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Holistic Communication Plans Help Enact Change in Higher Ed IT

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 23, 2023

Breaking down the silos between IT leadership and university leadership is a solid step toward reaching the overall university mission, but can you take it further? Ask faculty about what works in their classrooms or if there’s new a tool they’d like to try.

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Statement of Support of California State Senate Bill 1348 - Black-Serving Institutions Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

With respect to mission, the BSI designation would also require that the institutions develop a Black and African American student success plan that is consistent with the college or university's mission.

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We 7 former Florida college presidents say enough is enough - Tampa Bay Tribune Column

Economics and Change in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Taken together, they forbid faculty members from including a set of so-called “divisive concepts” about race, gender and identity in their classrooms; ban most diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; restrict general education curricula and university mission statements; and limit the power of higher education accreditors to perform quality assurance (..)

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NJCU to lay off 30 teachers, cut academic programs - Thirteen (media with impact)

Economics and Change in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

NJCU’s Board Chair Joseph Scott called the announcement "a difficult but necessary next step towards the long-term sustainability of the university mission." The layoff of 30 teachers has been announced along with the ending of 48 undergrad programs, 28 graduate programs and more.

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NDSU president warns deep budget cuts are coming - Patrick Springer, InForum

Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

25, by Cook, who warned of difficulties ahead and said he cannot promise the “core university mission” will emerge unscathed. The looming budget cuts were announced in a campus email sent the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. In his email, he called the budget cuts “daunting.”

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After a ‘no confidence’ vote, JSU sits its seventh president since 2010

University Business

MARCH 7, 2023

. “I want to thank the Institutions of Higher Learning for entrusting me with the institution that I love, Jackson State University,” she said. “I am committed to upholding the Jackson State University mission to serve the student body.”

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Despite appearances, higher education is front and centre of this election campaign

HEPI

JUNE 30, 2024

The university mission and membership groups as well as the research funders and individual universities are all doing their utmost to improve public understanding of the value of the sector as we go to the polls.

Higher Education

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Vasquez Helig—who is currently the dean of the School of Education at the University of Kentucky—is slated to step into his new role in January. "We He is a proven scholar who also has been elevated to leadership roles at major public universities in three states, including at Kentucky's flagship institution.

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We need to talk about staff retention in the sector

HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We then used this research to examine how staff numbers – both academic and non-academic – have either increased or decreased within that time frame across specific universities. We then grouped the data to enable us to calculate an average student:staff ratio for a range of university mission groups from 2014/15 to 2021/22.

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CHLOE 7: Centralization vs. Distribution of Online Student Services

Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

The challenge is finding a way to articulate how online learning aligns with and supports the institutional mission. Online learning must be understood as a central institutional strategic priority that enhances and supports the broader university mission.

Students

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3 Questions KSU’s Laurel Littrell on How Academic Library Budgets Really Work

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Cutting resources by level of use would appear to be the easiest method, but what if the 2-3 people who use a comparatively low use, specialized journal are leading a multi-million dollar research grant on a topic that is core to the university mission?

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Community Hour

Dr. Missy Alexander

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Or maybe I’m wrong about this, but this is only part of why I am not seeing this approach is an obvious next step for thinking about our university mission and outcomes right now. The process of reporting out stimulates an attempt to find consensus, and as great as that is, dissenting ideas disappear.

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Rankings Discourses: West, East and South

HESA

MAY 3, 2023

While in Asia they remain focused on research outputs, in the west, new rankings like the Times Higher Impact Rankings and the QS Sustainability Rankings have tried to put the spotlight on other aspects of universities’ missions like contributions to society or the environment or other factors.

Institution

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CU Boulder Chancellor DiStefano: Lessons learned from 50 years in higher ed

University Business

MAY 14, 2024

We are in the midst of a sea change in intercollegiate athletics, and the years ahead will require vigilance to preserve the university mission and student-athletes’ well-being.

Academia

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University governance: measuring what matters

HEPI

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Astle agreed that governance is about much more than performance indicators, that qualitative and quantitative indicators have to follow universities’ missions, further they need to anticipate long-term issues as well as immediate pressures.

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Regular and engaging content: For each eight-week term, the OLC meets virtually two to three times for 30-minute sessions to provide professional development on best practices in online teaching, pedagogy, student academic engagement and student retention, and in creating a close connection to the university mission.

Administration

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Regular and engaging content: For each eight-week term, the OLC meets virtually two to three times for 30-minute sessions to provide professional development on best practices in online teaching, pedagogy, student academic engagement and student retention, and in creating a close connection to the university mission.

Administration

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Campus art museum leaders feel the heat (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Thoughtless and reactionary acts of censorship inevitably betray the principles of university mission statements; risk raising the hackles of alumni, accreditors, and philanthropic organizations; and in general are much more damaging to a college’s brand than supporting freedom of expression.

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Holistic Communication Plans Help Enact Change in Higher Ed IT

Statement of Support of California State Senate Bill 1348 - Black-Serving Institutions Program

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We 7 former Florida college presidents say enough is enough - Tampa Bay Tribune Column

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Despite appearances, higher education is front and centre of this election campaign

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

We need to talk about staff retention in the sector

CHLOE 7: Centralization vs. Distribution of Online Student Services

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Rankings Discourses: West, East and South

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University governance: measuring what matters

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Campus art museum leaders feel the heat (opinion)

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