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USC, UCLA Will Move to the Big Ten

July 1, 2022
Sports powers will abandon longtime West Coast home, the latest move in a conference reshuffling that has prioritized dollars over tradition and geography.
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Higher Ed Asset Management Lacks Diversity

July 1, 2022
Colleges have increasingly emphasized the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in recent years—but not necessarily in the firms managing their assets, a new study finds.
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Overhauling Mental Health

July 1, 2022
Cal State Long Beach is launching an ambitious series of mental health initiatives that pair students and administrators with practitioners and community members to make resources more accessible.

Tenure Awarded at… Kalamazoo College, Ohio U

July 1, 2022
Kalamazoo College Christina Carroll, history Francisco Villegas, sociology David Wilson, physics Ohio University Jonathan Agensky, political science Nicholas Allan, psychology Sabrina Curran, sociology and anthropology Yaqin Feng, mathematics Adam Fuller, mathematics Joseph Johnson, biological sciences Victoria Lee, history Amy Lynch, geography Daniel Moak, African American studies Cortney Rodet, economics

Parallel Journeys, Lasting Legacies

June 30, 2022
Gary May, Darryll Pines and Reggie DesRoches first met at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering in the 1980s. Now they all head up large research universities—and remain close friends.  
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, a middle-aged Hispanic man with glasses and a goatee.

What Biden’s Title IX Rules Mean for Due Process

June 30, 2022
Critics of newly proposed Title IX regulations fear that the Biden administration is stripping away due process; others believe the Department of Education is striking an appropriate balance.

Pandemic Boost for Digital Course Materials

June 30, 2022
Instructors’ awareness and use of open educational resources and their recognition of the efficacy of digital texts rose sharply this year, an annual survey finds.
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Mexican University Recruits First-World Talent

June 30, 2022
Monterrey Institute of Technology will spend $100 million on the new effort.

Capital Campaign Watch: King’s College, U of Georgia

June 30, 2022
Starting Off King’s College, in Pennsylvania, is starting a campaign to raise $50 million. The college has already raised 62 percent of the total. University of Georgia is starting a campaign to raise $300 million for athletics. The campaign will designate $50 million for women’s athletics.
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Interact With Student Voice Survey Data

June 29, 2022
How to access results from the survey on campus safety and other student surveys.
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The ‘Difficult’ Name Penalty

June 29, 2022
Study finds having hard-to-pronounce names—from the perspective of native English speakers—results in poorer job placements for economics Ph.D.s.
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Title IX Proposal Would Add Protections for Pregnant Students

June 29, 2022
The Biden administration’s new proposal would strengthen protections for college students who are pregnant or seeking abortions.
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Persistence Moves Closer to Pre-Pandemic Levels

June 29, 2022
A report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that persistence rose among first-time students in fall 2020 compared to the previous year. But researchers say the findings are a mixed bag.
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Student Safety Wishes: Visible Security, Brighter Walkways, More Crime Prevention

June 29, 2022
Six approaches and actions for creating safer campuses based on student opinion and perspectives.

New Presidents or Provosts: Cleveland State CC, Dillard U, Lenoir-Rhyne U, Lubbock Christian U, Texas A&M U–Commerce, U of Arkansas–Fort Smith, U of New England, U System of Georgia, Utah State U, Wesleyan College

June 29, 2022
Meaghan Blight, vice president for university growth and chief of staff at Huron University College, in Ontario, has been named president of Wesleyan College, in Georgia.
Activists outside the Supreme Court hold up signs, one of which says "Roe Is Dead."

How Religious Colleges View the Dobbs Decision

June 28, 2022
Some religious colleges are celebrating the demise of federal abortion rights while others are taking a more nuanced stance. A rare few are condemning the Supreme Court’s decision outright.
Student athletes celebrate their women's team championship during the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Growing Participation, Widening Funding Gap

June 28, 2022
A report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association finds women’s participation in college sports is growing—but so is the funding gap between men’s and women’s programs.
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‘Misconceiving Merit’

June 28, 2022
Authors discuss their new book on the way science discriminates against those who are not white or Asian heterosexual men.
A tearful graduate embraces someone at a spring 2022 commencement ceremony at the University of Hawai‘i West Oʻahu.

An ‘Immediate Need and Clear Opportunity’

June 28, 2022
The University of Hawai‘i launches new efforts to tackle higher education disparities among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.

Tenure Awarded at… Salem State, Southeast Missouri State, Western Michigan

June 28, 2022
Salem State University Kevin Carey, English Fernando Colina, marketing and decision sciences Luke Conlin, chemistry and physics Gina Curcio, criminal justice Joseph Gustafson, criminal justice Julie Kiernan, theater and speech communication Sara Mana, geological sciences Betsy Miller, music and dance Ken Mullane, management Kurt von Seekamm, economics Mustafa Yatin, chemistry and physics Southeast Missouri State University

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