MindMax

JUNE 29, 2023

Are corporations higher ed’s friend or foe? Yes…and yes. The answer isn’t black and white. Look at a tech giant like Apple, which has its own university led by the former provost of Brown University , and you could easily conclude that corporations are a threat to higher education. On the other hand, Georgia Tech’s successful partnership with Udacity and AT&T to develop an online master’s program accessible to AT&T employees suggests that higher education can provide training that compe

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Wonkhe

JUNE 25, 2023

The UCU branch executive at the University of York York vice chancellor Charlie Jeffery jointly seek a way forward on pay and conditions The post A shared perspective on pay and conditions appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 30, 2023

A new survey found that high school students are weighing the time investment college requires as seriously as the financial investment.

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Deans for Impact

JUNE 27, 2023

Increasing access and affordability of pathways into teaching–especially for future teachers of color. Strengthening community and district partnerships. Prioritizing evidence-based instructional quality and practice experiences. Building and sustaining a culture of equity and inclusion, and dismantling systems that oppress and marginalize. These are some of the biggest priorities for the fellows that make up our eighth cohort of Impact Academy.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

By Andy Thomason and Sarah Brown Allison Bailey, Associated Press Supporters of the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule race-conscious admissions celebrate this morning outside the court’s building. The conservative majority declared the practice discriminatory and illegal, effectively forcing colleges to stop using race as a factor in admissions.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 27, 2023

With a new REF emphasis on research culture, Elizabeth Gadd asks how we can make this element as equitable as possible The post My research culture is better than yours appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2023

The University of Pennsylvania paid its former president almost $23 million in 2021—prompting Jonathan Zimmerman to ask, where is the outrage? In 2006, University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann was photographed at a Halloween party standing next to a student dressed as a suicide bomber. The photo went viral, and Gutmann—who had become president two years earlier—was forced to issue an apology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

In a pair of votes, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down race consciousness in college admissions on Thursday, upending four decades of precedent. The court voted 6-3 against the race conscious practices of the University of North Carolina (UNC) and 6-2 against the practices of Harvard, due to the recusal of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson The court’s opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, articulated three main reasons that the affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC violated the eq

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Wonkhe

JUNE 28, 2023

Living Wage Foundation director Katherine Chapman calls on universities to become accredited living wage employers The post Paying a real living wage demonstrates commitment to higher education’s values appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 26, 2023

The program will train a group of diverse students at 20 higher education centers across the U.S.

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The Berkeley Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

A researcher was granted access earlier this year by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to incredibly potent artificial intelligence software – and leaked it to the world. As a former researcher on Meta’s civic integrity and responsible AI teams, I am terrified by what could happen next. Though Meta was violated by the leak, it came.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JUNE 24, 2023

An unlucky cohort of undergraduates has been plagued by Covid restrictions, education strikes and finally a marking boycott Emily Smith, a final-year geography student at Durham University, never imagined her already heavily disrupted university experience could end like this. She won’t be graduating this summer because half her work remains unmarked owing to a national marking boycott by lecturers.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 26, 2023

Universities are often focusing on new technologies’ impact on assessment, but for Joshua Thorpe there are more fundamental questions about how these tools will affect students’ identities as learners The post The real risk of generative AI is a crisis of knowledge appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 28, 2023

Johns Hopkins University held its workplace well-being summit Tuesday, focusing on graduate students and faculty.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 29, 2023

Justices deem admissions programs at both Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional. This is a developing story. Please return throughout the day for more coverage. The U.S. Supreme Court declared Thursday that the admissions systems used by Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill illegally violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

If scholars look the other way, the cheaters will continue to win. By Andrew Gelman Scientific misconduct is often rewarded. Until they get caught, these scholars are riding high.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 29, 2023

Kate Ayres argues that universities identifying and accepting their niches would improve decision making, reduce admin, and make their staff healthier and happier The post Higher education would be most effective as a collective appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 26, 2023

Andrew Hsu, leader of the College of Charleston, explains why he remains positive even as colleges face an existential crisis.

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FIRE

JUNE 27, 2023

The Supreme Court decision in Counterman v. Colorado is largely good news for the First Amendment because it sets a higher bar for punishing speech as a “true threat.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JUNE 30, 2023

By Stephanie M. Lee ILLUSTRATION BY THE CHRONICLE; IMAGE FROM TEDXTRENTOSTUDIO, YOUTUBE The Harvard professor is now on administrative leave after a series of allegations about research fraud.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 28, 2023

David Kernohan digs in to HESA data to find out how pay compares for academic and professional staff across the sector in England The post What we know about sector staff wages appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 27, 2023

A new NIL directive sets up battles with states that have passed legislation instructing institutions to disregard NCAA enforcement on this issue.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2023

Higher education lawyers and advocates say the lawsuit is more about politics than a serious legal challenge—though others say it makes a compelling case. For 58 years, the accreditation system of higher education has stood, enshrined in federal law and reaffirmed with each reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Now, a federal lawsuit from the state of Florida is looking to upend that entire system, which is a key part of the federal accountability system that helps to determine wh

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

The policies have always been unethical, but now they’re untenable. By James S. Murphy Golden Cosmos for The Chronicle The policies have always been unethical, but now they’re untenable.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 29, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to the seventh oldest university in these isles The post Higher education postcard: Trinity College, Dublin appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 30, 2023

The campuses will honor financial aid commitments already awarded, as those were issued under previous interpretations from the Supreme Court.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 28, 2023

Wells College president Jonathan Gibralter is among the higher ed leaders who used ChatGPT to craft a graduation speech this year. But the administrative potential of such tools remains largely untapped. As Wells College graduates gathered last month, President Jonathan Gibralter delivered a commencement address that sounded like countless others delivered across the country.

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MindMax

JUNE 29, 2023

Are corporations higher ed’s friend or foe? Yes…and yes. The answer isn’t black and white. Let’s discuss the possibilities of higher education and corporate partnerships. Look at a tech giant like Apple, which has its own university led by the former provost of Brown University , and you could easily conclude that corporations are a threat to higher education.

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Wonkhe

JUNE 29, 2023

This week on the podcast Labour’s plans to turn the apprenticeship levy into a “Growth and Skills Levy” get more detail - but what will it all mean for HE? The post Skills, research culture, industrial strategy appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 30, 2023

The president had tried to cancel student loan debt for those earning up to $125,000 a year, which conservatives deemed financially imprudent and unfair.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2023

Liberty University communications director Ryan Helfenbein sparked controversy in an interview last week when he referred to Adolf Hitler and other murderous dictators while discussing cultural battles over education at the Road to Majority Policy Conference held in Washington, D.C.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2023

Higher education IT departments have proved invaluable during the past three-plus years of upheaval, navigating uncharted waters to implement full-scale remote learning, support a mountain of on-campus technologies and push back against a rising wave of cyberattacks. Even employees considered outside the traditional IT world have become immersed in technology as digital learning offices popped up on campuses across the country to help get faculty up to speed to embrace the modern learning styles

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Wonkhe

JUNE 25, 2023

Jo Grady asks universities to go further on pay, and says that UCU is ready to work with employers towards a fairer and more sustainable sector The post Employers still need to go further on pay appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 29, 2023

The opinion issued Thursday was unsurprising for college access advocates who had nonetheless urged the high court to keep with decades of precedent.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JUNE 27, 2023

Why you should understand how to teach with AI tools — even if you have no plans to actually use them. By Flower Darby Why you should understand how to teach with AI tools — even if you have no plans to actually use them.

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Inside Higher Ed

JUNE 26, 2023

According to a large-scale survey by Vector Solutions, students are significantly more likely to discuss a sexual assault with a peer than with an authority figure on campus.

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