Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
We’ve finally entered the find-out phase of this timeline. And unsurprisingly, the final boss looks a lot like the first boss—American Racism. Yes, it’s the racism. Not the economy, not the gender gap, not even the thorny intersectionality of identity politics. The culprit is the same force that has always roiled this racist nation: the enduring, shape-shifting undercurrent of white supremacy.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
In an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey conducted shortly before the election, over 90 percent of faculty strongly or somewhat agreed that academic freedom is under threat. Nearly 60 percent of the roughly 1,100 respondents to an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey—conducted in the lead-up to last week’s election—strongly agreed that academic freedom in higher education is under threat.
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HEPI
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
By Dr Tom Fryer ( @TomFryer4 ) Lecturer in Education at the University of Manchester, Professor Steven Jones ( @StevenJones_MCR ), Professor of Education at the University of Manchester, and Dr Bowen Zhang ( @charlzhang1996 ), Lecturer in Education at Durham University. Our recent paper found that university guidance regarding the UCAS personal statement lacks transparency.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The state touted the results of its initiative to reach students who left college before completing their credentials and announced a new research project.
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As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Tracking higher education policy in the UK has never been a simple undertaking. While some policy changes apply to universities across the country, the devolved nature of education means that most announcements made by the Department for Education tend only to apply to institutions in England. The patchwork of implications this creates has been on full display since the UK government’s first Budget, which took place on October 30.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Workers who receive kindness are more likely to perform acts of kindness as well, a survey of higher education employees found.
University Leadership Central brings together the best content for university leaders and administrators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
University Business
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Issues related to last year’s FAFSA have significantly affected private colleges and universities’ incoming class enrollment, revenue and relationship with the Department of Education, according to a fall survey from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Of the 251 member institutions surveyed, 82% said FAFSA’s turbulent rollout affected other institutional processes, such as housing, registration, billing and more.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The network’s enrollment increases for the fall semester were twice those seen at the national level.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Vanderbilt University’s Class of 2028 was significantly less diverse than last year’s incoming class, with underrepresented students of color declining by nearly 10 percentage points, according to institutional data released Monday. Black student enrollment decreased by the widest margin, from 11.5 percent of the Class of 2027 to just 6 percent of this year’s incoming class.
Liaison International
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Key Takeaways “Repurposed & Recycled Recruitment” (“R & R”) involves utilizing resources your institution already possesses and leveraging them to meet your graduate enrollment goals. Strategies informed by the wide range of data at your disposal have the potential to significantly increase enrollment. Using the right CRM to deliver targeted communications helps to reengage former undergraduate and graduate students.
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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.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
It's peace in our time as David Meech Mazumdar's research suggests that challenging times make for much improved relations between groups of university staff
University Business
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and institutions’ sudden pivot to remote instruction, online learning remains entrenched in the higher education landscape. What was once considered a temporary lifeline is now a fundamental part of higher education. A survey of chief online learning officers (COLOs) found that about three-quarters of COLOs say that campus-based students are asking for more online options, with 60 percent observing that online classes often fill up first as more st
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
This week on the podcast live from the Festival of HE in London, England is grappling with Labour’s longer-term aspirations for higher education - we try to figure out what it wants.
University Business
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The FAFSA debacle. Campus protests. Battles over free speech and diversity. Those are among the leading drivers of mounting stress for college and university employees. A new study of the academic workplace offers a potentially overlooked—but hardly surprising—solution: Kindness. That goes for kindness received but not necessarily for kindness given , says the report, whose authors have created a tool to measure the two behaviors.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
By Megan Zahneis Faculty members at the University of North Texas fear their teaching and research on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion will be curtailed by their own university's interpretation of a state law — and, in one college, they say it already has.
University Business
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Every weekday morning for six months, instead of taking college classes, 25-year-old Tamari Natelauri made the 45-minute drive from Philadelphia to Voorhees Township, New Jersey, to go to work at a large accounting firm. It’s her dream job and she hasn’t even graduated from college yet. By the time she walks across the stage at Drexel University’s commencement ceremony in 2027, Natelauri will have spent 11 years of her life—and a lot of money—on higher education, including seven years at the Com
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Native American students will have their own microcollege on Sacramento State’s campus, a first for the California State University system. California State University, Sacramento, is opening a new college, the Native American College—a first for the system—to support Indigenous students in the state, campus officials announced at the state Capitol Friday.
Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Given my first job out of university was with Vichy L’Oreal where I served briefly as a junior product manager ( because I was worth it ) I tend to keep an eye of marketing and communication trends, always a moving target. As soon as one has upskilled, or briefed a sub-contractor, the goalposts have moved once again. Nonetheless, largely driven by the furious pace of technological advancements, and the slower shifts in social behaviours, we have seen several trends in 2024.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
A federal judge has blocked the law that would have required a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom in Louisiana’s public colleges, universities and trade schools, in addition to its K-12 public schools.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Concerns are rising among operators of summer schools that price hikes from independent schools for premises rental may undermine business operations. Labour’s Budget – revealed earlier this month – made good on the party’s election promise to make private schools pay the VAT tax on their fees, prompting a furious response from schools and an upcoming legal challenge to try and block the new policy.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Former students of Union Institute & University, an online university based in Cincinnati that closed over the summer, say they cannot access their transcripts, causing problems for those hoping to pursue further education.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
With the “big four” study destinations increasing restrictions on international students – including student caps and a ban on dependents – Asian universities are maximising their appeal to attract overseas applicants. ICEF hosted a panel ‘Beyond the Big Four: This rise of Asian study destinations’ at its conference in Berlin on November 3.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
By Taylor Swaak The trend marks the latest example of tech development outpacing governance.
Campus Technology
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The annual virtual conference from the producers of Campus Technology and THE Journal will return on May 7, 2025, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and student success.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Hurricane Helene stirred fresh climate anxiety for some college students in western North Carolina earlier this year, pushing them into a growing cohort of young people who are worried about the future of the environment.
Academe Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
BY MATTHEW BOEDY As attacks on higher education and tenure spread, it behooves faculty to make sure stakeholders such as legislators know the facts about tenure. The most common reasoning for post-tenure review is the myth of the “deadwood” tenured professor. We on campus have always known it is a myth.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
But, white people and men are needed as advocates for DEI efforts that support historically oppressed people To the Editor:
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
By David Jesse Mike Balow, who won a seat on the notorious board earlier this month, says its lack of transparency has come with a hidden cost.
HEPI
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
This blog was authored by Lucy Haire, Director of HEPI Partnerships. In October, HEPI, with support from Lloyds Banking Group, hosted a roundtable dinner in Edinburgh on universities’ financial resilience as well as higher education’s impact on regional growth and prosperity. This blog considers some of the themes that emerged from the discussion. Every single university in the UK is in search of more money.
FIRE
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
First Amendment News is a weekly blog and newsletter about free expression issues by Ronald K. L. Collins and is editorially independent from FIRE.
Terminalfour
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
This week, we share the key success factors that we've seen drive high-performing digital teams in higher education marketing. We look at how the various elements that are needed for success in a team can boost brand visibility and student recruitment.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Multiple professors’ reactions to the 2024 presidential election have been shared by conservative social media personality Chaya Raichik, who goes by Libs of TikTok online and whose posts about left-wing educators have previously been linked to bomb threats and other harassment.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
With international students increasingly turning away from the traditional “big four” study destinations – Australia , Canada, the US and the UK – and towards Asia for higher education, Malaysia has proven itself to be committed to pastoral excellence. At the ICEF’ Berlin conference earlier this month, stakeholders from Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong shared how they were planning to compete with the big four.
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The University of Rochester (UR) community is reeling after hundreds of “wanted” posters, depicting faculty and staff members, appeared on campus buildings late Sunday night. The posters, found across classrooms and common areas, criticized individuals for their views on the Israel-Hamas conflict, with some posters accusing faculty of “ethnic cleansing” and “hate speech.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Gathering at a parliamentary reception to celebrate the British Educational Travel Association’ s 21st anniversary, stakeholders in the youth and education travel industry united to advocate for crucial changes that will drive the sector’s growth and ensure its long-term success. Speaking at the event, Steve Lowy, chairman of BETA, spoke about the importance of youth mobility to UK educational tourism. “Our latest industry statistics that came out a few weeks ago show that the
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