Wonkhe
JUNE 8, 2024
Steven Jones has four asks for an incoming government from university academic staff The post A manifesto for higher education from an academic perspective appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 26, 2024
However, inflation-adjusted salaries are still far below what they were before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Higher Ed Data Stories
JUNE 25, 2024
This is a reboot of a visualization I did in 2018, which I found fascinating, but which didn't get much traffic at the time, and thus, I've not refreshed it. But I still find it compelling an instructive. Each year, the Association of American Medical Colleges publishes a lot of data about admission to medical colleges in the US. But frankly, it's a mess, and takes a lot of effort to clean up and visualize: Each link is a separate spreadsheet, and each spreadsheet has spacer rows and merged cell
The Academic Designer
JUNE 26, 2024
Introducing Dr. Monica Cox, professor and change maker for equity in the workplace Jennifer: I’m so excited to feature Dr. Monica Cox, a professor, author, and change maker. Monica, thanks so much for coming today to talk about your new book Never Defeated: Nine Lessons from the Workplace Front Lines.
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Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 21, 2024
Florida Argues It Could Stop Professors From Criticizing Governor Ryan Quinn Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A nationally prominent conservative lawyer, hired to defend the state’s Stop WOKE Act, asserted that what public university professors say in classrooms “is the government’s speech.” The national implications for academic freedom could be dire.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 25, 2024
Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough has been appointed interim president of Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama. Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough Dr. Edward L. Hill Jr., the college’s vice provost for Lifelong Learning and Professional Development and Dean of Graduate Studies, served as the immediate interim president following the June 4 resignation of Dr.
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Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 20, 2024
A higher education researcher breaks down how a think tank attempted to quantify the return on investment for 53,000 different programs.
Higher Ed Data Stories
JUNE 2, 2024
There has been a lot written about the death of the English degree in higher education. Is it true? Sort of. But there are other interesting trends in patterns across the country in the past dozen years. I downloaded IPEDS data from 2010 to 2022 (even years) and created the visualization to show those changes and patterns in bachelor's degrees awarded.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 21, 2024
By Nell Gluckman Andrew Hancock for The Chronicle Ted Roberts at Tarleton State U. The military veteran had taught at Tarleton State for over a decade. His colleagues were stunned.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 24, 2024
The latest Title VI resolution agreement sheds light on how colleges are being asked to handle complaints about online speech. First Amendment advocates are concerned about the implications. When a student at Lafayette College held up a poster that included the phrase “from the river to the sea” at a protest last October, officials who’d been monitoring the demonstration reacted quickly.
HEPI
JUNE 19, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Stephen Curry, Professor of Structural Biology and Consul at Imperial College London and Director of Strategy at the Research on Research Institute; Dorothy Bishop, Professor Emeritus of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of Oxford; and Martin Paul Eve, Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing at Birkbeck, University of London.
Wonkhe
JUNE 10, 2024
Steve Briggs, Sally Everett, and Debbie Holley assess the evidence from Advance HE national teaching awards The post Traditional HE role classifications create structural inequalities for third space professionals appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 5, 2024
The research center found that just 1 in 4 adults say a four-year degree is a "very or extremely important" part of getting a well-paid job.
Higher Ed Data Stories
JUNE 5, 2024
Most, but not all, of the data visualizations on this site use data from IPEDS , the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. And all of the visualizations (as I recall) use Tableau , a very powerful data visualization tool, especially for people like me who don't know how to write the code necessary in some software packages. In this post, I'll start with a few of the easiest and quickest ways to get data out of IPEDS.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 27, 2024
The 49 staffers thought their jobs were safe. Then they were summoned to a Zoom call. By Katherine Mangan The 49 staffers thought their jobs were safe. Then they were summoned to a Zoom call.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 17, 2024
The university recorded Larry Chavis’s class without his consent for a professional review. Last week he was told his contract would not be renewed. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not renew the contract of a professor whose classes they recorded without his permission, university media relations director Beth Lutz confirmed.
The Berkeley Blog
JUNE 12, 2024
"We're reconstructing history here," William Carter said of his geography Ph.D. research and collaboration with UC Berkeley's Disabled Students' Program. The post With newly digitized slave ship logs, Berkeley Ph.D. student examines race, power — and literacy appeared first on Berkeley News.
Wonkhe
JUNE 18, 2024
The election has offered classroom-based foundation years a stay of execution. Sarah Hale and Stephen Leech wonder how long it will last The post Threats to foundation years should worry us all appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 6, 2024
However, over 943,000 stopped-out students reenrolled in 2022-23, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Higher Ed Data Stories
JUNE 28, 2024
OK, I admit it. That headline is clickbait. I have no idea which colleges might close in the near future, but I want to take a look at the problem from 30,000 feet. This is prompted by the recent announcement that Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts will close. It comes on the heels of several other announcements like this over the past few years.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 6, 2024
Is a world-famous misinformation expert spreading misinformation? By Stephanie M. Lee Roger Lemoyne for The Chronicle Joan Donovan claims that Meta’s influence cost her a job at Harvard. Does her story stand up to scrutiny?
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 11, 2024
Faces of the FAFSA Fiasco Tim Phang Tue, 06/11/2024 - 03:00 AM The botched rollout of the new federal aid form is more than just a policy failure. It’s a human crisis. Inside Higher Ed’s “Faces of the FAFSA Fiasco” tells the story of the students behind the numbers.
The Berkeley Blog
JUNE 11, 2024
Researchers will use neuroimaging to observe the effects of psilocybin on the human brain — in real-time. The post Psychedelics change how we see the world. A UC Berkeley study aims to find out why. appeared first on Berkeley News.
Wonkhe
JUNE 30, 2024
Labour's manifesto puts teaching quality in the context of a post-16 education review. Debbie McVitty looks over the border to learn what a tertiary quality system could mean The post Labour’s tertiary approach to higher education quality could take lessons from Scotland appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 27, 2024
New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed these metrics improved at almost all types of colleges.
Higher Ed Data Stories
JUNE 6, 2024
This will be the second part of a series of blogposts about how to use IPEDS, The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System of the federal government. If you're just starting, I highly recommend you go to the first post to bring yourself up to speed on the basics. If you don't, some of this might not make sense. In that post, I covered several of the ways you can extract simple tables of data for a single year or a single institution; or summary data, including fairly basic and interactive
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 5, 2024
This is about a lot more than one university's disciplinary action. By Andrew Manuel Crespo and Kirsten Weld Illustration by The Chronicle; Aaron M. Sprecher, AP This is about a lot more than one university's disciplinary action.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 5, 2024
Faculty Power on the Line in Kentucky Ryan Quinn Wed, 06/05/2024 - 03:00 AM University of Kentucky leaders are on the verge of replacing a strong University Senate with a purely advisory body. Faculty members are asking a simple question: Why?
The Berkeley Blog
JUNE 13, 2024
Human breast milk contains a unique blend of prebiotic sugars that are tricky to replicate in commercial infant formula. New research shows that plants may be the perfect manufacturers. The post Can engineered plants help make baby formula as nutritious as breast milk? appeared first on Berkeley News.
Wonkhe
JUNE 6, 2024
Increasing numbers of students are using self-employment as a component of supporting their living costs. Robert Phillips asks whether universities can help The post Students are turning to self-employment to fund their studies appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 28, 2024
Issues with the form’s rollout have made identifying merger partners for many small colleges an even greater urgency, one consolidation expert argues.
IHEP
JUNE 30, 2024
A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race-conscious admissions in higher education. Yet legacy admissions policies that give preferential treatment to applicants who are related to alumni are still used across the country. A new IHEP analysis of data released through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) reveals the prevalence of legacy admissions policies among selective colleges and universities.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 20, 2024
Laurence D. Bobo's proposal would turn academic freedom upside down. By Keith E. Whittington Suzanne Kreiter, The Boston Globe, Getty Images This would set the university back a hundred years.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 13, 2024
The University of Missouri system is removing racial criteria from endowed scholarships, saying they run afoul of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban. Donors feel disrespected—and some may be ready to go to court. Almost as soon as the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action last June, Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey fired off a response.
The Berkeley Blog
JUNE 28, 2024
"This case will be a Rorschach test for elected officials," one expert said. "Will they redouble their efforts to provide shelter and housing, or fall back on laws that punish people for being homeless?" The post Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say appeared first on Berkeley News.
Wonkhe
JUNE 2, 2024
What would be the impact of Conservative proposals to cut courses with lower graduate salaries and lower B3 metrics? At the scale that is being discussed, whole providers could close. David Kernohan has the data The post The wider impact of election promises on “poor quality” courses appeared first on Wonkhe.
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