Impartial expertise is vital to student conduct disputes
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Lynne Riach explores why impartial advice and trauma-informed approaches to student conduct disputes helps to reduce unnecessary anxiety for all involved.
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N.C. A&T Receives $4.8M NIH Grant to Study Alzheimer's Disease
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A new $4.8 million grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will help the historically Black college and university study Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged African Americans. Dr. Travonia Brown-Hughes, COAACH director and an associate professor in N.C.
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Moody’s rates education sector at ‘high’ cyber risk in 2024
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Higher education institutions have become more vulnerable to cyberattacks “due to comparatively weak defenses,” analysts wrote.
Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. Lynch will also serve as the director of the documentary film program at the historically Black college in Atlanta.
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
Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The North Carolina institution is on probation with its accreditor as it tries to stabilize its operations.
Keystone College to Lose its Accreditation
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Keystone College—a small, liberal arts college in Northeastern Pennsylvania—had its accreditation withdrawn this week by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Keystone College The school, which has about 1,100 students, pledged to appeal the decision. The decision to revoke the school’s accreditation is connected to its ongoing financial challenges.
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Will the FAFSA cycle be smoother this year?
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Financial aid experts recently expressed optimism that this year’s release of the financial aid form would be less chaotic than the last.
Voices of Student Success: Life Design for Student Success
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In higher education, more colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and future planning beyond graduation. Life design, which originates from the 2016 book Designing Your Life, uses design thinking principles to help guide individuals as they navigate change and transition, ultimately helping them find meaning and purpose in their lives.
Writing, Radical Imagination, and Social Justice with Anthology Editor Dr. Andrea Rexilius
The Academic Designer
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Dr. Andrea Rexilius discusses her edited anthology, We Can See Into Another Place, highlighting its multi-genre approach to social justice. This anthology features faculty and writers from the Mile-High MFA Program at Regis University.
Listen: How Life Design Can Improve Student Success Beyond College
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear from two college leaders about how they’re integrating life design principles into students’ learning and career preparation for holistic support. Colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and future planning beyond graduation.
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.
Saint Augustine’s University Cuts Half of Employees to Prepare for Accreditation Review
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Saint Augustine’s University—a historically Black college and university in North Carolina—has announced plans to cut half of its employees as administrators, amid financial challenges. The move comes after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) voted to remove SAU from membership after two years of warnings because of its financial status.
Who Owns Recruitment and Admissions?
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Kerri A. Golden suggests strategies for encouraging—and rewarding—faculty involvement in enrollment efforts. Faculty play a vital yet sometimes underutilized role in enrollment efforts. As experts in their fields and mentors to current students, they are uniquely positioned to make meaningful connections with prospective students. But to fully engage faculty in these efforts, institutions must change the culture surrounding the idea of who owns recruitment and enrollment.
Does the Oxford Chancellor election matter?
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Oxford has been noisily electing its new Chancellor. Ben Farmer weighs up the runners, riders, and whether it matters for the wider sector Oxford has been noisily electing its new Chancellor.
Celebrating First Generation Student Day 2024
Liaison International
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Stephen Naso , Senior Director of Education and Knowledge at Liaison, is a first-generation student. To celebrate one of our favorite education holidays, a few weeks late, we sat down with Stephen to ask him some questions about his journey into higher education. Can you describe your experience when you were applying to schools for your undergrad? Applying to schools started out pretty standard: I met with my high school guidance counselor to figure out my safety schools, reach schools, and the
Penn State Built a Second Law School. Now, It’s Going Back to One.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The university built a $60 million law building on its flagship campus. Now it’ll serve as a branch of a law school 80 miles away. A decade ago, Pennsylvania State University’s two law school campuses divorced, becoming two separately accredited entities. Now, they’re getting back together. This month, the American Bar Association approved the university’s request to recombine the two similarly named schools: Penn State Law, located at the flagship University Park/State College campus, and Penn
A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and Neptune
The Berkeley Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Layers of water and hydrocarbons that, like oil and water, don't mix can explain planets' unusual magnetic fields The post A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and Neptune appeared first on Berkeley News.
Don’t Get Left Behind: AI Skills for Enrollment and Marketing Leaders
Helix Education
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Let’s face it, the world of online higher education is a whirlwind. Between juggling countless tasks and trying to connect with potential students as quickly as possible, it can feel like we’re constantly running on a hamster wheel. But the expansion of AI technology offers a real opportunity to connect with students more and in a way that translates to increased enrollments.
Hopping on the Affordability Bandwagon
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Five selective colleges launched strikingly similar student aid initiatives last week for low- and middle-income students. What’s behind the frenzy to boost financial aid? For students worried about the cost of attending a selective college, last week was a bonanza.
A UK university strike now risks being futile and counterproductive
THE (Times Higher Education)
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Avoiding layoffs is the issue of the hour.
FTC and California AG Have Been Investigating Online College Provider 2U (David Halperin)
Higher Education Inquirer
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Struggling online program management operation 2U has this year been under investigation by both the Federal Trade Commission and California’s attorney general, filings in federal bankruptcy court reveal. Maryland-based 2U, which has faced scrutiny and lawsuits over alleged deceptive practices and has struggled with heavy debt, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in federal court in Manhattan in July.
Five takeaways from Providence’s PILOT agreements with local colleges and universities
University Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Last October, Brown and three other Providence-based colleges and universities agreed to provide over $177 million in voluntary payments to the city over the course of 20 years. The Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, agreement takes the form of a memorandum of understanding signed by Brown, the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College and Johnson and Wales University.
Wilson vs. FDR: Who was worse for free speech?
FIRE
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Woodrow Wilson or Franklin D. Roosevelt: which president was worse for free speech? In August, FIRE posted a , arguing that Woodrow Wilson may be America's worst-ever president for free speech. Despite the growing recognition of Wilson's.
Georgetown Law Grants Pregnant Student’s Request After Pushback
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A pregnant Georgetown Law School student will be able to postpone her final exam following an outcry online, The Washington Post reported.
Ta-Nehisi Coates sees free speech as antidote to crisis of liberalism
FIRE
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Amidst nearly a decade of culture wars and protests over the foundations of American civil society, Coates explains why history has never been more contentious and calls on writers to “save the world.
‘Trust no one:’ Howard Community College’s president rattles a changing campus
University Business
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Howard Community College President Daria Willis sat in her sunlit office, snapping together gray and orange Lego bricks from a tray on her desk. Nearby was an instruction manual as thick as any course catalogue. Willis says she finds respite in the step-by-step construction between meetings and calls. For much of her nearly three years on the job, Willis has contended with mounting complaints about her leadership.
Justice delayed is justice denied for early career plagiarism victims
THE (Times Higher Education)
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Misappropriation of junior colleagues’ ideas is a betrayal.
The Art of Professional Thank-You Notes
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Katie Homar offers tips for composing thoughtful thank-you notes. It’s the start of Thanksgiving week in the United States, when many of us express gratitude for family, friends and colleagues and reflect on good things that happened in the past year. Taking time to share your gratitude is an important career skill and essential to effective leadership.
How to survive Thanksgiving
FIRE
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
FIRE Let’s Talk group discussion materials hold the key to mutual understanding and civil dialogue at your holiday supper this year.
There is value in the simplicity of my open access proposal for Australia
THE (Times Higher Education)
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
But we must be sure to protect research and future subscription budgets, as well as building a sensible authentication system, says Cathy Foley
Black students are punished more often
The Berkeley Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A paper lays out the case that Black students across the country in K-12 education are experiencing scholastic punishment far more often than their peers.
Alumni Protest Saint Augustine’s Multimillion-Dollar Loan Deal
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A group of alumni and community members gathered last week to protest a $7 million loan agreement between Saint Augustine’s University and a local venture capital firm, WUNC, a North Carolina public radio station, reported.
Australia’s proposed 20 per cent student debt wipe is unfair
THE (Times Higher Education)
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Better to revise the previous government’s tuition fee hikes than redirect taxpayers’ money into wealthy graduates’ pockets, says Maxwell Yong
Spelman College President Steps Down
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Spelman College announced that Helene Gayle, president of the historically Black women’s college in Atlanta, will not be returning from a leave of absence, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
In Defense of the AAUP
Academe Blog
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
BY JOHN K. WILSON In the war of words between advocates of the AAUP and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), we need to recognize the value of both organizations. I wrote an essay at Inside Higher Ed, “In Defense of FIRE,” responding to Joan Scott’s critique of FIRE.
The Five Barriers to Effective Multicultural Marketing
Caylor Solutions
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Multicultural marketing is no longer a specialty—it’s a necessity. Here’s how to overcome 5 common barriers to reaching Hispanic students. The post The Five Barriers to Effective Multicultural Marketing appeared first on Caylor Solutions.
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