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Do no harm. More than just a guiding principle for medicine, this philosophy permeates the life and livelihood of the Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington — an educator, author, student affairs administrator, pastor, consultant, president and co-founder of the Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI), past-president of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), and much more. Washington’s…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Leaders at Iowa’s community colleges would be responsible for creating the state’s funding distribution model for their institutions under a bill advanced by a House panel Wednesday. Iowa’s unusual method for distributing general funding to…
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Howard County, Maryland, launched a pilot program March 5 that provides apartment rental subsidies of up to $800 per month to low-income community college students. Students who are enrolled for six credits per semester during…
Based on a survey of 2,817 individuals working in the international education sector from 46 EHEA countries, the detailed European Association for International Education barometer 2024 found that 80% of respondents expect to still be working in international higher education in the next three years. Just 3% feel they will “definitely transition out of the field” in the same…
Rob Lanier has been named the 26th head men’s basketball coach at Rice University. Rob Lanier“I think great institutions have an identity and an umbrella that the athletic departments and other departments on the campus represent,” said Lanier. “You want (your players) to aspire to something beyond athletics. Well, when you commit to Rice, you’ve…
High impact practices (HIPs) have been in higher education for nearly two decades and include practices that are effective for a wide range of students, particularly students from historically underrepresented groups. HIPs help first-year students engage in deep-level approaches to learning that allow for increased retention, integration, and transfer of knowledge (Kuh, 2008). These varied…
Even 25 years ago, websites were very basic. Students would mostly browse through university brochures to make choices about their future study options. Today, the landscape has evolved but students want the same thing, to be reliably informed. In 1999 when the internet became the go-to source of information, the British Council was asked by…
The City University of New York has received $5 million from the Mellon Foundation to expand CUNY’s innovative Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative. The project was created with support from the foundation to drive change across CUNY’s 25 campuses and advance racial and social justice initiatives. Dr. Félix V. Matos RodríguezThe latest grant will…
Nine students travelled to the university’s London campus from the US, where they each study at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to participate in the program. Over one week, participants worked with students and staff, taking part in workshops on subjects such as identity, designing a socially-just institution as well as attending academic taster sessions….
Dr. Khalilah Brown-Dean was announced as one of this year’s winners in the 49th Annual Gracie Awards, presented by The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF). Dr. Khalilah Brown-DeanBrown-Dean, a professor of political science at Quinnipiac University and associate provost for faculty affairs, won for her talk show, Disrupted with Khalilah Brown-Dean, on Connecticut Public Broadcasting…