Why we should test our students more
Wonkhe
APRIL 29, 2024
Assessment is learning, and students value it. Katy Burgess explains the psychology of testing The post Why we should test our students more appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Criticism mounts against Texas Gov. Abbott’s executive order on campus antisemitism
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 16, 2024
The state AAUP conference recently pushed back against the directive, saying it uses overly broad language and singles out certain student groups.
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Private college discount rates for first-year students, 2021
Higher Ed Data Stories
APRIL 22, 2024
Before we begin, here is what this post does not do: It will generally not tell you where you can get low tuition, with a very few exceptions. And when it does, it won't be at one of "those" colleges. It will not tell you which colleges are likely to close soon, although after the fact, you can probably find a closed college and say, "Aha! Right where I expected it would be!
I’m a Professor. I Never Expected to Be Arrested by My Own University.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 29, 2024
This madness must end. By Sarah D. Phillips Jeremy Hogan, SOPA Images, LightRocket, Getty Images This madness must end.
Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P
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As Police Clear Encampments, Professors Arrested Along With Students
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 30, 2024
As Police Clear Encampments, Professors Arrested Along With Students Ryan Quinn Tue, 04/30/2024 - 03:00 AM Videos have gone viral of faculty members being taken to the ground, zip-tied, and led away by police.
Strategies for Speaking Out
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 22, 2024
Activism is hardly optional in today’s world. I feel the calling in my bones. My family is deeply Jewish, with both Sephardic and Ashkenazic roots, and taught me the core lessons of tikkun olam (repair the world), tzedakah (create justice), g’milut chasadim (engage in loving kindness), pikuach nefesh (life matters), and ometz lev (courage). These values anchored my identity even as the academy challenged it, trying to make me quieter, smaller, and less effective.
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Drake University to cut 3 academic programs as it tries to balance budget
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
In approving the changes, the Iowa nonprofit’s board of trustees pivoted away from more significant cuts recommended earlier this year.
Changes in SAT Scores after Test-optional
Higher Ed Data Stories
APRIL 1, 2024
One of the intended consequences of test-optional admission policies at some institutions prior to the COVID-19 pandemic was to raise test scores reported to US News and World Report. It's rare that you would see a proponent of test-optional admission like me admit that, but to deny it would be foolish. Because I worked at DePaul, which was an early adopter of the approach (at least among large universities), I fielded a lot of calls from colleagues who were considering it, some of whom were exp
‘These Terms Are Just Absurd’: How One University Disciplined Professors Accused of Assisting an Encampment
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 30, 2024
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows No contact with colleagues. No representing the institution. Six faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis have been placed on leave with detailed restrictions.
Divest? Call the Cops? Presidents Grapple With How to Respond
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 29, 2024
Divest? Call the Cops? Presidents Grapple With How to Respond Josh Moody Mon, 04/29/2024 - 03:00 AM Some leaders have directly engaged protestors as encampments crop up on campus. Others have sent in the police, leading to violent arrests and sharp criticism.
The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral
The Guardian - Higher Education
APRIL 11, 2024
Arts education is essential – yet on both sides of the Atlantic, the humanities and critical thinking are under attack. With massive redundancies announced at this London institution, is it the canary in the coalmine? It is a couple of days before Easter, and the students who have been holding a sit-in in the Professor Stuart Hall building in Goldsmiths, University of London are packing up.
Celebrating diversity and supporting progression in education-focused HE careers
Wonkhe
APRIL 9, 2024
Hannah Cobb, and members of the national learning and teaching focused network, reflect on what universities can do to enhance the careers of education-focused staff The post Celebrating diversity and supporting progression in education-focused HE careers appeared first on Wonkhe.
330,000 FAFSAs must be reprocessed, Education Department says
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 2, 2024
A tax data issue affecting about 5% of submitted applications will be corrected starting in early April.
FIRE urges Arizona governor to veto unconstitutional age verification legislation
FIRE
APRIL 5, 2024
FIRE urges Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs to veto House Bill 2586, which contains an online age verification requirement that would violate the First Amendment rights of Arizonans.
Why Texas A&M's Lone Black Professor of Nursing Called It Quits
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 17, 2024
Why Texas A&M's lone Black professor of nursing called it quits. By Erin Gretzinger Joan Wong for The Chronicle This is what it feels like to be in the cross hairs of the campaign against DEI.
Police Ratchet Up Use of Force on Campus Protesters
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 26, 2024
Police Ratchet Up Use of Force on Campus Protesters Katherine Knott Fri, 04/26/2024 - 03:00 AM As colleges turn to police to suppress pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some are calling for the National Guard. Experts say history should be a warning.
On Events at Columbia University
Academe Blog
APRIL 19, 2024
BY HANK REICHMAN As a Columbia alum (College ’69), participant in that university’s 1968 student rebellion, advocate for academic freedom and free expression rights, and as a Jew, I have followed developments at Columbia over the past few days with great interest.
Students transition through, not just into, university
Wonkhe
APRIL 18, 2024
There's a lot of focus on smoothing the transition into university - but what about how students make it through their experience? David Woolley and Jon Down describe the journey The post Students transition through, not just into, university appeared first on Wonkhe.
Final Title IX rule enshrines protections for LGBTQI+ students
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 19, 2024
The Education Department's long-awaited regulations also provide protections for pregnant students and employees.
Faculty Groups To Hold National Day of Action April 17
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 9, 2024
Faculty and student groups at more than 50 U.S. college and university campuses will hold a nationwide Day of Action for Higher Education on April 17. American Association of University Professors chapters across the country are joining a grassroots effort to counter narratives that malign higher education. American Association of University Professors chapters plan to join Higher Education Labor United, the American Federation of Teachers, and other higher education unions and student organizat
How the FAFSA Crisis Has Stranded the Most Vulnerable College Applicants
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 17, 2024
How the FAFSA crisis has stranded higher ed's most vulnerable applicants. By Eric Hoover Elias Williams for The Chronicle One day at a high school in April revealed the doubt, anger, and determination of students awaiting financial-aid offers.
Punishments Rise as Student Protests Escalate
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 15, 2024
Punishments Rise as Student Protests Escalate kathryn.palmer… Mon, 04/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Exasperated and under intense scrutiny, some college administrators are increasingly punishing student activists with suspensions, expulsions and arrests.
How can aspects of wellbeing be addressed in the curriculum?
HEPI
APRIL 4, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Harriet Dunbar-Morris , Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic at the University of Buckingham. In a world that has changed due to the Covid pandemic and the cost of living, students are increasingly less able to engage with standalone support provided by institutions. They are also less well-prepared for higher education study, having undertaken parts of their secondary education during the pandemic, not always together in a classroom and not always with ex
It’s time to tackle all the gaps that surface in our student lifecycle data, not just the awarding gap
Wonkhe
APRIL 8, 2024
Tony Moss demonstrates how attention to student outcome gaps across the whole student lifecycle sheds new light on the awarding gap The post It’s time to tackle all the gaps that surface in our student lifecycle data, not just the awarding gap appeared first on Wonkhe.
FAFSA submissions from high school seniors are down 27.1%
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 9, 2024
Concerns about possible enrollment declines are growing amid the fraught rollout of the new federal student aid form.
Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 25, 2024
Two new reports and an online dashboard from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, are part of an ambitious effort to tell the story of transfer students. These resources break down how many students are able to successfully transfer from a two-year institution to a four-year institution, with or without an associate degree or certificate, and how many of those transferred students are able to achieve a bachelor’s degree at the end of their journ
One Scientist Neglected His Grant Reports. Now U.S. Agencies Are Withholding Grants for an Entire University.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 10, 2024
By Francie Diep An email from the University of California at San Diego's vice chancellor for research alerted the campus to the situation on Tuesday. The scientist says he got no warning before that day.
Biden Administration Finalizes Overtime Rule
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 24, 2024
Biden Administration Finalizes Overtime Rule jessica.blake@… Wed, 04/24/2024 - 03:00 AM The updated regulation will require colleges and universities across the country to either raise staff salaries to $58,656 or grant them overtime pay by Jan. 1, 2025.
Navigating the Waves: Key Strategies for International Student Recruitment Success
HEPI
APRIL 9, 2024
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Vincenzo Raimo, an independent international higher education consultant and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading, where he previously served as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement. The questionnaire mentioned in this blog is embedded as a pdf below and can be downloaded from the website. The landscape of international student recruitment in the UK has experienced a seismic shift from a period of unexpected prosperity post-Covid, to a challen
Not everyone can afford open access monographs
Wonkhe
APRIL 23, 2024
Adding requirements for open access books and chapters to REF will massively increase costs - and there is no additional funding to cover these. Dawn Hibbert asks for a rethink The post Not everyone can afford open access monographs appeared first on Wonkhe.
Lifetime college returns differ significantly by major, research finds
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 25, 2024
Engineering and computer science showed the best return out of 10 fields of study that were examined.
Leaders Call for Active Resistance Against Anti-DEI Measures
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 13, 2024
NEW YORK – At the National Action Network (NAN) Convention in New York City, social justice leaders gathered to discuss the impact of anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) legislation introduced or signed into law in states like Texas, Florida, and Alabama. Public institutions in these states are firing DEI-focused employees or redirecting their roles in an effort to comply.
The Gutting of the Liberal Arts
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 8, 2024
At public comprehensive universities like SUNY-Potsdam, the humanities are being hollowed out. By David C.K. Curry Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock At public comprehensive universities like SUNY-Potsdam, the humanities are being hollowed out.
FAFSA Fallout on Capitol Hill
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 10, 2024
FAFSA Fallout on Capitol Hill Katherine Knott Wed, 04/10/2024 - 10:20 AM A House committee held its first hearing Wednesday on the disastrous launch of the new FAFSA.
Weekend Reading: What to do about university funding?
HEPI
APRIL 20, 2024
HEPI recently published a collection of essays on the issue of funding undergraduate degrees, curated by HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy Rose Stephenson. Over the next few weekends, we will be running select chapters from that collection as Weekend Reading. This chapter was authored by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014 and author of A University Education (2017).
Whatever happened to students at the heart of the system?
Wonkhe
APRIL 14, 2024
2010 ushered in a new government that promised that students’ interests would be central to decision making. Jim Dickinson argues that it represents a decade of failure The post Whatever happened to students at the heart of the system? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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