Sun.Sep 11, 2022

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I don’t know whether Outer Space is, as Star Trek tells us, the final frontier, but I know full well that physical space is among campus’ biggest sources of conflict. Where we park, where we teach, and whether we even have an office are among higher ed’s most contentious issues. On Star Trek , of course, the mission is visionary: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

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Shifting the Burden of Unfair Service Loads

Rena Seltzer, Leader Academic

My clients from historically marginalized groups frequently express frustration at carrying heavier service and advising loads than their white and/or male counterparts. Research validates that there is an inequitable distribution of tasks that don’t “count” for promotion. For too long, the majority of strategies I had to offer left the burden of managing the problem on those who were already negatively impacted.

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State Universities and the College Meltdown

Higher Education Inquirer

State Universities are using Google Ads to boost enrollment numbers. While for-profit colleges, community colleges, and small private schools received the most attention in the first iteration of the College Meltdown, regional public universities (and a few flagship schools) have also experienced financial challenges, reorganizations, and mergers, enrollment losses, layoffs and resignations, off-campus learning site closings and campus dorm closings, lower graduation rates, and the necessity to

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