The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Best Framing for the Best Ideas in Higher Ed When higher education leaders present their ideas and results at conferences, sharing perspectives on innovative practices and student success initiatives, the perceived value of their experience depends on how relevant it seems to their audience. Start with the problem. Do we share values?

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

She discussed what America needs most from higher education, the operational challenges and rewards for a major university system, how to best serve returning students, and humility and perspective as leadership attributes. Now you're trying to create a system that serves these students. million students? “We

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

She discussed what America needs most from higher education, the operational challenges and rewards for a major university system, how to best serve returning students, and humility and perspective as leadership attributes. Now you're trying to create a system that serves these students. million students? “We

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

Being brave enough to open a charter school and figure out how to get more high school students early college experiences has been tremendous, and it's been so much fun to see students and parents get access to that kind of programming. “As a president, I'm incredibly proud of my campus and this community.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Initially unfamiliar with the world of higher ed, President Stokes admitted that her leadership trajectory was unexpected: “I'm a first-generation student. Higher Ed Leadership Styles and Skills Educational institutions serve student bodies, regional communities, and areas of research. I hadn't thought about it.’

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

It was only after becoming department chair that she recognized the possibilities for broader impact on her students and colleagues: "Every time I step in front of a classroom, I'm the leader of that experience. We had staff members working to support evacuated students or their own families were being evacuated.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 28, 2023

It was sponsored by the University Innovation Lab , the UIA's digital ecosystem designed to help higher ed professionals accelerate innovation in student success with a wide array of tools, trainings, resources, and community. The UIA was developed during Bridget’s tenure as an American Council on Education (A.C.E.)

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The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Everybody wants something, and you need to figure out where you fit into that, and where the institution fits, and what's best for students." Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003, after working at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles. I've gotten my cuts and bruises from that.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2023

In schools across the nation, there has been a heightened awareness of the need for students to earn postsecondary degrees – as there is substantial evidence that it leads to better labor market outcomes and a higher quality of life. Hines, Fletcher, & Moore, in press, p.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After months of uncertainty for borrowers, the Biden administration’s student loan debt cancellation program, which offers $10,000 of relief to those making up to $125,000 and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients, came before the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in oral arguments that stretched for over an hour past their scheduled time.

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Student Loan Hero

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In her honor, the Patsy Takemoto Mink Foundation was launched in 2003. Graduate students. Paying off student loans. While the society offers general scholarships for women, it also designates funds for nontraditional students and women looking to reenter the workforce. House of Representatives. Female entrepreneurs.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 11, 2023

One piece of advice I would give to leaders is that your staff, your students, they actually want to know you. The students knew they could come to my office, sometimes 8:00, 9:00 at night. President Sorrell learns from students, too, and he shared this candid exchange with his intern: "She said, 'You are incredibly gifted.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

She went on to explain how this has been detrimental to institutions’ ability to deliver on the promise of public higher education: “We do not have full transferability at most institutions, so students leave behind on average 40% of their credits when they go from a community college to a four-year institution.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 17, 2023

We’d been impacting the lives of 5,000 students, and I wanted the challenge of impacting the lives of 180,000 students, not to mention 350,000 learners that aren't even degree-seeking. Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003, after working at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 24, 2023

I've dedicated my life to helping more and more diverse students be more successful in the world of higher education so that they have more opportunities in their lives. NU is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and has a 50-year history of innovating around the needs of military, working, and other nontraditional students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

Supreme Court dashed the hopes of 40 million student borrowers Friday, striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The plan would have offered $10,000 of relief to borrowers making under $125,000 and $20,000 to those who had received Pell grants, for an estimated $430 billion of forgiveness.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 6, 2023

I left Duke University, that I loved and still love, where I have friends, colleagues, and students. Here I'm in service to thousands of students and all the faculty and staff, and the day that it doesn't feel like a privilege is the day I should quit. The day that I left, I was no longer going to be entangled in that institution.

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College Planners of America

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Education Department (ED) is no longer accepting applications for its student debt forgiveness plan (the Plan) after a Texas judge halted its rollout in a November 10th ruling. Studentaid.gov, the ED’s website for student aid programs, announced the following : “Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program.

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