Common App to expand direct admissions effort
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
The online portal will offer proactive acceptance letters from 116 colleges during the 2024-25 application cycle.
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Twenty six years of enrollment at Public Research 1 Universities
Higher Ed Data Stories
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
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,
Faculty unions are essential to the higher ed mission. And they're under threat.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
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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Two Michigan universities face potential faculty strikes
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Unions at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are pushing their institutions for better compensation amid an uptick in labor stoppages across industries.
Jacqui Smith goes searching for funding options in Reading
Wonkhe
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
The new universities minister has been speaking to Universities UK conference about funding and finance.
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An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
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.
What Kamala Harris’ presidential nomination could mean for HBCUs
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The candidate’s status as a Howard University alum could spotlight the role historically Black colleges and universities play in preparing future leaders.
International quality standards are evolving, but England is watching from the sidelines
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
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Parents in England want compulsory language classes
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
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).
Wake Up, Academia: The AI Revolution Waits for No One
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
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.
Project Kitty Hawk is trying to reenroll students who left the UNC System. Is it working?
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
It’s been over a year since the nonprofit ed tech company launched to bring back students who left before completing their credentials.
Podcast: Jacqui Smith, franchising, digital divide
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
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?
Results from 2024 Faculty in the South Survey
Academe Blog
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
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.
Cass Sunstein Wants to Help Universities Navigate Free Speech Conflicts
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
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.
Cal State San Bernardino braces for budget cuts amid $1B system deficit
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
With cuts and delays in state higher ed funding, the campus is grappling with a “devastating” budget crisis, its president said.
Rising levels of home education should get the sector asking questions about access
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Home education is growing in popularity.
UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs
The Berkeley Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
"Venture capital is clearly paying attention to Berkeley-generated companies," Chancellor Rich Lyons said. "And we're just getting started." The post UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs appeared first on Berkeley News.
Can AI Help a Student Get Into Stanford or Yale?
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
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.
Brown University reports drop in diversity among incoming students
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
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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ASALH to Host ‘African Americans in the Arts’ Conference
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
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.
The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
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.
Oakland University averts faculty strike with tentative deal
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
With negotiations in mediation and a potential work stoppage looming, the Michigan institution agreed to raises for faculty over the next five years.
Podcast: Jacqui Smith, franchising, digital divide
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'I’m a Retired Scholar. I’m Not Retired From Scholarship.'
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Long after retirement, these professors are still publishing. Is scholarship their fountain of youth? By Heidi Landecker Illustration by The Chronicle; courtesy of Lucy Freeman Sandler, Samuel Jay Keyser, and Jean H. Baker These 90-something professors are still publishing. Is scholarship their fountain of youth?
University of Austin Enters Its First Academic Year
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
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
Rider University cuts student newspaper budget amid wider reductions
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
The New Jersey-based private nonprofit has been struggling with declining enrollment and is trying to shrink operating deficits.
Horizon association, one year on
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
It’s been a year since the UK’s association to Horizon Europe was confirmed.
Academic-Program Cuts Piled Up This Summer. Here's a Rundown.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
By Amanda Friedman Leaders at regional public colleges say the decisions were painful but necessary. Professors fear there will be larger costs.
The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI Sarah Bray Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Patricia Taylor has found using AI takes more time and creates more problems than not if instructors want students to get meaningful feedback on their work.
This week in numbers: UNC’s gambit to reengage stopped-out students
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
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.
Higher education postcard: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to one of higher education’s abbreviated universities
New Report Suggests How, Why to Promote Collegiate Civic Learning
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
A new report from the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement Coalition reveals from students a waning confidence in democracy and an acute shortfall in opportunities for students to talk with people whose experiences are different from their own. Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva “ Every Student, Every Degree: College Civic Learning for Today's Students and Tomorrow's Democracy ” highlights research showing employers are significantly more likely to hire graduates with the skills and experiences that co
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Inside Higher Ed
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University of Iowa employee bilked nearly $1M from campus machine shop, audit finds
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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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