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Rising costs, student debt turn graduate degrees into a ‘risky’ proposition, research finds

Higher Ed Dive

Georgetown University researchers said that tuition and fees tripled over two decades, while earnings prospects remain uneven.

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How to become competent over competence standards

Wonkhe

Considerable confusion still surrounds competence standards and reasonable adjustments in higher education. Duncan Abrahart hits the minimum Considerable confusion still surrounds competence standards and reasonable adjustments in higher education.

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Miles College to buy shuttered Birmingham-Southern’s campus

Higher Ed Dive

Just miles apart, both institutions struggled with declining enrollment in recent years. But Birmingham-Southern couldn’t rebound financially.

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The allure of collaborative advantage and the danger of collaborative inertia

Wonkhe

Competition is everywhere in higher education, but Nic Beech and Jackie Njoroge see the value in - messy, complex, but ultimately rewarding - collaboration

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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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How colleges can close the persistent wage gap

Higher Ed Dive

Experts pointed to pay audits, pay transparency, standardizing promotions and improving workplaces as ways to tackle the issue.

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Podcast: Labour, skills, Medr

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast Team Wonkhe has been at Labour Conference in Liverpool - we discuss what was and wasn’t said about higher education.

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Higher education postcard: shields of empire

Wonkhe

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag has some errors and a mystery Higher education postcard: shields of empire

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This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth — 8 billion years from now

The Berkeley Blog

Existence of Earth-like planet around dead sun offers hope for our planet's ultimate survival The post This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth — 8 billion years from now appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Need Advice on Campus Conflict? Call the Help Desk.

Inside Higher Ed

Need Advice on Campus Conflict? Call the Help Desk. jessica.blake@… Thu, 09/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The American Association of Colleges and Universities has launched a resource to advise educators on how to tone down vitriol and foster constructive dialogue.

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France and Canada strengthen research ties

The PIE News

Convening in Toulouse ahead of the international EAIE 2024 conference, Universities Canada and France Universités signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the two countries’ higher education sectors and communities. “The partnerships and insights gained through this agreement will help Canadian universities collaborate across Europe to tackle some of the biggest global challenges we face – whether it’s housing, productivity or social inequality,” said Gabriel Miller, president

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The View From the FAFSA Trenches

Inside Higher Ed

The View From the FAFSA Trenches Liam Knox Thu, 09/26/2024 - 03:00 AM A government investigation offered a look behind the scenes of the federal aid fiasco this week. Financial aid professionals say it confirmed their most cynical suspicions.

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Sri Lanka’s TNE opportunities attract international universities

The PIE News

According to a report by the British Council, while 171,532 students in Sri Lanka qualified for university education in 2022, state universities had a limited capacity of 44,000 spots. It opens up opportunities for institutions to fill that gap through private education and TNE in the South Asian country. A delegation of universities across the UK, US, New Zealand, and Canada are participating in the University Immersive Programme organised by Acumen in Sri Lanka.

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Facing Budget Cuts and Faculty Pushback, Brandeis President Resigns

Inside Higher Ed

Facing Budget Cuts and Faculty Pushback, Brandeis President Resigns Katherine Knott Thu, 09/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Faculty members accused Liebowitz of “damaging errors of judgment and poor leadership,” citing his handling of pro-Palestinian protests and recent layoffs.

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Going to College Doesn’t Have to Suck

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s finally happened. After years of studying higher education and teaching thousands of students, I’m now the parent of a high school senior who’s running the so-called college admissions gauntlet. Earlier this month I attended a parent meeting at his Philadelphia public school and listened as an experienced educator told us, “At some point during this process you will hate your child.

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Federal Anti-Hazing Bill Heads to Senate

Inside Higher Ed

Federal anti-hazing legislation passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday and is on its way to the Senate, which needs to approve it before it can become law.

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Europe primed for intled as internationalisation takes centre stage

The PIE News

EU countries including Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland are paving the way for more intled opportunities as the bloc looks to benefit from international students, delegates at last week’s EAIE conference 2024 heard. More than 40,000 of Poland’s nearly 150,000 international students are studying in English, said the country’s undersecretary of state in the ministry of science and education, Andrzej Szeptycki, during a panel discussion on September 17.

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U of San Francisco President Resigns Abruptly

Inside Higher Ed

University of San Francisco president Paul Fitzgerald resigned abruptly on Monday after 10 years in the job, according to a letter from the Board of Trustees. The letter gave no reason for his departure from the private Jesuit institution, noting only, “Fr. Fitzgerald has now decided that the time is right for him to discern his next professional opportunities.

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State Funding Models for Community Colleges Examined in New Brief

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) has published a new brief that examines how states fund community colleges based on the enrollment for their students, including those pursuing credit-bearing degrees and certificates, non-credit workforce programs, and those enrolled via dual-enrollment programs. An interactive data dashboard based on the findings of the brief titled, “Funding Models for Community Colleges ” describes funding policies and funding levels for each state in th

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Researcher Support Consortium Launched to Fight Intimidation

Inside Higher Ed

To help scholars and their employers prepare for and respond to intimidation and harassment from outside their institutions, two professors created the Researcher Support Consortium, which was unveiled last week.

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Stephen Orme, Studyportals and EAIE

The PIE News

Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. I’m curious and quite strategic. And I like to hang around with people. What do you like most about your job? It allows me to meet with a lot of people. What I like about my current job is it allows me to combine all of that and have strategic conversations with very strategic people to see how we can set up partnerships so that they work for them and they work for us.

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Overcoming the Digital Divide With No Digital

Inside Higher Ed

Overcoming the Digital Divide With No Digital Sarah Bray Thu, 09/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Carrie Rogers-Whitehead shares the challenges faculty members can encounter teaching classes in prisons that have few, if any, basic technological tools.

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After more silence from NYU, FIRE files accreditor complaint

FIRE

NYU has repeatedly violated the expressive rights of students and faculty who engage in pro-Palestinian speech.

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PARNELL M. LOVELACE, JR.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Parnell M. Lovelace, Jr. has been appointed the inaugural Vice President of Diversity, Reconciliation, and Unity at Jessup University, a private Christian University in Rocklin, California. Dr. Parnell M. Lovelace, Jr Lovelace is the Founding Pastor of Center of Praise in Sacramento and has served as an adjunct professor at Biola University. He holds a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from the Cook School of Intercultural Studies, Biola University, as well as degrees from American River College,

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Ten things we heard at the Labour Party Conference

HEPI

This blog was authored by Rose Stephenson , Director of Policy at HEPI and Josh Freeman , Policy Manager at HEPI. HEPI held an event at the Labour Party Conference with kind support from the University of Nottingham and the University of Sussex. Having returned from the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool and dried out our shoes, bags and umbrellas, we round up the higher education themes we heard from three days of debate and discussion. 1.

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From Some-College-No-Degree to Success: Our New Deep Dive

Inside Higher Ed

Forty million Americans have some college credit—and, in many cases, college debt—but no credential. What’s driving these numbers, and what can and is being done to move stopped-out learners toward success? Inside Higher Ed’s new deep-dive report, made possible in part with support from Ascendium, looks at who these learners are and why they leave college in the first place.

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US institutions dominate QS’s global business rankings

The PIE News

For the fifth consecutive year, Stanford Graduate School of Business’s MBA was named the world’s number one , while the (Penn) Wharton School remains second, followed by Harvard Business School in third. “By providing a detailed comparative analysis, these rankings help prospective students make informed decisions about programs that align with their career goals,” said QS president Nunzio Quacquarelli.

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AI hardware hub awarded $16.3 million to advance energy efficient computing

The Berkeley Blog

Co-led by UC Berkeley and Stanford University, the California-Pacific-Northwest AI Hardware Hub is one of eight hubs funded in 2023 under the national CHIPS and Science Act. The post AI hardware hub awarded $16.3 million to advance energy efficient computing appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Admitted Student Research: Data Insights and Unexpected Encounters

Caylor Solutions

How well do you understand why students choose your school—or why they don't? Learn how admitted student research can help you better target mission-fit students. The post Admitted Student Research: Data Insights and Unexpected Encounters appeared first on Caylor Solutions.

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Debating social media content moderation

FIRE

Can free speech and content moderation on social media coexist? Jonathan Rauch and Ren?e DiResta discuss the complexities of content moderation on social media platforms. They explore how platforms balance free expression with the need to moderate.

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California State Audit Calls for Streamlining Transfer

Inside Higher Ed

A state audit found that California still has work to do to streamline transfer processes between community colleges and its public universities.

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Change the model, not the sticking plaster

LSE Higher Education Blog

As the university funding crisis dominates the headlines, Richard Watermeyer invites three experts, Huw Morris, Kate Ogden, and Mark Corver to weigh in

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Ten Productivity Strategies Online Instructors Can Borrow from Entrepreneurs

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 16, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! There is no shortage of productivity and efficiency advice for entrepreneurs. An overflowing supply of books, websites, newsletters, podcasts, and videos offer tips, tricks, and strategies to help entrepreneurs manage their time, attention, and priorities.

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Psychomotor outcomes and A.I.: the future of learning design.

Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

There is a looming skills deficit across all disciplines currently being taught in Universities today. The vast majority of degree programmes are, at best, gradual evolutions of what has gone before. At their worst they are static bodies of knowledge transmission awaiting a young vibrant new member of faculty to reignite them. Internal reviews are too often perfunctory exercises, seldom challenging the future direction of graduates as long as pass rates are sustained.

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HERE Lab Proposes Wealth-Based Pell Grant

Insight Into Diversity

As anxieties over college affordability and student loan debt continue to rise, some experts are calling for a reevaluation of how federal financial aid is allocated. Currently, Pell Grants are awarded based on family income and household size, without factoring in family wealth — such as college savings, investment funds, and other assets. Critics argue this model leaves many families, particularly Black, Latino, and Indigenous families with lower wealth but higher wages, ineligible for suffici

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University of Maryland president’s research will be reviewed for plagiarism

University Business

University of Maryland President Darryll J. Pines announced that he has requested an independent review of his research following accusations that he plagiarized a research paper more than 20 years ago. The accusations against Pines surfaced Tuesday in The Daily Wire. The article alleges that 1,500 words of a 5,000-word paper co-authored by Pines and published in 2002 were plagiarized from a tutorial website called “Surfing the Wavelets” that was last updated in 1996.

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Call for Proposals-2025 Senior Scholars Grant Program

ACPA

ACPA Senior Scholars Grant Program for our 40th Anniversary September 25, 2024 ACPA- College Student Educators International and the Senior Scholars are committed to making programmatic decisions based on quality research about the experiences of students, administrators, staff, and faculty at colleges and universities nationally and internationally.

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