Helping People Be Their Best
When Sister Dr. Christine De Vinne first came to Ursuline College, a private, Catholic institution in Pepper Pike, Ohio, she was a young woman studying...
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Report Shows Increases in Retention and Persistence
The rate of college freshmen returning for a second year is at a decade high. A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center...
Tennessee State Names Johnson Interim President
Dr. Ronald Johnson has been appointed interim president of Tennessee State University (TSU). Johnson takes the helm from retiring President Dr. Glenda Glover and is...
Renowned, Trailblazing Sociology Professor Dies at 88
Dr. Doris Yvonne Wilkinson, the first African American female appointed to a full time position at the University of Kentucky in 1967, has died at...
ACE Updates Issue Brief on Student Voting, Campus Campaign Activities
A new issue brief from the American Council on Education (ACE) calls on institutions to take care to ensure that voting resources offered to their...
Study Reveals Teacher Perceptions of Chronically Absent Students
Early elementary school teachers view chronically absent students less positively, even when they cause no trouble in the classroom, according to a new study published...
Trans Participation and the Burden of Marginalized Groups
Earlier this year, LGBTQ+ students and victims of campus sexual assault gained new protections under the Biden-Harris Administration’s finalized revision of Title IX regulations. The...
Housing First, Graduation Follows: Lessons from the College Housing Assistance Program
Remember the knock-on effect? That’s exactly what Education Northwest’s recent evaluation of the College Housing Assistance Program (CHAP) in Tacoma, Washington, underscores. By addressing the...
ANNE MAGRO
Anne Magro has been named dean of Marymount University’s College of Business, Innovation, Leadership and Technology. She served as interim dean and deputy dean and...
Association Names 35 to 2024 Emerging Leaders Program Cohort
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities has announced a new cohort of 35 higher education professionals taking part in its 2024 Emerging Leaders...
Kimbrough Named Interim President at Talladega
Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough has been appointed interim president of Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama. Dr. Edward L. Hill Jr., the college’s...
Berg Appointed UC Davis School of Law Dean
Jessica Berg has been appointed dean of the University of California Davis School of Law. Berg, who served as co-dean of the School of Law...
Study: Law School Debt Weighs Down Many
In its latest report regarding higher education’s return on investment (ROI), Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce (CEW) has analyzed 186 law schools...
No Rest for the Resilient: Graduating from the Pandemic to Protest
Approaching the summer of 2024, many had hoped this would be a joyful transition of finally emerging from the long shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Fierce Advocate for Community College Students
As her days as president of Mott Community College (MCC) in Flint, Michigan, wind down, Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea is pleased with the impact she and...
VICKY WOOD
Vicky Wood has been named president of Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina. She serves as president of Washington State College of Ohio in Marietta,...
VIDYANIDHI REGE
Vidyanidhi “Vinnie” Rege has been named dean of the Bristol Community College New Bedford Campus. He served as the dean of dusiness and experiential education....
NCAA Launches Collab with Meta on NIL Empower Program
A new NCAA-Meta collaboration has launched a program to help women maximize their name, image and likeness (NIL) endeavors as college athletes. “This is a...
Martin Named North Carolina A&T Chancellor
Dr. James Martin II has been elected chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors....
Workforce Status Makes the Difference for Undocumented Graduates
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) and undocumented graduates continue to take on leading positions at some of America’s largest economic engines like Google and...
District Attorney’s Office Dismisses Cases Against Columbia Protesters
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has dropped criminal charges against 31 people, including students and faculty members, among the protesters in antiwar demonstrations at Columbia...
Report Examines Sexual Harassment, Violence Reporting for Student-Athletes
Student-athletes may find it more difficult to report sexual harassment and violence, according to a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. “Sexual Harassment...
Adams Resigns as President of Knoxville College
Leonard L. Adams Jr. has resigned his post as president of Knoxville College. Adams, who serves as the college’s 31st president, announced his decision to...
A Scholar Who is ‘Extending the Hand as He Climbs’
When Alonso Delgado was growing up, he could never have imagined he would one day be studying venom in sea anemones, simply because he never...
Focus on Athletes and Concussions
Eric O. Ingram’s graduate advisor Dr. Justin Karr, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky (UK), describes him as committed, energetic, and...
Leading With Vision
Dr. Walter Allen, Distinguished Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), has been teaching for 50 years. He says he...
Developing Leaders
Isabel Mendoza appreciates industrial organizational psychology’s use of data to support practices in the workplace. She likes to think of it as business and psychology...
Finding a Place at an HBCU
Iowa native Juana D. Hollingsworth had always dreamed of attending an historically Black college and university (HBCU). She saw what it could be like through...
A Mentor to Others
Working toward a doctorate in neuroscience was not Jazmin Guadalupe Brito Morales’s express goal when she first started her undergraduate career. During her tenure as...
Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity
Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier...
Hitting the High Notes
Victor Wing Heng Yuen is both a gifted musician and a talented educator. To that end, he is pursuing two doctoral degrees at the University...
Communicating the Science of the Stars
Jordan Ealy counts herself among the stargazers who delight in watching specks of light twinkle against the darkness of outer space. But her scholarship focuses...
Driving the Research
Growing up, Ann Ramirez really wanted to be a doctor. But she also held a fascination with math, specifically with how math can be used...
Inclusive Excellence Demands Systemic Change in Higher Ed
The immediate losses as a result of continued and strategic legislative attacks against diversity, equity, and inclusion work are staggering: reduced funding for offices, the...
MAURICE JONES
Maurice Jones has been appointed chief executive officer at The Center for First-Generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and...
STEPHANIE LUSTER-TEASLEY PASS
Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass has been appointed dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She served as interim dean...
Book Review: The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact
The Future of Black Leadership in Higher Education: Firsthand Experiences and Global Impact is an excellent book that answers the question, what does it take...
DACA’s 12th Year Sees Harder Lines Against Migration
This week marks 12 years since the Obama administration established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program in June 2012. But time and continued...
Sewell Named Next President at Morris College
Dr. Said Sewell has been named to lead Morris College, an historically Black college in the City of Sumter, South Carolina. He will become the...
End of the Rainbow?
Anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation passed in states like Texas and Florida is tied to a national trend of trying to make LGBTQ+ people and people...
JASMINE H. BUXTON
Jasmine H. Buxton has been appointed vice president for student affairs at West Chester University. She serves as associate vice chancellor at the university. Buxton...
The Art of the Repair: Imagining a Reparative Possibility for the University of the Arts, Lincoln University, and the Barnes Foundation
On May 31, news broke that the University of the Arts in Philadelphia would close its doors permanently June 7. The news stunned the U...
Red Lake Nation College Breaks New Ground in Urban Setting
Humility. Truth. Courage. Honesty. Respect. Love. Wisdom. Those are the seven Ojibwe values that guide all instruction at Red Lake Nation College (RLNC), a two-year...
Six Undergraduates Receive First-Ever Cal State Black Student Success Scholarship
Six individuals have been recognized in The California State University’s (CSU) first-ever Black Student Success Scholarship Program. “It is my great honor to award the...
CUNY Celebrates Father’s Day, Graduates CUNY Fatherhood Academy Cohort
The City University of New York recently graduated its CUNY Fatherhood Academy Class of 2024. “We congratulate our 2024 graduates who came through the CUNY...
New SREB Study Examines Teacher Trends
While new pathways into the teaching profession appear promising in attracting fresh educators, teacher vacancies, shortages, and morale have continued to worsen in recent years,...
Intentionality is Key in First-generation Student Success
As a first-generation college graduate and the first-ever female, Hispanic president of St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, I deeply understand the value of higher...
CAROLYN GENTLE-GENITTY
Carolyn Gentle-Genitty has been appointed dean for the new Founder’s College at Butler University. She served as assistant vice president for university academic policy and...
USC School of Dramatic Arts to Offer Free Tuition for MFA
The University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts will offer tuition-free course study in its Masters in Fine Arts (MFA) degree programs in acting...
Landscape Review Finds More Questions in Link Between Higher Ed and Civic Engagement
While there is a broad understanding that participating in higher education leads to increased levels of civic participation, conflicting narratives exist about this link. So,...