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House passes bill to restrict transgender students’ participation in women’s sports

Higher Ed Dive

The Senate has introduced companion legislation, though the proposal may have a tough time overcoming the chamber’s filibuster rule.

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Positive change for disabled researchers might need managing and leading

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Zoe Tornsey interrogates the concepts of leadership and management to explore how they can drive meaningful change towards inclusivity for disabled researchers in HE

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The Supercomputer Transforming the University of Florida Into an AI Hub 

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Florida spent $24million to upgrade its supercomputer, which is one of the fastest machines in the world and gives Florida researchers access to a tool most academics dont have. Far from the high-profile tech hubs on the West Coast, a college town in north Floridas swamplands is pushing forward to distinguish itself as an AI research destination.

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What are colleges worried about most right now?

University Business

2024 shed insightful light on the top risks faced by colleges and universities, according to a new report from United Educators: “Top Risks Report: Insights for Higher Education.” Based on responses from over 194 institutions, 71% identified enrollment as the biggest risk. To combat enrollment challenges, institutions can launch innovative academic programs more aligned with market demand, revise online programs and course offerings and reduce admission selectivity among other mitiga

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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A Crisis of Trust in the Classroom

Inside Higher Ed

The work of teaching has never been harder, Seth C. Bruggeman writes. It was the day after returning from Thanksgiving break. Id been stewing that whole time over yet another case of cheating, and I resolved to do something about it. Folks, I said, I just cant trust you anymore.

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Why supporting faculty mental health is enormous for classrooms

University Business

The key to unlocking student engagement and success may have as much to do with how faculty curate a successful social-emotional learning environment as their ability to instruct, says Karen G. Foley, president and CEO of JPA Chicago, a mental health nonprofit, on “The University Business Podcast.” However, before faculty can cultivate deeper connections with their students, they must first help themselves. “We oftentimes don’t think much about training with adults on soc

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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you look up the book definition of intersectionality, you can identify the sociological framework suggested by Kimberl Crenshaw in the 1980s that explains how complex power structures of individuals and groups combine, or intersect, in patterns of discrimination and privilege across multiple factors such as gender, race, and class. Dr. Julius O. Sokenu But the connotative meaning is somewhat different.

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Canada at a crossroads: transforming recruitment practices in India

The PIE News

The recent investigation by India’s Enforcement Directorate, which linked alleged identified partners of Canadian colleges to human trafficking networks, adds to the mounting challenges facing the sector, coming hot on the heels of a series of significant immigration policy restrictions announced since late 2023. With Canadian institutions already adapting to new study permit caps and stricter institutional requirements, questions about recruitment practices in India have gained heightened

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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects

Faculty Focus

On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous. This provided a new perspective on the ideas we established in our previous article, Why Cant Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World? ( Faculty Focus , March 2022.) In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators.

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What’s next for home insurance in California after the Los Angeles fires?

The Berkeley Blog

UC Berkeley's Dave Jones, the former insurance commissioner of California, explains the stakes of the current wildfire emergency and what might happen next. The post What’s next for home insurance in California after the Los Angeles fires? appeared first on Berkeley News.

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Hampshire College; M.A. in Sociology of Education with a policy concentration; Teachers College Columbia University; and Ph.D. in counseling & human development, University of Georgia Career mentors: Dr.

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Using Generative AI to “Hack Time” for Implementing Real-World Projects

Faculty Focus

On our way to developing a curriculum for implementable real-world projects in professional classrooms, an interesting thing happened: Generative AI became ubiquitous. This provided a new perspective on the ideas we established in our previous article, Why Cant Your Real-World Project Live in the Real World? ( Faculty Focus , March 2022.) In that article, we made a case for enabling real-world clients as partner educators.

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Biden Administration Forgives Another $4.2B in Student Loans

Inside Higher Ed

The Biden administration forgave another $4.23billion in student loans Monday, likely the final round of relief for borrowers under this president. The initiatives affect three groups: public service workers, borrowers with disabilities and those who were misled by their colleges or who took out loans for schools that violated state laws.

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A practical way to modernize midcentury academic spaces for today’s learners

University Business

How does concrete make you feel?Regardless of your stance, odds are youve encountered an academic space flush with hard, gray concrete. Increased student enrollment and government funding in the 1960s and 70s spurred a building boom on college campuses across the U.S. often characterized by the brutalistor modernistarchitectural style: monumental geometric masses of concrete and brick, meant to evoke permanence, stripped-down simplicity and material honesty.

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Liz Wildes, Boundless Learning

The PIE News

Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. Strategic, innovative, and disciplined. What do you like most about your job? Boundless Learning is an exciting workplace. We empower people to change the world through learning, and I have the opportunity to work with academic partners all over the world. While we operate under a new name [the company was previously known as Pearson Online Learning Services], we are not new to this industry and are pioneers in providing online learning solutions.

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Report: Improving Completion for Students of Color in CTE Programs

Inside Higher Ed

Research from the Urban Institute offers five promising practices in retaining students of color in career and technical programs at community colleges. Career and technical education programs have grown more popular among prospective students as ways to advance socioeconomic mobility, but they can have inequitable outcomes across student demographics.

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Cosmetologists can’t shoot a gun? FIRE ‘blasts’ tech college for punishing student over target practice video

FIRE

FIREs Legal Network sprung into action after a student was suspended over a video of her firing a gun, winning a temporary restraining order against the college in court.

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State Support Top Priority for Public University Leaders

Inside Higher Ed

State higher education leaders say their top priority for 2025 is ensuring robust operating support from state governments, according to the latest annual survey from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.

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Who Taught You to Hate Yourself? The Paradox of White America's Self-Sabotage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malcolm X once asked a deeply inner-directed question, "Who taught you to hate yourself ?" Though originally addressed to Black America, the question echoes with Dr. Lessie Branch renewed intensity in todays turbulent ideological landscape. As Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs face imminent threat following the Supreme Courts recent ruling against affirmative action in college admissions, it is time to ask this question again and reassess our responses.

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U of Idaho Closes Cultural Centers

Inside Higher Ed

Several affinity centers at the University of Idaho have been shut down since the Idaho State Board of Education voted in December to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programming at the states institutions of higher education,

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What does it mean to be political for today’s students?

SRHE

When we think about student politics, it is inevitable that the images of student protest and rebellion come to mind. These views of what counts as student politics have been shaped by rather romantic ideals of what it meant to be a student and do politics in 1960s, or perhaps even in 2010-2011 when we witnessed the last large scale student rebellion in England, but also more globally.

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A matter of time: why our universities can’t crack the part-time postgrad code

HEPI

A preliminary analysis of UK university websites finds gaps in the practical information on how postgraduate part-time study actually works, combined with inconsistent acknowledgement of the challenges faced by these learners. Ewan Fairweather , Postgraduate Student Recruitment Manager at The University of Edinburgh asks: Should we really be surprised that many universities find it challenging to recruit part-time postgraduate students?

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Higher Ed Enrollment Crisis—Strategic Solutions and Expert Analysis: Changing Higher Ed podcast 242 with Drumm McNaughton, Bob Massa, and Bill Conley

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm speaks with Bill Conley and Bob Massa, co-founders of Enrollment Intelligence Now, bringing over 80 years of combined enrollment experience from institutions including Johns Hopkins, Bucknell, Dickinson College, and Columbia University. They explore insights from the 2024 WICHE report and provide strategic solutions for institutions facing financial and other challenges due to the demographic shifts and enrollment decline.

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Ohio Invests in Safer Campuses

Insight Into Diversity

On Monday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced the allocation of $7.5 million in grants to bolster security measures at 28 colleges and universities across the state. The funding, part of the Campus Safety Grant Program, will support physical safety enhancements such as security cameras, improved lighting, fencing, door locks, and surveillance equipment.

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SUNY to mandate civic discourse and AI education for students

University Business

The State University of New York will require students to learn about civic discourse and artificial intelligence next year. Undergraduates in SUNYs incoming fall 2026 cohort will take courses as part of their general education curriculum reflecting the rise of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. Administrators say students will learn how to evaluate information from various sources and study the ethics behind creating and sharing information.

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NC-SARA, SARA, and SAN: The Power of Collaboration

WCET Frontiers

The National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) and the State Authorization Network (SAN) are two national, nonprofit organizations established to improve the quality, accessibility, and reach of postsecondary education opportunities for learners across the nation. The two organizations achieve this by providing leadership, guidance, and support as we work closely with states, higher education institutions, policymakers, and other organizations participating in vari

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Can Struggling Colleges be Saved?

University Business

American colleges grew rapidly in the hothouse conditions that prevailed from the mid-60s to roughly 2010. Since then, however, the environment has changed. Fewer young people are choosing college since the hype that a college degree was a great investment has been exposed as, shall we say, misinformation. Many colleges now find themselves in peril of going under.

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Call for Submissions for Special Edition – “Trends in the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Digital Learning.” (Anthony Picciano)

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editor's note: this article first appeared at Tony's Thoughts: CUNY education news technology] Dear Commons Community, Patsy Moskal and I have decided to be guest editors for Education Sciences for a special edition entitled, Trends in the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Digital Learning. (See below for a longer description.) It is a most timely topic of deep interest to many in the academy.

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NIH, Researchers’ Union Agree to Contract

Inside Higher Ed

The National Institutes of Health and a union representing its postbaccalaureate, graduate student and postdoctoral researchers have agreed to a contract that the union says includes increased pay, benefits and protections. But congressional approval is still required for the financial gains to materialize. All requirements under this agreement are subject to the availability of appropriations, says the document posted online by the union, NIH Fellows United, a United Autoworkers affiliate.

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First-year enrollment data deemed no good in Clearinghouse report

University Business

Officials from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center have corrected a report that drastically changes how we perceive last fall’s first-year enrollment rates. The Stay Informed Report, which issues preliminary findings on enrollment trends based on 50% of their collected institutional data, understated the number of first-year students and overstated dual enrollees, according to a statement.

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The Harsh Truth Behind the Los Angeles Wildfires (Stephanie Pincetl)

Higher Education Inquirer

UCLA Professor Stephanie Pincetl is calling the wildfires in Los Angeles a biblical-level catastrophe at least a century in the making. Pincetl teaches at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and is Director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities , specializing in land use and the interaction between urban development and wildfire risks.

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Elms College Launches Full-Tuition Program for Massachusetts Families Earning Under $85,000

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Elms College, a Catholic liberal arts institution in Western Massachusetts, has announced an ambitious new financial aid initiative that will cover full tuition for eligible state residents from lower and middle-income families. The program, dubbed "The Elms Promise," will eliminate tuition costs for Massachusetts students whose families earn less than $85,000 annually.

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International student enrolment in Ireland reaches all-time high

The PIE News

A new report by ApplyBoard has highlighted the growing popularity of Ireland as a study destination, which saw 40,400 international enrolments in 2023/24, a 15% increase on the previous year. “Since 2020 Ireland’s international education sector has achieved three consecutive years of growth, eclipsing 40,000 enrolments for the first time in 2023/24,” Ian McRae, head of emerging markets at ApplyBoard, told The PIE News. “Students are beginning to shift away from the big fo

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Supreme Court to examine Biden administration’s borrower defense rule

Higher Ed Dive

The U.S. Department of Education challenged a court ruling that temporarily blocked regulations for granting debt relief to certain students.

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What Is Scholasticide?

Inside Higher Ed

A recent resolution to condemn scholasticide has brought renewed attention to the term. But what does it mean? And where did it come from? Inside Higher Ed explains. Last week members of the American Historical Association voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution condemning scholasticide in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The resolution noted that attacks by the Israel Defense Forces have effectively obliterated Gazas education system, destroying the majority of schools

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Why the Study of Western Civilization Still Matters

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 4 minutes When my father, Jackson Spielvogel, first wrote the textbook, Western Civilization, now in its 12 th edition, he hoped to craft a singular narrative that organized the complexities and contradictions of a vast historical legacy. Decades of teaching large survey courses at Penn State University led my father to value the power of primary sources in stimulating the imagination and critical faculties of his students.

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