At least four Pennsylvania agencies have told state lawmakers they need more funding to address one of the biggest woes each of them has faced during the pandemic: not being able to hire or keep enough staff. Each is arguing that funneling more money to support staff positions is one of the best ways to […]
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“But it’s all math.”—Randall Mindy, Don’t Look Up In the Academy Award-nominated Don’t Look Up, the Adam McKay-Netflix climate-change parable about a Michigan State Ph.D. candidate’s discovery of a comet heading right for us and how a distracted America fails to take the threat seriously, no one comes off particularly well. Randall Mindy, a Michigan […]
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. How tough is it to overseas higher education in a state like Louisiana, where a minimum level of funding for the sector isn’t guaranteed? Higher ed and health care in Louisiana are the two unprotected areas in the budget, as you’ve stated. So, thank you […]
From a former colleague: Why is the academic world so conservative, risk averse, closed-back, and deeply unwilling to make the changes necessary to serve students in today’s world while at the same time claiming to look for new models to meet the needs of our students in a rapidly changing world? If the colleges had […]
The North Carolina budget approves massive funding for capital projects at UNCW and other initiatives that benefit K-12 students in the Cape Fear area. (Courtesy Photo by Bradley Pearce / UNCW) WILMINGTON – With the North Carolina Compromise Budget approved, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will benefit from numerous capital projects and employee […]
On Tuesday, October 26th, many Grand Valley State University students opened their emails and found they had been granted money by the financial aid agency. These funds are part of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF), which aims to help students in the wake of financial emergencies caused by COVID-19 by providing additional funds […]
Kari Wichers and her husband inspect the tires, stop signs and signals on their yellow school buses before sunrise every weekday morning. At 6:15 am, she is on her way to the first bus stop to pick up a group of students with special needs – she affectionately calls them “my children” – for trips […]
WVU President Gordon Gee addresses the faculty assembly for his annual State of the University Address on October 18, 2021. (WVU photo / Brian Persinger) West Virginia University creates space and time for students to discover their Fitzsimmons Event Hall. “We must pursue education, health care and prosperity with a renewed and focused determination to […]
GLOBAL Experts and decision-makers are amazed at the digital transformation of universities during the COVID-19 pandemic – but is university access one of the victims of the health crisis? On September 24th, a panel of global figures convened to assess the impact of the coronavirus on equal opportunities in higher education worldwide and to create […]
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) was named a top university by two national publications today. SNHU was named “A Great College to Work For” for the 14th consecutive year as part of the Great Colleges Program, one of the largest and most prestigious job recognition programs in the country. US News & World Report also […]
Prejudice takes many forms. There’s the interpersonal: Entrenched attitudes and preconceived attitudes that support, cause, or justify discrimination. Then there’s structural or systemic discrimination: Embedded in practices and policies that create and perpetuate discrimination which may or not be intentional. Especially invidious is yet another form of prejudice, cultural bias, which takes it for granted that […]
The global COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the fragile state of higher education across the country. Budgets, tuition, enrollment, and tuition affect almost every aspect of higher education. Given this impact, executives and board members need to rethink the way they work. One of the most pressing problems faced by university administrations is the […]