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What’s next for the test-optional movement?

Higher Ed Dive

Yale, Brown and Cornell universities have all revived their testing requirements, raising questions about whether other institutions will follow suit.

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Designing good charts to communicate higher education data

Wonkhe

TASO’s Luke Arundel has been thinking about how to communicate effectively with charts, with some examples from an access and participation context The post Designing good charts to communicate higher education data appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Sonoma State leader resigns after announcing unapproved deal with student protesters

Higher Ed Dive

Mike Lee stepped down a day after the California State University system placed him on leave over “insubordination.

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Making Horizon Europe’s successor work for UK research

Wonkhe

The shape of the next EU framework programme is a live issue. Douglas Dowell presents the Russell Group’s policy asks The post Making Horizon Europe’s successor work for UK research appeared first on Wonkhe.

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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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Higher Ed Must Adapt to Meet the Needs of Learners Today

MindMax

There was a great opinion piece in Inside Higher Ed recently calling on Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California to intentionally create small public liberal arts colleges alongside the many existing large ones. The article states, “Today’s college students look different than their Boomer forebears, and public higher education should meet the needs of today’s students, not the students of fifty years ago.

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A Growing Number of Community Colleges Are Building HBCU Pipelines

Inside Higher Ed

A Growing Number of Community Colleges Are Building HBCU Pipelines Sara Weissman Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Washtenaw Community College and other institutions are working with historically Black colleges and universities to help their students transfer, particularly in states without HBCUs.

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For Some Frustrated Students, the FAFSA Is Still Broken

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Some students are still stuck in the federal-aid system — and they're demoralized. By Eric Hoover eric petersen for the chronicle Despite recent fixes, the federal-aid form continues to hinder low-income applicants on the cusp of college.

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The STEM pipeline begins in high school

Higher Ed Dive

How one nonprofit is offering immersive astrophysics, biochemistry, genomics and synthetic chemistry to teens.

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Interim Suspensions Leave MIT Student Protesters Stranded

Inside Higher Ed

Interim Suspensions Leave MIT Student Protesters Stranded Johanna Alonso Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM The university, which is home to a large number of families, gave suspended students a week to find new lodgings. Administrators said they acted in the interest of the rights of everyone on campus.

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3 reasons accounts receivable management in higher education suffers — and how to fix them

Higher Ed Dive

With the right tools, institutions can support student’s financial journeys and protect enrollments.

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War of the Hybrid Worlds 2024: Going Where We've Never Gone Before

Campus Technology

The global pandemic thrust online teaching to the forefront. Online enrollments rose while campus enrollments declined. Is face-to-face teaching doomed? Will virtual campuses be the norm? Is there no middle ground?

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Beyond the Balance Sheet: Tracing the Evolution of UK Universities’ Internationalisation Over 40 Years

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Vincenzo Raimo. Vincenzo is an independent international higher education consultant and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading where he was previously Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement. HEPI has recently published research on the impact of the Graduate Route visa with Kaplan, the National Union of Students and London Economics: you can read it here.

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Student Visa Denials Threaten U.S. Competitiveness

Inside Higher Ed

Student Visa Denials Threaten U.S. Competitiveness Elizabeth Redden Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:24 AM College leaders should focus immigration lobbying efforts on state lawmakers, in addition to federal ones, Samba Dieng writes.

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Managing Data Exfiltration Risks with Open Access in Higher Ed

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Colleges and universities are prime targets for cyberattackers, mainly because they’re a goldmine of valuable data including student and staff personal information, research results and financial records. It’s no longer about trying to fend off attacks or kicking out the bad actors once they’re in. Keeping a tight lid on data leaving higher education systems, thereby preventing data exfiltration, is a key part of a solid cyberdefense strategy.

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Re-Evaluating the ‘Essay Carveout’

Inside Higher Ed

Re-Evaluating the ‘Essay Carveout’ Liam Knox Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM After the Supreme Court barred affirmative action, many selective colleges added essay prompts focused on identity and diversity. Will they hold up under legal scrutiny?

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Report Suggests Promoting Transfer Pathways Can Help Reduce Costs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The potential for community college students and adults with some college credit to obtain a future degree is limited by a higher education system that has not fully embraced the many pathways today’s learners take to complete a degree, according to a new white paper from the Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice’s (CHEPP). Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice has released white paper examining transfer credit pathways to student success.

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How Video Bars Enhance Hybrid Learning in Higher Education

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Since the world changed in the spring of 2020, academic institutions have adapted their learning environments to support both hybrid and remote learning. Today, universities are incorporating technologies such as high-end cameras, ceiling- and table-mounted microphones, and large digital displays to transform what were traditional classrooms and lecture halls.

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Updated ACE Report Reveals Progress, Persistent Disparities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Though the number Hispanic and Black students enrolling in undergraduate programs has increased in recent years, completion rates continue to lag somewhat behind, according to a report released by the American Council on Education (ACE). Dr. Ted Mitchell “ The Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: 2024 Status Report ” comprises updated data showing significant disparities in attainment levels among underrepresented groups by race and ethnicity despite growing diversity.

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Thousands Weigh In on Biden’s Debt Relief Plan

Inside Higher Ed

Thousands Weigh In on Biden’s Debt Relief Plan Katherine Knott Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Public comments show sharp divides over a proposal to provide debt relief to nearly 28 million student loan borrowers.

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Providing Wraparound Services for UCONN’s Asian American Studies

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Within Hartford, Connecticut, lies a vast community made up of people from across the Asian continent. The Asian population in Hartford County alone totals more than 53,000, making it one of the counties in the state with the most Asian residents. This marks an increase of more than 15,000 Asian people in the county since 2010. The city and area hold a large population of people from places such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, along with more recent refugees from Afghanistan and Syria, accor

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Ensuring International Students’ Career Success

Inside Higher Ed

Ensuring International Students’ Career Success Sarah Bray Mon, 05/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Sherry Wang and Merab Mushfiq offer several strategies to help international students overcome the challenges their North American peers don’t confront as often.

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Leading Toward Impact: Diversity and Leadership in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nation and its colleges and universities have wrestled with racial injustice and the challenges of diversity for centuries. Cans were kicked down the road from the Constitutional founders to the Civil War to the long-hoped gains of the 1960s civil rights era. There have been twists and turns, steps forward and back. A confounding hurdle since the 1970s and 1980s has been the aspiration to increase the number of previously underrepresented, especially people of color, in the ranks of universi

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Protesters Target Officials with Body Bags, Cockroaches

Inside Higher Ed

While pro-Palestinian campus protests have been largely peaceful, recent incidents have raised concerns as demonstrators have appeared at official’s homes and caused property damage.

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OfS report paints “bleak” financial picture for English HE

The PIE News

Higher education providers should “re-test their assumptions” about domestic and international student growth amid an uncertain future – that was the message from the Office for Students, following on from its financial sustainability annual review. The regulator is calling on providers in England to “look carefully” at the credibility of their forecasts and make changes to funding models after the review found a decline in financial performance in 2022-23.

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Summer Social Media Manager Guide

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

Summer’s here, but the pressure to deliver outstanding social media results isn’t taking a break. Whether you’re part of a team or a team of one, I want you to know you’re not in this alone. Social media is far from the days when I first became a strategist. Myspace, “The Facebook” and Instagram when it was only available on iPhones.

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Common App Sets Goal to Increase Reach to Low-Income Students, Publishes Findings of Pilot Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The nonprofit Common Application, which offers an online tool that many students use when looking to pursue an undergraduate education, is not being used by enough students who are from lower-income backgrounds, according to the organization’s inaugural Equity Innovations Guide. Emma Steele The organization is making deliberate moves to fix that disparity.

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A generation of students is being ripped off – and our blood should be boiling | Zoe Williams

The Guardian - Higher Education

Politicians talk about tuition fees as if the students were somehow getting a good deal. In reality, they’re being shockingly exploited Whether or not universities are at risk of going bust is often talked about like a second-order problem. Sure, it’s sad and all, but is it as serious as a local authority going bankrupt ? Is anyone actually going to die if non-Russell Group universities can no longer afford to run humanities degrees?

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Former Virginia Mayor Tapped to Lead Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship at George Mason University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

George Mason University’s Donald G. Costello College of Business has tapped David Tarter to be the executive director for the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship (CREE) and Master’s in Real Estate Development Program. David Tarter Tarter plans to work toward expanding experiential learning opportunities and building up the center and the college’s real estate programs, which support graduate, undergraduate, and non-degree academic programs.

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UK education businesses win top trade prize

The PIE News

Three higher education institutions have been honoured with the most prestigious award for UK businesses – the King’s Awards for Enterprise. The winners, including Times Higher Education, UK upmarket teen educator Oxford Royale Academy and the University of Hertfordshire , were announced on May 6. Paul Howarth THE CEO said receiving the “prestigious award” was an “an absolute career highlight for me and an amazing seal of approval for the tremendous work THE does for one of the world’s most

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EVANGELINE R. POINTER

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Evangeline R. Pointer Evangeline R. Pointer as been appointed director of alumni affairs and engagement at South Carolina State University. She served as associate vice president/strategy and planning consultant for the chief operations officer on the Strategic Programs and Enterprise Change Management Team at Wells Fargo. Pointer holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from South Carolina State and an MBA in management from Strayer University.

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OfS report paints “bleak” financial picture for English HE

The PIE News

The regulator suggests to providers that they should be making changes to funding models The worst case scenario is a significant reduction in international student numbers, which could mean 80% of institutions in deficit Former unis minister Jo Johnson called on government to allow domestic fees to rise with inflation Higher education providers should “re-test their assumptions” about domestic and international student growth amid an uncertain future – that was the message fro

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EILEEN CHIA-CHING FUNG

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Eileen Chia-Ching Fung Eileen Chia-Ching Fung has been named provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of San Francisco. She served as interim provost and vice president of academic affairs. Fung holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from UCLA and a Ph.D. in medieval English literature from UC Santa Barbara.

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Nineteen Protesters Taken Into Police Custody at Penn

Inside Higher Ed

Police in Philadelphia detained 19 pro-Palestinian protesters, including seven students, at the University of Pennsylvania Friday night during a demonstration on campus. The protesters had entered and were attempting to occupy Fisher-Bennett Hall.

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EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: Leadership Transitions

Educause

Any leadership transition can be hard for an institution, but CFO/CBO transitions appear to be especially challenging for technology teams. Early and frequent communication with new leaders, as well as strategic alignment, can help.

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7 Storytelling Social Media Strategies for Higher Ed

Caylor Solutions

Let’s be honest, in social media, commercials don’t work. Here are seven key social media strategies you can use to start trending. The post 7 Storytelling Social Media Strategies for Higher Ed appeared first on Caylor Solutions.

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Toward a Sector-Wide AI Tutor R&D Program

eLiterate

EdTech seems to go through perpetual cycles of infatuation and disappointment with some new version of a personalized one-on-one tutor available to every learner everywhere. The recent strides in generative AI give me hope that the goal may finally be within reach this time. That said, I see the same sloppiness that marred so many EdTech infatuation moments.