Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 7, 2024
To avoid a repeat of this year's glitches, the agency plans to release the form for testing starting Oct. 1 with a limited number of students and institutions.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 7, 2024
The Russell Group's Lily Bull uses TRAC data to trace the roots of the sectors financial problems The post Without further funding the government needs to be clearer about what it expects from universities appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
After the state required post-tenure reviews, roughly one-fifth of the UF professors evaluated in the first round were either found lacking, decided to leave or chose to give up research—and likely their tenure with it. At Florida State, by contrast, all professors passed muster. Post-tenure reviews aren’t a new phenomenon in higher education. The American Association of University Professors has had a stance on them going back to 1983, and in 1999 it released a report saying they should be for
The Berkeley Blog
AUGUST 7, 2024
The post Dr. Gina Ann Garcia appointed inaugural faculty director of Latinx Thriving Initiatives appeared first on Berkeley News.
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Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
In the culture wars, university cultural centers are collateral damage, Jeremy C. Young writes. Hotbeds for indoctrination and discrimination against white students. Places that bloat administrative costs.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
By Eric Hoover Starting in October, a group of students and colleges will test the 2025-26 federal-aid application. The Education Department says the process will help identify technical problems.
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The Berkeley Blog
AUGUST 7, 2024
On July 1, Rich Lyons became the 12th chancellor for the University of California, Berkeley. This was especially exciting for the campus’s innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) community, as Lyons’ previous role was the campus chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
Just like those in other disciplines, we must persuade students of its value and help them cultivate ways to enhance clarity of expression and style, writes James Ball. If you want to ask someone about good writing or the latest innovation in writing instruction, you would naturally call a professor of English or composition. Or, as a result of the trend of writing across the curriculum, you might speak with a sociologist or historian.
The Berkeley Blog
AUGUST 7, 2024
Nematodes react to the odors of pathogens by prepping their guts to withstand an infection. Do humans react similarly? The post Do smells prime our gut to fight off infection? appeared first on Berkeley News.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
Bloomberg Philanthropies on Tuesday said it would donate $600 million to strengthen the endowments of the four historically Black medical schools in the U.S.
Educause
AUGUST 7, 2024
The emerging class of generative AI tools has the potential to significantly alter the landscape of course development.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
A more efficient process is underway for filing the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Jeremy Singer According to U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. Cordona, the new process is informed by conversations with and feedback from students, institutions, and other stakeholders following a challenging 2024-25 FAFSA cycle. “Thanks to the partnership of our stakeholders, we’ve developed a better implementation process for 2025-26,” said Cardona.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
Remembering the great historian of the Mediterranean world. By Robert Zaretsky Sergio Gaudenti, Sygma, Getty Images Remembering the great historian of the Mediterranean world.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
An Arkansas community college will delay the start of its fall semester by one week after it experienced a ransomware attack.
The PIE News
AUGUST 7, 2024
The results of the 2024 International Student Experience Survey, announced on August 7, revealed that 86% of students rated New Zealand positively, marking a two percentage point increase on last year. “That we have a significant increase in the number of students rating their overall New Zealand experience as excellent is something to be celebrated,” said ENZ acting chief executive Linda Sissons, announcing the results at the NZIEC KI TUA conference.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is providing grants to its chapters in support of voter education, registration, and mobilization efforts for the 2024 U. S. election cycle. Dr. Willis L Lonzer III “At no time in our history has exercising our right to vote been more critical with our very Democracy at stake,” said Dr. Willis L. Lonzer, III, general president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and chairman of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Council of Presidents.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
By J. Brian Charles FAMU Gregory Gerami University administrators, eager for a historic donation, ignored several warning signs, according to a new report.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
For colleges and universities to keep technology running smoothly and securely, IT teams need to know what’s going on. Systems monitoring generates that information, while observability puts it to use. “The largest data stores that we manage are security monitoring logs, and there’s a lot of noise in that data. Observability lets you pull the signal out of the noise,” says University of California, San Diego CIO Vince Kellen.
FIRE
AUGUST 7, 2024
Free speech includes disinformation — but it’s sofa king important for people to separate fact from fiction on their own, without government interference.
University Business
AUGUST 7, 2024
With pandemic-era federal stimulus money drying up, the dust is beginning to settle on private colleges’ and universities’ balance sheets. And as the demographic cliff closes in, threatening to wreak havoc starting in 2026, students should be all the wiser on which schools are in good financial health before they park their money. That’s how Forbes frames its latest analysis of nearly 900 private colleges’ finances in which more than half of all schools earned a C or wors
Campus Technology
AUGUST 7, 2024
The top cybersecurity threat in the cloud has changed from a couple years ago, according to a new report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), which provided handy mitigation strategies and suggested AI can help (or hurt).
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
Florida A&M University Florida A&M University The final report is out regarding the controversial $237 million donation to Florida A&M University announced May 4, and it concludes that “senior leadership at the University were deceived by, and allowed themselves to be deceived by, the Donor — Mr. Gregory Gerami.” Mishandling of the dubious gift from Gerami and the Issac Batterson 7th Family Trust may be connected to the resignation and reassignment of at least two leaders at the univ
The PIE News
AUGUST 7, 2024
There has been an outpouring of voices from the sector, warning that a proposed cap on international student numbers in Australia will have dire economic consequences and will risk the livelihood of more than 30,000 Australians employed in the sector, according to ITECA. “The Australian government’s international education policy is in tatters and lacks a cohesive strategy.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
A new report from EdTrust suggests that state leaders should review their Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) investments to prioritize funding those programs that were successful and would most equitably benefit students. Nancy Duchesneau “Some students, including students of color, students from low-income households, or of LGBTQ+ identity, faced greater mental health challenges during the pandemic, and it’s essential that school leaders, when dealing with budget constrain
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
At orientation and in other communication, higher ed administrators should get strategic and creative about messaging so that parents can remember key takeaways and receive more detailed information as time goes on, writes Philip A. Glotzbach, a president emeritus. Colleges and universities increasingly enlist new parents in launching their entering class.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
Dr. Odis Johnson Jr. has been named the Edmund W. Gordon Chair for Policy Research and Evaluation at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Johnson is currently the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and STEM Equity at Johns Hopkins University. In this new role, he is expected to guide policy research at the assessment organization with the goal of advancing equitable access to quality education and fair assessment for learners.
The PIE News
AUGUST 7, 2024
Kaplan has signed a five-year partnership agreement with the University of Oregon to recruit international students into undergraduate programs. The partnership marks a “significant step forward” in the University of Oregon’s global outreach efforts and will be recruiting students for the state university’s September 2025 cohort, said UO associate vice president Erin Hayes.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
United Faculty of Florida (UFF) and its Florida State University and University of Florida chapters have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging a Florida statute it claims, “unlawfully bans arbitration of adverse personnel decisions for public university faculty.” Teresa M. Hodge UFF is an AFT affiliate represented by Selendy Gay, who filed the suit in the Northern District of Florida against members of the boards of trustees of Florida State University and the University of Florida and th
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 7, 2024
Los Angeles Community College District chancellor Francisco Rodriguez is stepping down after a decade at the helm of the nation’s largest two-year system, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
Carolina Athletics plans to launch “ Carolina NIL ,” an initiative to partner a handful of organizations to attract student-athletes in the era of name, image, and likeness, according to the University of North Carolina officials. Bubba Cunningham AP Photo/Chris Seward, File Carolina Athletics, The Rams Club, the North Carolina Hall of Fame (NCHOF), and Old Well Management will expand and consolidate services as a newly formed all-sport marketing and student-athlete services entity.
FIRE
AUGUST 7, 2024
How alumni are fighting back against First Amendment violations.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
Dr. Jelani Cobb Student prospects now can apply to degree programs in Columbia Journalism School at no cost. The school announced the move as part of its efforts, known as the CJS2030 strategic initiatives, to foster an inclusive media landscape. Dr. Jelani Cobb, dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism, has described the objective as opening access to a broader array of backgrounds entering journalism, encouraging people interested in journalism to not feel skittish about pursuing a caree
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
With temporary appointments on the rise, how can higher ed position short-term administrators to succeed? By Richard Badenhausen, Marcy Brown Marsden, and Clay Motley With temporary appointments on the rise, how can higher ed position short-term administrators to succeed?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 7, 2024
As public institutions of higher education in red states across the country (and in some purple ones as well) rush to limit, and even outlaw, efforts to support diversity, equity, and inclusion on their campuses, officials in those states are simultaneously twisting themselves into pretzels as they attempt to communicate a dubious message that their actions are in no way intended to negatively impact students of color.
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 7, 2024
State tribal leaders and lawmakers met with administrators from the California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) systems Tuesday to address ongoing efforts to return Native American human remains and cultural objects. This meeting comes in the wake of three state audits conducted over the past five years by the California State Auditor, which have scrutinized the universities’ compliance with repatriation laws.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
AUGUST 7, 2024
Reading Time: 12 minutes As we navigate through 2024, the landscape of higher education marketing is evolving at an unprecedented pace. The competition among institutions to attract and retain students is fiercer than ever, and traditional marketing strategies are no longer sufficient to stand out in a crowded marketplace. At HEM, we have dedicated the past 15 years to helping educational institutions thrive through innovative and effective marketing solutions.
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