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It’s time to decolonise the awarding gap

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Awarding gaps based on ethnicity are a concern, but the way we conceptualise analysing and addressing them are far from perfect.

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State AG looks to halt $1.9M payment to Western New Mexico University president

Higher Ed Dive

Joseph Shepard resigned amid scrutiny over his spending of university money. The attorney general called his severance package “a gross misuse of funds.

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Report: Housing Crisis Threatens Student Parents' College Dreams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A groundbreaking report released by Generation Hope reveals the devastating impact of housing insecurity on student parents pursuing higher education. The report, "Breaking Barriers: The Hidden Struggles of Student Parents and Housing Insecurity," highlights how the intersection of parenting responsibilities and housing challenges creates significant obstacles for students trying to complete their degrees.

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Congress Failed to Pass WIOA Update. What Does That Mean for Higher Ed?

Inside Higher Ed

Congress Failed to Pass WIOA Update. What Does That Mean for Higher Ed? jessica.blake@ Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM Congress looked set to pass the bipartisan bill to update the workforce development law but then scrapped the legislation at the last minute. That failure leaves money on the table for community colleges.

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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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FIRE’s defense of pollster J. Ann Selzer against Donald Trump’s lawsuit is First Amendment 101

FIRE

A polling miss isnt consumer fraud or election interference its just a prediction and is protected by the First Amendment.

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Western New Mexico U President’s Golden Parachute Irks Lawmakers

Inside Higher Ed

Western New Mexico U Presidents Golden Parachute Irks Lawmakers Josh Moody Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM The president, who led the university for 13 years and faced criticism for his spending, received an exit package that will more than triple what he would earn if he had been fired without cause.

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Report: Implementing Tech for Incarcerated Students’ Success

Inside Higher Ed

Report: Implementing Tech for Incarcerated Students Success Ashley Mowreader Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM A new publication from Ithaka S+R evaluates best practices in identifying and integrating technology into higher education in correctional facilities, weighing security concerns with academic goals.

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We Need to Distinguish Applied Humanities from Experiential Learning

Faculty Focus

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. But the term experiential learning is sometimes used interchangeably with applied learning, which runs the risk of clouding the specific benefits of each approach. To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students.

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Can a Virtual Rabbinical Program Help Hebrew Union College Get Back on Track?

Inside Higher Ed

Can a Virtual Rabbinical Program Help Hebrew Union College Get Back on Track? Sara Weissman Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion is struggling with dwindling rabbinical school enrollments and ongoing financial challenges. Leaders hope a new online program makes a difference.

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Doctoral Distress: Graduate Program Pressures Impact Student Mental Health

Insight Into Diversity

Pursuing a PhD represents the pinnacle of academic achievement, but beneath the accolades there lurks a significant, often overlooked reality: the mental health toll plaguing many doctoral candidates. Studies consistently reveal troubling statistics. A 2018 study published in Nature, a journal focused on advancements in science, found that nearly 40% of graduate students globally experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression. a rate six times higher than the general population.

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U Wisconsin System May Stop Requiring Searches for Top Roles

Inside Higher Ed

The Universities of Wisconsin, a 13-institution system, may eliminate the requirement that its president form search committees to help find and select other top system leaders. Current system policy says the president, currently Jay O. Rothman, must appoint a search and screen committee when a vacancy occurs in a system administration senior leadership position.

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San Diego Foundation Commits $4M to Help Underserved Students Reach College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The San Diego Foundation (SDF) announced a $4 million commitment to support local high school students facing homelessness, in foster care, or learning English prepare for college success. The initiative comes as recent data shows significant graduation disparities among vulnerable student populations in San Diego County. While the overall graduation rate reached 84.6% in 2023-24, only 4% of English learners, 8% of foster youth, and 8% of homeless students graduated.

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The Rise of the Accelerated M.B.A.

Inside Higher Ed

The Rise of the Accelerated M.B.A. kathryn.palmer Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM Prospective students are increasingly skeptical that dropping out of the workforce for two years to earn the degree is worth it.

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New taskforce launched to explore UK mergers

The PIE News

The taskforce on efficiency and transformation in higher education will be chaired by Nigel Carrington, former vice chancellor at University of the Arts London. Carrington, who is an international mergers and acquisitions lawyer, will lead a group of more than a dozen experts to consider “detailed and radical options” for cross-sector working, as well as working to produce comprehensive business cases for such actions, Universities UK said in a statement announcing his appointment. &

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Enrollment Reclaims Top Spot on List of Biggest Risks for Colleges

Inside Higher Ed

Enrollment regained its place as the biggest risk for colleges and universities, according to the latest Top Risks Report from United Educators, named by 71percent of survey respondents. Thats up from 67percent last year. Data security, which topped the 2023 list, came in second and clocked the biggest decline, from 73percent to 56percent.

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Bristol Old Vic theatre school to stop its undergraduate courses

The Guardian - Higher Education

Renowned drama school says unprecedented funding challenges make degrees unviable from September 2025 One of the UKs most celebrated drama schools, which counts the Oscar-winners Olivia Colman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jeremy Irons among its alumni, is to scrap its undergraduate degrees due to a range of financial challenges. Bristol Old Vic theatre school, founded in 1946, said its undergraduate training model was now financially unsustainable.

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Human Predictions for AI in Higher Education in 2025

Inside Higher Ed

Human Predictions for AI in Higher Education in 2025 Kristine Maloney Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM Practical insights into how AI agents, generative search and personalization will shape the sector.

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Advancing Health Equity

Insight Into Diversity

Norfolk State and Old Dominion Create School of Public Health Norfolk State University and Old Dominion University, each located in Norfolk, Virginia, have announced plans to establish the Joint School of Public Health. As the first of its kind in Virginia, the school will offer students from both universities access to shared resources and academic opportunities.

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New data show an increase in Californians enrolling as undergraduates at UC Berkeley

The Berkeley Blog

The trend reflects an increase in Californian students enrolling across the UC system. The post New data show an increase in Californians enrolling as undergraduates at UC Berkeley appeared first on Berkeley News.

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UK unis encouraged to expand efforts in emerging LatAm markets

The PIE News

EdCo LATAM Consulting recently conducted enrolment analysis using data from seven UK university partners. The analysis, which covers anonymised data from fall 2023, winter 2024, and fall 2024 enrolments, provides valuable insights into student trends from Latin America. Whilst postgraduate study is the most popular for those from Latin American countries studying in the UK, the analysis revealed significant interest in undergraduate enrolments, with 34% of these students applying to undergraduat

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Corporate DEI Thrives Despite Higher Ed Challenges

Insight Into Diversity

While inclusion and belonging initiatives face continuing challenges in higher education, corporate America remains committed to these efforts, recognizing the critical role of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) in driving business success. The State of Sustainability in 2024: DEI Will Survive, a recent report by Teneo a public relations and management consulting firm shows that DEI remains a cornerstone of sustainability strategies for the majority of S&P 500 companies, reflecting the

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4 New Student Success Spaces on College Campuses

Inside Higher Ed

4 New Student Success Spaces on College Campuses Ashley Mowreader Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:00 AM More colleges are investing in physical infrastructure for learners to thrive academically and socially. The focus could be on supports, services or just fun for students.

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Duke Prepares Nurses to Treat Diverse Mental Health Patients

Insight Into Diversity

The demand for skilled mental health practitioners who reflect their diverse patients has never been more acute. Research from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that among adults with mental illness, Hispanic (40%), Black (38%), and Asian (36%) adults are less likely to receive mental health services compared to their White counterparts (56%). At the same time, Black individuals represent only 4% of psychologists and 2% of psychiatrists, and are underrepresented in other mental health professio

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Censorship in Higher Education: A PEN America Perspective: Changing Higher Ed® podcast 241 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Jeremy Young

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Jeremy Young, Program Director of Freedom to Learn at PEN America. The discussion examines the growing challenges to academic freedom and free speech in higher education, including state legislative attempts to restrict institutional autonomy, the impact of DEI bans, and strategies for university leaders to protect academic independence.

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Universities aren’t entitled to autonomy. They have to earn it

HEPI

By Edward Venning, Managing Partner at Six Ravens Consulting. Not for the first time, an interventionist Secretary of State stands ready to help English universities. Not surprisingly, every item in her agenda from regional engagement to business models will place conditions of wide-scale reform upon universities. We should reasonably worry. Not because of Bridget Phillipson, but because we have traded away our self-determination for years.

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What is ‘permanent supportive housing’?: an explainer from Berkeley’s Terner Center

The Berkeley Blog

"Permanent supportive housing" helps reduce chronic homelessness here's how it works and why it's so needed in California. The post What is ‘permanent supportive housing’?: an explainer from Berkeley’s Terner Center appeared first on Berkeley News.

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College enrollment shows strong gains after a long decline

University Business

The fall of 2023 marked the first turnaround period for college enrollment in a decade, new research proclaims. Here’s a look at that data. There were notable increases in enrollment of Hispanic or Latino students, students of two or more races and U.S. nonresident students, according to data released today by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Report Makes Business Case for Responsible AI

Campus Technology

A new report commissioned by Microsoft and published last month by research firm IDC notes that 91% of organizations use AI tech and expect more than a 24% improvement in customer experience, business resilience, sustainability, and operational efficiency due to AI in 2024.

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Full-tuition coverage programs on rise at local, statewide colleges

University Business

A pair of local higher education institutions recently joined a growing movement of offering programs that guarantee free tuition for eligible students. Clarke University and Loras College in Dubuque either currently offer or have announced plans to launch scholarships that cover full tuition for students who also qualify for other income-based federal and state grants.

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December Federal Rulemaking Activity – New Final Regulations & Withdrawn Provisions

WCET Frontiers

Twas the final weeks of December when most of higher education was not stirring – except for the U.S. Department of Education (Department). The Department was preparing gifts announcements finalizing the regulatory issues from the Winter 2024 rulemaking. In late December, the Department released two important announcements: December 26, 2024: Termination of negotiated rulemaking process for State Authorization, Cash Management, Accreditation and Related Issues.

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Here’s why better funding doesn’t equate to stronger student outcomes

University Business

Institutions highly dependent on state funding will inevitably suffer lower graduation rates if appropriations decline, but more money won’t necessarily increase student outcomes, declares a study from the Bipartisan Policy Center. The Washinton D.C.-based think tank analyzed reports conducted by the Urban Institute and the Midwestern Higher Education Commission (MHEC) and various scholarly articles from the past decade to observe how variance in state appropriations affects the attainment

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Azurest South Designated a National Historic Landmark

Insight Into Diversity

Virginia State Universitys (VSU) Azurest South, known on campus as the Alumni House, has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL). VSU, a historically Black university, was founded in 1882 as one of Virginias two land-grant institutions. Constructed in 1939, Azurest South is a testament to the groundbreaking vision of Amaza Lee Meredith, one of the first documented African American female architects and a VSU alumna.

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University of California announces series of UC Presidential Search town halls

The Berkeley Blog

The post University of California announces series of UC Presidential Search town halls appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Congressional Task Force Releases Recommendations for AI Governance

Campus Technology

The bipartisan House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence recently released its recommendations to bolster American leadership in AI.

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Improving Campus Climates for Diverse Worldviews

Academe Blog

BY RENEE L. BOWLING AND MATTHEW J. MAYHEW Some good news for the new year: Over three hundred campuses have partnered with the Interfaith Spiritual, Religious, and Secular (INSPIRES) Index to assess and improve their campus climates for diverse worldviews.

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The 8 college majors with the highest starting salaries

University Business

What you major in can have a big impact on your earning potential. Legacy Online School, a K12 online school, combed through data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers to see which degrees yield the highest starting salaries for recent graduates. Unsurprisingly, it found that STEM majors tend to make the most right out of college. Check out which 8 majors have the highest mean starting salaries.

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