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Getting communities involved with their local universities has the power to renew relationships and counter hostile narratives.

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The ruling rejected the state’s arguments that congressional lawmakers had ceded “unchecked power” to private agencies over educational standards.

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Online education is transforming, and leaders like Caleb Simmons from the University of Arizona are helping to shape its future. As the Executive Director of Online Education, Dr. Simmons oversees the operations and academic programs of Arizona Online , with a focus on innovation and access. In a conversation with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey, Dr. Simmons emphasizes the importance of having a clear North Star when navigating major changes in higher education. “We’ve made a lot of progress…t

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Students and employees were left in the lurch after the nearly 150-year-old institution shuttered with just a week's notice.

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All 16 of the state's public colleges and universities are participating in the program, the Utah System of Higher Education said Friday.

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We’re rounding up our coverage from the recent National Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual conference.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

ACE Tells Presidential Candidates, ‘Higher Education Builds America’ Sara Weissman Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM In a full-page ad in The New York Times, the American Council on Education addressed both presidential candidates and made its case for higher ed. Here’s why.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Marketing educators face the challenge of equipping students with practical skills that reflect current industry trends. One trend is the integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into digital marketing practices. To address this, I designed an assignment for my online, college-level Fundamentals of Marketing course that teaches business students the essentials of branding and social media strategy and provides hands-on experience with GenAI tools.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Unlikely Enrollment Success Stories Liam Knox Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Despite months of doomsaying for regional public universities, a number boasted surprisingly robust enrollment gains this fall. We took a closer look at six.

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A wave of initiatives has sprouted across the U.S. to serve the country’s rapidly growing Hispanic workforce. A key pillar is the over 600 Hispanic-serving institutions, known as HSIs, working to fuel Hispanic students’ ambitions. “HSIs are vital to the future competitiveness of the workforce in the country and our global economy,” Dr.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Study: GPA Not the Best Judge of Work Behavior Ashley Mowreader Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Researchers from the University of Iowa find, due to grade inflation and other differences between academic and work behavior, GPA has lost predictive validity for job performance among college graduates.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Though only 2,181 Indian students enrolled in universities across Canada in 2000, that number jumped to a mammoth 128,928 in 2021, a 5800% growth in the last two decades. By 2023, the number of international students in Canada stood at over 4,20,000, according to data released by India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Indian students made up 49% of all international students in Canada in the first half of 2024, according to government data, a figure that has dropped by half when compared to

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

How Colleges Are Bridging FAFSA Filing Gaps Ashley Mowreader Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Financial stress is one of the top reasons students stop out of college, and recent challenges with FAFSA filing may have exacerbated the issue. To mitigate these obstacles, institutional leaders have established proactive strategies to ensure students can navigate the FAFSA.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic, most higher education institutions opted to eliminate the requirement that applicants submit standardized test scores such as the ACT and SAT. The reasoning for going “test optional” was twofold: it was not possible to administer the tests safely, and there was a shared understanding that the most deleterious effects of the pandemic were exacerbating inequities in ways that disadvantaged students from under-resourced communities.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The federal judge overseeing the massive antitrust lawsuit governing the compensation of college athletes on Monday preliminarily approved a settlement the players struck with the National Collegiate Athletic Association and several major sports conference last summer.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The cloud can improve workflow efficiencies and support artificial intelligence initiatives, but to reap these benefits, higher education institutions must evolve their cloud strategies. That’s according to new research conducted by CDW on cloud computing trends. The report, which includes responses from more than 900 IT professionals across industries, explores how organizations are managing their cloud environments, business benefits created by cloud investments and how the cloud enables AI ad

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Princeton University professor emeritus John Hopfield, along with Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto, the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.

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The 2024 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education will occur October 23 - 25, 2024 at the Drury Plaza Hotel Pittsburgh Downtown. The annual, international gathering serves as a space to exchange ideas and perspectives concerning the global dynamics of Black males in the educational pipeline. First held in 2012, it is a community-building experience that brings together world-class scholars, high-impact practitioners, policy makers, funders, students, and concerned citizens across the

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Next Steps to Empower Your Multiyear Growth Road Map In higher education organizations, enrollment management plans can be like the weather: short term, ever changing, and subject to the whims of the seasons each year. But for your organization and programs to thrive no matter the conditions, a multiyear growth road map is needed to keep all parts of the organization aligned and moving toward a strategic set of goals.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Humboldt University of Berlin research also shows Asian elephants have more wrinkles than African cousins While humans are split between right-handers and left-handers, elephants have a preference for which side of their trunk they use. Now scientists have discovered it is possible to determine an elephant’s “trunkedness” by looking at its wrinkles.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

College and universities across Florida were shutting down their campuses this week, as Hurricane Milton barreled toward the coast of Florida. Florida Memorial University—the small Historically Black university in Miami—cancelled all its classes on Tuesday afternoon. The university is scheduled to reopen its doors on Friday morning. The University of Florida in Gainesville announced that it would close its offices and cancel classes, including online classes, beginning at 12:01 a.m.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Marketing educators face the challenge of equipping students with practical skills that reflect current industry trends. One trend is the integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into digital marketing practices. To address this, I designed an assignment for my online, college-level Fundamentals of Marketing course that teaches business students the essentials of branding and social media strategy and provides hands-on experience with GenAI tools.

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University Business

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A stealthier wave of censorship campaigns is hitting college campuses as lawmakers in some states move to restrict academic freedom beyond “educational gag orders” enacted in recent years, a new report warns. New censorship laws aimed at higher education have become “more insidious” during 2024 legislative sessions, according to PEN America’s “ America’s Censored Classrooms 2024: Refining the Art of Censorship ” report.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Leah Vanterpool has been named Vice President of Administration & Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the University of the Virgin Islands. Her appointment is effective October 28. Dr. Leah Vanterpool Vanterpool, a business and financial professional with over 30 years of experience, will lead the University’s financial operations and strategic planning, ensuring sustainable growth and fiscal responsibility.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 8, 2024

3 More Questions for Lee Bradshaw on Rhodes Advisors joshua.m.kim@d… Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Growing online programs without breaking the bank.

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Cybersecurity companies Rubrik and Okta are partnering on a new AI-powered identity threat protection solution.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

In this week's podcast Drumm is joined by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) President Sonny Ramaswamy and Executive Vice President Selena Grace to share insights into the commission's efforts to transform accreditation through collaboration and innovation. What you'll gain from listening to this podcast: ✓ Understanding Accreditation Changes: Gain insights into innovative accreditation approaches, such as NWCCU’s pilot for a three-year bachelor's degree, which could help

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The PIE ‘s editorial team has been hard at work pulling together a list of innovative leaders, marketeers, activists and policy makers in the region who all offer valuable commentary on the international education ecosystem. This year’s list features a totally different group of people to last year’s list to shine a light on a new set of names who are changing the game in North America.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Authenticity and Alienation mprutter@mit.edu Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM How existentialism shaped—and then faded from—modern thought.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

As university campuses increasingly become hotspots for activism, a new report from the Constructive Dialogue Institute provides vital insights for higher education leaders. “Navigating Campus Protests: University Leaders in the Era of Polarized Activism,” outlines five key strategies to help leaders manage unrest and maintain campus cohesion during periods of heightened tension.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The higher education landscape has never been more competitive. Colleges now close at a rate of one per week. Looking for an edge, many institutions are using artificial intelligence (AI) in admissions and enrollment. Is your institution keeping up with peer schools? To help answer that question, Liaison recently surveyed presidents, provosts, deans, and directors across the country about their knowledge and use of AI.

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University Business

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act requires schools to identify and serve children who need tailored support to succeed academically, and to “prepare them for further education, employment and independent living.” Organized as a series of six briefs, a new report from the Center for Learner Equity finds a devastating lack of access to the opportunities that make college possible.

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ACRLog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Editor’s Note: This guest post has been authored by Amber Pierdinock-Weed. Amber is the Teaching and Learning Librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she works closely with the First-Year Writing Program and Learning Living Communities on campus. In June 2023, I started a position as a Teaching and Learning Librarian at the University of Maryland, a Research I university.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee’s inquiry report was due to be tabled on October 8, but has now been delayed until October 9, in the week that is poised to be another pivotal moment for international education in Australia. Stakeholders eagerly awaiting the report’s publication now face an additional day’s delay.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

This HEPI long read was kindly authored by Martin Blakey, former Chief Executive of the Leeds-based student housing charity Unipol. Introduction The Renters’ Rights Bill had its first reading in the Commons on 11 September 2024, only 10 weeks after a Labour government was returned to power, indicating a serious legislative intent to press quickly ahead with the abolition of no-fault evictions (known at Section 21) following the commitment made in the 2024 Labour Party Manifesto.

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