Higher Ed Data Stories

JANUARY 17, 2024

A new approach to freshman migration, which is always a popular post on Higher Ed Data Stories. If you're a regular reader, you can go right to the visualization and start interacting with it. And I can't stress enough: You need to use the controls and click away to get the most from these visualizations. If you're new, this post focuses on one of the most interesting data elements in IPEDS: The geographic origins of first-year (freshman) students over time.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 14, 2024

There's been a lot of talk about market exit - but, as Jess Lister and Jonathan Simons explain, still no clarity on exactly what safeguards would be in place for the interests of students, the locality, and the nation The post We still don’t know what happens when a large university runs out of money appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Education Department set a March deadline for the rules but hasn’t yet cleared a key procedural hurdle, potentially pushing their release back by months.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2024

DEI Spending Banned, Sociology Scrapped in Florida Josh Moody Thu, 01/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Florida’s State Board of Education imposed new prohibitions on DEI spending at state colleges, following a similar decision for state universities.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

JANUARY 13, 2024

If you believe you can extract strategy from prior activities, I have something for you to try to make sense of here. This is a long compilation of tuition and fees at America's Flagship and Land Grant institutions. If you are not quite sure about the distinction between those two types of institutions, you might want to read this first. TLDR: Land Grants were created by an act of congress, and for this purpose, flagships are whoever I say they are.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some mythbusting, some unexpected anomalies, a fashionable market exposure analysis, and how your provider got on in the last recruitment cycle. David Kernohan has the data The post UCAS End of Cycle 2023: provider data appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2024

4 More Colleges Face Civil Rights Investigations Katherine Knott Thu, 01/18/2024 - 03:00 AM The Education Department has now opened dozens of investigations into antisemitic and other bias-related incidents on college campuses since Oct. 7. But resolutions that could lead to changes are expected to take a while.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey's suicide on Jan. 8, has sparked a national conversation for higher education to dramatically improve its treatment of Black women. Dr. Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey Lincoln University In an email sent on the day of her death , Candia-Bailey, who served as vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, a historically Black university, accused Dr.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 17, 2024

Government attention to research and innovation is increasingly focused on STEM. But for Rita Gardner, social sciences are what make the whole ecosystem work for society The post Social science must be at the heart of research policy appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

The public institution’s president indicated more cuts could be on the horizon, including program eliminations.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2024

Fresh Battle Lines in the Testing Wars Liam Knox Wed, 01/17/2024 - 03:00 AM The debate over standardized testing requirements, put on ice during the pandemic, is catching fire again as colleges reconsider their temporary test-optional policies.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

By Forest Hunt Will Lester, MediaNews Group, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Getty Images Cal Poly Pomona faculty rally on campus during a one-day strike on December 4, 2023. The faculty union for the California State University system wants a 12-percent salary bump. Cal State officials say they can’t afford it.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 16, 2024

Chris Webb and Natalie Freeman argue that higher education institutions need a holistic understanding of how careers advice fits within the student life cycle The post How to bridge the careers advice gaps appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 16, 2024

Courts are considering challenges to race-conscious admissions at military academies, key higher education regulations and the DACA program.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2024

Like I did. Recent days have brought another spasm of commentary and debate about the role and fate of the SAT, triggered by a piece by influential New York Times voice David Leonhardt titled “The Misguided War on the SAT.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Utah Valley University bucks the trends. By Martha C. Nussbaum Utah Valley University bucks the trends.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Institutions opting out of HESA data submission for technical staff is a problem, argues Andy Noyes – especially given changes to REF and the UK’s science superpower ambitions The post We need better data on technical staff appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 17, 2024

The proposal furthers a conservative push to weaken tenure, though these types of bills largely stalled across state legislatures last year.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Humiliation of Higher Ed Elizabeth Redden Tue, 01/16/2024 - 03:00 AM We’ve entered a new stage in the culture wars, Jennifer Ruth writes.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 16, 2024

By J. Brian Charles Joan Wong for The Chronicle A Chronicle analysis has identified at least 19 bills that aim to ban a slate of efforts aimed at making colleges diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 14, 2024

The numbers of universities that pay a living wage is growing year on year - Jonathan Grant urges those remaining to bite the bullet The post Let’s make 2024 the year all UK universities commit to the real living wage appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 19, 2024

During a Thursday hearing, NCAA President Charlie Baker advocated for more protections for college athletes entering name, image and likeness deals.

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HEPI

JANUARY 13, 2024

HEPI Director Nick Hillman takes a look at PwC’s new assessment of the financial health of the UK’s higher education institutions. On Christmas Day, my family gave me a lovely new fountain pen (made out of plectrums by this master craftsman since you ask). There was one other thing at the top of my Christmas wish list too, although – unlike the pen – it has only just arrived.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 18, 2024

The dishonesty researcher's latest project — convincing you he's honest. By Tom Bartlett After a data-fabrication scandal and a university investigation, the dishonesty researcher is trying to move on. But is the damage already done?

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Access and participation partnerships between providers and third sector organisations continue to be the exception to the norm. Ayesha Baloch explains why – and what to do about it The post Increasing equality of opportunity requires deeper collaboration with the third sector appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 16, 2024

But just over half of Black adults said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling will hurt Black students' ability to attend college, according to new polling.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 16, 2024

A Small Pennsylvania College’s Big Investment in the Humanities kathryn.palmer… Tue, 01/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Lycoming College is providing more research and experiential learning opportunities for students in hopes of setting itself apart in a tough enrollment environment.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2024

By Taylor Swaak Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images The arrangement aims to increase campus access to GPT-4.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 14, 2024

Reflecting on a week in the Baltics and Finland with SU officers and staff, Jim Dickinson and Livia Scott try to understand what's stopping UK universities from trusting students with responsibility and power The post We make tomorrow by fostering responsibility, courage, and collaboration appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 19, 2024

Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey, who died earlier this month, alleged that she had faced harassment at her workplace.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 14, 2024

Dear Black women in higher education, 2023 should have been a wake-up call to our community, yet the red flags persist. The untimely deaths of two Black women presidents, JoAnne A. Epps of Temple University and Dr. Orinthia T. Montague of Volunteer State Community College, was a signal to all other Black women in higher education. Now, the death of Dr.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 19, 2024

A literature professor hits the road. By Florence Dore A literature professor hits the road.

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Wonkhe

JANUARY 17, 2024

The NAO has uncovered what it thinks is fraud and criminality, ghost students and dodgy sales tactics in university franchising. Jim Dickinson finds an absence of safeguarding. The post Fraud, organised crime and TikTok – the NAO on franchising appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 18, 2024

The institution’s officials said the donation is the largest single gift ever given to a historically Black college or university.

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FIRE

JANUARY 16, 2024

FIRE sued Utah officials over the new law that requires every social media user in the state to verify their age.

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HEPI

JANUARY 16, 2024

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Tom Allingham , Communications Director at Save the Student. Inflation has affected all corners of society to some degree. But few groups have been hit quite as hard as students – a demographic that, for the second year in a row , has seen its living costs rise at well above the national average rate of inflation.

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