Higher Ed Dive

JULY 29, 2024

A Cengage Group survey signals that shifts in expectations may be coming yet again for higher education and employee development programs.

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Wonkhe

JULY 29, 2024

Matt Offord believed what everyone said about academic promotion, rather than reading the guidance. Now he traces the contours of other myths that keep academic staff from rewarding teaching-focused careers The post Shedding light on the scholarship of teaching appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MindMax

JULY 29, 2024

This year marks MindMax’s 15th anniversary of providing a smarter higher education marketing and enrollment experience for colleges and universities across America. In that time, we’ve generated over $165 million in revenue for schools from non-credit program enrollments, helped schools achieve an average 20% year-over-year increase in enrollments, and impacted more than two million students worldwide.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 29, 2024

The online program management company said it already exited most of the office space after the coronavirus pandemic.

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MindMax

JULY 29, 2024

When I was in business school, one concept was drilled into my head over and over again: “Every business is in business to make money.” If I’m being candid, I hated that concept. It felt so glib and reductionist. I once argued with a professor about it, going back and forth until we eventually agreed to disagree. Years later, when I became a business owner myself, I began to understand and appreciate it more.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

The publisher didn’t give authors any notice before selling access to its data to Microsoft for $10 million. The agreement could improve academic research, but it further entrenches the predatory nature of academic publishing, experts say. Academic researchers around the world are reeling from news announced in May that Informa, the parent company of academic publisher Taylor & Francis, has signed a $10 million data-access agreement with Microsoft.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

By Christa Dutton David Plunkert for The Chronicle The agreements will allow tech giants access to the enormous archives of Wiley and Taylor & Francis.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

A trustee is suing the board for allegedly withholding financial data. His lawsuit echoes broad transparency concerns that have plagued Penn State for years. When Pennsylvania State University trustee Barry Fenchak sued fellow board members earlier this month for allegedly withholding financial information from him, he became the latest occupant of the Happy Valley sphere to register concerns about institutional transparency.

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The PIE News

JULY 29, 2024

Bangladeshi students are taking to the streets to protest a proposed government policy that would have seen almost a third of government jobs reserved for the descendants of freedom fighters. Despite the Supreme Court stepping in to reduce the quotas to 5%, the wave of uncertainty the unrest has caused may lead to more Bangladeshi students pursuing education abroad.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

A new survey finds students believe it’s already easier to cheat, thanks to generative artificial intelligence—and instructors think it will get worse in coming years. While instructors and students see the potential of generative artificial intelligence—which can be used for everything from creating rubrics to getting study-guide help—they also see the potential for a rise in cheating aided by the technology.

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

Faculty learning communities (FLC) as an approach to improving pedagogy have their roots in 1979 when the first FLC was launched at Miami University by Dr. Milton D. Cox. FLCs have since expanded to include making teaching and learning visible efforts, like those at the University Colorado, Boulder, to professional learning communities, communities of practice, to its natural outgrowth as professional organizational development programs.

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The PIE News

JULY 29, 2024

Its acquisition of the private higher education provider Universal Higher Education (UHE) and English-language provider Universal English (UE) was backed by THI investments and will provide a “scaleable base” for the group as it eyes further expansion across Australia , it said. As well as receiving international student, the newly-acquired UHE and UE will be able to collaborate with OIEG’s Digital Institute, as well potentially moving into transnational education, OIEG said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Darius J. Young will serve as director of the new Center for African and African American Studies at Florida A&M University. Dr. Darius Young Young is a history professor at the FAMU College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. His plans for the center include helping to advance African and African American studies as a discipline and to create a more substantial intellectual community through interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty, students, and the local community.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 29, 2024

To comply with state mandates, Iowa State University (ISU) officially shuttered its DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) office last week. This decision came in response to recent directives from the Iowa Board of Regents and state lawmakers aimed at reducing spending on DEI initiatives across public universities in Iowa. The closure of the office at ISU resulted in the elimination of five positions, although only two were filled at the time.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

In April, Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. On the panel, “Selecting Evidence-Based Advising Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes,” Thompson spoke about equity being a top priority, noting that, if higher education does not serve its most disenfranchised populations, then it is fa

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

Liberty University has struck an agreement with former president Jerry Falwell Jr., who sued the evangelical institution for trademark infringement last year, claiming his former employer was using his famous father’s name, image and likeness without the permission of the Falwell Trust.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

A rising tide of anti-DEI sentiment is sweeping across the U.S., leaving chief diversity officers (CDOs) in higher education feeling embattled and uncertain about their futures. Legislative attacks, budget cuts, and job insecurity have created a pervasive sense of crisis for these professionals. My colleagues in the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education increasingly share stories of shuttered diversity offices, reassignments, and career upheavals.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

Western Iowa Tech Community College is settling a second federal lawsuit filed by international students alleging the institution participated in human trafficking, The Iowa Capitol Dispatch reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Dr. Belle S. Wheelan, the longtime president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), has confirmed plans that she will retire from her post next year. Dr. Belle S. Wheelan “To see the increases in student achievement and know that we had a little something to do with it has been extremely rewarding,” said Wheelan, who has led the accrediting body for the past two decades.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

A wide-ranging, security-focused survey of IT professionals in K–12 and higher education revealed a disconnect between technology leaders and administrators over the IT department’s most precious resource: people. In March, CDW asked technology and security professionals from a wide range of industries, government agencies and other sectors about their cyber defenses, level of cyber preparedness and ability to respond to cyberattacks.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Racial justice advocates are turning out for the Fifth Annual Critical Race Theory Summer School hosted by the African American Policy Forum. The social justice think tank opened its July 28-Aug. 2 summit with a plenary titled “Tip of the Spear: Tennessee on the Frontlines of the War on Woke.” Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw “Racism is the Achilles heel of our democracy, a deeply rooted weakness in this country used to forge a war against ‘wokeness,’ or what many of us simply call education and advo

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The PIE News

JULY 29, 2024

After more than a decade under an increasingly combative Conservative government, many in the UK sector seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when Keir Starmer finally ascended to Number 10 earlier this month. Their largely warm reception to his premiership comes as little surprise. After all, this is a sector for whom life had become increasingly precarious as the Tories lurched further to the right with every new leader in the head-spinning helterskelter of post-Brexit politics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Lee Lambert Lee Lambert has been named chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. He serves as chancellor of Pima Community College in Arizona. Lambert holds a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from The Evergreen State College and a juris doctor from Seattle University.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

Twenty-eight Advanced Placement exams are going digital starting next May, Trevor Packer, the College Board’s head of AP programming, announced last Thursday at the annual AP conference in Las Vegas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Western Iowa Tech Community College has agreed to settle two years-long federal lawsuits alleging the school conspired with others to engage in human trafficking. Dr. Terry Murrell Iowa Public Radio reported that the community college agreed to pay over $5 million to settle two federal lawsuits, one settlement worth $3 million and the most recent worth $2.3 million as accepted by its board.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

Victoria Hallinan and Karena Nguyen describe how working in one can offer a fruitful career path and some of the specific roles and responsibilities involved. Postdoctoral positions are temporary roles after a terminal degree like a Ph.D. or M.D. that typically emphasize scholarship and further training and professional development. As such, postdoctoral scholars contribute to research, teaching and other endeavors at universities, research centers and related institutions.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

By Michael Vasquez Isabella Volmert, AP A Palestinian flag waves over a protest encampment at Indiana University at Bloomington in May. Trustees passed a policy requiring approval for some forms of protest, banning unsanctioned camping, and only allowing demonstrations during daylight hours.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

Seton Hall’s Pre-Professional Advising Center teaches students the whys and how-tos of networking prior to its annual Health Professions Expo, providing assistance in maximizing event participation and outcomes. Events that connect students with potential employers are a common occurrence on campuses, but colleges may be doing students a disservice by neglecting to prep participants beforehand.

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The PIE News

JULY 29, 2024

Clare O’Neil, who had been serving as home affairs minister for two years – overseeing the Nixon Review and the Migration Strategy – has been moved to the housing and homelessness portfolio. Meanwhile, Andrew Giles, the former immigration minister, will move into the skills and training ministry – but the post will now be demoted from cabinet to the outer ministry.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

Financial aid leveraging leaves low-income students and their families with heavy debt loads, Stephen J. Burd writes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed the state budget worth nearly $58 billion that includes free community college. Maura Healey “Massachusetts is the leader in innovation and education, the best place to raise your family or grow a business. But we also face challenges, so we aren’t resting – we’re going on offense,” said Healey. “This budget delivers on our shared priorities and drives our state forward with urgency and purpose.

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HEPI

JULY 29, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Matete Madiba, Deputy Vice Chancellor: Student Development and Support and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of the Western Cap e (UWC). There is a growing concern for the mental health of university students globally. A national study of about 70,000 students across 17 universities in South Africa found that 21% of students reported signs of clinical trauma while 37.1% of students reported anxiety symptoms.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 29, 2024

How should universities think about 2U’s Chapter 11 filing? Last week, 2U announced that it has submitted a voluntary “prepackaged” Chapter 11 filing. To provide more context around what these changes mean for the company and its university partners, Paul Lalljie, CEO of 2U, agreed to answer some key questions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

Maria A. Pharr has been named president of Pitt Community College in North Carolina. She served as president of South Piedmont Community College. Pharr holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from St. Andrews University and a Master of Arts in Science Education degree and a Doctor of Education degree in higher education administration from East Carolina University.

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Caylor Solutions

JULY 29, 2024

How do you make the paradigm shift from org-centric content to an audience-centric marketing plan? Here’s how! The post 7 Steps to Implementing an Audience-Centric Marketing Plan appeared first on Caylor Solutions.

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

The fall semester will soon be here and students will be buying … no, renting … no, just picking up their books from the bookstore. And some students won’t pick up any. Three trends have emerged over the past decade: renting books instead of buying them, having colleges pay for the rental or bypassing textbooks altogether and using open educational resources (OER).

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