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Common App to expand direct admissions effort

Higher Ed Dive

The online portal will offer proactive acceptance letters from 116 colleges during the 2024-25 application cycle.

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Jacqui Smith goes searching for funding options in Reading

Wonkhe

The new universities minister has been speaking to Universities UK conference about funding and finance.

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Twenty six years of enrollment at Public Research 1 Universities

Higher Ed Data Stories

A while ago, I made the claim that Oregon State University has the longest streak of consecutive years of fall-over-fall enrollment growth of any public, Research 1 university in America. A few people have asked me, not exactly doubting the claim, but thinking maybe I had made a mistake, for the source of it. This started as a curiosity: I knew from our own internal documentation that the last time OSU (the oldest OSU.not the one in Ohio or Oklahoma) had a fall-to-fall enrollment drop was 1996,

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Results from 2024 Faculty in the South Survey

Academe Blog

BY MATTHEW BOEDY A first-of-its-kind survey of higher education faculty across the South has revealed that an overwhelming majority of respondents in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas are deeply dissatisfied with the current state of higher education.

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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Two Michigan universities face potential faculty strikes

Higher Ed Dive

Unions at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are pushing their institutions for better compensation amid an uptick in labor stoppages across industries.

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International quality standards are evolving, but England is watching from the sidelines

Wonkhe

Douglas Blackstock asks what complying with European quality standards might mean for England

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Faculty unions are essential to the higher ed mission. And they're under threat.

Inside Higher Ed

Faculty unions at McGill university say they face similar pushback from university administrators as graduate workers at Boston University To the editors, Unions are essential to building strong, cohesive universities where research and critical thought thrive because professors and students are secure and protected. While negotiations are sometimes strained, they result in greater consensus, enabling universities to fulfill their role of improving and transmitting knowledge for generations to c

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Cal State San Bernardino braces for budget cuts amid $1B system deficit

Higher Ed Dive

With cuts and delays in state higher ed funding, the campus is grappling with a “devastating” budget crisis, its president said.

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OfS’ insight on the risks of franchising fall short at addressing the incentives

Wonkhe

Uncover the risks of franchising and the flaws in regulatory oversight. Discover why industry perceptions and long-term outcomes can be misleading.

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LAWSUIT: Arizona mom sues city after arrest for criticizing government lawyer’s pay

FIRE

Free speech group FIRE sues in federal court to defend Americans’ right to criticize the government.

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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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An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action

Inside Higher Ed

An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action Liam Knox Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges are slowly releasing demographic data for the Class of 2028, giving a glimpse of the Supreme Court ruling’s impact on racial diversity. The results are decidedly mixed.

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Project Kitty Hawk is trying to reenroll students who left the UNC System. Is it working?

Higher Ed Dive

It’s been over a year since the nonprofit ed tech company launched to bring back students who left before completing their credentials.

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Rising levels of home education should get the sector asking questions about access

Wonkhe

Home education is growing in popularity.

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Columbia, NYU join Harvard at bottom of 2025 College Free Speech Rankings

FIRE

All three schools earned an “abysmal” rating, with two coming in below zero for their chilly speech climate.

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Parents in England want compulsory language classes

The PIE News

The poll found that 68% of respondents agree that learning a second language other than English should be compulsory in secondary school, while 64% said the same for primary education. “Parents are clearly telling us they would like to see all students learning a language. This is great news,” said Bernardette Holmes, director of the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE).

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Brown University reports drop in diversity among incoming students

Higher Ed Dive

Its share of freshmen from underrepresented groups fell by nine percentage points after last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions.

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Horizon association, one year on

Wonkhe

It’s been a year since the UK’s association to Horizon Europe was confirmed.

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The Justice Department’s new social media policies look promising for free speech

FIRE

While FIRE will remain vigilant, these protocols acknowledge free speech, transparency, and voluntary cooperation when the department interacts with social media companies.

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Cass Sunstein Wants to Help Universities Navigate Free Speech Conflicts

Inside Higher Ed

Cass Sunstein Wants to Help Universities Navigate Free Speech Conflicts Johanna Alonso Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM The legal scholar presents a wide range of speech-related scenarios that university administrators may have to navigate this fall—and in perpetuity.

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Oakland University averts faculty strike with tentative deal

Higher Ed Dive

With negotiations in mediation and a potential work stoppage looming, the Michigan institution agreed to raises for faculty over the next five years.

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Podcast: Jacqui Smith, franchising, digital divide

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding. But did it say anything? This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything?

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ASALH to Host ‘African Americans in the Arts’ Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is set to host its 109th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. The Sept. 25-29 ASALH conference will feature a rich program of scholarly sessions, professional workshops, historical tours, a film festival, book signings, and many other events that illuminate the importance of the current struggle to own and control our own narrative.

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The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s

Inside Higher Ed

The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s Sara Weissman Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM After losing accreditation, the Catholic liberal arts college remade itself as a purveyor of workforce training programs. Not everyone is happy about the shift.

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Rider University cuts student newspaper budget amid wider reductions

Higher Ed Dive

The New Jersey-based private nonprofit has been struggling with declining enrollment and is trying to shrink operating deficits.

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Reasons to write for Wonkhe this year

Wonkhe

Team Wonkhe catches up with some of the authors who wrote for us last year, and asks them why they did it

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Priti Patel knocked out of Tory leadership race with Robert Jenrick securing most votes in first round – UK politics live

The Guardian - Higher Education

Former home secretary finishes behind Mel Stride after only securing 14 votes Grenfell Tower inquiry report – live updates PMQs is starting soon. Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question. Kemi Badenoch is the clear favourite of Conservative members for next leader, and will be very hard to beat if she makes it into the final ballot of two, according to a survey by ConservativeHome.

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Wake Up, Academia: The AI Revolution Waits for No One

Inside Higher Ed

Wake Up, Academia: The AI Revolution Waits for No One Melissa Ezarik Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Many higher ed institutions are preparing students for a world that no longer exists, arming them with skills that may be obsolete before they even graduate, writes Angela Virtu of American University’s Kogod School of Business—which is ensuring every student will graduate understanding AI holistically.

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This week in numbers: UNC’s gambit to reengage stopped-out students

Higher Ed Dive

We’re rounding up our top recent stories, from a North Carolina initiative to reenroll students to one college's decades-long path toward reaccreditation.

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Higher education postcard: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wonkhe

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to one of higher education’s abbreviated universities

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Reduced international student numbers are a much bigger problem than you think

HEPI

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by George Blake , Policy and Networks Officer at London Higher. As new visa data shows a slowdown in international recruitment, the potentially staggering economic costs of sector contraction have become clear. This year’s visa data suggests a drop in student applications after years of record recruitment. Applications from January to July 2024 were 16% lower than the same period in 2023.

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Can AI Help a Student Get Into Stanford or Yale?

Inside Higher Ed

Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of essays—both high and low quality—into an AI model to train it on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays. Scott Lee was scrolling through LinkedIn in June when he came across a post touting exactly what he was looking for: an AI machine called Esslo that provides feedback on college essays, based on those that have helped students gain admission to top-tier universities like Harvard and Stanford.

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University of Iowa employee bilked nearly $1M from campus machine shop, audit finds

Higher Ed Dive

A manager of the shop used staff and equipment to do work on behalf of a business he owned, according to a state auditor report.

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Podcast: Jacqui Smith, franchising, digital divide

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything? This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything?

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Higher Ed Institutions Adopt Modern IT Strategies to Keep Up with Technology’s Evolution

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Technology has always evolved quickly, but we’ve seen a rapid escalation in that evolution in the past few years as tools such as artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to gain traction across industries. In higher education, many of these tools are not only useful in the classroom and the back office, they’re also technologies that students will see in the workforce.

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University of Austin Enters Its First Academic Year

Inside Higher Ed

The newly minted, hotly debated university, founded by some vocal conservative figures, opened the doors to it first cohort of freshmen. University of Austin, a new higher ed institution founded by high-profile conservative figures, officially welcomed its inaugural class on Monday. The university, sometimes referred to as UATX, markets itself as an institution born out of alarm over the “rising tide of illiberalism and censoriousness prevalent in America’s universities” and says it is committed