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Report: HBCU Humanities Programs Show Resilience Amid National Decline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers promising insights into the state of humanities programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), even as humanities degree completions decline across the nation. In 2022, HBCUs awarded 8.8% In 2022, HBCUs awarded 13.5%

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Curtin University officially launches branch campus in Sri Lanka

The PIE News

After establishing similar facilities in Singapore, Malaysia, the UAE, and Mauritius, Curtin University Colombo is the institution’s fifth global campus. According to Hayne, 2,500 Sri Lankan students have graduated from Curtin University since the early 2000s.

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Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

Incorporating four simple practices through collaborative learning communities could be a game changer for teachers willing to embrace a more humane approach to teaching and learning. Fostering student success may be highly individualized, but there are four universal practices that might yield successful student outcomes.

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The Sooner, The Better: Building Financial Literacy Among Black Students (and Communities)

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the Council for Economic Education’s latest biennial Survey of the States , more than two-thirds of all states are now requiring personal finance classes for high school graduation – up dramatically from 2022 when fewer than half the states had such mandates. Indeed, reading is fundamental. Dr. Donna Y.

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Is it time to rethink university rankings?

The PIE News

“As humans, we just love numbers, right?, When we see that a publication released their list of the top 100 universities, we say: Oh, cool, this college is here again that means they must be a really good school. Universities might not want to showcase everything. So what are the specific issues facing rankings?

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

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. Rossum’s Universal Robots) , where artificial beings, created to serve, ultimately undo their creators (apek, 1920/2004). This echoes Karel apek’s R.U.R.

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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.