May, 2023

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What does duty of care mean when it comes to universities and students?

Wonkhe

Recent student suicide cases bring into focus the level and nature of responsibility a university should have over students. Jim Dickinson reviews a legal note aiming to build understanding The post What does duty of care mean when it comes to universities and students? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Ransomware threat against colleges grows, survey finds

Higher Ed Dive

Nearly 4 in 5 surveyed higher education institutions said they’d had a ransomware attack in the past year, according to cybersecurity firm Sophos.

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When Social Scientists Ask the Wrong Questions

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Too many researchers have become the unwitting victims of corporate capture. By Nina Strohminger and Olúfémi Táíwò Illustration by The Chronicle Too many researchers have become the unwitting victims of corporate capture.

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Get Your Research Funded with Dr. Julia Barzyk

The Academic Designer

Are you a wise investigator? As a PI, getting your research funded is a priority. Meet Dr. Julia Barzyk who is uncovering the hidden curriculum to getting funding for your research.

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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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Nurturing student learning and motivation through the application of cognitive science

Deans for Impact

Nicole McNeil remembers the moment well: she had just begun a tutoring relationship with a student in a local elementary school, when a teacher mistook McNeil for a social worker. “The teacher informed me that this student was facing behavioral challenges in the classroom and assumed I had arrived to address those issues,” she recalls. But by using principles of cognitive science to support his learning, she experienced a different version of the student: he was joyful, deeply engaged in their o

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5 Humanization Trends to Inspire Your Higher Ed Marketing

MindMax

“Personalization” has been one of the most prominent marketing buzzwords in recent years, driving marketing teams across industries to create experiences tailored to individuals’ preferences and requirements. Targeted emails, product recommendations, and remarketing are a few familiar examples of personalization we have all encountered. If you’re following 2023 marketing trends as we are, you’ll notice that a new theme has emerged that is often discussed in relation to personalization.

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Ohio Senate bill restricting DEI, tenure advances over widespread objections

Higher Ed Dive

The proposed legislation would rewrite many of higher education's norms. A companion bill is pending in the state House.

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Dealing With Disreputable Donors

Inside Higher Ed

Dealing With Disreputable Donors Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-154428054.

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Most New Presidents at Top Research Universities Are Now Women

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By David Jesse A new study found that 53 percent of leaders appointed to R1 research universities since the fall of 2021 are women, though men still lead 70 percent of those institutions.

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Proving the possible: how an Ohio partnership is bringing tutoring to scale

Deans for Impact

Like many schools across the US impacted by the pandemic, Crim Elementary School in northwest Ohio was looking for more resources to support all of its students with rigorous, grade-level learning of academic concepts. Half a mile away, the College of Education and Human Development at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) had a ready-made solution: 58 aspiring teachers who needed early field practice with students to hone their instructional skills.

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FIRE statement on Florida’s expansion of the Stop WOKE Act

FIRE

As FIRE said when this bill passed the legislature: Prohibiting ideas in the name of freedom is not freedom at all. It is censorship.

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We’re asking questions about curriculum transformation

Wonkhe

Curriculum change is everywhere - and Wonkhe and Adobe want to know what's going on. Mark Andrews and Debbie McVitty introduce a new investigation into how universities are making their ambitions for their students a reality The post We’re asking questions about curriculum transformation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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California becomes battleground over bachelor’s degrees at community colleges

Higher Ed Dive

Two of the state's higher ed systems are clashing over the right to offer students four-year degrees.

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Abstracts matter more than you think – and writing a good one is hard

THE (Times Higher Education)

Even academics, never mind practitioners, will rarely read beyond an underwhelming and uninformative summary, says Maia Chankseliani

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I'm a Student. You Have No Idea How Much We're Using ChatGPT.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

No professor or software could ever pick up on it. By Owen Kichizo Terry Alex Williamson for The Chronicle No professor or software could ever pick up on it.

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Ensuring the success of future teachers to enact foundational skills literacy instruction

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact partnered with Instruction Partners to reflect on the importance of fostering a continuum of support for pre-service and in-service teachers to enact evidence-based early literacy instruction. Read more about in-service support on the Instruction Partners blog. At West Sabine Elementary School in East Texas, a class of second-grade students engages with rapt attention and curiosity as they read a new book about Brooklyn, New York, with their teacher.

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Education Leaders and Researchers Discuss Strategies to Better Recruit and Retain Educators of Color

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Education leaders and researchers discussed the vast disparities in the number of educators of color and potential ways to help recruit them during a panel of the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) Equity Assistance Center-South’s (EAC-South) Educational Equity Indicators Professional Learning Series. Sharif El-Mekki This second session of the “How to Improve Educator Recruitment and Retention: Stories from the South” series took virtually on Tuesday.

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Universities are trapped in a dependant doom loop over immigration

Wonkhe

Latest figures show the rise in dependant visas is even more dramatic than previously understood. Jim Dickinson runs the numbers and thinks through what might happen next. The post Universities are trapped in a dependant doom loop over immigration appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside the effort to improve transfers between community colleges and top-ranked schools

Higher Ed Dive

Relatively few two-year college students go on to selective institutions, but some higher ed leaders are creating new pathways to change that.

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Peer review is broken. Paying referees could help fix it

THE (Times Higher Education)

Offering payment has risks, but it could expand the pool of willing reviewers beyond those on permanent academic salaries, says Duncan Money

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AAUP Calls to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ in Florida

Inside Higher Ed

AAUP Calls to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ in Florida Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1255657321.

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Statehouses' Targeting of Diversity and Tenure Is Starting to Scare Away Faculty Job Candidates

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Megan Zahneis Applications are down, and some prospective professors are rejecting job offers even if they don't have others in hand, say union representatives in Florida and Texas.

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University of Delaware Investigate Swastika Drawn on Office Door of Jewish Professor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of Delaware (UD) police are investigating after an English professor who is Jewish found a swastika drawn on a poster on her office door with the words, "We Are Everywhere," Delaware Online reported. The swastika was drawn on a poster promoting a drag performance the professor organized years ago. "This incident is in direct opposition to our institutional values supporting diversity, equity and inclusion, and we unequivocally denounce this and all expressions of hate, prejudice and d

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Universities need to normalise mental illness

Wonkhe

Mental health issues are widespread among university staff, and we still don’t really know how deep the problem goes. For Pathik Pathak, the first step is more openness The post Universities need to normalise mental illness appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Minnesota could make college free for families earning under $80K

Higher Ed Dive

The North Star Promise would bridge the gap between tuition costs and students' grants and scholarships, according to proposed legislation.

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UK international student contribution soars to £42bn

The PIE News

A landmark report by various stakeholders in the UK has revealed that international students boosted the country’s economy by £41.9bn in the academic year 2021/22. The benefits and costs of international higher education students to the UK economy, compiled by Universities UK International , HEPI and Kaplan International Pathways , showed that the corresponding cost of the students to taxpayers was just £4.4bn.

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At Michigan, Getting an A Because Your Instructor’s On Strike

Inside Higher Ed

At Michigan, Getting an A Because Your Instructor’s On Strike Featured Image at Top of Article UMich Strike - 2023-05-18.

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How are HE leaders responding to generative AI?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Mary Curnock Cook CBE , chair of the Jisc-Emerge HE Edtech Board, and Nic Newman , Founder and partner at Emerge Education. Given some of the recent media coverage of the rise of generative AI and its potential impact on universities, especially around assessment and academic misconduct, it would be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that university leaders are running scared in the face of ChatGPT.

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The endless churn of administrators leaves faculty feeling dizzy

THE (Times Higher Education)

Just as deans and provosts start to realise their visions, they are often gone, leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces, says Elizabeth Lehfeldt

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By all, for all – how arts and humanities research can build more resilient communities

Wonkhe

The AHRC Creative Communities programme shows the value of bringing local communities into the cultural R&D conversation, argues programme director Katy Shaw The post By all, for all – how arts and humanities research can build more resilient communities appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Bain warns of ‘perilous environment’ for colleges as COVID-19 relief dries up

Higher Ed Dive

Although the higher education sector gained financial stability during the pandemic, the effects are likely short-lived, analysts said

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A Professor at New College of Florida Quits in Dramatic Fashion. Here's Why He Felt He Had to Go.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Tom Bartlett In an interview, the college's faculty chairman said he publicly resigned in a board meeting after deciding that the newly installed trustees weren't interested in listening to students.

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University of Phoenix to Affiliate With University of Idaho

Inside Higher Ed

University of Phoenix to Affiliate With University of Idaho Featured Image at Top of Article Idaho-Phoenix-2023-05-17.

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Great Expectations: Myth and the Student Experience

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Jon Down , Director of Development and Ellie Garraway , CEO, of Grit Breakthrough Programmes. Grit delivers intensive personal development and coaching programmes in universities across the UK. In his recent HEPI blog, Leo Hanna outlined the dangers of students’ expectations not matching up to reality: wasted opportunities for non-continuing students, lost revenue and reputational harm to institutions.

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A Framework for Developing an Institutional Digital Learning Strategy

Educause

The Digital Learning Strategy Guide can help institutions develop a robust, flexible, and personalized framework for a digital learning strategy informed by digital transformation.

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Generative AI can help with course planning

Wonkhe

Course planning takes time and effort. Doug Specht and Gunter Saunders argue that large language models can serve as a critical friend in the process The post Generative AI can help with course planning appeared first on Wonkhe.

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