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This is Best of Week on the Academic Minute. For the Best Psychology Segment Award: Kate Nelson-Coffey, assistant professor in the department of psychology at the University of the South , examined the happiness gap for mothers. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-31-20 University of the South - Happiness Gap For Mothers.mp3 Event's date:  Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 10:45am Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/3o49FFJ

Erin Hennessy , a vice president at TVP Communications, joined us to talk about what we learned during this unprecedented year. The episode also features portions of interviews from the previous 34 episodes, including discussions about the difference between "toxic positivity" and trying to be hopeful, the enrollment hit felt by the industry (particularly community colleges) and how the pandemic exposed and exacerbated pre-existing problems in higher ed. Thanks for listening to  The Key 's inaugural season. Happy New Year.   Section:  The Key Podcast Event's date:  Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 6:15pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/2Jx7TOl

This is Best of Week on the Academic Minute. For the Best Health Segment Award: Gregg Henriques, professor of psychology at James Madison University , discussed a new way to think about depression. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-30-20 James Madison - A New Definition of Depression.mp3 Event's date:  Wednesday, December 30, 2020 - 10:30am School:  James Madison University Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/34VxpUJ

This is Best of Week on the Academic Minute. For the Most Popular Segment Award: The University of Texas at Austin's Kevin Cokley examined imposter syndrome and why college students often have this feeling. Cokley is a distinguished teaching professor at UT-Austin. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-29-20 UT Austin - Imposter Syndrome.mp3 Event's date:  Monday, December 28, 2020 - 12:45pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/380upst

This is Best of Week on the Academic Minute. For the Commissioner’s Choice Award: Gretchen Sorin, distinguished professor at the Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY Oneonta, explored how Black Americans have had a different experience with cars. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-28-20 SUNY Oneonta - Driving While Black.mp3 Event's date:  Monday, December 28, 2020 - 12:45pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/3mTeCQb

Shopping from home can also be bad for the environment. In today's Academic Minute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's José Holguin-Veras explores ways to reduce vehicle emissions during shipping. Holguin-Veras is the William H. Hart Professor and director of the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation and the Environment at RPI. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-25-20 RPI - Package Delivery Emissions.mp3 Event's date:  Monday, December 28, 2020 - 12:30pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/3mVQEUy

Computers use a big chunk of the world’s energy. In today's Academic Minute, the University of California, San Diego's Alex Frano uses the human brain as inspiration for the next wave of technology. Frano is an , assistant professor of physics at UCSD. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-24-20 UC San Diego - Neuromorphic Computers.mp3 Event's date:  Monday, December 28, 2020 - 12:30pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/38FO9kb

Do for-profit values have a place in nonprofit work? In today's Academic Minute, Touro College's Jennifer Zelnick examines this question. Zelnick is a professor and social welfare policy chair at the Touro Graduate School of Social Work. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-23-20 Touro - Managerialism.mp3 Event's date:  Monday, December 28, 2020 - 12:30pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/38Ef7bP

President Trump on Tuesday commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, who was serving a 20-year sentence for Medicare fraud and bribery. While in prison, President Trump said,  Esformes "has been devoted to prayer and repentance and is in declining health." One of those alleged bribes was of the basketball coach at the University of Pennsylvania. The coach is Jerome Allen, who led the Penn program for six years and is now an assistant coach of the Boston Celtics. A federal indictment said that Esformes gave $74,000 in cash, plus additional perks such as limo services and rides in private jets, to Allen, who then placed Esformes's son on the list of "recruited basketball players," greatly enhancing the son's chances of being admitted. Esformes's lawyer, said in 2018 (when the indictment was handed down) that Morris Esformes had good SAT scores and has been doing well at Penn. The problem with that argument, experts note, is that most Penn applicants (

President-elect Joe Biden is poised to select Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona as his education secretary, multiple news outlets are reporting. Biden’s transition office hasn’t confirmed the selection. But the presidents of the nation's largest teachers' unions, Randi Weingarten, of the American Federation of Teachers, and Becky Pringle, of the National Education Association, congratulated Cardona in statements Tuesday afternoon. Cardona's background is primarily in elementary and secondary education. In 2003, Cardona, then 28, was the youngest principal in the state when he became head of Hanover Elementary School in Meriden, Conn., according to The Hartford Courant . After becoming an assistant superintendent for teaching and learning at Meriden Public Schools in 2013, he rose quickly in the state system, becoming head of the state’s K-12 schools just last summer. As a student, he attended Meriden Public Schools and graduated from Wilcox Technical H

President-elect Joe Biden is "poised" to pick Miguel Cardona, the schools chief in Connecticut, as U.S. education secretary, The Washington Post reported. The Post quoted people "close to the process" as saying a final decision has not been made, but an announcement could come before Christmas. Cardona met virtually with Biden on Monday. Cardona also met with Jill Biden and Kamala D. Harris, the vice president-elect. Cardona is a former fourth grade teacher and principal who rose quickly in the state system.   Ad keywords:  studentaid Is this diversity newsletter?:  Hide by line?:  Disable left side advertisement?:  Is this Career Advice newsletter?:  Trending:  Live Updates:  liveupdates0 from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/3mKKPJf

Amid other enrollment challenges for colleges and universities, student transfers dropped precipitously this year. According to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, the total number of transfer students fell slightly more than 8 percent this year compared to fall 2019. Student mobility in all transfer pathways, such as between four year institutions or from two-year to four year colleges, also declined. “[T]ypical pathways of transfer and mobility may be altered due to student concerns borne out of the pandemic, related to family finances, health, childcare, or a sudden need to move closer to home,” the authors of the report wrote . “Early disruptions in institutional reopening plans due to COVID-19, coupled with the disparate economic and health impacts of the virus across different populations, make navigating these transfer options even more difficult.” The decrease in transfer students this year was more than triple the decrease in non-transfe

Mitch Avila, dean of the College of Arts & Humanities at California State University Dominguez Hills, has been chosen as provost at California State University Channel Islands. Archie L. Blanson, interim president of Lone Start College's North Harris campus, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Francine Conway, dean of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, in New Jersey, has been named provost and executive vice chancellor of academic affairs there. Theresa Felder, senior vice president for student success at Clark State Community College, in Ohio, has been selected as president of Harford Community College, in Maryland. Jeffrey Gold, chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, has been given the additional role of senior vice president and provost of the University of Nebraska System. Brian Lenzmeier, interim president of Buena Vista University, in Iowa, has been named to the jo

The authors of a   widely criticized article on the supposed drawbacks of female mentorship in science retracted the paper, one month after Nature Communications said it was looking into how and why the research was published in the first place.  “We are an interdisciplinary team of scientists with an unwavering commitment to gender equity, and a dedication to scientific integrity,” the authors wrote in a retraction notice Monday. “Although we believe that all the key findings of the paper with regards to co-authorship between junior and senior researchers are still valid, given the issues identified by reviewers about the validation of key measures, we have concluded that the most appropriate course of action is to retract the article.”  The original article looked at the connection between the gender of junior and senior co-authors across 100 years of science research and the authors’ citation counts. The researchers noticed that having more senior female co-authors -- a prox

Are highly creative people more prone to madness? In today's Academic Minute, Indiana University Kokomo 's Mark Canada explores the brain to find out. Canada is a professor of English at Indiana Kokomo. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-22-20 Indiana U Kokomo - Poe In His Right Mind.mp3 Event's date:  Monday, December 21, 2020 - 2:30pm School:  Indiana University-Kokomo Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/3aA8nhI

Blog:  Leadership & StratEDgy It's been  quite  a year with COVID, work-from-home, Zoom classes and meetings, and figuring out how to work together in this new environment. It has put a lot of strain on teams and individuals. As many (most?) of us have been working and teaching remotely over the past months, we’ve been revising how our teams and students work and learn together. One area that I’ve invested in is helping people to get to know one another a bit better, which helps us build trust and create openness norms that help remote work and learning.    I often start meetings and class sessions with a short icebreaker – using the exercise to help people build relationships, encourage participation and engagement, and begin our class or work session on an interesting, and sometimes lively, note. Some of you may be rolling your eyes at this, but I will tell you it helps. We are social beings and I’ve found that people often like to share their thoughts and experien

Today on the Academic Minute: Mark Canada, professor of English at Indiana University Kokomo , explores whether highly creative people are more prone to madness. Learn more about the Academic Minute here . And click here to listen to Monday's episode about the importance of solstices to indigenous peoples. Is this diversity newsletter?:  Hide by line?:  Disable left side advertisement?:  Is this Career Advice newsletter?:  Trending:  Live Updates:  liveupdates0 from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/3auRwNn

As a U.S. Department of Education staffer on the higher education innovation policy beat, I accompanied then-second-lady Jill Biden in March 2015 to South by Southwest in Austin, Tex. (Editors’ note: Inside Higher Ed does not use the honorific “Dr.” to refer to individuals with non-medical doctorates, including Ph.D.s or Ed.D.s., because so many people in higher education have such degrees.) As part of the trip, we left the sprawling conference and visited the campus of Austin Community College to see its technology-enabled teaching infrastructure. Faculty and students there talked passionately about the transformative power of education and the technology that enabled more efficient and effective teaching. The students we met and the impact of education on their life trajectories were personal to Biden -- a lifelong educator and community college professor herself -- and remained the topic of conversation over meals and on the plane ride back to Andrews Air Force Base. In fact,

A $900 billion coronavirus-relief package, expected to be passed by Congress as soon as later today, would give colleges and universities another $23 billion in relief aid to get through the next few months before the new Biden administration is expected to propose an even bigger package. Congressional leaders are also expected to pass a larger $1.4 trillion budget deal they negotiated to fund the government through next September. The proposed deal would bring major changes to financial aid, including simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid from 108 to 36 questions, giving Republican education committee chairman Lamar Alexander one of his top priorities days before he retires from Congress. It also includes a number of Democratic priorities, including allowing more incarcerated prisoners to be eligible for Pell Grants. President Trump is expected to sign both pieces of legislation A change in how eligibility for Pell Grants is determined would also make it easie

The solstices are not just days on a calendar to indigenous peoples. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Montana's Rosalyn LaPier explains why. LaPier is an associate professor of environmental studies at Montana. A transcript of this podcast can be found here . Section:  Academic Minute File:  12-21-20 Montana - Solstice.mp3 Event's date:  Monday, December 21, 2020 - 2:30pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/2WNK6Nf

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has disciplined Seth Lloyd, a professor of mechanical engineering, for accepting $285,000 from Jeffrey Epstein, including a personal gift of $60,000, and not reporting the gifts as he was required to do, The Boston Globe reported. As a punishment, MIT will limit his pay and his role in undergraduate advising for five years. He will also be required to take "professional conduct training classes" before he resumes teaching. Lloyd has been on a paid leave since January, when the gifts became public. Epstein killed himself while awaiting a trial on sex abuse charges against him. "These steps cannot undo the harm done. Professor Lloyd’s failure to share what he knew about Epstein’s conviction when he accepted his 2012 donations was unacceptable,” MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt said in the e-mail to the campus. “I recognize that many in our community remain deeply disturbed by the interactions with Jeffrey Epstein and that some wi

Blog:  Confessions of a Community College Dean   No, this won’t be a blank column, although I understand the temptation.   Although most of 2020 was a series of disasters, even this year had a few high points.  As the late Leonard Cohen put it, “there’s a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.”  So as the year winds down, I’d like to acknowledge a few pleasant surprises the year brought.   Zoom office hours - Apparently, far more students have shown up to faculty office hours through Zoom than ever did when they had to travel to actual offices.  The entire point of office hours is interaction between faculty and students; if we managed to trip over a way to make those hours more effective, that counts for something.   TLC - Our Teaching and Learning Center -- staffed by instructional technologists and instructional designers -- absolutely stepped up this year when the entire college had to move to remote delivery in the space of a week.  And ours wasn’t uniq