Higher Ed Ethics Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Give Credit Where Credit is Due I’m always on the lookout for articles about the use of ChatGPT, especially as it pertains to ethical behavior. I recently read an instructive piece on the Educate Wiser website. In it, the author points out some of the limitations of ChatGPT that include: Generating inaccurate or unreliable information. Reflecting biases that are present in the text it has been trained on.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 3, 2023

Florida will not permit schools to teach sections of AP Psychology on sexual orientation and gender identity, coursework the College Board, the nonprofit behind the course, describes as foundational.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 3, 2023

Do academics who work outside of universities make HE more inclusive or reinforce hierarchical structures? Rebecca Hodgson and Iain Garner roll their sleeves up. The post Are staff with professional and industry expertise proper academics? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Academic Designer

AUGUST 1, 2023

Jennifer van Alstyne, Brittany Trinh, and Dr. Ian Li discuss creating personal academic websites, demoing Owlstown, and answering FAQs. Establish online presence through a simple, customizable website for professors.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 4, 2023

Texas A&M announces it will pay Kathleen McElroy $1 million and concludes that the university’s prior president, despite protestations to the contrary, played a key role in the mess. The Texas A&M University system will pay $1 million to settle legal claims by Kathleen McElroy, the Black journalist whose botched hiring embarrassed the system’s flagship campus and led to its president’s retirement.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 2, 2023

At private colleges in the state, students accused of violence aren’t guaranteed a right to cross-examine their accusers during live hearings, the judge ruled.

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UW Presidential Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

As we announced this afternoon , the University of Washington will be joining the Big Ten Conference starting with the 2024-25 season. This is an exciting time for our student-athletes, our fans and our University. The Big Ten is a leading athletic conference with excellent athletic and academic traditions, and a strong future. The move to the Big Ten will enable our Husky teams to continue to compete at the highest level on a national stage, while also providing the stability and resources that

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Higher Education Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

Title: Race, Elite College Admissions, and the Courts: The Pursuit of Racial Equality in Education Retreats to K-12 Schools Authors: Anthony P. Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, and Jeff Strohl Source: Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Center on Education and the Workforce The implications of disallowing the consideration of race in college admissions are significant.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 2, 2023

The Vermont college is expecting a higher number of returning students than usual, in part due to pandemic-related delays in education.

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Wonkhe

JULY 30, 2023

Jim Dickinson reflects on conversations with students about the state of the country and their education - and senses a dangerous alienation in their responses and outlook The post Welcome to the alien nation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Educause

AUGUST 3, 2023

A working group of the University of California Instructional Design and Faculty Support (IDFS) community of practice has developed a DEI Course Redesign Rubric. This episode will introduce and cover the first four topics of the rubric. Read more about this topic in the article "A DEI Course Design Rubric: Supporting Teaching and Learning in Uncertain Times".

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Higher Education Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

Title: Mapping the Opportunities: How Industry-Led Public-Private Partnerships Are Engaging Postsecondary Institutions to Benefit Employers, Postsecondary Institutions, and Students Authors: Alexandria Walton Radford, Helen Muhisani, Kathy Hughes, Jasmine Howard, and Lauren Mason Source: American Institutes for Research (AIR), Center for Applied Research in Postsecondary Education Strengthening student success and maximizing return on investments (ROI) for.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 3, 2023

The legislative proposal would set national name, image and likeness standards and establish that college athletes are not employees.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 2, 2023

Ellie Thompson and Piers Wilkinson draw on the history of disability justice to interrogate universities' approach to disability inclusion The post For disabled students, understanding the past helps us fix the future appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you could spend five minutes with anyone from the international education sector, who would it be and what would you ask them? Introducing The PIE’s latest series, Five Minutes With… where we speak to leaders from across the sector and ask them all the big questions. Hailing from Kazakhstan, Serik Meirmanov made his way into the Japanese higher education sector and cemented his work at the centre of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu’s international education strategy.

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Higher Education Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

Title: Time for Class 2023: Bridging Student and Faculty Perspectives on Digital Learning Authors: Catherine Shaw, Ria Bharadwaj, Louis NeJame, Sterling Martin, Natasha Janson, and Kristen Fox Source: Tyton Partners After the shift to online learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital learning has become an integral part of the higher education ecosystem.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 3, 2023

The online, certificate-granting college earned the approval almost two years before its legislated deadline of April 2025.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 1, 2023

Jim Dickinson continues his diaries from Denver with a chat with a man eager for educators to cross the AI chasm The post Ai charges the sector with taking students higher appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 2, 2023

The start of this year’s application cycle was more momentous than usual, as colleges introduced new essay prompts and adjusted requirements for a post–affirmative action world. Even in a typical year, Aug. 1 is a big day for college admissions. It’s launch day for the Common App, the 1,000-member platform for college applications, and the beginning of many months of preparation and nervous anticipation for parents and applicants of all ages.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 1, 2023

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is introducing a new certificate program to provide higher education and job training opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Created in partnership with the USM Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professional Development, the new Reaching, Including, Supporting, and Educating (RISE) To The Top!

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 1, 2023

Financial and leadership issues have plagued the Baptist-affiliated institution in West Virginia for months.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 3, 2023

Science communication in a post-Covid world calls for a new way to span the gap between researchers and university comms teams – and a new skill set, as Michael Head explains The post Bridging the gap between academic and comms staff for the public good appeared first on Wonkhe.

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EAB

AUGUST 1, 2023

Podcast How to Build Belongingness to Boost Student Mental Health Episode 160. August 1, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 2, 2023

A new report indicates that students from the Global South are denied visas to study in the U.S. at disproportionately higher rates than the rest of the world. The report, released by the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and the research company Shorelight, examines visa adjudication trends spanning an eight-year period between 2015 and 2022. “Global South” refers to countries that are economically and geographically situated in the southern hemisphere, often

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 1, 2023

In an annual report, IBM assessed the cost of cyberattacks by studying 553 impacted organizations across 17 sectors.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 1, 2023

Jim Dickinson reviews two reports on student housing demand, supply and price - and senses a housing crisis coming that nobody seems to be able to grip The post In several cities this September, students have nowhere to live appeared first on Wonkhe.

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HEPI

JULY 30, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by John Raftery, interim Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wolverhampton, and Gemma Kay, University of Wolverhampton, Aspire to HE. On Monday 14th August, 11am, we are hosting a webinar with UCAS Chief Executive Clare Marchant: you can register here. Where, and to whom, we are born are among the strongest forces affecting our life expectancy, our work careers, health outcomes, and the amount of taxes we pay over a lifetime.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 31, 2023

What to consider in drafting your own course policy on students’ use of tools like ChatGPT. By Kevin Gannon What to consider in drafting your own course guidelines on students’ use of tools like ChatGPT.

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Higher Ed Dive

AUGUST 4, 2023

A joint report from two advocacy groups found that number shrunk due to the pandemic and challenges to DACA.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 1, 2023

Amy Tschobotko and Jonathon Lodwick review recent guidance and cases to explore what “natural justice” means in a campus disciplinary context The post Natural justice matters when handling allegations of sexual misconduct appeared first on Wonkhe.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 29, 2023

We are light-years beyond the initial pandemic shift into asynchronous learning in higher education, but we are still trying to identify the trends that work, weed out a few that didn’t and select the best ones to keep for years to come. Now, all eyes are on higher education’s integration of bisynchronous learning, which combines some on-screen, real-time learning between students and the educator with an asynchronous component.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

AUGUST 3, 2023

By Zachary Schermele The messages discussed Kathleen McElroy, recruited as a journalism professor. In one, M. Katherine Banks, then the president, called her an "awful person" for going to the press.

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Higher Ed Dive

JULY 31, 2023

Explore how Gradescope uses AI to help educators transform grading into learning.

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Wonkhe

AUGUST 1, 2023

Michelle Morgan argues that postgraduate study must be included in the LLE provision in order to super proof postgraduate taught participation in years to come for the individual, the economy and society. The post The LLE discussion needs to include post-graduate study appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 4, 2023

Researchers long wanted a federal data set to back up their own work and make it known that college students suffer from hunger and homelessness. Over the past decade, universities and community organizations alike have increased their efforts to support students struggling to access basic needs like housing and food. But even as researchers tried to study how best to help those students, one significant hurdle stood in their way: no one knew exactly how many homeless or hungry students were out

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

AUGUST 3, 2023

Higher education institutions are incorporating data analytics to make all kinds of decisions on campus. From maximizing learning outcomes to tracking enrollment and preparing students to enter the Big Data workforce, institutions are using the seemingly boundless information at their fingertips to make smarter choices. The sprawling size of campus communities provides a wealth of information to be collected, but making sense of that information is another story.

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