Dear Readers — Thank you for your loyal support of this curated reading blog. This is to let you know that this site will remain online for research in the archives, but will not be updated after May 15, 2024. The GOOD NEWS is that I will continue to curate and publish the daily postings that you are accustomed to reading on my other blogs, which are continuing free of charge: Professional, Continuing and Online Education Update blog by UPCEA https://continuingedupdate.blogspot.com/ NEW! Artificial Intelligence in Higher Ed by UPCEA - https://ai-in-highered.blogspot.com/  Altern ..read more

Dear Readers — Thank you for your loyal support of this curated reading blog. This is to let you know that this site will remain online for research in the archives, but will not be updated after May 15, 2024. The GOOD NEWS is that I will continue to curate and publish the daily postings that you are accustomed to reading on my other blogs, which are continuing free of charge: Professional, Continuing and Online Education Update blog by UPCEA https://continuingedupdate.blogspot.com/ NEW! Artificial Intelligence in Higher Ed by UPCEA - https://ai-in-highered.blogspot.com/  Alternative ..read more

Police on Saturday arrested at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment at the University of Virginia, the university said in a statement, as U.S. campuses braced for more turmoil during graduation celebrations. Tensions flared at UVA's campus in Charlottesville, where protests had been largely peaceful until Saturday morning, when police officers in riot gear were seen in a video moving on an encampment on the campus' lawn, cuffing some demonstrators with zip-ties and using what appeared to be chemical spray. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pro-palestinian-protests-brie ..read more

Dear Readers — Thank you for your loyal support of this curated reading blog. This is to let you know that this site will remain online for research in the archives, but will not be updated after May 15, 2024. The GOOD NEWS is that I will continue to curate and publish the daily postings that you are accustomed to reading on my other blogs, which are continuing free of charge: Professional, Continuing and Online Education Update blog by UPCEA https://continuingedupdate.blogspot.com/ NEW! Artificial Intelligence in Higher Ed by UPCEA - https://ai-in-highered.blogspot.com/  Alternative ..read more

Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is in an ongoing battle with the IRS and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Board of Trustees after the historically Black school’s previous finance department “mismanaged” a $34 million budget, according to university officials. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), both public and private, have been underfunded due to lower endowments, less alumni support and state and federal underinvestment. Recently, HBCUs have faced several challenges. During a funding crisis, Tennessee State University had its board s ..read more

Drake University, in Iowa, plans to cut three academic programs after a vote by its board, according to an open letter Monday from President Marty Martin. In March, the private nonprofit’s administration proposed eliminating 13 majors, minors and certificates. But the university’s faculty senate voted in April to cut just three programs, which the board approved. Under the plan,  Drake will nix its religion major, East Asian studies minor and graduate certificate program in evidence-based healthcare. Those programs collectively enroll 14 students, who will be allowed to finish their studi ..read more

University of New Orleans President Kathy Johnson asked the school’s four colleges to cut their budgets by 15% for the coming fiscal year. The athletics department will need to cut its budget by a quarter, as well. Johnson said the trims are needed to bring university expenditures in line with revenue. Enrollment on campus has dropped significantly since 2018. While the decision wasn’t easy, she said she sees it as an opportunity. "Honestly, I think a great deal of savings are possible in terms of thinking about more efficient curriculum delivery," Johnson said. "I think the goo ..read more

Columbus State is tightening their belt.  There are budget cuts happening at the community college, and 14 positions were eliminated. None of the positions are teaching positions. We’re told two were in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The college says they are in the second year of a three-year recovery plan from the pandemic. They adjusted their staff to help address the effects of inflation and other pandemic-related factors. https://www.myfox28columbus.com/news/local/columbus-state-budget-cuts-leaves-14-positions-eliminated-central-ohio-may-2024 ..read more

As campus tensions escalate over student encampments to protest the war in Gaza — with canceled classes, violent clashes and mass arrests in recent days — Republican leaders in the California Legislature are calling for the state to use its upcoming budget process to punish demonstrators who they say have gone too far. Senate Republican Leader Brian Jones of San Diego and Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher of Chico announced Thursday that they would push to strip state financial aid from protesters found to have committed violent or criminal acts or violated other students’ rights. ht ..read more

About one university or college per week so far this year, on average, has announced that it will close or merge. That’s up from a little more than two a month last year, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, or SHEEO. So many colleges are folding that some students who moved from one to another have now found that their new school will also close, often with little or no warning. Some of the students at Newbury, when it closed in 2019, had moved there from nearby Mount Ida College, for example, which shut down the year before. https://hechingerreport.org/co ..read more