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.

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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

Those graduates enrolled in college within one year at higher rates than the prior cohort, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.

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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.

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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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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.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Federal Anti-Hazing Bill Moves One Step Closer to Becoming Law kathryn.palmer… Thu, 09/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Lawmakers have been trying to pass federal anti-hazing legislation for years, to no avail. On Wednesday, that aspiration got the closest it’s been to becoming reality.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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?

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FIRE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

City’s animal shelter deleted or hid over 400 comments from the public, mostly critical of its euthanasia policy.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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

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Creatrix Campus

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Campus Transport Revolution: Automated Bus Scheduling Systems You Never Knew Existed admin Thu, 09/12/2024 - 21:04 Delays in campus transportation may be irritating for students, faculty, and administrators, leaving everyone concerned about arrival times and safety. This blog looks at how an innovative mobile app is altering transportation management in higher education.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

On September 10, the University of North Texas (UNT) announced that faculty senate committees and networking groups focusing on employees of color, women, and other communities would be cut in compliance with the state’s ban on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives, according to an email obtained by The Dallas Morning News. Eliminated networking groups included those for new faculty, Christians, Asian Pacific Islanders, Black employees, and staffers from other countries.

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