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How to engage students with sustainability through service learning

Wonkhe

A new guide from Yorkshire Universities explores how sustainability is embedded into university curricula and highlights current good practice. Monika Antal presents the findings The post How to engage students with sustainability through service learning appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The FAFSA debacle: Another nail in the coffin for vulnerable colleges

Higher Ed Dive

Issues with the form’s rollout have made identifying merger partners for many small colleges an even greater urgency, one consolidation expert argues.

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Medical College Admission Data, 2023

Higher Ed Data Stories

This is a reboot of a visualization I did in 2018, which I found fascinating, but which didn't get much traffic at the time, and thus, I've not refreshed it. But I still find it compelling an instructive. Each year, the Association of American Medical Colleges publishes a lot of data about admission to medical colleges in the US. But frankly, it's a mess, and takes a lot of effort to clean up and visualize: Each link is a separate spreadsheet, and each spreadsheet has spacer rows and merged cell

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Speaking Out on Social Media with Dr. Monica Cox, author of Never Defeated

The Academic Designer

Introducing Dr. Monica Cox, professor and change maker for equity in the workplace Jennifer: I’m so excited to feature Dr. Monica Cox, a professor, author, and change maker. Monica, thanks so much for coming today to talk about your new book Never Defeated: Nine Lessons from the Workplace Front Lines.

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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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How consent education can be more than a tick-box exercise

Wonkhe

Consent education can be tricky to deliver. Harriet Smailes explains how universities and students' unions can get the messaging, content, and delivery right. The post How consent education can be more than a tick-box exercise appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Salaries for full-time faculty tick up 0.4% after inflation, AAUP finds

Higher Ed Dive

However, inflation-adjusted salaries are still far below what they were before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Kimbrough Named Interim President at Talladega

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough has been appointed interim president of Talladega College, a historically Black college in Alabama. Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough Dr. Edward L. Hill Jr., the college’s vice provost for Lifelong Learning and Professional Development and Dean of Graduate Studies, served as the immediate interim president following the June 4 resignation of Dr.

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A cost-neutral wish list for the incoming government

Wonkhe

GuildHE’s new CEO considers what’s in the balance for her membership as we await the General Election and shares a list of cost-neutral steps she’d like to see a new government implement. The post A cost-neutral wish list for the incoming government appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Keystone College cuts employees and programs to help save $3.5M

Higher Ed Dive

The private Pennsylvania institution was recently labeled a closure risk by its accreditor. Since then, it has announced a potential strategic partnership.

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USC Postdoctoral Scholars Unionize

Inside Higher Ed

University of Southern California postdoctoral scholars have “resoundingly” voted to unionize, the new union announced Monday. The vote, held Thursday and Friday, was 200 to 15 to form USC Researchers and Fellows United, the organization announced in a news release. The union, affiliated with the UAW, said it will represent 450 total employees.

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Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say

The Berkeley Blog

"This case will be a Rorschach test for elected officials," one expert said. "Will they redouble their efforts to provide shelter and housing, or fall back on laws that punish people for being homeless?" The post Supreme Court has ‘greenlighted the criminalization of homelessness,’ Berkeley experts say appeared first on Berkeley News.

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TRAC data, 2022-23

Wonkhe

A transparent comparable way of understanding sector financial woes exists. David Kernohan presents what little of it we are allowed to see The post TRAC data, 2022-23 appeared first on Wonkhe.

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First-year persistence and retention hit decade high

Higher Ed Dive

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center showed these metrics improved at almost all types of colleges.

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A New Digital Divide: Student AI Use Surges, Leaving Faculty Behind

Inside Higher Ed

While both students and faculty have concerns with generative artificial intelligence, two new reports show a divergence in AI adoption. Students continue to run laps around faculty when it comes to using generative artificial intelligence, two unrelated surveys find.

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With a new, incredibly precise instrument, Berkeley researchers narrow search for dark energy

The Berkeley Blog

Experiment captures atoms in free fall to look for gravitational anomalies caused by universe's missing energy The post With a new, incredibly precise instrument, Berkeley researchers narrow search for dark energy appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Successful devolution isn’t possible without universities

Wonkhe

Katy Shaw sets out the possibilities for deep, mature and expansive partnerships between universities and their regions The post Successful devolution isn’t possible without universities appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Northwestern athletics lacks clear guidance for handling some misconduct complaints, report finds

Higher Ed Dive

The university released the findings of an independent review conducted after a prior investigation found widespread hazing in the football program.

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'A Slap in The Face’: How UT-Austin Axed a DEI Division

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The 49 staffers thought their jobs were safe. Then they were summoned to a Zoom call. By Katherine Mangan The 49 staffers thought their jobs were safe. Then they were summoned to a Zoom call.

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OCR Chides Lafayette College for Dismissing Anti-Israel Posts as ‘Free Speech Issue’

Inside Higher Ed

The latest Title VI resolution agreement sheds light on how colleges are being asked to handle complaints about online speech. First Amendment advocates are concerned about the implications. When a student at Lafayette College held up a poster that included the phrase “from the river to the sea” at a protest last October, officials who’d been monitoring the demonstration reacted quickly.

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The active inclusion and enabling culture that Athena Swan promotes are still much-needed in HE

Wonkhe

Queens University Belfast holds a Gold Athena Swan award for working towards gender equality. Susan Clarke and Karen McCloskey set out what difference it makes The post The active inclusion and enabling culture that Athena Swan promotes are still much-needed in HE appeared first on Wonkhe.

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‘Like climbing up Mount Everest’: Financial aid professionals describe a grueling FAFSA season

Higher Ed Dive

Staff faced long hours and pressure due to frequent delays and technical glitches, leaving them frustrated and exhausted.

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Community Groups Shouldn't Dictate Academic Hiring

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A rescinded offer at the University of Minnesota puts faculty governance in peril. By Alexander Jabbari Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock; portrait courtesy of Raz Segal Recently, the University of Minnesota tarnished its reputation by caving to community pressure over the hiring of a director for its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

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FAFSA Fiasco Forces Cuts at Small Colleges

Inside Higher Ed

FAFSA Fiasco Forces Cuts at Small Colleges Liam Knox Fri, 06/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Many small private colleges are surviving quarter to quarter, narrowly avoiding sweeping budget cuts. The bungled FAFSA rollout pushed some over the edge.

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Podcast: Maintenance, postgrad complaints, international

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast the party leaders have spoken out on student living cost support - did they have anything to say, and if not why not? The post Podcast: Maintenance, postgrad complaints, international appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts to close

Higher Ed Dive

The private Christian institution said it has faced intensifying financial challenges and has exhausted its options to continue operating.

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You Can’t Have Digital Transformation Without Data Governance

Educause

If digital transformation is enabled by data and analytics and if data and analytics requires data governance, you can’t have digital transformation without data governance.

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Another College Board Official Joins FAFSA Team

Inside Higher Ed

College Board chief information officer Jeff Olson is joining the Education Department’s team in charge of implementing next year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid, a department spokesperson confirmed exclusively to Inside Higher Ed Friday.

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Higher education in general election manifestos – the 2000s

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New Labour adopted its infamous 50 per cent participation target and "top up fees" entered the lexicon. Adam Matthews rounds up the HE politics of the 00s The post Higher education in general election manifestos – the 2000s appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Civil liberty groups vow to fight Louisiana’s Ten Commandments displays in colleges

Higher Ed Dive

A new state law requires every public postsecondary and K-12 classroom to display in easily readable font the Ten Commandments by Jan. 1.

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Building Florida's First AI Degree Program

Campus Technology

Miami Dade College recently announced the launch of a new bachelor's degree in applied artificial intelligence — the first such degree in the state of Florida and one of the first in the country. At the heart of MDC's approach is the conviction that education in artificial intelligence is for everyone — people at all levels need understand how to apply AI in their lives and careers.

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Scholars Blast NYU Abu Dhabi ‘Crackdown’ on Palestinian Support

Inside Higher Ed

Scholars Blast NYU Abu Dhabi ‘Crackdown’ on Palestinian Support Marjorie Valbrun Fri, 06/28/2024 - 03:00 AM University officials say students and staff are not “immune” from local laws, but academics say the institution should do more to protect learners.

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The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance

Wonkhe

Student maintenance has been ignored all election - until now. Jim Dickinson reviews the parties' answers on the issue to Britain's most trusted man. The post The Money Saving Expert gets answers on maintenance appeared first on Wonkhe.

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3 Columbia University employees placed on leave after leaked text exchanges

Higher Ed Dive

A university investigation comes after photos emerged of four administrators reportedly texting about a panel on Jewish student life.

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How to Publish a ‘Timely’ Scholarly Book

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Dos and don’ts for making your writing project relevant as it moves from proposal to manuscript to promotion. By Rebecca Colesworthy Dos and don’ts for making your writing project relevant as it moves from proposal to manuscript to promotion.

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‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ on FAFSA

Inside Higher Ed

After this year’s disastrous launch of the financial aid form, federal officials say next year’s version will be out on time and with fewer problems. College financial aid professionals are skeptical. The bungled rollout of this year’s new Free Application for Federal Student Aid started with a two-month delay, pushing the usual Oct. 1 launch date to the end of December—a shift that raised eyebrows across higher ed and portended the disastrous financial aid cycle that followed.

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It is possible to digitally transform a university without the heartache

Wonkhe

Digital transformation can be expensive, but worse, it can be ineffective. Jon Garritty advises on how to get set up for success The post It is possible to digitally transform a university without the heartache appeared first on Wonkhe.

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