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Saint Leo University announces deep cuts less than a year after acquisition fell apart

Higher Ed Dive

The institution in Florida says a scuttled deal for Marymount California University didn't affect new cuts to workforce, campuses and sports teams.

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Scottish grants for int’l early-career climate scholars

The PIE News

This week, the British Council Scotland and Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities awarded 13 international EARTH scholarships to early-career researchers. These researchers, from 11 countries, were identified as having projects that addressed the climate emergency from a new angle. The scholarships will result in placements in April at 15 universities across Scotland, offering opportunities to connect with PhD researchers, as well as industry and community partners. “Through a v

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Here’s how the 20 largest college endowments changed last year

Higher Ed Dive

Many of the largest endowments lost market value in a year of negative investment returns — but not all.

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Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Iranian academics face being forced out of their jobs as the regime clamps down on any remaining dissent in universities, researchers have warned. Reports of scholars being retired early or dismissed indicate that the Iranian government has ordered a cleansing of academia in the wake of protests that have gripped the country since September. Demonstrations were triggered by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who was accused of wearing her hijab “improperly.

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ABA will have members vote on test-optional proposal — again

Higher Ed Dive

The association's House of Delegates will take up the same plan in August after knocking it down at the beginning of February.

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Micro-internship gives students experience without barriers

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Internships remain important in a student’s career development, but equal access to opportunities remains a challenge. In 2021, only 21 percent of college students completed an internship, compared to pre-pandemic numbers—50 to 60 percent of students—according to the National Survey of College Internships from University of Wisconsin at Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions.

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Grand Canyon Education CEO defends tuition-share agreements

Higher Ed Dive

Brian Mueller made the comments just one day after the Education Department said it would review guidance allowing such deals.

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Endowment returns plunge into negative territory

Higher Ed Dive

Investment returns followed one of the best years on record in 2021 with a very rocky 2022, data released Friday shows.

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SRHE Digital University: what’s on in 2023

SRHE

by Janja Komljenovic, Katy Jordan, and Jeremy Knox ( SRHE DU Network Co-Convenors) From 2023, the Digital University (DU) network is launching a new strategy to connect its members, collaborators, and friends. We hope this new way of working will motivate and stimulate debates around everything digital in higher education. We will organise the network’s work and events along three themes each year, chosen to reflect key issues in research and teaching currently.

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How a Higher Ed IT Succession Plan Can Keep Employees from Leaving

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

University IT departments are working short-handed. The “great resignation” did not miss college campuses, and the budget-related hurdles that have long tested higher education IT certainly didn’t go away when we were met with a pandemic nearly three years ago. It’s hard to put a finger on just how understaffed departments are, but put a few other data points together and they paint a concerning picture.

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To help students get jobs, faculty must learn new skills (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

To help students prepare for jobs, we need to learn new skills, writes Rachel Toor. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Olena Kychygina/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?: Disable left side advertisement?: Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 4 In-Article Advertisement High: 6 In-Article related stories: 9 In-Article Advertisement Low: 12 Include DNU?

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Endpoint Detection and Response Solutions Spot University Security Threats

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

When the University of Kentucky was hit by a crypto mining attack in 2020, the school was operating with a “federated” endpoint protection strategy, says Stephen Burr, associate CIO and enterprise CISO at UK. Individual departments and colleges were running their own anti-virus solutions, and the university lacked a centralized endpoint protection strategy.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Fostering student success takes institutional leadership and collaboration. Barrington Price, Dominican University’s vice president of student success and engagement, knows this well—because he was a struggling first-generation college student himself. Price spoke with Inside Higher Ed about his philosophy for student success, current initiatives at his Illinois-based institution and the lasting efforts of development work.

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9 Humanities Majors Are On the Chopping Block at Marymount U.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Julian Roberts-Grmela Still from video by Carmen Mendoza, The Chronicle Irma Becerra English, history, and math are among the planned cuts as the university targets low-enrollment programs. Some faculty, students, and alumni are protesting.

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Hazing prevention to be reviewed at New Mexico State

Inside Higher Ed

Image: After suspending its men’s basketball program last week and firing the team’s head coach amid allegations of repeated sexual hazing of a player by teammates, New Mexico State University’s top administrator said an internal investigation has started and an outside review will be launched. The university’s Office of Institutional Equity, which investigates Title IX violation complaints and reports of sexual misconduct, along with campus police, and the university&rsq

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Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs

EAB

Blogs Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs Top takeaways about staffing from EAB’s latest survey with NAGAP When speaking with graduate enrollment leaders, stress is a frequent topic. I know from experience that being an enrollment manager is challenging, but now it's even harder than before. The pandemic changed the landscape for many industries, and higher education was no exception.

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How to create an omnichannel digital marketing experience for students

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This week, we look at ways to unify channels and amplify your university’s messaging for prospective students through various touchpoints and show three great examples of how universities are doing this. Read more to find out.

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Academic homelessness: How to keep students from disengaging post-pandemic

University Business

The pandemic brought abrupt changes to higher education on a global scale. Institutions either canceled courses completely or hurriedly restructured their classes to be taught entirely online. Although the industry experienced a chaotic onset of reactive online teaching amid a global emergency, it came with some positives, such as normalizing the utilization of educational technology, the growth of digital data to support learning, and more flexibility and scalability.

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Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs

EAB

Blogs Why two thirds of graduate enrollment leaders may leave their jobs Top takeaways about staffing from EAB’s latest survey with NAGAP When speaking with graduate enrollment leaders, stress is a frequent topic. I know from experience that being an enrollment manager is challenging, but now it's even harder than before. The pandemic changed the landscape for many industries, and higher education was no exception.

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Phylicia Rashad Appointed Inaugural Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities at Howard University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Phylicia Rashad will become the inaugural Toni Morrison Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities at Howard University. The chair was established in May 2021. Phylicia Rashad Rashad is currently dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at Howard. “Dean Rashad epitomizes the character, grace and creative genius that we want represented in an endowed chair as part of Toni Morrison’s legacy,” said Howard Provost Dr.

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HBCU among NAFSA award recipients

The PIE News

A Historically Black College and University has been included in a list of institutions receiving prestigious internationalisation awards for the first time. The Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award, one of two different awards commissioned by NAFSA and highlighting a specific internationalisation program, was awarded to Albany State University for its Curriculum Internationalisation Initiative.

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How Community Colleges Fuel Students' Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Frederick Shegog, former Delaware County Community College student, now motivational speaker. On last Friday, it was all about the students. At the closing plenary of the 2023 Dream Conference in Chicago, Achieving the Dream (ATD), a reform network of over 300 community colleges, handed the microphone to students who either currently attend or graduated from a community college.

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Strikes by university support staff called off after pay breakthrough

The Guardian - Higher Education

Move follows agreement from employers on lowest-paid workers and review of salary grades Strikes by university support staff over the next two weeks have been called off after a breakthrough in negotiations over pay, Unison has announced. Five unions – Unison, UCU, GMB, Unite and EIS – issued a joint statement with the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), confirming three days of strikes will be suspended after talks at conciliation service Acas, though discussions will contin

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U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and NCAA Office of Inclusion Launch Programming Initiatives for Adaptive Sports

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and NCAA Office of Inclusion have launched multiple programming initiatives for adaptive sports, sports for people with disabilities. The initiatives will be implemented across the Women’s Final Four, Drake Relays and ITA Fall National Championships. This comes as a result of the USOPC/NCAA Para-College Inclusion Project, a program to engage schools with adaptive sports and increase Paralympic sport understanding, awareness, and conn

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WVU Abandons Proposed Faculty Promotion, Firing Changes

Inside Higher Ed

West Virginia University administrators have now abandoned their proposed changes to how faculty members are evaluated, promoted and terminated, following faculty members’ vote last month in opposition. The University Assembly, which includes all WVU faculty members, has approximately 2,700 members. Of those, 715 participated in the vote, with 494 voting against a resolution generally supporting the policy changes, and the remaining 221 backing the resolution.

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Dr. Linda G. Mills Appointed First Woman President of NYU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Linda G. Mills will become president of New York University (NYU), effective Jul. 1. She will be the first woman president of the university. Dr. Linda G. Mills Mills’s time at NYU has been extensive and spans 24 years, having taken on roles as vice chancellor and senior vice provost for global programs and university life; the Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law; executive director of the NYU Center on Violence and Recovery; and longtime member of the NYU’s

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University of Denver Investigates Antisemitic Incidents

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Denver is investigating a spate of reported antisemitic incidents on campus over the last two weeks. Denver University Hillel, a Jewish student organization, said in an Instagram post that mezuzahs, Jewish ritual objects traditionally placed on doorposts, were “taken down and defiled” from the doorposts of three students living in campus housing, and one student had “pork products glued to their door.

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Answering the Call

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While still fighting for official provider status, pharmacists have proven to be crucial in delivering care and helping address healthcare disparities. COVID-19 has placed unprecedented demands on frontline healthcare workers. Over the past three years, pharmacists have demonstrated that they are vital to addressing pandemic-related issues and bringing care to their communities.

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Michigan State Students Don’t Want to Go Back to Class

Inside Higher Ed

When a gunman killed three Michigan State University students and seriously injured five others on Monday night, the university announced that there would be no classes for the rest of this week. It turns out that many Michigan State students don’t think that’s enough. “Returning one week after a mass shooting has left many unsettled,” says a petition signed by nearly 15,000 as of Thursday afternoon.

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University of Michigan’s School of Education to be Renamed Marsal Family School of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Michigan’s (UM) School of Education will be renamed the Marsal Family School of Education after a family’s $55 million in gift commitments, MLive reported. The Marsal Family The family of Kathleen and Bryan Marsal and their children, Megan Kirsch Marsal and Michael Marsal, gifted UM $50 million for initiatives to support a diverse population of teachers, build partnerships, and conduct research in collaboration with education professionals.

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Ohio State Gets $110 Million Gift

Inside Higher Ed

Ohio State University announced a $110 million gift from the Timashev Family Foundation to establish the Center for Software Innovation. The center will bring together the College of Engineering, the Fisher College of Business and others in new ways, including through the creation of endowed professorships. Ad keywords: institutionalfinance Is this diversity newsletter?

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KAREEM D. KENNEY

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kareem D. Kenney Kareem D. Kenney has been named assistant athletic director at Talladega College in Alabama. He served as director of intramural sports and summer camps at the college. Kenney earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tenn., and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

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Yale Law School Increases Need-Based Aid

Inside Higher Ed

The law school of Yale University has been known—and this is rare in law schools—for giving out all aid based on need. On Thursday, it announced an expansion of a full-tuition scholarship to students from families who earn up to up to 200 percent of the federal poverty line. This year, the scholarship was awarded to 51 students. Next year it will go to 80 to 90 students.

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The Pros and Cons of Grading on a Curve [eBook]

Today's Learner

Reading Time: < 1 minute Grading on a curve—a practice that involves adjusting students’ scores on an exam or assignment—stirs up a bit of controversy with both instructors and students. Instructors typically use grade curving to boost scores when the class average for a particular exam or assignment is low. Some see grade curving as a way to level the playing field, prevent students from getting discouraged when tackling difficult subjects and help more students pass.

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New Study: Lack of Sleep Hurts Students’ Grades

Inside Higher Ed

Every additional hour of average nightly sleep early in the semester is associated with an 0.07-point increase in end-of-term grade point average, according to study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study was of 600 college freshmen at three private universities. “Total nightly sleep is a potentially important and underappreciated behavior supporting academic achievement,” the study says.

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Share your Educational Video and Audio experiences: call for presentations @UAL

totallyrewired

Image created by DALL-E If you work at UAL we welcome you to submit to share your experiences using video and audio technologies in learning and teaching. You will join staff and students across UAL to present and discuss current and emerging digital education practices. What is the theme? We welcome presentations that fit the theme of Video/Audio Education, for example: *Case studies of presentations/lecture capture/screencasts/assignment briefs/performance.

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Saint Leo University Announces Major Cuts

Inside Higher Ed

Saint Leo University announced a series of cuts Thursday “to improve efficiencies and enhance its future offerings for students.” Among the cuts: The university, which is based in Florida, will no longer offer courses in Charleston, S.C.; Joint Base Charleston–Naval Weapons Station, S.C.; Columbus, Miss.; Corpus Christi, Tex.; and Jacksonville, Lake City, Ocala and Mayport, Fla.