Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Castillo has been named the Acting President of Texas A&M International University in Laredo, effective immediately. Castillo, who has served as the Vice President for Finance and Administration at TAMIU since 2008, will oversee the university’s operations following the unexpected passing of President Pablo Arenaz.

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MAY 17, 2024

In this context, it is unconscionable that many university leaders delegate the response to this epidemic to a single department or committee who often have other related obligations and duties. Prevention, research, and survivor support efforts are currently highly fragmented across higher education. Dr. Monica J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 2, 2024

Robert Budach Robert Budach has been appointed vice president of administrative services at Mesa Community College. He served as senior director of asset management, contracts, and compliance at Arizona State University. Carey School of Business, and a Master of Leadership Studies degree from North Central College.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 5, 2025

Jason King Jason King has been named senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel at Hofstra University. King holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of NebraskaLincoln and a Juris Doctor from Baylor University School of Law.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 16, 2024

The University of North Florida (UNF), by example, has shuttered several on-campus centers, including the LGBTQ Center. The University of Texas at Austin closed its Gender and Sexuality Center, transferring some of its activities and services to the university’s Women’s Community Center, which UT then closed in May.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 21, 2024

A 2013 Princeton University study found that students who engaged in more diverse interactions during college were more likely to challenge their own beliefs and develop more inclusive attitudes. Use your platform to champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives within your university. A study by Martínez et al.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In February, Texas Tech University came under fire from the National Association of Scholars after the conservative education organization discovered the university’s biology department would evaluate potential faculty on how well they promoted DEI on campus. Supreme Court to outlaw affirmative action.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

McWilliams also has experience in administration, facilities and operations, compliance and governance, human resources, and external operations. McWilliams earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hampton University in 1991, a master’s degree in sports management and administration from Temple University in 1993.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Ramos Though progress is being made, the efforts are late and “devastatingly stagnant,” says Dr. Rose Soza War Soldier, an assistant professor of ethnic studies at California State University, Sacramento and member of California’s Education Department’s American Indian Education Oversight Committee. Do they want those back?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

The attitudes of educators and administrators were often shaped by prejudices and low expectations, leading to a failure to recognize and support the potential of these students. Ellis is a senior professorial lecturer and director of the summer institute on education equity and justice at American University School of Education.

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EAB

APRIL 17, 2023

Blogs Looking to Grow Your Health Care Administration Program? Here Are Four Tips Health care administration programs are increasingly attractive to both students and employers. Here are four components of a successful health care administration program—and profiles of five institutions succeeding in this market.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

Blogs What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape Recent releases from the Department of Education have put Online Program Managers (OPMs) front and center of the news cycle. While compliance verification may suffice for most programs, some institutions will need more preparation.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. EAB has done a decade of research on cost savings and efficiency on both the academic and administrative side. The cost of running a college spiked 5.2% from FY21 to FY22, a 10.1% increase since FY19.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

When I arrived on the Utah Tech University campus as the inaugural executive director of institutional effectiveness, I inventoried the disparate functions that contributed to data and decision support. Indeed, as you move toward a data-informed campus, assessing your organizational structure is necessary to ensure success.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

For campus guests, only divisions that host on-campus guests who stay overnight in JHU on-campus residential facilities will be responsible for communicating the vaccination requirement and ensuring compliance. The post Information about COVID-19, flu and RSV appeared first on Johns Hopkins University Student Well-Being.

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EAB

MAY 22, 2023

February 3, 2023 Lehigh University’s data strategy: A roadmap to a university’s analytics transformation January 31, 2023 Edify Data Strategy Series Learn more about Edify Accelerators at our Edify Data Strategy Series. Here’s what we learned.

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

Improve compliance reporting IPEDS reporting (among other compliance reports) is a necessity for any institution receiving state or federal funding, but compiling and submitting IPEDS data is tedious and time-consuming. Edify uses plain-language terminology for its data fields to ensure everyone understands the data they access.

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Timely MD

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Connecticut State Colleges and Universities serve as a prime example, having used HEERF to expand access to much-needed 24/7 mental health services through TimelyCare for students at all 12 of its community colleges. We cannot simply ignore what our students are facing.” According to the U.S.

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Timely MD

AUGUST 4, 2022

The rise of telehealth in education Campus closures and social distancing to reduce the spread of COVID-19 compelled many colleges and universities to deliver more care services remotely. Five ways a hybrid model of care can benefit colleges and universities: 24/7/365 accessibility . For example, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Even though Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) in Raleigh, NC has been placed on probation by the accrediting agency The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), SAU President Dr. Christine McPhail isn’t slowing down. This is a very proud university, they do not like this shadow over us,” said McPhail. “We

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School & Student Services by Community Brands

AUGUST 11, 2022

Compliance: When it comes to cyberattacks, education is one of the most vulnerable sectors — cybercrime in education and research increased by an alarming 75% in 2021 alone. Some programs are designed with colleges and universities in mind, while others are intended for independent K-12 schools.

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MARCH 7, 2023

They also discuss ways to overcome challenges common within the university setting, that can make it difficult to reach consensus when developing messaging for public consumption. And one particular aspect of my job is helping university leaders, cabinet leaders, to plan for and to really navigate their way through many difficult challenges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has issued its final report and a toolkit for financial aid professionals across the nation in anticipation of the resumption of federal student loan repayments. Because we have responsibility over our cohort default rates as well. million of the 34.1

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Gavin Newsom Undocumented students in California’s higher education system may soon be able to get a job in California’s public universities and colleges. That’s especially true, he adds, since colleges and universities accept tuition money from any student they enroll. The colleges and universities really ought to allow them to work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2025

The University of Pennsylvania is facing significant financial implications as the federal government halts $175 million in funding over policies regarding transgender student-athletes, raising concerns about academic freedom and institutional autonomy in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Earlier this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps that will make it easier for colleges and universities to process records and allow for more time being spent to help students. This enables colleges and universities to focus on implementing the Better FAFSA. Cardona said that by Feb. That work is ongoing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing legislative battles that are being waged across the nation against a wide-range of diversity initiatives, student athletes, coaches and administrators gathered over the weekend to affirm their commitment to inclusion, vowing to push back against the onslaught.

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COE

DECEMBER 20, 2024

I am aware that the provision of any false, fictitious, or fraudulent information, or the omission of any material fact, may subject me, and the organization on behalf of which this submission is being made, to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties for fraud, false statements, false claims, or other violations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

With this guidance, the Trump Administration is directing schools to end the use of racial preferences and race stereotypes in their programs and activities," said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor, characterizing the move as a victory for justice, civil rights laws, and the Constitution.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Ohio State University announced Thursday it will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and modify scholarship programs geared toward diverse student populations, citing pressure from federal directives and pending state legislation. The university confirmed that 16 positions will be eliminated as a result of these changes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2025

In what legal experts are calling a landmark case for academic freedom, Harvard faculty and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging unconstitutional attempts to control campus speech and governance through threatened funding cuts. Nikolas Bowie, Louis D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, criticized the Biden administration's guidance as "overly burdensome" and "profoundly unfair," arguing it exceeded the scope of what agency guidance should do. Education advocacy groups have expressed mixed reactions to the announcement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 8, 2025

Katrina Armstrong Columbia University is grappling with significant financial challenges after the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced $400 million in cuts to federal funding, a development that Interim University President Dr. Katrina Armstrong says will "touch nearly every corner of the University."

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 4, 2025

Universities, under federal pressure, were being remade in the image of Cold War ideology. When the federal government issued a letter to Harvard University on April 11, it was designed to create fear. It is ideological capturean attempt to remake the university in the image of political grievance. This is not race neutrality.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2023

Dr. Oded Gurantz, assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder School of Education The policy was welcomed by Dr. Oded Gurantz, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder School of Education who studies gaps in college enrollment and completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 28, 2025

Trump's administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending. While the administration says individual benefits like Social Security and Medicare won't be affected, the freeze applies to both new funding and previously awarded but unspent grants. Trump President Donald J.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Exploitation of military-connected students While the average student has federal loan limits, military veterans can take out more in federal loans, said Dr. Robert Kelchen, a professor and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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