Education data breaches hit record high in 2021
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 13, 2023
million records across 771 educational institutions were exposed that year, according to a report by Comparitech.
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Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 13, 2023
million records across 771 educational institutions were exposed that year, according to a report by Comparitech.
Higher Ed Data Stories
APRIL 22, 2024
This will show you the discount rate on first-year students at about 1,000 four-year, private, not-for-profit colleges in 2021-22. That's because, at many of these places, undergraduate education is essentially a sideline business, and only a minor source of revenue.
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Higher Ed Data Stories
DECEMBER 15, 2023
If tuition is $40,000 and you offer a $20,000 discount or scholarship, you simply take $20,000 to educate the student, and write the rest off as an accounting transaction. The need for higher discounts in higher education are driven by tuition prices that are too high for most people to pay. Eager to hear your thoughts.
University Business
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
As the pace of change accelerates in education and the workforce, staying ahead requires insight into what’s shaping these worlds. In business education, we’re seeing shifts driven by artificial intelligence, evolving learner needs, and a demand for greater flexibility and accessibility. billion in 2017 to $8.3
Higher Ed Data Stories
OCTOBER 26, 2022
I think it's most useful for higher education enrollment professionals who have to explain to people at their university why their yield rate is falling. I've been creating this data visualization, or some form of it, for several years now.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 13, 2025
UCLA Graduation As graduates streamed into commencement ceremonies last May, their faces reflected the changing demographics of American higher education. The starting point for understanding this transformation takes us back to 1995, when the educational playing field between young men and women appeared remarkably level.
Faculty Focus
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 3, 2025
Dan Walden Our educational system is facing an unprecedented challenge declining enrollment. The number of traditional college-age students is steadily declining, with fewer high school graduates enrolling in higher education.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
The evolving landscape of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in higher education is reshaping the role of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) (El-Amin, 2022b). This shift acknowledges the need for DEIB leadership to be embedded across all levels of the organization, rather than concentrated in a single role (Sernak, 2021).
The PIE News
APRIL 2, 2025
Last year, Pakistans Higher Education Commission revised its TNE policy to provide greater clarity on requirements, operational models, and introduce guidelines for establishing offshore campuses of Pakistani higher education institutions. The update also emphasised quality assurance and regulatory assessments. .”
HEPI
JANUARY 29, 2025
Since then, they have taken the higher education sector by storm. Concerns persist that the growth of DAs and their high cost reported in the media as growing from 2% of the apprenticeship budget in 2017/18 to 21% in 2021 might crowd out opportunities for young entrants to the workforce, as DAs are primarily taken by existing employees.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
We've been waiting for it since 2021, and now primary legislation to bring about the Lifelong Loan Entitlement is here. The post What’s in the 2023 Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill? David Kernohan runs down its content and asks what is still to do to make LLE a reality? appeared first on Wonkhe.
MindMax
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
MindMax is committed to being at the forefront of emerging trends in higher education marketing and engagement. Key Higher Education Trends in Enrollment Enrollment trends look different in the post-pandemic landscape than they did pre-2020. Here is a comprehensive overview of the presentation they shared. Adult learners are savvy.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 19, 2025
The report, Equity and Emergency: COVID-19 Relief Funding at Historically and Predominantly Black Community Colleges in the South, examines how 39 institutions across 10 Southern states utilized Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) allocations during the COVID-19 pandemic. billion for institutional expenses.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2024
was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. Knoxville Board of Education case. In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Following the passage of the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act in 2019, CU Boulder conducted an equity analysis in 2021 to determine whether it complies with the new law. 1, 2021, and was created to close the gender pay gap. The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act was enacted on Jan.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 3, 2024
The community college, with more than 125,000 students enrolled across eight campuses, launched its AI strategy in 2021 when it began training 500 faculty members in different disciplines to develop AI courses and to integrate AI curriculum into existing classes.
ACPA
MARCH 20, 2025
This Black feminist framework seeped into the higher education space with the creation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and expansion of Black student enrollment (Sturdivant, 2024). Additionally, it is important to note that Other Mothers as educational mentors does not mean they have to be women. Collins, P.H.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 13, 2025
The South has made strides in college affordability, but significant challenges remain for lower-income students, according to new data released Thursday by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). The profiles, which analyze data from the 2021-22 academic year, reveal that the SREB region provided approximately 25.8%
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2024
was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. Knoxville Board of Education case. In 2021, UT honored him by naming a dormitory after him, ‘Robinson Hall’ on the Knoxville campus.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Bumphus CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) at the end of 2025, capping a remarkable 15-year tenure that helped reshape higher education access nationwide. He understood that community colleges needed to be at the table for every major conversation about America's future workforce and educational opportunities."
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
Michael Salmon examines how a change in ruling party could complicate things The post The fate of current higher education legislation in a general election year appeared first on Wonkhe. The current government has passed two big pieces of HE legislation this year – but implementation is another question.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
As one of the most prestigious public universities in America and a leader in promoting diversity, if DEI initiatives can be successfully reduced or eliminated at the University of Michigan, a chilling message would be sent throughout higher education and could represent the last stand for DEI at all universities.
SRHE
APRIL 2, 2025
Although higher education is expected to narrow this divide and build students digital confidence, our findings revealed the opposite. Building on these findings, this blog asks a timely question: as Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) becomes embedded in higher education, will it help bridge this divide or deepen it further?
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 7, 2025
A recent survey shows that students value the parts of their education that directly prepare them for professional work they will undertake (Princeton Review 2024). Applied work gives them ready practice in how their education specifically connects to various aspects of potential future professional work.
University Business
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Becker College’s 2021 closing contained a lesson for Central Massachusetts schools heading into the next decade. The post Fast forward to 2034: In higher education, colleges will meet students where they are appeared first on University Business. Read more at WBJ Worcester Business Journal.
HEPI
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
The demand for graduates in Wales is not decreasing – the UK Department for Education projects that the nation will need 402,825 graduates to fill roles by 2035. So why has there been such a sudden drop in Welsh 18-year-olds engaging with higher education? The provision available to Welsh students falls £6,482 short.
Faculty Focus
MARCH 4, 2025
For instance, utilizing high-quality, audio-visual equipment, such as multiple microphones and wide-angle cameras, can help remote students feel more connected to the physical classroom (Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning, 2021). Building a sense of community across campuses is crucial (Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning, 2021).
The PIE News
MARCH 5, 2025
The research examines the mobility of full-time, UK-domiciled, undergraduate first-degree students, using the most recent available data from the 2021/22 cohort while also providing a high-level analysis of the four preceding cohorts. In 2021/2022, mobile graduates were 5.1%
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 31, 2024
Irene Mulvey “ Manufacturing Backlash: Right-Wing Think Tanks and Legislative Attacks on Higher Education ” describes well-funded, widespread political attacks on higher education, comprising legislative pursuits that undermine academic freedom and university autonomy.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Department of Education, the Upward Bound program works with students from six area high schools that are identified as potential first-generation college students.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 9, 2025
Research has shown that compassion in education can lead to improved student motivation, reduced anxiety, and enhanced learning outcomes (Goleman, 2011). Benson, EdD, is a long term educator who has always placed service to the teaching profession first in her career. For the following 30 years, she was faculty in higher education.
HEPI
JANUARY 2, 2025
Climate hypocrisy in Higher Education The climate crisis and global attempts at strengthening the sustainable and low-carbon transition is arguably the most critical issue we face and there is clear evidence to show strong Higher Education (HE) support for this twin approach.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 13, 2025
For the first time since the 2021-22 season, applicants reporting test scores (up 11%) outpaced those not reporting scores (down 1%). Additionally, less selective institutions (those with admit rates above 25%) saw application growth of 6-7%, while the most selective institutions (admit rates below 25%) experienced the slowest growth at 4%.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Jhaneil Thompson After graduating from high school, Thompson enrolled in a community college and when it was time for her to continue her education at a four-year-institution, it was Florida A&M University (FAMU) that welcomed her right from the start, even before she officially enrolled in fall of 2019.
The PIE News
JANUARY 27, 2025
By 2040, were anticipating that we will more than double enrolment in higher education, Nitesh Sughnani, director of university ratings at Dubais Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) told delegates. Supply is growing exponentially, and the education sector has to respond, said Sughnani.
Faculty Focus
MARCH 30, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 12, 2025
In an era of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, the use of these tools in education raises concerns about its impact on student learning, particularly when it comes to assessments. This can be revealing for educators as they see a different side to students exploring and applying course content in authentic ways.
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Entrepreneurship studies are not solely for business course students (Hall, 2021). This also explains why entrepreneurship education should not be integrated into all subject courses, as emphasized by Pittaway and Edwards (2012) in their fourth category of enterprise learning. 2 (2021): 25-26. New York: W. Hall, Rebecca.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 8, 2025
Eva Martinez Powless Eva Martinez Powless, who served as MATC's first DEI officer starting in 2021, claims in the lawsuit filed December 30 in the U.S. Eastern District Court that she faced retaliation after advocating for a Black employee with disabilities and speaking out against discriminatory practices at the college.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 5, 2025
Robin DiAngelo is an Affiliate Associate Professor of Education at the University of Washington. Her follow-up book, released in June of 2021, is: Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm. In addition, she holds two Honorary Doctorates.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2024
Latino college students are more likely to be first-generation students and less likely to leave college having earned their degrees, according to a new report from Excelencia in Education. They're making pragmatic choices on how to pay for their education, how to pay for college,” Labandera said. Of the Latino students in U.S.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
I ’m a writing instructor in higher education. Journal of Geography in Higher Education , 27 (2), 169–181. Mindful strategies for helping college students manage stress: a guide for higher education professionals (1st ed.). Review of Educational Research, 77 (1), 81–112. I’m also a writing specialist in a support center.
The PIE News
JUNE 20, 2024
Student priorities on environmental issues From 2021 to 2023, there was a noticeable increase in the importance students placed on their institution’s environmental policies when choosing where to study. The post Student perspectives on sustainability in international education appeared first on The PIE News.
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