The four foundations of belonging at university
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 16, 2022
New research from Wonkhe and Pearson shows four foundations to student belonging. The post The four foundations of belonging at university appeared first on Wonkhe.
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How do colleges decide when to schedule courses?
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 18, 2022
More colleges think about the courses students will need than avoiding conflicts in students' schedules, according to a scheduling software provider's research.
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The Changing Face of Executive Education
MindMax
OCTOBER 18, 2022
The Breakfast Club, hosted by Chief Learning Officer, has a 17-year history of connecting leaders over breakfast to strengthen the link between learning and development, and business strategy. Watch “The Changing Face of Executive Education” webinar event which took place on October 13, 2022 and moderated by MindMax CEO, Lee Maxey. Webinar Overview.
Humane Ingenuity 45: What AI Tells Us About Art
Dan Cohen
OCTOBER 17, 2022
( “The Library of the Distant Future,” as envisioned by Midjourney, when I was let into the beta in March 2022.). Before one can become a Cassandra or Pollyanna about the uses or abuses of impressive text-to-image AI tools like DALL•E and Midjourney , it is worth stepping back and reflecting about the fundamental nature of this new technology.
Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P
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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.
A cost of living crisis needs a cost of living strategy
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Becky Bradshaw makes the case for treating the cost of living crisis with the same seriousness and urgency as that seen during the pandemic. The post A cost of living crisis needs a cost of living strategy appeared first on Wonkhe.
Community college students need help meeting basic needs
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Many facing basic needs insecurity didn't receive help from their campuses, researchers found. They suggested opening resources to all students.
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How to Get Media Attention For Your Research With Dr. Sheena Howard
The Academic Designer
OCTOBER 19, 2022
How can academics get publicity and media attention for their work? Plus, what to charge for speaking engagements. Meet Dr. Sheena Howard.
Empowering parents on education
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Anne-Marie Canning describes how community organising, and her own mother, inspired her to empower parents. The post Empowering parents on education appeared first on Wonkhe.
How a “magical alignment” let one university quickly launch widespread student equity measures
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Northern Arizona University developed and launched an initiative that broke down its biggest obstacles for student access — in eight months.
Fair Access and Participation: Sector-wide challenges need sector-wide collaboration
HEPI
OCTOBER 20, 2022
This blog was contributed by Professor Antony Moss, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Student Experience, London South Bank University, and Chair, London Uni Connect. In the summer, all universities with an approved Access and Participation Plan (APP) were asked by our regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), to submit a mid-cycle variation responding to a set of new priorities.
How and Why to Use Asynchronous Videos in Your Online Courses
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 16, 2022
While Zoom was the “it” word during the pivot to online learning throughout COVID-19, it is high time to consider alternatives to synchronous online classes that benefit student learning. After all, “Zoom fatigue” has real effects on cognitive processing (Waldbieser, 2021). While people will still be Zooming for some time, taking time to create, produce, and implement asynchronous videos or asynchronous video assignments for your online class can yield multiple benefits.
We need to talk about food insecurity
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Jim Dickinson reviews the latest inflation figures and finds research on students and hunger hard to come by. The post We need to talk about food insecurity appeared first on Wonkhe.
Academics’ complaint seeks to push retirement manager TIAA to divest from fossil fuels
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Professors who have retirement accounts with TIAA have turned to the Principles for Responsible Investment to try to force changes by 2025.
On the Contribution of Extension: In memory of Tim Wallace
The Berkeley Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2022
When I arrived in Berkeley for my Ph.D. about 50 years ago (1973, before the Yom Kippur War), I learned that the department of Agricultural Economics, which I joined, had several faculty members who were extension specialists. Their job has been to do real applied research and to provide information and education to adults (regular.
Guide to the pros and cons of outsourcing online education
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Image: Like a lot of professors whose field of study is higher education, Jeffrey C. Sun frequently gets asked by administrators at his institution to weigh in on thorny issues they’re debating. When his bosses at the University of Louisville were considering how best to expand their online learning offerings, they asked Sun, a Distinguished University Scholar, for his thoughts on whether the university should hire an online program management (OPM) company or build the in-house expertise
Higher Education Postcard: Coventry University
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 20, 2022
This week Hugh Jones’ postbag has a card that tells us a story of ribbons, cars and quiz questions. The post Higher Education Postcard: Coventry University appeared first on Wonkhe.
Are early alert systems helping or hurting students at community colleges?
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
New America report flags challenges including procurement, reluctant faculty, ineffective messages, possible racial discrimination and data struggles.
Academe Calls for Revolutionizing Higher Education Budget and Finance
Academe Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2022
POSTED BY THE AAUP Fall 2022 | Vol. 108, No. 4 The fall 2022 issue of Academe calls on faculty to become actively engaged in budget and finance issues on their campuses and in their states.
HBCU Football Player Makes History as First to Come Out as Gay
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 21, 2022
Byron Perkins, a defensive back for the Hampton University Pirates, became the first openly gay football player at a historically Black college or university (HBCU) after publicly coming out this week via social media. “I’ve been self-reflective and trying to prioritize what makes me happy and makes me feel alive,” he said in an Instagram post. “I thought it could be just football and school, but there was a component missing.
Podcast: Immigration, belonging, blended learning
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 20, 2022
This week on the podcast Suella Braverman is gone - but has the threat of a crackdown on international students gone with her? The post Podcast: Immigration, belonging, blended learning appeared first on Wonkhe.
Cazenovia College defaults on $25M bond payment, raising concerns about its survival
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 17, 2022
The small college has until Nov. 3 to come to an agreement with bondholders after it was unable to obtain new financing.
Post-Traditional Students are the New Premium Students
eLiterate
OCTOBER 20, 2022
As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. This one will be listed under the “ changing-enrollment ” and “ future-of-academic-work ” tags.
How COVID spurred online education innovation and empathy
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Image: By most accounts, the March 2020 switch to emergency remote teaching and learning was rough on students, faculty members and staff workers. Student mental health suffered, existing inequities were exacerbated and many missed a sense of community. Now, a Stanford University self-study released today provides evidence that, despite acknowledged hardships, college students, faculty members and staff rallied around the shared goal of academic continuity in unprecedented ways.
What do employers want from graduates in 2022?
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 18, 2022
What are employers looking for in current graduates – and how much are they paying them? The Institute of Student Employers' Stephen Isherwood unpacks the latest data. The post What do employers want from graduates in 2022? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Half of regional admissions counselors are looking for new jobs, survey finds
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
They’re looking for positions at the same time the pandemic leads some colleges to beef up regional admissions programs.
Becoming a Mindful Leader and Influencing the Educational Experience
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Student performance is often a reflection of the school curriculum and school management. Many factors influence the educational experience of everyone involved in education, but the driving force is leadership. Leadership is the generator that provides the push to all those that need it, especially at-risk students. Research demonstrates a link between the quality of leadership and student achievement (Branch & Hanusheck, 2012).
Cheating and Academic Dishonesty [eBook]
Today's Learner
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cheating in higher education isn’t anything new. But the rapid increase of digital technology, along with the pivot to online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic , has created new ways of cheating—and made it easier for students to do so. According to a report from NPR , the University of Georgia saw cheating increase from 228 cases to 600 cases from 2019 to 2020, while The Ohio State University reported a 50% increase in cheating cases during the same time.
Notifications might (eventually) lead to regulation
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What happens when you notify OfS of a concern? As David Kernohan finds out, not very much - for quite a long while. The post Notifications might (eventually) lead to regulation appeared first on Wonkhe.
Undergraduate enrollment declines 1.1% this fall, dashing hopes of quick recovery
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Although the decrease has slowed, colleges are further than ever from returning to pre-pandemic student levels.
The Importance of Tabletop Exercises for Higher Ed IT Teams
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
OCTOBER 20, 2022
An incident response plan is a critical part of any cybersecurity portfolio, but plans need to be tested and practiced to be executed successfully. Cybersecurity incidents are dynamic situations, and finding out that your plan is incomplete or inflexible as an incident unfolds is not ideal. What Are Tabletop Exercises? Tabletop exercises are an opportunity to put an incident response plan through its paces and identify what works and what doesn’t.
TV documentary warns of over-recruitment of Indian students in Canada
The PIE News
OCTOBER 20, 2022
A TV documentary broadcast this month in Canada has put the relationship between private and public colleges under scrutiny after over-recruitment of international students at one private college (recruiting for a community college) led to a temporary obstruction of access to the college for students. The program from CBC, The Fifth Estate series: Sold a Lie, raises concerns about commercially-driven motivations behind international student recruitment, ethical advising and international studen
These boots are made for checking
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What's going on with quality and standards regulation in England? Paul Greatrix brings us up to speed. The post These boots are made for checking appeared first on Wonkhe.
Colleges should use K-12 performance assessments for course placement, report says
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 20, 2022
Recommendations from Complete College America include better integrating postsecondary and K-12 systems for these evaluations.
The Science behind How Your Employees Learn
Coursera blog
OCTOBER 20, 2022
By Leah Belsky, Chief Revenue Officer at Coursera. When delivering L&D programs, too much focus is often placed on the content and teaching, rather than on the employees themselves. To upskill and reskill effectively, understanding how employees learn is important too. But even as L&D leaders strive to deliver programs that put employees at the forefront, they face multiple challenges. .
Is international education an answer to geopolitical tensions?
The PIE News
OCTOBER 21, 2022
In 2022, Deloitte connected with over 23,000 Gen Zs and Millennials around the world as part of its annual survey to gauge their views about work and the world around them. Not surprisingly, there is a pervasive sense of cynicism among this generation who are “deeply worried about the state of the world and are fighting to reconcile their desire for change with the demands and constraints of everyday life.”.
The blend gets another tweak
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Susan Orr's blended learning report, and the OfS response, get Jim Dickinson and David Kernohan thinking about growth. The post The blend gets another tweak appeared first on Wonkhe.
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