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Should universities focus more on student and social purpose?

The PIE News

The PIE News speaks to Mushtak Al-Atabi, provost of Heriot Watt University Malaysia and creator of this approach. This is important, but technological advance, including the emergence of AI, is shifting more skilled work onto machines. It is still relatively early days for the NEP, which was formalised in 2020.

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Welcome Tricia Serio, our next UW Provost and Executive VP

UW Presidential Blog

It is my great pleasure to announce that Dr. Tricia Serio has accepted the role of Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Washington. As Provost at UMass Amherst, she launched and led initiatives to increase diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for faculty, staff and students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. All faculty and administrator searches must have a DEI advocate who completes specialized training.

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Making strategic sense of generative AI

HEPI

Chris was formerly vice-chancellor at Sheffield Hallam University and Janice was formerly Provost at University of Exeter. In order to do that, we’ll prepare the way with some comments on what we know about technology in education, and about strategic change in universities.

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A fortune in the short-term: Is it time for CE programs to explode?

University Business

The University of North Florida is bucking declining college enrollment trends in higher education, and John Kantner, University of North Florida senior associate provost of faculty and research, credits some of this growth to its focus on continuing education (CE) programs.

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Study abroad and international recruitment excluded from new US guidance

The PIE News

NASFA said it is reviewing the changes included in the updated guidance and it “will continue to work with partners to advocate for clarity and policies that support international education” The organisation’s executive director and CEO Fanta Aw is also taking part in a three-day virtual public hearing. .

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Collaboration Moves at the Speed of Trust

ACRLog

Within our organizations, we’re experiencing structural, financial, curricular, pedagogical, or technological change — likely some combination thereof. Response: In my institution, the stark contrast between our leader in libraries and the broader administration (president, provost, etc) undermines the trust in the latter.

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