Over 30 tenured faculty face layoffs under University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee plan
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 15, 2024
The institution’s chancellor recommended closing a general studies college that supports two-year degrees.
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TNE, or not TNE, is not the question
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AUGUST 15, 2024
Piers Wall and Shannon Stowers consider the importance of quality oversight for the UK's transnational provision. The post TNE, or not TNE, is not the question appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Embattled Columbia University president departs, interim leader named
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 15, 2024
Dr. Katrina Armstrong, Columbia’s faculties of health sciences dean, has taken over as the Ivy League institution’s interim president effective immediately.
A level results day, 2024
Wonkhe
AUGUST 15, 2024
All the results, all the analysis, and all the clearing action from JCQ results day 2024 The post A level results day, 2024 appeared first on Wonkhe.
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A Year Ago, Women Were the Majority Among Ivy League Presidents. Now Most of Them Have Quit.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
By Eric Kelderman Francis Chung, POLITICO, AP Nemat (Minouche) Shafik resigned on Wednesday as president of Columbia University. While these leaders represent a handful of highly selective colleges, the vitriol they faced over pro-Palestinian protests stands out.
A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Dr. Tryan L. McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed. in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University, an historically Black university in Durham, North Carolina.
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Increased Financial Aid Can Increase Demand for Basic Needs Services
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
A new survey from New Mexico shows that nearly 60 percent of students are food insecure. Experts say that number likely rose when the state’s free-tuition program made college more accessible for low-income learners. In the fall of 2019, after years of declining enrollment, higher education institutions in New Mexico were seeking a new way to attract adult learners in the hopes of matching the state’s peak head count of around 154,000 postsecondary students, last achieved in 2010.
Olympic controversies underscore importance of free speech culture
FIRE
AUGUST 15, 2024
When cultures clash, we should resist carrying the torch for censorship.
FAFSA Night Live!
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
In Kentucky, federal student aid form completion is down by double digits from last year. State officials hosted a 12-hour telethon in a castle to help close the gap. Everything glittered at the first-ever Kentucky FAFSAthon. The buntings and tablecloths shone gold under the fill lights, as did the hosts, Casi Benedict and Keith Ritchie, who sported a matching gold dress and bowtie, respectively.
How Higher Ed Taps Wi-Fi 6E to Expand Wireless Access
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Wireless needs on campus are expanding at a rapid pace. “Three years ago, students were bringing two and a half devices on average to campus that needed Wi-Fi access. Today they’re bringing four and a half,” says Michael Mathews, vice president of global learning and innovation at Oral Roberts University. With students increasingly dependent on Wi-Fi in classrooms, labs and dorms, a robust wireless capability “is a baseline infrastructure expectation,” says Dorothy Stanley, IEEE member and chair
UK sends welcome message to international students
The PIE News
AUGUST 15, 2024
Watch below as the UK government sends out a welcoming message to international students and explains the benefits of the Graduate Route visa and the strengths of the British education system. The post UK sends welcome message to international students appeared first on The PIE News.
John Stuart Mill's lasting impact on the Supreme Court
FIRE
AUGUST 15, 2024
How has 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill influenced America's conception of free speech and the First Amendment?
The Idea Fueling the Student Protest Movement
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Are colleges facing — and facilitating — an intellectual crisis? By Evan Goldstein Luis Sinco, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images Are colleges facing — and facilitating — an intellectual crisis?
Judge Tosses Professors’ Suit Against Indiana’s ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
On Wednesday, a judge dismissed a lawsuit that had sought to invalidate the parts of a new Indiana law requiring public colleges and universities to deny tenure to professors who are “unlikely to foster … intellectual diversity” and requiring post-tenure reviews that consider whether tenured professors have provided “intellectual
Campus Protests Are Coming Back. Students and Administrators Are Digging In.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows M. Scott Brauer for The Chronicle Student groups lead a pro-Palestinian protest in April on the U. of Washington’s campus in Seattle. Pro-Palestinian student activists plan to meet colleges’ enhanced restrictions on free expression with an equal and opposite force.
University of Florida Provost Returning After Less Than Two Months at Arizona
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
Joseph Glover just started as the University of Arizona's provost on July 1, but he’s already leaving. He’s returning to an institution that’s having its own share of abrupt leadership changes. Glover, who was the University of Florida’s provost for 15 years before leaving that role in July 2023, is now heading back to Florida to be the interim provost.
5 ways to turn underused space into a vibrant environment
University Business
AUGUST 15, 2024
Our old school cafeteria was sitting unloved, waiting for someone to come along and repurpose it into a more useful, engaging space for the modern learning environment. We have a lot of clubs on campus that needed a place to convene, plus students who really wanted a place where they could go and hang out between classes. So, we had the 7,000-square-foot space ready to convert, but before we started, we really wanted to get student feedback on what they wanted from the space, how they planned to
Scaling Up: Expanding Entrepreneurship Across Campus
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
American University’s Kogod School of Business grew its center for entrepreneurship to encourage and engage all students on the topic via three strategic pillars. Like any good startup, a college’s entrepreneurship program requires time, resource investment and creative thinking. At American University in D.C., the Kogod School of Business launched an entrepreneurship initiative in 2014 that has grown over the past decade to include an undergraduate minor, business incubator and regular campus-w
A-levels results: pupils in England achieve best results since 2010
The Guardian - Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Proportion of top grades is best outside pandemic but results in Wales and Northern Ireland fall compared with last year A-level results – live updates Sixth-formers in England are enjoying a bumper crop of top A-level results, surpassing previous pre-pandemic highs in the proportion of A* and A grades awarded, thanks in part to strong performances in maths and sciences.
How History Can Reclaim Its Relevance in the 21st Century
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
Reengaging history with the social sciences and contemporary challenges. The discipline of history, while continuing to produce valuable scholarship, is in a rut. The kind of methodological, conceptual and theoretical breakthroughs that took place in the 1970s—with the rise of the new social and new cultural history and the opening of wholly new fields, such as environmental history, the new labor history, urban history, and women’s history—are now a half century in the past.
Visa restrictions on international students will not be lifted under Labour
The PIE News
AUGUST 15, 2024
Labour’s education secretary Bridget Phillipson has reiterated that the government does “not intend” to lift the visa restrictions on international students imposed by the previous conservative government. When asked in an interview with Sky News if Conservative “visa restrictions” for international students should be reversed, Phillipson replied: “We don’t intend to change that.” “But what I do say is that international students who come to our country and study do
GAO: Half of Borrowers Were Current on Loan Payments in January
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
Nearly 30 percent of borrowers were past due on their student loan payments in January of this year, a few months after the federal government lifted the pause on payments, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found in a new report.
Student psychotherapist wins apology over expulsion for gender-critical views
The Guardian - Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
James Esses lost place at Metanoia Institute in London after he campaigned against proposed conversion practices ban A student psychotherapist who was expelled from his master’s course after expressing gender-critical views has received an apology from the training institute where he was studying. James Esses has reached a settlement with the Metanoia Institute in London, which specialises in training counsellors and psychotherapists.
Pulling Down the List
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
Declining Enrollments Hit Public Regional Universities A couple of weeks ago, I discovered this great article from Sarah Torres Lugo and Sarah Pingel, “Dueling Institutions: Intentionally Supporting Public Research and Regional Universities Amid Declining Enrollment.” in the latest issue of Change Magazine.
Canada cap objectives being met, early data reveals
The PIE News
AUGUST 15, 2024
The data shows an overall decrease in study permits from January – June 2024, with the bulk of the decline occurring from April – June after a lag period from when the caps were announced in January. “My take, after talking with others, is that it is meeting the federal government’s objectives,” former IRCC citizenship and multiculturalism director general Andrew Griffith told The PIE News.
Students Link Their Success to Affordability
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
Students across every institution type and demographic—including household income—link the cost of tuition to their academic success in a new analysis of Student Voice data. Students across income levels indicate paying for college impacts their academic success, according to a new analysis of data from Inside Higher Ed’s annual Student Voice survey with Generation Lab.
Uni recruitment and academic staff split on English test satisfaction
The PIE News
AUGUST 15, 2024
Staff working in recruitment were the most likely to have a positive view of the range of English language tests on offer, according to researchers presenting their findings at IELTS’ open day at the British Council headquarters in London’s Stratford on July 16. The project – a joint undertaking between the University of Cambridge, the University of Dundee and the British Council – involved interviews of a total of 63 university staff, including academic faculty, recruiters, people w
Holy Cross Donor Sues to Recoup $21 Million
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
A Holy Cross University donor is suing the institution in an effort to recoup $21 million, alleging that the university delayed construction on a performing arts center and was not transparent in how it used his funds, The Boston Globe reported.
Australia’s ESOS bill advances to Senate
The PIE News
AUGUST 15, 2024
The Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 has been passed through the lower house with the support of both major parties and is now with the Senate for consideration. Members of parliament had debated the bill, with some raising a number of concerns and therefore proposing amendments. The government supported only one amendment, which impacts the part of the bill concerning a cap on international enrolments.
Helping Students to Not Snub Each Other in Class
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 15, 2024
Jeremy T. Murphy outlines five ways to encourage them to shift their focus from the instructor to one another in whole class discussions. As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions. As we delivered our tentative remarks, we looked to our professor at the head of the table.
Fostering a New Era of Success: Cultivating Black Male Educators to Propel Student Achievement
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
The American education system faces a persistent and troubling gap: the significant underrepresentation of Black male educators. With Black males making up only about 2% of all educators nationwide, this issue is more than a diversity problem. It is a systemic crisis that impacts student outcomes and educational equity. Research underscores the profound impact of Black teachers on preK-12 student achievement, particularly for students from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds.
A-level results day as hundreds of thousands await their grades – live updates
The Guardian - Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Education secretary says grades are not expected to fall from last year as students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive results Private schools which could close as a result of the government’s plans to impose 20% VAT are already facing “big budget shortfalls”, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said. She told Sky News: Private schools are businesses that can make choices about how they manage their budgets, the level of fees that they charge, and ultimately, it’s about how at
Report Show Challenges, Strategies in Student Learning
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
Learning continues to be an obstacle for nearly a third of students, according to 2023-24 survey data released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Dr. Peggy G. Carr “In the latest data from the School Pulse Panel survey we are seeing signs of change in the areas of learning recovery and student absences in public schools.” said NCES Commissioner Dr.
Using Predictive Analytics for Student Success and Retention at Community Colleges
Liaison International
AUGUST 15, 2024
Key Takeaways: Predictive analytics in higher education leverages data to identify at-risk students early, allowing for timely and tailored interventions that improve retention and success rates. By analyzing variables such as academic performance, attendance, and socioeconomic factors, predictive analytics provides a comprehensive view of student risk, enabling proactive support.
Pupils achieve best A-level results in a generation but regional gap widens
The Guardian - Higher Education
AUGUST 15, 2024
North of England lags far behind south-east in national exam grades and university application rates Pupils achieved their best A-level results in a generation on Thursday with marks that highlighted the growing gap between the strongest and weakest-performing parts of the country. While the national exam grades were among the highest for decades, regional differences showed areas in the north lagging far behind the south-east.
Reforestation is more cost-effective than previously thought, study finds
The Berkeley Blog
AUGUST 15, 2024
Researchers found that well-planned reforestation projects have up to 10 times more low-cost carbon removal potential than earlier estimates. The post Reforestation is more cost-effective than previously thought, study finds appeared first on Berkeley News.
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