Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 7, 2023

One university provost has already publicly promised to recruit Florida students and professors amid the state’s political strife.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: While this academic year saw the largest one-year increase in full-time faculty members’ average salaries in over three decades, that still wasn’t enough to stop their real wages from falling due to inflation, the American Association of University Professors noted this Thursday alongside its latest salary survey data. They are preliminary data for the 2022–23 academic year; AAUP plans to release the final data in July.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 7, 2023

The private nonprofit institutions in New York are set to finalize the merger July 31, pending regulatory approvals.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Flipped classrooms aren’t a new concept, but they saw adoption at scale during the pandemic as educators looked for ways to keep college students interested and engaged from beyond the classroom. Even with a partial return to in-person learning, many higher education institutions still use flipped classroom models for HyFlex and hybrid instruction. Here’s what that looks like, both in theory and in practice.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 7, 2023

Colleges try to boost enrollment by recruiting students from other institutions, but it’s a declining pool, Ricardo Azziz argues.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Many students think more flexibility on classroom deadlines, attendance and participation would boost their academic success, a recent Student Voice survey found. About a quarter of students also see strict attendance or participation requirements and unrealistic deadlines as actively impeding their success. But how do students define flexibility?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

When Brown University released its landmark 2006 report documenting the institution’s historical involvement in slavery, many of its recommendations were one-time fixes: revising the university’s official history, creating memorials, and the like. Some, however, required longer-term engagement, such as the creation of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ), a research hub focusing on the history of slavery and its contemporary impacts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The Colorado Community College System has announced transfer agreements with two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs): Saint Augustine’s University and Texas Southern University. Come Fall 2023, this partnership will make SAU and TSU the only two HBCUs and first out-of-state transfer options in the community college system's Bridge to Bachelor’s Degree Program , which gives new, first-time students admission to participating four-year institutions upon associate degree completio

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Temple's Jason Wingard championed 'skillification.' He's out, but his vision lives on. By François Furstenberg Chronicle Illustration Temple's Jason Wingard championed 'skillification.' He's out, but his vision lives on.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Hannah Nunez’s job at Northern Arizona University requires her to be a few different things at once: an advocate, a compassionate ear, a repository of information about campus resources. As a behavioral health coordinator, part of her role includes screening potential counseling patients. During a roughly 20-minute appointment—either in person or virtually, depending on client preference—students describe the problem they’re facing, and she helps them decide the be

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The U.S. Department of Energy’s ( DOE ) Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory are partnering with University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras ( UPRRP ) to expand UPRRP’s environmental sciences program and attract minority students underrepresented into the atmospheric and Earth system sciences and new energy workforce. Dr. Yan Feng The four-year project is one of the four awards selected by the Biological and Environmental Research program as part of DOE ’s 2023 Reaching a N

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

I—Samantha—vividly remember one of my first appointments as a writing consultant, where a scene played out that would repeat itself weekly in the years I worked there. A student brought in a rough draft of an argumentative essay and, as I skimmed for what needed to be worked on, I said, “Oh, hey, just so you know, you’ll have to take out all these contractions later.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Leana E. Amáez Leana E. Amáez has been named vice president for equity and inclusion at Bates College. She served as the first global leader for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Boston-based insurance provider, Simply Business. Amáez earned a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from Wesleyan University and a law degree from Benjamin N.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

A new initiative among 16 prestigious schools with the likes of Yale and CalTech has recently joined the Small Town and Rural Student College Network to build rural student pipelines to prestigious four-year institutions. However, a new guide by The Aspen Institute suggests a different approach: Rural community colleges have the potential to revitalize the surrounding area by unlocking economic mobility and technological advances.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Christina Castillo Christina Castillo has been appointed director of the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center at South Dakota State University. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication studies and theatre from South Dakota State University.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

The Biden administration is best known for one thing: vastly overreaching its authority and then acting surprised when it gets pushback. On Feb. 15, the U.S. Department of Education issued a sweeping policy change through informal guidance that expands the definition of third-party servicers and would subject the institutions that contract with these third-party servicers to additional reporting, while the new third-party servicers would be obligated to turn over their contracts to the Departmen

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Two Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) – Crossville and McMinnville – have earned VETS Campus certification, signaling commitment to efforts to help veterans succeed academically. The 2014 Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support (VETS) Act – which established the VETS Campus program – requires schools to meet a set of seven programs, requirements , and qualifications to be certified by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

As a higher ed leader, requests to attend conferences can be incessant and overwhelming, but they often warrant serious consideration, writes Maggy Ralbovsky. Job Tags: EXECUTIVE POSITIONS Ad keywords: administrators Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Nuthawut Somsuk/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

Col. John P. Lloyd, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) North Atlantic Division (NAD), signed the updated Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) program management plan April 6. Col. John P. Lloyd AMIE is a diversity-promoting non-profit that USACE has been partnered with since 1996. “The update to the AMIE program management plan shows a continued top-down commitment from NAD,” said Keysha Cutts, AMIE enterprise program manager and program manager with the milita

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The PIE News

APRIL 7, 2023

While not traditionally a popular destination for African students, the Eastern European country of Hungary is gradually becoming a favourite study option for many, thanks mainly to the high success rate of study visa applications. Many African applicants are buoyed by the impressive visa approval rates for both those on Hungarian government scholarships as well as for self-sponsored students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

The U.S. Air Force has eased body fat restrictions for recruits as of April 1, The New York Post reported. The percentage of body fat allowed has increased from 20% to 26% BMI (Body Mass Index) for males and 28% to 36% for females. These changes will allow up to 100 more recruits to join the Air Force a month. The new body fat standards are part of several the Air Force initiatives to appeal to more candidates without lowering the branch’s standards, Air Force Recruiting Service spokeswoman Lesl

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The PIE News

APRIL 7, 2023

UK boarding association BSA Group has launched a specialist immigration service for its members to supplement its pre-existing mock audit service. The BSA Group Legal Services will offer a range of free and discounted immigration legal support including CAS support, mock UKVI audits and due diligence checks to assess financial and pupil eligibility. “We are delighted to be able to offer this new service to our members,” Kate Hollyer, Legal team lead and qualified immigration solicito

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

A Tarleton State University doctoral student and U.S. Army veteran Nicole Burkett has recently been named the inaugural recipient of the U.S. Army Women’s Foundation’s 6888th Scholarship, The Flash Today reported. Nicole Burkett The $2,500 award is in honor of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – nicknamed the “Six Triple Eight” – a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) regiment of 855 women, primarily Black but some Hispanic, who deployed during WWII to sort and route millions of pieces of unproc

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Campus Technology

APRIL 7, 2023

Worldwide IT spending is projected to increase 5.5% this year to a total of $4.6 trillion by the close of 2023, according to the latest forecast by market researchers at Gartner. And IDC analysts project significant growth in cloud infrastructure spending, tempered by a decline in spending on non-cloud infrastructure and devices.

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ACRLog

APRIL 7, 2023

In March, I attended ACRL. The first session I attended was a morning panel entitled “Academic Library Leaders Discuss Difficult Topics.” The panelists (Jee Davis, Trevor Dawes, and Violete Illik) covered a range of topics and shared their insights with a full house. I took away many tidbits however, one insight stood out. The panel was discussing communication and how a common refrain from folks is that communication is just not transparent enough from leadership.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

San Francisco State University is investigating a professor, Maziar Behrooz, for showing an image of the prophet Muhammad in a course last fall on the history of Islam, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. FIRE has criticized Hamline University in Minnesota for not renewing the contract of an adjunct for similar reasons.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

By Katherine Mangan Dan Arvizu oversaw a period of turmoil and rapid turnover at the institution's equity, inclusion, and diversity office.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Last week, Bob Jones University president Steve Pettit announced his resignation. He will leave office at the end of the academic year in May. His resignation came only a few months after the board re-elected him. He left amid a conflict over Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. He has sent a letter to the board chair, John Lewis. In the letter, Pettit said Lewis allegedly kept information away from Pettit and obstructed a Title IX investigation.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 7, 2023

University department derided by Thatcher as a ‘problem’ – and now a leading centre of conflict resolution – celebrates anniversary There have been a number of memorable Peace v War football matches over the years, with terrific performances from players including the Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi and the eminent Prussian military strategist Carl von Clausewitz (or so the names on the back of the players’ jerseys would have you believe).

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Faculty members and academic support professionals began striking Thursday at another public Illinois university, after fellow faculty walked out at Chicago State University Monday. The newly striking Eastern Illinois University chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois represents a bargaining unit of 450 employees, said Jennifer Hill, media director for the affiliated Illinois Federation of Teachers.

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EAB

APRIL 7, 2023

Blogs 3 reasons your colleagues don’t want to use data—and how to change their minds Part one of a two-part series on data adoption Has this ever happened to you? Your office spent weeks collecting data, building reports, and setting up a new dashboard for your colleagues. Several months down the road you look at the adoption rates, only to discover they are less than you had hoped.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Hundreds of American University students and alumni have signed a petition demanding that Narcan , a brand of naloxone , be made available at all dormitories on campus, WUSA9 News reported. The petition follows an overdose on campus of a nonstudent, who did not die but was hospitalized. “Narcan’s singular purpose is to reverse an opioid overdose.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

The past week saw a top 10 research university gain its first female president and a pair of small private schools electing new leadership. One president accused of failing to protect academic freedom resigned, while another president was ousted for repeated communication failures, a trait which also lent him the axe in a past leadership role. One major appointment Joan T.A.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean The Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for New Jersey made public its most recent report on the state of transfer in the state. Some of it is a bit inside-baseball, but it contained a few observations that struck me as worthy of wider notice. In other words, I read it so you don’t have to.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

Months after its future was thrown into question, Birmingham-Southern College has decided to keep its doors open. The decision, which was announced Thursday by school officials, came months after school officials announced that the college was nearly $38 million in debt and was in danger of shutting down if it could not find the money to stay open.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Following months of closure talks related to ongoing financial issues, the Board of Trustees at Birmingham-Southern College voted unanimously Wednesday to remain open, AL.com reported. The private Alabama college has made appeals to state and local authorities in recent months, requesting a $37.5 million lifeline, which lawmakers have not delivered , despite concerns of closure.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

The Massachusetts House is considering a bill that would require higher education institutions like Harvard to pay a fee for admissions processes that consider legacy status or relationships to donors or that include an early decision plan. Co-filed by Massachusetts State Rep. Simon Cataldo and State Senator Pavel M. Payano, the bill would require all higher education institutions in the state to disclose information about their admissions processes and would charge institutions a “public servic

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