Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 26, 2023

Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the highest honor from the federal government for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Simmons The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) lecture – “Facing History to Find a Better Future” – will take place 7 p.m. Dr. Ruth J.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rushi Sheth, Vice President (International), College Board, highlighted the importance of expanding opportunities for Indian students. The College Board recently hosted the India Global Higher Education Alliance Forum 2024 in New Delhi, which focused on ensuring successful student transitions to higher education, aimed at Indian institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

The rest is history. Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September. The district comprises 10 independently accredited colleges in Arizona serving over 94,000 students. A passion for education Dr. Steven R.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For only the second time in history, state funding to public colleges in 2023 exceeded per-student funding levels unseen since before the Great Recession. Perhaps more relevant to higher ed leaders, fiscal year 2023 saw the largest decline in tuition revenue since SHEF began tracking such data in 1980.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JULY 12, 2023

The University of Phoenix (or at least its name) may soon enter the ash heap of US history--and rise again as a state-run robocollege. As of January 2023, more than 69,000 of these student loan debtors have filed Borrower Defense to Repayment fraud claims with the US Department of Education against the school. Consumers Empowered.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

The California State University has allocated $250,000 in one-time funding that will be used to support Sacramento State’s new Black Honors College. Dr. Luke Wood The funds will be used to help support the school's Black Honors College. It is designed for students who are interested in Black history, life, and culture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The College Board has released a revised framework of its African American studies Advanced Placement (AP) course, a course that has received plenty of criticism from both advocates and critics this year. 6 release , the testing company almost bookends 2023 with its AP African American studies framework releases.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Jakes Foundation (TDJF), in partnership with Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Paul Quinn College (PQC) is looking to create an innovative housing model, accompanied by a mixed-use community on their Dallas campus. PQC is the only minority-serving, federally recognized Work College in the nation. Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

Lance Holbert Few community colleges offer courses that are specifically designated as “civic learning,” according to a report examining the current state of civics education in primary and secondary schools. Dr. Lynn Pasquerella The report is based on a 2023 survey of institutional leaders at 145 community colleges in 42 states.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2023

The Division I Women’s Final Four has long been a much-celebrated conclusion to women’s college basketball season. Lynn Holzman This year for only the second time in the 41-year history of NCAA women’s basketball (the previous time was 2016), the NCAA Divisions II and III National Championships were decided at the Women’s Final Four site.

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University Business

MARCH 4, 2024

Administrators from Notre Dame College in Ohio have announced that the century-old Roman Catholic school in Ohio will be closing its doors at the end of the semester. The college has already coordinated Teach-Out agreements with several neighboring colleges and universities to ensure the closure does not hurt its students.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

700,000 incarcerated students will be Pell-eligible in 2023. Beginning July 2023, over 700,000 incarcerated adults will become Pell Grant eligible , enabling qualified students to pursue federally funded college education for the first time since the 1990s. The History of Higher Ed for Incarcerated Students.

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University Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Michigan’s only private university in the state’s upper peninsula, Finlandia University, announced last week it will not enroll students for fall 2023, officially marking its closure at the conclusion of the current academic year. The majority of those schools were also small private colleges with a theological background.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The first college in the U.S, American higher education remained the purview of men until the 1830s, when women’s colleges were established. In 1856, Martin Henry Freeman became the first Black college president (Avery College). Today, the California Community College System, with more than 1.8 Dr. Kimberly R.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Ruth Simmons, president emerita of Prairie View A&M and Brown Universities and Smith College, delivered the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities to a rapt audience at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Tuesday evening.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 10, 2024

Mary Ann Villarreal has been appointed vice president in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Villarreal holds a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies from Mount Holyoke College and a Ph.D. in history from Arizona State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Williams College faculty voted 81-5 to approve the creation of an Asian American studies (AAS) concentration beginning Fall 2023, The Williams Record reported. s history of anti-Asian racism and the upsurge in attacks against Asian people during the pandemic, such as the March 2021 Atlanta shooting killing six Asian American women.

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WCET Frontiers

JANUARY 17, 2023

January 27, 2023 10:00am MT. We will draw on examples from history to make the case for a more explicit pedagogy, with examples from an introductory STEM course, demonstrating how these practices prepare students for all forms of social participation. February 3, 2023 12:00pm MT. February 10, 2023 12:00pm MT.

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University Business

MARCH 31, 2023

For a decade, this report has borne witness to the efforts of colleges and universities to confront challenges, focus investments and enable the learning and research at the core of their missions. And the recession which may or may not officially materialize in 2023 has kept institutional planning on edge.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. Weingarten underscores the importance of teacher involvement in shaping how AI is implemented in classrooms (American Federation of Teachers, 2023).

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. Weingarten underscores the importance of teacher involvement in shaping how AI is implemented in classrooms (American Federation of Teachers, 2023).

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

As someone who visited India as a 14-year-old and returned to the country when as a college-going 19-year-old, Garcetti reminisced on his ‘learnings’ from India and the impact an educational journey in the country could have on prospective students. Eric Garcetti, US Ambassador to India. This is why our countries invest in that program.”

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

McPherson College in Kansas could be the recipient of a $500 million gift, depending on donor matches. The gift to the McPherson College endowment— announced Friday —is believed to be the largest gift to a small liberal arts college in history, according to the college.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 27, 2024

California’s public schools didn’t teach Asian American history to a young Dr. Beth Lew-Williams. Neither did college. history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. “The history classes that I was taking,” Lew-Williams says. Holding several degrees in history, including a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Danielle Ren Holley, president-elect of Mount Holyoke College. The Howard University law professor and dean has been named Mount Holyoke College’s first permanent Black female president in the institution’s 186-year history. She will step into her role on July 1, 2023. Danielle Ren Holley is breaking ground.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. However, David Coleman, head of The College Board, insists that the changes were not due to political pressure. principles."

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

And while it is just the latest in a seven decades-old history of AI and Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) that can generate content like text, images, music, etc., in response to user prompts, there is no ignoring the flurry of both concerns and hopes for its use in a variety of professional fields.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This fall semester, Massasoit Community College achieved a new first. Massasoit Community College is officially offering a Black Studies curriculum. Ten years in the making The story of Black Studies at the Massachusetts public community college goes back a decade. As such, the school began offering the degree program this fall.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 8, 2023

The short book does cover that history briefly, but goes deeper into racism and struggles to overcome it in her life in Texas. It also gives a deep history of how racism was built into that state’s structures from the first settlers who came to Texas from what became the Confederacy to a state constitution that favored some over others.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

SAE’s Creative Media Institute in Australia has been granted the designation of University College, it has been announced. With six campuses across five Australian states and one transnational campus in Dubai, SAE was officially registered as a University College in late December 2023, according to the college.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

5-19 ‘Public schools and the Fleming report of 1944: shunting the first-class carriage on to an immense siding?’ , History of Education , 2012, pp.235-55 235-55 ‘The Public Schools Commission: “Impractical, Expensive and Harmful to Children”?’ , Contemporary British History , 2010, pp.511-531 By Nick Hillman appeared first on HEPI.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Many Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have seen record numbers of applicants and increased enrollments this fall, as institutions experience a surge in interest from prospective students following recent national events. Alabama State University reported a 12.5% Howard University in Washington, D.C.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2024

Brandi Waters, senior program manager of AP African American Studies at the College Board, and Dr. Ericka Armstrong Dunbar, professor of history at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. It begs the question, as we sit in this moment of time, what can be birthed out of this season of American history?” According to the U.S.

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Liaison International

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a fully accredited, two-year public college with approximately 10,000 students enrolled at its four Michigan campuses. The post Data-Driven ROI: Liaison’s Intelligent Names Helps Kalamazoo Valley Community College “Identify the Right Population” appeared first on Liaison.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Between fall 2022 and fall 2023, the college lost 27 percent of its student body—or about 186 students—according to a letter sent from NCF’s interim provost to faculty members and obtained by The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. That figure compares to 13 percent and 14 percent drops in the prior two years, the letter said.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

A special kind of energy comes with doing something no one else has, and it’s buzzing around California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State), this spring as early applications are being reviewed for the inaugural cohort of 70 students who will enroll in the trailblazing Black Honors College (BHC).

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