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July 18, 2024

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Bring Your Kids to College Day Engages Student Parents

Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed

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Student parents can be pulled in many directions as they focus on their academics while providing for their households. These challenges often make them less engaged on campus or less likely to use resources.

 

With these issues in mind, two universities in California took a different approach to "Bring a Kid to Work Day" this year as a way to highlight the lived experiences of parenting students and encourage policy conversations to better address their needs.

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For College Students—and for Higher Ed Itself—AI Is a Required Course

Jamie Merisotis, Forbes

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Today’s colleges and universities face immense challenges, to be sure—but artificial intelligence also presents them with a dual opportunity: They can use AI systems to educate people for good jobs more quickly and at less expense, and they can build instruction about AI itself across majors and disciplines.

 

And for students of all ages and levels, we may need to adjust our advice about AI, writes Lumina Foundation's Jamie Merisotis in this column for Forbes. The new message? Skill up—and keep it up. In today’s world, frequent reskilling is the only way to stay ahead of the game.

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Charges of Political Favoritism Sank This University’s Presidential Search. It’s Time for Round 2.

Amanda Friedman, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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The politically tied New College of Florida alumnus who planted the seeds for an ideological overhaul of the public liberal-arts institution now sits on the presidential-search committee at another Florida public university.

 

Robert N. Allen Jr. is part of the committee at Florida Atlantic University, which is making a second attempt to find a president. The first search crumbled last year over accusations of unethical political manipulation and illegal procedures.

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Model Prisons: California's Push for Reform

Gianna Toboni, CBS Reports

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Approximately 95 percent of the nearly 2 million incarcerated people in the United States will be released back into society one day, and historically, many are likely to reoffend.

 

Authorities in California are attempting to alter this situation by offering inmates access to education, training, and other rehabilitative opportunities—programs that have demonstrated the ability to decrease recidivism and enhance public safety. This video examines a controversial approach some see as being “soft on crime,” which now may be preventing it.

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Community Colleges to Suffer If Congress Doesn’t Reverse NSF Budget Cuts

Shalin Jyotishi, New America

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Congress did something invaluable but underappreciated with the passage of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. The “science” part of the legislation empowered the U.S. National Science Foundation to expand support for community colleges and their work to prepare students for emerging technology sectors.

 

But in March, Congress slashed more than $800 million from the NSF budget instead of following through on CHIPS budget targets. Four leading community college presidents explain why it is imperative to reverse course on that decision.

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How Yale Propelled J.D. Vance’s Career

Stephanie Saul, The New York Times

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When J.D. Vance applied to law school, he viewed it as a pathway out of his chaotic upbringing in working-class Middletown, Ohio. Then he won a spot at his dream school. Yale Law not only accepted him for the fall of 2010, but also offered a nearly full ride.

 

Many students and professors remember the G.O.P. vice-presidential nominee as warm, personable, and even charismatic. But some are perplexed by what they see as his shift in ideology.

HUMAN WORK AND LEARNING

Microcredentials: Credentials at the Speed of Business

Isabel Cardenas-Navia, The EvoLLLution

What Is Career and Technical Education?

Bruno V. Manno, Forbes

Portrait of a Graduate Aligns With What Employers Look for, Analysis Says

Chantal Brown, EdNC

A Look at Part of Amazon’s $1.2 Billion On-the-Job Training Investment

David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder, Marketplace

Managing Generative Artificial Intelligence in Idaho’s Public Higher Education

Lexie Ponce, Idaho Capital Sun

Interview: Justin Schwartz, CU Boulder’s First New Chancellor in 15 Years, Relishes the Challenge of Higher Education

Paolo Zialcita, Colorado Public Radio

RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY

The State of Law School Diversity in the Wake of Affirmative Action Bans

Liann Herder, Diverse Issues in Higher Education

University President Defends Multicultural Religious, Social, and Academic Groups on Campus

McKenna Horsley, News From the States

Former Head of University of Utah's Diversity Division, Axed by HB261, Is Stepping Down

Tim Vandenack, KSL

Kentucky Lawmakers Question University Leaders About DEI Policies

Sam Knef, Spectrum News

DeSantis in Milwaukee: More Criticism of Disney, More Higher Education Changes Promised

Douglas Soule, Tallahassee Democrat

Perspective: School Leaders of Color Face High Levels of Burnout. Here’s What They Need to Thrive.

Harrison Peters, Chalkbeat

COLLEGE ENROLLMENTS

Strategies for Re-Enrolling Stop-Outs

Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed

Why University of Memphis Leaders Believe Undergraduate Enrollment Is Declining at the School

Leah Williams, ABC24

Thousands Fewer New Jersey High Schoolers Apply for Federal College Aid

Hannah Gross, NJ Spotlight News

AFFORDABILITY

College Costs Fuel Rise of the Workforce Development Coordinator

Megan Tomasic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Ongoing Battle for Student Loan Debt Relief

Ashley Young, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute

Erie's Local College Foundation Helps Students With Unexpected Expenses

Danielle Smith, Public News Service

Financial Pressure, Flexibility Drive College Students to Work Temp Jobs, Survey Finds

Laurel Kalser, Higher Ed Dive

NEW REPORTS

Ten Education and Work Issues at Stake in the 2024 Election

New America

Tracking College Tuition Growth

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

2024 Survey of College and University Chief Business Officers

Inside Higher Ed

Exploring Basic Needs
Support Across Public and
Community College Libraries

Ithaka S+R

The Effect of Postsecondary Educational Institutions on Local Economies: A Bird’s-Eye View

National Bureau of Economic Research

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