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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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Higher Education Non-Exempt Staff Numbers Continue Seven-Year Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The organization's latest workforce trends report, "The Non-Exempt Higher Education Staff Workforce: Trends in Composition, Size, and Equity," reveals a 9 percent overall decrease in full-time non-exempt staff positions since 2017. The non-exempt staff workforce at U.S. percent reduction in full-time positions and a dramatic 17.2

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3 takeaways from the Rutgers strike

Higher Ed Dive

The first few months of 2023 saw more higher education strikes than all of 2017. Even more are likely, experts say.

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The Other Mothers in Higher Education

ACPA

This Black feminist framework seeped into the higher education space with the creation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and expansion of Black student enrollment (Sturdivant, 2024). What other professional development models might help Other Mothers in higher education? Cobb-Roberts et. Karanxha, Z.,

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Higher education is spending more thanks to strong endowments

University Business

tax on their net investment income, per the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Private institutions’ effective spending rate in fiscal year was a percentage point higher than their public counterparts at 5.2%. The post Higher education is spending more thanks to strong endowments appeared first on University Business.

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Tuition fees to rise in England as unis depend more on int’l students

The PIE News

Tuition fees have been set at £9,250 per year since 2017, with many arguing that universities have become over-reliant on the heftier fees paid by international students to sustain their finances. It remains unclear by how much, if any, fees for international students will increase.

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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior Prior to that, she was Dean of Instruction for Transfer and Pre-College Education at Highline, from July 2008 to March 2017.

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