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We need to break the impasse on higher education funding. Here’s how

Wonkhe

An HE funding system that can't maintain pace with inflation is not one that is fit for the long term. Iain Mansfield and Lucian Hudson make the case for radical thinking The post We need to break the impasse on higher education funding. Here’s how appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher ed’s game of thrones: ACE plans to debut new Carnegie Classification methodology this year

Higher Ed Dive

The American Council on Education also says it will gather feedback for the system’s social and economic mobility metric in late 2023.

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Rethinking Student Retention in the Context of Adult Learners

MindMax

It’s no secret that providing dedicated support to meet students’ needs is linked with better higher education retention and completion rates. But as schools focus more of their enrollment efforts on the large market of adult enrollment candidates , it may be time to rethink what “student retention” truly means in the context of adult learners. Honoring the Reality of an Adult Learner’s Life As much as they don’t like to hear it, schools with high stopout rates are likely to see this trend

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How To Make A Personal Academic Website

The Academic Designer

This step-by-step guide teaches you how to create an academic personal website. Professors, learn how to make your personal website a reality.

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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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The free speech problem is a crisis of confidence

Wonkhe

Are there students afraid to speak on campus, and if so why is that? Jim Dickinson uncovers the anxiety and confidence issues underpinning the silencing of student opinion The post The free speech problem is a crisis of confidence appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Can colleges balance ChatGPT’s influence with ethics curriculum?

Higher Ed Dive

Character education can help students use generative AI appropriately, but it's unlikely to work for every type of higher ed program, one ethics scholar said.

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The influence of cost of living on student decision making

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Jo Richards, Senior Insight Lead at UCAS. The cost of living is the topic at the top of everyone’s minds over the past year, and it is likely to be with us for a while. Students are one group that have been particularly affected by rises in the cost of living, as rent and the price of food have gone up against a backdrop of maintenance loans being lower in real terms compared with 2021.

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Generative AI can change assessment for the better

Wonkhe

George Bryant-Aird argues that AI literacy is not something universities can, or should, be punishing or seeking to prevent The post Generative AI can change assessment for the better appeared first on Wonkhe.

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College presidents are still overwhelmingly White men

Higher Ed Dive

ACE’s latest survey shows new levels of racial diversity, but not much improvement for women leaders.

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Report Details University of Minnesota’s Historical Mistreatment of Native Americans

Insight Into Diversity

A new report released Tuesday reveals the University of Minnesota’s (UMN) founders committed “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” of Native Americans during the 19th century to gain financial benefits for the institution. The 554-page document is part of the Towards Recognition and University-Tribal Healing (TRUTH) Project, a collaborative effort between UMN researchers and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council aimed at repairing relations between the institution and th

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EDUCAUSE and ARL Members Highlight TPS Problems

Educause

EDUCAUSE and the Association of Research Libraries submitted a joint response to the U.S. Department of Education that includes examples from their members of the problems posed by the recent third-party servicer guidance.

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How to create a truly tertiary funding model in England (and beyond)

Wonkhe

As a debate ensues over about funding for universities and headline tuition fees, David Hughes sets out the case for an integrated tertiary funding system The post How to create a truly tertiary funding model in England (and beyond) appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Education data breaches hit record high in 2021

Higher Ed Dive

Nearly 2.6 million records across 771 educational institutions were exposed that year, according to a report by Comparitech.

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Rutgers University Workers Waging Historic Strike For Economic Justice (Hank Kalet)

Higher Education Inquirer

[Editors note: The Higher Education Inquirer thanks Hank Kalet for allowing us to reprint his substack Channel Surfing as a record of the Rutgers strike. News sources state this is the first labor strike at the school in its entire 256-year history. Hank is a lecturer at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. We encourage you to subscribe to his substack.

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Does it feel better to work in a school or a university?

HEPI

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by James Fuller, who supports the senior team at Lancaster University having previously worked in secondary school leadership. In this blog, he considers some similarities and differences between the school and higher education sectors and considers himself very lucky to be in HE! The opinions are a personal, not institutional, view.

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It’s time to reimagine the gap

Wonkhe

Closing grading gaps means being honest about the entirety of the problem and understanding all the data we have, argues Nicky King The post It’s time to reimagine the gap appeared first on Wonkhe.

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HBCUs level up: Funding pours in to tackle critical needs and rewrite history after George Floyd

Higher Ed Dive

Historically Black institutions also saw an influx of pandemic money from government and philanthropy. But they say it's not enough.

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Study: American College Presidency is Still Largely White and Male

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although women and people of color have made small amounts of progress over the past half-decade, the college presidency is still mostly white and mostly male That’s the main takeaway from the American Council on Education (ACE)’s The American College President: 2023 Edition , released Friday. ACE’s study, performed approximately every five years since 1986, surveyed over 1,000 college presidents and chancellors about their experiences and backgrounds during 2022.

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Death of a Traditional Lecture

Faculty Focus

The conventional format of a faculty member positioned in front of a classroom using visual enhancement (e.g., chalkboard, transparency, PowerPoint, etc.) has been on life support for quite some time. Faculty and pedagogists alike have been aware of the illness and many attempted to replace the traditional lecture with some alternative learning approaches which have been housed under various buzzwords such as “flipped classroom” (Milman, 2012), “experiential learning” (Wurdinger, 2005), and “ble

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Relational pedagogies – exploring webs of connections in learning and teaching

Wonkhe

Karen Gravett's new book seeks to make sense of the various relationships and connections in which academics and students are enmeshed The post Relational pedagogies – exploring webs of connections in learning and teaching appeared first on Wonkhe.

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President Speaks: Higher education shouldn’t perpetuate privilege. It should lift up those who would benefit the most.

Higher Ed Dive

Colleges have a moral imperative to help students up the economic ladder, not just promote their rankings, argues the president of CSU Dominguez Hills.

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Thinking Strategically About Student Belonging in Online Learning

WCET Frontiers

The feeling of belonging is, in my opinion and experience, a truly important factor for anyone’s success in an educational or even professional environment. The courses that I remember the most, the ones that I felt made the greatest impression upon me and my career, were those where I felt connected to my classmates and instructors, regardless of the modality.

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What’s New with Microcredentials in Higher Education?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Undergraduate enrollment in higher education dipped for the third straight year in 2022, plunging the number of students at colleges and universities down 7 percent from 2019. Those numbers now show some signs of stabilizing: A preliminary report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted a decline of just 0.6 percent in fall 2022.

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Forty things we found out from OfS’ December and February board papers

Wonkhe

The Office for Students Easter Board papers bunny has been, with two lots of paperwork to read. Jim Dickinson goes hunting for golden eggs so you don't have to. The post Forty things we found out from OfS’ December and February board papers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Education Department cuts off Florida for-profit college’s access to federal student aid

Higher Ed Dive

Florida Career College took in more than $99 million in Title IV funds in its fiscal year ending in 2020.

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Princeton African American Studies Chair Dr. Eddie Glaude to Step Down

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. chair of the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at Princeton University, will be stepping down from the role, The Daily Princetonian reported. Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. “It’s just time,” Glaude said. “It’s time for a new leader, younger energy.” With this move, he said he would be staying at Princeton and returning to full-time research and other responsibilities, such as “trying to help the nation imagine itself differently when it comes to race matters.

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Higher Ed Reimagined: Student-Run SOC Protects University Assets

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., universities across the country sent students, faculty and staff home — along with their devices and other university assets. The University of Cincinnati was no exception, and as this environment became more complex to manage, IT staff decided to tap its student body for help. Standing up a student-run security operations center allows the university to reap the benefits of an enthusiastic workforce and gives these student workers valuable experience

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Does the Welsh government really care about university research and innovation?

Wonkhe

For Richard Wyn Jones, Wales’ new innovation strategy is full of aspiration but seriously short of practical solutions The post Does the Welsh government really care about university research and innovation? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How colleges can start up a senior living community successfully

Higher Ed Dive

This model can benefit students and retirees while generating revenue for institutions — but only if done correctly.

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More College Students Are Choosing to Stop Drinking. Their Campuses Are Still Catching Up.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

More young people are choosing not to drink. Campuses are still catching up. By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Alcohol just isn't as cool on campus as it once was. What's driving that shift?

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How to Prepare for Wi-Fi 6 on Your Campus

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Deploying Wi-Fi 6 across a university campus can be a complex and time-consuming process that requires careful planning and preparation. However, the benefits of faster data transfer, improved network efficiency and better performance make it a worthwhile investment. When successfully implemented, Wi-Fi 6 provides students, faculty and staff with fast and reliable wireless connectivity.

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90% of Unite housing in UK sold for 2023/24

The PIE News

Some 90% of Unite Students accommodation in the UK has been sold for the 2023/24 academic year, the company’s most recent lettings performance has revealed. The student housing provider acknowledged in its current trading and quarterly property valuations that the supply of UK “purpose-built student accommodation cannot keep pace with growing student demand at the same time as HMO landlords are leaving the sector” “We continue to make strong progress with bookings for the

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How flexible tuition payment options keep students enrolled

Higher Ed Dive

With Nelnet Campus Commerce Payment Plans, relieve financial burdens and keep students enrolled by allowing them to make tuition payments over time.

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Anywhere Learning Happens: The eduroam Global WiFi Access Service

Campus Technology

As the eduroam WiFi access service has grown to reach around the globe, so has its capacity to serve the changing needs of the research and education community. Why does ubiquity matter? Here, two eduroam-US advisory committee leaders tell CT why and how eduroam is working to be anywhere students are learning.

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Announcing Coursera Hiring Solutions to connect learners with entry-level digital jobs 

Coursera blog

By Shravan Goli, Chief Operating Officer Broadband connectivity, online learning, and remote work are unlocking new ways for individuals to participate in the global economy, regardless of their location or prior experience. The new labor market can uncover more equitable career opportunities for job seekers with the right skills and credentials. Increasingly, employers are considering skills-based hiring to address talent shortages and boost their workplace diversity.

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Caste discrimination is “grey area” at UK universities

The PIE News

Caste divisions are a problem at UK universities, say students and academics, as institutions in the US take steps to tackle caste-based discrimination. In South Asian countries, members of lower caste communities, such as Dalits, have historically faced discrimination and exclusion. As emigration out of this region continues, these divisions and the resulting prejudices persist abroad.