Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 11, 2024

With the reversal, the top-ranked college becomes the latest Ivy League school to shed test-optional policies for applicants.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 11, 2024

This week on the podcast the Home Office has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to review the Graduate route visa - what could be on the cards come its conclusions in May? The post Podcast: Funding, disabled students, nursing appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 11, 2024

Although the two sites together enrolled around 5,500 students at their peak, they hosted just one class between them this semester.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 11, 2024

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag brings you the world’s most unusual university The post Higher education postcard: Bob Jones University appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

Degrees Earned Fall Again, Certificates Rise Sara Weissman Thu, 04/11/2024 - 03:00 AM Fewer people are earning degrees for the second year in a row, but certificates are having a moment, according to a new report.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 11, 2024

Emily Owen considers the academic governance challenges associated with fully online higher education The post Online provision needs good academic governance too appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

APRIL 11, 2024

Kim Allen argues that universities should develop strategies for making students’ lives more liveable - both as students and as workers The post We are having the wrong conversation about student employment appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

‘Game-Changing Crisis’: Lawmakers, Experts Vent FAFSA Frustrations Katherine Knott Thu, 04/11/2024 - 03:00 AM While one House committee probed the FAFSA mess Wednesday, another grilled Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the disastrous rollout of the student-aid form.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

Stakeholders in UK higher education are exploring a range of potential funding models for undergraduate education, against a backdrop of financial sustainability concerns, course cuts and redundancies for higher education institutions. A new report from The Higher Education Policy Institute entitled How Should Undergraduate Degrees be Funded? sets out to breathe “new life” into the ongoing debate on the future of university funding in the UK.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

Full-time Faculty Raises Finally Beat Inflation … Just Barely Ryan Quinn Thu, 04/11/2024 - 03:00 AM With the dollar’s declining value taken into account, new data shows that real wages grew by half a percent. But pay remains well below pre-pandemic levels, and full-time women and part-timers continue to receive less than others.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

By David Jesse Illustration by The Chronicle; Photo by iStock Goddard College’s president told The Chronicle that demographic forces were too much for the institution, which had tried many things to limit expenses and boost revenue.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

When FAFSA Completion Takes a Village Liam Knox Thu, 04/11/2024 - 03:00 AM In New York City, completion rates for the revamped federal form are down a whopping 45 percent. City agencies, higher ed partners and advocacy groups are pooling their resources to get back on track.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

By Francie Diep The university makes similar arguments as its peers about how standardized-test requirements help disadvantaged applicants.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

The U.S. Education Department is investigating four more universities for possible violations of federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on shared ancestry.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

To quote Dolly Parton, ‘We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails’ And times are tough right now, but I’m optimistic. As international recruiters, I think we’re all still recovering from a bit of a shock to the system when recruitment conditions took a turn for the worse this January intake following the boom in demand for the UK which we had experienced since 2019/20.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

A group of law school deans are pushing back against a proposal from the American Bar Association’s accrediting arm that would allow fully online law schools to apply for accreditation, the ABA Journal reported last week.

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Educause

APRIL 11, 2024

EDUCAUSE responded to three major comment processes in the first quarter of 2024, all of which have significant implications for research cybersecurity.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

The University of Texas at Dallas has followed the system’s flagship campus in shuttering its Office of Campus Resources and Support—formerly the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which was closed in response to Texas’s anti-DEI law, SB 17,

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Academe Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

BY MATTHEW BOEDY In Georgia we decided to conduct a small survey of faculty opinions about shared governance. And the results are not merely shocking but show the direct effects from Georgia’s university system gutting tenure in 2021.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

The U.S. Army is considering cuts to two of its education benefit programs, a decision that could impact up to 100,000 student soldiers who take advantage of the funds each year, Military.com reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

EdTrust has released three reports on family engagement that lays out a different vision for families to be involved with their schools in a way that promotes authentic, culturally responsive family engagement to support students’ academic growth and overall wellbeing. The reports cover a range of family engagement topics, including 1.) a survey of parents’ perceptions of how schools engage with them post-pandemic; 2.) changes policymakers at all levels can make to improve family and community e

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Campus Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

Ed tech accelerator SuperCharger Ventures and over a dozen global universities have established the Digital Education Council (DEC) to address ed tech issues worldwide, including the impact of AI on education and work.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Figure1 While 17.4% of respondents plan to decrease hires, nearly 83% of employers anticipate increasing (24.9%) or maintaining (57.7%) hiring for the college Class of 2024, according to research conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Planned cuts mean overall hiring projections are down 5.8% from last year, NACE’s Job Outlook 2024 Spring Update survey found.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

The UK’s higher education sector has faced dark clouds recently. Policy changes – both proposed and already implemented – have elicited concern from corners of the UK HE market about the continued appeal of the UK as a premier study destination for international students. But what do international students think of these proposed policy changes, and to what extent is it really having an impact on their interest in studying in the UK?

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 11, 2024

Pro-Palestinian student protesters at Smith College have ended their occupation of the institution’s central administration building, New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) reported, but plan to move their sit-in outdoors to nearby Seelye Lawn.

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University Business

APRIL 11, 2024

Higher education leaders unloaded their grievances over the Department of Education’s botched FAFSA rollout in a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. As much as this experience has eroded their confidence in the Department and left financial aid offices in a state of limbo, they did not mince words about how it will have a lasting impact on the enrollment of the country’s neediest students. “The lowest-income students are hurt the most,” Rachel

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Caylor Solutions

APRIL 11, 2024

Navigating change in technology will require us to be more human than ever. Learn how in this insightful conversation. The post Navigating Change in Technology with Emotional Intelligence appeared first on Caylor Solutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Eight community colleges are now members of the Achieving the Dream (ATD) Network, joining more than 300 institutions nationwide as part of the higher education reform network’s 2024 cohort. The colleges in the 2024 Network cohort include Clovis Community College, California; East Central College, Missouri; Frederick Community College, Maryland; Howard Community College, Maryland; Madera Community College, California; Midland College, Texas; Phoenix College, Arizona; and Waubonsee Community Coll

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

A new department head wonders if your scholarly reputation suffers merely by accepting that leadership role. By Kevin Dettmar A new department head wonders if your scholarly reputation suffers merely by accepting that leadership role.

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University Business

APRIL 11, 2024

Undergraduate credentials awarded in the 2022–23 academic year have fallen for the second year in a row. The rate of bachelor’s degree earners fell to 2015-16 levels and associate degree earnings are a decade-low, according to a recent report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. However, the news isn’t all doom and gloom.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

Uli Leibrecht, executive director and founder of CEPA Customized Educational Programs describes herself as high energy, empathetic and intuitive. There is never a dull moment… she is always up for new ventures and new projects, she tells The PIE. What was your first job in international education? I started my career in international education as the marketing manager, and later director of Schiller International University in the UK and later in Germany and France.

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Campus Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

Amazon has recruited Coursera co-founder and renowned AI researcher Andrew Ng to its executive board.

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The PIE News

APRIL 11, 2024

A Dutch pension investor is a stakeholder in a new partnership worth AUS$1 billion to develop purpose-built-student-accommodation across Australia. Together with APG Asset Management N.V. and global real estate investor, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Scape Australia says the new joint venture will strategically focus on urban locations close to “world-class universities” in the country.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 11, 2024

Institutions across the state of Texas have been scrambling to comply with Texas Senate Bill 17 (SB-17), which went into effect in January and effectively prohibits diversity programming in public universities. The latest school to make cuts as a result is the University of Texas at Dallas (UT-Dallas). The school announced Tuesday that less than six months after opening, the Office of Campus Resources will close, eliminating 20 associated jobs in the process.

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ACRLog

APRIL 11, 2024

Editor’s note: This guest post has been authored by Carlos Duarte and Rebecca Miller Waltz. Carlos is the Associate College Librarian for Public Services at Colorado College. Rebecca is the Associate Dean for Learning and Engagement at Penn State University. This post is the first in a four-part series, “Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion.” The ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program, usually referred to as Immersion, has been on hiatus since March 2020, when our facilit

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Karen Niemi Karen Niemi has been appointed executive director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. She served as a distinguished CEO and president for SEL and education publishing enterprises. Niemi holds a bachelor’s degree in speech/language pathology from Augustana University in Illinois and a master’s in speech/language pathology from Rush University in Chicago.

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