Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 21, 2024

About 9 in 10 Gen Z graduates said learning a skilled trade can be a better route to economic security than college, home services app Thumbtack found.

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Alison Etheridge, President of the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, sets out the economic contribution of the discipline – and how the academy will work to shift the dial on the national attitude to maths

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Higher education experts shared ways to reach underrepresented students following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling banning race-conscious admissions.

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Wonkhe

OCTOBER 21, 2024

QAA Cymru’s Christine Jones explores the differences that investment in the development of tertiary sector staff can make

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The private Catholic institution said the cuts were necessary to meet a commitment to reduce expenses by 4% and balance its budget

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The Berkeley Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Surgery and rehab at UC Davis, plus a month with a falconer, prepared him for release on Friday. The post Nox the UC Berkeley falcon flies again, his broken wing mended appeared first on Berkeley News.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

by Maria-Ligia Barbosa In Latin America, higher education has undergone intense transformation. In the 1950s, there were around 700,000 students; by 1970 the number had increased to 1.9 million, reaching 8.4 million in 1990, 25 million students in 2011, and 30 million in 2019. HE systems in these countries vary greatly. There are countries like Argentina, Chile and Uruguay that are universalised (with a gross enrolment rate of over 60%), while countries like Brazil and Peru are going through the

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Gov. Maura Healey formed the council ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s overthrow of race-conscious admissions and praised its guidance Wednesday.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Two University of Knoxville, Tennessee, executive leaders share their perspectives on the institution’s strengths-based, people-first approaches to student success, including ideas that others might model. Next week’s Student Success US conference will be held on UT’s campus. Top of mind for the chancellor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Donde Plowman, and Amber Williams, the university’s vice president of student success, is ensuring their teams—and students—are aware of and confiden

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Against a backdrop of changes to Australia’s policy framework, October 2023 to August 2024 saw a 38% reduction in the number of overall study visas granted compared to the previous year. The VET sector has been hardest hit by the changes, experiencing a 67% reduction in study visas, with ELICOS and higher education seeing drops of 50% and 25% respectively, according to new data from Studymove education data consultants.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Vanderbilt University chancellor Daniel Diermeier argues that demonstrating a political point of view contradicts higher education’s core mission and values. Vanderbilt University chancellor Daniel Diermeier has emerged as a strong advocate for institutional neutrality in recent years, arguing that institutions often go beyond their core mission when they strike stances on public issues.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The UK logged 350,7000 sponsored study visa applications from main applicants between January and September 2024, which is 16% lower than in the same period the year before. The data comes from new figures released by the Home Office on October 10. It comes mere months after a new rule banning all but postgraduate or government-sponsored international students from bringing dependents into the country with them took effect.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The University of North Carolina system will likely have to pay at least $32 million to clean up college campuses and fix buildings damaged by Hurricane Helene, NC Newsline reported.

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The Berkeley Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Student Yesenia Ochoa reflects on growing up in Yuba City and the responsibility she carries as the first in her family to attend a four-year college. The post ‘I’m just one of millions of migrant students working hard to achieve their goals’ appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Harvard’s nearly $1.2 billion fundraising haul fell short of last year’s mark by roughly $200M, following a period of acrimony marked by student protests and scandals. Only at the nation’s richest university can a billion-plus-dollar fundraising haul equal disappointment.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

“There is another new disease among children going abroad. Parents do not get counselling for studies abroad. The child eagerly wants to go. He sees a new dream and feels that he will find heaven as soon as he goes there,” said Dhankhar, while addressing students at the Sobhasaria Group of Institutions in the Northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan. “There is no assessment as to which institution he is going to, which country he is going to, there is just a blind path that I have to go abroad.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

William (Rick) Singer, who spent 16 months in a federal prison camp for masterminding the 2019 Varsity Blues admissions scandal, is preparing to launch a new, legitimate college counseling company, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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University Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The first phase of FAFSA beta testing concluded last week with minor disruptions for students, declares a press release from the Department of Education. A limited number of students have been allowed to fill out the form before its official rollout to prevent a repeat of last year’s glitch-ridden rollout, which has left students and financial aid officers yet to submit batch corrections.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Huston-Tillotson University, a private historically Black institution in Texas, plans to expand its academic offerings to California, a state without an HBCU, The Austin American-Statesman reported.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Diana Laurillard, Professor of Learning with Digital Technology at UCL Knowledge Lab. This blog was written after Professor Laurillard attended a HEPI roundtable dinner hosted by Studiosity. Many of Professor Laurillard’s reflections are in parallel to the topics discussed during the insightful roundtable discussion, including the use of AI for learning gain as opposed to productivity, for the proven student outcomes following immediate formative feedb

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Spelman College president Dr. Helene D. Gayle is taking a personal leave of absence “effective immediately,” according to a Friday announcement from the college. The announcement did not share any reason for the leave. “We can assure you that Spelman will continue to operate seamlessly, moving forward in the spirit of our core values of care, commitment, integrity, reliability and trust,” the announcement read.

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Caylor Solutions

OCTOBER 21, 2024

New insights from a Gallup poll on Gen Z prospective students! Learn how to connect with this generation with these 5 key strategies. The post 5 Strategies to Connect to Gen Z Prospective Students: New Gallup Poll appeared first on Caylor Solutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This latest episode of The Key features a conversation with Donde Plowman, chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Amber Williams, vice president of student success, who share their efforts to ensure their teams—and students—are aware of and confident about their strengths as they navigate their work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Two national organizations that support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) have launched nonpartisan campaigns to get HBCU students out to the polls in a few weeks. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) have been working around the clock to mobilize voters in the upcoming presidential election.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Walden University has settled a lawsuit that accused the institution of predatory practices during its Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program. Plaintiffs in the case, primarily comprised of Black and female students, alleged that the university intentionally prolonged the capstone phase of the DBA program, leading to inflated costs for students.

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Higher Education Today

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Title: Education at a Glance 2024 – Country Notes: United States Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s annual report Education at a Glance examines participation, investment, operational frameworks, and outcomes within education systems globally. This analysis includes various performance indicators, ranging from student achievement in critical subject areas to the influence of.

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Coursera blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In our last issue, we talked about the value of building your practical AI skills. These are the skills that you can apply broadly to enhance productivity regardless of your job role. This week, we’ll explore how AI skills show up in cybersecurity. Cybersecurity professionals protect data and computer networks from cyber attacks. This line of defense is important to anyone who uses any type of computer or mobile device—and if you’re here with us now, that includes you.

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University Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Register Now Date & Time: Wednesday, November 20 at 2 p.m. ET Every college and university already provide a rich variety of meal plans and dining options to ensure their students are well-nourished and healthy. However, higher ed leaders can go beyond by leveraging specialty foods at critical times and places outside their dining halls to increase student engagement in campus life, create more inclusive environments, and ensure equity among departments, on and off campus.

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ACRLog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Jonathan Rowe, Associate Instruction Services Librarian at Boston College, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2024-2025 year here at ACRLog. As Brat Summer ends, we are entering what my spouse likes to call “Irish Autumn,” a season they say has fading sunshine, ever-growing cold weather, and a moodiness rising alongside log-fire flames and knitted sweaters pulled out of storage.

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University Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Marci Deck recently became a mom of three. She’s been back to work for two months as an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Community Medicine in Tulsa after her daughter, Elliott, was born. OU implemented six weeks of paid leave for benefits-eligible employees this month. But the policy came too late for Deck. She received two weeks of paid leave and covered the rest with all of her accrued paid time off (PTO).

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Academe Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

BY JOHN K. WILSON The temptation to regulate free speech in the name of a higher good is a constant danger on the left, and the right. Too often, we ignore how centrist administrators and thinkers endorse censorship too easily, and how much power they hold.

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University Business

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Fewer students in this fall’s class of college freshmen chose to disclose their race or ethnicity in their applications to some top schools, data shows. The pattern, which is nuanced and only affects a sliver of the nation’s universities, is among several early indications of the potential impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision last year that has effectively prohibited colleges from considering race as a factor in admissions.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Documentary ‘Bodies Upon the Gears’ tells the story of the 1960s Berkeley free speech movement.

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College Viability

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Let me give you 16 reasons to that IPEDS college comparison data can be useful.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Dr. Ruth Simmons—the prominent education leader who was the first African American to lead an Ivy League institution—was among 18 other individuals who was honored on Monday with a National Humanities Medal at the White House. Simmons, who whose career in the academy has included teaching and administrative positions at Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, Princeton University and Smith College, is the author of the bestselling memoir Up Home: One Girl’s Journey.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2024

One student who isn’t voting this year said the candidates were “trash,” while another said they doubted it would matter much whether Harris or Trump won. Only a handful of college students—8 percent of those surveyed by Inside Higher Ed and Generation Lab in late September—say that they are not planning to vote in the 2024 presidential election.

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