Higher Ed Data Stories
JANUARY 26, 2024
Enrollment, as I like to say, is complicated. But that never stopped anyone from asking a question like, "How does enrollment look?" To help answer, I downloaded IPEDS data of enrollment from 2009 to 2022, breaking it out by full-time and part-time, graduate and undergraduate, and gender, and put it into three different views, below, using the tabs across the top.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 22, 2024
A gender-critical academic has won a tribunal case against the OU, finding discrimination, harassment and constructive dismissal. Jim Dickinson explains the judgement The post Jo Phoenix wins tribunal case against the Open University appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 24, 2024
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center offered insights into shifting enrollment trends at community colleges and HBCUs.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2024
Professors worry fewer of them will find their way into the discipline. By Beckie Supiano Joan Wong for the Chronicle, photos from iStock The discipline has been “hijacked by left-wing activists,” according to the state’s education commissioner. Professors say their field has been unfairly targeted.
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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.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 22, 2024
Automated syntax generation is not teaching.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 23, 2024
Questions of confidentiality and intellectual property relating to generative AI are still in their infancy. Stuart Nicholson, Beverly Gibbs and Manajit Chakraborty think through the issues when students are working with industry The post Caution is needed around generative AI, especially when work-based learning is involved appeared first on Wonkhe.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 24, 2024
Ten steps that departments could take, at zero or minimal cost, to extend basic collegiality to their contingent colleagues. By Bret C. Devereaux Ten steps that departments could take, at zero or minimal cost, to extend basic collegiality to their contingent colleagues.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 25, 2024
Western Oregon University Adopts New Grading System jessica.blake@… Thu, 01/25/2024 - 03:00 AM D and F grades will be replaced with “no credit” and will not affect students’ GPAs. University leaders say it will raise retention rates; critics say it may lower academic rigor and lead to grade inflation.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 21, 2024
Much of the higher education sector relies on partnership relationships. Alex Proudfoot argues that lax regulation of franchised provision is in nobody's interests except fraudsters The post Taking partnerships seriously at the outset could have avoided a franchising furore appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 24, 2024
Officials said the plan is meant to right the university’s finances as it grapples with enrollment declines and long-term budgetary challenges.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2024
By Erin Gretzinger and Maggie Hicks Many student organizations withered on the vine during Covid. Rebuilding them isn't an easy task.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 26, 2024
Should Departments Make Political Statements? Sara Weissman Fri, 01/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of California is considering a policy to limit “personal or collective opinions” on department websites. Some say it violates academic freedom.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 22, 2024
Steven Jones reports on new research for the Council for the Defence of British Universities revealing the wrong kind of compliance culture in some governing bodies The post Cultures of university governance need urgent attention appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 25, 2024
Faculty have balked at the plan, which calls for a 15% cut in operating support budgets over the next five years.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 24, 2024
For over 150 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have not only been sites of academic excellence but also powerful economic engines in their local and regional communities, leaving a lasting mark on the nation's landscape. Beyond classrooms and campuses, the impact of HBCUs resonates in various economic and community development initiatives that transcend traditional education boundaries, fostering job growth, workforce development, and training opportunities.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 24, 2024
Undergraduate enrollment is up again, according to new data. Community colleges focused on vocational training in particular made major gains last fall. Undergraduate enrollment rose in fall 2023 for the first time since the pandemic, according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The report, released today, found that undergraduate enrollment grew 1.2 percent in fall 2023 compared to the prior year, adding roughly 176,000 students to college enrollment r
Wonkhe
JANUARY 20, 2024
Shân Wareing calls on the higher education sector to make sure MPs appreciate the public consequences of a decline in international students The post Policymakers need to realise that financial turbulence in higher education will hurt the whole nation appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 23, 2024
The agency is determining whether legacy preferences constitute racial discrimination — a probe similar to one opened at Harvard.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 24, 2024
It's time to acknowledge that progressive aims are in conflict. By Brendan Cantwell It's time to acknowledge that progressive aims are in conflict.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 22, 2024
How Many Casualties Would a Plagiarism War Produce? Ryan Quinn Mon, 01/22/2024 - 03:00 AM If conservatives and liberals start scouring their opponents’ academic publications for stolen ideas or phrases, nobody—even plagiarism experts—knows how much grist they will find.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 23, 2024
Reflecting on a report that reveals the "wrong kind of compliance culture" in some university governing bodies, Jim Dickinson identifies culture and practice around the table that could help The post We could change the governors, we could change the governance appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 22, 2024
Partnerships between businesses and higher education hold the key to pushing through the growing skepticism around the lasting value of a college degree.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 24, 2024
The 64th Sit-In Anniversary Breakfast and Wreath Laying is set for Feb. 1. The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University community will gather at the North Carolina A&T Alumni-Foundation Event Center to celebrate the legacy of four A&T freshmen who were keystones in the civil rights movement in 1960 during their sit-in at the downtown Greensboro Woolworth’s lunch counter.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2024
More Settlements in Financial Aid Antitrust Lawsuit Josh Moody Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:03 AM The latest agreements mean eight of 17 universities sued for colluding over financial aid have settled. The known settlement amounts add up to more than $151 million.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 24, 2024
With changes to the Welsh model of postgraduate funding, there is no longer a UK approach that takes the cost of study into account. Mark Bennett asks why The post Nobody has any idea what proper postgraduate funding should look like appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 23, 2024
The deal, which still needs to be ratified, came after just one day of a systemwide strike initially planned for the entire week.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 22, 2024
By Stephanie M. Lee Melissa Golden for The Chronicle Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, in Atlanta The Michael C. Carlos Museum is repatriating two statues and a coffin following a Chronicle investigation that raised questions about the acquisitions.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 22, 2024
Dying to Be Heard? Elizabeth Redden Mon, 01/22/2024 - 03:00 AM Leah P. Hollis writes of the need to address workplace bullying after the tragic death of Antoinette Candia-Bailey. Byline(s) Leah P.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 20, 2024
Is "partnership" with students an unaffordable luxury for them and their university in an age of HE austerity and massified standardisation? Jim Dickinson is off for a Twix The post There are too many student reps in this country. And also not enough appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 22, 2024
The complaint alleges that the for-profit failed to provide students with the number of learning hours needed to meet federal financial aid requirements.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 25, 2024
By Alecia Taylor Klaus Vedfelt, Getty Images The Center for Collegiate Mental Health analyzed data for 78,000 students and found a connection between experiences of identity-based bias and more severe mental-health symptoms.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 25, 2024
Data Science Major Takes Off Lauren.Coffey@… Thu, 01/25/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges are leaning into data science majors as workforce demand rises and the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded for the specialty skyrockets.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 25, 2024
A general election is coming - but it could be at an awkward time. Bess Mayhew and Paul Greatrix discuss the easy way to ensure students are registered to vote The post Time is running out to make it easier for students to register to vote appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 26, 2024
Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to unite the state’s university system and community colleges, as well as reduce college costs for low- and moderate-income families.
HEPI
JANUARY 22, 2024
Professor Becky Huxley-Binns , Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education ( LinkedIn ), Professor Graham Scott , Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Learning & Teaching), and Mike Ewen , Head of the Teaching Excellence Academy ( LinkedIn ), at the University of Hull. In a previous HEPI blog , it was reported in that “it appears that just five providers … received ‘outstanding’ ratings across all three features of educational gain: SO4 – a provider’s own articulation of the gains it intends its students to ach
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 24, 2024
The university’s public affairs school published poll results criticizing university leaders, who then insulted the poll’s methodology. The school fired back. An unusual war of words has broken out between Virginia Commonwealth University and one of its own schools over the validity of public opinion polling that criticized the university for a costly failed project.
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