Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

HBCU advocates have voiced concerns to Maryland officials about how approving a doctoral business analytics program at Towson University violates a 2021 federal ruling, The Baltimore Banner reported. in Business Analytics differs in admission requirements, course content and program outcomes from Morgan State’s excellent Ph.D

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A member of the provost-appointed Academic Program Review Taskforce, which created the report, said the members expected the report was going to become public. Image: Utica University’s president on Jan. 18 recommended ending a dozen degree offerings, moves the institution says were informed by a report it won’t release.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But tradition shouldn’t lead to stagnation — especially as the value of higher education is increasingly scrutinized and online search engines offer more insight into competitive programs than ever before. Prospective students now approach higher education opportunities with the savvy and skepticism of seasoned buyers.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Greensboro’s Faculty Senate has voted to censure university’s chancellor and provost amid ongoing tensions over the process administrators are using to cut programs at the university. With 39 eligible to vote, the vote was 25-10 in favor of the censure, senate representatives reported Monday.

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EAB

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Gallup’s most recent poll revealed a concerning trend: only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education. What sets this year’s results apart is that, for the first time, a majority of survey respondents expressed a lack of confidence in educational institutions.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 5, 2023

EQUIS is a prestigious and rigorous accreditation system that assesses the quality of management education offered by higher education institutions. In this blog, we will explore the benefits and process of EQUIS accreditation for European higher education institutions. What is EQUIS accreditation? What is EQUIS accreditation?

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Which brings us to this week’s topic, a common roadblock among professionals thinking about taking a course, pursuing a certificate, or earning a degree: How will I balance my education and my career? Consistency is a key to maintaining a structured schedule when balancing work and education. Set a consistent schedule.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MAY 15, 2022

Another one is program review systems. We do program reviews on the operational side. About Amparo Medina Amparo has been in higher education and Classified Senate since 2015 when she started her career at Oxnard College. Amparo earned an MS in Educational Counseling and a BA from UC Berkeley.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

And with the threat of another recession looming, EAB has received requests for guidance on higher-education philanthropy amidst uncertain times. EAB researchers have been studying the ups and downs of higher-education philanthropy for a long time now.

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Liaison International

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Graduate education leadership faces a uniquely complex future. This was the focus of the recent CGS webinar,  Enrollment Trends for Leadership in Graduate Education , sponsored and presented by Liaison. Agility, strategic investment in technology, and collaboration are all critical drivers of success in graduate education, he said.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 22, 2024

Department of Education would surprise us when they released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and proposed regulations related to the most recent negotiated rulemaking. Spoiler alert, they have now released the NPRM with proposed rules on distance education. We’ve been waiting with bated breath to see if the U.S.

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Today's Learner

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This impacts their ability to graduate and further worsens institutional and educational inequities. We looked closely at our student surveys and program review data to see where students were having issues and which group of students were having issues. Watch our 2023 Empowered Educator Online Conference sessions.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Reading Time: 9 minutes As social media evolves, how students, parents, and the community communicate and share feedback about educational experiences is also changing. This year, for example, we will see a growing reliance on social media platforms for customer service and as valuable sources for school and program reviews.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A member of the provost-appointed Academic Program Review Taskforce, which created the report, said the members expected the report was going to become public. Utica University’s president on Jan. 18 recommended ending a dozen degree offerings, moves the institution says were informed by a report it won’t release.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Starting in 2018, for instance, several faculty members said, the faculty helped the college avoid budget-related program cuts via an academic and administrative program review. This work led to the publication of a long-term planning document called One Oberlin , which the general faculty and the board voted to approve in 2019.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Congress created a distinction between the definitions of “distance education” and “correspondence education” for purposes of federal financial aid eligibility. The distinction is that distance education courses include “regular and substantive interaction” (or RSI) whereas correspondence courses do not.

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Helix Education

MARCH 14, 2024

Incorporating primary and secondary market data will enrich the academic program review process and build alignment in efforts to enroll and retain students. Academic programs serve many purposes not exclusive to or limited by labor market needs. Primary market research can be gathered through surveys and focus groups.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Refugees in the Middle East need education, relocation, and employment services due to forced migration from countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Somalia. The PPSE has three main objectives: On-Site Courses (General English Program), Online educational (access from partner universities), and Scholarship and Community Events.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

Blogs What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape Recent releases from the Department of Education have put Online Program Managers (OPMs) front and center of the news cycle. These narratives only bolster the skepticism a majority of young adults without degrees already report feeling toward higher education.

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Campus Sonar

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While not the only reason for this change, a lack of public trust in higher education is a big part of the challenge in advocating the value of an education to elected officials—only 51% of U.S. adults, down from 70% in 2013, consider a college education to be very important. And presidents know it.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

At the same time, 28 states continued to fund higher education at lower levels than before the pandemic, and the average tuition discount rate at private colleges reached an all-time high of 56.2% Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. from FY21 to FY22, a 10.1%

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EAB

JUNE 30, 2023

In this blog post, we answer that question with examples of the transformative impact that a data management platform can have on higher education. EAB's data management platform, Edify , is built specifically for higher education. Read one EAB partner’s advice on improving your program review process 4.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 14, 2023

Department of Education is listening! The result appeared to be inferior education at a higher cost. Additionally, in some situations it appears that the financial split within a bundled service showed that a significant potion went to recruiting and marketing as opposed to supporting education and student services.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 15, 2023

Understandably, most colleges and universities seek accreditation to obtain funds from the Department of Education to provide Title IV federal financial aid funding such as Pell Grants, etc. Lastly, all institutional (and programmatic) accreditors have standards. The self-study must be submitted two months before the visiting team visit.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Assessing online courses—OSCQR rubric August 9, 2023 George Rus Assistant Dean for Online Education, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB. Interested in the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship?

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Dr. Missy Alexander

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In 2006, when I was an assistant professor on the tenure track, I wrote an essay that was published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Those were the early(ish) days of the assessment movement in higher education and I was feeling the pain.

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Today, we conclude the WCET blog series on microcredentials which set out to address the inception, implementation, and evaluation of microcredentialing approaches across the higher education industry. On-ramps to educational pathways. Stackable educational and career pathways. Multiple Perspectives on Success. Career pathways.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 9, 2024

NBA Process Explained admin Wed, 07/10/2024 - 02:04 Indian education system is evolving and the National Board of Accreditation(NBA) is leading the transformation. It is by far the most important criteria to judge the efficacy of diploma, undergraduate and post-graduate programs taught in India. What is NBA Accreditation?

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Helix Education

MAY 16, 2024

Second, the data will inform their fall 2024 program review, providing her academic affairs department with the student perspective at the program level. The first, based on the indication of the cafeteria’s limited hours, OC applied for a grant to start Talon’s Table, the university’s food pantry, which has been well-received.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

And with an increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies now touching and impacting many colleges and universities, now is the time for higher ed leaders to strive to support and understand how accreditation can improve overall to strengthen post-secondary education even more. He has recently moved to Sedona, AZ.

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A Guide to the Accreditation Process with the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (NCAAA) editor Thu, 02/16/2023 - 04:07 Overview of NCAAA Saudi Arabia The 2030 vision for Saudi Arabia is causing a rapid change in the country's higher education standards. There is a greater emphasis on value education everywhere.

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EAB

MAY 2, 2023

Three key functions of a higher education data analytics organization Looking to Northampton Community College once more: with Edify, they’ve been able to look beyond some of these more time-intensive tasks and approach institutional data management with a strategic mindset. If done right, the three tips above will free up staff capacity.

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EAB

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Your change leadership toolkit The advice in this post is garnered from workshops I lead to help higher education leaders become change champions. Let’s dig into what steps you can take as a change leader to prepare for the hard but doable task of championing a new technology. Click here to access the toolkit I use in these workshops.

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EAB

MAY 1, 2023

This is especially common in higher education, where many consumers’ jobs involve questioning assumptions. Data recipients often receive the end result (a dashboard or report) without context illustrating how that end result was developed. This leads to skepticism of the end results. Here’s what we learned.

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Directorate Board members will serve a three-year term and lead education and outreach activities of the commission. Our task is to break down silos between educators and education in the academic and co-curricular realms. higher education. Candidate information is below. With a Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: The Education Department is planning to use undercover agents—known as “secret shoppers”—to monitor colleges and universities that receive federal financial aid for potentially deceptive practices. Other tools include audits, investigations and program reviews.

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