Higher Ed Dive

MAY 3, 2024

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is giving the Pennsylvania institution until Aug. 1 to demonstrate compliance with its standards.

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MAY 3, 2024

For Mandy Crawford-Lee, skills planning for all ages and at all levels must be at the top of the next government’s in-tray The post Whoever the next Chancellor is, a comprehensive skills policy is a must appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

Will Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech Survive? Ryan Quinn Fri, 05/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Faculty and free expression groups are sounding alarms about threatened limitations and crackdowns on professors’ speech and student protests.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence tools are starting to change the world. AI text generators such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini make it easier to complete mundane tasks, and AI image generators such as StarryAI can take an ordinary picture and make it extraordinary. Even Grammarly and Microsoft are getting on board with their own AI text enhancers. What does this mean for education?

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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

What the ‘Antisemitism Awareness’ Bill Could Mean for Higher Ed Katherine Knott Fri, 05/03/2024 - 03:00 AM The House voted Wednesday to codify a broad definition of antisemitism into federal law. Supporters say it’s necessary to protect Jewish students. Critics worry that it could chill free speech on campus.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom wants her work to meet people where they are, and to do so, she uses many platforms and intersects multiple disciplines. However, her strategy is simple ; she starts with culture. “Culture is this place where we try to make sense of a really complex world in our own little local context,” says McMillan Cottom. “Fundamentally, I want my scholarship to matter to people's lives and to do that, it's really helpful if I don't lose sight of how people are living.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

The number of women and people of color on the tenure track has increased over the past seven years, but they still aren’t being promoted at the same rate as white men. That’s a highlight from a new report the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR), released Thursday.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Nobody is any danger on our comfortable campus, except from the administration. By Oliver Eagan Genaro Molina, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images Campus protests and crackdowns at Pomona, from a student's perspective.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

Grad Speakers Join the Protest Fray Johanna Alonso Fri, 05/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Speakers at USC and CUNY have withdrawn from commencement ceremonies, while one at Michigan criticized administrators for failing to divest.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

By Kevin R. McClure and Kevin Gannon Some of the most vulnerable employees at institutions are being hung out to dry.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

The pro-Palestinian protests on many college campuses are dividing opinions—especially between younger and older adults—with nearly half of those responding to a new online survey opposing the demonstrations and a third saying university leaders have not responded harshly enough.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

New research from CUPA-HR on the state of the faculty workforce in higher education shows that despite some growth in representation among tenure-track women and faculty of color in new hires, advancement to higher faculty ranks remains a barrier. The research points out that these promotion gaps are found in every faculty discipline. The Faculty in Higher Education Survey, a comprehensive data source that collects salary and demographic data by tenure status, rank, and faculty discipline, to e

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

After threatening to close unless it could raise a whopping $12 million in a matter of weeks, Northland College announced Wednesday that its doors will remain open under a new “refocused model.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

By Sonel Cutler Travis Long, News & Observer, Tribune News Service, Getty Images Pro-Palestinian demonstrators replace an American flag with a Palestinian flag on Tuesday. A GoFundMe campaign to support an appreciative frat "rager" pulled in over $500,000.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2024

India has overtaken China as the second-most represented country in the Times Higher Education Asia University rankings 2024, with 91 universities compared with the neighbouring nation’s 86 institutions. Japan has maintained its top position with 119 universities, while Mainland China takes five of top 10 positions, including first and second. Other countries the ranking compiler has highlighted are Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, which THE says excelled in the 12th edition of the ranking.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

A new report from the Association of Governing Board of Universities and Colleges (AGB) outlined the top strategic issues for boards and senior leaders, revealing a sector beset by myriad challenges.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Two presidents have been hired at small private colleges in the past two weeks and one leader is choosing to retire after four decades in higher education. The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Dr. Padonda B. Webb Padonda B. Webb has been named assistant vice chancellor of health and wellness in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Division of Student Affairs. She served as executive director at the Dr. Alvin V. Blount Jr. Student Health Center. Webb holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from A&T, a master’s in nursing from Winston-Salem State University, and DNP from the University of South Alabama-Mobile.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Activism cannot be allowed to drown out academe's core functions. By Jacques Berlinerblau Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock Activism cannot be allowed to drown out academe's core functions.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

The Scholar-Magician mclemee@gmail.com Fri, 05/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Scott McLemee reviews Anthony Grafton’s Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa.

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MAY 3, 2024

Dr. Andrew W. White Andrew W. White has been appointed president of Cleveland State Community College. He serves as senior director of the Fast Forward Program at Belmont University. White holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tennessee, a master’s in public administration from Central Michigan University, and a Doctor of Education degree in education leadership from the University of Southern California.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Bowling Green State University announced on Thursday that the Thompson Foundation will expand its support of an existing scholarship program, helping create a fund that may reach a total of $250 million dollars for student scholarships at the university. Combined with their prior scholarship support, Bob and Ellen Thompson intend to increase their contribution for scholarships at the university to $121 million.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

In November, Iowa’s Board of Regents adopted a broad diversity, equity and inclusion ban across its public universities: the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern IowaThe board’s first directive was sweeping: “Restructure the central, university-wide DEI offices to eliminate any DEI functions that are not necessary for compliance or accreditation.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

A small group of students staged a walkout at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh this week, accusing the university of discriminating against people with disabilities. Students said the university is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. According to the university, the number of staff serving students with disabilities was cut by half, from eight people to four.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

Higher education institutions have increased their cybersecurity budgets as more universities fall prey to cyber attacks, Moody’s Investor Service says in a report. The bond ratings agency reports that higher education institutions allocating a portion of their budget to cybersecurity increased more than 70 percent from 2019 to 2023. Despite the new spending jump, universities still focus less on cyber spending than other institutions do.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Salisbury University and the Maryland Army National Guard have joined forces in a landmark partnership aimed at fostering educational opportunities and mutual support. The university says that this collaboration focuses on the development of an enduring academic and mentorship program within the College of Health and Human Services. According to the school, both agencies stand to benefit from enriched collaboration avenues, including student participation in the Maryland Army National Guard Annu

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute: Shamma A. Alam, associate professor of economics and chairperson of the department of international studies at Dickinson College, examines how pandemic lockdowns affected those needing access to health care.

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Wonkhe

MAY 3, 2024

As campus protests over Gaza spread around the UK, Jim Dickinson wonders what sorts of promises are being made to students about their freedom to speak and their freedom from harm The post Campus encampments intensify the conflicts over free speech regulation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 3, 2024

Virginia County Defunds Community College Over SJP Film Screening Sara Weissman Fri, 05/03/2024 - 03:00 AM After Students for Justice in Palestine showed a movie on campus at Piedmont Virginia Community College, a local county suspended funding for the college.

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The PIE News

MAY 3, 2024

Once the UK HE sector has ‘toughed it out’ through the MAC review announcement and net migration figures, it can start looking more concretely at the future, stakeholders said. Wendy Alexander, VP of international at the University of Dundee , warned delegates at the International Higher Education Forum in London that they were in for an uncomfortable month as key dates approach.

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Academe Blog

MAY 3, 2024

BY MICHAEL SCHWALBE We are now seeing how holocausts happen.

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