Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
It’s been over a year since the nonprofit ed tech company launched to bring back students who left before completing their credentials.
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Home education is growing in popularity.
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Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
With negotiations in mediation and a potential work stoppage looming, the Michigan institution agreed to raises for faculty over the next five years.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Faculty unions at McGill university say they face similar pushback from university administrators as graduate workers at Boston University To the editors, Unions are essential to building strong, cohesive universities where research and critical thought thrive because professors and students are secure and protected. While negotiations are sometimes strained, they result in greater consensus, enabling universities to fulfill their role of improving and transmitting knowledge for generations to c
The Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
UC Berkeley study finds rapid increase over last 12,000 years in genes for enzymes that digest starch The post Agriculture accelerated human genome evolution to capture energy from starchy foods appeared first on Berkeley News.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of essays—both high and low quality—into an AI model to train it on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays. Scott Lee was scrolling through LinkedIn in June when he came across a post touting exactly what he was looking for: an AI machine called Esslo that provides feedback on college essays, based on those that have helped students gain admission to top-tier universities like Harvard and Stanford.
The Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
"Venture capital is clearly paying attention to Berkeley-generated companies," Chancellor Rich Lyons said. "And we're just getting started." The post UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs appeared first on Berkeley News.
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Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
One of the largest universities in Massachusetts diverted an estimated 113 tons of material from disposal as students left in May.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The largest institutional accreditor in the United States has formally introduced a new process for reviewing bachelor’s degree programs that require fewer than the traditional 120 academic credits.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Long after retirement, these professors are still publishing. Is scholarship their fountain of youth? By Heidi Landecker Illustration by The Chronicle; courtesy of Lucy Freeman Sandler, Samuel Jay Keyser, and Jean H. Baker These 90-something professors are still publishing. Is scholarship their fountain of youth?
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The Office for Civil Rights has resolved six investigations into how colleges responded to reports of antisemitism. The findings show how those colleges fell short of federal law and hold lessons for the rest of higher ed. Over the course of nearly a decade, Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported more than 135 incidents of alleged antisemitism.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is one of the most prominent global English language tests and the only test accepted by all four immigration authorities in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. In 2023, IELTS delivered a record-breaking four million tests in more than 100 countries across the world, according to its website.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art announced Tuesday that it will provide free tuition for all seniors over the next four years, a plan it aims to extend to all undergraduates.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The IRCC announced in August 2024 the early termination of a public policy allowing visitors to apply for work permits from within the country, effective immediately. The policy had been introduced in August 2020 to help visitors who were unable to leave the country due to pandemic-related travel restrictions apply for a work permit without having to leave the country.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Michigan State University paid the Department of Education nearly $2.8 million in fines after awarding financial aid to students who were enrolled in academic programs that the department had not yet approved, The Lansing State Journal reported.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Conservatives are rare in academe. Does it matter? Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock Eleven scholars on politics, partisanship, and the professoriate.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
As the school year begins and progresses, we are very mindful of the need for educators to be culturally responsive and welcoming to minoritized students, those in particular who are marginalized and denied opportunities to feel a sense of belonging and membership in their classrooms and all academic settings. The barriers to academic achievement and pride are numerous and too often seen with racial discrimination – deficit thinking, low expectations, hyper-surveillance, excessive discipline, ov
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Generative AI is just one more crisis for administrators, but it may very well be the one with the most long-term effects on institutions and careers. By David D. Perlmutter Generative AI is just one more crisis for administrators, but it may very well be the one with the most long-term effects on institutions and careers.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Dr. Nicholas B. Dirks, president and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, held a conversation earlier this week with two higher education experts about the current crises facing postsecondary institutions: rising tuition costs and student debt, decreased state and federal funding, an increased criticism of a humanities-centered education, and the value proposition of higher education.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
For a higher education policy wonk, this summer was a momentous occasion. As well as marking the start of a new political chapter following July’s UK general election, this August also saw me make my first ever trip down under to Australia. Although I visited for purely personal reasons – to have a holiday, discover somewhere new, and take a break from work (honest!
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Michael Williams Michael Williams has been named athletics director at Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He served as the associate athletics director for facilities and operations at John Jay College. Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in health education from Long Island University.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Australia needs to review policy changes in the international education sector to maintain the country’s appeal among Indian students, urged stakeholders at AAERI’s Annual Convention 2024 in Delhi. The event, which gathered together AAERI members, Australian universities, government officials and consultants, encouraged discussions around India and Australia ’s partnership in higher education, student mobility and research.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Enrollment at Saint Augustine’s University is down by more than 70 percent over last year, WRAL reported.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
By Katherine Mangan Yuki Iwamura, AP Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally outside of Columbia University on Tuesday. Rallies and demonstrations are again testing administrators' ability to decipher between antisemitism and free speech. A new guide developed by scholars aims to help.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
IDP’s revenue jumped to a “record” $1,307 million in the 12 months to June 30 2024 – representing a 6% growth year on year largely driven by a 27% jump in student revenue growth, the company revealed in financial statements published on August 29. It said its strong student placement revenue was caused by “strong increases in both volume and price”, with an average year-on-year cost increase of 10%.
The Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The post A redesigned Tropical House at the UC Botanical Garden opens to the public September 7 appeared first on Berkeley News.
FIRE
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
First Amendment News is a weekly blog and newsletter about free expression issues by Ronald K. L. Collins and is editorially independent from FIRE.
The Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The new center, named for high-impact civil rights expert Christopher Edley Jr., will explore the challenges confronting democracy and train students to become effective guardians. The post Berkeley Law launches democracy center named for influential former dean appeared first on Berkeley News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Kenya Tyson Kenya Tyson has been appointed senior associate provost to vice provost for strategic initiatives at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She served as assistant provost at The New School in New York. Tyson holds a bachelor’s degree from Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, a master’s in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati, and a juris doctorate from Delaware Law School.
HEPI
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
This article was kindly authored for HEPI by Peter Scott, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Studies at UCL and Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University between 1998 and 2010. There are two puzzles about UK higher education in the late summer of 2024. The first, and more easily explained, is the climaxing of serious doubts about the financial viability of a growing number of institutions.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
New America has launched the Accelerator for Community Colleges in the Innovation Economy (Accelerator) using a $3 million grant from Ascendium Education Group. Sethuraman Panchanathan The Accelerator provides community colleges engaging with NSF Engines with a community of practice, technical assistance, best practices, research insights and recognition, capacity-building funding, and broader support structures to support institutional policy, programmatic, and practice innovations.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Many academics criticize traditional lectures as being too passive and old-fashioned, but they actually help enhance pedagogical diversity, writes Xinqiang Li. With the continuing influx of international students into the United States, pedagogical practices have become more diverse and enriched by the educational traditions those students bring to the classroom.
FIRE
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
An unprecedented number of schools made sweeping, speech-related policy changes this summer.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
In any successful organization, the mission is not merely a statement; it is the very core from which all strategies emanate and against which all outcomes are measured. It serves as the foundation upon which the organization’s vision is built and its goals are set. For small to medium-sized nonprofit higher education institutions, the mission is especially critical as they navigate an increasingly challenging environment.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Dr. Miguel Cardona Funding to the tune of $179 million in new grants is now available to help improve literacy and academic achievement nationwide, according to officials from the U.S. Department of Education. The new Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant is $149 million to be awarded to 23 states to advance effective, evidence-based literacy practices.
University Business
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
More Americans are pursuing short-term professional certificates on mobile devices to upskill in automation and generative AI in the workforce. These new learning pathways can be a means to level the playing field in the face of more digitally advanced, STEM-oriented workforces found in other countries, declares a report from Coursera. Coursera, the online course provider, studied the labor force participation rate, human capital index, GDP per capita, internal user data and other third-party in
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
A transformative $10 million donation has been announced at Salem State University in Massachusetts, aimed at providing substantial scholarships for students in the Maguire Meservey College of Health and Human Services and the McKeown School of Education. The anonymous donation establishes the Clipper Scholarship, specifically designed to assist students who fall just above the threshold for Pell Grant eligibility, a demographic often neglected by conventional financial aid.
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