Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2023

A white supremacist who gunned down three Black people before killing himself at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday, may have been targeting the Edward Waters University (EWU), a historically Black university located in the city. Police said that the gunman w ho has not yet been publicly identified and was described as being in his early 20s, went to the Edward Waters University campus prior to carrying out the deadly shooting spree.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education, digital accessibility has emerged as a crucial aspect of ensuring equitable and inclusive experiences for all students and stakeholders. Find out how SUNY Oswego tackled this challenge head-on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2023

Ann Marie Stanley Ann Marie Stanley has been appointed director of the School of Music in the College of Arts and Architecture at Pennsylvania State University. Stanley holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in oboe performance from Wichita State University in Kansas as well as a Ph.D. in music education from the University of Michigan.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 27, 2023

Chinese study abroad association BOSSA has advised Chinese students considering study abroad to “pay close attention to exchange rate trends”, amid depreciating renminbi. Since January 14, the exchange rate of the US dollar against the renminbi has been continuously rising. With the exception of a slight retreat in July, it has continued to climb to $7.3. “The continuous depreciation of the renminbi may invisibly increase the cost of studying abroad for many international stude

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2023

Executives, business owners and senior managers reported concerns with their work ethic and communications skills in a recent survey. Four in 10 business leaders believe recent college grads (classes of 2020-2023) are unprepared to enter the workplace, according to survey results from research firm Intelligent.com and survey platform Pollfish. Almost three-quarters of the more than 1,200 C-suite execs, business owners, HR and other senior managers surveyed pointed to work ethic and communication

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2023

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, thousands gathered Saturday to reflect and continue the fight for racial justice during the 60th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. "We're building a unity here," said Rev. Al Sharpton, the founder and president of National Action Network (NAN), the national civil rights organization founded in 1991.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2023

Anew data analysis from the Institute for Higher Education Policy found that most students have unmet need and experience gaps between what their families can pay and their college costs. Those gaps are significantly larger for students of color and low-income students compared to white students on average. The analysis, released on Wednesday, draws on data from the U.S.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2023

With the end of affirmative action, generative AI could ‘democratize’ admissions by giving students who don’t have tutors or counselors a leg up Chatter about artificial intelligence mostly falls into three basic categories: anxious uncertainty (will it take our jobs?); existential dread (will it kill us all?); and simple pragmatism (can AI write my lesson plan?).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. However, we have often been frustrated by the lessons proposed in our language textbooks for learning about culture; these lessons usually come in the form of disconnected short readings with comprehension questions.

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