University Business

MARCH 14, 2023

A bill proposed last week in Texas would effectively end faculty tenure for all hires in September and beyond, succeeding Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s mission to curb faculty members’ sway over students and their ability to “indoctrinate” them with instruction on “critical race theory.” State Senator and chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Brandon Creighton filed Senate Bill 18 , which also demands faculty undergo a yearly performance evaluation whi

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Wonkhe

MARCH 16, 2023

The model of academics as all-rounders may be impossible to sustain in a mass higher education system bedevilled by generative AI, argues Jim Dickinson The post An avalanche really is coming this time appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 16, 2023

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data shows mostly across-the-board declines — though there are hints of recovery.

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MindMax

MARCH 15, 2023

Looking to grow enrollments for your school’s adult education programs? It may be time to rethink your value propositions. In our conversations with higher education leaders, we’ve learned that an adult learner’s values and goals are much different from a college freshman’s , and a school’s more standard value proposition isn’t going to resonate with this audience.

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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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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. What began in 1996 as an audacious attempt to archive and preserve the World Wide Web has grown into a vast library of books, musical recordings and television shows, all digitized and available online, with a mission to provide “universal access to all knowledge.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 16, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag reminds us that student debt is not a new phenomenon The post Higher education postcard: solvitur ambulando appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

News of bell hooks’s death came as a shock to many. The feminist, author, activist, and professor died Dec. 15, 2021, at age 69. But those who knew hooks personally were aware her health had been waning after years of fighting white supremacy and patriarchy. Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou “hooks said a few years ago, ‘I felt like a balloon that had been popped and deflated,’ because of the way she was so committed to writing and teaching, to her own detriment,” said Dr.

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Educause

MARCH 15, 2023

A survey of college and university websites gives an early indication about the ways institutions are addressing generative AI and what it might mean for higher education.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 15, 2023

For Neurodiversity Celebration Week, Beth Sennett explains the ways in which higher education forces neurodivergent colleagues to mask their true selves. The post How HE forces neurodivergent people to adapt appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 15, 2023

The chancellor of UC Davis shares lessons learned from leading a diverse university and its new governmental anti-hate partnership.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Image: While hundreds of peer-reviewed studies have concluded that students taught in an active learning environment are significantly more likely to outperform peers who are in classes taught more traditionally, full adoption of active learning practices remains far from the norm. In a recent episode of the Teaching for Student Success podcast, host Steven Robinow spoke with Louis Deslauriers about a study he and four colleagues at Harvard did to test the value of active learning.

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Educause

MARCH 16, 2023

A recent guidance letter from the U.S. Department of Education applies “Third-Party Servicer” regulations to higher education institutions and to their content, software, systems, and services providers. Given the disruption this would cause, EDUCAUSE has asked the department to rescind the letter, fully consult with institutions and their stakeholders, and revise its guidance.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 14, 2023

Reviewing policy proposals presented to the National Union of Students conference, Jim Dickinson finds a student movement in rude health The post No elections, but plenty of debate in Harrogate appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

The state regent board said it will review all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the institutions over the next few months.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 16, 2023

In the early 20th century, Joe James, a Black man, was convicted and executed for the murder of a white man in Springfield, Illinois, after the 1908 Springfield Race Riot. Now, 115 years after his death, lawyers and law students from Northwestern and Northeastern Universities are seeking a posthumous pardon. on his behalf. Margaret A. Burnham A petition filed from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions (CWC) and Northeastern University School of Law’s Civil Righ

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

“ According to the latest research on college students and mental health, three out of 10 students have struggled with depression in the last two weeks, and over one in four have expressed issues with anxiety. Even more distressing is the one in 20 college students who had created a suicide plan in the past year (Higher Education Today, 2022).” For several years, the University of Minnesota has focused on a wide range of empirically-based initiatives, learning sciences research, and recommendati

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Wonkhe

MARCH 12, 2023

Sunday Blake argues that for the LLE to succeed, modular learners will need much better information, advice, and guidance than what is currently on offer The post Learners accessing the Lifelong Loan Entitlement will need souped up careers advice appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 16, 2023

The drop stemmed from a loss of first-time graduates, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found.

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The PIE News

MARCH 17, 2023

The UK government is looking to develop its expertise on China and Mandarin language skills as Downing Street refreshed its international defence and foreign policy. Prime minister Rishi Sunak’s government said that after the Integrated Review in 2021 , authorities have taken a number of steps to increase knowledge of and expertise on China, which it is now seeking to further.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

When Reagan Gonzalez began applying to law schools, she didn’t imagine that she would have to research the laws of the states to which she was thinking about moving. But this year’s wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and proposals— the American Civil Liberties Union is currently tracking 388 bills —wound up shaping her decision in ways that she didn’t anticipate.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 13, 2023

The Russell Group's Sarah Stevens takes a look at the Nurse review in the context of Horizon Europe and sustainable research funding The post The Nurse review and sustainable research funding appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 15, 2023

Private institution faculty reported being more satisfied with how their college handled chatbot policies than other instructors.

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Educause

MARCH 14, 2023

These ten principles offer guidance on ways to design and facilitate effective and engaging virtual workshops that leave faculty feeling better equipped to implement new edtech tools.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 15, 2023

From curriculum to technology concerns, consider these essentials for creating alternative education opportunities at your institution.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 16, 2023

This week on the podcast we’re live at our Secret Life of Students event in London where we hear from OfS' Director for Fair Access and Participation John Blake The post Podcast: Secret Life of Students special appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

The Missouri College of Cosmetology North had been in business for roughly 40 years.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2023

More college students than ever were anxious, depressed, and struggling with suicidal thoughts last school year. It’s a disheartening finding from the Healthy Minds Study (HMS), which conducts an annual online survey of nearly 96,000 college students on 133 American campuses that was released last Friday. However, the study did reveal a potential silver lining: more college students than ever are seeking help.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 15, 2023

Expanded multi-modal MathGPT Platform possibilities mean any math content or curriculum can be turned into a personalized GPT-powered chatbot with interactive text, audio, and video learning, and GotIt can configure the platform to work with a wide variety of applications in math education, the company said.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 15, 2023

The measures in the budget don't go far enough to address the UK's skills needs, according to Anthony Painter of the Chartered Management Institute The post The Treasury needs to get serious about skills appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 17, 2023

They allege the Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly known as the Lambda School, misrepresented its job placement rates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 14, 2023

Johnny C. Woods, Jr. Johnny C. Woods, Jr. has been named executive director of campus operations at Seattle Central College. Woods holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the A.M.E. Zion University in Liberia, a master’s in educational foundations from Makerere University in Uganda, and a Ph.D. in higher education from Virginia Tech in Virginia.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 14, 2023

Campus Technology is relaunching its Higher Education IT Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey. To date, thousands of IT professionals have participated, providing valuable insights into the profession for their peers and colleagues.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 14, 2023

The government acted quickly to prop up the tech sector. For James Coe this raises questions about the right balance between public and private research funding The post What does Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse teach us about the UK innovation sector? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MARCH 14, 2023

A strike at Temple University wound down, while movements elsewhere appear to just be starting.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2023

Google’s most recent storage policy shift — limiting higher education institutions to 100 terabytes of stored data in Google Workspace for Education — has caused plenty of consternation and policy shifting in higher education. EdTech has covered these changes in depth, and I wrote about how universities could potentially respond to those storage restrictions back in December.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 15, 2023

Registration is now open for Tech Tactics in Education: Data and IT Security in the New Now, a new conference from the producers of Campus Technology and THE Journal. The three-day event, taking place November 7–9, 2023, at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., will offer hands-on learning, practical tips, and strategic discussions on critical cybersecurity issues and key data infrastructure and practices across K–12 and higher education.

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