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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

If the economy doesn't grow universities are going to be forever arguing for their slice of an ever shrinking pie.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The cost of college has been a hot topic for a while now, and even though some studies suggest the net cost of college has been falling post-COVID, it's clear that sticker prices have not been. And because the overwhelming majority of college and university students in the US attend public institutions, that's a good place to start the discussion. This is data from IPEDS, showing published cost about 530 public, four-year institutions that award the bachelor's degree, excluding community college

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University Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As the pace of change accelerates in education and the workforce, staying ahead requires insight into what’s shaping these worlds. In business education, we’re seeing shifts driven by artificial intelligence, evolving learner needs, and a demand for greater flexibility and accessibility. These trends aren’t just reshaping how we learn—they’re redefining how we lead, grow, and thrive in today’s workplaces and economy.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The rapid introduction of generative AI has created a wild west of policies at colleges, complicating the use of long-standing editing and writing tools. The University of Notre Dame’s decision this fall to allow professors to ban students from using the 15-year-old editing software Grammarly is raising questions about how to create artificial intelligence policies that uphold academic integrity while also embracing new technology.

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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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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

De Montfort University vice chancellor Katie Normington questions why the data on creative arts graduates fails to capture the volume and power of their impact

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A new $4.8 million grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) will help the historically Black college and university study Alzheimer’s disease in middle-aged African Americans. Dr. Travonia Brown-Hughes, COAACH director and an associate professor in N.C.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Reading Time: 14 minutes The rapid growth of the internet and social media have created a thriving online space for prospective students to explore educational offerings. It has also paved the way for a vibrant market that educational institutions can explore to attract students and boost their enrollment numbers. Yet, even as these opportunities arise, schools still have to find the best ways to reach prospective students and their families.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Universities might be able to transform without help, but public investment would bring pace and focus on national priorities.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Higher education institutions have become more vulnerable to cyberattacks “due to comparatively weak defenses,” analysts wrote.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

International student enrolments at Canadian colleges increased by nearly 30% in 2022/23 while universities saw a 7% rise, new data from Statistics Canada has revealed. In contrast, the number of Canadian students enrolled in colleges and universities declined by 4% and 2% respectively, with international students driving an overall enrolment increase of 0.6%, totalling 2.2 million students across the sector.

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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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Keystone College—a small, liberal arts college in Northeastern Pennsylvania—had its accreditation withdrawn this week by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Keystone College The school, which has about 1,100 students, pledged to appeal the decision. The decision to revoke the school’s accreditation is connected to its ongoing financial challenges.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Lynne Riach explores why impartial advice and trauma-informed approaches to student conduct disputes helps to reduce unnecessary anxiety for all involved.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The term “computer lab” might bring to mind a room filled with rows of 1990s-era PCs, keyboards and mice, all networked to a shared printer constantly running low on paper as undergrads desperately print their end-of-term papers. It has taken a while, but the computer lab is once again an integral campus resource as higher education institutions update and reimagine its role to better meet students’ needs.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Effective as of November 23, the increased eligibility requirements for graduates applying for the Québec Experience Program and the Regular Skilled Worker Program will impact students already in Québec, many of whom have been left scrambling for ways to fulfill the new criteria. Both programs, which are major pathways to permanent residency and used by international students, were suspended last month by the Quebec government and are due to resume no later than June 30, 2025.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. Lynch will also serve as the director of the documentary film program at the historically Black college in Atlanta.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The North Carolina institution is on probation with its accreditor as it tries to stabilize its operations.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In an instant, biology students are transported to Antarctica, where they collect plankton samples. An endless supply of patients with mysterious diseases materializes in front of medical students’ eyes. And in a rhetoric class, a restless audience prepares to mercilessly heckle students who drone on in a monotone as they practice their speeches. This is the power of virtual reality and other immersive technologies in higher education.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Fast forward to today, and technological progress continues to accelerate. Take ChatGPT, for example: it debuted in 2022, quickly amassing 100 million users within just two months, and peaked at 1.8 billion users in 2023. The impact of technological advancements and industrialisation is especially evident in the field of international student mobility.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Political scientist Joseph L. Jones argues in his new book that historically Black colleges should strive to be what he calls “pan-Black” institutions. Joseph L. Jones has spent his entire educational career at historically Black colleges and universities: He earned his bachelor’s degree at Philander Smith College (now University), completed his Ph.D. at Clark-Atlanta University and spent a little over a year as president of Arkansas Baptist College.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

by Kai Syng Tan A loveless storm and a love-filled symposium On 18 November I was ill. I recovered in time to travel to Helsinki for a symposium two days later, but winter storms shut down the airport, delayed flights and lost luggage, including mine. The symposium director Dr Timothy Smith (image 2 below, to the left) had to step in to act as my wardrobe assistant.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world Doctors are hailing a new way to treat serious asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attacks that marks the first breakthrough for 50 years and could be a “gamechanger” for patients. A trial found offering patients an injection was more effective than the current care of steroid tablets, and cuts the need for further treatment by 30%.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In a joint statement, the Regional Universities Network (RUN), Innovative Research Universities (IRU) and Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) affirmed their commitment to working collaboratively with government on all sides of politics, and proposed a three-step approach to improve Australia’s international education system. The statement follows last week’s revelation that the Coalition, along with the Greens and the Independents, are set to vote against the contenti

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Middle States Commission on Higher Education found that the Pennsylvania institution failed to show it can sustain itself.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In higher education, more colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and future planning beyond graduation. Life design, which originates from the 2016 book Designing Your Life, uses design thinking principles to help guide individuals as they navigate change and transition, ultimately helping them find meaning and purpose in their lives.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 4, 2018 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! “What you appreciate appreciates” (Twist, n.d.). One of the practices I have employed in most of my classes during the past several years is “the appreciative close,” which is an offshoot of “the appreciative pause ” recommended by Stephen Brookfield (Brookfield, 2015, pp.95-96).

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The newly-launched institution, with its headquarters in London, says its model “challenges some of the accepted practices of the two plus one top-up model” Instead of studying with a pathway program for two years before moving on to finish a final year of study at their chosen institution, students at BUC can fit what would have traditionally formed the first two years of their course into just 18 months.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Financial aid experts recently expressed optimism that this year’s release of the financial aid form would be less chaotic than the last.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In a new episode of Voices of Student Success, hear from two college leaders about how they’re integrating life design principles into students’ learning and career preparation for holistic support. Colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and future planning beyond graduation.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on November 30, 2015 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! That’s not a new finding, and it’s something most instructors already know, but it’s the size of the difference that’s often underestimated. Two recent studies, both asking different research questions and using different methodologies, offer still more evidence that the relationship between teachers and students is an integr

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Made in partnership with 30 Canadian institutions, the campaign includes video testimonials from international students and alumni from universities and colleges across Canada. “There’s a future in Canada for you,” say the featured students, sharing their experiences of studying in Canada which includes overcoming personal barriers, encountering and celebrating diversity.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

State Rep. Taylor Collins, who has staunchly opposed diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, will chair the panel.

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The Academic Designer

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Dr. Andrea Rexilius discusses her edited anthology, We Can See Into Another Place, highlighting its multi-genre approach to social justice. This anthology features faculty and writers from the Mile-High MFA Program at Regis University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Saint Augustine’s University—a historically Black college and university in North Carolina—has announced plans to cut half of its employees as administrators, amid financial challenges. The move comes after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) voted to remove SAU from membership after two years of warnings because of its financial status.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. I am, at my core, “an academic entrepreneur”. My goal is to shape professional destinies for today and tomorrow’s challenges and create the appropriate educational environments for that purpose. In my vision, these challenges span across business, human, and societal dimensions, where talents must find their path both personally and within the broader economic and social landscape.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

One attorney cautioned against dropping workers’ recently changed nonexempt status too quickly or without careful consideration.

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