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Higher Ed Dive
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Redistribution doesn’t work when there’s nothing left to redistribute
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MAY 15, 2025
As half of universities admit that they're considering slashing bursaries and hardship funds to make ends meet, Jim Dickinson digs into the problems of expecting them to fill the gaps in national student support
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House panel advances bill to raise college endowment tax up to 21%
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 14, 2025
Republicans proposed a tiered system on wealthy private institutions’ investment income, though experts say higher rates could harm student aid.
Morgan State University’s Bold Journey Toward Elite R1 Research Status
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2025
Dr. David K. Wilson For Morgan State University president Dr. David K. Wilson,the quest to attain R1 status the highest designation auniversity can get for its research enterprise is aboutmore than just attaining some sort of higher education sealof approval. Rather, its about attracting world-class faculty, creating more research opportunities for students, and coming upwith new innovations that benefit everyday people particularlythose in Baltimore, where the sprawling HBCU campusis located
Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive
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As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti
Florida A&M Hires DeSantis Ally as President
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2025
Florida A&M Hires DeSantis Ally as President Josh Moody Fri, 05/16/2025 - 04:10 PM The HBCU in Tallahassee hired a president who has never worked in higher ed but has ties to Republican Governor Ron DeSantis. Her critics have dubbed her MAGA Marva.
Nancy Coleman Believes Lifelong Learning Should Be Built on Flexibility and Value
MindMax
MAY 15, 2025
In a discussion with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey, Nancy Coleman, Dean, Harvard Extension School and Continuing Studies at Harvard University, explores the changing landscape of higher education. She emphasizes the urgent need for flexible, stackable learning options that meet learners where they areand evolve with the needs of both students and employers.
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Rewriting the Script: How HBCUs Are Shifting the Future of Graduate Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 15, 2025
Dr. Fred A. Bonner II Graduate education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is not just evolvingit is erupting with purpose. From the heart of tradition and the fire of resistance, a new wave of graduate programs in higher education administration is emergingbold, equity-centered, and unapologetically Black. We are witnessing a renaissance at HBCUs that is not merely about expanding degree offerings; it is about reimagining what graduate education can and must be.
How House Lawmakers Could Reshape Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 15, 2025
How House Lawmakers Could Reshape Higher Ed jessica.blake@ Thu, 05/15/2025 - 03:00 AM House committees put the finishing touches on their sections of the reconciliation megabill early this week. Now, all the pieces of the puzzle are laid out, and higher ed experts say the picture is grim.
John Robichaux Wants Lifelong Learning to Drive Public Impact
MindMax
MAY 15, 2025
In this wide-ranging conversation, John Robichaux, Executive Director at the UC Berkeley Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, sits down with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey to explore how lifelong learning can shape the future of higher education, workforce development, and society. Drawing on experience from top institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and now Berkeley, Robichaux shares how engineering and technology leadership must be taught across the full career arcfrom undergraduates to enc
Penn State University proposes closing 7 commonwealth campuses
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 14, 2025
In a report to trustees, university officials cited enrollment declines at the colleges, as well as their financial deficits and maintenance backlogs.
Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P
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The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.
It’s the Home Office that’s misselling UK higher education
Wonkhe
MAY 18, 2025
International students may be being misled by false promises from recruitment agents.
How faculty online presence can help your students
The Academic Designer
MAY 18, 2025
When professors are intentional about your online presence it benefits students by enhancing support, networking, opportunities, and visibility.
HBCU Students Call for More Safety Measures After Shooting
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2025
HBCU Students Call for More Safety Measures After Shooting Sara Weissman Wed, 05/14/2025 - 03:00 AM Students at Elizabeth City State University are calling on the University of North Carolina system and university leaders to enhance campus security.
Annette Roberts Webb Wants to Bring the University to the Community
MindMax
MAY 15, 2025
Annette Roberts Webb, Dean of University of California Merced’s Division of Professional and Continuing Education, joins MindMax CEO Lee Maxey to talk about launching a new division in one of Californias most underserved regions. With a mission grounded in access and equity, Webb is reshaping what it means for a research institution to serve its community.
How could cuts to the Education Department impact HBCUs?
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 13, 2025
Downsizing or shuttering the agency may harm the “long-term sustainability” of some historically Black colleges and universities, one expert said.
The widening access narrative must return to speaking about places
Wonkhe
MAY 19, 2025
Young people in coastal and rural areas are missing out on higher education.
A Major College-President Transition Is Defined By an About-Face on DEI
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2025
By Alissa Gary Santa J. Ono says he changed his mind about the benefits of college diversity programs at the University of Michigan. Now he hopes to go to Florida.
Teaching Students to Identify and Attack Misinformation
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2025
Teaching Students to Identify and Attack Misinformation Ashley Mowreader Fri, 05/16/2025 - 03:00 AM An interdisciplinary course at the University of Southern California teaches engineering students research skills and information literacy.
Jazz Jackson Wants to Help Every Student Finish What They Start
MindMax
MAY 15, 2025
Jazz Jackson, Vice Provost and Chief Student Success, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at Thomas Edison State University, speaks with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey about driving outcomes for adult learnersespecially those with some college and no degree. His mission? Removing barriers and building supports that help students complete their education, no matter their starting point.
‘Gross mismanagement’: Bacone College sent into liquidation
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 15, 2025
After filing for bankruptcy last year, a judge this week ordered its case to be converted into Chapter 7 after alarms raised by the U.S. trustee’s office.
The trouble with the latest accreditation round for initial teacher education
Wonkhe
MAY 15, 2025
The Department for Education has opened applications for new ITT accreditation.
The Number That Won’t Budge
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2025
As colleges announce spending freezes, many faculty members brace for still another year without a raise. By Adrienne Lu As colleges announce spending freezes, many faculty members brace for still another year without a raise.
Penn State Proposes 7 Campus Closures
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2025
Pennsylvania State University is weighing a plan to close seven of its 19Commonwealth Campuses, which its governing board is expected to vote on in a virtual meeting Thursday. The campuses proposed for closure are Dubois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York. Altogether, those campuses enroll just under 3,200 students.
HBCU Leaders Gather to Create Blueprint for Future of Higher Education
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 15, 2025
Ed Smith-Lewis, senior vice president for strategic partnerships at the United Negro College Fund facilitates a session at the H.E.L.F convening. ORANGEBURG, S.C. In a significant gathering dedicated to the advancement of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), approximately 70 leaders from across the higher education landscape have converged on Claflin University this week for the Ideation, Innovation, and Collaboration summit sponsored by the Higher Education Leadership Foundati
State and local funding for public colleges up 18% from pre-pandemic levels, SHEEO says
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 14, 2025
States could face hard budgetary decisions ahead as federal stimulus funding runs dry, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association said.
A new regulatory framework is more than Medr by numbers
Wonkhe
MAY 15, 2025
David Kernohan reviews the Welsh tertiary regulators' attempts to combine the best of rule- and principles- based regulation
At U. of Michigan, Frustrations Grew Over a President Who Couldn’t Be Pinned Down
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 15, 2025
By David Jesse Santa Ono, now the sole finalist for the University of Florida presidency, could be hard to find in Ann Arbor, several sources said. The university called the idea that its former president was disengaged false and absurd.
U of Minnesota Antiracism Center to Close After Founder Steps Down
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 19, 2025
U of Minnesota Antiracism Center to Close After Founder Steps Down Ryan Quinn Mon, 05/19/2025 - 03:00 AM Rachel Hardeman, who faces plagiarism allegations, left the university under a resignation agreement. The next day, the institution announced her center would shutter.
UK higher education in spring 2025: 10 ‘killer facts’
HEPI
MAY 13, 2025
This is the text of a speech delivered by Nick Hillman, HEPI’s Director, to the 16th Annual Student Housing Investment Conference. Good morning. It is wonderful to be here, even if the outlook for our sector does not feel quite as rosy as when I have appeared here in the past and, given the new migration white paper from the Home Office, not as rosy as it felt just a few hours ago.
Denver Public Schools gets the OK to award associate degrees
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 13, 2025
Set to launch in 2026, programs offered through the district’s technical college would provide a higher credential for registered apprentices.
The era of hyper competition between universities needs to end
Wonkhe
MAY 15, 2025
We can build on these efforts to inform the art of the possible. Brokerage efforts, designed and delivered by our organisations working in partnership, could facilitate opportunities to reduce the risk of market failure or the need for acquisitions.
Morehouse Alumnus Dr. F. DuBois Bowman Named 13th President of His Alma Mater
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 13, 2025
Dr. F. DuBois Bowman Morehouse College has tapped one of its own to lead the prestigious Historically Black college into its next chapter. The institution's Board of Trustees announced Tuesday that Dr. F. DuBois Bowman, a 1992 graduate and nationally recognized public health leader, will become the College's 13th president effective July 15, 2025. Bowman, who currently serves as dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, will succeed Dr.
Free Community College for N.Y. Adults in High-Demand Fields
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2025
New York governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation Friday making community college free for adult residents of the state pursuing careers in high-demand fields, including nursing, teaching, technology and engineering.
The Immigration White Paper — an Indian student’s perspective
HEPI
MAY 15, 2025
By Sanam Arora , Chair of the National Indian Students and Alumni Union. Last week, I arrived back in London on a high. Id spent five weeks in India with British colleagues promoting the benefits of U.K. higher education in seven cities. My audience was some of the most talented and entrepreneurial young people in the world, and they have plenty of choices about where to follow their dreams.
New Jersey City University takes key step to become part of Kean University
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 16, 2025
The two public institutions signed a letter of intent Thursday outlining a plan that would transform NJCU into “Kean Jersey City.
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