At a time when higher education is facing enormous challenges, including attracting and retaining good leaders, Dr. Alvin J. Schexnider — a retired university president — has given us much to reflect upon in his newly published memoir titled, Confessions of a Black Academic (McFarland & Company, Inc.). Schexnider — the former chancellor of Winston-Salem…
By mid-July, the attorney F. Bryan Brice, Jr., and his client Dr. Darren Masier, an assistant professor of human resource management at Meredith College, had petitioned for an independent examination of the potential cancer cluster at Poe Hall at North Carolina State University (NC State). Getting access to perform testing has been Brice and Masier’s…
Fast Facts: Mexico is located in the southern portion of North America, between the United States and Central America Mexico City is the country’s capital and largest city Mexico’s population is 131 million Mexico’s median age is 29, as compared with 39 in the US (to the north) and 23 in Guatemala (to the south) Spanish…
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Ricardo Azziz has held numerous executive positions in higher education and led the merger that resulted in Georgia Regents University, now Augusta University. He is principal at Strategic Partnerships in Higher Education, or SPH, Consulting Group. He…
According to the ApplyBoard report, over 8,500 students from Nepal were issued a UK study visa in 2023, an increase of 83% from the previous year. Moreover, 2,200 Nepalese students were issued a study visa in Q1 2024, highlighting a growth of 27% over Q1 2023, contrary to the visa trends in other countries. “Over…
This fall, state supreme courts in Michigan and Pennsylvania will hear cases challenging their states’ use of life without parole sentences. In Michigan, the court will consider whether to ban automatic life without parole sentences for people who are 19 or 20 years old and who commit murder. The court is being asked to expand…
Note: This article used collaboration between the human author and the AI programs of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Meta AI. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered in a new era for community college education, presenting both exciting possibilities and complex challenges. While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about…
This post was written by Jolie Baskett, Director of Design at RNL. When you think of designers, what comes to mind—drawing tablets, the eyedropper in Photoshop, branded colors in a palette? Did you know Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a vital tool as well? RNL designers use AI for routine graphic adjustments and technical improvements,…
This interview and post were done by Nancy Owen, Senior Writer at RNL. Great fundraising graphic design helps your appeals capture the imagination of your audience. But what makes for great design? I sat down with Shannon Blazek, RNL senior designer, to discuss this very topic. We discussed what inspires good design, best practices for…
Home Daily News Federal judge who ruled against Google is… Antitrust Law Federal judge who ruled against Google is ‘taken aback’ by its efforts to avoid paper trail By Debra Cassens Weiss August 8, 2024, 3:17 pm CDT A federal judge who ruled that Google is a monopolist declined to sanction the search engine for…