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What do attacks on ESG mean for college endowments?

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Even as conservative lawmakers have ratcheted up attacks on DEI—diversity, equity and inclusion—in higher education, another acronym has begun to attract their attention: ESG. ESG refers to an investment strategy that takes into account not just standard financial considerations but also environmental, social and governance concerns.

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University of Vermont failed to investigate allegations of antisemitism, Ed Department finds

Higher Ed Dive

The university and its State Agricultural College agreed to improve discrimination response protocols, in a resolution agreement entered into with the Office for Civil Rights on Monday.

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Regulating for students, with students

Wonkhe

OfS might regulate on behalf of students, but Martha Longdon and Ben Hunt wonder why they can't be more involved in making judgements The post Regulating for students, with students appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Deafening Silence of Florida's College Presidents

The Chronicle of Higher Education

In the midst of a crisis, they've made clear their biggest priority: job security. By Brian Rosenberg Illustration by The Chronicle In the midst of a crisis, they've made clear their biggest priority: job security.

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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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Historic faculty pay increase still beaten by inflation

Inside Higher Ed

Image: While this academic year saw the largest one-year increase in full-time faculty members’ average salaries in over three decades, that still wasn’t enough to stop their real wages from falling due to inflation, the American Association of University Professors noted this Thursday alongside its latest salary survey data. They are preliminary data for the 2022–23 academic year; AAUP plans to release the final data in July.

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Ripe for poaching: Will DeSantis’ higher ed policies drive out Florida faculty?

Higher Ed Dive

One university provost has already publicly promised to recruit Florida students and professors amid the state’s political strife.

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This Questionable Study Caught Fire in Anti-Vaccine Circles. How Did It Get Through Peer Review?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Stephanie M. Lee Illustration by The Chronicle, Getty Images The study, now set to be retracted, used fuzzy methods to claim that hundreds of thousands had died from Covid vaccines, critics say.

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IDEAS Framework for Teaching Online

Educause

The IDEAS (Inclusion, Design, Engagement, Evaluation, Assessment, and Support) Framework for online teaching and learning highlights best practices for before, during, and after the delivery of an online course to help instructors deliver high-quality courses and improve learner experience and outcomes.

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North Carolina lawmakers ask UNC system for information on diversity-related trainings

Higher Ed Dive

Legislators want background and costs of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs from the current and last three fiscal years.

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Why students think the OIA is unfair

Wonkhe

As Helen Megarry's tenure as Independent Adjudicator approaches in May, Ossian Elkington argues that the OIA has an opportunity to reflect and act on student feedback The post Why students think the OIA is unfair appeared first on Wonkhe.

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A Plagiarism Detector Will Try to Catch Students Who Cheat With ChatGPT

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Eva Surovell Lincoln Agnew for The Chronicle Turnitin, the popular academic-integrity software, debuted a new feature that will flag AI-generated language in written assignments.

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Beyond employability

HEPI

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Dr Doug Cole, Associate Director – Academic at Nottingham Trent University ( @DougFCole ), and Jon Down, the Director of Development at Grit Breakthrough Programmes, which delivers intensive personal development and coaching in UK universities ( @grit_2017 ). As the access and participation agenda moves beyond broadening the range of young people getting into university, the focus falls on the institutional readiness to support an increasingly

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Turnitin unveils AI writing detection tool

Higher Ed Dive

Six in 10 college students surveyed said they expect AI tools like ChatGPT to become “the new normal,” a new survey found.

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Taking action on participation means building student agency

Wonkhe

OfS is recognising the impact that extra curriculars and the wider environment can have on student success. Jim Dickinson gets Tiggerish about the EORR The post Taking action on participation means building student agency appeared first on Wonkhe.

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What the Past Can Teach Us About the Future of AI and Education

Campus Technology

Current attitudes toward generative AI hearken back to early skepticism about the impact of the internet on education. Both then and now, technology has created challenges but also opportunities that can't be ignored.

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Turnitin's solution to AI cheating raises faculty concerns

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When Turnitin was launched in 1998, the early ed-tech start-up promised a solution to one of the most pressing threats to academic integrity in the nascent internet era: easy plagiarism from online sources. Twenty-five years later, the question on every classroom instructor’s lips has shifted from “how do I know if my student is copying someone else’s work?

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Higher ed has an important role as communities fight over K-12 education

Higher Ed Dive

Fights over teaching about topics like race, slavery and sexuality might be centered in schools, but they’re affecting universities, one professor writes.

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Student career choices are not a simple A to B

Wonkhe

Students’ career interests and plans often develop and shift in non-linear ways. Kathleen M Quinlan and James Corbin ring the changes The post Student career choices are not a simple A to B appeared first on Wonkhe.

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DOJ Web Accessibility Regulations Are Imminent

Educause

The U.S. Department of Justice has sent its proposed rule on web accessibility for state and local government entities to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. This is one of the final steps an agency must take before publishing a proposed regulation.

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Partnership aims to bring Head Start to community colleges

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Community colleges serve high numbers of parenting students, but too few institutions have campus childcare centers, or sufficient spots to meet demand, to help these students persist and graduate. At the same time, Head Start, a federally funded program offering free early childhood education to low-income families, is suffering from enrollment declines and staffing shortages.

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Medaille to become part of Trocaire, with both colleges citing enrollment issues

Higher Ed Dive

The private nonprofit institutions in New York are set to finalize the merger July 31, pending regulatory approvals.

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Is the existing market for vocational short courses at risk?

Wonkhe

The release of HE-BCI data sees David Kernohan realise just how expensive the lifelong loan entitlement could be for universities The post Is the existing market for vocational short courses at risk? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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What is the future for student assessment in the light of AI and ChatGPT?

HEPI

This blog was kindly written by Melissa Bowden from Kortext, in conversation with Sir Tim O’Shea. ChatGPT is a hot topic in higher education, with concerns about how it will impact on academic integrity and student assessment. We spoke to eminent computer scientist and former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh Sir Tim O’Shea about how universities should be approaching ChatGPT.

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Why Admissions Leaders Are Wearing Down, Burning Out, and Leaving Jobs They Once Loved

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Why admissions and enrollment leaders are wearing down, burning out, and leaving jobs they once loved. By Eric Hoover Jon Krause for The Chronicle The field is losing top talent even as the stakes of enrollment work are getting higher. The roots of the problem run deep.

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Education Department proposes regulation that would block explicit bans on transgender athletes

Higher Ed Dive

In certain circumstances, however, federally funded schools would be able exclude transgender students from sports matching their gender identity.

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It’s time for students to TURN UP

Wonkhe

Launching a new campaign designed to drive up participation in elections, NUS VP Chloe Field issues a rallying call for students to turn up The post It’s time for students to TURN UP appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Strike starts at Chicago State University, more on the way

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Chicago State University faculty members and academic support professionals began striking Monday, and more walkouts are set to begin this week and next in Illinois. University Professionals of Illinois president John Miller said the union’s members will likely begin striking Thursday at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, and likely are walking out at Governors State University, in Chicago’s Southland, at the start of next week.

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UK must “tap into” entrepreneurial spirit of int’ls

The PIE News

The international education sector in the UK is wasting an opportunity by not providing an avenue for students to build their own startups, according to a leading advocate for international students. Sanam Arora, one of The PIE’s 50 Voices in Europe and director of the National Indian Students and Alumni Union in the UK, said that the country is “missing a big trick” by not “tapping into their entrepreneurial spirit”.

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Legislators want short-term Pell — but can’t agree on the details

Higher Ed Dive

Congress is considering three proposals that would allow Pell Grants to go toward programs shorter than 15 weeks.

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Who are Scotland’s new ministers?

Wonkhe

The new First Minister’s reshuffle sees changes to education secretary and higher education minister. Michael Salmon plunges into the archives to find out what we should expect The post Who are Scotland’s new ministers? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Can the three-year bachelor's degree become a reality?

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Huddled around a table in the Georgetown University Alumni House, roughly two dozen academics convened last week to address two of the most persistent challenges in higher education: improving student outcomes and lowering the cost of a bachelor’s degree. Their proposed solution is an unconventional one—to create a three-year bachelor’s program equivalent to a four-year college degree.

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Alabama A&M Launches Effort to Combat Racial STEM Teacher Gap

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Experts believe that without a strong STEM workforce, America could lose its position as the world’s preeminent power. However, America is facing a STEM labor shortage, and part of the reason is racial. African Americans are underrepresented in STEM jobs , and Black students leave STEM majors at nearly double the rate of whites. The problem has roots at the K-12 level: while 15% of public school students are Black , only 7% of the STEM teacher population is.

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International applicants using the Common App increased by over a third

Higher Ed Dive

The biggest numbers came from China and India in the 2021-22 academic year, the organization reported.

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Who wants to be a designated quality body?

Wonkhe

Who would the next DQB ideally be? David Kernohan reviews the rules, sizes up the runners and riders, and reaches a surprising conclusion The post Who wants to be a designated quality body? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: For students in Sarah Blackwood’s How to Read Moby-Dick class at Pace University, learning about Herman Melville’s work isn’t confined to lectures, essays or classroom discussions. Blackwood’s syllabus includes a tour of Lower Manhattan locations featured in the author’s novels and stories: the Wall Street law offices where Bartleby, the titular scrivener of one of Melville’s best-known stories, worked, as well as the streets that Ishmael walked in the

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What Is the Flipped Classroom and How Is It Being Applied to Hybrid Learning?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Flipped classrooms aren’t a new concept, but they saw adoption at scale during the pandemic as educators looked for ways to keep college students interested and engaged from beyond the classroom. Even with a partial return to in-person learning, many higher education institutions still use flipped classroom models for HyFlex and hybrid instruction. Here’s what that looks like, both in theory and in practice.

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