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National college completion rate stagnates at 62.2%, new data finds

Higher Ed Dive

The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center also found declines across all types of four-year colleges.

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What’s next for degree apprenticeships?

Wonkhe

There might be policy uncertainty, but degree apprenticeships are here to stay. MH&A founder and managing partner Matt Hamnett sets out what works in scaling delivery The post What’s next for degree apprenticeships? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Internship/Apprenticeship Model Benefits Everyone in Higher Ed

MindMax

Note: This piece is part four of a multi-part blog series on alternative pathways in higher education. If you haven’t already read the first three pieces, you can find them here: Alternative Pathways in Higher Ed: Setting the Stage PLAs: How Many Credits Do You Get for Living? The Gig Economy is Here to Stay – What Does That Mean for Higher Ed?

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Professor Says Spelman Raised Students’ Grades, Fired Him

Inside Higher Ed

Professor Says Spelman Raised Students’ Grades, Fired Him Ryan Quinn Tue, 11/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Former tenure-track faculty member says the college inflated students’ grades and axed him after he complained. Some say that violates academic freedom.

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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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Basic needs funding can boost student persistence, report suggests

Higher Ed Dive

Students at Southern New Hampshire University stayed enrolled in greater numbers when they received emergency grants to help cover necessities.

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Addressing the disabled satisfaction gap means understanding disabled students

Wonkhe

As Disabled Students UK publishes its annual survey, Deborah Johnston and Mette Anwar-Westander call for a deeper understanding of the Disabled student experience The post Addressing the disabled satisfaction gap means understanding disabled students appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Survey Finds Employer Confidence in College Grads

Inside Higher Ed

Survey Finds Employer Confidence in College Grads kathryn.palmer… Thu, 11/30/2023 - 03:00 AM American Association of Colleges and Universities report finds employers see value in degrees and favor graduates who’ve been exposed to a wide range of viewpoints.

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Education Department presses forward with review of accreditation and distance ed rules

Higher Ed Dive

The agency will conduct negotiated rulemaking next year, which brings together representatives of different groups to discuss policy details.

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University funding is driving the research funding deficit

Wonkhe

James Coe investigates what can be done to build a more sustainably funded research ecosystem The post University funding is driving the research funding deficit appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Internship/Apprenticeship Model Benefits Everyone in Higher Ed

MindMax

Note: This piece is part four of a multi-part blog series on alternative pathways in higher education. If you haven’t already read the first three pieces, you can find them here: Alternative Pathways in Higher Ed: Setting the Stage PLAs: How Many Credits Do You Get for Living? The Gig Economy is Here to Stay – What Does That Mean for Higher Ed?

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How Chapters Shaped the History of Reading

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How books got organized. By Catherine Gallagher Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images Nicholas Dames's new book considers a literary feature that scholars usually neglect.

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Women’s college Saint Mary’s now accepts transgender applicants

Higher Ed Dive

The prominent Roman Catholic institution in Indiana will consider all undergraduates “who consistently live and identify as women.

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What it’s like for a triple gold

Wonkhe

What is to be made of the TEF panel comments? David Kernohan and Jim Dickinson do the reading The post What it’s like for a triple gold appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Black Scientists with STEM PhDs Face Deep Disparities

Inside Higher Ed

Black Scientists with STEM PhDs Face Deep Disparities Sara Weissman Mon, 11/27/2023 - 03:00 AM A new report finds they disproportionately carry large amounts of student loan debt, among other disparities faced by STEM doctoral grads of color.

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How Sexist Is Science?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The findings are more complicated than is often reported. By Wendy M. Williams and Stephen J. Ceci iStock image The findings are more complicated than is often reported.

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Kentucky is thinking about removing gen ed from 2-year colleges. Regulators don’t agree.

Higher Ed Dive

The Council on Postsecondary Education is responding to concerns that state higher ed is duplicative and not adequately helping with workforce preparation.

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What’s happening with the REF initial decisions consultation?

Wonkhe

Research England's Jessica Corner, along with the other national research funding bodies, has been listening to and learning from sector responses to REF proposals The post What’s happening with the REF initial decisions consultation? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Columbia Chicago Faculty Strike Hits One-Month Mark

Inside Higher Ed

Columbia Chicago Faculty Strike Hits One-Month Mark Ryan Quinn Thu, 11/30/2023 - 03:00 AM The uncommonly long walkout by part-time instructors at the arts-focused institution is roiling not just them but students and their full-time peers.

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Everyone, Just Shut Up Already

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Academic administrators should keep their politics to themselves. By Stanley Fish Illustration by The Chronicle Academic administrators should keep their politics to themselves.

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Employers willing to pay ‘premium’ for AI-skilled workers, survey finds

Higher Ed Dive

Companies are addressing the AI talent crisis by partnering with educational institutions and using on-demand and gig workers.

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Government adoption of metascience can make UK research work better and smarter

Wonkhe

The science of science policy is a new priority for government. But, as James Wilsdon explains, it is a mature discipline and a lot of important work is already under way The post Government adoption of metascience can make UK research work better and smarter appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Recruiting to Campuses Far, Far Away

Inside Higher Ed

Recruiting to Campuses Far, Far Away Liam Knox Tue, 11/28/2023 - 03:00 AM Demographic shifts and funding woes have led a diverse and growing array of colleges to hire recruiters who live and work hundreds of miles from campus. Is it worth it?

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Accreditor Could Require Diversity Efforts Despite Political Hostility

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Eric Kelderman By mandating a review of how colleges reach underserved students, SACSCOC would defend hundreds of institutions from pressure by state lawmakers to get rid of DEI offices.

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‘Affirmative action for well-off students’: Why early decision is under fire

Higher Ed Dive

Scrutiny over the practice heightened after the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions earlier this year.

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Poorer students are paying more for a worse experience than their richer peers

Wonkhe

For the first time in almost a decade we have official figures on the income and expenditure of students. Jim Dickinson finds big differences between the haves and have-nots The post Poorer students are paying more for a worse experience than their richer peers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Employers believe college degrees prepare workers, are worth the cost

University Business

The public’s confidence in higher education has taken a considerable hit this year, thanks to students’ rocky ride through the pandemic. While some Americans may still find value in a degree, many do not believe it’s worth the cost or time. This perception has even trickled down to higher education’s next generation of incoming first-year students.

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College Completion Rates Remain Stagnant

Inside Higher Ed

College Completion Rates Remain Stagnant Liam Knox Thu, 11/30/2023 - 03:00 AM After years of incremental but steady growth, six-year completion rates have been at a standstill since 2020. Is pandemic hangover to blame, or something bigger?

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Employers value a college degree but think students lack some skills, survey says

Higher Ed Dive

The research from AAC&U found most executives believe recent graduates are overall prepared for the workforce.

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If the HE plane goes down, there’s little in place to protect students

Wonkhe

Student Protection Plans were supposed to protect students from the market. Jim Dickinson argues they're not working - and are an inadequate cushion from today's riskier HE sector The post If the HE plane goes down, there’s little in place to protect students appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Is ChatGPT the New CliffsNotes?  

Faculty Focus

Remember CliffsNotes, the predecessor of Course Hero and similar web-based study resources? Like many GenXers, I had a few of those study guides with yellow-and-black covers in my L.L. Bean backpack along with my textbooks and kelly green Trapper Keeper. Sometimes I wonder about those long-gone study guides. Did using CliffsNotes constitute cheating?

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over the past year, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Only 3.8% of people who earned these doctoral degrees from 2010–20 were Black Americans. The debt load of those who did is disproportionately high.

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Vermont college system selects Bethany College president as new chancellor

Higher Ed Dive

Elizabeth Mauch will take over Vermont State Colleges as it contends with the fallout of a rocky merger of its four-year universities.

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The teachers’ pension scheme bombshell

Wonkhe

Alastair Smith, former vice chancellor at the University of Sussex, explains the government decisions that have left parts of the sector facing a huge bill The post The teachers’ pension scheme bombshell appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Black Enrollees at HBCUs More Likely to Obtain Bachelor’s Degrees

Insight Into Diversity

A new study finds that African American students who initially enroll at historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) are nearly 15 percent more likely to graduate and have a 5 percent higher income by age 30 than those who do not enroll at HBCUs. This finding comes from the study “HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes,” by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) at Brown University, an education research and reform institute focused on understanding the consequences of and re

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

Faculty Focus

Social media’s evolution from a groundbreaking phenomenon to an everyday staple has generated widespread discourse on its role and influence in modern life. Notwithstanding the calls for its abolition by some critics, its ubiquity suggests that it is here to stay, necessitating a thoughtful approach to its application. Particularly interesting is the notable increase in social media interaction among everyone, including undergraduate students, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as documented i

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The College of Saint Rose will close at the end of the academic year

Higher Ed Dive

The Roman Catholic institution in New York said it suffered from years of declining enrollment and pandemic-induced financial turbulence.

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