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A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks - Inside Higher Ed
WEBJan 17, 2022 · A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks. Explaining what titles mean for faculty members and academic administrators. By Kathy Johnson Bowles. “When I look at the position titles in academic affairs, I have no idea what they mean.”. While job titles in most higher education divisions seem straightforward, academic affairs structures its position ...
Efforts are making education for deaf students more accessible …
WEBApr 15, 2021 · Colleges and individuals are endeavoring to make education for deaf people more inclusive and accessible by developing technical vocabulary, training interpreters of color and ensuring greater access. Educational attainment for deaf people, according to the latest research from the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes, has been ...
Colleges expand mental health services for students - Inside …
WEBSep 20, 2021 · At Belmont University in Tennessee, Katherine Cornelius, director of counseling services, said students are split between wanting in-person or virtual mental health services. During the first two weeks of classes, the institution saw a 60 percent increase in the number of counseling appointments compared to 2019, Cornelius said.
New U.S. rules ban transcript holds, bolster oversight of colleges
WEBOct 25, 2023 · The Education Department strengthens its oversight of institutions with a sweeping set of rules finalized this week. A federal policy change could give thousands of students access to transcripts and academic credits their colleges have withheld because they owed the institutions money. The new rule, part of a …
Birth Dearth Approaches - Inside Higher Ed
WEBDec 14, 2020 · Most of them are projected to post stable numbers of graduates over the next five years. Afterward, all but one, Florida, are expected to see their graduating classes shrink between 2025 and 2037. Just two, Florida and Texas, are expected to have larger high school graduating classes in 2037 than they did in 2019.
A Look Back at College Closures and Mergers - Inside Higher Ed
WEBDec 21, 2023 · More than a dozen colleges announced closures this year. Most struggled with enrollment issues that only accelerated after the coronavirus pandemic. Nonprofit colleges and universities that announced closures this year largely fit the same profile: mostly small, private, tuition-dependent institutions with meager endowments that have seen enrollment slipping for years and have been unable to ...
Orientation programs set online learners up for success - Inside …
WEBSep 13, 2017 · Berkeley College's orientation for online students features "flight attendants" who take learners on a trip to the various areas they need to know about. Berkeley College. For face-to-face students, orientation facilitates relationships, introduces campus surroundings and previews the upcoming academic and extracurricular experience.
7 Hard Truths and a Few Lies - Inside Higher Ed
WEBNov 17, 2021 · Truth No. 2: You might be hired because of your innovative thoughts, but be aware that most faculty members will resent change. Graduate students and junior faculty bring to our campuses the most current research and pedagogical approaches, along with the lack of the jadedness of how it was “all better 30 years ago.”.
Students struggling but not seeking campus mental health support
WEBApr 13, 2021 · Wang’s lab is developing one to monitor mental health plus direct students to counseling or resources. 7. Engage with all, not just the help seekers. Multiple surveys have revealed how stressed college students are these days. “Students have different struggles, but everyone is definitely struggling,” says Smith.
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