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From Lone Star College Custodian to Dean

Inside Higher Ed

Reyna Gómez Tippetts says community colleges are “the gateway for education” and provide an opportunity “to help you get to the next step.” Earning a high school diploma, let alone a college degree, once seemed like an unattainable goal to Reyna Gómez Tippetts. When she was growing up with a poor, single mother in a shack with a dirt floor and cardboard walls, dreaming big wasn’t part of the culture.

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Final Title IX rules likely to be pushed beyond October

Higher Ed Dive

The Education Department hasn’t even sent its regulatory plans to the Office of Management and Budget, which can take up to 120 days to review them.

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I spent the last six months travelling alongside commuter students. Here’s what I learned

Wonkhe

Commuter students have all kinds of different experiences. Emma Maslin's research seeks to better understand their journeys The post I spent the last six months travelling alongside commuter students. Here’s what I learned appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Promise and Challenges of AI in Higher Ed

WCET Frontiers

The biggest topic in higher education right now, at least in my opinion, is artificial intelligence. There are various stories in higher education news about what impact AI will have on students, instructors, and the education field at large. This week, we welcome Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow from the University of Mississippi. Marc joins us to discuss the potential of AI in digital learning and to highlight the amazing work happening at his institution to prepare faculty and student

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

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

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A Flagship Research University… Without Language Degrees or Math Ph.D.s?

Inside Higher Ed

A Flagship Research University… Without Language Degrees or Math Ph.D.s? Featured Image at Top of Article WVU_01 (1).

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Cal State system and faculty union hit bargaining impasse, strike threat looms

Higher Ed Dive

The parties will participate in state-administered mediation after failing to find agreement on issues like pay and parental leave.

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Integrating Generative AI into Higher Education: Considerations

Educause

Integrating AI into higher education is not a futuristic vision but an inevitability. Colleges and universities must adapt and prepare students, faculty, and staff for their AI-infused futures.

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The First 3-Year Degree Programs Win Approval

Inside Higher Ed

BYU-Idaho and Ensign College will launch truncated bachelor’s degree programs next spring after getting the go-ahead from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Three-year bachelor’s degrees are coming to Brigham Young University–Idaho and affiliated Ensign College next year, following approval of the truncated programs by an accrediting body.

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Legacy admissions under fire: Carleton abandons, Georgetown students petition, Pa. senator proposes ban

Higher Ed Dive

Criticisms against legacy preferences have escalated since the Supreme Court decision striking down race-conscious admissions.

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The power and pace of philanthropy in higher education

Wonkhe

What’s the state of fundraising in UK higher education? Introducing a new report, Nik Miller and Joanna Motion are learning from the past and looking to the future The post The power and pace of philanthropy in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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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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UK grads seek opportunities in TEFL abroad

The PIE News

UK graduates unable to find work are actively seeking out opportunities teaching English abroad, according to a new survey. According to the survey conducted by The TEFL Academy , over 30% of UK respondents had chosen to teach English abroad as a direct result of challenges in finding employment in their field of study. “Finding out your degree is not worth the paper it’s printed on is hugely disappointing.

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University Says It Won’t Charge for Textbooks. Professors Ask How.

Inside Higher Ed

University Says It Won’t Charge for Textbooks. Professors Ask How. Featured Image at Top of Article Free_Textbooks(1).

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Georgia public colleges put end to required DEI statements in hiring

Higher Ed Dive

The 26-institution system also prohibited colleges from requiring diversity statements as part of employee training.

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Employability is boosted when we focus on psychological capital

Wonkhe

Students’ understanding of employability goes beyond simple listing of “transferable” skills. Vicki Harvey explains the role of psychological capital The post Employability is boosted when we focus on psychological capital appeared first on Wonkhe.

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UK buoyed by China short courses restart

The PIE News

Stakeholders in the UK’s educational travel and ELT sectors have predicted they will see a boost in the next year amid China restarting short-term tours to over 130 countries. It was announced in August that China’s long-term ban on outbound tours, which included English language short-term courses, would be coming to an end for destinations including the UK, US, Japan, Australia, South Korea and India, as well as most countries in Europe.

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Praying for a Merger Miracle

Inside Higher Ed

Vermont State University, a union of three struggling colleges, welcomed its first class last week. But with enrollment flagging, the impact of the merger remains uncertain. Students arriving on the former campuses of Northern Vermont University, Castleton University and Vermont Technical College for the start of classes last week were greeted with banners, T-shirts and pennants bearing a different name: Vermont State University, accompanied by the slogan “We Are One.

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Cox College to close and transition operations to new healthcare education alliance

Higher Ed Dive

The private Missouri nonprofit is shuttering sometime after the spring 2025 term and folding into an alliance with other colleges and a public school system.

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We have the NHS workforce plan. What next?

Wonkhe

The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan will have to reckon with a chronic shortage of nurses – and a recent dip in nursing applicants. Beth Craigie and Rob Waterson think through how universities can contribute The post We have the NHS workforce plan. What next? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Howard University Undergoes Home Restoration of Civil Rights Activist Mary Church Terrell

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Using a grant from the U.S. National Park Service, Howard University is restoring the home of civil rights activist Mary Church Terrell. This endeavor was funded by an African American Civil Rights (AACR) grant from the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund, which has given out more than a total of $2 billion in historic preservation grants since 1977.

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Ex-Professor's Clown Fetish Led to Police Reports, Harassment Claims.

Inside Higher Ed

Students alleged that a now former Nicholls State University assistant geography professor with a self-described clown “fetish” asked them to paint their own faces or to let him paint them, according to reports from The Nic

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University of Arizona may be partly on the hook for $72M in discharged Ashford loans

Higher Ed Dive

A senior Education Department official said the agency would seek to recoup the cost from both the online college’s current and previous owners.

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Dogs, farts and regurgitated Rubik’s cubes – the golden age of Freshers novelty acts

Wonkhe

As Freshers Weeks modernise across UK campuses, Jim Dickinson looks back to the 90s to remember the novelty acts that once entertained new students The post Dogs, farts and regurgitated Rubik’s cubes – the golden age of Freshers novelty acts appeared first on Wonkhe.

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“More sustainable” HE funding approach needed in UK

The PIE News

A more sustainable approach to funding higher education in the UK is needed, the Russell Group of research-intensive universities has said as they face “increasing pressures” to deliver high-quality education and impactful research. In a briefing paper , the group representing 24 institutions says UK tuition fees and government grants are not sufficient to allow them to continue “educating the skilled workforce of the future and producing world-class research and innovation

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U.S. Discharges $72 Million in Loans for Ashford Students

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Arizona Global Campus, which acquired Ashford in 2020, might be on the hook for the discharged student loans. The former Ashford University repeatedly lied to students over a decade about the cost, time requirement and value of its degree program, making the education they obtained “effectively worthless,” the U.S.

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Survey: Over 4 in 5 college seniors report burnout during undergraduate experience

Higher Ed Dive

Handshake found that the majority of the class of 2024 expects to carry those feelings into their early careers.

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Go time for the new Welsh regulator

Wonkhe

It’s time for CTER to start planning. Michael Salmon leafs through the in-tray The post Go time for the new Welsh regulator appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Freedom to Assign Controversial Books

Academe Blog

BY KEITH E. WHITTINGTON It is not every day that a government minister writes to an American university president demanding that a book be immediately removed “from the curriculum of any of its courses” and “conduct a thorough review of the academic materials” used in its classes.

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UNC Faculty Member Killed, Allegedly by Grad Student

Inside Higher Ed

Students spent three terrifying hours on lockdown while police investigated a fatal shooting at a science building in the center of the Chapel Hill campus. A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty member was shot and killed on campus Monday, according to a statement from Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz. Police arrested the alleged shooter, whom local media organizations identified as a UNC graduate student after matching his photo with institutional records.

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West Virginia University no longer plans to completely eliminate world languages

Higher Ed Dive

However, the public flagship institution still is looking to cut all bachelor’s and master’s language programs.

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Canada expecting 900k but “integrity of system” at risk, says minister

The PIE News

Canada is expecting to host 900,000 international students this year, its immigration minister has detailed, meaning the country is approaching the total number of international students in the world’s most popular study destination, the US. However, the minister warned “perverse effects” associated with the growth in recent years and risks to the “integrity of the system” The US hosted 948,519 international students in the 2021/22 academic year, according to the la

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In the Fight Over 'Wokeness,' Christian Colleges Feel Pressed to Pick a Side

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Helen Huiskes Illustration by The Chronicle; images from iStock, text from Colorado Christian University’s statement on critical race theory Talking about race has become a high-stakes decision for faith-based institutions.

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Beyond the Career Panel

Inside Higher Ed

Andrea Webb and Erica Machulak explore four ways faculty members and administrators can foster professional agency among graduate students. As universities across North America become more sensitive to the precarious career prospects of their graduate students, they are increasingly calling upon faculty members to find new ways to prepare Ph.D.s for life beyond the academy.

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MOVEit attack victim count surpasses 1,000 organizations

Higher Ed Dive

At least 173 colleges and universities have been swept up so far in the mass hack, according to one group.

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Taliban stops Afghan women leaving to study

The PIE News

The Taliban has banned at least 60 Afghan women from travelling to Dubai to take up a scholarship at the University of Dubai. Some 100 women were offered funded places at the university by the Al Habtoor Group but many were stopped at the airport by Taliban officials and prevented from boarding their flight to Dubai. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, chair of the group, posted a video on X (formerly Twitter), criticising the Taliban’s decision.

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Webinar: Mental Health Equity on Campuses Requires More Extensive Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s not enough to make statements. It’s not enough to create working groups. It’s not enough to pay attention to only some parts of the larger problem. When it comes to improving mental health equity on college campuses, more work just needs to be done, mental health experts said during a webinar Wednesday. (left to right, top to bottom) Dr. Shawnté Elbert; Dr.

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