Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Image: Bloomfield College will become part of Montclair State University, the institutions announced Wednesday, formalizing a merger that had been in the works for months since Montclair State stepped up to help the financially struggling Bloomfield. Going forward, Bloomfield will be known as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer, associate provost for equity and inclusion, and coordinator of the new DEI certificate program at Muhlenberg College. Dr. Brooke Vick, chief diversity officer and associate provost for equity and inclusion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa.,

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Last week, Sara Goldrick-Rab amplified a tweet from Ricky Shabazz that caught my eye. Apparently, the California State University Academic Senate recently passed a resolution imploring the state Legislature to block community colleges from offering bachelor’s degrees.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. Itzkowitz: Over the past year, we’ve seen an uptick in students and families wanting to know what type of return on investment they’re going to get from the college education.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Yesterday I asked my readers what rule they would enact for higher education in their state if they were somehow declared Grand Poohbah of Higher Education for a day. (I Just as most college administrators were never trained in management, most professors were never trained in teaching.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2023

Hector Balderas , attorney general of New Mexico, has been chosen as president of Northern New Mexico College. Patrena Benton Elliott , vice president of instruction and student support services at Robeson Community College, in North Carolina, has been appointed president of Halifax Community College, also in North Carolina.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree. In this podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with the person who generated and crunched these numbers, Michael Itzkowitz , president of the HEA Group and former director of the College Scorecard under President Obama.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2023

steps down at a time when Langston’s total enrollment has been steadily declining for the past decade, like other regional colleges in the state. VTSU is a new school made up of seasoned parts, consolidated from Castleton University, Northern Vermont University and Vermont Technical College. Despite this, Smith Jr.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MAY 31, 2023

Examples include expanding recruitment efforts and creating stronger partnerships between high schools and colleges. More outreach and advising can demystify college for students. The college experience will not be linear for every student. Build stronger and more effective college partnerships between institutions.

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WCET Frontiers

MAY 11, 2023

Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence Recently, WCET conducted a survey of college and university leaders regarding the use of generative AI on their campuses. For example, for theater courses at one small liberal arts college, syllabi contain the following policy: “All work submitted in this course must be your own.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

He has over 40 years of experience in faith-based, nonprofit leadership, stating that his work as a college administrator is guided by his Lutheran faith. This work has included small, community-based urban development, international relief and development as well as a college presidency.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 27, 2023

Image: In January 2022, Bates College employees voted on forming a union that would include non-tenure-track faculty, dining employees, custodians and others. Their employer, a private liberal arts college in Maine, argued that—if there were going to be any unions—there should be separate bargaining units for faculty and staff.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

Given that most accrediting bodies require some form of DEI commitment and practice, including diverse hiring and recruitment, public colleges and universities in both states could potentially lose such accreditation. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to defund DEI offices at Florida’s public colleges and universities.

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