Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2024

A new report shows instructors feel like they’re always on the clock and that many believe the use of technology, in and out of the classroom, is pushing higher ed in the wrong direction. Almost half of faculty members nationally feel burned out because of their work—and a similar number (39 percent) felt emotionally exhausted, according to a report released Thursday by the College Innovation Network.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 26, 2024

Student retention remains a leading priority and source of headaches for higher ed leaders. Knowing which behaviors or experiences make withdrawal more likely can help institutions reverse detractions before students are lost.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 29, 2024

James Coe peers into the murky world of research malpractice and comes out worried about the size of the problem.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

AUGUST 27, 2024

Good news: We have new IPEDS data on average net cost. Bad news: Because IPEDS is IPEDS, it's data from the 2021-22 Academic Year. This is pretty straightforward: Each dot represents a public institution, colored by region, showing the average net price for first-year students entering in that year. IPEDS breaks out average net price by income bands, so you can see what a family with income of $30,000 to $48,000 pays, for instance, by using the filters at right.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 28, 2024

The university says creative writing faculty recommended returning its Jones Lectureships to their “original intent” as short-term teaching appointments for talented writers. A lecturer of 20 years said he thinks there’s a “peasants and lords issue” in the program. Some Stanford University lecturers are likening it to the “red wedding” in Game of Thrones—a massacre of characters by their supposed allies amid what had been billed as a celebratory feast.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 27, 2024

Growing maintenance backlogs could spark more investment in facilities, but it will come at a heavy cost in a time of inflation, tight resources and uncertainty.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

AUGUST 28, 2024

Graduation rates are always a hot topic in higher education, but often for the wrong reason. To demonstrate, I offer my parents. Here is a portrait of Agnes and Mark, married May 4, 1946. One night while I was talking to my brother, he asked, "Do you think mom was the way she was because dad was the way he was, or do you think dad was the way he was because mom was the way she was?

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Virginia women’s college made the change to comport with its founding documents, creating a stricter gender admissions policy than many of its peers. In a move that has upset students, alumnae and faculty, Sweet Briar College announced earlier this month that it was changing its admissions policy and will no longer accept transgender applicants.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 28, 2024

A new poll from Sallie Mae and Ipsos sheds light on the challenges students are facing when figuring out how to pay for college.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 25, 2024

Scottish ministers are threatening further cuts to universities while cranking up living costs loans.

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The Berkeley Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

The catalytic process, discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley, efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors, bringing a circular economy for plastics one step closer to reality The post New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2024

The number of unionized grad-student workers more than doubled in just over a decade, according to a new report on higher education labor. Most of the growth came at private institutions, where faculty unionization has also spiked. Higher education unionization has been surging. Story after story of successful union drives has suggested this. But a new report, which collected data on more than 95 percent of the collective bargaining relationships between academic workers and their institutions,

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 29, 2024

The proposal would require institutions that violate the ban to report on the racial, geographic and financial diversity of their admitted students.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 26, 2024

Following negative publicity earlier this year, Nina-Anne Lawrence digs into the detail and the partnership models of pathway programmes for international students

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

Students increasingly treat college as a transaction. Who — or what — is to blame? By Beth McMurtrie Jan Feindt for The Chronicle Students increasingly see themselves as customers and college as a means to an end. Faculty are wrestling with the consequences.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2024

Critics say a directive to make federally funded research immediately free to the public could violate authors’ copyrights. It could also disrupt the $19 billion academic publishing industry. Even as federal agencies work to implement the Nelson memo—a 2022 White House directive to make federally funded research freely available to the public immediately after publication—members of Congress are joining academic publishers in pushing back.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 29, 2024

Many on-campus jobs offer little career development, but these opportunities can be reimagined to align with students’ professional goals, one expert says.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 30, 2024

The search for a new head of UKRI is back underway – but there are some subtle differences post-election.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

By Emma Pettit Rae Riiska, USA Today Network Ben Sasse speaks at his inauguration as the University of Florida’s president, in 2023. When Sasse was its president, the University of Florida reportedly paid McKinsey & Company $4.7 million for consulting. The Chronicle obtained documents the firm had produced.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 30, 2024

Stanford Is Making a (Fixable) Mistake johnw@mcsweeneys.net Fri, 08/30/2024 - 03:00 AM The Jones Lecturer program in creative writing at Stanford has grown into a model when it comes to meeting student needs. For some reason, they’re blowing it up.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 29, 2024

Although officials said they aren’t moving forward with a transaction, they noted Temple has enrolled over 330 former and prospective UArts students.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 27, 2024

In building more active and engaged pedagogies, many disciplines are taking an experiential turn.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

The many reasons students can't, or won't, work on their own. By Beckie Supiano Daniel Baxter for The Chronicle Many struggle to complete coursework independently. How can professors adjust?

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 27, 2024

Pregnancy was always implicitly protected by Title IX. But Biden’s new rules formalize the rights of pregnant and parenting students, making higher ed more accessible. Lacy Guzman decided to go back to college when she was pregnant with her first child. She and her husband had both lost their jobs around the same time, and they wanted to set their family-to-be up for a more stable future.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 30, 2024

Young America's Foundation, a conservative activist group, argued that the program’s eligibility requirements violate the Constitution.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 29, 2024

It's (almost) the student data release you've been waiting for since the start of the year.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 29, 2024

The awarding of a licence from the University Grants Commission now paves the way for planning to progress for the University of Southampton Delhi NCR campus. “In the 21st century, no university can be truly global without engaging with India,” said Mark E. Smith, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton. “Our intention is to establish a campus that delivers social value and economic impact to India and the university by bringing together Southampton’s world cla

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2024

The University of Alabama is requiring the Black Student Union, a minority advocacy group, to close its current office in the flagship’s student center, according to a BSU Instagram post. Union president Jordan Strokes said in the statement that students are saddened to lose not just the physical space but also the symbol of “shared experiences, struggles and triumphs” it represents.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 29, 2024

The Ivy League institution found itself at the center of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in 2024, echoing the anti-war protests there in 1968.

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The Berkeley Blog

AUGUST 27, 2024

Chancellor Rich Lyons says civil discourse and bridging political and cultural divides will be a focus this new academic year. The post New chancellor, new housing and robot ramen help kick off Berkeley’s 2024 fall semester appeared first on Berkeley News.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a long-standing reputation as a leader among scientific and technological research universities. And now, as of April, it has another feather in its cap: RPI is the first college anywhere to host an IBM quantum computer. The university, in upstate New York, unveiled the device — the IBM Quantum System One — in a computer center that once served as a Catholic community chapel.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 30, 2024

Can AI Be Used to Cheat on Multiple-Choice Exams? Lauren.Coffey@… Fri, 08/30/2024 - 03:00 AM A Florida State professor found a way to catch AI cheating on multiple-choice tests. He also found that ChatGPT got a lot of “easy” questions wrong.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 26, 2024

The state flagship will ban encampments and require people wearing masks to provide identification on request.

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FIRE

AUGUST 29, 2024

A cybercrime treaty headed to the General Assembly targets ‘serious’ online crime. In much of the world, free speech is a serious transgression.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

AUGUST 28, 2024

When cost-cutting universities hire consultants, who’s really making the decisions? By Erin Gretzinger and David Jesse The data-driven process that consultants purport to offer at places like the U. of North Carolina at Greensboro can be frustratingly subjective, a Chronicle and Assembly investigation finds.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 26, 2024

The university’s space needs have shrunk, so it’s selling its Boulder campus. Officials say the decision will allow growth, but many graduates are saddened by the move. Naropa University, at a crossroads of financial challenges and new opportunities for online expansion, is selling its main campus in Boulder, Colo. Administrators say the move is necessary to invest in future growth, but many graduates are mourning the loss of a beloved site.

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