Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. These values run contrary to systemic oppression. Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci, a Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

There’s a pervasive sense among many adults with humanities degrees that In the wake of deconstruction, poststructuralism, postmodernism, semiotics and the cultural, linguistic and discursive turns, literary studies, in particular, like other core humanities disciplines, is in deep trouble. The field has fragmented.

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PeopleAdmin

MAY 5, 2023

HigherEd Human Resources teams cover a lot of ground. Usually, they manage the higher ed job search from start to finish , sometimes with the help of hiring or search committees from other departments—but HR has oversight of the entire hiring cycle. What is the role of technology in recruitment for higher education?

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WCET Frontiers

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this depiction, there is not a human teacher in sight, just robotic Miss Brainmocker. It’s safe to say, that in the future there is either no Department of Education or a Department that has made its peace with the role of technology-assisted instruction, or at least the role of artificial intelligence.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Image: Student interest will continue to grow when it comes to virtual courses and remote learning options for live courses, the desire for creating richer academic and on-campus experiences, and new technology options. Yet, on many campuses, technology dollars are limited, with a wide variety of initiatives competing for that funding.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The council’s mission is to ensure that AI technology is developed and implemented to promote inclusivity rather than amplify privilege. CCA’s approach focuses on increasing educational attainment for underrepresented students by ensuring that their voices play a central role in the development of new technologies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Gillian McKnight-Tutein Gillian McKnight-Tutein has been appointed chief educational equity officer for the Colorado Department of Higher Education. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from FIU, a master’s in human resources development and administration from Barry U.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Strategies for using technology to enhance personal connections in the admissions process. Ideas for rethinking hiring and training practices in admissions departments. Practical advice on improving yield rates and celebrating the human side of admissions work.

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University Business

JULY 1, 2024

Most drastically, it eliminated the entire World Languages department. Paula Krebs, the executive director of the Modern Language Association of America, stated that “[s]cience, technology and business courses and majors are not enough for WVU to offer if it wants to produce fully informed and thinking citizens for West Virginia.”

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

But Heller is one of many to spot the four horsemen—call them defunding, recession, self-sabotage and artificial intelligence—on the humanities’ horizon. Heller makes only parenthetical reference to institutions, like the University of California, Berkeley , that have seen rising enrollments in humanities.

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The PIE News

APRIL 18, 2024

Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. We pretty much have three options as international humanities majors. It prepares you for any job, anywhere.

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ACPA

JUNE 9, 2023

How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education (Part I)?- We are talking about how technology influences our work at higher education and student affairs, particularly in international education. We will also talk about what we can do to stand out as student affairs professionals in the age of technology. #22-How

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Science fiction plots involving robots fall tidily into one of two scenarios: androids are here to assist and ease human labor, and its doomsday opposite that robots will be our ruin and lead to the destruction of human civilization as we know it. Only if we listen with equal parts openness and alarm.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 14, 2023

Department of Education is listening! Their February 15 press release ( see our post about it ) provides opportunities to inform the Department on two separate but related topic areas. They asked the Department not to throw the bundled services exception out completely, but to include more guardrails. We’re learning how to fish.”

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Ten higher education institutions in the Philippines have partnered with Chinese institutions, in a bid to boost collaboration and partnership in the fields of science, technology, agriculture and mathematics. It intends to build vocational skills and boost employment, the leader of the Philippine institution added.

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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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University Business

AUGUST 6, 2024

California Institute of Technology: Students pursuing an undergraduate major in computer science can go down different “tracks” related to machine learning. Cornell University : Cornell’s Department of Computer Science has been a pioneer in AI research since the 1990s. Arizona State University: Offers a B.S.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

If you’re not delivering an exceptional user experience, they’re not going to work around the technology platforms that you’ve invested in.” Its most outstanding new staff member isn’t a human.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Stassun, who holds the Stevenson Chair in Vanderbilt’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, also leads the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation. Recipients also demonstrate the ability to affect society in significant and beneficial ways through their pioneering work or the rigor of their contributions.

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Liaison International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Among other topics, our panel of experts discussed the role of AI in higher ed, the importance of responsible data practices, and the application and evaluation of new technologies. However, he also pointed out that the implementation of AI is not without ethical considerations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories. “In Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College. We are very fortunate to be able to welcome Safa into our family.”

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Liaison International

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

However, for the incredible outcomes they deliver, in a higher education landscape that has grown more complicated with multitudes of technology and data that do not interact with one another, Student Affairs teams are often not equipped with the right tools to identify students in need of support. But we know our campuses are not Neverland.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

However, this new technology poses a new set of challenges that is important for education marketers to consider. The problems include unreliable outcomes, difficulty integrating AI tools, lack of data quality and quantity, and human creativity and depth. Many are implementing AI marketing strategies to stay ahead of the competition.

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PeopleAdmin

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Tips and Best Practices for Higher Ed HR Compliance Compliance is a key and complicated part of the role of human resources teams, and this is especially true in higher education. That’s why ensuring compliance is such an important part of the role of higher education human resources teams.

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HEPI

JUNE 19, 2024

The proposed enlargement of the REF mandate to include long-form humanities work (books) will extend these benefits to these outputs. This is particularly pertinent at a time when humanities departments are under threat. Yet the outcry over this requirement remains, despite suggestions for how it could be equitably funded.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

According to the Institute of International Education Open Doors Report 2020, over 3,300 US students studied in India in 2018-2019, which further fell to 1,736 students in 2019-20, according to the US Department of State. If we are going to build a human bridge, we have to know each other and understand our histories,” said Garcetti. “We

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University Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

An EDUCAUSE poll that surveyed institutional leaders, technology professionals, and other campus stakeholders found that 67% are optimistic or very optimistic about using AI. I don’t think it does us any good to villainize these technologies, said Rebecca Sandidge, vice president for enrollment management at Oglethorpe University (Ga.).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

With roots dating back to 1891, the university has evolved to address new technologies, especially in agriculture, and prepare readily employable graduates. A&T Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, is working on developing an all-natural, antiviral disinfectant with promising results in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

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Coursera blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Recognizing that a successful transformation requires more than just technology, we prioritized gaining buy-in from stakeholders across Riphah. We have started authoring digital content spanning topics like research methodology, technology, management, liguistics, rehabilitation sciences, public policy, and ethics.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“It didn’t matter if you sat in IT or our academic technology group or in one of the schools or foreign facilities office where you rarely interacted with the academics—the shared goal was so clear to everybody,” said Matthew Rascoff, Stanford’s vice provost for digital education.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Paul Fyfe, associate professor of English and the student’s instructor in the Data and the Human course, had asked students to “cheat” in this way and then reflect on how the experiment tested or changed their ideas about writing, AI or humanness. And some students report earning top marks with the technology.

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PeopleAdmin

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As we approach 2024, the landscape of higher education human resources is poised to encounter a new set of challenges. Anticipating and preparing for these challenges is crucial for HR departments to navigate the evolving demands of the workforce. Are you ready to tackle the HigherEd HR challenges coming in 2024?

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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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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 2, 2024

Department of Veterans Affairs predicts a continued decrease in the number of living veterans over the next 25 years. This area of study offers a variety of career pathways with an interdisciplinary focus, such as criminal justice, social work, law, business, technology, health and sciences, education, and human resources.

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University Business

JUNE 26, 2024

The use of technology to supplement and even replace people in workplaces has, perhaps ironically, long been a defining characteristic of humans. Early implementation on several campuses has shown employees universally expressing appreciation for the learning experience and departments that clearly want to keep them around.

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The PIE News

JUNE 18, 2024

Expect areas such as Finance, the Registrar, Financial Aid, Information Technology, and a host of customer and student service functions to be dramatically impacted by AI. If Human Resources departments are not now planning for those changes, there will be backlash, resistance, and rebellion on campuses.

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