Higher Ed Dive

MAY 3, 2023

Georgetown University researchers outline educational and professional milestones that could substantially improve workforce outcomes.

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Wonkhe

MAY 3, 2023

Unless we take deliberate steps to preserve time for doing nothing it will become a luxury afforded to only the best off, argues James Coe The post The quiet death of hanging out appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 3, 2023

More than 40% of surveyed students said they’d considered stopping out of their programs in a six-month period.

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Wonkhe

MAY 3, 2023

The sector already offers professional and vocational courses that learners and employers value. Why exclude them from the lifelong loan entitlement? asks Martin Lowe The post Short courses shouldn’t need to be stackable appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 3, 2023

Admissions group NACAC has published an annual database of open slots after the May 1 decision deadline.

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Campus Sonar

MAY 3, 2023

Your campus social media manager’s job is never done. They’re on call 24/7, very few people understand exactly what they do all day, and their talent and expertise are regularly dismissed by colleagues and the general public. Often they’re not appropriately compensated for their skills, overtime hours, and the comments and DMs they monitor and respond to may hurt personally even if they're not meant for them.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 3, 2023

The enrollment growth helped boost the bottom line of the Christian institution’s educational services provider, Grand Canyon Education.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 3, 2023

The for-profit operator has been downsizing its offices and reducing its workforce, resulting in $17.7 million in restructuring costs so far for fiscal 2023.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

On average, historically Black college and universities (HBCUs) received 178 times less funding from foundations than Ivy League schools in 2019, according to a report from research group Candid and ABFE, a nonprofit advocate for investments in Black communities, the Associated Press reported. The May 2 study found that the eight Ivy League schools received $5.5 billion from foundations in 2019.

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Educause

MAY 3, 2023

The first article in this series argues that instructors who successfully engaged students during the coronavirus pandemic adapted their thinking, mustered courage, and put heart into their teaching. In this article, an instructor explains how he implemented an alternative approach to teaching—interpretive discussion—and discusses the benefits that have extended to his in-person classrooms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Dr. Ben Vinson III will become president of Howard University, effective Sept. 1, The Washington Post reported. Dr. Ben Vinson III Vinson – a historian of the African diaspora in Latin America – is currently provost at Case Western Reserve University. Some of his previous roles include dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at The George Washington University; vice dean for interdisciplinary programs and graduate education at Johns Hopkins University; and founding director of the Cen

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2023

Canada’s Illume Student Advisory Services has signed a “significant partnership” with Australian investment fund Larsen Ventures International as it seeks to scale internationally. LVI is led by the co-founder of Navitas, Peter Larsen. The Canadian marketing and recruitment company says the partnership with the education investment fund will allow sustainable and valuable growth across its services.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

As legislative sessions in many states head towards their conclusions, new attempts to exert control over higher education have continued to appear. Among the latest efforts are HB 715 in North Carolina, which would remove tenure for future faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) system and at public community colleges, and SB 266 in Florida, which would give the state more control over the content of core classes and limit funding for DEI efforts.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2023

With Tuesday’s blitz of swatting incidents stretching across Florida, it doesn’t seem like the phenomenon will slow down anytime soon. Since the beginning of April, at least 27 higher education institutions have received a call of an active shooter, hostage situation or bomb threat, only for it to be fake or unfounded once police reinforcements arrived on the scene.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2023

The head of the peak body for English language education in Australia has said that the current confusion surrounding different visa programs for international students leads to “misconceptions”, amid a comprehensive review of the country’s migration system. “The report notes the vast number of current visa classes and subclasses, which is complex,” Brett Blacker, CEO of English Australia , told The PIE News.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2023

Black, Hispanic and all male students in general currently enrolled in a postsecondary program have increasingly considered stopping out of their program, according to a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. “The State of Higher Education 2023” report found that more than half of all Hispanic students (52%) considered stopping out in 2022, followed by Black students at 43% and male students at 41%.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

By Kate Marijolovic Ivy Ceballo, Tampa Bay Times, AP Students protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’s education policies in February at the U. of South Florida. The measure's final version would, among other things, expand state power to approve required coursework and dismantle colleges' efforts to become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Vermont Law and Graduate School (VLGS) has launched a scholarship to support the Indigenous people of Vermont. The First Nations scholarship – available to citizens of state or federally recognized tribes – will seek to help Indigenous students pursue careers related to VLGS programs. “We are pleased to announce during this Abenaki Recognition and Heritage Week our commitment to supporting the Indigenous people of Vermont,” said VLGS President Rod Smolla.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

More college leaders are denouncing would-be censors on the left and the right. Why now? By David Jesse Ricardo Rey for The Chronicle More college leaders are denouncing would-be censors on the left and the right. Why now?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Dr. Kim Cassidy Dr. Kim Cassidy will step down as president of Bryn Mawr College in June 2024, bringing to an end an 11-year tenure as the school’s leader, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “I believe that leadership renewal is crucial to the long-term, strategic success of any organization,” Cassidy wrote in a May 2 email to the campus community.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2023

A new survey has analysed the perceptions of the international applicant experience among students and professionals in a bid to improve operations at US institutions. Student support platform Interstride partnered with NAGAP to expand research previously published last fall on utilising technology to address gaps in international admissions. Key findings from the report were debuted at the recent NAGAP GEM Summit in NYC last month.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Dr. Nerita Hughes has been appointed president of Bay de Noc Community College, the Daily Press reported. Dr. Nerita Hughes Hughes is currently interim associate vice president of academic affairs and workforce innovation at North Hennepin Community College; president and CEO of JG Consulting, LLC; co-chair for the African-American Leadership Forum; and council chair of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage.

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Campus Technology

MAY 3, 2023

Campus Technology's second annual Digital Transformation Survey will provide valuable benchmarking data on the state of digital transformation in higher education and the progress institutions are making moving forward.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

By Francie Diep Florida Gulf Coast University is on the brink of choosing a new president, amid fears that one of the candidates is a political addition to the finalist pool.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Maria Angélica Garcia Maria Angélica Garcia has been appointed superintendent/president of Santa Rosa Junior College in California. She serves as president of Berkeley City College. Garcia holds a bachelor’s degree in civic studies from Saint Mary’s College of California, an MSW from San Diego State University, and a doctorate in educational leadership from San Francisco State University.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Darren Abate, AP Riley Gaines speaks at a rally outside of the NCAA Convention in January. Recent campus controversies, many involving anti-transgender activists, have sparked debate over how speech can be harmful.

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Liaison International

MAY 3, 2023

The number of Americans who left college without credentials exceeds 40 million By July 2021, approximately 40.4 million Americans had gone to college at some point but stopped attending before earning a credential, according to data compiled by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). That amounted to a 3.6% year-over-year increase in the number of “some college, no credential” U.S. residents.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Derrick Harriell Derrick Harriell has been named director of the African American studies program at the University of Mississippi. Harriell served as director of the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in creative writing program at the university. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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HEPI

MAY 3, 2023

On Tuesday, 16 May 2023, HEPI – in conjunction with Universities UK and Kaplan – will be launching new modelling from London Economics on the economic contribution of international students to the UK. For more details, including how to book a free place, see here. This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Fiona Walsh , Partnerships and Development Director at Student Hubs and Sapthi Santharuban who is the Hub Programme Manager at Southampton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Alfred McQuarters Alfred McQuarters has been named president of the Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. He is vice president of instruction at Mt. Hood Community College in Oregon. McQuarters holds a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University, an MBA from Central Michigan University, and an Ed.D. from Oregon State University.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2023

Thousands of Nigerian students being evacuated from Sudan are to compete their studies at universities at home with support from the government. With there being no sign of when the situation in war-torn Sudan will normalise, the Nigerian governments and local universities are making plans to admit some of the estimated 5,000 students, in a move that could ensure they complete their studies on time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

Mya Jolly Mya Jolly has been named director of public relations at Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama. Jolly worked for the community engagement firm CBG Strategies and at a public relations firm in Detroit. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2023

Oklahoma Governor Vetoes Bill on Tribal Graduation Regalia Sara Weissman Wed, 05/03/2023 - 03:00 AM

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University Business

MAY 3, 2023

Researchers analyzed data from the U.S. Census’ American Community Survey from 2015 to 2019 and found that: 26% of Afro Latinas had a college degree by 2019, while 17.5% of other Latinas did. A higher share of Afro Latino men also had a college degree compared to other Latinos. Afro Latinos had higher or about the same rates of employment and labor force participation depending on gender, but lower markers of financial success.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2023

A coalition of students, academic staff, teaching assistants and research assistants at the University of Ottawa today took the unprecedented step of raising their concerns about the quality of education to the Board of Governors as one group. "Budget cuts at the University of Ottawa are seriously downgrading the quality of learning in each university classroom," said Luc Angers, Vice-President, Membership Engagement of the Association of Part-Time Professors.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2023

Their departures come at a time when there continues to be criticism of campus safety issues arose following a professor’s shooting death. Balafas has been chief since February 2022. Chris Olson, a commander in the nearby Oro Valley Police Department, will take over in the interim. Administrators came under heavy scrutiny in the wake of the October shooting death of Thomas Meixner , a hydrology professor who was gunned down by an expelled student.

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ACPA

MAY 3, 2023

The ACPA@100 Planning Committee seeks speakers for The Next 100 Years PodCast Series! Share your ACPA story while imagining what’s to come in student affairs and higher education in the next 100 years. The committee hopes to have 2-3 speakers for each topic below to bring diverse perspectives to the podcast episodes! Topics include: History – First 100 years of ACPA and the history of higher education History – ACPA’s work in the 21st century (Strategic Imperative for Rac

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