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Women’s colleges are going co-ed to survive. Does it threaten their missions?

Higher Ed Dive

The number of women's colleges has dwindled, raising questions about the best way to adapt to a changing enrollment and social climate.

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Life after the designated quality body

Wonkhe

What does it mean that the Quality Assurance Agency will no longer be the designated quality body? Chief Executive Vicki Stott explains. The post Life after the designated quality body appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Want to Grow Enrollments? Understand Your Lead-to-Enrollment Timeframe

MindMax

Prospective students’ decision-making journeys differ significantly depending on whether they are considering a certificate, bachelor’s, or Master’s degree program. Higher education marketing teams must account for these distinctions when planning digital initiatives. Your digital campaigns should never be cookie-cutter executions. Before deploying a full-funnel marketing strategy , you’ll first need to understand the typical lead-to-enrollment timeframe for a particular program and the factors

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Changes to the Coursera team

Coursera blog

Earlier today, Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda shared the following email with Coursera employees: Courserians, My 25 years as a CEO have included some pretty rough times – the dot com bubble bursting, the 2008 financial crisis, and a global lockdown. While macroeconomic challenges are always tough, I know from experience that it’s most painful when those factors impact people’s livelihoods.

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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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College presidential searches still favor White candidates, report says

Higher Ed Dive

Different search firm practices, hiring processes and job descriptions can change an exclusionary status quo, according to the College Futures Foundation.

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Thirty ways in which universities have been getting the costs of study down

Wonkhe

Jim Dickinson highlights a whole range of measures that universities have been taking to reduce the cost of being a student in the UK. The post Thirty ways in which universities have been getting the costs of study down appeared first on Wonkhe.

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3 Ways To Take New Photos For Your Website

The Academic Designer

What's the best way to take new photos for your website? Here are 3 options for you.

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Why so many colleges have been resetting their tuition

Higher Ed Dive

Colby-Sawyer College is reducing its prices by 60% so tuition more accurately reflects what students pay. Other institutions are doing the same.

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Supporting student resilience is about moving from surviving to thriving

Wonkhe

Amy Irwin and colleagues discuss the intervention they've been trialling to help students adapt successfully to periods of adversity. The post Supporting student resilience is about moving from surviving to thriving appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. While statistics show that the 2015-2016 academic year ushered in an increasing number of students with disabilities in higher education, countless students do not inform their university about their disability.

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‘Universities must engage in lifelong learning’ – UNESCO

The PIE News

The future of universities depends on their ability to provide ‘lifelong learning’ that equips non-traditional students with in-demand skills, UNESCO warned last week. . David Atchoarena, director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning , called on universities to engage with continuing and adult education at the first Global Lifelong Learning Summit held in Singapore in November. .

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Coursera announces layoffs as revenue growth slows

Higher Ed Dive

CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said Coursera is “entering a different chapter now” amid cooling enthusiasm for ed tech companies.

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Higher Education Postcard: University of Leicester

Wonkhe

This week's card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a living memorial to those who served in the War to End All Wars. The post Higher Education Postcard: University of Leicester appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Target to Launch Internship Program for HBCU Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Target Corporation is launching an internship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported. Maya Moss The Target Scholars Sophomore Internship Program will give second-year students industry experience in a number of the retailer's departments, such as retail, supply chain facilities, technology, merchandising, and product development.

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Why there should be no surprises about the growing student housing shortage

HEPI

This blog has been kindly contributed to HEPI by Martin Blakey, the Chief Executive of Unipo l. In 2020, Martin co-authored HEPI Student Accommodation: The Facts (HEPI Analytical Paper 2) with Sarah Jones. Unipol publishes the long-running Accommodation Costs Survey with the National Union of Students. Rising shortages. We are getting used to headlines about student accommodation shortages all over again.

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Troubled for-profit ASA College to lose accreditation

Higher Ed Dive

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education will yank ASA’s accreditation by March over issues with its governance and resources.

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Why isn’t good practice on harassment and sexual misconduct a basic standard?

Wonkhe

As OfS publishes an evaluation into its statement of expectations, Rose Stephenson calls for universal standards over prevention and case handling in harassment and sexual misconduct. The post Why isn’t good practice on harassment and sexual misconduct a basic standard? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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More professors now embrace Wikipedia in the classroom

Inside Higher Ed

Image: About a decade ago, Amin Azzam, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, often told his medical students not to research health information on Wikipedia out of concern for the website’s reliability. But a student once looked at him “like he was crazy,” which made him rethink that stance. “Look, we all go there first as students,” the student told Azzam.

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Does Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy Align with Your Teaching?

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on December 10, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. . There’s a new book out called Activating a Teaching-Learning Philosophy. The word “activating” caught my attention. To me that says “doing something about your teaching-learning philosophy.” Unfortunately, our current use of teaching philosophy statements doesn’t usually contain that expectation.

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Off-campus students lack equitable access to broadband, researchers say

Higher Ed Dive

College leaders should include internet costs when calculating a student's financial need, study suggests.

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How could income contingent loans work better?

Wonkhe

Income contingent tuition loans as a component of state support for higher education are a key legacy of the 1997 Dearing Report. Simon Marginson asks how the current system could work better for everyone. The post How could income contingent loans work better? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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UK International Education Commission set to launch

The PIE News

Stakeholders in the UK are establishing an International Education Commission in a bid to convene and propose future policy on the country’s future international education strategy. Led by former Universities minister and chair of Cross Party Universities Group, Chris Skidmore MP, the commission will seek to develop a new International Education Strategy 2.0, as a result of the changes to the geopolitical landscape since the original strategy was launched in 2019.

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Student demographics: Big changes are forcing reinvention on campus

University Business

A lot of higher ed trends have been upended over the last few years, but gradually changing college student demographics is not one of them. Unlike in past economic slowdowns, financial turmoil and spikes in unemployment during the early months of the pandemic did not send large numbers of students fleeing the job market into higher education. “People had needs at home and they had health concerns,” says Thomas L.

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The per diem problem: how virtual cards streamline student travel expenses

Higher Ed Dive

Many higher-education organizations still rely on cash to get the job done when funding student-athletes and student-group travel.

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Who are the victims in the campus culture wars?

Wonkhe

Who are the students assumed to be losing out over free speech controversies, and how should we support them? Jim Dickinson interrogates the data. The post Who are the victims in the campus culture wars? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: Impacts of IT Supply-Chain Disruptions

Educause

As institutions and technology units continue to experience supply-chain disruptions that fall beyond their control, integrating flexibility into planning and procurement processes can enable the development of creative solutions to these challenges.

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The insights gained by forcing students to cheat in class (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Teaching Today When it was not an option for the desperate or lazy to attempt in the dark, we were forced to confront together larger questions about the purpose of education, writes Joel Heng Hartse. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Caption: Anastasiia_New/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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It takes all of us — college presidents, faculty and students — to cultivate a culture of free speech on campus

Higher Ed Dive

Two college students lay out steps to make campuses a place to stretch minds and encourage freedom of expression without fear of reprisal.

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How do we manage and support an expanding sector?

Wonkhe

Dearing's calls for expansion need to be seen in context with thinking on quality assurance and funding. David Kernohan joins some of the dots. The post How do we manage and support an expanding sector? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Learning Loss and Unfinished Learning: Bridging the Gap

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 4 minutes Paul Coats is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University. Many students experience learning loss after prolonged breaks in their learning path, whether due to holidays, course scheduling, extreme weather events, or global pandemics. It is a challenge that behooves both the student and the instructor to step up in their own ways, particularly in courses that build on the content and concepts learned in previous classes.

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How Rachell was able to change careers while traveling the world

Coursera blog

Meet Rachell, a passionate life long learner who is constantly pushing herself to new heights with Coursera. Rachell is originally from Michigan, but is truly a world citizen, having traveled to many countries while taking several courses in management and programming. Follow along to discover how she was able to switch from teaching to engineering, pick up new hobbies, and enroll in a Masters of Applied Data Science program to further her career.

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2U reports flat revenue a year after edX acquisition

Higher Ed Dive

The company, which helps colleges run online programs, also reported that its net loss doubled year over year to $120 million in the third quarter.

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To resolve conflicts in the campus culture wars, we need to listen as well as speak

Wonkhe

If both sides in the campus culture wars feel marginalised and oppressed, how do we reach resolution? David Ruebain calls for more listening and understanding. The post To resolve conflicts in the campus culture wars, we need to listen as well as speak appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Why to develop a purpose statement for your career and life (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Jennifer Snodgrass describes the value of developing a personal purpose and mission statement for your career and life. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Kenishirotie/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Meet the first graduates of the Global Master of Public Health

Coursera blog

Discover the latest worldwide impact of an internationally recognized institution. The first graduates of the Global Master of Public Health program from Imperial College London have a great deal to celebrate. They are officially alumni from one of the top 10 universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2023). And, they are not only a vanguard group that will forever be associated with this milestone, but they are proud members of an Imperial academic community that spans over 140 cou

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How higher ed can engage veterans — from a university president who is a veteran

Higher Ed Dive

Identify how veterans differ from traditional students and support them accordingly, says the president of the University of Montana.