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Almost half of stopped-out community college students cite work as major reason for leaving

Higher Ed Dive

Other top reasons include cost, child care responsibilities and lost ambition, according to a New America survey.

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Doing government spending on science differently

Wonkhe

David Willetts has set out improvements to the science spending process. James Coe explains why the implications could be enormous The post Doing government spending on science differently appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Enrollment Losses Expose Vulnerabilities of Academic Museums

Inside Higher Ed

Enrollment Losses Expose Vulnerabilities of Academic Museums kathryn.palmer… Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of New Hampshire’s Museum of Art has closed amid a $14 million budget shortfall. Ill-advised administrative oversight may have played a role.

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Put Democracy in the Lecture

Academe Blog

BY MATTHEW BOEDY You may remember several years ago a phenomenon called “the last lecture.” It began with the heartbreaking story of Randy Pausch, who was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He was diagnosed with cancer and literally gave his last lecture in September 2007.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

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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Colleges Sing for Their FAFSA Supper

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges Sing for Their FAFSA Supper Liam Knox Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The Education Department is dispensing money and advisers to help “underresourced” colleges navigate the new FAFSA. But which institutions will be eligible?

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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Esther Jones Dr. Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies. The author of Medicine and Ethics in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (2015), her interdisciplinary research in the field of the medical humanities engages literary, historical, philosophical, and ethical explorations of black women’s health and medicine.

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Writer-Professor Explores the Voyage of ‘Becoming'

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. DaMaris B. Hill has been writing since she was a child, growing up around books and hearing stories. She just didn’t tell anyone about it. Instead, she stuffed her work underneath her mattress and bed, hiding them from others. Dr. DaMaris B. Hill Courtesy: Beowulf Sheehan "That was for me," says Hill, adding that some of her family members had believed “artists died poor.

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Creating Strong Near-Peer Mentoring Programs

Inside Higher Ed

Creating Strong Near-Peer Mentoring Programs Sarah Bray Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Natalie Miller and Sonali Majumdar outline approaches for intentionally developing such programs for grad student well-being and professional development.

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Study Reveals Civic Literacy Lacking Among Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Civic knowledge is severely lacking among Americans, though trust in business remains strong, according to a new study from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. As such, foundation leaders assert that businesses may have a role to play in filling the civic knowledge and civility gaps. Hilary Crow The foundation’s national survey examined responses from 2,000 registered voters and revealed that Americans lack basic understanding of government.

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Recognising the individual: re-thinking engagement and the staff-student relationship in personal tutoring

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Rachael O’Connor ( LinkedIn ), Associate Professor in Legal Education and Academic Lead for Personal Tutoring at the University of Leeds, and Jon Down ( LinkedIn ), the Director of Development at Grit Breakthrough Programmes. Grit delivers intensive personal development and coaching programmes in universities across the UK.

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Blocking the Transfer Portal to Prison

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The creation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) transfer portal, an online database where student-athletes submit their names with the hopes of transferring to athletic programs at other colleges and universities, has revolutionized the landscape of student-athlete recruitment and mobility. Like the portal for collegiate student-athletes; high school students will be entering their own version of a “transfer portal” at the conclusion of their time in secondary school.

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There’s a Better Way to Apply for Student Aid

Inside Higher Ed

There’s a Better Way to Apply for Student Aid Elizabeth Redden Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The new FAFSA’s troubled rollout raises questions about both the form and process, Jim Blew and Art Hauptman write.

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JUANITA W. HICKS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Juanita W. Hicks Juanita W. Hicks has been named senior associate vice president and chief human resources officer at the University of Georgia. Hicks holds a bachelor’s degree in management from the University of West Georgia, a master’s in human resource development from Clemson University in South Carolina, and a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Georgia.

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Futureproofing international student recruitment in Canada

The PIE News

In the recent tumultuous weeks within the Canadian international education sector, the federal government’s announcement of caps on international study permit applications has left the industry grappling with unprecedented challenges. While some changes are deemed necessary to moderate demand and create a sustainable environment, there are significant missed opportunities and a lack of clarity, placing the plans of future international students in jeopardy.

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HBCU Graduates Owe More Debt, Earn Less Than Peers

Inside Higher Ed

Students who attend historically Black colleges and universities earn $16,600 less on average than peers from non-HBCUs a decade after starting college, according to a new brief from the Institute for College Access and Success.

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UK Agent Quality Framework to add extra risk factor

The PIE News

As more UK universities sign the Agent Quality Framework pledge in light of recent sector controversy, a risk framework is set to be added to the initiative. Almost 16,000 agents from 126 countries have signed up to the Agent Quality Framework – a joint partnership between the British Council , BUILA , UUKi and UKCISA. Some 5,200 of those are now certified – a number that is expected to grow as more universities sign the AQF.

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Report Outlines Steps to Take to Support Students and Those Returning to College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Higher education leaders and states can take a number of additional steps to bolster academic success, reenrollment, and degree completion for students who started college but never finished. Those are the findings from a new report from California Competes. Dr. Laura Bernhard These students with some college, no credential (SCNC) make up more than six million Californians ages 25-64.

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Ask the Chair: How to Cope With the Service Slackers

The Chronicle of Higher Education

You can lead faculty members to service, but you can’t make them do it — or do it well. By Kevin Dettmar You can lead faculty members to service, but you can’t make them do it — or do it well.

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English test scandal: reprieve plan was derailed by government reshuffle

The Guardian - Higher Education

Sajid Javid had wanted review process for international students who believed their visas had been wrongly cancelled ‘It destroyed my life’: the students accused of cheating in English tests What is the Home Office English test scandal? Ministers were poised five years ago to offer a route to a reprieve for thousands of international students who may have been wrongly accused of cheating , but the plan was derailed by a government reshuffle, the Guardian has learned.

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Leveraging Advanced Analytics and AI for Holistic Admissions in Higher Education Copy

Liaison International

In higher education, admissions processes have become the focal point for institutions facing challenges, some anticipated like the demographic cliff, and others, like COVID, unforeseen. The continued evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and its implementation within higher education is now being used to address, anticipate, and mitigate these and some of the biggest issues college and university leaders are facing.

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Bowie State University Modernizes Physical Security System

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In early 2021, Maurice Tyler, CIO and vice president of IT for Bowie State University, began evaluating the university’s legacy video surveillance system. At this historically Black college and university located in Bowie, Md., disparate video camera systems installed around campus didn’t communicate with each other. Tyler partnered with the facilities management and public safety departments to identify a solution, and the school chose to replace the aging system with a cohesive video surveilla

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A Campus Space for LGBTQ Students Closed. A 'Women's Community Center' Took Its Place.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

After Texas banned DEI, a campus space for LGBTQ students got an overhaul. By Kelly Field Crudo Creative Advocates fear that students at the University of Texas at Austin will be alienated by the changes — a consequence of the state's new ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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More financial assistance sought in Indian budget

The PIE News

India has increased its education budget for this year to Rs1.2 trillion (£11.4 billion), compared with last year’s Rs1.13tn, the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced last week. However, international education stakeholders say outbound Indian students should have been addressed. “Unfortunately, the interim budget 2024 didn’t address issues related to interest rates on education loans or Tax Collected at Source for remittances for overseas education,” said Saurab

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The Guardian view on the Home Office English test scandal: a lesson in political cruelty | Editorial

The Guardian - Higher Education

A draconian blanket response to evidence of cheating by some international students in the early 2010s was flawed and unjust “Many of us are destitute … many of us are on medication for stress and depression. Many of us have been rejected by our families, who are ashamed by the allegation of cheating. Some of us have even attempted to take our own lives because we see no other way out.

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Mischaracterizing a Vote on Antisemitism

Inside Higher Ed

Mischaracterizing a Vote on Antisemitism Doug Lederman Mon, 02/12/2024 - 11:49 AM Resolutions, like the one at UNC-Chapel Hill, can do more harm than good when they lack precision.

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How to Market to First-Generation Hispanic Students

Caylor Solutions

Discover how to connect with first-generation Hispanic students through targeted marketing strategies. The post How to Market to First-Generation Hispanic Students appeared first on Caylor Solutions.

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Try-before-you-apply: how 'taster sessions' can help student recruitment

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Universities and colleges can improve student recruitment in high-priority subject areas with “Try before you apply” taster sessions, which give students an authentic perspective on what studying at your institution would be like. We look into these in this blog article.

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Jamestown Business College ceases enrollment of new students, plans to close - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Jamestown Business College, in New York, announced this week it has stopped enrolling new students and plans to close. The small for-profit, founded in 1886, intends to remain open long enough for its current students to finish their studies, it said in a statement. It did not provide a timeline or an expected date of closure. “These changes are the result of the college’s size and the expanding government regulations,” the college said.

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Presence and Integrity in Online Learning

Campus Technology

At their best, synchronous online courses are shared experiences, and students are fully present to boost each other's learning. But in the virtual world it takes more than webcams to get us there. Here, Gardner Campbell explains his concept of integrity in online learning and how it can make your students true learning colleagues.

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VIDEO | Students react to sudden closing of Career College of Northern Nevada

University Business

The locks have been changed and both students and instructors were given no notice about retrieving their things. Watch the video at 2 News Nevada. The post VIDEO | Students react to sudden closing of Career College of Northern Nevada appeared first on University Business.

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CAE February 2024 Newsletter

ACPA

The Commission for Assessment and Evaluation February 2024 newsletter is now live and can be accessed here. Check out the latest opportunities to get involved, job postings, and more! Visit this link to subscribe for regular updates to CAE. The post CAE February 2024 Newsletter first appeared on ACPA.

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Marietta College announces administrative, faculty job cuts

University Business

A local college plans on cutting faculty and staff positions in the foreseeable future. Marietta College (Ohio) announced Friday that 36 currently employed faculty and staff roles will be eliminated over the next three years. In addition to this, 13 currently vacant roles will not be filled, according to a press release. MC President Dr. Margaret Drugovich shared details of the cuts with faculty and staff at an open session, the release said.

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Teaching Skills are Durable Skills with AI

eLiterate

I recently gave a keynote on AI at the durable skills-themed D2L Ignite conference in Orlando. I took the following positions: Durable skills, unlike so many educational buzzwords, is a genuine civilizational shift that requires our urgent attention. AI does not cause it. It just made the change obvious. AI genuinely will cause profound and unforeseeable changes to the way we live.

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New Presidents or Provosts: Boston U, Colorado State, Ivy Tech–Lake County, New College, Trinity Christian, Union College

Inside Higher Ed

New Presidents or Provosts: Boston U, Colorado State, Ivy Tech–Lake County, New College, Trinity Christian, Union College Doug Lederman Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Doug Lederman

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Regents to terminate degree programs at University of Nebraska at Kearney as part of budget cuts - Chris Dunker, Journal Star

Economics and Change in Higher Education

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will finalize a series of cuts to academic programs and faculty members at the University of Nebraska at Kearney when it meets next week. Weeks after faculty and students made a pitch to save bachelor’s programs in geography, theater and recreation management, regents will consider terminating those degrees, according to an agenda for the Feb. 9 meeting.

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Should Students Be Asked to Sign a Social Contract?

Inside Higher Ed

Should Students Be Asked to Sign a Social Contract? mprutter@mit.edu Mon, 02/12/2024 - 03:00 AM The value of institutional signaling.