Wonkhe
MARCH 22, 2024
Tonari Arikekpar worries that issues in the international student experience offer are being lost in the lobbying over immigration - and sets out a positive agenda for changing that The post If you don’t only see us as cash cows, it’s time to prove it appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 22, 2024
We’re rounding up some of this week’s top stories, from a roadmap for financially distressed colleges to multi-year cuts at Marquette University.
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Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
Antisemitism Awareness Program Launched at HBCUs Sara Weissman Fri, 03/22/2024 - 03:00 AM Students at South Carolina State University and Voorhees University are learning about antisemitism and the history of Black-Jewish relations as part of a new program.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 22, 2024
A bipartisan group of senators urged the Education Department to delay college reporting deadlines amid a shortened financial aid cycle.
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Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
The Education Department acknowledged Friday that a calculation error led to inaccurate aid estimates for a sizable portion of student aid forms processed in the past few months. “The FAFSA Processing System (FPS) was not including all data fields needed to correctly calculate the Student Aid Index for dependent students who reported assets,” department officials wrote in an announcement.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 22, 2024
Processing delays for transmitting FAFSA data to colleges have amplified the pressure of the application season. Here’s how schools can help.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
When journalist Nathan McCall released his 1994 autobiography, Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America , my mother was among the first wave of people to purchase a copy. She didn’t buy the book for me as a young aspiring journalist who was still in college at the time, although I’m sure she would have. Rather, my mother bought McCall’s book for herself because – like many readers – she was riveted by a report on NPR about McCall’s remarkable foray into the newspaper business after ha
SRHE
MARCH 22, 2024
by Panagiota (Peny) Sotiropoulou At the beginning of February 2024, I attended the in-person workshop on Using Diary Method in Social Research , organised by the SRHE and facilitated by Dr Emily Henderson, Dr Zoe Baker and Dr Ahmad Akkad. Figure 1: Dr Zoe Baker presenting a group task during the workshop As a reflective, life-long learner, I think there is no bigger satisfaction than sharing lessons learned from attending professional development opportunities like this with a wider audience.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Good press for a few thousand dollars — what's wrong with that? By Francie Diep Tim Bouckley for The Chronicle Good press for a few thousand dollars — what's wrong with that?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Community colleges have the ability to not only put students on the right path, but most importantly, ensure that students begin on the right foot. That right foot has so many implications, the first of which is the financial impact of attending a community college as the first step toward a bachelor ’ s degree. Currently, students are more immediately aware of the return on interest (ROI), and they want to know —up front — the lasting impact of their choices of when and how they engage in highe
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
By Eric Hoover A technical problem with the new federal-aid form has resulted in inaccurate estimates of some applicants’ aid eligibility, the Education Department announced on Friday.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
Eastern Gateway Community College, which has struggled financially over the last year, is set to begin dissolving in June unless it receives enough funding. EGCC trustees decided at a Wednesday meeting that unless the community college is able to obtain “sufficient” funding by May 31, it would begin the process of folding on June 30.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
How public colleges in two states are actually responding to DEI bans. By Erin Gretzinger and Maggie Hicks Nicolas Ogonosky for The Chronicle A Chronicle survey of Florida and Texas institutions reveals how chaotic the implementation of the controversial laws has been.
The PIE News
MARCH 22, 2024
Australian legislators have passed rules that the Australian Skills Quality Authority says will protect vulnerable students in the vocational education and training sector and “take action” against non-genuine providers. The legislation will also safeguard quality in VET, the national regulator added. Among the amendments to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 is the automatic lapse of registration for registered training organisations that have not de
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
By Erin Gretzinger Illustration by The Chronicle Exchanges between University of Wisconsin system officials and stakeholders offer an inside look to a compromise that traded staff raises for cuts to DEI positions.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
Despite protests from students on multiple campuses, Alabama’s governor signed into law Wednesday legislation that will, within public higher education institutions, limit so-called “divisive concepts” plus diversity, equity and inclusion programs and transgender individuals’ access to campus bathrooms.
The PIE News
MARCH 22, 2024
The Australian government has said that recent international student visa grants are down by 35% on the previous year due to its actions since September. In an announcement dated March 21, the government said it will deliver on key commitments from December’s migration strategy with important new changes on March 23, including introducing higher language requirements for visas and a new ‘no further stay’ rule on visitor visas.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
Third-party investigators hired by Lincoln University’s Board of Curators found no evidence that university administrator Antoinette (Bonnie) Candia-Bailey, who died by suicide earlier this year, had been bullied by the university’s president, as she had alleged in a 12-page letter to him the morning
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Three ways to deal with a to-do list that seems too lengthy for one administrator to realistically accomplish. By Aaron Basko Three ways to deal with a to-do list that seems too lengthy for one administrator to realistically accomplish.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
The University of California’s Board of Regents on Wednesday postponed a planned vote on a policy that would prohibit academic departments and other academic units from posting political statements on their website homepages.
Academe Blog
MARCH 22, 2024
We are posting this March 21 letter from the executive committee of the University of Virginia AAUP chapter with the chapter’s permission.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Most of the students aim to get a bachelor’s degree. Few earn one. By Tatiana Velasco Eric Petersen for The Chronicle Most of the students aim to get a bachelor’s degree. Few earn one.
The PIE News
MARCH 22, 2024
Pathways broaden access, provide stability and deliver diversity. Importantly, they also prepare and empower international students from all walks of life to succeed at university. Access As stated in the report NCUK launched last week , together with Nous and the IC Global, The Impact and Benefits of International Pathways , pathway provision expands the diverse pool of students who can study overseas.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
Faculty, students and alumni at Providence College in Rhode Island have accused the administration of “hypocrisy toward and systemic oppression of LGBTQ+ people at PC,” The Providence Journal reported Thursday.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Hillary Folsom Hillary Folsom has been appointed director of advancement and alumni relations at Gadsden State Community College. She served as financial director of, and marketing liaison for, Interfaith Ministries, a regional nonprofit organization focused on the homeless and unsuitably housed. Folsom holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and an MPA from Jacksonville State University.
The PIE News
MARCH 22, 2024
As the UK and India attempt to formulate a free trade agreement, and with the future of the UK Graduate Route uncertain, stakeholders have highlighted the importance of post-study work offerings for bilateral relations between the countries. “I think it speaks as much to sentiment as it does to practicalities,” said Simona Campbell, vice president of university relations at Leap.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Ron Price Ron Price has been appointed vice president of the new Division of People, Culture, and Equity at the College of Southern Maryland. He served as the vice president of human resources and chief diversity officer for Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire. Price holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public administration from the University of Virginia.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Today’s college libraries are gathering places as much as they are spots where students come to read. When it came time to renovate Sam Houston State University’s Newton Gresham Library, staff knew that the focus was going to be on a lot more than books. After five decades serving students, the library was ready for an upgrade — and not just in the way its visitors perused their reading material.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Dr. Diane Ryan Diane Ryan has been named vice president for academic affairs at Harford Community College in Bel Air, Maryland. She served as the vice president of academic affairs at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona. Ryan earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and a master’s in communication studies from Western Illinois University as well as a Ph.D. in community college leadership from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
University Business
MARCH 22, 2024
Nia Dyer’s dream of graduating college next year is on the line. She’s one of about 645 students receiving state aid to pay for college through the Fostering Independence Grant program — the first of its kind in the nation to cover not only tuition but full cost of attendance of college for Minnesotans who have been in foster care. Read more on MPR News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Kristen Miller Kristen Miller has been appointed president of Southern Maine Community College. She served as vice president of academic affairs at White Mountains Community College in New Hampshire. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and English from Sonoma State University in California, a master’s in education and education leadership from the University of New England in Maine, and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Capella University in Minnesota.
University Business
MARCH 22, 2024
Two smaller northwest Ohio colleges are merging, though the two campuses will remain open. Presidents of the University of Findlay and Bluffton University made the historic announcement on Thursday. Read more on News Talk 1480 WHBC. The post Two neighboring northwest Ohio universities to merge appeared first on University Business.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
MARCH 22, 2024
Just as the University of Idaho reaches crunch time for its acquisition of the University of Phoenix, it is getting a major cautionary example from Arizona, where a similar purchase is producing mounting costs and political recriminations. The University of Arizona began working to buy the for-profit Ashford University in 2020 and completed the deal last year.
University Business
MARCH 22, 2024
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that 48 colleges across the country continue to require prospective students to receive the COVID-19 shot for admission, almost a year after the pandemic was declared over by Congress. Lawmakers and policy experts are decrying the ongoing mandates as discriminatory, unnecessary, overly burdensome, and potentially dangerous.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 22, 2024
New Presidents and Provosts: Jackson State, Lower Columbia, Nevada State, Northshore Technical CC, Upper Iowa, Yavapai Doug Lederman Fri, 03/22/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman
University Business
MARCH 22, 2024
Pennsylvania lawmaker and state higher education leaders’ recent nod to performance-based funding has brought the money allocation tool back to the forefront as Texas and Oregon have also agreed to enact similar models for their two-year institutions last summer. While the model has been adopted and discarded across the country since the 1970s, recent guidelines are ensuring its staying power.
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