Deans for Impact

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

“Mr. Steven! Am I going to see you tomorrow?”. “Not tomorrow, but Wednesday!”. “And, what about Thursday?”. “Yup, I’ll see you Thursday, too.”. As the young girl rounds the corner to her next activity with a gleeful “yayyyy,” Steven turns back to me, chuckling, “sorry about that, where were we?”. Truth is, I lost where we were. All that mattered in that moment was the pure joy that little girl had in knowing that in just two days time, she would once again get to work with Mr.

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MindMax

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In today’s digital world, people expect highly personalized experiences from brands across all industries. Colleges and universities must be prepared to keep up with this trend to maintain their spot in an increasingly competitive market. There are many ways to personalize content in higher education marketing, but one of our go-to strategies here at MindMax is leveraging dynamic content.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image: The University of Idaho is telling faculty members and other employees to discuss abortion or contraception only when relevant and in “neutral” terms, or they risk dismissal or even jail time. In addition to these rules governing speech, the university says it cannot administer emergency contraception except in cases of rape, and that standard birth control may not be administered at all.

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AACC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

September 23, 2022 | Issue # 220 This week, 73 community college representatives were in Washington, DC, for AACC’s Advocates in Action meeting. These meeting participants heard from lobbyists, Capitol Hill staff, AACC staff, and more. They also gained insight into how Washington formulates higher education policy. Advocacy at the local, state, and federal level […].

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Many aspects of our lives have been upended these past several years, and we face uncertain futures, writes Shareen Joshi. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Sorbetto/digitalvision vectors/getty Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Richard “Dick” Chait, two leading experts on governance and management in higher education, discuss how the governing structures of colleges and universities have changed over the years. Chait and McNaughton also break down the different challenges facing public and private institutions, the fundamental attributes of effective boards and individual trustees, and how the roles and responsibilities of boards and trustees c

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Macomb Community College is starting an associate of science in dental hygiene. Prairie View A&M University is starting a B.A. in African American studies. St. Lawrence University is starting a major in prehealth chemistry. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is starting a professional master of computer science program, in Chicago. Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: New academic programs Is this diversity newsletter?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A new analysis of federal Survey of Earned Doctorates data by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences finds a substantial racial divide in who is accumulating debt in doctoral studies: from 2015 to 2020, approximately 55 percent of Native American and Black students with a Ph.D. in the arts or humanities graduated with more than $30,000 in graduate education debt, a much higher rate than for other racial groups.

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Campus Technology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

IBM is working with 20 historically Black colleges and universities across the country to help establish Cybersecurity Leadership Centers that will provide students and faculty with training and certification resources at no cost.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The University of California is going to create a new path for admission to the system, the Los Angeles Times reported. The path is for students who met the 3.0 grade point average in high school but didn’t complete the required 15 college preparatory courses. The university said the program will be open to about 3,700 students, half of whom are low-income, underrepresented students of color or the first in their families to attend college.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The Role of Chatbots for Universities and Colleges. Many of today’s students have grown up with technology literally at their fingertips. As a result, they’re adept at communicating through a personal device any time of day. A prospective student could be browsing your website in the middle of the night and suddenly have questions that, if answered while you have their attention, could determine whether they apply to your institution.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission should investigate companies that sell lists of prospective students to colleges and universities, a new report from the Institute for College Access & Success argues. The report, released Tuesday, is the third installment of a series focused on the student list industry. The first two reports explained how the industry works and analyzed the student lists purchased by dozens of universities from 2016 to 2020 that were obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Recently, the sentiment has continued to ring true about the nursing shortage or the need of more nurses—we need more Registered Nurses (RNs) to take care of patients at all levels of care. I have been a RN for the past 42 years, and we still have a long way to go in increasing the number of graduating nursing students to become RNs. But first, we must start with increasing the retention and graduation rates of nursing students.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A town hall Johns Hopkins University hosted to receive feedback on its memorandum of understanding with the Baltimore Police Department—a precursor to the formation of its own armed, private police force—was abruptly shut down Thursday night after a crowd of protesters made it impossible to hear the event’s panelists, who included Hopkins and police officials, as well as a community mediator.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Exclusive: Birkbeck, University of London, is first institution to blacklist firms ‘most responsible for destroying the planet’ Fossil fuel companies have been banned from recruiting students through a university careers service for the first time. The new policy from Birkbeck, University of London, states its careers service “will not hold relationships of any kind with oil, gas or mining companies”.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Join us at the next national Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conference plenary session for a fascinating look into future thinking and the art of crafting effective scholarship agreements. Expert soothsayers in the field of divination reveal new insights into awarding funds for student success and donor satisfaction.

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The Higher Ed Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Many marketers struggle to keep track of photo and video assets on campus, but with the proper techniques, you can implement a campus photography program that can enhance the experience of your university. Cindi Farmer is the Director of Strategic Marketing and Communication at Arizona State University. Cindi manages teams of designers, photographers, videographers, and writers to create content and tell stories.

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AACC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

More than one-third (36%) of Latino postsecondary education students in fall 2020 were enrolled at a public two-year college, compared to 47% enrolled at a public four-year institution, according to an Excelencia in Education analysis of federal data. Of degrees earned by Latinos in 2019-20, 28% earned an associate degree and 26% earned a certificate, […].

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Gray Associates

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

At Gray, we follow stories that are important to our higher education community, and when UCLA and USC announced their plan to move to Big Ten Conference, they changed the landscape of college sports in the US. We focused on looking at the impact beyond football; using our new Athletics Evaluation Software, we made a list of strategic decisions that would allow USC & UCLA to assimilate with the Big Ten without compromising sports unique to their current footprint.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Today on the Academic Minute : Magnus Course, senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, explores how the meaning of Purgatory in the Catholic faith seems to be shifting over time. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The meaning of Purgatory in the Catholic faith seems to be shifting over time. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Edinburgh’s Magnus Course explores the old and the new. Course is a senior lecturer in social anthropology at Edinburgh, in Scotland. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 09-27-22 Edinburgh - The End of Purgatory.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Between Florida asserting that what college faculty say in class is “ government speech ” and Idaho telling college faculty that they “ must remain neutral ” on certain issues, an old challenge has re-emerged for college leaders. Every search committee for a college president should ask candidates this question, and then probe for understanding: Are you willing to defend academic freedom or not?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The City University of New York system partnered with Hillel International, an organization that provides Jewish student programming on campuses, on an initiative to address antisemitism and engage Jewish students, according to a press release from system leaders Friday. CUNY and seven of its campuses are participating in Hillel’s Campus Climate Initiative, a program in which higher ed administrators and Hillel professionals collaborate to improve campus climate for Jewish students.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The Vermont State College System’s Board of Trustees approved a base tuition rate for in-state undergraduates of $9,999 for fall 2023, essentially dropping tuition by 15 percent for Green Mountain State residents when the system completes a merger next summer. The move applies to Castleton University, Northern Vermont University and Vermont Technical College, which make up Vermont State University , a single institution that will officially be born on July 1, 2023, when the trio of institu

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image: State support for higher education has been on the decline in Pennsylvania for years. But Pennsylvania State University leaders are now asking lawmakers to reverse course and significantly invest in higher education in next year’s state budget. The Penn State Board of Trustees approved a request Friday that will ask the state to increase appropriations to PSU’s general fund next year by roughly 48 percent, or $115.2 million.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The Congressional Budget Office, Congress’s nonpartisan research arm, estimates that President Biden’s plan to forgive some federal student loans and suspend payments through the end of the year will cost the government about $420 billion. The CBO released its estimate, which it described as “highly uncertain” because of unpredictability around borrower behavior, in a letter to congressional leaders Monday.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Student governments are no strangers to controversies around campus free expression. For example, earlier this year, the University of North Texas Student Government Association passed a resolution calling for “any UNT Student Organization that engages in harassment, discrimination, hate crimes, and/or violation of UNT policy through transphobic posts, statements, and actions” to “be immediately suspended to protect the mental, emotional, and physical health of transgender stud

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image: Professors, researchers and sexual assault prevention advocates want the U.S. Department of Education to rethink plans to expand mandatory reporting requirements to more college employees as part of its overhaul of the Title IX law. The department proposed requiring most campus employees to report cases of potential sex discrimination to Title IX in the regulations released earlier this summer.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image: After decades of almost unquestioned public support as some of America’s most valued institutions, colleges and universities are facing growing questions—not about whether higher education remains important but whether it’s available, affordable and valuable enough. An episode of Inside Higher Ed ’s The Key podcast recently explored the public’s evolving attitudes toward higher education, part of a three-part series on the concept of “value” in hi

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