Academe Blog

APRIL 29, 2025

The university’s legal resources shall be used to defend the rights of Northwestern University and its faculty, students, and staff from unlawful federal actions, including from censorship of teaching and research on identities and diversity.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In a recent survey conducted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, 87% of employers responded that earning a college degree or credential is “definitely” or “probably” worth the money and time. Employers also recognize the value of a college degree.

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The definition of a cloud strategy is fairly straight-forward: Gartner calls it "a concise viewpoint on the role of cloud computing in the organization."

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MAY 7, 2025

Redefining Student Success Metrics in Higher Education: Beyond GPAs and Graduation Rates Who you ask about the definition of academic success will also determine the type of answer you get. Students tend to have a more personal definition of success , like having supportive mentors, developing confidence, and building lasting connections.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

It was an idea ahead of its time at the time of its launch, very few funders, organizations, or institutions were talking about capacity building. We're fundamentally focusing on engaging our faculty in course development, partnering with organizations like Lumen Learning and OLI from CMU to accelerate course development.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

The swastika was drawn on a poster promoting a drag performance the professor organized years ago. It's certainly a possibility that we're exploring, but until we can identify who is responsible and what their motives are, I'm a little hesitant to say definitively that that's why this happened."

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Campus Sonar

MARCH 5, 2025

It seems to me that social intelligenceby his definition, the ability to understand people and act wisely when interacting with them has been the third wheel to mechanical intelligence (understanding physical things) and abstract intelligence (understanding ideas) for the last century in higher education. I offer the following definitions.

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University Business

MAY 12, 2025

Applicants old enough to be considered independent per the FAFSA definition Applicants who are veterans or active-duty members of the U.S. Dubbed the independent student, the popular college application software focused on four subgroups in its latest report.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Higher education associations, study abroad organizations, colleges and universities, and others are calling on the Department of Education to rescind guidance issued earlier this year that would expand the definition of outside companies that are subject the department’s oversight. citizen or lawful resident.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The association asked employers – 334 organizations responded – about their recruitment and hiring practices and preferences. They still use virtual modalities but college recruiting definitely is up close and personal now, on campus," Gatta said. recruiters in 2023, down from 9.0 reported in 2022. “But In terms of. to 92.6%.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We’ll show you how a multiyear strategic growth road map can help your organization break free from its Groundhog Day cycle and launch it into tomorrow. Less common, however, is a performance road map for the unit-level organization itself. Every organization is different, and you should feel free to make the model your own.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The CASE Insights SM on Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey is the definitive source of data about philanthropic support for nonprofit and public higher education institutions in the U.S. In contemporary philanthropy, organizations are the primary sources of support for U.S. colleges and universities, accounting for 64.7%

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ACRLog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

How do you successfully bring a new colleague into your organization? How can every person in an organization be an active participant with on-boarding? It’s important to be aware of your own biases when introducing someone new to an organization you may have been with for a long time. What should our ideal approach be?

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 29, 2023

Understanding Outcome Based Education: Definition, Implementation, and Benefits editor Mon, 05/29/2023 - 06:35 According to a recent survey by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, 93% of employers believe that a candidate's ability to demonstrate essential outcomes is more important than their degree completion.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 13, 2024

So, Ithaka S+R, a research organization that promotes student success and access to higher education, and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) teamed up to compile standing research on postsecondary institutions and civic engagement to find out what is really going on behind the scenes. Dr. Ioana G.

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University Business

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Subsection 3 of the regulation also bars state schools and their direct-support organizations from using public dollars on campus activities that “promote or engage in political or social activism.” Additionally, student organizations funded explicitly via student fees and without state and federal dollars are immunized.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

In their lawsuit against the Internet Archive, which could extract millions of dollars from the nonprofit organization, the publishers claim that the Internet Archive “badly misleads the public and boldly misappropriates the goodwill that libraries enjoy and have legitimately earned.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 7, 2023

As previewed in a fall WCET Frontiers post , WCET and SAN have been conducting an analysis of “distance education” definitions used by federal agencies, states, accreditors, and others. However, those are not the only definitions of distance education that exist within their purview. Accreditation – The definition 34 CFR 668.8(m)

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

The Higher Education Act recognizes organizations that contract with a college or university to help administer or participate in the Title IV financial aid programs as third-party servicers, subject to federal monitoring and compliance requirements. 15, the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 20, 2024

“Public service jobs include public education, social work, and early childhood education — it’s already in the definition. But public service requires the employers to either be a government organization, federal, state, local or other, or a 501c3 organization,” said Kantrowitz. “[ED]

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

The legislation has received support from organizations in higher ed and civil rights circles, including the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Association of Community College Trustees, the Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS), and Latino civil rights organization UnidosUS.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 2, 2023

The brain is a highly complex and dynamic organ that receives, processes, and interprets information. These regulations included a new definition of academic engagement. With approximately 100 billion neurons and over 100 trillion synaptic connections, “there are more neurons in a single human brain than stars in the milky way!”

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Similarly, 71% of nationally surveyed employers said their organization is becoming more accepting of non-degree or alternative credentials instead of traditional four-year degrees. More than half of jobs in Texas require a credential somewhere between a school diploma and a bachelor’s degree, The Texas Tribune reports.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit organization that advocates access to legal education, released its biannual summary of demographic, financial, and academic data about U.S. The law school application process] was definitely very intimidating,” Terrel said. law students and applicants. But as far as institutional assistance, no.

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Changing Higher Education

MARCH 2, 2015

In addition, as I pointed out in A business model view of changing times in higher education : when running several business models simultaneously, there is great opportunity for cost shifting from one component to another when the organization wants to discreetly cross subsidize activities.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

I started businesses in different sectors, including a consulting firm for IT project management, and I also worked at a non-profit organization for agribusiness across Africa. Because of the work I do, especially with entrepreneurs and founders of small businesses and startups, I get lots of invitations to join the boards of organizations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

And in 2020, student organizations submitted a name change petition. The idea of a colonial just by definition is something that is built on exclusivity and hierarchy, let alone racism in its most violent form,” said alumna Hayley Margolis. “So In 2019, students voted to remove the nickname.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 30, 2023

It turns out that we asked these questions last year in WCET’s national survey of faculty and administrators regarding their agreement with definitions of digital learning terms (i.e. The questions were based upon definitions Johnson developed for her organization, the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA).

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Researchers have been working on a definition of imposter syndrome for over 40 years. In these situations, it is important to analyze who is allowed in the space, what language is being used, and whether the organization values lived experiences as well as school-based knowledge. Institutions can be made more culturally competent.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Board of Education , but it also represents a new definition of public schools in the U.S. This new definition cannot be the last chapter of our journey to become the world’s first truly multiracial democracy. as multiracial institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2023

Frost said in his organizing, he’s seen that young people see the world through the eyes of the most vulnerable and that informs how they see issues. Frost said while his campaign did conduct organizing on college campuses, there was also a lot of activity outside of that, such as culture- and art-based events.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

Trustees reported their college also broadened the definition of diversity to include opinions. Expanding the definition of diversity to include opinion, fostering a climate of equity, civility, and inclusion that is welcoming and values everyone. These recommendations include: 1.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It is far easier to organize and control experiential learning inside the classroom than out-of-class activities. By having students discuss and organize their points of view for one side of an argument, they are able to discover new information and put knowledge into action.

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University Business

APRIL 14, 2025

But those numbers, housed on institutional websites, often use varying definitions and inconsistent update cycles. Institutions can collaboratethrough consortia, professional organizations and state systemsto develop alternative frameworks for data stewardship. Now that will have to change.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 13, 2023

Nerrise is the two-time president of the National Society of Black Engineers, an organization that she has been a part of since she was nine. I was 21 years old, and I got to run a multimillion-dollar organization,” Nerrise recalls. “I Adeli predicts, “she definitely will be a leader in neuroscience and machine learning.”

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Changing Higher Education

AUGUST 31, 2016

Medical schools are organized and financed very differently from the rest of the university; conclusions drawn from these overall numbers should therefore be understood with that caveat. “I This definition allowed Department Research to be moved into the Education budgetary category along with faculty salaries. TOTAL RESEARCH.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

2/11/20: World Health Organization (WHO) announces the official name for the Coronavirus outbreak “COVID-19.” 2/11/20: World Health Organization (WHO) announces the official name for the Coronavirus outbreak “COVID-19.” Department of Education issued new rules on Distance Education that changed definitions related to RSI.

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