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5 Humanization Trends to Inspire Your Higher Ed Marketing

MindMax

That theme is “humanization.” According to Brandingmag , “Where personalization focuses on meeting individuals’ requirements, humanization strives to build a meaningful, emotional connection between a brand and those individuals.” Done well, however, bringing social values front and center can be deeply humanizing and impactful.

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Number of Ph.D.s conferred dropped 5.4% in 2021

Inside Higher Ed

percent between 2020 and 2021, the steepest decline ever for the NSF’s annual census of new Ph.D.s. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021. The survey period for the forthcoming report ran from July 2020 to June 2021, a full year of the pandemic. production in 2021 to COVID-19.

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Humane Ingenuity 42: Not So NFT

Dan Cohen

I want to buy a print of one of these photographs, but I can’t, for reasons you can probably imagine, since it is 2021: these remarkable images are only available as NFTs. Muñoz, “ Reduced Lower Mississippi River Discharge During the Medieval Era ,” Geophysical Research Letters , 19 January 2021.]. Scaife, et al.

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind Debunked: Humanizing Asynchronous Online Courses Using an Inclusive Survey

Faculty Focus

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. Therefore, we must take intentional steps to humanize our asynchronous online classrooms.

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind Debunked: Humanizing Asynchronous Online Courses Using an Inclusive Survey

Faculty Focus

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. Therefore, we must take intentional steps to humanize our asynchronous online classrooms.

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Humanities majors should pay lower tuition (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

That the humanities are in crisis will surprise exactly no one. 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. 2021–22 Median Salaries for Tenure-Track Faculty. What’s behind this decline?

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Former Northwestern Volleyball Player Sues, Alleging Failure to Properly Address Hazing Incident in 2021

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A former Northwestern University volleyball player is suing the school, alleging university officials failed to properly address a 2021 hazing incident and seeking at least $50,000 in damages and a jury trial, NPR reported.