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 Dive
JUNE 27, 2024
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed these metrics improved at almost all types of colleges.
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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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 23, 2024
Dr. James Martin II has been elected chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. Dr. James Martin II “Our students, faculty, staff and alumni are on an incredible ascent, having accomplished so much in recent years,” said Martin, who succeeds retiring Dr. Harold Martin Sr., effective Aug. 15.
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.
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.
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.
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 26, 2024
Dr. Doris Yvonne Wilkinson, the first African American female appointed to a full time position at the University of Kentucky in 1967, has died at age 88. Dr. Doris Yvonne Wilkinson “Dr. Doris Wilkinson was powerful, influential and, at times, larger than life,” said UK's President Dr. Eli Capilouto. “It is with deep sadness that I learn of her passing, but I am comforted in knowing that her legacy continues to run deep across the foundation of our community.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
A university investigation comes after photos emerged of four administrators reportedly texting about a panel on Jewish student life.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 26, 2024
Eastern Nazarene College, a private, nonprofit Christian liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, said late Tuesday that it would close and transition to “a new educational enterprise” to carry on its legacy.
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.
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2024
If you speak it into the world, it just might happen. That’s how Dr. Carrie Besnette Hauser became president of Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in 2013. Hauser had always admired the institution because of its unique, tax-based funding, its open-access dual-mission purpose, and its location, nestled into the scenic western slope of the Rocky Mountains.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
The test-optional movement could pave the way for stronger admissions and student success policies, one administrator argues.
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.
The PIE News
JUNE 26, 2024
New courses are mostly based around meeting unmet demand. But given the speed in which innovation now occurs, new courses risk being reactive to the events and trends of yesterday, rather than in anticipation of future demand of tomorrow. It’s the difference between being supply led and demand led. Thanks to today’s market dynamics and advances in technology, education can rarely keep pace with innovation.
Wonkhe
JUNE 25, 2024
New Labour adopted its infamous 50 per cent participation target and "top up fees" entered the lexicon. Adam Matthews rounds up the HE politics of the 00s The post Higher education in general election manifestos – the 2000s appeared first on Wonkhe.
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.
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.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 27, 2024
University of Arizona’s Controversial UAGC Consolidation Moves Forward Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 06/27/2024 - 03:00 AM The university touts absorbing the online campus as a financial win, but dipping enrollment and millions in debt have experts doubtful.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 23, 2024
Kenneth E. Sigmon Jr. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. “We are deeply honored and grateful for this extraordinary gift,” said Kenneth E. Sigmon Jr., vice chancellor of University Advancement. “This generous support will provide crucial resources to our students, faculty and programs, ensuring that N.C.
Wonkhe
JUNE 25, 2024
Student maintenance has been ignored all election - until now. Jim Dickinson reviews the parties' answers on the issue to Britain's most trusted man. The post The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2024
University of Reading project poses questions for integrity of coursework and take-home student assignments Researchers at the University of Reading fooled their own professors by secretly submitting AI-generated exam answers that went undetected and got better grades than real students. The project created fake student identities to submit unedited answers generated by ChatGPT-4 in take-home online assessments for undergraduate courses.
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.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 27, 2024
A tenured professor at Louisiana State University at Shreveport who was accused by his campus chancellor of “creating a toxic and hostile work environment” says he’s been fired. Brian Salvatore provided Inside Higher Ed a letter, dated Friday, from LSU System president William F. Tate IV, saying he was fired effective immediately. The system didn’t return requests for comment Wednesday.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 24, 2024
In its latest report regarding higher education’s return on investment (ROI), Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce (CEW) has analyzed 186 law schools and found at nearly one-in-five law schools, graduates’ net take-home pay after student loan payments averages at $55,000. Four years after completing law school, students still owe roughly $120,000 in student loans.
Wonkhe
JUNE 27, 2024
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to 1960s plate glass and concrete The post Higher education postcard: University of Warwick appeared first on Wonkhe.
The PIE News
JUNE 24, 2024
The document, which was supposedly released on May 28 – entitled a “study sector brief” – claimed that financial documents from a total of nine banks in Pakistan that were used in visa applications would be rejected, including two of the country’s biggest banks, Allied Bank and and Bank Alfalah. It also noted that some English language tests – all well-known within the sector – would be rejected for visa approval to the UK, including the Pearson Test of English and IELTS Life Skills.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 24, 2024
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