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Students should get credit where it could be due

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In his final reflection on his trip to Colorado, Jim Dickinson comes across a student consultancy project that signals how we could reward co-curricular activity that builds success in others The post Students should get credit where it could be due appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Remembering Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023)

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He was arguably one of this generation’s most astute legal minds. But Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., was more than that. Like Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Oliver W. Hill Sr., Ogletree used his legal prowess to significantly advance the cause of Black Americans. Ogletree—who was affectionately known as “Tree”—died on Friday, after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

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We can’t support everything with cross-subsidy

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While our universities are surviving, can we feel confident that they are able to thrive in the competitive global higher education and research landscape? Mark E Smith calls for a joined-up approach to university finance The post We can’t support everything with cross-subsidy appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed, Performative DEI, Corporate America, and the “I Told You So!”

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the summer of 2020 during the time of painted sidewalks, murals, along with street and building renamings, some of the easily convinced proclaimed the period of what seemed to be a racial reckoning as a start. Institutions and organizations began making promises that walked hand-in-hand with the black boxes posted on social media by celebrities. Everyone seemed to be in a place of introspection, unlearning/relearning, and beginning their anti-racist journeys toward co-conspiratorship.

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Annotated Timelines and the Biography of an Idea

Faculty Focus

Biography of an idea The United States is an individualistic society, one that teaches that you alone can do anything if you work hard enough. Yet, collectivist societies would disagree, believing instead that you can’t accomplish anything by yourself. These are two ends of a spectrum with varying degrees of understanding about human agency and a range of cultural beliefs about innovation in between.

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JULIA CARBONI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Julia Carboni Julia Carboni has been named director of the William D. Ruckelshaus Center, a public policy-minded collaboration between Washington State University and the University of Washington. Carboni holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from Northern Arizona University as well as an MPA and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Arizona.

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Annotated Timelines and the Biography of an Idea

Faculty Focus

Biography of an idea The United States is an individualistic society, one that teaches that you alone can do anything if you work hard enough. Yet, collectivist societies would disagree, believing instead that you can’t accomplish anything by yourself. These are two ends of a spectrum with varying degrees of understanding about human agency and a range of cultural beliefs about innovation in between.

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St. Rose (NY) is latest college to challenge financial realities

College Viability

New York state continues to be hit with yet another small, private college in severe financial distress.

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Here’s the share of college students who took financial aid in 2019-20 - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Higher Ed Dive

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Almost 72% of undergraduates received some form of financial aid in the 2019-20 academic year — essentially the same share as those who attended college four years prior, according to new federal data released Wednesday. On average, undergraduates received $14,100 in aid, which can include grants, federal student loans or other types of assistance. This is according to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, which is conducted every three or four years by a wing of the U.S.