The year’s biggest higher ed stories — so far
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 5, 2022
These topics have resonated most with our readers so far in 2022.
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Building Bridges: The Case for Inter-Faculty Learning
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Gemma Ahearne and Matt Murphy argue that in order to prepare students for the workplace, they need to be able to communicate across different disciplines. The post Building Bridges: The Case for Inter-Faculty Learning appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Using data to catalyze and sustain cycles of continuous improvement in teacher preparation
Deans for Impact
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Data, when interpreted in context and used appropriately, is a powerful tool for surfacing important trends and issues in education. For example, recent NAEP trend assessments reveal not only the consequences of pandemic-related disruptions on student learning, but also the varying results of education policies, remedial programs, and instructional priorities across state lines to address challenges.
Thinking Beyond College Rankings
MindMax
DECEMBER 8, 2022
A few months ago, Education Secretary Miguel A. Cardona declared college rankings “a joke.” He made this bold statement in support of a broader point he presented in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education : elite institutions “spend enormous resources to climb college rankings and compete for the most affluent, highest-scoring students.” Calling for “a new vision for college excellence,” Cardona championed equity, inclusivity, and upward mobility for disadvantaged demographics as new
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How many unique education credentials exist? More than 1M, according to a new count.
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Nonacademic providers offer the most credentials, followed by postsecondary institutions. Researchers want more information.
What implications does ChatGPT have for assessment?
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Has artificial intelligence become a legitimate concern for plagiarism? James Bagshaw investigates the discussion around the use of the AI chat tool, ChatGPT. The post What implications does ChatGPT have for assessment? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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‘An Extraordinarily Hostile Move’: New School Threatens to Withhold Pay in Adjunct Strike
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 7, 2022
By Katherine Mangan. After a three-week-old walkout by 1,800 part-time faculty members, the university also demanded that full-timers certify they are working. Meanwhile, angry parents are threatening a lawsuit.
What can colleges learn from degrees awarded in the fast-shrinking journalism field?
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Bachelor's degrees offer solid payoffs, while grad programs post mixed returns, researchers find. But many students don't go on to work in the field.
NDAs and the Tort are out as the Free Speech Bill clears Lords’ report stage
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Report stage in the Lords for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill brought a big surprise and a hefty government defeat. Jim Dickinson tries to avoid crashing the car. The post NDAs and the Tort are out as the Free Speech Bill clears Lords’ report stage appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Strike at the University of California
Academe Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2022
BY MICHAEL MERANZE The Strike continues with no end in sight. Although there have been tentative agreements concerning Post-Docs and Academic Researchers, in the Academic Student Employee and Student Researcher units, the parties appear to remain well apart on the fundamental economic issues.
How customer relations tech is helping 11 HBCUs accelerate admissions
University Business
DECEMBER 8, 2022
HBCUs are getting an admissions boost from a top-notch CRM system acquired through a nonprofit initiative to level the playing field in higher ed technology. CRM, for those who don’t know, stands for customer relationship management, and it can be critical to successful recruitment and enrollment. But due to the cost of some CRM technology, a number of HBCUs were losing ground due to their outdated admissions platforms—in fact, a few were still processing paper applications, says Cecilia M
Higher ed faces ‘deteriorating’ outlook in 2023, Fitch says
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Enrollment, labor and wage pressures will mount, likely increasing the gulf between stronger and weaker colleges, the ratings agency projects.
Why do students have to suffer when taking on a medical degree?
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 8, 2022
As a debate about medical school places continues, Charlie Sellar urges a focus on the social make-up of those medical trainees. The post Why do students have to suffer when taking on a medical degree? appeared first on Wonkhe.
New Report: Faculty Remain Stubbornly White
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Despite pledges from campus leaders to diversify all facets of their institutions, faculty have remained stubbornly white, according to a new report from the Education Trust, a non-profit that works to close opportunity and achievement gaps. “It reflects something that we’ve long known,” said Dr. Kimberly A. Griffin, professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland. “ That the student body is diversifying much faster than the faculty is. ” The report, based on 2020 da
Why too much public self-promotion by academics is damaging (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 9, 2022
A mantra of academic advice columns is that you need to talk yourself up in a competitive job market, but let’s be honest: things have gotten way out of hand, writes M. Brett Wilson. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: z_wei/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
Inside an ambitious plan to reenroll California’s stopped-out students
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 9, 2022
A coalition of higher ed groups will focus on outreach and coaching services for residents who are just shy of completing a college degree.
How can we support refugees into higher education?
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 6, 2022
It's not easy for refugees to access higher education. Liam Carson sets out what universities can do to help. The post How can we support refugees into higher education? appeared first on Wonkhe.
An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Dr. Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. “Black and undocumented students are socially and politically left out of the conversation,” said Hall, an assistant professor of higher education administration at Kent State University in Ohio. This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigrat
Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Image: College and universities will need to diversify their faculties at about 3.5 times the current pace if they want the professoriate to reflect the U.S. population in terms of race by 2050. And they’ll need to work together to do it. This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem.
Battle lines form over new borrower defense to repayment rules
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
New regulations will allow the agency to review debt forgiveness claims for groups rather than individuals. For-profits question whether that’s fair.
Building belonging: what about staff?
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 7, 2022
After a report published by Wonkhe and Pearson on building belonging in higher education, Nandini Boodia-Canoo asks about the staff being asked tasked with nurturing it. The post Building belonging: what about staff? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Grassroots Push for Computer Science Education Gears Up
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 3, 2022
For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students. We believe that this movement can be expanded and go a long way towards increasing diversity in fields like engineering and computing.
The Material Conditions of Academic Labor
Academe Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2022
BY HANK REICHMAN “We are deeply concerned that the crisis of the American university–the decline of tenure-track jobs and universities’ eroding commitment to the humanities and social sciences–has created a structural crisis for scholarship.
Why do top universities produce more research than others? Their people have more labor backing them up.
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Prestigious institutions employ more graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, giving them a major labor advantage, new research finds.
Five key findings from UCAS end of cycle data for 2022
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 7, 2022
We now have sector-level data for the 2022 admissions cycle – UCAS' Clare Marchant goes through the key takeaways. The post Five key findings from UCAS end of cycle data for 2022 appeared first on Wonkhe.
How to Combat the High Schoolization of the University
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Perhaps you’ve heard of the Kobayashi Maru scenario, a training exercise at Star Trek ’s Starfleet Academy. Cadets who are being considered for leadership positions are confronted with an unwinnable situation in order to test their command capabilities. They must rescue a civilian freighter, avoid a fight with opposing forces and escape with their starship intact.
How Universities Can Respond to Google’s Storage Limits
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Since late 2021, when Google announced that it would impose a 100-terabyte limit on the unlimited free storage it had been offering to higher education institutions through its Google Workspace for Education platform, universities around the country have been paying closer attention to the data stored by their users on Google Cloud. Google implemented the policy not only because the storage required by universities has grown unmanageable but also because universities — for the most part unwillin
CEHE sues Education Department for $500M, alleging agency forced its colleges to close
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The former college operator says the agency wanted to push its institutions to suddenly shutter so it could impose financial penalties.
What if they’re all part-time students now?
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Why are increasing numbers of academic staff reporting lecture theatres and seminar rooms as empty of students these days? Jim Dickinson gets real. The post What if they’re all part-time students now? appeared first on Wonkhe.
How FIRE Actually Defends Free Speech
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 7, 2022
An essay promising better criticism of our work misses the mark. By Nico Perrino. Getty Images. An essay promising better criticism of the group's work misses the mark.
Unapologetic Leadership for Black Learner Success
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government and higher education institutions have fed the public a steady diet of bad enrollment news. Public health concerns increased responsibilities to care for and educate school-aged children and disrupted jobs and industries. All these factors contribute to recent enrollment declines at institutions of higher education.
Most colleges don’t provide accurate financial aid offers, federal watchdog says
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The U.S. Government Accountability Office recommended Congress pursue legislation that would require institutions to give clear, standardized information.
The careers of care-experienced students paint a fascinating picture
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 4, 2022
After two reports looking into the experiences of care-experienced students were published, Sunday Blake reads between the lines and asks what else we can learn. The post The careers of care-experienced students paint a fascinating picture appeared first on Wonkhe.
Winners of the 2022 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest
The Academic Designer
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Announcing the winners of the 2022 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest! View examples of personal academic websites.
Mindmaxing Podcast: Episode 26 with Kevin Ross
MindMax
DECEMBER 5, 2022
How can higher ed institutions teach students the value of persistence? In the latest installment of our MindMaxing podcast series, “Adolescence to Adulthood,” Lynn University President Dr. Kevin Ross addresses the importance of making colleges and universities safe spaces for students to try, fail, and try again. Dr. Ross discusses how Lynn’s implementation of a block schedule—which enables students to practice skills like writing and public speaking repeatedly over a period of time—has helped
Senate subcommittee explores improvements for K-12, higher ed mental health transitions
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Mental health supports often lapse just when students need them the most, panelists told a Senate subcommittee.
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