Education

[ad_1] Scott Jaschik’s June 29 “Justices deem admissions programs at both Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional” and succeeding essays do not address the historical foundations of affirmative action in the equal opportunity campaigns of the late 1960s and early 1970s nor the decline over time well before late June 2023.  Four U.S. …

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[ad_1] The University of Idaho will not demolish the house where four of its students were killed in November until October. Scott Green, president of the university, announced the delay on Wednesday. “We know that every action and decision around this horrific incident is painful and invokes emotions. That is why every decision we have …

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[ad_1] Edward Blum of Students for Fair Admissions sent a letter to 150 colleges Tuesday, making a series of demands related to the Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action. The Washington Post/Getty Images How soon should colleges change their policies in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action in college …

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[ad_1] In the face of internal disenchantment about faculty recognition and reward systems, as well as external threats questioning the value of faculty work and tenure altogether, higher education needs a new approach to understanding, evaluating and recognizing what faculty do more than ever before. I propose what I’ve identified as the integrated teacher-scholar model, …

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[ad_1] The Associated Press ran a story about Supreme Court justices’ appearances on campuses and how some of those events become fundraisers for institutions. The conduct would be banned for lower court federal judges. The story details appearances by both conservative and liberal justices but highlights Justice Clarence Thomas. The article was based on open …

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[ad_1] Koffi C. Akakpo, president of Bluegrass Community-Technical College, in Kentucky, has been chosen as president of Kentucky State University. Kimberly Hogan, interim chief executive officer at Middlesex Community College, in Connecticut, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Lee Lambert, president of Pima Community College, in Arizona, has been selected as …

New presidents or provosts: Foothill-De Anza Judson KSU Middlesex Shreveport UNG Wilfrid Laurier Read More »

[ad_1] Hackers took aim at the University of Connecticut last week, sending students a hoax email that falsely announced the death of UConn president Radenka Maric. The university said in a statement it had determined how the hackers got access to the UConn Daily Digest email and “took corrective action to prevent it from occurring …

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[ad_1] A women’s soccer coach at Geneva College, a Christian institution in Pennsylvania, was fired in June for posting messages supporting the LGBTQ community on her Instagram page, Religion News Service reported. The posts, shared in April, that led to her firing read, “Queer people offer precious gifts to the church: Don’t miss out” and …

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[ad_1] The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) voted yesterday to grant Alderson Broaddus University provisional authorization on the condition that it demonstrates sound financial footing throughout the next academic year.  The HEPC had originally scheduled the vote in late June, along with votes on other institutions in the state, but delayed it as …

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[ad_1] When we take inventory on how to best serve transfer students, many times we think about the essentials: articulation of credit, money, time to competition and onboarding. All these areas are valuable, but an area that we do not often think about is how we communicate to our prospective transfer students on an interpersonal …

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