Higher Ed Dive
MAY 14, 2024
But nearly one-third of respondents, who were polled this winter, reported feeling “targeted, criticized, or excluded” based on their identity.
Wonkhe
MAY 14, 2024
Helen Megarry and Ben Elger reflect on a year of complaints received by the Office of the Independent Adjudicator The post Student complaints in a challenging climate appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
Exposing the Inequity of Faculty Counteroffers jessica.blake@… Tue, 05/14/2024 - 03:00 AM A new study shows that women and faculty of color who receive outside job offers are far less likely than their white, male peers to receive a counteroffer to stay at their current institution.
HEPI
MAY 14, 2024
Next Tuesday 21st May, we are hosting a webinar discussing non-continuation in UK universities, following the publication of a HEPI Policy Note on the issue. You can sign up to the webinar here. This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor James Tooley , Vice Chancellor at the University of Buckingham. In Cry Freedom , published last week by University of Buckingham Press, I presented an argument against what I consider to be the recent regulatory assault on the institutional autonomy o
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Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday to reallocate $2.3 million that was planned to fund diversity, equity and inclusion programming next fiscal year to instead fund university police, a board member said.
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
Contrary to expectations, the Migration Advisory Committee has suggested retaining the UK’s graduate route in its current form – a triumphant result for the UK’s international education sector and news that will reassure those working with international students about their overseas study destination options. The government will now need to respond to its findings but the MAC report is unequivocal in its consideration of the graduate route as serving the purpose for which it was deve
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The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
After an emphatic endorsement of the UK’s Graduate Route by the Migration Advisory Committee’s rapid review, stakeholders sector-wide are urging government to keep the visa in its current form. “We must now end the debate on [the Graduate Route’s] future which has been damaging recruitment,” said the co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students, Lord Bilimoria and Labour MP Paul Blomfield. “We need a clear commitment to its future
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
By Forest Hunt The National Labor Relations Board will soon determine if students at Berea College have the right to hold a union election. It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing wave of undergraduate organizing.
University Business
MAY 14, 2024
Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.” Higher education leaders, employers and college students continue to prioritize academic offerings that promise gainful employment and profes
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
Concessions to Protesters Validate Their Tactics Elizabeth Redden Tue, 05/14/2024 - 03:00 AM Sara Coodin writes that college leaders should resist the temptation to reward student disruptors in the name of campus peace.
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
Professor Brian Bell has defended the MAC’s recommendation to leave the two-year graduate route intact on UK radio and underlined, “the mistake is to think that you can separate” the student pathway and graduate route and remain competitive. He conceded that the economic benefit of the post-study period covered by the graduate route in terms of income generated was less substantial than the overall contribution of international students who pay high fees to study in the country
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
‘Pulling Back the Veil’ on Enrollment Management Liam Knox Tue, 05/14/2024 - 03:00 AM Stephen Burd’s new book blames much of higher ed’s current woes on the multi-million dollar industry. He spoke with IHE about how admissions became a numbers game and why poor students are worse off for it.
The Guardian - Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Migration Advisory Committee says the risks are low, despite Tory claims the route is being exploited There is no evidence of widespread abuse of the UK’s graduate visa route, the government’s immigration advisers have concluded, despite repeated claims from senior Conservatives that it is being exploited to enter the jobs market. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) said the graduate visa entitlement – allowing international students to work for two or three years after graduating – should re
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
A new survey of first-year college students found that a third of students reported feeling targeted or excluded based on their identities.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Stephanie Pacheco has been named the 2024 National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States by the youth literary organization Urban Word. Stephanie Pacheco “It was a combination of shock, exuberant joy but most of all, I felt so full of love,” described Pacheco on learning about the honor. “Being awarded this title is such a great honor.” The award recognizes young poets whose work centers on social impact and advocacy such as former National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman.
Insight Into Diversity
MAY 14, 2024
As North Carolina’s public university system grapples with potential changes to its diversity policies, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) Board of Trustees has made a controversial decision regarding DEI funding the upcoming year’s budget. During a special meeting focused on the university’ budget, the board voted Monday to redirect $2.3 million of diversity spending from state funds to support public safety and policing efforts.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
As the pursuit of higher education becomes increasingly competitive and demanding, the focus on academic achievements often overshadows the personal battles that many Ph.D. students face behind the scenes. While the journey toward a doctoral degree is celebrated for its intellectual rigor and scholarly contributions, it's time to shine a spotlight on the non-academic struggles that often go unnoticed.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
By Francie Diep Chad Hagen for The Chronicle A proposed revision, to go into effect in 2025, will label every college with its access and student outcomes, among other changes.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Faculty representatives at the University of Pittsburgh have ratified the first union contract that sets a salary and wage minimum for workers at the university. The tentative agreement is over two years in the making since the university’s faculty voted to unionize as the USW–Union of Pitt Faculty. Tyler Bickford “We are very pleased to report that our tentative agreement was ratified, with 98.3% of votes favoring ratification (and 88.4% of eligible voters casting ballots).
Educause
MAY 14, 2024
Lockpicking has a lot to teach technology leaders about much of the work we do on a day-to-day basis.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman was accepted in 2021, at 15, into the Doctor of Behavioral Health Management Program at Arizona State University. Photo by Harshith Godishala/Arizona State University Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman II defended her dissertation at 17. Tillman completed an online doctoral degree in integrated behavioral health from Arizona State University’s College of Health Solutions in December.
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
This week, we spent five minutes with Jamie Arrowsmith, who heads up Universities UK International. He spoke to The PIE about the UK Migration Advisory Committee’s rapid review of the Graduate Route, its findings , and what might happen next. So Jamie, what’s your interpretation of the review’s findings? The MAC went away and did a huge amount of work in the time that was available.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Dr. Stacy W. Smallwood Stacy W. Smallwood has been named executive director of Wake Forest University School of Divinity’s Faith COMPASS Center. He serves as associate professor of community health and founding director of the Office of Health Equity and Community Engagement in the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health at Georgia Southern University.
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
With the Migration Advisory Committee set to release its review findings on the UK Graduate Route on May 14, stakeholders in one of its biggest markets have cautioned against any major changes. Indians, who received over a quarter of UK study visas in the year ending September 2023, made up 43% of all international students to receive a post-study work visa in the same year, indicating the review’s significance on the Indian market.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Work-study in schools could be transformative. But hurdles abound. By Kelly Field Work-study jobs in local schools could save colleges money, stanch learning loss, and raise student engagement. But hurdles abound.
The Change Leader, Inc.
MAY 14, 2024
In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm welcomes Dan Oppenheimer, Director of Public Affairs for UT Austin's College of Liberal Arts, to discuss the university's groundbreaking "Civil Discord" symposium that was held in March of this year. Podcast Overview: - Insights into the unique collaboration among three academic entities focused on fostering open dialogue and bridging political divides. - Strategies for engaging diverse scholars, thought leaders, and students in frank conversations on
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Dr. Patricia Draves Patricia Draves has been named president of Monmouth College. She served as president of Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. Draves holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and doctorate in chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Police on Saturday arrested at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment at the University of Virginia, the university said in a statement, as U.S. campuses braced for more turmoil during graduation celebrations. Tensions flared at UVA's campus in Charlottesville, where protests had been largely peaceful until Saturday morning, when police officers in riot gear were seen in a video moving on an encampment on the campus' lawn, cuffing some demonstrators with zip-ties and using
Wonkhe
MAY 14, 2024
The MAC review of the Graduate route finds no evidence of widespread abuse, and no impact on the integrity and quality of UK HE. The ball is back in the government's court, say David Kernohan and Michael Salmon The post Migration Advisory Committee recommends keeping the Graduate route appeared first on Wonkhe.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Dear Readers — Thank you for your loyal support of this curated reading blog. This is to let you know that this site will remain online for research in the archives, but will not be updated after May 15, 2024. The GOOD NEWS is that I will continue to curate and publish the daily postings that you are accustomed to reading on my other blogs, which are continuing free of charge: Professional, Continuing and Online Education Update blog by UPCEA [link] NEW!
Helix Education
MAY 14, 2024
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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. Public confidence in higher education is continuing its downward trend, according to recent polls. Universities face increasing scrutiny from politicians who would like to dictate what students may learn in the classroom.
Coursera blog
MAY 14, 2024
(GenAI) when we talked about refining your career goals. This week, we’ll take it a step further with some practical applications of GenAI that you can incorporate into your everyday tasks. As instructor Andrew Ng explains in DeepLearning.AI’s Generative AI for Everyone course, AI is a general purpose technology—meaning it has a wide range of applications—and GenAI is currently well-positioned to execute three types of tasks: reading, writing, and chatting.
University Business
MAY 14, 2024
Register Now Date & Time: Thursday, June 13th at 2 pm ET Higher ed facilities and finance leaders need to strike a balance between addressing short-term facilities maintenance needs and long-term strategic planning. Too often, the gap between the two can be exacerbated by project delays and cost overruns, putting institutions in a perpetually reactive position rather than a proactive one.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of St. Thomas Week: Danielle Ailts Campeau, associate dean of the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship and a clinical professor of entrepreneurship, examines the opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation in rural areas.
University Business
MAY 14, 2024
Gray and windy weather didn’t stop students at The College of New Jersey from showing up for planting day. They wore UGG slippers and white sneakers –not the best footwear to stomp around in the dirt, but they pressed on, clearing weeds and then planting 70 native plants. They were laughing and asking for help, many of them hadn’t gardened before.
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