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Online education is transforming, and leaders like Caleb Simmons from the University of Arizona are helping to shape its future. As the Executive Director of Online Education, Dr. Simmons oversees the operations and academic programs of Arizona Online , with a focus on innovation and access. In a conversation with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey, Dr. Simmons emphasizes the importance of having a clear North Star when navigating major changes in higher education. “We’ve made a lot of progress…t

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For Sol Gamsu, the Universities UK blueprint for higher education is missing the voices of students and frontline staff

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

The increasing attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts often conflate "institutional values with imposed orthodoxies,” the group said.

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The Berkeley Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

"We need to give children experience flexing these skepticism muscles and using these critical thinking skills within this online context," a UC Berkeley psychology researcher said. The post To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight appeared first on Berkeley News.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Higher Ed Censorship Becoming More Discreet, PEN Reports Johanna Alonso Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM A review of 2024 legislation shows more bills attempting to attack classroom learning indirectly and couch censorship in uncontroversial language.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Getting communities involved with their local universities has the power to renew relationships and counter hostile narratives.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Berkeley also moved up to 8th best in the world overall in the 2024 report. The post Times Higher Ed ranks UC Berkeley No.1 public university in U.S. appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A new report shows institutions are turning away from beleaguered online program managers en masse. Is it the end of the road for a once-thriving sector? Colleges’ interest in partnering with outside companies to run their online programs has plummeted, according to newly released data from market researcher Validated Insights.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Jo Smith and Simon Merrywest introduce new guidance on working as a whole community to reduce student suicide Jo Smith and Simon Merrywest introduce new guidance on working as a whole community to reduce student suicide

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Students and employees were left in the lurch after the nearly 150-year-old institution shuttered with just a week's notice.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Baker is one of three Nobel winners this year with a UC Berkeley connection The post David Baker, a UC Berkeley Ph.D., awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry appeared first on Berkeley News.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 7, 2024

UMD’s dictate that ‘only university-sponsored events’ would take place on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel ran headlong into the First Amendment.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

A Jisc report into a project that used analytics to help effectively target mental health and wellbeing support may offer a glimpse of the future.

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We’re rounding up our coverage from the recent National Association for College Admission Counseling’s annual conference.

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The Berkeley Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

UC Berkeley biochemist developed 'Ames test' to identify substances likely to cause cancer The post Bruce Ames, developer of a simple, widely used test to detect carcinogens, is dead at 95 appeared first on Berkeley News.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

The American Association of University Professors gave its blessing to mandatory “diversity statements” in hiring — as long as the faculty votes for them first.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Personal tutoring is changing in response to students' needs and institutional pressures.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

All 16 of the state's public colleges and universities are participating in the program, the Utah System of Higher Education said Friday.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In the wake of a front assault on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is calling on colleges and universities not to give in to the pressure to abandon such initiatives. On Wednesday, AAUP renewed their call to colleges and universities to fund and protect research and teaching that addresses social inequity and the needs of historically underrepresented groups.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The task force, a group of lawmakers from 32 states, wants states and the federal government to work together more to make college a better return on investment. The cost of college continues to rise. The student debt crisis has gained national infamy. A bachelor’s degree no longer guarantees a stable career. And the demographic cliff has enrollment numbers plummeting just as colleges and universities are relying more heavily on tuition for financial health.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

What do we know about trends in undergraduate courses offered in the UK?

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

The decision deals a major blow to the student-run Brown Divest Coalition, which had organized a pro-Palestinian encampment in the spring.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

The University of South Carolina did a 180 to begin taking free speech seriously, and it shows in our student survey data.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

ACE Tells Presidential Candidates, ‘Higher Education Builds America’ Sara Weissman Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM In a full-page ad in The New York Times, the American Council on Education addressed both presidential candidates and made its case for higher ed. Here’s why.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Rachel Maxwell and Steve Briggs put the case for involving specialist staff in personal academic tutoring systems Rachel Maxwell and Steve Briggs put the case for involving specialist staff in personal academic tutoring systems

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The ruling rejected the state’s arguments that congressional lawmakers had ceded “unchecked power” to private agencies over educational standards.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

In an interview with FIRE, Nadine Strossen talks about higher ed bureaucratization, market-driven censorship, and staying principled.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Since last Oct. 7, several institutions have pledged to refrain from speaking on political and social issues. But what does it mean for a university to go neutral? In the two weeks after George Floyd’s 2020 murder, more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities issued statements mentioning his name, according to a joint report from associations representing student affairs administrators and diversity officers.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

This week on the podcast it’s possible to predict a student’s wellbeing using mental health analytics - but what are the ethics and implications?

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

A Pen America report describes new legislation as “some of the most pernicious assaults on educational speech” ever encountered.

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The Berkeley Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Citizen scientists can help monitor the state's plants in the face of global change The post Using AI and iNaturalist, scientists build one of the highest resolution maps yet of California plants appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Unlikely Enrollment Success Stories Liam Knox Tue, 10/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Despite months of doomsaying for regional public universities, a number boasted surprisingly robust enrollment gains this fall. We took a closer look at six.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

As more material emerges on the experiences of students in franchised higher education, Jim Dickinson sets out the case for a retrenchment from piled high, delivered cheap provision

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Higher Ed Dive

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Change management in higher ed faces unique challenges, from complex governance structures to a culture steeped in tradition. These efforts require a unique approach.

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The Berkeley Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973 The post Alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 11, 2024

For immigrant families of color, affording the full costs of college is still often out of reach, even after generations in this country, according to a new data analysis. Affording college is more attainable for some immigrant families than others, according to a new analysis by the Institute for Higher Education Policy, released Friday.

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