It’s time for universities to take the lead on economic growth
Wonkhe
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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Saint Augustine’s University cuts its workforce in half to shore up finances
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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Public University Tuition over time
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
Writing, Radical Imagination, and Social Justice with Anthology Editor Dr. Andrea Rexilius
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.
Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P
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Creative arts graduates succeed because of their background, not in spite of it
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
Will the FAFSA cycle be smoother this year?
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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The 6 trends shaping the online business education landscape in 2025
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.
A higher education transformation fund would catalyse university reform
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Universities might be able to transform without help, but public investment would bring pace and focus on national priorities.
Moody’s rates education sector at ‘high’ cyber risk in 2024
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Higher education institutions have become more vulnerable to cyberattacks “due to comparatively weak defenses,” analysts wrote.
Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter’s poles
The Berkeley Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Unusual magnetically driven vortices may be generating Earth-size concentrations of hydrocarbon haze The post Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter’s poles appeared first on Berkeley News.
Is Grammarly AI? Notre Dame Says Yes
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.
Impartial expertise is vital to student conduct disputes
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.
Keystone College could lose accreditation after MSCHE vote
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Middle States Commission on Higher Education found that the Pennsylvania institution failed to show it can sustain itself.
FIRE is the proud home for those who defend free speech
FIRE
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Here are just a few reasons why donating to FIRE helps to preserve and protect free speech for all Americans.
How the WWE Shaped Linda McMahon
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Linda McMahon, nominated to lead the Education Department, helped turn WWE from a regional business into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Linda McMahon as education secretary came as a surprise to many in the education world, akin to a story line swerve befitting of her former employer, WWE.
How to set up an academic think tank
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
How and why should universities set up a think tank? That is the question that Jonathan Grant is often asked on his travels around the sector.
What employers should know now that the 2024 overtime rule is vacated
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
One attorney cautioned against dropping workers’ recently changed nonexempt status too quickly or without careful consideration.
Reimagining Computer Labs for Today’s College Students
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.
Hopping on the Affordability Bandwagon
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Five selective colleges launched strikingly similar student aid initiatives last week for low- and middle-income students. What’s behind the frenzy to boost financial aid? For students worried about the cost of attending a selective college, last week was a bonanza.
University sexual violence academics and practitioners can and should work together
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Harriet Smailes has been looking into collaborative practice between researchers and student support staff on the topic of sexual misconduct and harassment.
Birmingham-Southern College campus sale falls through
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Miles College asked to extend a purchase agreement for the property, but trustees of the shuttered college said they must sell the campus quickly.
Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking
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.
Turn data into poetry
LSE Higher Education Blog
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Remaking research data into a literary art form makes it resonate more widely. LSE HE Blog Fellow Sam Illingworth explains how and why he turned the LSE HE Blog into a poem Within qualitative research, particularly in the context of higher education, traditional methods like thematic analysis, content coding, and narrative inquiry have long dominated the field.
What went up then came down
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
The Home Office's quarterly immigration stats are out - and it's reductions in students and their dependants that have helped get net migration down.
What’s love got to do with neurodiversity and HE art and design?
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.
How to think about Thanksgiving like a food historian
The Berkeley Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
UC Berkeley’s Rebecca McLennan explains the backstory of the bounty on your table. The post How to think about Thanksgiving like a food historian appeared first on Berkeley News.
UK net migration falls 20% as impact of dependant rule takes effect
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Newly released data from the Office for National Statistics shows an estimated net migration to the UK of 728,000 for the year ending June 2024, marking a 20% drop from 906,000 in June 2023. The decrease is partly attributed to a decline in students bringing dependents, according to ONS director of population statistics Mary Gregory. In May 2023, in a bid to reduce net migration, the previous Conservative government announced a rule banning most international students from bringing dependants wi
Student Loans Company data on fees and maintenance, 2023-24
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
David Kernohan guides you through a little-understood dataset that highlights some glaring problems with the way we support students and fund higher education
Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years
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%.
A Scholar of HBCUs Shines a Harsh Light on the Institutions
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.
“Global Education 2.0”: the future of international student recruitment in a digital world
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.
Does the Oxford Chancellor election matter?
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Oxford has been noisily electing its new Chancellor. Ben Farmer weighs up the runners, riders, and whether it matters for the wider sector Oxford has been noisily electing its new Chancellor.
Mastering Multi-Channel Marketing for School Enrollment: Strategies for Consistent Student Engagement
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.
Justice delayed is justice denied for early career plagiarism victims
THE (Times Higher Education)
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Misappropriation of junior colleagues’ ideas is a betrayal.
Australian unis call for urgent action amid caps uncertainty
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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NOVEMBER 28, 2024
This week on the podcast the government is to “get Britain working” - but what role will higher education play in the plans?
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