Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Image: A professor who accused Auburn University officials of retaliating against him for blowing the whistle on the athletics program intervening in academics prevailed in court last week—in part. While we disagree with the [trial’s] outcome, the university respects the judicial process. I’m going to hear about this.”

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste! Students want to contribute something to make a difference—if only we gave them the chance. The reason for this is the strength of the emotions we felt at the time. 2010; Bransford et al., Significance.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: For students in Sarah Blackwood’s How to Read Moby-Dick class at Pace University, learning about Herman Melville’s work isn’t confined to lectures, essays or classroom discussions. percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

It is often used as a research method in the social sciences and is typically used to study underserved populations and how they experience life—such as homeless youth, victims of trauma, and many more. As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. The reality is very different.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 19, 2023

Image: Citing dwindling enrollment, the University of Pittsburgh plans to close its nearly 60-year-old English Language Institute on June 30. ” He also said Pitt is an R-1 research university, and closing the ELI would reduce his department’s research capacity regarding how people learn English.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 7, 2023

” The vote was taken in response to an application question that North Carolina State University introduced in 2021, which asked applicants to affirm their commitment to “building a just and inclusive community.” ” N.C. State removed that question a few days before the board’s vote. Yes, we are.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 12, 2022

Image: New Jersey City University is facing scrutiny from the state government following a financial collapse that saw a dramatic reversal of fortune with the institution reportedly going from a surplus of $108 million in 2013 to a deficit of $67 million amid plans to expand NJCU's campus. The Financial Collapse.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Image: Bloomfield College will become part of Montclair State University, the institutions announced Wednesday, formalizing a merger that had been in the works for months since Montclair State stepped up to help the financially struggling Bloomfield. Going forward, Bloomfield will be known as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. What is surprising, however, is the fact that commentators have missed an essential part of the picture, namely the structure of tuition fees in most American universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

At the time, Darling-Hammond was an endowed professor at Columbia University, Teachers College. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Tate IV, the current president of Louisiana State University. Dr. Carol D.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. The Commons debated ‘Higher Education’ on 28 November 2012. This piece is the second part of two on the topic of institutional autonomy. It remains important.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Creative arts (CA-HE), often deemed less valuable than STEM subjects, are particularly threatened ( Puffett 2022 , Redmond 2020 ), evidenced in the closure of departments, and exacerbating the already tense relationship between the CA-HE and HE ( Elkins 2009 ). Octopuses and Tentacles. Three Hearts and Nine Minds.

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Today's Learner

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Reading Time: 6 minutes Paul Coats is a course supervisor and core lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University. Many of today’s students belong to Generation Z, born between approximately 1996 and 2012. Gen Z Students: Who Are They and What Do They Value? They’re Realistic and Financially Aware.

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HEPI

JULY 23, 2024

This long read was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. From the inherent right to grant degrees to requiring permission The power to permit the award of degrees began as an inherent right of the first English universities.

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HESA

MAY 16, 2023

I was sitting at home this weekend, reading the UNESCO World Science Report (2021) , as one does, when I started poking around with the actual bibliometric numbers. First: what is the UNESCO World Science Report? It’s through annual publications in all fields except Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, as measured through Scopus.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University. Adelphi University’s Office of Community Concerns and Resolution was established in fall 2021 to simplify and enhance the system for reporting discrimination, bias, and abuse. AmeriCorps Tutors for Youth — Arkansas State University. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

The concept of professional development is not the sole issue; the disdain comes from the lack of purpose and the ineffectiveness. Professional development should be an enriching and meaningful experience for adults. Faculty professional development is any type of continuing education effort for educators. Why are we here?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 3, 2023

“I’ve had people tell me you could order hamburgers and the order would come in and it was chicken breast,” says Robert Nelson, chief executive officer at NACUFS, the National Association of College & University Food Services. Now the number sits at about 800, with three-quarters or more being colleges and universities.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

The concept of professional development is not the sole issue; the disdain comes from the lack of purpose and the ineffectiveness. Professional development should be an enriching and meaningful experience for adults. Faculty professional development is any type of continuing education effort for educators. Why are we here?

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HEPI

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Most prominent are the differences in fees, with fees for almost all Scottish-domiciled undergraduates in Scottish universities paid for by the Scottish Government, fees of £4,750 in Northern Ireland and fees of £9,250 in England and Wales. The differences between the four nations of the UK in undergraduate higher education are well known.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

Boston University Boston University Questrom School of Business The Questrom Ascend Fellowship at Boston University’s (BU) Questrom School of Business seeks to build a community for first-generation and underrepresented BU business students of color. Studies indicate that a majority of U.S.

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eLiterate

JULY 12, 2023

I don’t know if my idea will work yet—he promised to let me know once he tries it—but the idea got me thinking. Generative AI probably will change EdTech integration, interoperability, and the impact that interoperability standards can have on learning design. You can guess from the name what it’s supposed to do. It never worked well.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These changes are reshaping how colleges and universities must embrace an adaptive approach to student recruitment and retention. The Shifting Landscape of Higher Education Enrollment Enrollment patterns in colleges and universities are undergoing significant transformations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Claudine Gay, president-elect of Harvard University. Gay, dean of Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will succeed current Harvard President Dr. Lawrence S. I am honored to stand before you as the next president of Harvard University,” Gay said at a press conference following the announcement. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

At the time I was quite unhappy that in 2015 we had so few HBCUs investing in this very important topic,” says Newson-Horst, professor of English at Morgan State University and director of the women, gender, and sexuality (WGS) studies program. Hollis, then dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Similar to our roads and bridges, the pathways between our colleges and universities have often been marked with potholes, roadblocks and lane closures. Currently, all the state’s community colleges and public universities, as well as 18 independent colleges and universities, participate in one or more of the pathways.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 6, 2023

This is an instructive moment at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby recently assumed the role of president. I left Duke University, that I loved and still love, where I have friends, colleagues, and students. Do they have the right values, and are they ready to move forward in those values?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Image: Ellen Vitetta, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Scheryle Simmons Patigian Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunobiology at the University of Texas’s Southwestern Medical Center, worked for decades to make her institution more welcoming to women. A resolution proved elusive, however.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

He taught constitutional law for a time at Montclair State University and then Monmouth University, where he gained a reputation for assigning unique projects. But one category has remained the samethe awards for acting. Professor Lawrence R. Jones Performance awards also hold another distinction. That stood out to Lawrence R.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Presented with two cases about race-conscious admissions – one regarding the University of North Carolina and the other involving Harvard University — the conservative-leaning court ruled along partisan lines that the two schools’ affirmative action programs violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

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