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Colleges have more data than ever. Here are 3 things to consider as they use it.

Higher Ed Dive

Higher education institutions house troves of student data. College leaders at Educause's annual conference shared innovative ways to use it.

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For growth, we need to be sure that training really pays

Wonkhe

Analysis shows that people are keen to develop skills, but only if they can be sure the benefits outweigh the costs. Patrick Thomson tells us more. The post For growth, we need to be sure that training really pays appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Yes, your yield rate is still falling, redux (2021)

Higher Ed Data Stories

I've been creating this data visualization, or some form of it, for several years now. I think it's most useful for higher education enrollment professionals who have to explain to people at their university why their yield rate is falling. The short answer is that applications and admits are increasing faster than student populations: If a student today applies to an average of seven colleges, compared to four colleges twenty years ago, yield rate almost has to go down.

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New Study Reveals the Anti-CRT Agenda is Really about Denying Racism and Revising History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new study conducted by the ultra-conservative Manhattan Institute and published by the City Journal claims to prove that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is being taught in K-12 education. However, their claim is false, because they misrepresented CRT to prove their point. According to the study, evidence that CRT is being taught in school comes from recent high school graduates endorsing the following four statements: (1) “America is a systemically racist country,” (2) “white people have white priv

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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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Colleges are becoming less affordable for Pell Grant recipients, report finds

Higher Ed Dive

The average Pell-eligible student increasingly faces unmet financial need that could leave them in debt or prevent them from enrolling in the first place.

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Isn’t OfS supposed to support students to make good choices?

Wonkhe

Paul Wiltshire raises concerns with the regulation of commitments made to students about the nature of delivery on their programme. The post Isn’t OfS supposed to support students to make good choices? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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National HBCU Scholarship Program Seeks to Address Student Financial Hurdles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A national scholarship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is set to be launched. The program aims to help financially support civic-minded high school students who are interested in attending HBCUs. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program strives to encourage students to follow in the footsteps of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and develop into advocates and champions for universal rights.

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5 enrollment trends to keep an eye on for fall 2022

Higher Ed Dive

Although undergraduate and graduate enrollment are both down overall, HBCUs and online colleges saw notable increases.

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Creating an authentic academic experience for apprentices

Wonkhe

Degree apprenticeships are on the rise. Chris Harty argues that providers need to consider how to ensure apprentices have an authentic university experience. The post Creating an authentic academic experience for apprentices appeared first on Wonkhe.

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New medical schools: the story so far

HEPI

In September, HEPI, with support from the University of Sunderland, hosted a roundtable dinner on the future of medical education in the UK. When the then health secretary, Thérèse Coffey, unveiled her winter plan, criticism focused on her failure to address shortages in the NHS workforce. This is a longstanding issue and universities have been at the heart of attempts to tackle it.

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‘We’re Done Waiting’: In Economics, Frustrations Over Harassment Take an Explicit Turn Online

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Carolyn Kuimelis. Chronicle Illustration; Images from Twitter. On Twitter, a public airing of economists alleged to have behaved badly has begun. Supporters say it's a needed last resort, while others say it's the wrong venue for an important conversation.

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Education censorship bills threaten higher ed, can dissuade K-12 teachers from joining the profession, report says

Higher Ed Dive

Legislation banning discussion of topics like race can affect colleges, but can also influence K-12 classrooms and who wants to become an educator.

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Higher Education Postcard – advertising

Wonkhe

This week's card from Hugh Jones’ postbag shows the brand power of universities. The post Higher Education Postcard – advertising appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Machines can craft essays. How should writing be taught now?

Inside Higher Ed

Image: “It doesn’t feel like something I’d write, but it also doesn’t not feel like something I’d write,” a North Carolina State University student said about their work integrating prose from an artificial intelligence text-generating program into a final course essay. Paul Fyfe, associate professor of English and the student’s instructor in the Data and the Human course, had asked students to “cheat” in this way and then reflect on how the

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An Inflection Point for the Creation of New Cybersecurity Operating Models in Higher Education

Educause

Accumulating pressures on higher education have created an inflection point requiring two new cybersecurity operating models.

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Tuition sticker prices fell in 2022-23 after accounting for inflation, College Board report finds

Higher Ed Dive

New research also projects declines in net price after adjusting for inflation.

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Plan B for business

Wonkhe

No matter who is at BEIS currently Horizon affiliation is critical to business as well as universities. James Coe has been reading UKRI board papers. The post Plan B for business appeared first on Wonkhe.

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West Virginia U proposal outlines process for firing faculty

Inside Higher Ed

Image: There’s a lot to like about proposed changes to West Virginia University’s appointment, tenure and promotion guidelines, from a faculty rights perspective. The draft document urges credit for faculty members supporting the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion mission, or who are otherwise doing community-engaged or interdisciplinary work; this presumably addresses long-standing concerns across academe that such efforts go unrecognized in traditional faculty rewar

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Digital Transformation in Higher Education: 7 Areas for Enhancing Digital Learning

Educause

This article reflects on current practices and directions for digital transformation through a framework that supports the strategic responses and structural changes that higher education institutions could implement to enhance digital teaching and learning.

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Education Department finalizes 90/10 rule, college ownership regulations

Higher Ed Dive

The agency also finished work on a policy that will allow incarcerated students to receive federal Pell Grants.

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Who is Grant Shapps?

Wonkhe

James Coe has everything you need to know about the seventh Secretary of State at BEIS in six years. The post Who is Grant Shapps? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Big Oil Pours Millions Into Elite Universities' Climate Research. Is Its Time Up?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A movement to get oil money out of academic research is taking shape on campuses. By Stephanie M. Lee. Chronicle Illustration. Princeton says it will reject funding from the fossil-fuel industry’s biggest polluters. But a multimillion-dollar exception points to how difficult it may be to unwind such partnerships.

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How and Why to Evaluate Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Faculty Focus

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching materials that typically have a Creative Commons license specifying permission and parameters for copying, distributing, attributing, or altering. Truly open OERs do not require registration or payment to access. The availability (open) and price (free) make OERs a great addition to an institution’s curriculum and an instructor’s cache of teaching material.

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Montclair State to acquire Bloomfield College next summer

Higher Ed Dive

The two New Jersey institutions have been working on a merger agreement after Bloomfield issued a public plea for help last year.

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Student housing policy presents choices that the sector should grasp

Wonkhe

As students queue through the night for somewhere to live in September 2023, Jim Dickinson reviews the policy options for intervening in the housing market. The post Student housing policy presents choices that the sector should grasp appeared first on Wonkhe.

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New digital texts shake up monograph publishing (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Is A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures —an interactive, open-access, born-digital monograph developed by Brown University Digital Publications and published in August by MIT Press —the monograph of the future? Asking readers to imagine Islam anew, as a vast web of interconnected traces seen through the prism of time, the book opens with a networked table of contents.

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Norway arrests ‘Brazilian researcher’ accused of spying for Russia

The Guardian - Higher Education

Investigators believe man posing as academic at University of Tromsø, in sensitive far north, was using false identity Norway’s domestic security agency has arrested a man claiming to be a Brazilian academic whom it suspects of being a Russian spy. “We have requested that a Brazilian researcher at the University of Tromsø be expelled from Norway because we believe he represents a threat to fundamental national interests,” the police security service (PST) deputy chief, Hedvig Moe, told the publi

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University of Minnesota board’s vice chair gives up leadership role after suggesting campus is ‘too diverse’

Higher Ed Dive

Steve Sviggum drew backlash by questioning the makeup of the system’s Morris campus at a board meeting earlier this month.

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How student reviews can help us understand students

Wonkhe

Jonah Duffin highlights the role student reviews can play in understanding the wider issues students are facing. The post How student reviews can help us understand students appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Learning from failure in higher education institutions

HEPI

This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Adam Shore, Director of the School of Business and Management at Liverpool John Moores University, Chair of the Chartered Association of Business Schools’ Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee, and Board Director of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). This blog is the sixth in our series on leadership in partnership with NCEE.

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8 Ways to Use QR Codes in Higher Education Classrooms

Educause

QR codes can complement the design of more interactive and engaging learning experiences in higher education.

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Education Department touts new flexibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, income-driven repayment plans

Higher Ed Dive

The agency will credit borrowers for past payments, even late or partial ones, on PSLF and income-based plans.

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Registration time at OfS

Wonkhe

Has the OfS approach to registering providers worked? Mike Ratcliffe examines the evidence. The post Registration time at OfS appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Power of Role Modeling Self-compassion Practices in Your Class

Faculty Focus

A self-compassion practice may sound a bit awkward and uncomfortable, yet research (Neff, et al.) clearly demonstrates that this intervention can support success in our personal, academic, and professional lives. Leading the way by role modeling self-compassion, in addition to teaching and supporting self-compassion practices to our students, can propel the transition to emotional wellness and resiliency in any academic or professional environment.

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Corporate Conversations: Cisco on Supporting Student Success

Educause

When Cisco thinks about student success, they think about driving a digital inclusive future for all.

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Bennington starts no-loan program for Vermont residents

Higher Ed Dive

Leaders at the private nonprofit college hope the new effort prompts more state residents to apply for admission.

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