Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 9, 2025

College leaders will likely grapple with budgetary strains, federal policy shifts and continued enrollment challenges in the year ahead.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

A new study reveals a concerning decline in academic freedom across U.S. higher education, with more than one-third of faculty members reporting increased constraints on their ability to teach, conduct research, and speak freely compared to six or seven years ago. The national survey, conducted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in partnership with the American Association of University Professors, found that 35% of faculty say they have less freedom to teach co

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MindMax

JANUARY 9, 2025

In a recent conversation, MindMax CEO Lee Maxey sat down with Melissa Maybury Lubin, Dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia, to discuss the evolving role of higher education in a rapidly changing world. Dr. Lubins passion for lifelong learning and her belief in the transformative power of education are evident throughout the discussion.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JANUARY 8, 2025

Reading Time: 8 minutes Education marketing is poised for a transformative shift in 2025. As technological innovations accelerate and global competition intensifies, schools, colleges, and universities must adopt strategies that meet the evolving expectations of prospective students. If youre new to educational marketing or administration, you may benefit from a working definition of the topic were exploring.

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As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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The PIE News

JANUARY 6, 2025

The director of Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode a prestigious business school based in the state of Kerala has called out global rankings metrics that might penalise an institution like his for not being as “internationalised” as Western institutions. Director, Debashis Chatterjee, pointed out that in a country with 1.4 billion people and with an acceptance rate at his business school of one student in 800 applications it seemed wrong to be marked down on rankings metric

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

A groundbreaking report released by Generation Hope reveals the devastating impact of housing insecurity on student parents pursuing higher education. The report, "Breaking Barriers: The Hidden Struggles of Student Parents and Housing Insecurity," highlights how the intersection of parenting responsibilities and housing challenges creates significant obstacles for students trying to complete their degrees.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Student success is teacher success. When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible. However, contemplating the necessary ingredients to cultivate student success is multifaceted and heavily influenced by a multiplicity of factors.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 10, 2025

As per a recent report by the British Council, there are some significant highlights concerning international students and Vietnamese higher education institutions in these decisions. Vietnam aims to increase the proportion of international students in the country to 1.5% (currently 0.5%) and raise the number of Vietnamese universities in the global top 500 rankings (currently none) and the top 200 of Asian ranking systems (currently four).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

A new report from United Educators reveals that enrollment concerns reclaimed the top spot as the most pressing risk facing colleges and universities in 2024, with 71% of institutions identifying it as a major challenge. This represents an increase from 67% in the previous year. The annual Top Risks Survey, which gathered responses from 194 colleges and universities between August and December 2024, showed a significant shift in institutional priorities.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 8, 2025

Lower shares of middle-income students in the class of 2023 completed the federal financial aid form than those who graduated before the health crisis.

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JANUARY 5, 2025

There are many ways to design a course in higher education, but why do it alone? As the educational landscape continues to evolve, the role of an instructional designer (ID) has become necessary. ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, higher ed, and the corporate world, IDs can bring transformative benefits to professional schools (programs offering terminal degrees for a specific profession) and support faculty in their endeavors to innovate and engage students.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 6, 2025

2024 was the year Australia doubled down on its ambition to create a stronger, fairer, and more future-ready higher education system as it works to implement recommendations laid out in the Universities Accord. However, progress was overshadowed by policy turbulence, including the governments ultimately thwarted attempt at legislating a cap international enrolments, which sent shockwaves through the sector.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its a reminder that you are a representation for many others and many other players that look the same way I do. Your color shouldnt matter. Your evidence of your work should. After leading the University of Notre Dames football team to a 23-10 victory over the University of Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, head coach Marcus Freeman Christian Collins guaranteed that this years NCAA Division 1 FBS national championship will be the first to feature a Black head coach regardless of the victor between Fre

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University Business

JANUARY 6, 2025

State university systems and private colleges have ramped up free tuition programs over the past year hoping to quell public skepticism regarding the affordability of a degree. States with free-tuition or “last-dollar” scholarship programs prior to 2024 have seen stronger application and enrollment numbers. However, erasing college tuition and related frees does not equate to a free education.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

Experiential learning is on the rise (Roberts & Welton 2022), perhaps because it can be a pathway to increased student engagement. But the term experiential learning is sometimes used interchangeably with applied learning, which runs the risk of clouding the specific benefits of each approach. To alleviate some confusion, my goal here is to explain the hallmarks of both applied humanities and experiential learning approaches, as well as what each mode of learning can offer to students.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 8, 2025

Universities, reliant on recruitment agents and aggregator platforms, face enduring challenges in ensuring the quality and integrity of student admissions. Despite advancements in accreditation systems and agent quality frameworks, unethical practices and a lack of accountability remain pervasive. The ApplyCourses Agent Ranking System , a proprietary and IP-protected innovation , is designed to address these issues head-on.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

Mental health remains a critical issue, yet for Black men it is a topic often hidden and silenced. As a Black man, I have seen firsthand the unique struggles Black men face when it comes to mental health and seeking support. Despite increasing awareness around mental health, there is still a deep cultural and societal stigma surrounding Black mens mental health that prevents many from receiving the care they need.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 10, 2025

The state’s comptroller and two state lawmakers are scheduled to speak at an event calling for the General Assembly to strip the institution of state funds.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

Milwaukee Area Technical College's inaugural vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion has filed a federal lawsuit against the institution, alleging retaliatory termination after she reported racial and disability discrimination concerns. Eva Martinez Powless Eva Martinez Powless, who served as MATC's first DEI officer starting in 2021, claims in the lawsuit filed December 30 in the U.S.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 9, 2025

The Home Office figures, released on January 9, support the findings of BUILA s new survey of 70 UK institutions, 80% of whom reported a decrease in postgraduate enrolments from international students in 2024/25. Overall international enrolment has declined by 20% during this time, with the greatest reductions in postgraduate applications fromNigeria (-65%), India (-34%) and Pakistan (-31%), the survey found.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 7, 2025

Pursuing a PhD represents the pinnacle of academic achievement, but beneath the accolades there lurks a significant, often overlooked reality: the mental health toll plaguing many doctoral candidates. Studies consistently reveal troubling statistics. A 2018 study published in Nature, a journal focused on advancements in science, found that nearly 40% of graduate students globally experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression. a rate six times higher than the general population.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 10, 2025

The results show an “alarming erosion” of faculty rights, according to the head of the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

The San Diego Foundation (SDF) announced a $4 million commitment to support local high school students facing homelessness, in foster care, or learning English prepare for college success. The initiative comes as recent data shows significant graduation disparities among vulnerable student populations in San Diego County. While the overall graduation rate reached 84.6% in 2023-24, only 4% of English learners, 8% of foster youth, and 8% of homeless students graduated.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 6, 2025

At the University of Hertfordshire we wanted to give our postgraduate students something in addition to their degree, that would enhance their future employability prospects. We have recently introduced our Hertfordshire Internships program, which offers an innovative and transformative opportunity for our postgrad students. This unique initiative guarantees students the chance to undertake an internship alongside their postgraduate studies, blending academic excellence with real-world experien

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 7, 2025

The Universities of Wisconsin, a 13-institution system, may eliminate the requirement that its president form search committees to help find and select other top system leaders. Current system policy says the president, currently Jay O. Rothman, must appoint a search and screen committee when a vacancy occurs in a system administration senior leadership position.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 10, 2025

A Philadelphia real estate player and area theater nonprofit are among the first buyers to step up for the closed arts college’s iconic properties.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 8, 2025

California community college presidents and chancellors are spending less time in their roles while the leadership ranks are becoming increasingly diverse, highlighting Dr. Larry Galizio both challenges and progress in the nation's largest public higher education system. Those are the findings included the Community College League of California's 11th biennial CEO Tenure & Retention Study.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 7, 2025

The taskforce on efficiency and transformation in higher education will be chaired by Nigel Carrington, former vice chancellor at University of the Arts London. Carrington, who is an international mergers and acquisitions lawyer, will lead a group of more than a dozen experts to consider “detailed and radical options” for cross-sector working, as well as working to produce comprehensive business cases for such actions, Universities UK said in a statement announcing his appointment. &

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 7, 2025

Renowned drama school says unprecedented funding challenges make degrees unviable from September 2025 One of the UKs most celebrated drama schools, which counts the Oscar-winners Olivia Colman, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jeremy Irons among its alumni, is to scrap its undergraduate degrees due to a range of financial challenges. Bristol Old Vic theatre school, founded in 1946, said its undergraduate training model was now financially unsustainable.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 6, 2025

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called for the entire board to resign after a state audit found "a concerning lack of compliance" with university spending policies.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

In a significant leadership transition at one of legal education's key institutions, the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has appointed Sudha Setty as its new president and chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2025. Setty, who currently serves as dean of the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, will bring her extensive experience in legal education and commitment to diversity to the organization.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Dubbed the e-student visa and e-student-x visa, these new visa options are exclusively available to applicants using the governments Study in India portal. International students registered on the SII portal are eligible to apply for the e-student visa. Additionally, dependents of e-student visa holders can secure an e-student-x visa. “Students from neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and African nations stand to benefit significantly from the introduction o

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

Downwardly mobile graduates are arguably becoming the UKs electoral kingmakers and could spur a political revolution Some groups loom larger in the national imagination than others. It has become a shibboleth that economically left, socially conservative ex-Labour voters in the red wall are the UKs political kingmakers and therefore must be wooed. Yet there is little mention of the graduate without a future , a group that first emerged after the 2010 student protests and continues to grow in nu

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 6, 2025

Top leaders of the National Association of College and University Business Officers share how they hope to reenvision the role of college executives.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

Marist College, the private school in Poughkeepsie, New York, has announced it will become Marist University effective later this month, marking a significant milestone in its nearly century-long history. The change comes after unanimous approval from the Board of Trustees and the New York State Board of Regents. President Dr. Kevin C. Weinman emphasized that the new designation better reflects Marist's evolution from a small regional college into a comprehensive global institution.

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