Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 4, 2023

Federal financial aid will continue to hog the spotlight, but we're also waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on race-conscious admissions.

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The Academic Designer

JANUARY 4, 2023

How can PhDs use LinkedIn to invite opportunity for themselves? Dr. Gertrude Nonterah is a LinkedIn expert. Learn how opening up about her struggle to find a job with a PhD helped people. And, invited job offers and opportunities!

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 4, 2023

But the committee rejected calls to divide Division I sports, arguing its “breadth and diversity” is crucial to college athletics.

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MindMax

JANUARY 4, 2023

How MindMax has helped schools across the country boost web traffic, increase student response rates, grow enrollments, and generate millions of dollars in additional revenue. Students reap tremendous rewards when they enroll in summer programs, but getting them to enroll has proven challenging—even for the most prestigious universities. Every year, highly competitive public and private universities enlist MindMax to help boost summer session enrollments.

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Educause

JANUARY 4, 2023

Online mentoring is an innovative and cost-efficient way to be more responsive and potentially better serve all students and faculty engaged in teaching and learning in any modality—whether online, hybrid, or in-person.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Over a quarter of employers are not actually aware of the UK’s Graduate Route Visa allowing international students to work sponsor free for up to two years, according to a new policy note from the Higher Education Policy Institute. In conjunction with Kaplan , HEPI surveyed 656 members of the Institute of Directors – an organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs – and found 27% of those asked were not familiar with the scheme set up in 2021. .

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Philander Smith College (PSC) will become a graduate degree-granting school after its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in November 2022. Dr. Roderick L. Smothers "On the heels of the 145th anniversary of Philander Smith College, we are elated about this milestone announcement," said Dr.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Dr. Theresa A. Powell, Temple University’s Vice President for Student Affairs, has died unexpectedly on Jan. 2. Her death occurred while visiting family in her native state of Texas. Dr. Theresa A. Powell Renowned nationally in the student affairs profession, Powell was one of the leaders of Temple’s Division of Student Affairs, where she worked to reimagine student affairs and created programs to produce a more vibrant and active Temple campus.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 4, 2023

Through a $6 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Wayne State University will create the Detroit Center for Black Studies and recruit 30 new humanities faculty. The faculty-led, multidisciplinary center will connect Black Studies faculty from institutions across the state of Michigan, the university announced in December. The center’s goal is to bring together scholars who work in African American, African, and African-diaspora studies and the interconnections with U.S. and global

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

By Francie Diep. In a memo, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that the information might be used to prepare “policy and budget proposals” for the next legislative session.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 4, 2023

A new program led by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) aims to bring more Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) into the artificial intelligence (AI) field. The Expanding AI Innovation through Capacity Building and Partnerships, or ExpandAI program , will focus on building capacity for AI research by scaling up existing programs at MSIs and establishing education centers at those that do not currently offer AI curricula.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

With President Biden’s signature on Dec. 29, the new federal spending plan is set to increase the Pell Grant in 2023, allowing low-income students a chance to access up to $7,395 each year. The new total is a record high for the program, first created in 1972. Coupled with the $400 increase in the 2022 fiscal year, this is the largest two-year increase ever in the history of the grant.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 4, 2023

The American Indian College Fund recently received a five-year, $38 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to support American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students and tribal colleges and universities (TCUs). The grant, which totals $38,775,000, is the largest in the College Fund’s history. Known as “Culture at the Heart: An Indigenous Approach to Enrollment and Retention,” the programming funded by the grant seeks to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation rates of Indigenous student

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Molly Corbett Broad Molly Corbett Broad, former University of North Carolina (UNC) System president, has died on Jan. 2, 2023, at age 81. Broad was system president 1997-2005 and was also the first woman to lead the American Council on Education (ACE). “Molly Corbett Broad was a trailblazer and a visionary,” said UNC System President Peter Hans. “She came to North Carolina at a pivotal moment for our public universities, laying the groundwork for growth and progress across our state.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Molly Corbett Broad, who became the first woman to lead the American Council on Education after breaking a similar glass ceiling as president of the University of North Carolina system, died Monday, her family announced. She was 81. Broad’s decades-long career in higher education administration began at Syracuse University and resulted in leadership positions as chief executive officer of Arizona’s university system and executive vice chancellor of the California State University sys

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Bard College has received a $399,000 from the Mellon Foundation to support a three-year research project on voting rights. Bard will work together with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), Tuskegee University, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), and The Andrew Goodman Foundation for this project. The applied learning research curricular project will examine the 26th Amendment, the history of voting and disenfranchisement in the U.S., and the role of colle

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Teaching Today Infusing practicable skills into academic classes can give students a greater sense of self-efficacy in managing challenging thoughts and feelings, writes Rachel Goldsmith Turow. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Mental Health Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: zuperia/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JANUARY 4, 2023

Reading Time: 11 minutes It’s a new year! And what better way to celebrate having a fresh, new start than with a new and improved content calendar for schools? It’s time to update your content strategy and revamp your approach using industry best practices, which can set your school up for success in the months ahead. . Whether your school has already established a content production pipeline or is just starting with the process, there’s value in returning to the fundamentals.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Franklin University is starting an M.S. in professional sales leadership. Manhattan College is introducing a B.A. in criminology major. Muhlenberg College has launched a graduate certificate in diversity, equity and inclusion. Paul Smith’s College is starting a certificate program in clean energy. Rider University has started a bachelor of arts in social media strategies.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Tips for academic program reviewers on making the most of a campus visit. By Jane S. Halonen and Dana S. Dunn. Getty Images. Tips for academic program reviewers on making the most of a campus visit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Brandon Harris Brandon Harris has been appointed associate dean for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Harris earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and religion from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and a master of divinity degree from Emory University in Atlanta.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Accreditors' box-checking and baroque language have taken over the university. By Gayle Greene. Paul Windle for The Chronicle. Accreditors' box-checking and baroque language have taken over the university.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

As universities “ascend” from one Carnegie Foundation classification to another, alarm bells often go off—particularly among those who study higher education. There is that conjectural concern that as universities become more research-oriented, or move “up” in Carnegie classification, seeking R-2 (high research activity) or R-1 (very high research activity) status, they become less focused on students, more exclusive and less responsive to their communities’ n

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

The debate over work boundaries rolls through higher ed. By Joshua Doležal. The debate over work boundaries rolls through higher ed.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cape Breton University in Nova Scotia is putting a limit on the amount of international students it takes into its post-baccalaureate programs as recruitment drives proved “too successful”. The Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Business Management in particular, starting in May 2023, is proving extremely popular with the international cohort, with only two of the students currently enrolled domestic students.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Rick Singer, 62, was handed the longest sentence in the sprawling scandal that shone a spotlight on the secretive system 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 3.5 years in prison Wednesday.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2023

In the next decade, agents believe more and more students will opt for study abroad experiences, but increased costs could create barriers, especially over the short term, a recent survey has found. The latest Navitas Agent Perception Survey of 880 agents across 68 countries identified the seven most important factors influencing student choice, with cost, post-study work access and education quality selected as the top three.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

“ Adaptation Across the Higher Ed Landscape ” is a new special report from Inside Higher Ed. The free report explores how colleges and universities are responding to the financial, enrollment and other pressures swirling around them, with a focus on distinctive strategies that institutions are embracing to ensure their long-term sustainability.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Greystar’s acquisition of UK purpose-built student accommodation provider Student Roost was approved in December. Originally announced in May 2022 , and expected to complete in the third quarter of 2022, the deal between GIC, Greystar and Student Roost underwent a Competition and Markets Authority merger inquiry. The acquisition was cleared last month and a monitoring trustee appointed on December 22.

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Campus Technology

JANUARY 4, 2023

The University of California, Davis, which offers massive open online courses on several other online learning platforms, has now also partnered with edX to launch a suite of free MOOCs, along with a professional certificate program in search engine optimization.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Jackson State University students were asked to delay moving into the dorms Monday because of low water pressure due to broken pipes near campus, Mississippi Today reported. Water lines broke throughout the capital city as freezing temperatures taxed its dilapidated water system over the Christmas holiday. “As an update, the City of Jackson continues to make repairs to broken water pipes near campus,” read an email to students.

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WCET Frontiers

JANUARY 4, 2023

Three postsecondary institutions each earned a 2022 SANsational Award for the creation of innovative processes and structures to manage state and federal regulatory compliance for out-of-state activities of the postsecondary institution. Since 2015, the State Authorization Network (SAN), a division of WCET, has awarded SANsational Awards annually to SAN members who self-nominated their work in the development of practices, processes, and polices to manage state authorization compliance.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

A committee charged with envisioning a “transformation” of big-time college sports appears to have opted for an evolutionary rather than revolutionary approach, recommending more benefits for athletes and more control for conferences and institutions over some of the more dramatic proposals it was purportedly considering. The final report of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Transformation Committee, published Tuesday, proposes a raft of new benefits for

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Devyn knew he needed to make a change. For years, he had successfully worked as a visual merchandiser who curated in-store displays and customer experiences. But when the pandemic struck, shoppers no longer flocked to stores and Devyn’s working hours were reduced—along with his income. As a result, he began to seek out a more sustainable career. When Devyn thought about the type of work he enjoyed most, he realized that design had always been at the core of his interests.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Just because someone shares something online doesn’t mean they’re educated on it. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin’s Susan M. Broniarczyk explores this conundrum in the social sharing economy. Broniarczyk is associate dean for research, Susie and John L. Adams Endowed Chair in Business, and a professor in the marketing department at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

After double-majoring in education and spending four years as a teacher, Megan realized the profession wasn’t for her. However, she wasn’t sure what her next step should be. She hoped her existing experience could translate to another career, but she wasn’t certain. That’s when her cousin told her about the Google Project Management Professional Certificate.

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University Business

JANUARY 4, 2023

The federal government is investigating the more than 400 Native American boarding schools that once operated in the U.S. And as that investigation continues, some Indigenous people are pushing to reclaim a system that once persecuted them. Boarding schools used education as a weapon to assimilate Native people in a strategy historians have called cultural genocide.

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