Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 31, 2023
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.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 31, 2023
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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Wonkhe
AUGUST 31, 2023
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 31, 2023
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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Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 31, 2023
A Flagship Research University… Without Language Degrees or Math Ph.D.s? Featured Image at Top of Article WVU_01 (1).
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 31, 2023
The parties will participate in state-administered mediation after failing to find agreement on issues like pay and parental leave.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 31, 2023
Eight-hundred pages of newly obtained documents show a surprising lack of foresight. By KC Johnson Derek Brahney for The Chronicle Eight-hundred pages of newly obtained documents show a surprising lack of foresight.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
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.
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Criticisms against legacy preferences have escalated since the Supreme Court decision striking down race-conscious admissions.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 28, 2023
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.
WCET Frontiers
AUGUST 31, 2023
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
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 29, 2023
University Says It Won’t Charge for Textbooks. Professors Ask How. Featured Image at Top of Article Free_Textbooks(1).
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 31, 2023
The 26-institution system also prohibited colleges from requiring diversity statements as part of employee training.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 28, 2023
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
The wildfires, heat waves, and floods that increasingly appear on our news feeds are real. Small actions can be an antidote to despair. By Karen Costa LJ Davids for The Chronicle The wildfires, heat waves, and floods that increasingly appear on our news feeds are real. Small actions can be an antidote to despair.
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
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.
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
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.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 30, 2023
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 28, 2023
By Zachary Schermele Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images The once-popular, ever-controversial website is imploding, critics say. What, if anything, does higher ed stand to lose?
Inside Higher Ed
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
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
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
A senior Education Department official said the agency would seek to recoup the cost from both the online college’s current and previous owners.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 31, 2023
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 28, 2023
How conservative activists use state legislatures to control what colleges can teach. By Steven Brint Ricardo Rey for The Chronicle How conservative activists use state legislatures to control what colleges can teach.
Educause
AUGUST 30, 2023
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.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
Handshake found that the majority of the class of 2024 expects to carry those feelings into their early careers.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 29, 2023
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
By Megan Zahneis Pat Kinsella for The Chronicle Female professors at the college have been underpaid for two decades, and the disparity between them and male colleagues has only widened over time, a new lawsuit claims.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
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.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 29, 2023
However, the public flagship institution still is looking to cut all bachelor’s and master’s language programs.
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
A small number of UK universities are offering an early winter intake that will enable international students to avoid the impact of visa changes that will prevent dependants from joining them from January 2024. While some universities have been offering November starts for a number of years, others have created a new intake specifically for 2023. Traditionally, the UK opens a ‘second’ postgraduate intake in the month of January to create additional places for applicants on some of the most popu
The Chronicle of Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
By Emma Hall Getty Images Institutions have been flooded with fraudulent applications as scammers gum up admissions systems and steal financial-aid dollars. Combating it hasn't been easy.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 28, 2023
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.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
At least 173 colleges and universities have been swept up so far in the mass hack, according to one group.
The PIE News
AUGUST 31, 2023
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
Afghan students try to put down roots on an American campus. By Karin Fischer Kathy F. Atkinson, University of Delaware Two years after they escaped Afghanistan, students found themselves between worlds.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 31, 2023
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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