August, 2023

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The Promise and Challenges of AI in Higher Ed

WCET Frontiers

The biggest topic in higher education right now, at least in my opinion, is artificial intelligence. There are various stories in higher education news about what impact AI will have on students, instructors, and the education field at large. This week, we welcome Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow from the University of Mississippi. Marc joins us to discuss the potential of AI in digital learning and to highlight the amazing work happening at his institution to prepare faculty and student

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The power and pace of philanthropy in higher education

Wonkhe

What’s the state of fundraising in UK higher education? Introducing a new report, Nik Miller and Joanna Motion are learning from the past and looking to the future The post The power and pace of philanthropy in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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California community college professors sue over classroom DEI policies

Higher Ed Dive

The lawsuit takes aim at documents that advise instructors to avoid inflicting “curricular trauma” on students and define merit as protecting White privilege.

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Ethical Considerations in Using ChatGPT in Colleges and Universities

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Give Credit Where Credit is Due I’m always on the lookout for articles about the use of ChatGPT, especially as it pertains to ethical behavior. I recently read an instructive piece on the Educate Wiser website. In it, the author points out some of the limitations of ChatGPT that include: Generating inaccurate or unreliable information. Reflecting biases that are present in the text it has been trained on.

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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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Protected: Empowering clinical supervisors as instructional coaches

Deans for Impact

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Empowering clinical supervisors as instructional coaches appeared first on Deans for Impact.

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What’s Higher Education’s Role in Teaching Soft Skills

MindMax

To what extent will artificial intelligence (AI) replace human workers? That’s the big question many are asking as more companies integrate AI into their operations. I certainly don’t have the answer, but I can say one thing with confidence: Even if (or when) robots take over tasks historically assigned to people, they won’t replace the soft skills that are uniquely human.

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I spent the last six months travelling alongside commuter students. Here’s what I learned

Wonkhe

Commuter students have all kinds of different experiences. Emma Maslin's research seeks to better understand their journeys The post I spent the last six months travelling alongside commuter students. Here’s what I learned appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Final Title IX rules likely to be pushed beyond October

Higher Ed Dive

The Education Department hasn’t even sent its regulatory plans to the Office of Management and Budget, which can take up to 120 days to review them.

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In the Fight Over 'Wokeness,' Christian Colleges Feel Pressed to Pick a Side

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Helen Huiskes Illustration by The Chronicle; images from iStock, text from Colorado Christian University’s statement on critical race theory Talking about race has become a high-stakes decision for faith-based institutions.

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Integrating Generative AI into Higher Education: Considerations

Educause

Integrating AI into higher education is not a futuristic vision but an inevitability. Colleges and universities must adapt and prepare students, faculty, and staff for their AI-infused futures.

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UK grads seek opportunities in TEFL abroad

The PIE News

UK graduates unable to find work are actively seeking out opportunities teaching English abroad, according to a new survey. According to the survey conducted by The TEFL Academy , over 30% of UK respondents had chosen to teach English abroad as a direct result of challenges in finding employment in their field of study. “Finding out your degree is not worth the paper it’s printed on is hugely disappointing.

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University Says It Won’t Charge for Textbooks. Professors Ask How.

Inside Higher Ed

University Says It Won’t Charge for Textbooks. Professors Ask How. Featured Image at Top of Article Free_Textbooks(1).

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What even is a “full-time” course anyway?

Wonkhe

Jim Dickinson tries to make sense of regs defining a "full time" course that a student has to "attend", and finds a mess built on outdated assumptions that universities may nevertheless want to maintain The post What even is a “full-time” course anyway? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Cal State system and faculty union hit bargaining impasse, strike threat looms

Higher Ed Dive

The parties will participate in state-administered mediation after failing to find agreement on issues like pay and parental leave.

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We're Making the Same Title IX Mistakes. Again

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Eight-hundred pages of newly obtained documents show a surprising lack of foresight. By KC Johnson Derek Brahney for The Chronicle Eight-hundred pages of newly obtained documents show a surprising lack of foresight.

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Higher Education Trends: The Imperative to Meet Students’ Needs

MindMax

Just like that, another summer is nearly over. In advance of the 2023-2024 academic year, I’m taking time to reflect on recent higher education trends I’ve observed and expect will continue in the year to come. Interestingly, a common thread connects most of these trends: higher education’s imperative to meet students’ needs. Let’s dive in. 1. Breaking Down Admissions Barriers It’s no secret that the college admissions process is complex, confusing, and emotional.

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Set Up Your Personal Academic Website with Jennifer van Alstyne, Brittany Trinh, and Ian Li

The Academic Designer

Jennifer van Alstyne, Brittany Trinh, and Dr. Ian Li discuss creating personal academic websites, demoing Owlstown, and answering FAQs. Establish online presence through a simple, customizable website for professors.

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From Lone Star College Custodian to Dean

Inside Higher Ed

Reyna Gómez Tippetts says community colleges are “the gateway for education” and provide an opportunity “to help you get to the next step.” Earning a high school diploma, let alone a college degree, once seemed like an unattainable goal to Reyna Gómez Tippetts. When she was growing up with a poor, single mother in a shack with a dirt floor and cardboard walls, dreaming big wasn’t part of the culture.

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AI should cause us to adopt more progressive approaches to learning

Wonkhe

As students seek ways to bridge gaps between theoretical knowledge and real-world application, Elena Rodríguez Falcón senses opportunities amidst the "threats" of generative AI The post AI should cause us to adopt more progressive approaches to learning appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Georgia public colleges put end to required DEI statements in hiring

Higher Ed Dive

The 26-institution system also prohibited colleges from requiring diversity statements as part of employee training.

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5 Steps to Integrate Climate Action Into Your Courses This Fall

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The wildfires, heat waves, and floods that increasingly appear on our news feeds are real. Small actions can be an antidote to despair. By Karen Costa LJ Davids for The Chronicle The wildfires, heat waves, and floods that increasingly appear on our news feeds are real. Small actions can be an antidote to despair.

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2023-2024 Higher Education Trends: The Imperative to Meet Students’ Needs

MindMax

Just like that, another summer is nearly over. In advance of the 2023-2024 academic year, I’m taking time to reflect on recent higher education trends I’ve observed and expect will continue in the year to come. Interestingly, a common thread connects most of these trends: higher education’s imperative to meet students’ needs. Let’s dive in. 1. Breaking Down Admissions Barriers It’s no secret that the college admissions process is complex, confusing, and emotional.

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Howard University Undergoes Home Restoration of Civil Rights Activist Mary Church Terrell

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using a grant from the U.S. National Park Service, Howard University is restoring the home of civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell. This endeavor was funded by an African American Civil Rights (AACR) grant from the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund, which has given out more than a total of $2 billion in historic preservation grants since 1977.

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U.S. Discharges $72 Million in Loans for Ashford Students

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Arizona Global Campus, which acquired Ashford in 2020, might be on the hook for the discharged student loans. The former Ashford University repeatedly lied to students over a decade about the cost, time requirement and value of its degree program, making the education they obtained “effectively worthless,” the U.S.

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How to convert climate grief and anxiety into hope in higher education

Wonkhe

Amidst the apocalyptic nature of the climate crisis, Sean Porter calls for education that builds hope and liberation from the current state of the world The post How to convert climate grief and anxiety into hope in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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University of Arizona may be partly on the hook for $72M in discharged Ashford loans

Higher Ed Dive

A senior Education Department official said the agency would seek to recoup the cost from both the online college’s current and previous owners.

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Is #AcademicTwitter Over?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Zachary Schermele Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images The once-popular, ever-controversial website is imploding, critics say. What, if anything, does higher ed stand to lose?

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“More sustainable” HE funding approach needed in UK

The PIE News

A more sustainable approach to funding higher education in the UK is needed, the Russell Group of research-intensive universities has said as they face “increasing pressures” to deliver high-quality education and impactful research. In a briefing paper , the group representing 24 institutions says UK tuition fees and government grants are not sufficient to allow them to continue “educating the skilled workforce of the future and producing world-class research and innovation

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Webinar: Mental Health Equity on Campuses Requires More Extensive Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s not enough to make statements. It’s not enough to create working groups. It’s not enough to pay attention to only some parts of the larger problem. When it comes to improving mental health equity on college campuses, more work just needs to be done, mental health experts said during a webinar Wednesday. (left to right, top to bottom) Dr. Shawnté Elbert; Dr.

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UNC Faculty Member Killed, Allegedly by Grad Student

Inside Higher Ed

Students spent three terrifying hours on lockdown while police investigated a fatal shooting at a science building in the center of the Chapel Hill campus. A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member was shot and killed on campus Monday, according to a statement from Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. Police arrested the alleged shooter, whom local media organizations identified as a UNC graduate student after matching his photo with institutional records.

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There’s more we could do to support entrepreneurship in the arts

Wonkhe

Can you be an artist and an entrepreneur? For Robert Phillips, the word might not fit but the action does. The post There’s more we could do to support entrepreneurship in the arts appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Survey: Over 4 in 5 college seniors report burnout during undergraduate experience

Higher Ed Dive

Handshake found that the majority of the class of 2024 expects to carry those feelings into their early careers.

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The Political Machine Behind the War on Academic Freedom

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How conservative activists use state legislatures to control what colleges can teach. By Steven Brint Ricardo Rey for The Chronicle How conservative activists use state legislatures to control what colleges can teach.

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Canada expecting 900k but “integrity of system” at risk, says minister

The PIE News

Canada is expecting to host 900,000 international students this year, its immigration minister has detailed, meaning the country is approaching the total number of international students in the world’s most popular study destination, the US. However, the minister warned “perverse effects” associated with the growth in recent years and risks to the “integrity of the system” The US hosted 948,519 international students in the 2021/22 academic year, according to the la

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John Rushforth responds to HEPI’s new paper on vice-chancellors’ pay – and to the response it has received from the UCU

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by John Rushforth, Executive Secretary of the Committee of University Chairs , writing in a personal capacity. Discussions on vice-chancellors’ pay are not something I particularly enjoy. They tend to generate lots of emotion, be relatively short of facts and often turn unpleasant So, when the HEPI report on VC pay landed on my desk, my reaction was not unalloyed joy.

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Beyond the Career Panel

Inside Higher Ed

Andrea Webb and Erica Machulak explore four ways faculty members and administrators can foster professional agency among graduate students. As universities across North America become more sensitive to the precarious career prospects of their graduate students, they are increasingly calling upon faculty members to find new ways to prepare Ph.D.s for life beyond the academy.

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