Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

The state regent board said it will review all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the institutions over the next few months.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. What began in 1996 as an audacious attempt to archive and preserve the World Wide Web has grown into a vast library of books, musical recordings and television shows, all digitized and available online, with a mission to provide “universal access to all knowledge.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

The Missouri College of Cosmetology North had been in business for roughly 40 years.

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The PIE News

MARCH 17, 2023

The UK government is looking to develop its expertise on China and Mandarin language skills as Downing Street refreshed its international defence and foreign policy. Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s government said that after the Integrated Review in 2021 , authorities have taken a number of steps to increase knowledge of and expertise on China, which it is now seeking to further.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

They allege the Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly known as the Lambda School, misrepresented its job placement rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

As the world awaits the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of affirmative action, the Mellon Foundation, a nonprofit that makes grants related to higher learning, among other areas, recently convened a panel to discuss how America got to this moment and what might come after. The participants were not optimistic. “To be very clear, the court is overruling affirmative action,” said Melissa Murray, the Frederick I. and Grace Stokes professor at New York University Law School.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

Building on public and private sector momentum, SkillUp said it also aims to increase motivation and confidence among workers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Dr. Soraya M. Coley, president of Cal Poly Pomona, will receive the American Council on Education's (ACE) Donna Shavlik Award for her efforts in support of the success of women. Coley will be given the award Apr. 13 at the Women’s Leadership Dinner during ACE’s annual meeting in Washington, DC. Dr. Soraya M. Coley “Throughout her decades-long career, President Coley has demonstrated a sustained and continuing commitment to the advancement of women through actions or initiatives enhancing women'

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: At Wake Forest University’s Center for Learning, Access and Student Success (CLASS), academic coaches help students get organized by translating syllabus deadlines into a comprehensive spreadsheet. The problem: CLASS staff realized that many students have difficulty managing deadlines for multiple classes, shares Jean Anne Semke, one of the coaches.

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The PIE News

MARCH 17, 2023

Canada will allow international graduates with recently expired or close-to-expiring work permits to stay in the country for an additional 18 months, the government announced today. Starting April 6, current post-graduate work permit holders will be able to opt into extending their visas. Additionally, foreign nationals whose PGWP expired in 2023 and those who already extended or were eligible to extend their visas under a similar policy announced in 2022 will be able to apply for an extension.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

How, Deborah J. Cohan asks, can academe make it more productive, meaningful and streamlined for everyone—including the candidate, the reviewers and the institution? Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Topic: Seeking Tenure Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: rzarek/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

At many universities, organized labor is treated with contempt. By Maximillian Alvarez Tim Cook for The Chronicle Too often, unions are stonewalled, disrespected, and dismissed.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: The number of students who earned undergraduate degrees fell by 1.6 percent last year, reversing nearly a decade of steady growth, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. An “unprecedented” one-year loss in first-time degree earners drove the decline, the report said. Associate degree earners experienced the steepest drop, at 7.6 percent, though that rate had been falling for several years, according to previous NSCRC data.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Kelsi Schagunn Kelsi Schagunn has been appointed assistant director for study abroad in the Center for International Education at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Schagunn holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Montana and a master’s in international affairs from American University in Washington, D.C.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: Oregon State University, Cascades, is placing career-readiness competencies in the classroom and at the forefront of campus activities with its new initiative, Cascades Edge. “All the people that I’ve worked with at career services, they’re always trying to figure out, ‘How can we get more students to come see us? … How do we engage more students?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Lacretia Johnson Flash Lacretia Johnson Flash has been named senior vice president for DEI, community, campus culture, and climate at Berklee College of Music. Flash holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maryland, a Master of Education from the University of Maryland, and doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Vermont.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Students are quick to condemn those who disagree with them. We must equip them to argue better. By Daniel Diermeier Alex Williamson for The Chronicle Students are quick to condemn those who disagree with them. We must equip them to argue better.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Image: The City College of San Francisco Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting Tuesday to approve funds for much-needed fixes to the heating systems on several campuses. The meeting came after months—and some say years—of complaints from students, faculty and staff members about overly chilly classrooms caused by aging or broken heating systems.

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The PIE News

MARCH 17, 2023

The UK remains the most attractive destination to Chinese students, according to new research by market intelligence firm BONARD. In a survey of 350 Chinese students, 45% said they would consider studying in the UK now – Canada was in second place, with 39%, and Australia and the US were in joint fourth with 36%. Compared to its survey in November 2022, demand for Australia has “gradually flattened” over time – and other English-speaking destinations have suffered as the world has op

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

By Katherine Mangan Michael Snyder, The Northwest Florida Daily News, USA Today Network Greg Heiar, the men’s basketball coach at New Mexico State U., yells to his team at a game. An investigation into a fatal incident last year at the University of New Mexico has resulted in a call for changes.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Cinnamon Piñon Carlarne , associate dean for faculty and intellectual life at Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law, has been named president and dean of Albany Law School, in New York. Danielle Ren Holley , dean and professor of law at the Howard University School of Law, in Washington, D.C., has been appointed president of Mount Holyoke College, in Massachusetts.

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The PIE News

MARCH 17, 2023

The UK Boarding Schools’ Association has launched a due diligence service aimed at better supervising the recruitment process of international students. In partnership with consulting and transparency firm Verisio, BSA will expand it services related to compliance requirements that it already provides to member and affiliated schools. The agreement, with the consulting firm that specialises in reviewing supply-chain and business processes trying to detect any possible breach of rules, w

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

A group of CEOs, community college leaders and state and federal officials is forming a network to develop new strategies to boost Black student enrollment and college completion rates, according to a press release from the group Thursday. The release noted that U.S. colleges and universities have lost more than 600,000 Black students over the last decade, and over half of those losses were at community colleges.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 17, 2023

Blackbaud, a South Carolina-based provider of administrative, donor management, and CRM software to thousands of K–12 private schools, higher education institutions, and nonprofits, has been ordered by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to pay a fine of $3 million to “settle charges for making misleading disclosures about a 2020 ransomware attack that impacted more than 13,000 customers,” the federal agency said in a news release.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Pennsylvania State University is bracing for layoffs, Spotlight PA reported. A top administrator asked leaders of virtually all university departments to, by the end of June, identify the employees they would lay off, according to documents obtained and shared by Spotlight PA. Penn State president Neeli Bendapudi is trying to balance the system’s budget by 2025; last fiscal year it operated with a structural budget deficit of more than $125 million.

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2023

Following Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s preliminary injunction on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed “Stop WOKE Act” bill in November, a federal appeals court on Thursday denied his administration’s request for a stay that would allow the bill’s enforcement while under review. “The Stop Woke Act requires discriminatory censorship of ideas in Florida’s classrooms and workplaces,” ACLU senior staff attorney Leah Watson said, according to NBC

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

College students are experiencing all-time high rates of depression, anxiety and suicidality, according to the latest Healthy Minds survey. In the annual survey, which received responses from 96,000 U.S. students across 133 campuses during the 2021–22 academic year, 44 percent reported symptoms of depression, 37 percent said they experienced anxiety and 15 percent said they have seriously considered suicide—the highest rates in the survey’s 15-year history.

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2023

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCR) demonstrates that undergraduate completion rates have fallen to numbers not seen in four years. It’s also the first time in ten years the number of students earning bachelor’s degrees has declined on a year-to-year basis. First-time undergraduate earners made up 86% of the 58,800 drop in total credential earners, which “marks the largest decline in first-time graduates since 2012-13,” according to

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

The president of Northern Seminary, an Illinois institution with Baptist roots, resigned after he was accused of bullying and retaliating against employees, particularly women, which resulted in some employee departures, Baptist News Global reported. The seminary put him on leave last month and launched an internal investigation into his behavior. William Shiell, the former president, reportedly defended himself in his resignation letter.

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PeopleAdmin

MARCH 17, 2023

Leveraging data for teaching assignments Across HigherEd, faculty are burned out, struggling with complex workloads , losing trust in administrative processes, and feeling disengaged from their roles. But it’s more important than ever to focus on faculty retention because of its impact on student retention and engagement, and the current challenges of hiring.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

Lansing Community College closed for the rest of this week due to an “ongoing cybersecurity incident,” The Lansing State Journal reported. The college is suspending nearly all classes and activities and asking students and most employees not to work or log in to the college’s systems or come to campus. The college said it has no evidence that employee or student information has been compromised but acknowledged that “we do not know everything yet, and communication is goi

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2023

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita’s aviation success and the need for more trained aviation workers got some attention on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing about strengthening the aviation workforce. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas is on the committee. In her testimony, Utash told the senators that the industry needs the government’s help.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

A full recording has emerged of students at Stanford University law school disrupting a talk by Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The audio recording was reproduced by David Lat for the legal blog Original Jurisdiction. On the recording, the students interrupt and clap (for fellow students) throughout the talk. Duncan was a target because he has a history of anti-LGBT activism.

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2023

To give themselves more breathing room, colleges have tried instead to spread out the process with multiple submission deadlines over several months. While some colleges like the University of Virginia published their deferral numbers right after decisions went out (it pushed 21 percent, or 7,707 early applicants, to regular), most don’t, leaving applicants in the dark about what a deferral really means.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 17, 2023

Many of today’s workplace-based issues arise from a failure to view postsecondary education from a holistic standpoint, says Amrit Ahluwalia, senior director of content and strategic insights at Modern Campus. “These gaps exist because different education providers tend to focus strongly on specific learning outcomes, instead of thinking holistically about a learner’s journey,” Ahluwalia said.

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2023

The gift is second only to the $50-million contribution made in 1969 by 1931 alumnus E. Claiborne Robins, which fundamentally altered the course of the university by elevating it in a number of ways. The Weinsteins’ gift will enable the university to create a collaborative, state-of-the-art center that co-locates, integrates, and expands services that support academic achievement for students, including effective speaking, writing, and peer tutoring.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning loan servicers to stop collecting private student loans that were discharged by bankruptcy courts, the agency announced Thursday. The agency found that some servicers were continuing to collect payments on loans after bankruptcy proceedings had concluded, in violation of federal laws, and many borrowers ended up paying thousands of dollars they did not owe.

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