High school senior FAFSA submissions drop almost 57% year over year, NCAN finds
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The form was available about three months later than usual, and seniors submitted roughly 676,000 forms by late January.
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Improving the quality of assessments of quality
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
For Buckinghamshire New University's Nick Braisby, the Office for Students' investigation process could be improved The post Improving the quality of assessments of quality appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Title IX regulations advance to White House after significant delay
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The Education Department is closer to finalizing the controversial regulation, which it aimed to release in March after two previous delays.
A postcode lottery for university access
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Progress in widening access varies widely across England’s local areas, and the major political parties aren’t paying attention. Graeme Atherton asks what the levelling up agenda means, if not this The post A postcode lottery for university access appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Baldwin Wallace University unveils job and program cuts to address budget deficit
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The private Ohio institution has operated in the red for the past two years and has seen a decline in enrollment over the last decade.
Assessing Quality of Microcredentials Is Difficult
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Assessing Quality of Microcredentials Is Difficult kathryn.palmer… Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Most high school educators recognize the value of microcredentials, but a dearth of available data on outcomes can make them hesitant to recommend nondegree pathways to students.
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Human or AI? Connectives Hold the Clues
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The introduction of mass market writing tools powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) has changed higher education. Proponents of AI claim that AI tools should be integrated into lesson design, however, it is also the case that AI may be used by students as an unethical shortcut to wholly complete written assignments. While companies such as GPTZero have responded to academic concerns by creating software designed to detect the use of AI in written work, false positives and underconfidence in th
What's Really Behind the View That Higher Ed Isn't Worth It?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
By Scott Carlson Yes, the sector has a lot that it needs to fix. But criticisms that seem to dismiss the value of college altogether often miss key details.
Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees, NLRB Rules
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees, NLRB Rules Doug Lederman Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Regional office of National Labor Relations Board says the Ivy League college’s male players can unionize. Dartmouth plans to appeal.
Teaching Evaluations Are Broken. Can They Be Fixed?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Superficial assessments hurt professors and students, but reform is hard. By Beth McMurtrie Superficial assessments hurt professors and students, but reform is hard.
AI and plagiarism: Why higher ed must now adjust
University Business
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A plagiarism war has erupted since Claudine Gay announced her resignation from Harvard University. After Business Insider suggested Neri Oxman—a prominent MIT grad and wife of billionaire philanthropist William Ackman—had plagiarized in her dissertation, Ackman promised to leverage AI capabilities to review the published work of all of MIT’s faculty, its president and the work of the faculties at other Ivy Leagues. “No body of written work in academia can survive the power of AI searchin
When Are Appeals to Campus Safety an Excuse to Suppress Speech?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A sweeping punishment, a canceled art show, and the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices. By Maggie Hicks Illustration by The Chronicle; Michael Hickey, Getty Images A sweeping punishment, a canceled art show, and allegations that Indiana University is silencing pro-Palestinian voices.
Greg Lukianoff testifies before Congress on ‘chilling threat’ to free speech posed by AI regulation
FIRE
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff testified before the House Judiciary Committee on the risk artificial intelligence and AI regulation pose to freedom of speech and knowledge creation in the 21st century.
What Is a Chief AI Officer, and Should Your University Appoint One?
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
As artificial intelligence continues its reach into nearly every aspect of higher education, a new role has emerged to oversee the responsible growth and safe management of this rapidly evolving technology: the chief AI officer. The CAIO role first began to appear in the business world less than a decade ago, within corporations and startups alike. More recently, the government sector has jumped on board, as President Joe Biden’s recent AI executive order requires that all federal agencies appoi
Differential Tuition Is Popular. But Is It Equitable?
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Differential Tuition Is Popular. But Is It Equitable? Johanna Alonso Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges have long charged more for costly programs like nursing and engineering. Some put money back into scholarships meant to offset negative impacts.
College Fund Offers American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The American Indian College Fund has announced its third American Indian Law School Scholarship for a student entering Harvard Law School in the fall of 2024. The scholarship, made possible by a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor, covers tuition and all costs of attendance for an American Indian or Alaska Native law student enrolled in Harvard Law School’s three-year course of study.
Department of Education Lends Colleges a Hand After FAFSA Backlash
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Department of Education Lends Colleges a Hand After FAFSA Backlash Liam Knox Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM The department is allocating $50 million and deploying staffers to help institutions adjust to the rocky FAFSA rollout. College leaders are underwhelmed.
ACCT, NHSA Launch Partnership to Expand Child Care for Student-Parents
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has partnered with the National Head Start Association (NHSA) to provide on-campus childcare classrooms at community colleges. "Students who are parents face enormous life challenges that compete with their abilities to thrive in college,” said ACCT President and CEO Jee Hang Lee. “Bringing Head Start centers to more community colleges is an elegant solution to address one complexity of the long-standing problem of student persistence and comp
It’s not about ‘woke’ or foreign students – the truth is that UK universities are starved of cash | Gaby Hinsliff
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
We need to have a frank conversation about higher education. These confected rows benefit nobody What is the biggest problem bedevilling universities right now? Talk to academics, students or parents, and there’s no shortage of contenders. Universities are buzzing with rumours about institutions that might be about to go bust , or at the very least scrap the course your child’s heart was set upon.
Free Community College Boosts Enrollment, Strains Massachusetts System
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Free Community College Boosts Enrollment, Strains Massachusetts System jessica.blake@… Tue, 02/06/2024 - 03:00 AM The enrollment surge is a welcome development for the Massachusetts community college system, but it has also created staffing shortages and stretched capacity.
Recruiters, Students Differ on New Grad Career Readiness
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The perception between college graduates and potential employers of the new grads’ competencies differs widely, according to research by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). National Association of Colleges and Employers New grads and employers agree on what student proficiencies are necessary — graduating seniors ranked communication, critical thinking, and teamwork as the three most important competencies for a job candidate to develop to be considered career ready on a 2
Human or AI? Connectives Hold the Clues
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Languages Canada lobbying to make lang schools entirely exempt from cap
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The head of the organisation representing language schools in Canada has called the decision to include some of their students in the international student cap “unconscionable”. The move , which will last for two years to try and bring numbers back down to 2022 levels, has garnered polarising reactions from across the sector. While the cap will not include all language students, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada does include those who are on a student visa, which, according to the exe
Dartmouth College to Reinstate Standardized Testing
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Dartmouth College will reinstate its standardized testing requirement for the next application cycle, officials announced Monday, making it the first Ivy League institution to do so.
Dos and Don’ts of Creating Your CV
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Answers to common questions of early-career academics on this all-important job document. By Jennifer S. Furlong and Stacy M. Hartman Answers to common questions of early-career academics on this all-important job document.
Dr. Orlando Taylor: A Person to Emulate
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The first time I stepped into the offices of Diverse Issues In Higher Education , I was with Dr. Orlando Taylor. He took me there to meet his long-time colleague and co-founder of the magazine, Dr. Bill Cox. As I listened to their wide-ranging conversation, about people they knew, or had known, and projects they worked on together, I was taken by the longevity of their connection to each other.
The New Campus McCarthyism
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
On a scandalous suspension at Indiana University. By Jeffrey C. Isaac Jon Krause for The Chronicle On a scandalous suspension at Indiana University.
Change Readiness Assessment: Staying Strategic Through Constant Change
HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Making Sure Your Institution Is Ready for Online Student Success With Archer’s Readiness Assessment On the crowded highways of higher education, institutions are continually having to navigate through critical construction zones. The landscape is evolving at a breakneck pace, driven by technological advancements, changing student demographics, and shifts in educational demands.
The SRHE Digital University Network: A Decade of Trends and Future Directions
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
by Katy Jordan, Janja Komljenovic and Jeremy Knox The SRHE Digital University Network was launched in 2012, with a view to present “ critical, theorised and research-based perspectives on technologies in higher education ”. As the landscape of digital technologies being used in different ways across the higher education sector is subject to change over time, we took the opportunity through the 2023 SRHE conference session to reflect on what the Digital University means and think about the future
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
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Teaching about the British Empire: Cutting through the noise
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Dr Alice Pettigrew, a researcher at the Institute of Education, University of London. Researchers from University College London and the University of Oxford have recently launched an ambitious new project aiming to provide an empirical portrait of current teaching and learning around the interconnected themes of the British Empire, migration and belonging in England’s secondary schools.
How IRCC’s policies impact student housing and the future of education in Canada
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The recent announcement by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada concerning changes in policies for international students has sparked a significant conversation across Canada and the world. These changes, while aimed at ensuring a sustainable and high-quality experience for international students, also raise questions about accessibility, diversity, and the future of Canada’s reputation as a leading educational destination.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Lee Ann Bohn Lee Ann Bohn has been named chief operating officer at Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona. She served as assistant manager for Maricopa County. Bohn holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and social work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a master’s in public policy from the State University of New York in Albany.
Control “harmful” bias to protect education
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Bias in the realm of AI and Large Language Models in education is inevitable, but what can and must be avoided is “harmful bias”, experts in the field have said. Paul LeBlanc, outgoing president of Southern New Hampshire University, told press that working with data and broadening horizons was key to controlling the unavoidable bias that is created by generative AI.
Dartmouth Men's Basketball Players Can Vote to Unionize. What Does That Mean for Everyone Else?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
By Nell Gluckman A federal official has ruled in the athletes' favor, allowing them to hold a union vote. The ruling applies only to them but could reverberate across college sports.
Top New College Programs Announced in January 2024
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