The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

A review of the calibration of the scheme is a way to “avoid political traps now” and give parties maximum room for manoeuvre after the election, noted David Willetts, who was minister for universities and science from 2010 until 2014. “Higher education institutions across the UK are under financial strain.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Having taught students in brick-and-mortar classrooms for most of my 23-year tenure in education, I had grown accustomed to witnessing the positive impact human connection can have on the life trajectory of my community college students. After transitioning to the virtual classroom, my first semester was consumed with fear and anxiety.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Researchers also found that of the students who transferred to a four-year school from a community college, liberal arts majors were significantly more likely than non-liberal arts majors to change their major (82.0% So this is very concerning." and -0.7%, respectively).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While overall enrollments are still down (with about 100,000 students missing from community college since the start of the pandemic), the data show that student mobility has increased, particularly transfers into very competitive or highly selective institutions. These increases are a good sign.”

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Image: Gustavus Adolphus College went 161 years without any graduate programs. Like other small private institutions, Gustavus Adolphus, a Lutheran college in southern Minnesota, faces a shrinking pool of traditional-age students, even ahead of the projected decline in college-age students due to kick in later this decade.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Image: In the perpetual tug-of-war between openness and confidentiality in searches for new college and university presidents, secrecy has been winning in a rout. The recent search for a new president at Pitzer College offers a counterpoint.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Regardless of whether students decide on asynchronous, synchronous, or HyFlex courses in the future, podcasting can reinforce important educational objectives through concise and manageable tasks while at the same time accompanying self-paced and varied learning styles (Powell & Robson, 2014).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Mary Chinery, d ean of the School of Arts and Sciences; Dr. Jennifer Edmonds, dean of the School of Business & Digital Media; Dr. Teri Wurmser, dean of the Hackensack Meridian Health School of Nursing and Wellness; and Dr. Kelly McNeal, dean of the School of Education. Back in 2014, the number of women deans was just one.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). 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! 2010; Bransford et al., Significance.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Regardless of whether students decide on asynchronous, synchronous, or HyFlex courses in the future, podcasting can reinforce important educational objectives through concise and manageable tasks while at the same time accompanying self-paced and varied learning styles (Powell & Robson, 2014).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

These are positive developments from the perspective of groups such as the Association of American Universities and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which promote high-impact practices that increase student engagement and deep learning. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental. The solution?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

However, sometimes things do not go according to plan, and they may face obstacles that derail their goals. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

However, sometimes things do not go according to plan, and they may face obstacles that derail their goals. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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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. At the time, Tate was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts and Sciences and Chair of the Department of Education at Washington University in St. Linda Darling-Hammond, to the post in 1995-1996.

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Edu Alliance Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In a 2014 survey titled U.S. The results of the 2014 survey call for a continuing need for international business education in the US, with increased emphasis on intercultural communication, foreign language skills, and international experience. The chart below shows how long US students study overseas. India – 375,055.

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University Business

MAY 17, 2024

The University Business Podcast : Why STEM needs the humanities—and vice versa In Pennsylvania, Albright College President Jacquelyn Fetrow has announced her resignation , effective May 31, after leading the small institution since 2017, WFMZ-TV reported. Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff will serve as interim president under a two-year contract.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Enrollment officials at colleges that experienced robust increases aren’t even waiting for the official numbers and are instead publicly announcing enrollment upswings. Administrators at colleges that had modest gains are being more circumspect and have adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Enrollment increased 8.3

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This was back in the 1990s, so it was early for a professor outside of an education or computer science department to be thinking about such things. As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. And as it turns out, I know and respect one of the authors.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

o We were among the initial institutions to join the Liberal Arts College Racial Equity Leadership Alliance. o We were among the initial institutions to join the Liberal Arts College Racial Equity Leadership Alliance. It was an outline of the foundations of our enterprise and my goals for the university.

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Edu Alliance Journal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This topic has been of interest to me for over 50 years because I am one of those who dropped out of college. The Harsh Facts on College Dropouts. American higher education overall has 39 million people with Some College, No Credential (SCNC) as of July 2020 according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. The Royal Society adopts the same wording. The Royal Society adopts the same wording. Nevertheless, agreed definition seems elusive. Research is a relative newcomer to the work of English universities.

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SRHE

JUNE 7, 2023

by Brett Bligh, Sue Beckingham, Lesley Gourlay, and Julianne K Viola SRHE’s ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposium series, delivered with Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson, aims to foster continuous dialogue around learning spaces. How are others using those spaces?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 17, 2024

The August 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, aroused a sweeping reappraisal of race and social justice issues. Jones cultivated a promising profession as an actor and performing arts teacher at The City College of New York, where he found himself instructing theater students with whom he participated in creative projects.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Cape Breton University, originally named the University College of Cape Breton, was established in 1974 to serve the local and Nova Scotian population through higher education, preparing graduates for opportunities beyond the already shrinking local industries. In fact, every year since 1961 , there were fewer people living on the island.

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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. This 30-credit block of courses satisfies most, if not all, general education requirements and went into effect in fall 2014.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 23, 2023

As a first-generation college student, she appreciated the process of education and embraced its transformative aspects. This includes a new state-of-the-art science center with a planetarium, which is now a signature piece of the campus. It has been part of my focus to really engage our students in civic and community work.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Wendy Cadge is the President and Professor of Sociology at Bryn Mawr College. She was also a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees (2014-2019) and co-chair of the Faculty Governance Task Force (2017-2019).

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. Many take these courses as part of general education, not personal interest, creating a challenge in maintaining engagement and fostering deeper understanding (Haak et al.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 11, 2025

Some may experience anxiety or feel science is irrelevant to their careers (Rice et al. Many take these courses as part of general education, not personal interest, creating a challenge in maintaining engagement and fostering deeper understanding (Haak et al.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

She co-founded the Women in Science and Medicine Advisory Committee, which proposed and won an on-site childcare center and which continues to sponsor events on women’s issues in science. The institution even erected a multimedia display wall of 60 “trailblazing” female faculty members last summer.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2024

The goal is to safeguard students from the weight of unaffordable college debt, shifting the focus from targeting primarily for-profit higher education to a broader scope that includes all educational institutions. Thinking about a merger? Listen in.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

From a low of just under 20% in the 2014 midterms, the youth voting rate rose to 28% in 2018. From a low of just under 20% in the 2014 midterms, the youth voting rate rose to 28% in 2018. Michelson, dean of arts & sciences and professor of political s cience at Menlo College and a founding member of the S VRN.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Supreme Court dismantled decades of legal precedent in June, ruling against race-conscious college admissions and bringing an end to affirmative action practices in higher education. Affirmative action struck down The U.S. The high court voted 6-3 against UNC and 6-2 against Harvard. Our constitutional history does not tolerate that choice.”

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