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Clamping down on unscrupulous student recruitment agents

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The use of international agents carries major reputational risks. Vincenzo Raimo, Pii-Tuulia Nikula and Eddie West call for transparency and protection of student interests The post Clamping down on unscrupulous student recruitment agents appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How federal workforce programs can leave some students without credentials

Higher Ed Dive

Federal law merely suggests that training providers confer a credential, but they are not required to do so, denying some participants an economic edge.

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As Affirmative Action Ends, HBCUs Wait or Plan for the Fallout

Inside Higher Ed

As Affirmative Action Ends, HBCUs Wait or Plan for the Fallout Featured Image at Top of Article Morehouse.

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Warning issued to Taiwan’s ministries over int’l student exploitation

The PIE News

Taiwan’s government watchdog has accused three ministries of failing to protect overseas students from exploitation as the island sets out plans to attract 10,000 more international students over the next four years. The Control Yuan, which acts as a government ombudsman, issued a statement in June criticising the ministries of education, labour and foreign affairs for failing to protect international students from exploitation.

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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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Disability staff are overwhelmed and exhausted

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To meet legal responsibilities to disabled students, the sector must address the overwhelming workloads of disability services staff, says Hannah Borkin The post Disability staff are overwhelmed and exhausted appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Which higher ed organizations have been affected by the MOVEit data breach?

Higher Ed Dive

Colleges across the country, from Middlebury College in Vermont to UCLA, say they may have been swept up in the mass hacks.

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Cohort of HBCU Presidents Work Together To Find Fiscal Answers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In June, Head and Heart Philanthropy hosted its inaugural Presidential Cohort for HBCU Presidents at a two-day conference in New York, the first event held as part of two-year initiative centered around boosting sustainability and fiscal capacity for HBCUs. According to its website, Head and Heart Philanthropy, the philanthropic arm of Mosaic Genius, is a social impact agency focused on improving economic, health and education outcomes for communities of color.

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Clamping down on unscrupulous student recruitment agents

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While government action on international recruitment agents is yet to materialise, this area holds clear reputational risks for the sector. Vincenzo Raimo, Pii-Tuulia Nikula and Eddie West call for greater transparency and better protection of student interests The post Clamping down on unscrupulous student recruitment agents appeared first on Wonkhe.

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WVU will review about half of its academic programs amid budget crunch. Some will be discontinued.

Higher Ed Dive

West Virginia University is staring down a roughly $45 million deficit and will trim its degree offerings as a result. Layoffs are almost assured.

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Court Upholds University of North Texas Tuition Practices for Dreamers

Inside Higher Ed

The University of North Texas can continue to charge out-of-state students a higher tuition rate than undocumented students living in Texas, according to a Monday decision from the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The decision reversed a previous federal district court ruling and injunction that blocked the university from charging out-of-state tuition while the Texas Dream Act was in effect.

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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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The Limitations of Test Scores and GPAs in College Admissions

Academe Blog

BY NORRIS M. HAYNES The US Supreme Court has recently ruled that colleges and universities can no longer use race as a factor in college admissions. This ruling was the result of a specific challenge to admissions policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.

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What students think about staff-student professional boundaries

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As debate continues over whether university staff-student relationships should be considered sexual misconduct, Anna Bull reports that most students are uncomfortable with staff crossing professional boundaries The post What students think about staff-student professional boundaries appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inflation will continue to batter colleges through fiscal 2024, Moody’s predicts

Higher Ed Dive

Analysts say rising costs, led by increasing employee wages, will force colleges to make tough choices in the coming years.

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Fighting for Scraps in Pennsylvania

Inside Higher Ed

Enrollment in the state has plummeted, but it has one of the highest ratios of institutions to students in the country. The result is fierce competition over a dwindling pool of applicants. Pennsylvania has a numbers problem.

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Three Australian universities to set up in Indonesia

The PIE News

A new generation of Indonesians will have the chance to study at an Australian university at home, as three more Australian institutions plan to launch campuses in Indonesia. Western Sydney, Deakin and Central Queensland universities will become the next to set up campuses in Indonesia, following the successful opening of Monash’s Jakarta campus in 2022.

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It’s time to unlock students’ voices

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As new guidance on getting students registered to vote is published, Bess Mayhew and Paul Greatrix call on universities to automate the admin The post It’s time to unlock students’ voices appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How New Jersey City University’s interim president is charting a path to financial viability

Higher Ed Dive

Andrés Acebo has helped cut down a massive projected deficit. But will he be able to save the college?

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Doing Science With Disabilities

Inside Higher Ed

Scott McLemee reviews Uncharted: How Scientists Navigate Their Own Health, Research, and Experiences of Bias. Writing in The New York Times last month, Sara J. Winston, the coordinator of the photography program at Bard College, described the upheaval of having various unpleasant bodily sensations diagnosed as symptoms of multiple sclerosis. She soon began a course of treatment that sounds effective and encouraging, but the condition itself is chronic.

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US: intled a priority in National Export Strategy

The PIE News

The US government has indicated that it is prioritising international education in its National Export Strategy for the first time. US secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo released the 2023 NES, which notably includes a full chapter on international education. The long-awaited strategy highlighted that education will be a $7 trillion industry by 2025.

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Decolonising university admissions

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As the sector seeks recruitment opportunities in Africa, Latin America and Asia, Sunita Abraham, Jordan Blanchard-Lafayette, Nafisa Baba-Ahmed, and Richard Budd make the case for decolonising university admissions processes The post Decolonising university admissions appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Johnson University will close its Florida campus next June

Higher Ed Dive

The Christian institution said it faced years-long operating deficits and enrollment competition from two-year and public colleges.

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Defamation Ruling Could Influence Title IX Cases, Policy

Inside Higher Ed

Defamation Ruling Could Influence Title IX Cases, Policy Featured Image at Top of Article Connecticut_State_Library_&_Supreme_Court_Building.

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Native American Tribes Seek Reparations from University of Minnesota

Insight Into Diversity

Eleven Native American tribes are calling for reparations from the University of Minnesota (UMN), stating that the school’s endowment was established using land that was obtained through the dispossession of Indigenous territories. The tribes, which include Red Lake Nation and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, have not yet settled on a specific amount, The Washington Post reports, but they agree that the university should acknowledge and address its troubled history with Nati

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We must address on-campus misogyny by upholding freedom of speech

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With a cohort of school leavers influenced by so-called misogyny influencers, Sunday Blake argues that universities need an open and candid conversation about the position of young men in society The post We must address on-campus misogyny by upholding freedom of speech appeared first on Wonkhe.

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What to watch for as the MOVEit breach hits higher ed

Higher Ed Dive

We spoke to Brett Callow, threat analyst at Emsisoft, to learn about the scope of the attack and what could be coming next.

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Evaluating Faculty’s Multifaceted Work

Inside Higher Ed

More than ever, higher ed needs a new approach to assessing what faculty do, writes Salvatore J. Catanzaro, who proposes an integrated teacher-scholar model. In the face of internal disenchantment about faculty recognition and reward systems, as well as external threats questioning the value of faculty work and tenure altogether, higher education needs a new approach to understanding, evaluating and recognizing what faculty do more than ever before.

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These states have the highest rates of first-generation students

University Business

More than half of today’s college students are first-generation (56%), according to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). As more institutions and nonprofits emphasize incentivizing these cohorts of potential students to enroll, the ceiling will undoubtedly rise. Pulling data from The Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study-Administrative Collection (NPSAS-AC) and the Federal Appl

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Boundary crossing research needs knowledge brokers

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The need to generate multi-disciplinary cross-sector research is by now well established. But Katherine Welch, Siobhan Morris and James Paskins argue for further consideration of the expert roles required to make this happen The post Boundary crossing research needs knowledge brokers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Appeals court upholds University of North Texas policy charging higher tuition to out-of-state students than unauthorized Texans

Higher Ed Dive

The decision overturned a ruling barring the college from charging nonresident students more than unauthorized immigrants paying in-state rates.

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Students for Fair Admissions Sends Email With Demands to 150 Colleges

Inside Higher Ed

students for Fair Admissions, the group that won the Supreme Court cases outlawing affirmative action in admissions, sent an email Tuesday night to 150 colleges and universities, making demands. The group said that the colleges were public and private. The email first outlined the group’s view of the decision.

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Emory Launches Graduate Business Degree for Veterans

Insight Into Diversity

Emory University’s Goizueta Business School recently announced the launch of a specialized Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree program for veterans and military service members. The Master in Business for Veterans, a fully accredited 11-month program, will offer a flexible schedule with on-campus classes every other weekend, allowing students to work while completing a graduate business degree in less than a year.

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What do student leaders want in the year ahead?

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Livia Scott and Jim Dickinson have read the manifestos of this year's student leaders - and find students yearning for connection and lower costs The post What do student leaders want in the year ahead? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Supreme Court victor SFFA sets sights on military academies’ race-conscious admissions policies

Higher Ed Dive

Students for Fair Admissions is seeking students who may have been rejected from institutions like the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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Fostering Students’ Intercultural Competence

Inside Higher Ed

Shakil Rabbi describes how an innovative class helped diverse students from various countries and backgrounds navigate cultural differences. International students are legion in the student bodies of colleges and universities in the United States; according to the Institute of International Education, their number now stands at more than a million. Such students are an important feature of American higher education institutions.

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The Art and Science of Mentoring Students

Faculty Focus

Realistic expectations. Generosity with feedback. Active listening. Mentors are not just ordinary people—truly, they can build unique relationships, lift up others around them, and cultivate ways to connect. That is, they have more than just qualities. There is an art and science into offering valuable insights and taking the time to share reflections and revel in real-world experiences.