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Conservatives reheat the poor quality course question

Wonkhe

The Conservative party has promised to cull "poor quality" higher education courses, and fund apprenticeships with the proceeds. For David Kernohan neither the numbers or the ideas stack up The post Conservatives reheat the poor quality course question appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Liberal arts colleges must embed career services throughout campus life

Higher Ed Dive

Colleges should strive to teach students both how to think and to be career-ready when they graduate, the leader of Denison University argues.

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In big win for campus free speech, Harvard won’t issue statements on hot-button social and political issues

FIRE

The policy change could spark similar reforms throughout higher education. Where Harvard leads, others follow.

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Delaware arts college to shutter, citing falling enrollment and FAFSA challenges

Higher Ed Dive

After 27 years, the Delaware College of Art and Design is winding down amid a shrinking student base and the financial woes that go with it.

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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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The FAFSA Fiasco’s Forgotten Students

Inside Higher Ed

The FAFSA Fiasco’s Forgotten Students Liam Knox Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM The botched rollout of the federal aid form has affected current students as much as incoming first-years. Some feel abandoned amidst the scramble to help applicants.

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Employers appear more likely to offer interviews, higher pay to those with AI skills, study says

Higher Ed Dive

U.K.-based research found college graduates with business-related AI studies on their resumes and cover letters were more likely to receive interviews.

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Love is the Critical Ingredient for Black Men

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

High school graduation rates for young Black men have improved in the last decade — since 2012, U.S. graduation rates increased overall by 4%, while Black students saw a 14% increase in graduation. But there is work to be done to close the achievement gap between them and their white and Asian American counterparts. The best solution to help young Black males find and stay on the path to lifelong opportunities is simple: love.

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California Bill Would Create ‘Black-Serving Institution’ Designation

Inside Higher Ed

California Bill Would Create ‘Black-Serving Institution’ Designation Sara Weissman Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Some lawmakers and higher ed leaders in California want a state-level designation highlighting colleges and universities serving Black students well.

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Resilient Higher Education Institutions Adapt to Changing Conditions

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In the modern higher education environment, resilience is the key to survival. To be resilient is to be able to stand strong against looming obstacles, face them head-on and quickly recover. At today’s colleges and universities, recruitment and retention challenges will only become more daunting as the 2025 enrollment cliff nears. Institutions must adapt their practices to remain resilient in the face of adversity, students’ changing needs and technological advancements.

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Legislation Guarantees Mental Health Withdrawal in Maryland

Inside Higher Ed

Legislation Guarantees Mental Health Withdrawal in Maryland Johanna Alonso Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM University leave-of-absence policies have been under scrutiny for how they handle mental health emergencies. Maryland lawmakers hope a new bill will help.

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Collegiate Esports Programs Serve as Recruitment and Retention Tools

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

More than 200 colleges and universities are now home to varsity teams in the field of competitive video gaming. With growing interest in esports, many are looking to develop their club and varsity programs to attract potential students. At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, for example, competitive video gaming is proving to be a powerful tool for recruitment and retention.

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Welcome to the world’s top MBA city

The PIE News

This article was written by freelance journalist Nick Harland. What do you think about when you think about Barcelona? For some people, it could be the year-long sunshine or glorious sandy beaches. For others, perhaps it is the city’s emblematic Sagrada Familia or cathedral-like Camp Nou. But the Catalonian city is becoming increasingly known for something else entirely: its excellence in business education.

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‘I see little point’: UK university students on why attendance has plummeted

The Guardian - Higher Education

About half the students who got in touch skip lectures, with many ‘disappointed’ with the experience and others forced to prioritise paid work Frances, 19, from Newcastle, had been looking forward to starting a design degree at the university of Northumbria last autumn. By the end of her first semester, however, she had major doubts about having made the right choice.

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How Work and Career Became Central to Americans’ Identity

Inside Higher Ed

Why work defines us. The literature on finding balance in life may advise Americans to work to live rather than live to work. But the fact is that most Americans locate their identity in their work. It’s not an accident that the question most Americans ask when they meet someone new is: “What do you do?” For many Americans, work provides a sense of purpose, accomplishment and identity.

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3 big questions are lingering after NCAA’s landmark case

University Business

College athletics may never be the same after the NCAA voted on a landmark settlement that will pay out former Division I athletes over the last 10 years and that allows schools to share their athletics revenue with their athletes. It’s a move that protects the NCAA from losing a U.S. district court case in California, House v. NCAA, which would have required the governing body to pay up over $4 billion, an amount that could have potentially spelled its end.

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Higher Ed and ‘Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm’

Inside Higher Ed

Higher Ed and ‘Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm’ joshua.m.kim@d… Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Climate change and the eight most interesting colleges and universities in the U.S.

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Inside Live Online Classrooms at Harvard Business School: A Blend of Technology and Tradition

Educause

The Live Online Classrooms at Harvard Business School provide an immersive and dynamic classroom experience in which case method teaching and learning comes to life in a state-of-the-art virtual environment.

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Positive Partnership: Streamlining and Speeding Up Transfer Completion

Inside Higher Ed

Positive Partnership: Streamlining and Speeding Up Transfer Completion Ashley Mowreader Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM A partnership between George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College promotes timely degree completion among two-year college students through a seamless transfer process with guaranteed admission.

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Cost far from only reason Indians reject US unis – survey

The PIE News

A survey of over 20,000 Indian students has found that while cost is a big reason certain universities were turned down, university branding could be a key issue for institutions to address, with location also being seen as a problem for some. GradRight’ s Admit-Enrollment Survey, which was released at NAFSA on May 28, examined the reasons why Indian students both accepted enrolment and declined it at various public and private institutions across the US. “Our Admit-Enrollment Survey offer

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The Case Against Any Divestment, Ever

Inside Higher Ed

The Case Against Any Divestment, Ever Elizabeth Redden Tue, 05/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Campus leaders should resist all demands for divestment, Bruce A. Kimball and Sarah M. Iler write. Byline(s) Bruce A. Kimball Sarah M.

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How educational therapy can help universities and students succeed

University Business

The field of educational therapy has been gaining more visibility in recent years, with articles in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal spotlighting the growing field. While often confused with related yet different terms such as psychotherapy and educational psychology, educational therapy has been helping neurotypical and neurodiverse students manage learning challenges, build on their strengths, advocate for themselves and succeed academically for decades.

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Art College Cites FASFA Issues as One Reason for Closure

Inside Higher Ed

Delaware College of Art and Design is closing in the coming weeks, due to financial challenges driven by declining enrollment, rising costs and “unexpected issues with the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid,” officials announced last week.

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Running our universities for profit was always a bad idea | Letter

The Guardian - Higher Education

The result has been an increase in fixed costs to pay for vast building programmes and administrative overheads, writes Norman Gowar Zoe Williams’ article ( A generation of students is being ripped off – and our blood should be boiling, 20 May ) shows that what is happening in our universities was entirely predictable following the government’s misguided attempt to marketise them.

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Concerns “stopgap” approach could threaten Australia’s reputation

The PIE News

Under the Draft International Education and Skills Strategic Framework , a cap on the number of international students education providers can enrol will come into effect on January 1 2025. Any breaches of that number will result in hefty penalties, including banning any enrolments for a 12 month period. The announcement has continued to draw criticism from many in the sector, who argue the new framework is a knee-jerk reaction to problems that require critical thinking and long-term solutions.

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Sunak pledges to replace ‘rip-off’ degrees with skilled apprenticeships

The Guardian - Higher Education

Tory policy would be funded by scrapping courses with high drop-out rates and low job progression Rishi Sunak has promised to create 100,000 high-skilled apprenticeships a year by scrapping “rip-off degrees” if he wins the general election. In the latest of a flurry of announcements as the Conservatives try to narrow Labour’s 20-point poll lead, the party pledged to replace “low-quality” university degrees with apprenticeships.

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Community Colleges Vital to the Success of Prison Education Efforts

Insight Into Diversity

As beacons of potential for individual growth and social mobility, community colleges often serve as a catalyst for underserved students to pursue a path in higher education. This is perhaps most apparent in the critical role that two-year institutions play in the lives of incarcerated students by offering a wide range of prison education programs. “Partnerships between prisons and community colleges can lead to significant benefits for all involved.— community colleges, prisons, inmates, and th

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The Education Dept. Tried to Draw a Line Between Free Speech and Discrimination. It's Still Blurry.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Kelly Field A lot depends on how you read a footnote.

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The Foundations of Academic Freedom

Academe Blog

BY HANK REICHMAN The following is the text of my May 15, 2024, keynote address to the international symposium, “Academic Freedom in the Twenty-First Century,” sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundations and the Academia Europaea HERCuLES in Stockholm, Sweden. A slightly expanded version will be published next year, along with other symposium presentations, in European Review.

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New York Legislators Consider Tuition Waivers for Volunteer First Responders

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

New York state lawmakers are considering ways to lengthen the state’s roll of volunteer first responders with higher education tuition waivers as incentives. Jeremy A. Cooney The state has experienced a growing shortage in emergency medical service providers, including volunteers, due partly to difficulties recruiting and low pay. New York experienced a 17.5% decline in active EMS workers, from over 40,000 in 2019 to only 33,000 in 2022, reported New York State Comptroller Thomas P.

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Why is UK HE in Breakdown? A Lecturer’s View

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by the Secret Lecturer, author of a recent book written under the same name. My book couldn’t have come out at a timelier moment – even if I say so myself and even if my own job is vulnerable as a result. It’s no exaggeration to say that UK HE is in breakdown, with each day bringing news of yet another university slashing jobs, freezing budgets and merging departments and faculties.

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THE, NAFSA Launch Certificate for International Education Sector

Inside Higher Ed

Times Higher Education (Inside Higher Ed’s parent company), NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and Common Purpose, an online learning platform, today launched a new International Education Professional Certificate (IEPC) program. The 12-module online course aims to help participants build the skills identified in NAFSA’s International Education Professional Competencies 2.0.

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Community College Innovation Exemplars Honored at the Community College Futures Assembly

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To be identified as a bellwether among community colleges is no small feat, but that is precisely why the Community College Futures Assembly continues to draw high-performing teams annually to compete for the Bellwether and Legacy Awards. The Bellwether College Consortium issued a call for program submissions last summer, and 38 finalists representing 21 states and 34 community colleges scored highest above their respective competitors to vie for either award.

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What Chernobyl’s Worms Tell Us About DNA Damage: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Today on the Academic Minute: Sophia Tintori, postdoctoral associate in the biology department at New York University, heads to Chernobyl to examine what worms can teach us about carcinogen exposure or chemotherapy.

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Massachusetts Legislators Consider Universal Free Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Free community college is part of a $58 billion budget recently approved by the Massachusetts State Senate for Fiscal Year 2025. Michael J. Rodrigues “Tuition free Community College impacts individuals most in need and whom otherwise would not be afforded this opportunity,” said Sen. Michael J. Rodrigues, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means.

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Inside the two-year project to unify the UC Berkeley and Cal brands

The Berkeley Blog

After more than 10 years, the campus is updating its brand’s visual identity to better communicate the connection between Berkeley and Cal. The post Inside the two-year project to unify the UC Berkeley and Cal brands appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Research Series Explores Equity and Economic Outcomes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

New research, led by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), dives into questions of postsecondary value and equity. Mamie Voight “By unpacking the nuances of value delivery across different contexts, this research strengthens the evidence-base showing that college is worth the investment. It also can inform policymakers and institutions about targeted strategies to improve the returns on postsecondary education for all students,” said IHEP President Mamie Voight.

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