Inside Higher Ed

JULY 19, 2023

Clarkson University administrators were none too pleased about a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that took a swipe at the New York institution for having a position opening for a “sustainability coordinator/Alpine ski coach.”

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 5, 2024

Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) banning of race-conscious admissions last summer, some colleges and universities are considering the legality of certain diversity-focused scholarships. However, Yost threatened legal action against university employees who make “inappropriate” hires based on race. Prompted by the U.S.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

After a swift and vigorous student-led campaign, the LGBTQ + resource center at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) will reopen and stay open, overturning an earlier decision by the university administration to close the facility due to staffing shortages and low student usage. Read more from Advocate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

For example, in 2020, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) found that Black/African American employees comprise less than 10% of higher education professionals. Black university leaders had a deep desire to serve as the mentors and role models that many of them never had.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2024

Third-party investigators hired by Lincoln University’s Board of Curators found no evidence that university administrator Antoinette (Bonnie) Candia-Bailey, who died by suicide earlier this year, had been bullied by the university’s president, as she had alleged in a 12-page letter to him the morning

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University Business

APRIL 28, 2023

Officials from Oregon’s seven public universities say they need more than $1 billion over the next two years to maintain services amid inflation and to avoid deep cuts and layoffs. University administrators have begun restructuring and considering layoffs amid an expected $5 million deficit for the coming school year.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

West Virginia Students, Faculty Cry Out on Final Day Before Vote on Deep Cuts Ryan Quinn Thu, 09/14/2023 - 07:30 PM At a raucous public comment session Thursday, the WVU Board of Governors heard final pleas to reject university administrators’ proposed cuts. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

Image: More than 100 employees in the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Advancement Office may soon not technically be working for the university at all. Advancement employees, some of whom have been at the university for decades, were shocked and upset. ” Pension Protection or ‘Union Busting’?

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Student pressure pushes higher education institutions to commit to divesting from fossil fuels More UK universities are cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry in response to student campaigns, according to the annual survey of sustainability in higher education.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Everyone in university administration — including in the IT office — knows how valuable it is to truly understand how those students feel, what they want, what they appreciate and what they dislike about their college experience. College students are the lifeblood of higher education.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Move comes after accusations of lowering entry standards to foreign applicants who pay far higher tuition fees Vice-chancellors are to review international student admissions by British universities, including how to identify “bad practice” among agents employed to attract people from overseas, after controversy over recruitment.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Daniel Park provides advice on how to approach the daily challenges and conflicts that occur at colleges and universities with the right attitude and mind-set. The most valuable skill for an administrator working at a university is the ability to identify and solve problems quickly and effectively.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a North Carolina State University professor who alleged the university retaliated against him for speaking his mind and opposing some of the university’s social justice and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 15, 2022

Image: After five-plus decades as a joint venture, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis is taking on a new form, one that will not continue the collaborative effort between its namesake partners. Going forward, the IUPUI campus will be known as Indiana University Indianapolis.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2024

Claims that overseas students are admitted with lower entry requirements than domestic students denied Universities have rejected claims that British students are being “squeezed out” by international applicants, including allegations that overseas students are admitted with lower entry requirements than those required for domestic students.

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Academe Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

BY MEGAN DELANEY, GABRIELLE HACKENBERG, AND AMANDA STOJANOV The Faculty Association of Monmouth University (FAMCO) recently finished an extensive reopener with university administration regarding our healthcare costs and plans.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Campaigners say move would save lives and bring England and Wales in line with other countries The high court is to consider for the first time whether universities owe a legal duty of care to their students, which campaigners argue would save lives and bring England and Wales in line with other countries.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2023

DePaul University and West Virginia University are the latest major universities to reveal they’re facing large budget deficits that will require substantial reductions in programs and personnel. The current deficits are projected to be about $56 million at Depaul and $35 million at West Virginia University.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Nearly 80 Harvard scholars have signed a letter accusing the university administration of refusing “to actively protect the free speech of Palestinian, Arab, Black and Muslim students.”

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University Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Recently, criticism of global university rankings has intensified. The well-known rankings are often subject to methodological changes that can harm or benefit universities, heaping undeserved blame or praise on university administrators. Read more from University World News.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 19, 2024

Supreme Court (SCOTUS) recently declined an injunction request by Spectrum WT, an LGBTQ+ student group at West Texas A&M University (WT), seeking permission to host a drag show on campus despite a ban from university administrators. Yet one persists at a public university.”

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

Huge increase in applications means officials are left with little time to read student statements The hours spent by students writing personal statements for UK university applications may be in vain, according to figures, showing that many are barely read by admissions officers.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Criteria on career outcomes, drop-out rates and degree attainment unveiled for system of sanctions Universities will face sanctions if not enough students go on to graduate-level jobs within 15 months, if too many drop out or fail to earn degrees, England’s higher education regulator has warned.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Of the 31 states currently lacking a historically Black college or university (HBCU), California may see a change as San Francisco civil rights advocates and educators aim to establish a satellite campus through collaboration with an existing HBCU.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Private university to pay £37,000 after missing multiple deadlines and creating ‘significant regulatory risk’ The University of Buckingham has been fined by England’s higher education regulator for missing multiple deadlines to publish its audited accounts, creating “a significant regulatory risk” in the event of financial failure.

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University Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

Beyond the victims of sexual assault, these statistics are felt acutely by university administrators charged with preventing and responding to sexual abuse. More from UB: Universities can make their own AI chatbot tutor. However, unlike the larger culture, college administrators must reject normalizing sexual abuse.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Study finds one in five institutions are leaving themselves vulnerable by continuing to accept cash A significant number of UK universities are still taking millions of pounds in cash as payment for tuition fees and accommodation, making them vulnerable to criminal gangs and money laundering, according to a study.

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University Business

MARCH 26, 2024

He noted that colleges and universities must no longer ignore this new reality to help meet the needs of a growing majority of their students. These perspectives ensure that most college and university schedules remain a barrier to progress and improved outcomes. Colleges and universities need to dramatically raise the scheduling bar.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Arif Ahmed pledges to remain politically neutral in his role and to ensure academic freedoms are maintained England’s newly appointed university free speech tsar says his role is not to conduct “culture wars” and has pledged to be politically neutral in his efforts to combat threats to academic freedom.

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Helix Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Yet this interplay, which requires support and affects persistence and graduation rates, is often overlooked by college and university administration. The study included participants from a mid-sized university in the Midwest, all of whom are pursuing a graduate degree. Thomas & K.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Social Mobility Commission says students should be informed of ‘earnings implications’ of course choices Students should be given more details about how the courses they study after leaving school might affect their employment prospects, it has been suggested, as figures show near-record numbers of 18-year-olds applying to university.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Boston College has indefinitely suspended its men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs over what it said was hazing, the university announced Wednesday. The post Boston College suspends swimming and diving program due to hazing appeared first on University Business. Read more from ABC News.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 28, 2023

As the stalemate continues, union infighting has added a new dimension while universities are threatening to dock pay When Jo Grady , general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), stood at the podium of its annual congress yesterday, she said she had “never been so proud to be part of this union as I have in recent weeks, watching you (..)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

The American Association of Colleges and Universities ( AAC&U ) has announced the 2024 recipients of the annual K. A past annual conference hosted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Patricia Cross Award — in honor of the legacy of distinguished university administrator, researcher, and teacher K.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MAY 11, 2023

Students invited to celebrate life of campus favourite Long Boi, who has not been seen for two months Long Boi, the grand old duck of York, is presumed dead after going missing for several weeks, leaving behind grieving students at his favourite university watering holes. Continue reading.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Unions and UCEA declare agreement ‘on terms of reference for detailed negotiations’ on pay and conditions University staff have made a breakthrough in their months-long dispute with employers during which lecturers have gone on strike, worked to rule and refused to cover for absent colleagues across the UK.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

In today’s newsletter: A stalemate between lecturers and universities has left thousands of exams and dissertations ungraded – what’s the dispute about, and how might it end? A marking boycott by the union representing many UK university lecturers means that tests are being left ungraded and dissertations unassessed.

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