Tennessee State University president to resign in spring 2024
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 15, 2023
Glenda Glover has been the HBCU’s leader since 2013 and seen it through issues like the state shortchanging the institution on public funding.
A final post as a farewell and thanks
Higher Ed Data Stories
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
First, of course, is that I'm retiring from my full-time position at a university. Much of what I did here was simply a sanitized version of what I was doing for my own work anyway, going back to the first post in 2013, which, if I recall, I was preparing for a conference presentation.
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Beyond the Classroom: Establishing Partnerships for Real-World Learning and Student Success
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 12, 2025
Collaborative partners can include community agencies, businesses, government institutions, public institutions, and even on-campus collaborators, such as university entities. Coveys (2013) habit “Synergize” focuses on leveraging the strengths of each party to create something greater than the sum of its parts. Finley, L.
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Canadian colleges saw 30% int’l student growth in 2022/23, data reveals
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
International student enrolments at Canadian colleges increased by nearly 30% in 2022/23 while universities saw a 7% rise, new data from Statistics Canada has revealed. in 2022/23, while university enrolments fell by 0.5%, the first decline in a decade. million students across the sector. Overall, college enrolments rose by 2.7%
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Nandi Mehta - Soccer
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
School: Northwestern University Year: 2016 Major: Economics and International Studies Nandi Mehta is a Northwestern University senior majoring in economics and international studies. Mehta was a 2013 and 2014 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and a Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society inductee.
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The Role of Writing in Communicative Language Teaching: An Investigation of an AI-Integrated Classroom Activity
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
For students, writing in a foreign language can be intimidating, often because they feel they lack the necessary vocabulary or fear making mistakes that become fossilized (Kara, 2013; Shang, 2013; Tallon, 2009). Angela Rodriguez Mooney, PhD, is an assistant professor of Spanish and the Texas Women’s University. Kearney, E.
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The Appreciative Close: A Strategy for Creating a Classroom Community
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Howells (2013) has argued that bringing a sense of thankfulness into the classroom helps students be more awake and thoughtful: “if we thank while we think, we think better.” Fox (2018) suggests inviting students to adopt a posture of gratitude to promote a positive learning environment. Vashon Island, WA: Island Press. Goodman, D. &
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Community College Leader Dr. Walter Bumphus to Step Down After Transformative Era
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Aikin Regents Endowed Chair at The University of Texas at Austin, he mentored hundreds of administrators who went on to leadership positions at community colleges across the country. In 2013, Bumphus was awarded the Diverse Champions award by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
Western Connecticut State University’s Strategic Enrollment Success: Leveraging TargetX and Othot for Growth
Liaison International
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Western Connecticut State University (WCSU), with two locations in Danbury, CT, is committed to its mission of providing all students with a high-quality education that fosters their growth as individuals, scholars, professionals, and leaders in a global society. It chose Liaisons Othot AI solution to deliver those results.
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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 21, 2025
Share rubrics in advance, collaborate with students to create or adjust rubrics, and encourage students to self-assess before submitting assignments (Brookhart, 2013). Rahmat, PsyD, is a core faculty member at Antioch University, where she specializes in compassion-focused pedagogy, trauma-sensitive mindfulness, and mindful self-compassion.
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Due Dates Provide a Structure for Spaced Learning
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MARCH 27, 2025
2013; Samani and Pan, 2021). She is a professor of biology at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, specializing in teaching undergraduate level general biology and cell biology courses. After all, the professor is required to turn in final grades by a deadline. References Birnbaum, Monica S.,
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Six-year graduation rates at four-year colleges and universities
Higher Ed Data Stories
AUGUST 28, 2024
Note: The blue bars show graduates in the year shown (so, 4,755, which you can see by hovering over the bar) while the yellow bar shows the entering class from six years prior (7,406 in 2019, who entered in 2013). You can choose any single ethnicity at the top left, using the filter.
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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 4, 2025
Queens College is one of The City University of New Yorks 25 colleges. As the largest public urban university system in the nation, CUNY had a real opportunity to make a change. In 2023, CUNY s Board of Trustees charged the Universitys leadership including myself to fix the transfer system.
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Scottish University to Sell New York City Campus
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 2, 2023
Glasgow Caledonian University, which created a New York City campus in 2013 and won the right to award degrees four years later, is selling its campus in New York City, the
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UNC Chancellor Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz Appointed President of Michigan State University
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Guskiewicz will become the next president of Michigan State University, effective Mar. Guskiewicz Guskiewicz – a neuroscientist, sports medicine researcher, and academic leader – is currently chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. in sports medicine from the University of Virginia; an M.S. Dr. Kevin M.
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Liz Wildes, Boundless Learning
The PIE News
JANUARY 14, 2025
Best: In 2013, I visited four universities in Hawaii. Im excited about continuing to work with our academic partners and look forward to partnering with organisations worldwide to help them meet their unique goals. Best work trip/Worst work trip? Plus, the location was fantastic!
Will the use of generative AI shift higher education from a knowledge-first system to a skills-first system?
HEPI
MARCH 9, 2025
On the eve of the release of HEPIs Student Generative AI Survey 2025 , HEPI hosted a roundtable dinner with the reports sponsor, Kortext , and invited guests to discuss the following essay question: How will AI change the university experience for the next generation? Given recent geopolitical events, critical thinking was also emphasized.
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A trio of reasons for the TRIO Programs
University Business
MARCH 25, 2025
Growing up in a household where college seemed out of reach, I enrolled in the Savannah State University Upward Bound program as a high school student. Education Pays 2013: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society. From participant to scholar and leader I know firsthand the transformative power of TRIO.
Watch for these 5 high-impact trends shaping higher education business in 2025
University Business
JANUARY 28, 2025
In 2013, Harvard Business School professors Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn made a striking prediction in the New York Times , forecasting that a host of struggling colleges and universities the bottom 25 percent of every tier, we predict will disappear or merge in the next 10 to 15 years. trillion student loan debt burden.
Irish universities hold pre-departure sessions in India
The PIE News
JULY 2, 2024
Representatives from the National College of Ireland , Dublin City University , Technological University Shannon , and Maynooth University are in India to provide support to Indian students to help them adjust to their studies in Ireland, according to education company OneStep Global , which organised the initiative.
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NZ PM’s 2025 scholarship scheme offers 119 opportunities in Asia and LatAm
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Some 3685 scholarships have been granted since 2013 under the scheme which has strengthened New Zealand’s commitment to education and international relations since its inception. The list includes: Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Greater China, India, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile.
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UNCF, Steve Fund, and TMCF Partner for National Initiative to Support Mental Health at Black Colleges and Universities
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), mental health nonprofit The Steve Fund, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) are partnering for a national initiative to support mental health at Black colleges and universities. Dr. Michael L. The initiative is a response to the declining mental health of U.S. college students.
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Career Talk: The Heart of Teaching
Today's Learner
OCTOBER 29, 2024
She was selected as a distinguished alumni of Abilene Christian University in 2021 and of Longview High School in 2018. She also was the 2014 recipient of CRLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the 2013 On Course Ambassador of the Year award. is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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Maximizing Student Engagement During Live Online Seminars
Faculty Focus
MARCH 20, 2025
You might want to set up a guest speaker or visit in advance to test the technology, review the expectations and practice, so determine what works best for you and meet your university guidelines. Walton, MS, Professor, Business and IT Department, Purdue University Global teaches undergraduate courses in Management and Marketing.
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Tennessee Higher Education Reports Enrollment Trends; TSU Enrollment Drops Sharply
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
systemwide increase in fall 2024 enrollments at state-operated colleges and universities compared to fall 2023. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville saw a 6.7% enrollment growth, while both the University of Tennessee at Martin and Austin Peay State University experienced increases of more than 8%.
Creating Active Virtual Learning Communities in Asynchronous Online College Courses: Why it Matters and Ideas to Try
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
As the number of universities offering fully online-only courses increases, a new set of challenges arises for students and professors. This leads university professors in search of ways to provide students with a way to build community and networking with their peers in place of in-person community building. Why Bother?
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Scottish University to Sell New York City Campus
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 4, 2023
Glasgow Caledonian University, which created a New York City campus in 2013 and won the right to award degrees four years later, is selling its campus in New York C
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Why Higher Ed Should Advocate for Universal Early Learning Coverage in the 2024 Election
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 2, 2024
When Bill de Blasio placed universal Pre-K at the forefront of his New York City mayoral campaign in 2013, he signaled a commitment to expanding educational opportunities for all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background. Let us commit to building a future in which every child can thrive.
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What’s love got to do with neurodiversity and HE art and design?
SRHE
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Tim’s Neurodiversity in the Arts Symposium , which took two years of advocacy and planning, and draws on several more of research across neurodiversity and art education, took place at the University of the Arts Helsinki , modelling best practices for inclusivity, not just for neurodivergent folx. Universities, watch and learn.
Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures
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FEBRUARY 2, 2025
2013; Felder & Brent, 2016). Jacob Hoekstra is an entrepreneurship PhD student at Baylor University, with an MBA from St. Cloud State and a bachelor’s from the University of St. Use these strategies to implement chunking in the classroom to break up the lecture.
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Africa-China HE engagement: a one-way road?
LSE Higher Education Blog
JANUARY 30, 2025
Whether the AfricaChina relationship in higher education is labelled as South-to-South cooperation ( Niu et al , 2021), development aid ( Ehizuelen , 2018), partnership ( Niu , 2014), soft power ( Pan , 2013), neo-colonisation ( el-Shafei & Metawe , 2021) or knowledge diplomacy ( Ogunnubi & Shawa , 2019) is a much-contested topic.
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N.C. A&T Enrollment Tops 14,311
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate applications for admission this fall, resulting in a 3% increase in enrollment this year over last year. North Carolina A&T, an historically Black university, enrolled 14,311 this fall. Dr. James R.
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Majority of Americans lack confidence in value of four-year degree
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 3, 2023
Polls in 2013 (by CNBC) and 2017 (by the Journal and NBC) asked the identical question, and Americans were 53 percent favorable and 40 percent negative in 2013 and evenly divided (49 percent positive, 47 percent negative) in 2017. It is declining and at this point is more negative than positive.
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Another year, another teacher supply crisis…
HEPI
APRIL 22, 2025
And Amira Asantewa and Reuel Blair explore how growing social capital – not just academic engagement – is key to tackling the widening Black-white degree awarding gap in UK universities in a powerful reflection on identity, belonging and community. Read that piece here.
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The Role of Writing in Communicative Language Teaching: An Investigation of an AI-Integrated Classroom Activity
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
For students, writing in a foreign language can be intimidating, often because they feel they lack the necessary vocabulary or fear making mistakes that become fossilized (Kara, 2013; Shang, 2013; Tallon, 2009). Angela Rodriguez Mooney, PhD, is an assistant professor of Spanish and the Texas Women’s University. Kearney, E.
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Is India the world’s next top knowledge power?
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Recently I visited India to discuss the ways university leaders can bolster their efforts in driving the research strategy and assess institutional impact. for the period between 2013 and 2022. for the period between 2013 and 2022. for the period between 2013 and 2022. million, behind China with 57.14 in 2003 to 7.0%
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Clare Overmann, Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)
The PIE News
APRIL 10, 2025
In 2013, when Myanmar was opening back up to the world, but things were still fragile, I helped lead a delegation to learn how US higher education institutions might partner with and support their counterparts in Myanmar. Tell me about a defining moment in your career.
Have Academic Library Staffing Numbers Really Declined That Much Over the Past Decade?
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Here is what it looks like: Full+Part-Time 2020 38,510 2019 40,884 2018 41,479 2017 41,490 2016 41,993 2015 42,782 2014 43,610 2013 44,677 2012 67,074 Not sure why there was such a significant drop between 2013 and 2012. Even if we start looking at 2013 compared to 2020, the decline in library staffing appears large.
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Modi vows to act amid increase in Indian students abroad
The PIE News
AUGUST 16, 2024
Some aspiring for top brands or those aiming at research at ranked universities are always there, the majority of students use overseas education as a pathway to work and settle overseas. While there were 51,348 seats for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery courses in 2013/14, this number increased to 108,940 in 2023/24.
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University of Vermont Launches Open-Access Academic Press
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 12, 2023
Under the University of Vermont’s (UVM) new open-access academic press, authors and readers will not have to pay fees to publish or access published materials. Before UVM, he helped launch the Amherst College Press in 2013 and led a consortium of libraries in creating the open-access Lever Press in 2016.
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New Jersey City University to Cut 30 Jobs
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
New Jersey City University, reeling from a financial collapse , will lay off 30 professors in an effort to cut $12 million in expenses from its 2022–23 operating budget, the Jersey Journal reported. NJCU will also eliminate 37 percent of its 171 academic programs, the newspaper reported. NJCU has disputed those numbers.
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#WeAreInternational renewed to boost ‘welcome factor’
The PIE News
MAY 1, 2024
Universities UK has re-launched the next iteration of its #WeAreInternational campaign to celebrate the role international students play in the country. Universities and international education organisations have once again joined, including Aston University and the University of the West of England and pathway provider NCUK.
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Charity Asks CUNY to Return $25M Donation
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 23, 2024
The City University of New York (CUNY) is responding to allegations it failed to honor an agreement to build a new community college facility with monies donated by The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation. The foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1959 by New York businessman Charles Guttman.
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Why Do Universities Lie About Program Information?
Higher Ed Ethics Watch
MAY 11, 2022
I have previously blogged about doctored program information submitted by four prominent universities—Rutgers University, Temple University, Claremont McKenna College, and Iona College. The goal was to make their programs look better to university rating outlets such as U.S. News & World Report. Boosting Ratings.
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