Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Many employers are dropping degree requirements to create a more diverse workforce and increase job candidate numbers, survey results show.
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 13, 2023
People often compare the Office for Students to its predecessor - Brooke Storer-Church asks what it is they are missing, and whether it can return The post What people mean when they say “bring back HEFCE” appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 13, 2023
State policymakers must receive a report by May 2024 on which diversity programs and jobs that institutions eliminated.
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The rise of AI creates a testing time for higher education leadership. Shân Wareing reflects on what a leader might do in response - and why it matters The post Stepping up to the leadership challenge of AI appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Consumer inflation outpaced the Higher Education Price Index for the second year in a row, Commonfund found.
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Office for Students is consulting on how it will operate a complaints mechanism for staff, students, and speakers on freedom of speech. David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson have the details The post OfS proposals on freedom of speech complaints scheme appeared first on Wonkhe.
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The PIE News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Europe should cooperate with the UK and Switzerland on Erasmus+, with the long-term goal of supporting their reassociation to the program, according to a group representing European universities. The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities has set out recommendations for the future of the mobility program, including working with schemes like the UK’s Turing, further incentivising green travel and providing support to displaced students and scholars.
Educause
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission released its final breach reporting requirements under the latest revision of the Safeguards Rule. The reporting requirements take effect on May 13, 2024.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The Abuse of Scholar Activism Elizabeth Redden Wed, 12/13/2023 - 09:18 AM Ideologically driven scholar activism contributes to campus antisemitism, Rebecca Cypess writes.
The PIE News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The UK Home Office has officially confirmed that it will lift the EU ID card ban for French residents, meaning French school groups will have less roadblocks entering the country. The move was rumoured in November, but sector stakeholders decried the lack of clarity on the situation at the time and lobbied for a clear start date. The implementation of the rule was of “paramount importance”, and the goodwill it would create would be “incalculable”, English UK chief Jodie Gray said at the time.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
By Eric Hoover Once upon a time, critics of legacy preferences didn’t know all that much about the controversial practice and its impact. But that, like so much else in admissions, is changing.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Since 2009, the iMLearning program at Shenandoah University has been giving devices to incoming undergraduate students at the start of their college careers. Today, each student receives a MacBook Air, iPad and Apple Pencil, paid for through a fee in their tuition. By standardizing technology across the student body, faculty can more easily deliver lessons and troubleshoot issues.
Academe Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
BY HANK REICHMAN Last week the AAUP released a special investigative report, “Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System.
The PIE News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Prospective international students are turning to social media to compare their F-1 visa interview experiences and access advice as demand for US study continues to rebound following the pandemic. The country issued over 600,000 student visas in 2023 – the highest level in five years – but concerns remain about high rejection rates from certain regions, including Sub-Saharan Africa.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Quinnipiac University’s chief diversity officer plans to leave the role at the end of December, according to The Quinnipiac Chronicle. Dr. Wayne Gersie Quinnipiac University Dr. Wayne Gersie would be the fifth diversity and inclusion official to depart the university in less than a year, reported the Chronicle , noting the announcement came Dec. 7 in an email from President Dr.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Brown University arrested 41 students Monday night following a sit-in at University Hall, where they demanded that the university divest its endowment from arms manufacturers, The Providence Journal reported.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has published new research on digital leisure reading habits, suggesting a mostly nonexistent relationship between digital reading and improved reading comprehension with ‘slightly positive’ effects in higher ed. Lidia Altamura “ Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off? A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Leisure Digital Reading Habits and Text Comprehension ” published Dec. 12 in Review of Educational Research , a peer-reviewed journal of the
University Business
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The electric vehicle (EV) transition is approaching faster than expected. A recent analysis by EY found that EV sales will outpace all other types of engines three years sooner than expected. Campuses need to be ready with convenient access to fast and reliable charging stations to support students, staff, guests and electrified fleets. Let’s look at the most compelling reasons colleges and universities should actively begin integrating EV charging stations into their infrastructure right now.
The PIE News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Pathway provider Kings Education has signed a third contract with the University of Wisconsin, penning an agreement with its UW-Stout campus. It comes after its long-standing existing partnerships with both Wisconsin’s Oshkosh and Fox Cities campuses. The Stout campus adds to Kings’ portfolio as a university with a “technology-driven” ethos – and is known locally as the state’s “Polytechnic University”.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has published new research on digital leisure reading habits, suggesting a mostly nonexistent relationship between digital reading and improved reading comprehension with ‘slightly positive’ effects in higher ed. Lidia Altamura “ Do New Forms of Reading Pay Off? A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Leisure Digital Reading Habits and Text Comprehension ” published Dec. 12 in Review of Educational Research , a peer-reviewed journal of the
The PIE News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
An Australian consultancy has predicted 2024 will be slightly uncertain for the sector, but that if institutions continue assessing the market to keep up, there should be room for growth. It comes after commencements and visas lodged both saw record breaking numbers in the latter periods of 2023. While 2022 saw numbers begin to climb back up after Covid, September 2023 saw 197,770 commencements, dwarfing the number from the previous September and even that of 2019, which was 165,079, according
The Guardian - Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Student pressure pushes higher education institutions to commit to divesting from fossil fuels More UK universities are cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry in response to student campaigns, according to the annual survey of sustainability in higher education. The student network People and Planet has published its sustainability university league showing that 72% of the universities it surveyed have committed to divesting from fossil fuels – up from 65% last year.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Reading Time: 10 minutes With fierce competition for schools looking to attract leads, higher ed on-page SEO becomes increasingly important—especially in today’s SEO best practices. A well-crafted SEO strategy that includes on-page SEO techniques can significantly boost the visibility of your school’s web content, allowing you to be seen by your target audience on the search engine results page.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Debra Johns Debra Johns has been named assistant vice president for undergraduate admissions at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She served as the senior associate director of admissions at Fairfield University. Johns earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Michael’s College in Burlington, Vermont, and a master’s in education from the University of Vermont.
The PIE News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
This week, we spent five minutes with Charlie MacGregor, founder and CEO of Netherlands-headquartered The Social Hub. What started as The Student Hotel in 2006 in the Netherlands – as a student accommodation provider – has grown into a hybrid hospitality concept combining student accommodation, hotel, extended stay rooms, co-working facilities, meeting and event spaces – all under one roof.
FIRE
DECEMBER 13, 2023
HR927 threatens freedom of expression on college campuses by admonishing the presidents for rightly standing up to calls for blanket censorship of students.
Educause
DECEMBER 13, 2023
To help implement one of the three strategic priorities in the recently released EDUCAUSE Strategic Plan, the association has created a new EDUCAUSE Corporate Engagement Program, designed to strengthen the collaboration between private industry and higher education institutions.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Higher education’s embrace of hybrid work environments began slowly years ago but picked up steam in 2020. Now, many higher ed institutions have a mix of staff, faculty and students engaging in remote work, teaching and learning a major percentage of their time. These hybrid work and learning environments present unique challenges when it comes to outsourcing IT tasks.
FIRE
DECEMBER 13, 2023
HR927 threatens freedom of expression on college campuses by admonishing the presidents for rightly standing up to calls for blanket censorship of students.
HEPI
DECEMBER 13, 2023
This blog was kindly authored by John Brennan, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Research at the Open University and Visiting Professor at the University of Bath. This piece is the first part of two on the topic of flexible learning pathways. The second part will discuss how flexible pathways can be delivered and will be published tomorrow. Higher education is changing.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Better serving students in career preparation requires a strong understanding of what’s working and what isn’t, plus creative ideas for making career-focused events enticing and boosting utilization of available supports. Cross-campus discussion of three key questions can help. Getting students to engage with campus career centers—and, more specifically, to engage early in their college careers with services and events provided by these centers—has been a nearly universal challenge within higher
Campus Technology
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Pacific College of Health and Science (PCHS) has chosen Anthology's Blackboard Learn Ultra as its new learning management system. The decision occurred after a competitive review, the institution said.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Another six universities are under investigation for alleged discrimination involving shared ancestry, according to the Education Department’s updated list of open inquiries.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Media attention to Ivy League schools distracts from the much more important—and undersupported—public university system. The past decades have seen huge increases in costs at public institutions of higher education. Measured in constant dollars, in the 1963–1964 academic year, tuition, room and board at four-year public institutions was $8,491. By 2021–2022 that figure was $21,878—almost three times as high.
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 13, 2023
A former Arizona State University technology employee faces 14 felony counts after an internal audit found he allegedly misspent thousands in university funds over four years.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Higher education infrastructure is almost always being asked to do more. To handle more devices connected at the same time. To hold up when those devices demand more bandwidth and computing power. To support those devices wherever they’re operated and to respond when the newest storage, security, software and cloud solutions are introduced into the ecosystem.
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