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AUGUST 15, 2024

The institution’s chancellor recommended closing a general studies college that supports two-year degrees.

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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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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.

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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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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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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.

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Educause

AUGUST 15, 2024

Drawing from three lenses of inclusion, this article considers how to leverage generative AI as part of a constellation of mission-centered inclusive practices in higher education.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

How has 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill influenced America's conception of free speech and the First Amendment?

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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.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

Four board members stepped down at Florida A&M University upon interim president Timothy Beard’s request Just two weeks before the 2024-2025 school yearbegins and one week into his tenure, the interim president of Florida A&M University, Timothy Beard, has called on the board to resign. “As you know, our University (Famu) is at a critical juncture, where we must align our leadership, vision, and strategies to meet the evolving challenges and opportunities ahead,” Beard wrote in his lette

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 15, 2024

Dr. Jessica Snowden Jessica Snowden has been named vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Snowden holds master’s degrees in health professions teaching and technology and in clinical and translational research from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha as well as a medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine.

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