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Bridget Phillipson has set out the government’s priorities for HE reform

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A steer from government on its planned "wide-scale reform" of HE should prompt the sector in England to start working through the technical challenges of delivering change, says Debbie McVitty

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Trump’s victory sets stage for dramatic changes to higher ed policy

Higher Ed Dive

The President-elect campaigned on polarizing proposals such as shutting down the U.S. Department of Education and rolling back the new Title IX rule.

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Building community is as important as counselling wait times for student mental health

Wonkhe

Financial stress, social anxiety, and insufficient resources to practise self-care - Livia Scott and Jim Dickinson assess the results of the Student Mental Health Study 2024

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Appeals court backs Sweet v. Cardona settlement

Higher Ed Dive

The ruling denies a request from three higher education institutions seeking to block an agreement to cancel some $6 billion in student debt.

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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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Local skills demand data may be more noise than signal

Wonkhe

Gathering skills demand data to power a local skills revolution is hard work. David Kernohan appraises another attempt.

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California’s Public Higher Education Leaders Reassure Communities After Presidential Election

The Berkeley Blog

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., California State University Chancellor Dr. Mildred García, and California Community Colleges Chancellor Dr. Sonya Christian released the following statement today, Wednesday, Nov.

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MLA Leaders Won’t Let Members Vote on Pro-Boycott Resolution

Inside Higher Ed

Modern Language Association members hoped to pass a statement supporting boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. But the group’s Executive Council shot it down. In the 2010s, a handful of U.S.-based scholarly associations endorsed boycotting Israeli academic institutions. But not the Modern Language Association, the largest scholarly organization for the humanities.

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The College-Degree Divide Is Becoming a Chasm

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Declan Bradley The gap between how college graduates and non-college graduates voted was even wider than the past two presidential elections — but the pattern is limited to white voters.

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At Howard, an Election Night Party Turns Dour

Inside Higher Ed

Kamala Harris’s election night watch party at Howard University was the first-ever held on a college campus. The evening ended on an uncertain note, but it was still a watershed moment for the HBCU. WASHINGTON, D.C.—Kamala Harris’s election night watch party at Howard University kicked off with a boisterous sense of celebration and optimism. It ended with a pensive, tired crowd whose dreams of putting an HBCU alum, and the first woman, in the Oval Office appeared to be slipping away by the hour.

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Can Professors Afford the American Dream?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Many faculty members feel the squeeze. We looked at the data. By Megan Zahneis, Brian O’Leary, and Julia Piper A Chronicle project explores how professors’ purchasing power is affected by the cost of living.

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Gen Z Signatures Put Some Nevada Ballots in Limbo

Inside Higher Ed

More than 13,000 mail-in ballots in Nevada’s two most populous counties—Clark and Washoe—had been rejected as of Monday afternoon, in part because of young voters’ signatures, The New York Times reported.

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How to stand out when recruiting stopped-out learners

University Business

Northeast Ohio is encouraging stopped-adult learners to re-enroll by promising to erase up to $5,000 in unpaid balances as they progress toward earning their degree. Two years into the experiment, tuition generated by the 500 students who’ve returned approaches $1.6 million— 25 times greater than their canceled debt , according to Ithaka S+R, a research nonprofit focused on higher ed accessibility.

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Arizona Budget Woes Still Loom Large One Year Later

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Arizona shed hundreds of jobs, replaced leaders and slashed budgets in an effort to shave $100 million off a major shortfall announced one year ago. Last fall the University of Arizona made a stunning announcement: Officials had miscalculated cash on hand by millions of dollars due to a flawed revenue-projection model and other missteps.

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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 1986, when Damon L. Williams, Jr., was seven years old, he and his family received an invitation to attend his friend’s birthday party at a local golfing country club. He had been very excited to attend, until the week of the event. “We got uninvited, because Blacks weren’t allowed in the country club,” says Williams. Damon L. Williams, Jr. Williams says he wasn’t hurt when he read the country club’s by-laws and regulations—rather, he was confused.

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Academic Success Tip: Cross-Campus Collaboration and Language Exchange

Inside Higher Ed

Pepperdine students and facilities staff practice speaking Spanish and English together, building relationships and facilitating learning across departments. For college students learning a new language, it can feel difficult applying concepts in class to real-life situations, particularly listening or speaking. At Pepperdine University, a partnership between a Spanish language instructor and facilities staff members has helped equip students with practical language skills and create relationshi

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From Challenge to Triumph: Empowering Marginalized Students to Become Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While higher education is a path to opportunity — many underrepresented, minoritized students face systemic barriers that make their graduate-level academic experience feel like an uphill challenge. Some barriers can be financial; others can be self-imposed, such as imposter syndrome and the struggle of questioning, “will I be able to measure up?” Dr.

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Outsized Growth at Nation's HBCUs Sparks 'Identity Crisis'

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By J. Brian Charles The 99 colleges, once stereotyped as subpar, are having a moment. Can they sustain the momentum while still fulfilling their mission?

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New SREB Report Advocates for Accessible and High-Quality Pathways to Attract and Retain Teachers in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Despite the work of teachers laying the foundation for careers beyond secondary school, The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) says there are not enough well-prepared educators in the pipeline to teach. SREB represents and works with 16 states to improve public education at every level. In their latest report, " Teacher Career Pathways and Advancement Options " they emphasize the urgency to make the teaching profession more attractive through accessible and high-quality teacher pathways

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How Professors Make Ends Meet

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Seven faculty members describe their personal finances. By Megan Zahneis and Adrienne Lu Seven faculty members describe what their economic lives look like.

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Beyond the First Year: Considering Sophomore Student Success

Inside Higher Ed

A workshop discussion at Student Success US considered the challenges that hinder retention and completion of students beyond their first year. Many colleges and universities have well-developed systems and supports for new students, from specialized orientations to dedicated first-year seminars and cohort-based models that help students feel connected to the institution.

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Thailand welcomes Highgate’s first international school

The PIE News

Highgate , a leading UK co-educational independent school, recently forged the union with Siam Motors Group to open its first international school outside of the UK. The collaboration aspires to combine the traditions of the 460 year old Highgate school with the modern “dynamism and ambition” of the Thai Motor group, said Highgate in an announcement.

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Here Come the AI Agents!

Inside Higher Ed

Anthropic last month took the lead in providing early access to basic AI agents for the masses. This is a huge leap forward from the chat bots that have dominated early generative AI. Anthropic offers the new function that enables its Sonnet version to control your computer: “Claude 3.5 Sonnet is the first frontier AI model to offer computer use in public beta.

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Divide and Conquer as a Union-Busting Tactic

Academe Blog

BY RYAN HARROD, DOUGLAS COST, ANDREA DEWEES, AND CINDY TRUSSELL Solidarity in collective bargaining for better wages and working conditions is the basis of any union activity. Pitting union members against each other is a common tactic employed by management in its union-busting strategy. It’s a tactic we are facing in Alaska.

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For-Profit Colleges Lose Appeal to Stop Debt Relief Settlement

Inside Higher Ed

A group of for-profit colleges that challenged a legal settlement that canceled $6 billion in student loans lost its appeal to stop that agreement from taking effect.

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Call for Opinions: 2025 Predictions for Higher Ed IT

Campus Technology

How will the technology landscape in higher education change in the coming year? We're inviting our readership to weigh in with their predictions, wishes, or worries for 2025.

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UNSW introduces int’l admissions waitlist as caps bill looms

The PIE News

A spokesperson for the university told The PIE News that to ensure the institution does not exceed its cap it is “introducing offer rounds and a waitlist for 2025 international admissions with merit-based offers to be released progressively for programs where there is still availability.” The spokesperson continued: “UNSW Sydney has seen unprecedented demand over the last couple of years due to the strength of our offerings and our exceptional and growing reputation, including

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EDUCAUSE 2024: Counseling Model Meets Students Where They Are: In the Esports Arena

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Esports has come a long way from its beginnings as a misunderstood, niche extracurricular activity bubbling up on college campuses in the early 21st century. Today, it’s not a question of whether a university should support esports on campus but a matter of how and to what extent. At San Diego State University, a grassroots, student-led esports team grew so much that school officials decided to invest in a new Esports Engagement Center inside the school library.

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How online learning can help tackle global injustices

SRHE

by Sam Spiegel How can online learning programmes help tackle systemic global injustices with creative pedagogies? How can universities build effective educational environments and pedagogies to support critical thinking and vigorously challenge contemporary forms of racism, colonialism and inequity? These are some of the questions I have reflected on over the past almost 14 years of teaching at the University of Edinburgh.

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How Far Does Your Pay Go?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The average salary of an instructional faculty member is $92,823. But how far that salary goes can vary depending on where you teach and where you live. The Chronicle looked at how the salaries of instructional faculty stack up, and how the cost of living affects spending power. By Jacquelyn Elias Explore the faculty-pay transparency tool.

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Email Marketing for Parent and Community Engagement

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 9 minutes Staying connected with parents and the wider school community has become more important than ever. For K-12 school administrators and marketers, email marketing offers an efficient, cost-effective, and personalized approach to keeping parents informed, engaged, and connected with the school. In this blog, we’ll explore various effective school email marketing strategies designed to help you increase parent and community engagement.

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Colleges Lose Appeal to Stop Debt Relief Settlement

Inside Higher Ed

A group of colleges that challenged a legal settlement that canceled $6 billion in student loans lost its appeal to stop that agreement from taking effect.

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Stability AI Releases Stable Diffusion 3.5 Text-to-Image Generation Model

Campus Technology

Stability AI, developer of open source models focused on text-to-image generation, has released Stable Diffusion 3.5, the latest version of its deep learning, text-to-image model.

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EDUCAUSE QuickPoll FastFact: Should Cybersecurity and Privacy Functions Be Integrated?

Educause

In a recent Cybersecurity and Privacy Program evaluation survey, EDUCAUSE asked IT professionals whether cybersecurity and privacy functions should be integrated or kept separate.

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Data privacy tips for college students

University Business

As cybersecurity risks increase across industries, colleges—which increasingly depend on apps and software for teaching, learning and operations—remain valuable targets for cybercriminals and data exploitation. For years, cybersecurity experts such as the FBI have been sounding the alarm about the risks surrounding widespread collection of student data and the rapid growth of education technologies.

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M-U Professor Responds to Claims Made By NYT

Insight Into Diversity

Tabbye Chavous, PhD, vice provost for equity & inclusion and chief diversity officer at the University of Michigan (U-M), has responded critically to a recent New York Times article on the university’s DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) efforts in an open letter posted in the Michigan Chronicle. She contended the article is riddled with inaccuracies, biases, and a lack of evidence-based reporting, and frames DEI initiatives inaccurately.

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‘Very sad to lose a part of history’ | Community saddened by the loss of historic building at Knoxville College

University Business

A historic campus was devastated by fire Monday night as Knoxville College lost a building that has stood for over a century. “It’s just very sad, very sad to lose a part of history that needs to be saved. It’s a 100-year-old building that we lost,” Debra Espy, a neighbor near the college said. Knoxville College is a historically black college or university, also known as an HBCU.

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