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It’s been a homecoming of sorts for John K. Pierre, who took the reins of his alma mater earlier this year, becoming chancellor of Southern University Agricultural and & Mechanical College’s flagship campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990,…
When it comes to equity in higher education, Dr. Tammeil Gilkerson has been a leader. Her work around students’ basic needs, supporting undocumented and mixed-status students, and achieving social justice through focused racial equity efforts has made her a rising star in community college leadership. It is no surprise then that Gilkerson, who was appointed…
Dr. Robert PimentelRobert Pimentel has been named chancellor of the West Hills Community College District. He served as president of Fresno City College. Pimentel holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from California State University, Fresno, an MSW from Cal State, Baker, and an Ed.D. in educational leadership and administration from Cal State, Fresno. #ROBERT…
Dr. Charmaine MadisonCharmaine Madison has been named vice president of information services and chief information officer at George Mason University. She served as deputy chief of the IT Enterprise Group at the Central Intelligence Agency. Madison holds an MBA from Saint Leo University, a master’s in information technology from the Florida Institute of Technology, a…
Released on September 18, 2024, the anonymous survey will build on the findings of Nous Group and Navitas’ inaugural 2022 survey conducted in the wake of the pandemic. “The pandemic is more distant in the rearview mirror now but we’re dealing new challenges, like increased government regulation in several of the key anglophone study…
Almost half of Gen Z respondents in a newly published UCLA study said they were not motivated to vote at all in the 2024 presidential election prior to Kamala Harris’ nomination. Researchers note that there has been a growing interest in Harris’ candidacy with over half of Gen Z respondents who stay informed about the…
A post circulating on LinkedIn appears to show the Australian Catholic University updating its agent partners with information that explains due to the government’s National Planning Level, the university will no longer be offering places for 2025 courses that fall under the proposed caps. “Regrettably due to the recent policy updates, the NPL being implemented…
Lies strike like lightning in our current political disinformation age. The targets of these “disinfo” strikes can often seem random, but they flash with the brilliance of a lightning storm at dawn. Given the limits of American media, no truth-telling can keep pace or correct the record – even when the stakes are impossible to…
Published: 9/18/2024 Reading Time: < 1 minute Leaders at Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) saw that with textbooks costing upwards of $1,000 per year, many students were facing a barrier that made showing up for class prepared a challenge. They knew that this issue was impacting their retention and completion rates but hadn’t yet…
It forms part of the government’s controversial crackdown on so-called “ghost colleges” – where providers took advantage of a former loophole in Australia’s visa system to bring bogus international students into the country to work. Such providers did not actively provide either training or assessments for students. Some 36 unnamed CRICOS-registered providers were visited without…