cybersecurity Executive Helvetiella Longoria, CISO, Florida International University Jon Ford, Senior Practice Leader, Mandiant/Google Cloud; Former FBI Cybersecurity Special Agent New cybersecurity threats to colleges and universities are emerging every day.
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 24, 2023
A new report from the ADL shows antisemitic incidents in the U.S. increased by 36 percent last year, marking the highest level since the organization began keeping track more than two decades ago. The ADL, formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League, counted 3,697 antisemitic incidents in 2022. This figure includes 2,298 incidents of harassment, 1,288 of vandalism, and 111 of assault.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2023
In the early days of collegiate esports, way back in the mid-2010s, smaller universities plunged into the world of competitive gaming. They created programs that could challenge other institutions for national prestige in an arena that was far less crowded than traditional intercollegiate athletics. Larger universities soon caught on, and before long, competitive esports teams were popping up across the country.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Column: Letters to the Editor To the editor: I am surprised to see Andrew Newman, chair of the English department at the University at Stony Brook, in his March 9 essay "The English Major, After the End, " repeating Nathan Heller’s unresearched and misrepresented “The End of the English Major,” The New Yorker (Mar. 6. 2023).
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 24, 2023
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Chronicle photo Katherine Bergeron Katherine Bergeron had drawn fire over a planned fund-raising event that prompted a diversity dean to resign and write a scathing public letter condemning her leadership.
The PIE News
MARCH 24, 2023
Schools in China are restarting face-to-face university recruitment fairs after the pandemic forced them to cancel or pivot to virtual events. Sonja Phongsavanh, head of career and university guidance at Yew Chung International School of Shanghai, said the school is running its spring university fair in person for the first time in several years this month, with students and parents invited to meet international university representatives.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Category: Conditionally Accepted While some people may dismiss the phenomenon as no big deal, it is so strong that it’s as if a person does not physically exist, writes Keith Nabb. Ad keywords: diversity Section: Diversity Editorial Tags: Asian Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
The PIE News
MARCH 24, 2023
The Turkish German University in Istanbul has handed out 48 scholarships worth some €15,000 to students that were impacted by the recent earthquake in Turkey. The institution, which officially opened in 2014 and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research via the DAAD, has confirmed the scholarships for current students. Many of the students’ families are from the region in the South East of the country that was devastated by the earthquake which killed some 50,000 p
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
A deeply divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday resuscitated a class action that seeks to require New York University to reimburse students for tuition and fees they paid when it pivoted to remote instruction in spring 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A lower federal court had ruled that the parent of an NYU student who brought the lawsuit lacked standing to sue, and it rejected an effort to amend the original complaint to add a current student as a p
FIRE
MARCH 24, 2023
University of Utah’s Department of Communication is barring faculty from communicating disfavored words and ideas under its Anti-Racist Code of Conduct that requires the “eradication” of certain speech from teaching and curricula.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Students at West Texas A&M University held a protest Wednesday of President Walter Wendler, who wrote in an opinion piece that “drag shows are derisive, divisive and demoralizing misogyny, no matter the stated intent.” He also wrote that “drag shows stereotype women in cartoonlike extremes for the amusement of others.” And he canceled a drag show at West Texas A&M.
University Business
MARCH 24, 2023
If you’re still remotely skeptical about whether the explosive developments in AI will impact higher education, a recent academic study done by researchers from Princeton, New York University and the University of Pennsylvania may finally cause you to embrace the new horizons. How will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries?
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Last summer, the White House mandated that any research based on federally funded studies must be made freely available to the public without an embargo. The new requirement, which updates an existing policy that allowed a 12-month embargo for making research freely available, will take effect by the end of 2025. At the time, many open-access advocates celebrated the decision, but some scholars wondered who would fund the policy, given the high cost to researchers who publish open access.
Today's Learner
MARCH 24, 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes Audrey Wick is an English professor and Cengage faculty partner ChatGPT in higher education is here, and instructors are in a position to steer its use. Of course, that has always been the case. Whether it’s math instructors incorporating the use of graphing calculators or writing instructors leaning into word processor spelling checkers, technology demands that instructors in the classroom respond to it.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Houston Christian University filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the American Association of Christian Counselors and its president, Tim Clinton, alleging fraud, breach of contract and a cover-up of Clinton’s alleged plagiarism, according to the independent news site The Roys Report. HCU, a private Baptist university, hired Clinton and AACC—a large Christian counseling service—for $5 million in 2016 to help drive enrollment and develop courses for its counseling program.
Thinking Cap Agency
MARCH 24, 2023
Video Marketing Forges Human Connection – and Converts Prospective Students Video is an incredibly powerful medium that makes it easier than ever to evoke emotion and forge human connections at scale. With an estimated 82% of site traffic being driven by videos by 2021 and 80% of prospective students listing video marketing as an influence on their application, higher education institutions can’t risk falling behind the curve.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I read last week about the Association of Community College Trustees and Head Start teaming up to place more Head Start locations on community college campuses. It’s a fantastic idea. Yes, yes, yes. Students who have children have a much harder time focusing on their studies. That’s particularly true if their childcare arrangements are unsatisfactory and/or precarious.
College Marketing Group
MARCH 24, 2023
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Developing innovative ambassador program ideas can elevate your advertising campaigns. Ambassadors represent your brand to the public, often at in-person events or through social media. One of the biggest advantages is an almost-immediate sales boost. Yet ambassadors also build brand awareness and trust. Millennial and Gen Z consumers are more likely to make purchases based on a personal recommendation, sometimes due to an influencer marketing campaign.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Millikin University in Illinois is poised to lay off 15 employees and reduce a number of unspecified vacant positions, citing “the effects of the [coronavirus] pandemic, coupled with increased expenses, and changing demographics,” according to WAND-TV. “The majority of the reductions will be made through a combination of open vacancies and retirements, and one-year contracts that will not be renewed.
College Marketing Group
MARCH 24, 2023
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Developing innovative ambassador program ideas can elevate your advertising campaigns. Ambassadors represent your brand to the public, often at in-person events or through social media. One of the biggest advantages is an almost-immediate sales boost. Yet ambassadors also build brand awareness and trust. Millennial and Gen Z consumers are more likely to make purchases based on a personal recommendation, sometimes due to an influencer marketing campaign.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
The Education Department is gearing up for the next round of negotiated rule making, which will touch on a variety of issues , from distance education to accreditation to cash management. The department plans to form at least one rule-making committee, which will begin meeting in fall 2023. Before that, the agency will hear feedback on its agenda in virtual public hearings on April 11 to 13.
EAB
MARCH 24, 2023
Blogs Why advancement employees leave (and how leaders can fix it) By Brad Shafer Recent turnover in higher ed is historic and expansive. From advancement to enrollment to student success , thousands of leaders in the industry are looking for ways to fill roles or restructure just to maintain operations. But beyond structure, how are we making our office culture better for those involved?
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 24, 2023
Connecticut College president Katherine Bergeron is stepping down in the wake of student protests and widespread calls for her resignation over missteps on diversity, equity and inclusion. Bergeron made the announcement Friday morning, writing in a statement that she would formally step down “by the end of the current semester.” Students, faculty and staff have called for Bergeron’s ouster for weeks; students occupied the administrative building last month after Rodmon King, th
University Business
MARCH 24, 2023
President of the Board of Trustees Kenneth Brown died Thursday, March 23, according to an official email from the President of El Camino College Brenda Thames. Brown has been a part of the Board of Trustees since 2010 when he was appointed to fill the vacant spot left by the late Nathaniel Jackson. Brown has been heavily involved in the affairs of El Camino including equity goals for Black students, college diversity and a deep commitment to students amongst other achievements.
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