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Reduced student engagement isn’t just about prioritising part-time employment

Wonkhe

A collapse in on-campus engagement is often blamed on online lectures or part-time work. Sunday Blake follows up on belonging research with Pearson to find out what's really driving them away The post Reduced student engagement isn’t just about prioritising part-time employment appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How do you calculate the ROI of a college degree?

Higher Ed Dive

A higher education researcher breaks down how a think tank attempted to quantify the return on investment for 53,000 different programs.

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A History Instructor Complained About Parking Fees. It Cost Him His Job.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Nell Gluckman Andrew Hancock for The Chronicle Ted Roberts at Tarleton State U. The military veteran had taught at Tarleton State for over a decade. His colleagues were stunned.

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Florida Argues It Could Stop Professors From Criticizing Governor

Inside Higher Ed

Florida Argues It Could Stop Professors From Criticizing Governor Ryan Quinn Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A nationally prominent conservative lawyer, hired to defend the state’s Stop WOKE Act, asserted that what public university professors say in classrooms “is the government’s speech.” The national implications for academic freedom could be dire.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

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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Threats to foundation years should worry us all

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The election has offered classroom-based foundation years a stay of execution. Sarah Hale and Stephen Leech wonder how long it will last The post Threats to foundation years should worry us all appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Alverno College to cut 14 majors after declaring financial exigency

Higher Ed Dive

The struggling Catholic institution will also lay off 25 faculty members and 12 staffers as it tries to close a budget gap and stabilize its finances.

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UNC Fires Professor They Secretly Recorded

Inside Higher Ed

The university recorded Larry Chavis’s class without his consent for a professional review. Last week he was told his contract would not be renewed. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not renew the contract of a professor whose classes they recorded without his permission, university media relations director Beth Lutz confirmed.

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Embracing the role of undergraduate students as engaged researchers

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The teaching of undergraduate research can suffer from being overly mechanical. Erica Cargill and James Cunningham call for deeper engagement The post Embracing the role of undergraduate students as engaged researchers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Arizona public universities face multimillion dollar cuts under state budget bill

Higher Ed Dive

The funding decreases could hit University of Arizona — already grappling with major deficits — especially hard.

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A Harvard Dean's Assault on Faculty Speech

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Laurence D. Bobo's proposal would turn academic freedom upside down. By Keith E. Whittington Suzanne Kreiter, The Boston Globe, Getty Images This would set the university back a hundred years.

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More Downsizing at Beleaguered ETS

Inside Higher Ed

More Downsizing at Beleaguered ETS Liam Knox Tue, 06/18/2024 - 03:00 PM The SAT administrator and owner of the GRE offered buyouts to most of its U.S. workforce Tuesday morning, kickstarting its second round of layoffs in under a year.

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Higher education postcard: Camberwell College of Arts

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This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to not-a-polytechnic in Peckham The post Higher education postcard: Camberwell College of Arts appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Title IX rule blocked in 6 more states

Higher Ed Dive

Conservative states contest the rule’s inclusion of LGBTQ+ students and have filed multiple lawsuits seeking to stop the rule from taking effect Aug. 1.

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Can Application Modernization Keep Higher Ed Cyberattackers at Bay?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

In 2014, a vulnerability was discovered in a critical security library used by a massive number of systems worldwide. The Heartbleed Bug exploited a lack of bounds checking in the Transport Layer Security heartbeat protocol, and when an exploit was published in April 2014, millions of systems were immediately vulnerable. Ten years later, more than 34,000 systems in the United States alone remain vulnerable.

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More Downsizing at Beleaguered ETS

Inside Higher Ed

More Downsizing at Beleaguered ETS Liam Knox Tue, 06/18/2024 - 03:00 PM The former SAT administrator and owner of the GRE offered buyouts to most of its U.S. workforce Tuesday morning, kickstarting its second round of job cuts in under a year.

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A historic shift in higher education manifesto promises

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For the first time since the second world war, the consensus on the need for more graduates has collapsed. David Kernohan picks up the pieces The post A historic shift in higher education manifesto promises appeared first on Wonkhe.

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This week in 5 numbers: Pennsylvania’s dueling plans to revamp higher ed

Higher Ed Dive

We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from one governor’s vision to improve the state’s colleges to funding cuts at Arizona’s public universities

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AAUP Local Statement Condemning Disastrous UW–Milwaukee Decisions

Academe Blog

POSTED BY JENNIFER RUTH On June 18, the executive committee of AAUP Local 6741 of the American Federation of Teachers issued the following statement on University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s proposal to close the College of General Studies In the United States, the university is in crisis.

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Questions Linger After Penn State Buyouts

Inside Higher Ed

Questions Linger After Penn State Buyouts Josh Moody Thu, 06/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Faculty argue the “voluntary separation” plan was rushed, and question the new regional leadership model that requires some chancellors to juggle multiple campuses.

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What might a major review from Labour consider?

Wonkhe

Is a major review of higher education funding on the way? What might the scope and parameters need to be? Alistair Jarvis asks the questions The post What might a major review from Labour consider? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Navigating accounts receivables in higher ed: 4 areas coming under more regulatory scrutiny

Higher Ed Dive

Staying ahead of dynamic compliance and regulatory requirements is integral to higher ed institutions’ financial stability and reputation.

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The legacy of eugenics

The Berkeley Blog

Osagie K. Obasogie, a professor of law and bioethics, has teamed up with the Los Angeles Review of Books to launch a two-year, national conversation on the history of eugenics and the ways it still shapes science, medicine and technology. The post The legacy of eugenics appeared first on Berkeley News.

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California Bill Would Prevent AI Replacement of Community College Faculty

Inside Higher Ed

California Bill Would Prevent AI Replacement of Community College Faculty Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 06/20/2024 - 03:00 AM The new bill comes after concerns from several faculty members about AI’s classroom role.

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The taxpayer and businesses will demand more from universities

Wonkhe

Dani Payne argues that universities should prepare for less autonomy in exchange for a more secure future The post The taxpayer and businesses will demand more from universities appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Hampshire College cuts some employee benefits to rein in budget

Higher Ed Dive

After a brush with potential closure five years ago, the college says admissions have rebounded but headwinds remain.

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Can Shaun Harper Save DEI?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

He built his career advocating for underrepresented students. Now his movement is under organized attack. By J. Brian Charles Dominic Miller for The Chronicle He built his career advocating for underrepresented students. Now his movement is under organized attack.

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Education Department Finds Michigan, CUNY Failed to Follow Title VI

Inside Higher Ed

Education Department Finds Michigan, CUNY Failed to Follow Title VI Katherine Knott Tue, 06/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Resolution agreements announced Monday are the first regarding campus antisemitism, anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias since Oct. 7. The findings signal how institutions across the country can comply with federal law.

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There’s more to the future of skills than Higher Technical Qualifications

Wonkhe

IHE's Joy Elliott-Bowman welcomes a belated government acceptance that there is more to skills than a small number of employer-approved higher technical qualifications The post There’s more to the future of skills than Higher Technical Qualifications appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The positive impacts of family engagement on student retention

Higher Ed Dive

Research shows when families are engaged and receive updates, students are more likely to be retained.

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The Plan to Save Community Colleges in Wisconsin Is Failing

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Eric Kelderman Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, USA TODAY NETWORK Thomas M. Nelson, county executive in Outagamie County, Wis. Nearly half of the state's two-year liberal-arts institutions are being shuttered. It wasn't supposed to be this way.

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Hiring Couples May Help Diversify Faculty Ranks, Tenure Pipeline

Inside Higher Ed

Hiring Couples May Help Diversify Faculty Ranks, Tenure Pipeline kathryn.palmer… Fri, 06/21/2024 - 03:00 AM A new scorecard aims to provide academic couples comprehensive information about research institutions that are most supportive of dual-career scholars—and more likely to hire them for tenure-track positions.

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There’s more to LEO than Mickey Mouse

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LEO data isn't great for finding poor quality courses, but DK reckons there's a lot more we can learn from it The post There’s more to LEO than Mickey Mouse appeared first on Wonkhe.

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University of Arizona narrows its budget gap to $52M

Higher Ed Dive

However, officials are still working through how they will adjust the budget to account for a multimillion-dollar reduction in state funding.

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Leaders Are Readers: Q2 2024 Reading List

Educause

The suggested readings in this installment of the "Leaders Are Readers" series encourage leaders to value diverse perspectives, remember lessons from the past as they lead through change, explore strategies for turning a stressful mindset into a productive one, and create culturally aware AI policies and practices.

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QS ranks London best student city for sixth year in a row

The PIE News

QS Best Student Cities considers the rankings, student mix, desirability, employer activity and affordability of university cities and the 2025 iteration saw London take the top spot as the world’s best student city, as it has done since 2018. Tokyo, Seoul, Munich, Melbourne, Sydney, Paris, Zurich, Berlin and Montreal rounded off the top 10 list.

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Civic participation should be central to the student experience

Wonkhe

The snap election has reignited the debate about the political disengagement of young people. Andy Mycock explores the role that higher education should play in shaping the citizens of tomorrow. The post Civic participation should be central to the student experience appeared first on Wonkhe.

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