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Debates over higher education funding tend to focus on fees and maintenance - but whats going on beneath the surface?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Federal Funding Uncertainty Prompts Hiring Freezes Josh Moody Wed, 02/19/2025 - 03:00 AM Proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health reimbursement rates have created financial headaches for universities, prompting cost-cutting measures at even the richest institutions.

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A new access and participation evidence library is coming.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

BY HANK REICHMAN The recently published Winter issue of Academe,devoted to the theme of “higher education in wartime,” which I guest-edited, includes three articles by Ukrainian scholars. Odesa historian and philosopher Oksana Dovgopolova writes movingly about the impact of the war on her institution.

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As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Closing With Dignity Elizabeth Redden Wed, 02/19/2025 - 03:00 AM In part one of a three-part series, the former senior leadership team of Cabrini University explains the decision to close and what came after.

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AACC

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Season 9, Episode 8: Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Wont Matter In this episode, we talk to Kathleen deLaski, the author of the new bookWho Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Wont Matter. Kathleen deLaski is the founder and board chair ofEducation Lab Design, which works with colleges to […] The post Community College Voice Podcast: Season 9, Episode 8 first appeared on AACC.

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FIRE

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Government agents storming into a museum and taking down art isnt the sort of thing thats supposed to happen in America. But thats exactly what happened in Fort Worth, Texas.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Thinking Out Loud With AI mnelson@upcea.edu Wed, 02/19/2025 - 03:00 AM What the newest developments in artificial intelligence mean for faculty, staff and administrators.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill to give faculty and staff a voice on university governing boards, and its fate now rests with the governor. House Bill 1621 (HB1621) requires that public higher education governing boards, including the State Board for Community Colleges, boards of visitors for four-year universities, and local community college boards, appoint nonvoting faculty and staff representatives to serve as advisory members.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Fewer Colleges Sharing Profits With OPMs kathryn.palmer Wed, 02/19/2025 - 03:00 AM University partnerships with the companies are down over all, according to new data, but more institutions are opting to pay OPMs la carte for specific services, including counseling, enrollment and marketing.

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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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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

First Amendment News is a weekly blog and newsletter about free expression issues by Ronald K. L. Collins and is editorially independent from FIRE.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Seton Hall Sues Former President Josh Moody Wed, 02/19/2025 - 06:18 PM Seton Hall University sued former President Joseph Nyre, alleging he leaked documents in an effort to paint his successor in a bad light. Nyre filed his own explosive lawsuit last year.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Scheduled for Feb 20, 2025. The Spring 2024 Inclusive Growth and Racial Equity Thought Leadership Lecture Series will feature a fireside chat with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Professor of History, Director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research, and National Book Award-winning Author.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Listen: Making Time and Space for Career Development in the Academic Calendar Ashley Mowreader Wed, 02/19/2025 - 03:00 AM An annual event at Lebanon Valley College replaces classes for a day to provide career and life skills to students through workshops, an etiquette dinner, financial advising and employer connections.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

TASO's Omar Khan presents evidence that inequality is a factor in a growing student demand for mental health support

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Higher education groups including the American Council on Education, EdTrust and the American Association of University Professors are urging colleges and universities to stay calm and not overreact to the latest guidance issued by the Education Departments Office for Civil Rights late Friday.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Voluntary attendance. Online classes. Student numbers swelling. Australian campuses look very different today and many academics dont like it Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Its easy to picture a university campus. The manicured lawns packed with students reading books in the sun, the commanding academic in a bustling lecture hall, the cheap beer at the student pub after class, debate getting livelier after each glass.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The fear-fueled call to abandon core principles that uplift economies and empower individuals took an authoritarian turn last Friday when college leaders received a Eloy Ortiz Oakley Dear Colleague letter from the U.S. Department of Education s Office of Civil Rights. Before our nations college leaders and society at large react to the political zeitgeist and tear down the actual practice of mindfully seeking fairness and justice, lets level set on what it is we are talking about here.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

This is my third and final article and I want to use it to talk about geographical territories. Every agent wants a global contract from their university partners because it allows the business to grow. I believe there are only two or three agencies in the world that can truly claim to be global – but many more agencies will ask for that contract, and get it.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Reading Time: 8 minutes As a school administrator or marketer, youre likely already familiar with the challenges of traditional admissions processes: manual paperwork, miscommunication, long timelines, and a lack of transparency. Implementing an online enrollment system can revolutionize your institution’s operations. It can help you create a seamless experience for prospective students while significantly easing administrative burdens.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The AI platform Capio , which launched last week as a separate legal entity to ApplyBoard, promises an “end-to-end” system that helps universities manage their international student enrolment. “The international education sector is experiencing unprecedented transformation, yet institutions continue to rely on disconnected legacy systems and manual processes,” said Capio’s general manager, Darin Lee. “We created Capio to revolutionise how institutions approach

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University Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Colleges happily grade students and evaluate faculty but are often not thrilled by the published report cards they receive as institutions. Every September, school administrators find themselves clamoring in anticipation of the latest release of U.S. News & World Reports Best National University Rankings, each aspiring to be atop the list. But the usual top-ranked schools according to U.S.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Crow has been president of ASU for 23 years, and is credited with designing the New American University model, which demonstrates simultaneous educational access, comprehensive excellence, and social impact. The university’s figures paint a fascinating picture: a total of 183,000 current enrolments. In the fall of 2024 alone, ASU welcomed a whopping 17,000 incoming first-year undergraduate students.

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Today's Learner

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes This February 2025, were honoring Black History Month. The 2025theme is “ African Americans and Labor,” emphasizing the impact Black Americans have made through various working roles. Wed like to recognize the significant contributions of three Black educators who helped shape the future of higher education, breaking down barriers and inspiring generations of learners and educational leaders.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As well as removing trade barriers, the government should encourage more links between UK and Indian universities as it increasingly looks to India to drive its economic growth, Gareth Thomas, minister for services, small businesses and exports, told a conference. The relationship is changing, Indias economy is growing so fast, and its now very much a country that Britain is looking at to drive output, so I think well see more and more Brits heading to India to live and work and study going forw

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Your social media manager isnt the right person to determine how you use (or dont use) social listening. And theyre not the only end user of insightsfar from it. To demonstrate, consider how social listening is leveraged to produce social intelligence for the entertainment industry. Im adding the higher ed equivalent [ in brackets ]. To support TV and movie projects [ universities and colleges ], the marketing or PR department hires an agency to gather social intelligence from consumers and fans

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University Business

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Ever since taking a culinary class her sophomore year, Jahsmine Son knew she wanted to work in the food industry. The Cambridge Rindge and Latin high school senior has won a statewide competition in restaurant management and culinary arts. Her dream is to manage her own restaurantbut shed like to attend college first. So when she heard about Johnson and Wales new three-year bachelors degree program in hospitality management, she jumped at the opportunity to apply.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Ed Blum Takes a Victory Lap Liam Knox Wed, 02/19/2025 - 03:00 AM The architect of the affirmative action ban got everything he wanted, first from the Supreme Court, then from the Trump administration. Hes still not satisfied.

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FIRE

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

From JD Vance's free speech critique of Europe to the Trump administration barring the Associated Press from the Oval Office, free speech news is buzzing. General Counsel Ronnie London and Chief Counsel Bob Corn-Revere unpack the latest.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The U.S. Naval Academys provost told faculty last week not to use course readings or other materials that promote critical race theory, gender ideology and other topics targeted by the Trump administration, The Baltimore Banner reported.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Students and staff have been left reeling after the US State Department issued a temporary 15-day pause on federal funding for all current and future grant disbursements this year, which took effect on February 12. While we have no indication that funding will be discontinued permanently, the ripple effect of uncertainty caused by the State Departments action without notice, explanation or public statement, is profound, Melissa Torres, president of the Forum on Education Abroad told The PIE News

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

In 2025 the state of American education is more precarious than ever. Many public schools, especially those in underfunded urban and rural areas, are failing their students. The term "failing schools" is often thrown around in political debates, but what does it actually mean? And how did we get here? The Markers of Failure Failing schools are characterized by a combination of low test scores, declining graduation rates, poor teacher retention, crumbling infrastructure, and high student absentee

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Academe Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

BY MARJORIE HEINS Harvard Universitys announcement last month that it has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism was a sufficiently serious blow to academic freedom at that hallowed institution that it motivated me, as a graduate of Harvard Law School, to submit a letter toHarvard, the alumnimagazine.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

President of NYU College Republicans Resigns After Inappropriate Barron Trump Comments Katherine Knott Wed, 02/19/2025 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Katherine Knott

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Efforts to modify or eliminate tenure protections for university professors are gaining traction in state legislatures, with proposed bills in Kentucky and Kansas aiming to redefine faculty employment standards. In Kentucky, House Bill 424, sponsored by Republican Rep. James Tipton, would require public college and university professors to undergo performance and productivity reviews at least every four years.

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