Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Unions at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are pushing their institutions for better compensation amid an uptick in labor stoppages across industries.
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Uncover the risks of franchising and the flaws in regulatory oversight. Discover why industry perceptions and long-term outcomes can be misleading.
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Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Hands-on STEM programs boost career readiness and interest, shaping future researchers and professionals.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Cass Sunstein Wants to Help Universities Navigate Free Speech Conflicts Johanna Alonso Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM The legal scholar presents a wide range of speech-related scenarios that university administrators may have to navigate this fall—and in perpetuity.
HEPI
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Adam Lindgreen, Professor of Marketing at the Copenhagen Business School and Extraordinary Professor with the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Professor of Marketing at Temple University, Pennsylvania, and Florian Kock, Professor of Management at the Copenhagen Business School.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s Sara Weissman Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM After losing accreditation, the Catholic liberal arts college remade itself as a purveyor of workforce training programs. Not everyone is happy about the shift.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
College leaders crack down on protests — and lie about it. By Silke-Maria Weineck Silke-Maria Weineck College leaders crack down on protests — and lie about it.
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FIRE
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Free speech group FIRE sues in federal court to defend Americans’ right to criticize the government.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Making Sense of MIT’s Diversity Decline Elizabeth Redden Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Jim Jump considers the drop in underrepresented racial and ethnic minority students in MIT’s new entering class.
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Personal connections lead to success. As educators, it is our responsibility to make space in our classrooms for all students to feel welcomed and encouraged to be a part of our community. Danielle De La Mare, a former educator, and the creator of the “Self-Compassionate Professor Podcast,” said in a recent interview that “we all deserve to take up space in the world” and that this space allows “for our own gifts to change other people, to impact the work in positive ways (Newbury, 2013).”
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Students of color make up a smaller percentage of incoming classes at Tufts University and Amherst College compared to last year, The Boston Globe reported. About 44 percent of Tufts freshmen are students of color—a six-point drop from the previous year. At Amherst, the decline was slightly steeper: Students of color comprise 38 percent of the incoming class, down from 47 percent last year.
Coursera blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Stephen is a proud graduate of the online Master of Science in Accountancy (iMSA) from Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Since earning this degree, he has moved into a senior role with an accounting firm, where he manages other analysts and production workflow. But before advancing professionally, Stephen had to succeed academically—something he believes he was able to do thanks to the program from Illinois and its delivery in partnership with Coursera.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Columbia University’s Task Force on Antisemitism has said the university failed to ensure an environment of civility, respect and fairness for Jewish and Israeli students.
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Conservative activist organization Young America’s Foundation (YAF)has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education for a longstanding initiative that fosters higher education opportunities for underrepresented and low-income students. The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, managed by the U.S. Department of Education, was established in 1989.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
The Summer Break That Isn’t Sarah Bray Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM Faculty need to be able to use the time in ways they can return rested and renewed in the fall, but that often doesn’t happen, writes Susannah M. Givens. Byline(s) Susannah M.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Colleges and universities are moving quickly to make it easier for today’s digital native students to interact with their institutions. And if Christian Theumer, interim CIO of Purdue University, can offer any advice, it’s this: Don’t get too cocky about that state-of-the-art system you just purchased if it doesn’t provide a personalized user experience. “That hasn’t always been the case, right?
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Temple University will not acquire University of the Arts, which closed abruptly in June, backing off a potential merger opportunity, officials announced last week.
Educause
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Conventional approaches to security training are insufficient to meet the rising tide of cybersecurity threats. Conducting a risk assessment is the first step in identifying the highest risks to human behavior, and mitigating those risks is how the security culture of an organization is changed.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Lake-Sumter State College president Heather Bigard, who was on administrative leave for unspecified reasons, resigned abruptly late last month, The Leesburg Daily Commercial reported.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
This is the second school in Cyprus that Globeducate has purchased, as it grows its portfolio of bilingual and international schools globally. The group already owns PASCAL International Education schools on the island, which it acquired in 2022. The Cyprus-based school was established in 2003 by the Kritikos family, who also own higher education institute Global College, which is not part of this acquisition.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
By Christa Dutton After unrest on campuses in the last academic year, more colleges are discussing how to integrate civic dialogue into the curriculum.
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Personal connections lead to success. As educators, it is our responsibility to make space in our classrooms for all students to feel welcomed and encouraged to be a part of our community. Danielle De La Mare, a former educator, and the creator of the “Self-Compassionate Professor Podcast,” said in a recent interview that “we all deserve to take up space in the world” and that this space allows “for our own gifts to change other people, to impact the work in positive ways (Newbury, 2013).”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Dr. Marcus Bright The emergence of University of Miami quarterback Cam Ward serves as a compelling case study in the critical importance of systems and environments in maximizing and showcasing one’s skill set. Ward’s journey from high school obscurity to becoming one of college football’s most coveted players underscores how the right circumstances can make all the difference in a person’s career trajectory.
ACRLog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
As we enter a new academic year, we’re looking to bring on a few new first year academic librarian (FYAL) bloggers here at ACRLog. We’d like to thank our 2023-2024 FYAL bloggers Nery Alcivar-Estrella and Katie Kuipers for their terrific posts this past year in our First Year Academic Librarian Experience series. We’d also like to encourage new academic librarians — those who are just beginning in their first full-time position at an academic library in 2024 — to blog with us during their first y
The Change Leader, Inc.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Drumm welcomes back Tom Netting, President of TEN Government Strategies, to discuss recent higher education policy changes and challenges, covering FAFSA, Title IX, FSA, IDR, SAVE, NC-SARA, NACIQI, PPA, TRIO, Clery Act, Gainful Employment, Title IV, the Chevron Decision, and more. Podcast Overview: • Breakdown of the 2023-2024 Negotiated Rulemaking impact on distance education and clock hour programs. • Analysis of Title IX implementation chaos: 26 states u
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Australia’s Senate Committee on Education and Employment has scheduled an additional public hearing on the ESOS Bill. The hearing, set for September 6, was not originally scheduled to take place and the newly organised date coincides with they day when the Committee was due to publish its report on the hearings. It has not yet been specified who will be appearing before the Senate hearing, which will take place in Sydney.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
When Patricia Clay first came to Hudson County Community College (HCCC), she suggested that the financial aid office partner with IT vendors to offer students deals on laptops. “I was told that it wouldn’t work,” recalls Clay, associate vice president and CIO at the New Jersey school. “Our students live off their financial aid refunds. They need that money to pay for housing.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
3 Questions for Duke’s Yakut Gazi joshua.m.kim@d… Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM A conversation with the first vice provost for learning innovation and digital education. Byline(s) Joshua Kim and Edward J.
The Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Watch landscape architect Walter Hood explain how he tells community stories through his designs. The post Landscape architecture is more people than plants, says UC Berkeley professor appeared first on Berkeley News.
The Guardian - Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Office for Students found reports of ‘widespread academic misconduct’ and issues with recruitment agencies England’s higher education regulator has warned of a “serious risks to public money” in university franchise arrangements, with reports that recruiters have faked language tests to get students on to courses without the minimum level of English.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Colleges and universities face significant challenges today, from budget pressures and declining enrollments to the need to enhance payments and other services while cutting costs. Amid these challenges, the imperative to align campus services with the expectations of a digitally native student body is increasingly pressing. Generation Z and emerging Generation Alpha are digital natives with tech-forward expectations that are driving more user-friendly, mobile and seamlessly integrated payment o
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Lynn Stamatelatos Lynn Stamatelatos has been named director of corporate and community relations. She served as as coordinator of special projects. Stamatelatos holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ramapo College.
ACPA
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Sisters and allies! The upcoming election isn’t just a date—it’s our moment to shine and show the world our strength. A new wave of leaders is emerging from our ranks. Women who’ve walked in our shoes faced our hurdles and risen above them. They bring fresh perspectives to law, social justice, and politics that speak directly to our hearts and minds.
idfive agency
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Hope is not a strategy. Like it or not, doing nothing, or worse yet, hope is not a strategy for colleges and universities to overcome or avoid the enrollment cliff. Some colleges and universities, however, are thriving despite the looming drop in enrollments. Their secret sauce? Marketing. By calibrating their marketing plans to be more in line with the external (and some internal) factors driving the cliff, several schools are enjoying higher-than-expected enrollments.
Coursera blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
After last week’s enthusiastic response to our issue on writing skills , we’ve decided to ride that momentum with another transferable technical skill: budget management. Working with a budget can be one aspect of project management , but it shows up across so many career areas that, depending on your career goals, it may be worth a separate mention on your resume.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
A drop in the share of Black first-year students at two elite colleges this school year has provided an early sign that the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action could have an impact on racial diversity, at least at some of the nation’s more selective schools. At Amherst College, a small liberal arts college in Massachusetts, the share of Black students decreased sharply — by eight percentage points — for this year’s entering class, according to data released on Thursday.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Shawn VanDerziel About 55% of employers expressed slight or no concern regarding the impacts of potential political or social unrest on college campuses, according to new research by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). “Our research found that the potential for student protests and unrest will not alter college recruiting as the demonstrations mostly involve only certain organizations, industries, or institutions,” said NACE President and CEO Shawn VanDerziel, noting that
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