WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Preparing Faculty to work with AI The University of Mississippi is pioneering new approaches to prepare faculty for emerging technologies, like generative AI, in the classroom. Together, we built assignments that asked students to engage generative technologies at different points in their writing process.

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The PIE News

JULY 9, 2024

Focusing on the National Education Policy 2020’s promise to build accessible and quality education in India, the UGC is set to train over 1.5 With internationalisation being a key component for the development of NEP, the UGC has announced a new policy encouraging biannual admissions in Indian universities.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. Implications for practice, research, and policy toward the future of education highlight the importance of connecting academics to workforce development (Jocson, 2018).

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

" The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. And even today, I remain skeptical and suspicious of those from outside of academia (and who do not hold a doctorate) who are recruited to university presidencies and other leadership roles.

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totallyrewired

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Interestingly, while many universities have developed policies around generative AI, the more pervasive use of machine translation often goes unnoticed. This oversight raises critical questions about authorship, learning outcomes, and the linguistic competence of graduates in an environment increasingly dependent on technological assistance.

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University Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

With AI a powerful force that is already changing the world, academia, too, should embrace it—but in a way that takes advantage of innovation while staying true to the values of education. As more universities develop such policies, AI platforms will ultimately respond, building in the features that allow the human to be the boss.

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HEPI

JULY 2, 2024

The AI Divide: An Urgent Educational Challenge As AI continues to transform industries and daily life, the ability to understand and leverage these technologies will be crucial for future success. Only through such innovative approaches can we prepare the next generation for the challenges and opportunities of the AI-driven future.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But if top universities genuinely want to lead, a key roadblock remains: around the nation and the world, leading institutions are structurally unprepared for the fossil fuel industry’s assault on the interests and values of academia. Academia is founded on the premise of truth seeking. Real disclosure is a start.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Also, graduates of such schools are not likely to receive offers for positions in academia. “If Over the past year, the Alfred P.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But if the many doomsday projections actually come to fruition, losing Twitter will be a sad day for academia. In a frequently alienating world of academia, that is huge. In addition to aiding in research discovery, Academic Twitter has become a go-to resource for locating job postings, both in academia and beyond.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction. Implications for practice, research, and policy toward the future of education highlight the importance of connecting academics to workforce development (Jocson, 2018).

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

I received some negative feedback for comparing 3D Cinema and VR technology adoption curves. I stand by my contention that such technology developments need to take more account of user expectations, as well as their user experience. Demographic patterns play a huge part in any technological innovation.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Delving into the dynamic crossroads of technology and education, this episode shines a spotlight on the transformative power of structural disruption. Drawing parallels between the seismic shifts in the entertainment industry and today’s higher education landscape, this discussion underscores the urgent need for academia to adapt.

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The PIE News

APRIL 26, 2024

“Academia is by nature collaborative and international, and that’s, broadly speaking, a very positive thing for the UK, but sometimes that can be abused.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blank’s economic work focused on low-income labor markets, macroeconomics, government policy, and the measurement of poverty. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She held a Ph.D. Outside of higher ed, Blank had also served as a senior staff member on the Council of Economic Advisors during the George H.W.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” He plans to implement a policy in his syllabus that requires students to cite ChatGPT and other AI when they use it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Preparing STEM-focused professionals to see the world through technological, human, societal, and cultural lenses is distinctive, especially when so brilliantly coupled with WPI’s research and innovation ecosystem.” in polymer materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a Ph.D. Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Reports of scholars being retired early or dismissed indicate that the Iranian government has ordered a cleansing of academia in the wake of protests that have gripped the country since September. But many others remain behind bars, said Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran, a U.S.-based

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2023

AACRAO's participation in these discussions spans decades and includes providing guidance on transfer student practice and policy for domestic and international students. They operate at the confluence of technology, compliance, data and student success —constantly working to support and promote innovation.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. Across Europe, women account for more than half of the continent’s population but just 17% of its information and communications technology professionals.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

More women are attending university than ever before and a quarter of the world’s top universities have appointed a female president, but research shows that female academics are being pushed out of academia and are evaluated lower than male lecturers, which could stifle their careers. They actively combat gender stereotypes.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) are expanding the idea of partnership and generating an AI coach specially for educators, called StretchAI ([link] to create more inclusive learning experiences. We added a policy post to the course LMS.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

In doing so, the company will try to convince its significant subscriber base in higher ed and beyond that it has the solution—or at least an essential piece of the solution—to the latest technological threat to academic integrity. “This is a technological arms race.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia. From the burgeoning focus on diversity and inclusion in the 1980s and 1990s to the rise of digital technology in the late 1990s and 2000s, I have been privileged to observe and contribute to significant shifts in the educational paradigm.

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HEPI

APRIL 16, 2023

The UK is not exempt from three key hurdles universities around the world have yet to fully overcome: Keeping up with technological changes, innovative teaching and learning, and balancing the scales between research and teaching. But we have yet to fully commit to the idea that teaching excellence has a role to play in combatting all three.

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

A reflection on making research accessible outside of academia This blog on accessible research was kindly contributed to the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) by Philip Carpenter, Pro-Chancellor at the University of York and an Advisory Board Director of Kortext, and originally published on the HEPI blog.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 13, 2023

Indeed, as we track our students’ success, we know that knowledge-based jobs carry the greatest status and rewards (think technology, finance, medicine, law), while more human-focused jobs, even though they all make more use of technology and data today, pay less and carry less status (think education, social work and criminal justice).

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

“DisruptED aims to generate competencies within the ministry to lead the country into a future that raises the concept of innovation in education to unprecedented levels,” said Hind Al Tair, director of the Department of Science, Technology and Scientific Research and deputy head of the Innovation Committee at the education ministry.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) are expanding the idea of partnership and generating an AI coach specially for educators, called StretchAI ([link] to create more inclusive learning experiences. We added a policy post to the course LMS.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Despite being immensely privileged with respect to other K-12 teachers, whose ranks I left to join academia, and to the growing number of non-tenure-track colleagues at UPR, my teaching and activist commitments leave me very little time for scholarly production.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Image: A new automotive technology program at Coconino Community College, launched last fall, is on pause as campus leaders struggle to hire a full-time faculty member to keep it afloat. Nate Southerland, provost of Coconino Community College, said the college started the automotive technology program in response to local workforce needs.

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SRHE

MAY 2, 2023

SRHE News typically contains a round-up of recent academic events and conferences, policy developments and new publications, written by editor Rob Cuthbert. Thus, we argue the importance of viewing these mislocated centers as the result of unequal power relations in academia. publications/srhe-newsletter. or rob.gresham@srhe.ac.uk.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I Department of Defense on science and technology.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The defining down of the credential to meet what the technology was capable of was actually my deepest fear, having seen how the defining down of what makes for proficient writing into the five-paragraph essay destroyed writing instruction.). The labor structures of academia combine the worst of all worlds.

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