Economics and Change in Higher Education

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Taken together, they forbid faculty members from including a set of so-called “divisive concepts” about race, gender and identity in their classrooms; ban most diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; restrict general education curricula and university mission statements; and limit the power of higher education accreditors to perform quality assurance (..)

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation The report I'm drawing from and sharing around most enthusiastically this summer is the recently released CHLOE 7: Tracking Online Learning From Mainstream Acceptance to Universal Adoptio n. 1 - Figure 5 gives a good list of the critical services a university must provide for online programs.

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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

This blog was kindly contributed by Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President at TechnologyOne Universities are in a difficult spot. Demand for higher education is high, with more and more young people seeing the value of a university education, which is obviously great news for the sector. The findings were rather sobering.

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University Business

MAY 14, 2024

As I prepare to step down after 15 years as chancellor at the University of Colorado Boulder, the higher education landscape looks much different than what I encountered as a new professor in 1974. Universities face increasing scrutiny from politicians who would like to dictate what students may learn in the classroom.

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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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Creatrix Campus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Beyond daily operations, you shape the university's vision, steering academic excellence, financial sustainability, and overall growth. Therefore your KPIs can't just be plain; they should directly align with your university's mission, guiding you through everything from student success to financial stability.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Laurel Littrell is a faculty librarian at Kansas State University. At a public university such as Kansas State University, where I am employed, budget and salary information is public, and understanding about budget decisions and functions is important to our constituents and communities.

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HESA

MAY 3, 2023

But in pretty much all cases, a lot of rankings discourse revolves around the idea that rankings carry too many negative externalities: that is, they “pervert” the way universities work by creating incentives to do things they would not otherwise do. Universities themselves, partly. And who’s pushing for inclusion in these rankings?

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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. DeCuir-Gunby Robert H.

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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. Which is exactly what I did last year.

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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.

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