policy & research Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/policy-research/ A Blog by ACE Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:09:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.higheredtoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/apple-touch-icon-150x150.png policy & research Archives - Higher Education Today https://www.higheredtoday.org/topic/policy-research/ 32 32 What Can Colleges and Universities Do to Support the Mental Health of Their Student-Athletes? https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/11/03/what-can-colleges-and-universities-do-to-support-the-mental-health-of-their-student-athletes/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 16:07:38 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=18032 The growing mental health crisis among young adults is one of the most pressing public health issues. The World Health Organization reported that approximately 20 percent of young adults will have experienced a mental health problem (mostly depression or anxiety) by 2024. For student-athletes, the stressors of the college experience can include unique demands on their time and energy. Student-athletes often ...

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]]> WISHES: A New Measurement Approach to Support Systemic Change in Student Wellbeing https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/07/28/wishes-a-new-measurement-approach-to-support-systemic-change-in-student-wellbeing/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 02:34:08 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17988 The Action Network for Equitable Wellbeing has created a new survey—available at no cost—to provide colleges and universities with timely and actionable data to adapt and improve institutional norms, structures, and processes so all students can thrive and flourish.

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]]> Renaissance: The Role of Succession Planning in Diversifying the American College Presidency https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/06/26/renaissance-the-role-of-succession-planning-in-diversifying-the-american-college-presidency/ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 16:52:34 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17966 This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. The 2022 release of Renaissance, Beyoncé’s seventh solo album, took the world by storm. In “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé’s lyrics, accompanied by Big Freedia’s call for us to “release,” express the need for releasing the way things have been done in ...

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]]> Effective Strategies for Combating Faculty Burnout https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/05/18/effective-strategies-for-combating-faculty-burnout/ Thu, 18 May 2023 19:27:14 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17939 In 2023, with pandemic mandates and lockdowns long gone, faculty burnout remains at an all-time high. CUPA-HR data point to growing workplace dissatisfaction in higher education, and a new Inside Higher Ed analysis finds that close to half of presidents indicate they are very aware of their faculty and staff’s mental health. Burnout is a general term, with a variety of ...

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]]> An Unrecognized Bias Contributing to the Gender Gap in the College Presidency https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/03/06/an-unrecognized-bias-contributing-to-the-gender-gap-in-the-college-presidency/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:04:22 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17907 This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. Since the founding of American higher education, college and university presidents have generally been White men—even initially at women’s colleges. While women have been outpacing men in degree attainment for decades, the leadership of colleges and universities has remained predominantly male. ...

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]]> Capacity Building for Shared Equity Leadership https://www.higheredtoday.org/2023/01/09/capacity-building-for-shared-equity-leadership/ Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:31:05 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17889 Over the past three years, the American Council on Education (ACE) and the University of Southern California (USC) have been working together to study new ways that campuses are thinking about leadership for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Our research team identified an approach called shared equity leadership (SEL), which spreads responsibility for DEI work broadly across campus and creates culture ...

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]]> Working Learners and Work Colleges: Innovating at the Intersection of Education and Life https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/12/13/working-learners-and-work-colleges-innovating-at-the-intersection-of-education-and-life/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:06:25 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17884 “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.” —Arundhati RoyFinancial Times, April 3, 2020 In the early months of COVID-19, novelist Arundhati Roy suggested that the trauma and tragedy of the pandemic could be the gateway to ...

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]]> Why Climate Action Is in Higher Education’s Best Interest https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/11/10/why-climate-action-is-in-higher-educations-best-interest/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:52:06 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17869 The University of Colorado Boulder is proud to be cohosting the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit with the United Nations Human Rights Office on campus December 1–4. This landmark summit is an opportunity for worldwide participants to learn more about climate change through the lens of human rights from some of the world’s foremost experts. In the leadup to ...

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]]> Accountability for Campus Equity Is Everyone’s Work https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/09/15/accountability-for-campus-equity-is-everyones-work/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:49:52 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17846 More than two years after the murder of George Floyd and the racial reckoning that arose in its wake, urgency around equity-minded and anti-racist work in higher education continues to increase. Student and community stakeholders are pressing college and university leaders for evidence of action and increased accountability around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work. Data that show progress on key ...

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]]> Organizing Shared Equity Leadership: How to Structure the Work https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/06/02/organizing-shared-equity-leadership-how-to-structure-the-work/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:53:57 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17810 As college and university campuses continue to work to transform themselves into more equitable, just, and anti-racist spaces, leaders are grappling with the best ways to undo structural inequities that have become deeply entrenched over time. In recent years, campuses have focused on the chief diversity officer (CDO) position as a mechanism for leading change on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). ...

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]]> COVID-19 and Self-Injury Among College Students: Risks and Mitigation Strategies https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/05/25/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-college-and-university-students-who-self-injure-risks-and-strategies-for-mitigation/ Wed, 25 May 2022 17:34:50 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17807 Students’ college years coincide with their transition to adulthood, marking a period of intense identity exploration and a sense of endless possibilities. These years are also fraught with change—moving away from family and friends, the demands of college coursework, and the pressures of living on campus. Difficulty adapting to these transitions can increase potential for risky behaviors as well as mental ...

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]]> Trauma-informed Colleges Begin With Trauma-informed Leaders https://www.higheredtoday.org/2022/03/14/trauma-informed-colleges-begin-with-trauma-informed-leaders/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:24:09 +0000 https://higher-ed-today.local/?p=17768 By Jason Lynch From the COVID-19 pandemic to the global impacts of climate change and the continued battle for racial justice in the United States, higher education leaders are now more than ever faced with challenges that will reshape the campus landscape. Recent ACE survey reports show that the mental health of students, staff, and faculty are a top concern for ...

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