Women’s colleges are going co-ed to survive. Does it threaten their missions?
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
The number of women's colleges has dwindled, raising questions about the best way to adapt to a changing enrollment and social climate.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
The number of women's colleges has dwindled, raising questions about the best way to adapt to a changing enrollment and social climate.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
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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MindMax
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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
The Academic Designer
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
What's the best way to take new photos for your website? Here are 3 options for you.
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As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
College leaders should include internet costs when calculating a student's financial need, study suggests.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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.
University Leadership Central brings together the best content for university leaders and administrators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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. .
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Different search firm practices, hiring processes and job descriptions can change an exclusionary status quo, according to the College Futures Foundation.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
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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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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
How I became the subject of an equity investigation at the University of Michigan. By Phoebe Gloeckner. Phoebe Gloeckner. How I became the subject of an equity investigation at the University of Michigan.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said Coursera is “entering a different chapter now” amid cooling enthusiasm for ed tech companies.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education will yank ASA’s accreditation by March over issues with its governance and resources.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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.
HEPI
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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?
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Identify how veterans differ from traditional students and support them accordingly, says the president of the University of Montana.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
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.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
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.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
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.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
A federal judge ruled the Ivy League institution failed to properly alert an insurer about the case.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
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.
Faculty Focus
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
As educators teaching in professional studies programs, our aim is to create classroom experiences where our students can work with professional partners, developing projects that have impact in the real world. We believe implementation is a salient part of the professional studies experience. We also know that this is easier said than done, and something that we learned firsthand when we invited Artists Alliance Inc.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
The racial wealth gap can be downright physically harmful for Black Americans, according to a recent study in JAMA Network Open. The study – done by researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Drexel University, and Duke University – found that the odds of dying for Blacks were 26% higher than for white counterparts and that much of that life expectancy gap can be attributed to wealth differences.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
A committee recommendation to ax entrance exam mandates sets up key votes next week and in February.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
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.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Image: Years of dwindling enrollment and ongoing financial challenges have led to deep cuts at Cabrini University as administrators seek long-term stability. Following the latest wave of cuts, university leaders are making an appeal for partnerships. And while a merger isn’t their first choice, they say all options are on the table. Deep Cuts.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Nicholas Cochrane never thought he would be a teacher one day. He grew up in the projects, and most of his friends and peers ended up in jail or lost their lives. He assumed his path would be similar, and he dropped out of high school at 16. Eventually, he found his way back to education 13 years later. Nicholas Cochrane, associate professor of business and economics at Mount Wachusett Community College.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Legislation passed earlier this year may foreshadow similar moves by other states and governors.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
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.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Image: Professors who adopt a slate of simple, proactive classroom measures to address cheating can significantly increase academic integrity among students, according to a new study from the University of California, Riverside, and zyBooks, a digital college courseware platform run by Wiley. The study looked at six “low-effort” interventions—each of which took less than an hour for the professor to prepare and could be easily adapted for other courses—aimed at reducing c
Campus Technology
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Lumen Learning is partnering with InScribe to integrate its digital community platform into Lumen's new Statistics course and platform.
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