Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Those graduates enrolled in college within one year at higher rates than the prior cohort, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The number one way to accommodate disabled students is by giving them extra time - but it's increasingly time they don't have.
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Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
All 17 of the network’s colleges had until the beginning of this month to comply with the system ban on diversity, equity and inclusion jobs and offices.
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to an anti-establishment bastion of the establishment
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Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Should Sasse’s Résumé Have Raised Red Flags? Josh Moody Thu, 09/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Ben Sasse abruptly stepped down as president of the University of Florida in July. Some critics blame the board, arguing they missed shortcomings on his unusual CV.
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The long-delayed final release from the 2022-23 HESA Student collection shows us where students come from.
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Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Jim Dickinson laments the state of proposed renters' reforms when considered through a student lens, and considers how they might be repaired Jim Dickinson laments the state of proposed renter’s reforms when considered through a student lens, and considers how they might be repaired.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
North Carolina’s four-year public universities have eliminated 59 positions and “realigned” about 130 more since the University of North Carolina Board of Governors repealed the system’s DEI policy,
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
This week on the podcast over the summer the government paused implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act - but should it have, and what will happen next?
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Alleging ‘Negligence,' Fordham Files to Cut Ties With 2U Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 09/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The university claims the online program manager, now in the process of restructuring through a bankruptcy, long ignored pleas to place students in social work programs.
Campus Technology
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Western Governors University has announced the acquisition of Craft Education, an ed tech platform for managing job training aligned with degree programs and work-ready skills.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Fourteen percent of Harvard University’s Class of 2028 identify as Black or African American, a drop of four percentage points from last year, according to institutional data released Wednesday. The news comes a little over a year after the Supreme Court ruled against the university in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, one of two cases that resulted in the end of affirmative action.
Campus Technology
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
In an effort to boost student success in STEM subjects, Oregon's George Fox University has partnered with STEM learning platform Numerade to offer students free access to the company's video tutoring platform.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
A Career Option Humanities Ph.D.s Should Consider Sarah Bray Thu, 09/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Jobs in career advising for grad students call on the natural skills of such Ph.D.s and are both fulfilling and in demand, writes Yoonha Shin.
The Guardian - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Expanding access to Oxbridge and other leading institutions would boost social mobility, say authors of new book Strictly limiting the numbers of private school pupils attending Oxford, Cambridge and other leading universities is a “radical” move needed to boost UK social mobility and improve access to elite professions, according to the authors of a new book.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The number of students who filled out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid is now 2.5 percent behind the 2022–23 cycle, an Education Department spokesperson said during a press call Wednesday.
Educause
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Judith Conklin, CIO of the Library of Congress, discusses embedding digital strategies into the Library's new strategic plan to increase accessibility and innovation. She highlights efforts to digitize the Library's collections, explore the use of artificial intelligence, and maintain strong cybersecurity.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The University of North Texas has eliminated employee groups for women, people of color and other communities in response to SB 17, Texas’s bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, The Dallas Morning News
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
International students are being taken advantage of and continue to live in unsuitable conditions, despite the imposed cap and ongoing efforts of organisations working hard to find solutions. “The study permit cap won’t solve the long-term problem of a shortage of housing,” said Julia Oravec, director with the rented residential market data and advisory firm BONARD.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The Walt Disney Company is scaling back its popular tuition assistance program for employees, Disney Aspire, WKMG reported. The program will no longer cover the cost of master’s programs or some short-term trade certificates.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The IC3 Institute , a volunteer organisation that supports high schools around the world with guidance and training resources, has highlighted the five Indian states that account for almost half of all student suicide cases. According to the report , Student Suicides: An Epidemic Sweeping India Volume 2, Maharashtra (1,764), Tamil Nadu (1,416), Madhya Pradesh (1,340), Uttar Pradesh (1060), and Jharkhand (824), account for 49% of the total student suicide cases in India.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will have to pay an Iranian-born former cancer researcher $3 million in damages after a federal jury sided with the employee, who said she was harassed for years because of her nationality, AL.com reported.
Campus Technology
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Seventy-seven percent of institutions across K-12 and higher education have uncovered a cyber attack on their infrastructure within the past 12 months, according to a new survey from cybersecurity company Netwrix.
The Guardian - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Snobbery and a lack of transparency around Labour’s review of vocational qualifications may be why there isn’t more outrage Have you heard that an axe is dangling over courses being taken by 590,000 16-to 18-year-olds in England? Or that Labour’s commitment to “pause and review” Tory plans to scrap more than 100 popular qualifications, including BTecs, has been translated – now they are in power – into a secretive internal process run by civil servants?
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on October 22, 2018 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ knowledge of the day’s reading material; and second, it provides a focus for the lecture and activities scheduled that day in class.
Dr. Josie Ahlquist
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
We often rely on students to manage social media for various accounts — from university-wide channels to department and academic program pages. However, busy schedules, limited resources, and time constraints can make providing these students with the training they need difficult.
The Guardian - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Exercise need not be complicated, boring or expensive. There are plenty of activities to choose from – and you can even get fit from the comfort of your university bedroom Even if you are still reeling from memories of always being picked last for team sports or feeling body-conscious in PE changing rooms, university could be the perfect time to kickstart your fitness journey and reframe how you feel about exercise.
ACRLog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
via Everett Collection Summer’s done, in case you haven’t heard. Tree leaves are turning yellow and being blown off their branches. We’re putting away our camp collar shirts, Birkenstocks, and frozen cocktails, and breaking out the wool sweaters, Blundstones, and hearty soup. Pool parties? More like gathering around a campfire late into the Fall – at least where I’m from, in the Great White North of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Addressing a ransomware attack is a costly process. Leaders are faced with sky-high recovery costs to restore computers, recover data and bolster their security systems to ensure they never fall victim again. But just how much are school leaders spending? In 2023, we saw a record-breaking number of ransomware attacks with 121 against K12 schools and higher education institutions, according to a new analysis from Comparitech, a cybersecurity and privacy product review site.
FIRE
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
City’s animal shelter deleted or hid over 400 comments from the public, mostly critical of its euthanasia policy.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) released its 2024 HBCU Economic Impact Report, detailing how historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have been drivers for social mobility and economic growth throughout the nation. The report, " Transforming Futures: The Economic Engines of HBCUs", commissioned by UNCF’s Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute (FDPRI), is a comprehensive, data-driven analysis pointing out that HBCUs generate $16.5 billion in direct economic impact nationally.
LSE Higher Education Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
LSE HE Blog Fellow Richard Watermeyer talks to four professors about the state of the professoriate in the UK and internationally
Caylor Solutions
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
In these challenging times, marketers must be more than storytellers. We must be leaders who help in strategic planning. Here’s why. The post Leadership at the Forefront: Secure Your Seat in Strategic Planning appeared first on Caylor Solutions.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Institutions reporting to the Higher Learning Commission have a chance to shake up their bachelor’s degrees after the accrediting body introduced an application process for reduced-credit programs. It’s the latest move by a major higher education stakeholder to shake up the 120-credit credential. “This is a new initiative that we believe can move higher education forward in meeting today’s needs of both students and our institutions,” Barbara Gellman-Danley, the accreditor’s p
Liaison International
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
In today’s increasingly digital world, colleges and universities must utilize a variety of marketing strategies to reach prospective students. While digital marketing is essential, traditional methods like direct mail and variable print continue to play a crucial role in comprehensive marketing campaigns. Here’s why these methods are important for higher education marketing: Tangibility and Personalization Variable print offers a tangible connection that digital mediums often lack.
HEPI
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Nathalie Hulbert , Content Marketing Manager at Instructure. It would be misleading to imply that there was a time when the average student didn’t struggle to make ends meet. But rewind 10 years or so, and for most, being a ‘broke student’ meant embracing the beans-on-toast, £2-quad-vod lifestyle. It certainly didn’t mean working 50+ hours a week and questioning the financial viability of continued study.
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