Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

1 - Figure 5 gives a good list of the critical services a university must provide for online programs. One challenge for colleges and universities with distributed or small online learning footprints is getting a handle on all the pieces that must be brought together to develop and run a new online program.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

We then used this research to examine how staff numbers – both academic and non-academic – have either increased or decreased within that time frame across specific universities. We then grouped the data to enable us to calculate an average student:staff ratio for a range of university mission groups from 2014/15 to 2021/22.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Cutting resources by level of use would appear to be the easiest method, but what if the 2-3 people who use a comparatively low use, specialized journal are leading a multi-million dollar research grant on a topic that is core to the university mission? There are many different types of designations, unions, etc.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

Prioritizing student success also requires that we continually reject the attitude that college is merely a tool for career preparation. We are in the midst of a sea change in intercollegiate athletics, and the years ahead will require vigilance to preserve the university mission and student-athletes’ well-being.

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Creatrix Campus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

6 Top Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that Matter Most to Vice Chancellors As a Vice Chancellor, we know that KPIs or university performance reviews aren’t just numbers on a dashboard—they’re your roadmap to achieving greater institutional goals; with them comes accruing and sustaining accreditations too!

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HESA

MAY 3, 2023

While in Asia they remain focused on research outputs, in the west, new rankings like the Times Higher Impact Rankings and the QS Sustainability Rankings have tried to put the spotlight on other aspects of universities’ missions like contributions to society or the environment or other factors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 17, 2024

Key examples of mission-based institutions are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). In California, these designations are widely held by many of our state Colleges and Universities.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 17, 2025

A collection of college and university professors in Florida are suing to challenge a 2023 state law that prohibits funding for DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs at public institutions. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. The governing body has declined to comment on the case.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Earlier this month, officials at Lewis-Clark State College, a public institution in Idaho, removed half a dozen artworks from an exhibition due to concerns that display of the works, which related to abortion and reproductive health, violated the state’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act.

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Campus Sonar

MARCH 13, 2025

The Trump administration is attempting to enact changes outlined in Project 2025 such as rolling back civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students and Title IX against sex-based discriminations, eliminating current income-driven repayment plans, and removing protections from predatory colleges. Write to your university or college leadership.

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