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Grad School with Dr. Toyin Alli of The Academic Society

The Academic Designer

Toyin Alli, PhD helps student succeed in grad school at The Academic Society LLC. She's a math lecturer who helps students survive grad school! We talk about her book, YouTube, and more.

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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

Image: South Royalton, Vt., is a quiet, unassuming town with a population of just over 600. Like most colonial-era New England hamlets, it boasts a smattering of historic buildings and landmarks, including a memorial commemorating the birthplace of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school.

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10 ways to ensure you have the best Course Registration System for your students

Creatrix Campus

10 ways to ensure you have the best Course Registration System for your students. admin. Tue, 09/06/2022 - 07:55. The course registration system is no longer a new term in higher education. An essential part for all students who have enrolled in programs offered by the college or university is the completion of registration leading to the semester. New students, transfers, and continuing students leverage the online registration system in different ways.

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Advice for how Ph.D.s can best gain career clarity (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Category: Carpe Careers Ph.D.s can identify appropriate career paths by conducting a self-assessment, networking and identifying their skills gaps and how to fill them, writes Mabel Perez-Oquendo. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: vladwel/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Skeptical Optimism

Dr. Missy Alexander

It is raining today in Connecticut. The children waiting for the school buses this morning were clad in rain jackets and protective parents held their umbrellas over their impossible to still children. Cars plowed through the puddles creating splashes that made those efforts to stay dry futile anyway. No matter, everyone was smiling. We are grateful for this wonderful replenishing rain.

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Advice for Presidents From the Ghost of Diana Vreeland

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! THE COMFE NAST PUBLICATIONS, Inc. MEMO. To: PRESIDENTS. From: THE GHOST OF DIANA VREELAND*. Date: September 2022. Subject: Sartorial advice from the grave of Vogue ’s greatest fashion editor of the 20th century. Copy: ACE FELLOWS (all classes). Not enough new presidents’ academies and leadership programs focus on self-presentation beyond the importance of a well-made suit and comfortable shoes.

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21st Century Leadership in Higher Education – Insights for SuccessChanging Higher Ed Podcast 119 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Harris Pastides

The Change Leader, Inc.

Changing Higher Ed Podcast 119 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Harris Pastides – 21st Century Leadership in Higher Education – Insights for Success Former university president Dr. Harris Pastides is a leader’s leader – and the right type of leader for institutions of higher education in the 21st century. Over the course […] Harris Pastides is a leader’s leader – in this episode he shares his insights for success in creating 21st century leadership in Higher Education.

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BYU Streamlines Online Education Workflows for Admin, Staff, Mentors, and Students

Campus Technology

Brigham Young University's BYU-Pathway Worldwide online education program has partnered with Anthology to roll out two of the company's six cloud-based ed tech platforms, creating a central hub for administrators, staff, mentors, and its 60,000 learners worldwide.

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New Grant for Californians Who Lost Jobs During COVID

Inside Higher Ed

The California Student Aid Commission has launched a new grant program to help Californians who lost their jobs during the pandemic pay for education and training programs. The Golden State Education and Training Grant Program, announced last week, offers one-time grants of $2,500 to state residents who became unemployed due to the pandemic and have yet to secure an equivalent job.

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FBI, CISA Ransomware Alert Warns of Vice Society Targeting Education Orgs

Campus Technology

A joint Cybersecurity Advisory released by the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center warns that Vice Society threat actors are disproportionately targeting the education sector as recently as this month.

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No, Yale is Not the Answer to Economic Mobility

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. When The Girl was looking at colleges, I took her on a walking tour of Princeton. It’s a lovely campus, and it’s only about 45 minutes from where we live. It’s on a train line that makes it easy to get to New York City or Philadelphia without a car, and it’s academically worthy of her.

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Two-year colleges – Start NOW to achieve near and long term enrollment goals!

Liaison International

According to the National Student Clearinghouse, from spring 2020 to spring 2022 enrollment at public two-year universities fell from just under 5 million to 4.17 million, a 16.6% decline in two years. Undoubtedly, a strong job market is likely the biggest factor behind the decline, but a growing sentiment questioning the value of a college degree, tied with affordability concerns, are contributing to the decline.

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Jackson State Students Lack Water

Inside Higher Ed

Jackson State University students, like the rest of the 150,000 residents of Mississippi’s capital, lack clean water to wash, to prepare food and to drink, CNN reported. The problems have gone on for a week due to torrential rains and flooding that overwhelmed the city’s water treatment system. Some students have returned to their homes and are trying to take courses online.

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How To Market a University with Teresa Flannery

The Higher Ed Marketer

While there are common elements across marketing (the 4 P’s), higher education marketing presents some unique challenges with the diversity of audiences, the buying cycle, and the customer journey. Today we welcome Teresa Flannery to talk about her book, How to Market a University. In this episode, Teresa unpacks the language, frameworks, tools, and tactics that CMOs or aspiring CMOs will need to lead the world of marketing in higher education. .

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Active Shooter Alert at Amherst Was Sent by Mistake

Inside Higher Ed

Amherst College sent a false active-shooter warning to its campus community on Aug. 26, distressing students and employees on the same day it welcomed new students. A system malfunction of the campus alert software was to blame, and the campus was not in danger, Amherst College president Michael Elliott said in a message posted on the college’s website on the day of the incident.

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The Multiple Dimensions of Program Evaluation

Gray Associates

When planning your academic program portfolio, labor data is indeed important, but your market data should not only include labor market demand. A successful academic program evaluation is not based on one dimension of data. The fallacy of that has gotten many a school into trouble. The post The Multiple Dimensions of Program Evaluation appeared first on Gray Associates | Program Evaluation.

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Gunshots Kill Norfolk State Student

Inside Higher Ed

Violence in Norfolk, Va., killed at Norfolk State University student and another person and injured five others, said The Virginian-Pilot. Officers were alerted to the shooting around midnight Sunday, and at the scene they found four women and three men with gunshot wounds. On Sunday, Norfolk State University announced that one of its students had been killed.

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

Prelude. September 6, 2022 by Dean Hoke – The percentage of students without a post-secondary degree in the United States has been a widespread concern for decades. Employment at a decent working wage did exist for those who did not have a degree however that world is quickly changing. This topic has been of interest to me for over 50 years because I am one of those who dropped out of college.

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4 Ways to Start the New School Year Right: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Today on the Academic Minute : Suzanne McLeod, coordinator of the educational leadership program and assistant professor in the department of teaching, learning and educational leadership at Binghamton University, suggests some ways to soften the blow of the end of summer. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. And if you missed Monday’s Academic Minute on why decision-making is so difficult and exhausting, please click here.

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Morale Low at Mizzou; Many Blame Chancellor

Inside Higher Ed

Many faculty members at the University of Missouri view Chancellor Mun Choi as responsible for their low morale, according to a report released Sept. 1 by the campus Faculty Council, The Missouri Independent reported. The report was based on a survey, to which 547 faculty responded. Respondents were asked to rank Choi in various areas, and he received an overall ranking of 2.26 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being superior performance.

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Football Playoffs to Expand From 4 to 12 Teams

Inside Higher Ed

The Board of Managers of the College Football Playoff voted Friday to expand the current four-team playoff into a 12-team playoff. The new playoff will be used in the 2026 season definitely and may be used in the 2024 and 2025 seasons. “This is an historic and exciting day for college football,” said Mark Keenum, the president of Mississippi State University and chairman of the Board of Managers.

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China Accuses U.S. of Hacking a University

Inside Higher Ed

China has accused the U.S. government of hacking Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi’an, Bloomberg reported. The university is known for its aeronautics and space research programs. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center, in China, said in a statement that it had analyzed the university’s information systems after an attack from overseas was reported in June.

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Compilation on Measuring the Value of Higher Education

Inside Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed is pleased to release today our latest print-on-demand compilation, “Measuring the Value of Higher Education.” You may download a copy here, free. And you may sign up here for a free webcast on the themes of the booklet on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. Eastern. Ad keywords: administrators assessmentaccountability Is this diversity newsletter?

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4 Ways to Get the New School Year Off to a Good Start

Inside Higher Ed

Are your kids ready to go back to school? In today’s Academic Minute, Binghamton University’s Suzanne McLeod looks at ways to soften the blow of the end of summer. McLeod is coordinator of the educational leadership program and assistant professor in the department of teaching, learning and educational leadership at Binghamton. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.

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Colleges start new programs

Inside Higher Ed

East Los Angeles College is starting an associate of arts in Central American studies. Kansas State University at Salina is starting a bachelor’s degree in aviation management. Penn State University at Harrisburg is starting a Ph.D. in engineering systems. Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: New academic programs Is this diversity newsletter?

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Students largely don't mind remote work for campus employees

Inside Higher Ed

15% of students have waited on the phone for at least an hour to speak with someone in a nonacademic campus office; 10% have physically waited for help in an office for at least an hour. Image: What is the future of higher ed? What is the future of work in the U.S.? What is the future of work within higher ed? College and university officials are grappling with big questions like these, “trying to figure out what our new reality looks like,” says Jay Stephens, vice president for huma

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New film explores the enduring power of hazing culture

Inside Higher Ed

Image: In his new documentary Hazing ( Independent Lens and PBS, premieres Sept. 12 ), filmmaker Byron Hurt explores the abusive—even deadly—rituals of hazing culture and how they reflect the powerful human desire to belong. Hurt spoke with Inside Higher Ed via Zoom. Excerpts of the conversation follow, edited for length and clarity. Q: As a college student at Northeastern University, you were a member of the Black fraternity the Ques.

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Would Free College Boost Humanities Majors?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Just Visiting Last week, without putting much thought into it, I put up a Twitter poll asking: “In your opinion would more students major in the humanities if college was tuition free?” Recent IPEDS data shows that English, history, religion, and languages are all down at least 40% in terms of the number of majors since they peaked in the 2000s.

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Teach students to be builders, not critics (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As a new group of students arrives on our campuses, eager to put their ideals into action, here is my plea to those educators who will shape their lives and careers: teach your students to be builders, not critics. Do not direct their precious energy mainly toward protesting bad things out of existence. Do not suggest to them that the best use of their talents is telling other people what they are doing wrong.

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Groups may sue over Biden's debt plan, but they need a plaintiff

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Conservative groups and Republican state attorneys general are exploring legal options that could throw a wrench in President Biden’s plan to cancel a third of the $1.7 trillion in federal student loan debt. They say the plan is an illegal use of executive authority, but proving that in court could be tricky, as groups scramble to search for a plaintiff with the legal standing to sue.