Inside Higher Ed

JULY 4, 2023

A more inclusive definition of merit provides an opportunity for higher ed to reinvent itself after the Supreme Court’s damaging decision, Demetria D. Frank, Darrell D. Jackson and Jamila Jefferson-Jones write. Although the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard came as no surprise, its mandate to exclude the consideration of race in college admissions feels like a gut punch, especially to those of us who have been longtime advocates for educational equity.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 5, 2023

Assaults on free expression threaten to stifle intellectual life on campus, argues the president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

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Wonkhe

JULY 4, 2023

The implementation of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will be underpinned by genuine partnership across the healthcare and education sectors. James Hallwood explains The post Universities will be at the heart of the NHS workforce plan’s success appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

Higher ed can exacerbate psychological problems, and sometimes even cause them. By Alicia Andrzejewski iStock image Higher ed can exacerbate psychological problems, and sometimes even cause them.

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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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FIRE

JULY 5, 2023

An internal memo from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science demonstrates that college leadership believe free speech allows censorship of faculty for criticizing the government.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 6, 2023

The agency is seeking the money under the borrower defense to repayment regulations, which forgive debts for students who were misled by their colleges.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

By Stephanie M. Lee Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock image As California prepares to overhaul its approach to math education, professors are lobbying the UC system to rethink its embrace of high-school “data science.

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The PIE News

JULY 4, 2023

The UK’s Russell Group universities have committed to supporting students and staff to become AI-literate while incorporating the technology into teaching and assessments. The group published new principles which set out how institutions will use technologies like ChatGPT responsibly and ethically, while capitalising on the opportunities they provide.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 5, 2023

The agency pitched the new site, which will host information on every higher ed program, as part of its gainful employment regulations.

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Wonkhe

JULY 5, 2023

Policy making in England no longer seems able to think about higher education as a public good. For Simon Marginson, this is something in desperate need of recovery The post Let’s bring the public good back onto the higher education policy agenda in England appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 4, 2023

A white woman reportedly said she wished she was Black because it would give her an easier career. The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is an acclaimed meeting for female historians. It was founded in 1973, and its meetings attract a who’s who of women in the field of history. This year, a racially inflammatory comment by a senior faculty member in women’s history during an opening plenary session on Friday inflamed the meeting.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 6, 2023

Faculty advisers need to be having frank conversations, early on, with doctoral students about their Plan B. By Patrick M. Walsh Anuj Shrestha for The Chronicle Faculty advisers need to be having frank conversations, early on, with doctoral students about their Plan B.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 7, 2023

In 2022, more than 150 higher education institutions employed lobbyists who also worked for these companies, F Minus found.

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Wonkhe

JULY 5, 2023

Christine Rivers argues that mindfulness could not only aid universities in addressing staff and student wellbeing, but could also help with longer term strategic goals The post Universities need to invest in mindfulness appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 6, 2023

Online Learning Still in High Demand at Community Colleges Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1243725322.

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The PIE News

JULY 5, 2023

Universities need to acknowledge the emission impact of their international student cohorts as institutions work toward net zero carbon, a report has urged. With international students a key contributor to so many institutions’ incomes, they should endeavour to accurately report on the emissions international students contribute while traveling to campuses and start doing what they can to reduce them, the paper from sustainable development specialist Arup says.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 6, 2023

The Florida public liberal arts college's board voted Thursday to approve the range for negotiating the employment contract of the final candidate.

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Wonkhe

JULY 5, 2023

UCAS Head of Policy Ben Jordan and UCAS Apprenticeship Programme Lead Lindsay Conroy introduce UCAS' new research into the lightbulb moments for would-be apprentices The post We can achieve parity between apprenticeships and traditional degrees appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

High school students with autism are attending college in greater numbers, thanks to new ac ademic and emotional support services designed specifically for them. The traditional path for more than 66 percent of students with autism was to not attend college within the first two years of graduating from high school, according to a report from Drexel University, “National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

A new study finds that anti-LGBTQ+ policies are linked to depression in Black and Latinx youth in the United States. The study analyzed discriminatory policies, such as “Don’t Say Gay” laws and other indicators that may affect this group and found that LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx youth are more likely to be depressed than their peers in the most LGBTQ+ affirming states.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 5, 2023

The struggling Christian institution made the decision after MSCHE pulled its accrediation following years of poor finances.

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Wonkhe

JULY 3, 2023

Next academic year will see new data available on students with parental responsibilities. Let’s not waste this chance to support them, urges Andrea Todd The post New UCAS data is a great opportunity to support student parents appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

Through the Veterans Legal Clinic (VLC), students at the University of Michigan (U-M) Law School provide critical services for local veterans and at the same time gain valuable, real-world experience in the civil court system. Established in 2015, the VLC serves a 10-county area in southeast Michigan, encompassing about half of the state’s veteran population.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 4, 2023

Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. But a recent pointed query from a colleague spawned a research project that led to questions about the heretofore unquestionable value of student-student interaction within an online classroom.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 6, 2023

Gov. Evers shot down the proposal Wednesday, saying it unfairly singled out the colleges and overstepped the legislature’s purview.

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Wonkhe

JULY 6, 2023

LEO - it promised much, but in regulatory terms has delivered little. David Kernohan wonders what went wrong The post What’s the point of LEO in 2023? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 6, 2023

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate race-conscious admissions , a civil rights group has filed a lawsuit to stop Harvard University from using legacy admissions practices. Filed on July 3 by the group Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), the federal complaint claims that Harvard’s long-term practice of giving preferential treatment to the children of alumni when making admissions decisions violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “This custom, pattern,

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idfive agency

JULY 5, 2023

Baltimore, MD Baltimore-based integrated marketing agency idfive is excited to announce that it has received two Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards, the premier recognition program for educational advancement. The idfive team took home a Bronze for Howard University “The Dig,” a communications news hub for all facets of the university, and a Silver for their work on the Iowa State University Website Redesign.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 7, 2023

The Christian institutions, both in Michigan, will finalize their merger in fall 2023, pending approval from regulators.

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Wonkhe

JULY 6, 2023

This week on the podcast there’s new recommendations on campus harassment - but is a DfE campaign targeting men the right approach? The post Podcast: Harassment, NHS, AI, Bob Kerslake appeared first on Wonkhe.

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JULY 5, 2023

Approximately 20 percent of young adults become homeless just after they age out of foster care at the age of 18, and nationwide, 50 percent of the homeless population has been in foster care at one time, according to the National Foster Youth Institute, an advocacy organization. Northern Arizona University’s (NAU) Department of Occupational Therapy is working to address these challenges by providing Arizona foster youth with skills, training, and support.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 5, 2023

The possibilities for artificial intelligence may seem endless — and a little intimidating. But there are already ways that higher education institutions can take advantage of the AI revolution. The groundbreaking release of ChatGPT late last year brought generative AI to the forefront and led to countless opinions, surveys and news stories about how disruptive the tool could be for colleges and universities around the world.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 6, 2023

The employer discovered performance problems during an investigation into her own bias complaint, the 2nd Circuit said.

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Wonkhe

JULY 2, 2023

Afia Tasneem and Abhilash Panthagani distil their insight from discussing AI with university leaders The post Six ways universities could embrace AI – and six ways to get it wrong appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

Professionals working with youth who are in, or at risk of becoming involved in, the juvenile justice system have the opportunity to hone their skills and learn best practices that can lead to equitable change through the new Juvenile Justice Certificate Program at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO). The program, which launched in August 2022, graduated its first cohort of five professionals in May at the Nebraska Juvenile Justice Association Conference following final projects presented by

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Inside Higher Ed

JULY 6, 2023

Stanford University graduate student workers who teach and research have unionized, the new Stanford Graduate Workers Union announced Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that, “Of approximately 3,410 eligible voters, 1,639 voted for the union and 38 voted against. Parties have five business days to file objections to the election.

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