Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 4, 2023

Federal financial aid will continue to hog the spotlight, but we're also waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on race-conscious admissions.

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 31, 2022

David Kernohan introduces us to workload modelling - a contentious but little understood process that is a very visible part of academic life. The post A beginner’s guide to academic workload modelling appeared first on Wonkhe.

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HEPI

JANUARY 5, 2023

This week, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to make Maths compulsory to the age of 18, which would need a lot of extra Maths teachers… Here, writing in a personal capacity, Pam Tatlow looks at the current state of teacher training in England. Pam is on Twitter @Pam_Tatlow. The rejection of all appeals submitted by 12 universities in respect of their applications to be accredited as teacher education providers from 2024 may come as a surprise to some.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 3, 2023

The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free. In truth, AI authorship hardly qualifies as “news.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 5, 2023

Several governors banned the app from state-owned devices over privacy concerns and China. Some public institutions are following suit.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

Imagine two postdoctoral researchers in an academic lab. Both have similar duties, such as conducting experiments, mentoring junior lab members, analyzing data and publishing and presenting their work. However, if one of them were awarded a prestigious training fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, that same postdoc may lose their employment status with their institution, causing a loss of critical employee benefits in their overall compensation package.

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Educause

JANUARY 4, 2023

Online mentoring is an innovative and cost-efficient way to be more responsive and potentially better serve all students and faculty engaged in teaching and learning in any modality—whether online, hybrid, or in-person.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 6, 2023

Recruitment and hiring vaulted into a top slot in an annual survey of risks concerning college leaders that's conducted by insurer United Educators.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image: Tabitha Edson always knew she wanted to work in health sciences. She earned a nursing assistant certification in high school but decided not to pursue the field at Westminster College, a small private institution in Salt Lake City; she worried that it would limit her job opportunities when she graduated. Instead, she found herself drawn to public health, inspired by an introductory course in the subject required for both public health and nursing majors.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Incoming Ph.D. students have a hard time grasping the true career challenges they face. By David A. Bell. Nate Kitch for The Chronicle. Incoming Ph.D. students have a hard time grasping the true career challenges they face.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 4, 2023

Over a quarter of employers are not actually aware of the UK’s Graduate Route Visa allowing international students to work sponsor free for up to two years, according to a new policy note from the Higher Education Policy Institute. In conjunction with Kaplan , HEPI surveyed 656 members of the Institute of Directors – an organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs – and found 27% of those asked were not familiar with the scheme set up in 2021. .

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 6, 2023

Karen Spilka, who's backed higher education investment, proposed the idea during the start of the legislative session Wednesday.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

The movement must not be written off as just politics or culture wars when in fact it’s a direct threat to everything higher education stands for, writes Michael Gavin. Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Brent Stirton/Staff/Getty Images News Image Caption: Insurrectionists clash with law enforcement as they try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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HEPI

JANUARY 2, 2023

It has sometimes felt like the past year has seen a torrent of valuable books on education, including higher education, even if there has not always been the time to read and digest them properly – there are good reasons why HEPI papers are designed to be read in one sitting or, as we tell our authors , to be ‘short enough to read on a single train journey’ [of, admittedly, indeterminable length].

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MindMax

JANUARY 5, 2023

In a 2021 survey conducted by Financial Times , more than 25% of Chief Learning Officers (CLOs) expressed intentions to increase their budgets for executive education in 2021. More than half said they would maintain 2020 spending levels. It’s clear that employers are committed to providing development opportunities for middle and senior managers. So what’s on the horizon for executive education?

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 5, 2023

A final Title IX rule, as well as negotiated rulemaking on topics like accreditation and distance education, are on the horizon.

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The Academic Designer

JANUARY 4, 2023

How can PhDs use LinkedIn to invite opportunity for themselves? Dr. Gertrude Nonterah is a LinkedIn expert. Learn how opening up about her struggle to find a job with a PhD helped people. And, invited job offers and opportunities!

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

As an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, the Reverend Dr. Joseph Cheah said that he would spend hours at the bookstore, reading about Asian American studies. Dr. Joseph Cheah “The whole notion of Asian American things like that, I've been interested in that for a long time,” Cheah said. “I would just stand there for hours, reading one book after another in Asian American studies.

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MindMax

JANUARY 5, 2023

Summer isn’t what it used to be for higher education institutions and their students. Gone are the days when there was a clear divide between the academic year and summer. Today, colleges and universities everywhere increasingly embrace the concept of a holistic year, and summer programming is an essential component of their offerings. This changing landscape presents significant opportunities for schools to increase revenue, grow enrollments, and boost persistence and graduation rates.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 5, 2023

Scooters bring risks and benefits, mobility experts say. Dangers are heightened by infrastructure built for cars.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 3, 2023

By Emma Pettit. The move is likely to heighten fears among advocates of academic freedom in the state who worry that the governor is bent on curtailing professors' speech in the classroom.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Global industry leaders have shared with The PIE their 2023 goals and predictions for key international education trends, and have also reflected upon the achievements and challenges of 2022. Lil Bremermann-Richard, CEO of Oxford International , shared her perspective on the value of international students in the UK going forward, which has been a controversial topic in UK government rhetoric and media in 2022. “International students have been consistently undervalued and under-appreciat

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MindMax

JANUARY 4, 2023

How MindMax has helped schools across the country boost web traffic, increase student response rates, grow enrollments, and generate millions of dollars in additional revenue. Students reap tremendous rewards when they enroll in summer programs, but getting them to enroll has proven challenging—even for the most prestigious universities. Every year, highly competitive public and private universities enlist MindMax to help boost summer session enrollments.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 4, 2023

But the committee rejected calls to divide Division I sports, arguing its “breadth and diversity” is crucial to college athletics.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2023

The core issue many academics struggle with is how their work can have more of an impact on people. By Maria LaMonaca Wisdom. Getty Images. The core issue many academics struggle with is how their work can have more of an impact on people.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Philander Smith College (PSC) will become a graduate degree-granting school after its Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was approved by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) in November 2022. Dr. Roderick L. Smothers "On the heels of the 145th anniversary of Philander Smith College, we are elated about this milestone announcement," said Dr.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2023

Image: Community colleges across the country are struggling to recruit and hire new people after losing faculty and staff members in droves during the pandemic. The institutions lost 13 percent of their employees nationally from January 2020 to April 2022, according to an estimate from EAB, a higher education consulting firm. A recent data analysis from EAB shows that four-year colleges mostly recouped their losses after also experiencing sharp declines in staff, unlike community colleges, which

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 3, 2023

Other law school deans aren’t satisfied, either. The magazine also said it has no intention of ending its rankings system.

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Educause

JANUARY 3, 2023

The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 excludes a proposed Senate amendment that would have required federal contractors and grant recipients to report cyber incidents involving their contracting/granting agency's data or systems to the agency.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2023

Some universities are scrutinizing or blocking usage of the social media platform TikTok on school devices and networks amid cybersecurity concerns surrounding the video-sharing app and its parent company, ByteDance. Dr. Richard Forno TikTok and Chinese company ByteDance has been gaining attention for connections with Chinese state media and potential influence from the Chinese government.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2023

Arizona State University and Zoom have announced a new five-year partnership that will create a student-led development program at the tier-one research university. The Zoom Innovation Lab promises to give ASU students the opportunity to work with Zoom professionals and partners, gaining hands-on experience tackling major projects. Two of those projects are already underway, according to a university press release.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 3, 2023

We’ve rounded up five links to our best-read opinion pieces.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

In a new report, experience management company Qualtrics found that students, families, and alumni said their experiences at colleges and universities improved in 2022, making them likely to recommend these institutions.

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Academe Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

BY JENNIFER RUTH “Where woke comes to die.” Let’s call this phrase what it is: fascist propaganda. In “The Collapse of Radical Reconstruction,” the first episode of Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s podcast “History is Us,” Le Moyne College professor Douglas Egerton says, “Reconstruction did not fail.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

By Zac Rule, Vice President North America, Enterprise. I’m excited to introduce The Job Skills of 2023 report , which explores the fastest-growing digital and human skills on Coursera entering 2023. Of the more than 113 million total learners on the Coursera platform, this report specifically draws on data from Coursera’s 4 million enterprise learners across 3,000 businesses, 3,600 higher education institutions, and governments in over 100 countries.

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