Wonkhe
JUNE 30, 2024
Labour's manifesto puts teaching quality in the context of a post-16 education review. Debbie McVitty looks over the border to learn what a tertiary quality system could mean The post Labour’s tertiary approach to higher education quality could take lessons from Scotland appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 26, 2024
However, inflation-adjusted salaries are still far below what they were before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Wonkhe
JUNE 24, 2024
A new guide from Yorkshire Universities explores how sustainability is embedded into university curricula and highlights current good practice. Monika Antal presents the findings The post How to engage students with sustainability through service learning appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Data Stories
JUNE 25, 2024
This is a reboot of a visualization I did in 2018, which I found fascinating, but which didn't get much traffic at the time, and thus, I've not refreshed it. But I still find it compelling an instructive. Each year, the Association of American Medical Colleges publishes a lot of data about admission to medical colleges in the US. But frankly, it's a mess, and takes a lot of effort to clean up and visualize: Each link is a separate spreadsheet, and each spreadsheet has spacer rows and merged cell
The Academic Designer
JUNE 26, 2024
Introducing Dr. Monica Cox, professor and change maker for equity in the workplace Jennifer: I’m so excited to feature Dr. Monica Cox, a professor, author, and change maker. Monica, thanks so much for coming today to talk about your new book Never Defeated: Nine Lessons from the Workplace Front Lines.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 28, 2024
Scholars Blast NYU Abu Dhabi ‘Crackdown’ on Palestinian Support Marjorie Valbrun Fri, 06/28/2024 - 03:00 AM University officials say students and staff are not “immune” from local laws, but academics say the institution should do more to protect learners.
Higher Ed Data Stories
JUNE 28, 2024
OK, I admit it. That headline is clickbait. I have no idea which colleges might close in the near future, but I want to take a look at the problem from 30,000 feet. This is prompted by the recent announcement that Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts will close. It comes on the heels of several other announcements like this over the past few years.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 25, 2024
Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough has been appointed interim president of Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama. Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough Dr. Edward L. Hill Jr., the college’s vice provost for Lifelong Learning and Professional Development and Dean of Graduate Studies, served as the immediate interim president following the June 4 resignation of Dr.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 28, 2024
FAFSA Fiasco Forces Cuts at Small Colleges Liam Knox Fri, 06/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Many small private colleges are surviving quarter to quarter, narrowly avoiding sweeping budget cuts. The bungled FAFSA rollout pushed some over the edge.
Wonkhe
JUNE 30, 2024
If you love higher education, and you are committed to staying up for the election results, David Kernohan presents the key seats, data dashboards, and polling considerations you need The post Your Wonkhe election night viewing guide, July 2024 appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Berkeley Blog
JUNE 26, 2024
Experiment captures atoms in free fall to look for gravitational anomalies caused by universe's missing energy The post With a new, incredibly precise instrument, Berkeley researchers narrow search for dark energy appeared first on Berkeley News.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 27, 2024
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed these metrics improved at almost all types of colleges.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
The 49 staffers thought their jobs were safe. Then they were summoned to a Zoom call. By Katherine Mangan The 49 staffers thought their jobs were safe. Then they were summoned to a Zoom call.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 25, 2024
University of Southern California postdoctoral scholars have “resoundingly” voted to unionize, the new union announced Monday. The vote, held Thursday and Friday, was 200 to 15 to form USC Researchers and Fellows United, the organization announced in a news release. The union, affiliated with the UAW, said it will represent 450 total employees.
Wonkhe
JUNE 27, 2024
Queens University Belfast holds a Gold Athena Swan award for working towards gender equality. Susan Clarke and Karen McCloskey set out what difference it makes The post The active inclusion and enabling culture that Athena Swan promotes are still much-needed in HE appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Berkeley Blog
JUNE 28, 2024
"This case will be a Rorschach test for elected officials," one expert said. "Will they redouble their efforts to provide shelter and housing, or fall back on laws that punish people for being homeless?" The post Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say appeared first on Berkeley News.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 26, 2024
The private Christian institution said it has faced intensifying financial challenges and has exhausted its options to continue operating.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 29, 2024
Some say it’s ageist, and they have a point. But whether in academia or elsewhere, it’s only fair for younger colleagues Mary Beard is an author, an honorary fellow of Newnham College and former professor of classics at Cambridge University What is a “good” and “useful” old age, and how do we ensure it? Ageism is currently one of British culture’s biggest muddles.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 25, 2024
While both students and faculty have concerns with generative artificial intelligence, two new reports show a divergence in AI adoption. Students continue to run laps around faculty when it comes to using generative artificial intelligence, two unrelated surveys find.
Wonkhe
JUNE 27, 2024
A transparent comparable way of understanding sector financial woes exists. David Kernohan presents what little of it we are allowed to see The post TRAC data, 2022-23 appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2024
A rescinded offer at the University of Minnesota puts faculty governance in peril. By Alexander Jabbari Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock; portrait courtesy of Raz Segal Recently, the University of Minnesota tarnished its reputation by caving to community pressure over the hiring of a director for its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
A new state law requires every public postsecondary and K-12 classroom to display in easily readable font the Ten Commandments by Jan. 1.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 28, 2024
Next government urged to lower upfront visa costs that are 17 times higher than international average Top international researchers cannot afford to take jobs in the UK because of a “tax on talent” that makes it impossible for them to afford the upfront costs, the head of the Wellcome Trust has warned. Dr John-Arne Røttingen, who has led the biomedical research charity since January, said some of the best researchers offered posts in the UK would have to turn them down because they faced having
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 28, 2024
The botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid disproportionately affected low-income Black and Latino students, according to a new report from the Century Foundation.
Wonkhe
JUNE 30, 2024
It was a former President of NUS that unseated Michael Portillo in 1997. Jim Dickinson looks down the list of Labour's candidates to see who else might be about to use skills honed in student politics The post The student leaders that could be about to enter Parliament appeared first on Wonkhe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
When Sister Dr. Christine De Vinne first came to Ursuline College, a private, Catholic institution in Pepper Pike, Ohio, she was a young woman studying math for her undergraduate degree. In 1996, she returned to campus as a dean, and, in 2015, she became president of her alma mater. It’s been over 50 years since De Vinne first matriculated in the class of 1973.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 25, 2024
Facing a $9 million deficit, the private Lutheran institution is keeping just nine in-person and seven online programs.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2024
Dos and don’ts for making your writing project relevant as it moves from proposal to manuscript to promotion. By Rebecca Colesworthy Dos and don’ts for making your writing project relevant as it moves from proposal to manuscript to promotion.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 25, 2024
Some feared the bungled rollout of the new federal aid form would halt momentum for state completion requirements. It appears to be doing just the opposite. This year’s rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid was, by almost all accounts, a fiasco. What was supposed to be a simpler form made the process more complicated for many.
Wonkhe
JUNE 27, 2024
This week on the podcast the party leaders have spoken out on student living cost support - did they have anything to say, and if not why not? The post Podcast: Maintenance, postgrad complaints, international appeared first on Wonkhe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
The rate of college freshmen returning for a second year is at a decade high. A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted that more than 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year. Done annually, the 2024 Persistence and Retention report shows the persistence rate (returning to college at any institution) rose 0.8 percentage points to 76.5% and the national retention rate (returning to the same institution) rose one full
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 28, 2024
We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from a leaked text exchange among administrators to more colleges breaching debt requirements.
The PIE News
JUNE 26, 2024
The partnership will build on Imperial’s work with universities and policymakers in the region, developing research and educational programs in areas such as public health, entrepreneurship, sustainability and vaccine manufacturing. “The scale of our research and projects with partners in Ghana has grown rapidly in the last few years and together we are making a positive impact,” said Professor Hugh Brady, president of Imperial.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 24, 2024
College Board chief information officer Jeff Olson is joining the Education Department’s team in charge of implementing next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a department spokesperson confirmed exclusively to Inside Higher Ed Friday.
Wonkhe
JUNE 25, 2024
Consent education can be tricky to deliver. Harriet Smailes explains how universities and students' unions can get the messaging, content, and delivery right. The post How consent education can be more than a tick-box exercise appeared first on Wonkhe.
University Business
JUNE 27, 2024
Fifty-five percent of K12 educators now indicate they are ready to leave the profession earlier than planned, according to a 2022 survey from the National Education Association. Why are so many teachers who previously considered themselves career educators leaving? Many feel it is a lack of support from school leadership, overloading teachers due to the shortages in their schools and no letup in the amount of work they do.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
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