The Chronicle of Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Tips for academic program reviewers on making the most of a campus visit. Tips for academic program reviewers on making the most of a campus visit. Halonen and Dana S. Getty Images.

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Program Review Department 70

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.

Retention 59

Retention Program Review Higher Education Allocate 59

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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Guidance Program Review Organization Institution 105

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.

Program Review 52

Program Review Advocate Community College Professional Development 52

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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Provost Faculty Program Review Administration 59

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.

Arts And Sciences 52

Arts And Sciences Provost Deans Retention 52

EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. 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%

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University Higher Education Administration Technology 52

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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Program Review Provost Degree Institution 40

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Interested in the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship? Learn more about the program and future cohorts. See the fellows' blogs from the capstone projects George Rus and others participated in EAB’s Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship in spring 2023.

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Arts And Sciences Deans Department Higher Education 52

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.

Retention 59

Retention Liberal Arts Higher Education Program Review 59

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.

Schooling 93

Schooling Recruitment Program Review Students 93

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.

Students 59

Students Environment Allocate Program Review 59

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.

Retention 52

Retention Department Achievement Program Review 52

EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

Without ED revision, this definition would pull essentially all software and service providers that support Title IV aid-eligible programs (including LMSs, CRMs, and student retention services) into the realm of third-party servicers—with the abundance of regulation, paperwork, and federal oversight involved.

University 52

University Recruitment Retention Guidance 52

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. It is assessment all day every day.

Arts And Sciences 40

Arts And Sciences Learning Experience Higher Education Program Review 40

WCET Frontiers

JULY 22, 2024

We repeatedly heard during negotiations that the Department has a responsibility to protect students and ensure that the sizeable federal investment in higher education through Title IV federal financial aid is protected. We are in favor of better institutional program reviews.

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Department Department Of Education Organization Institution 75

The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 15, 2023

For example, proof of student learning outcome compliance requires the inclusion of program assessments and program review manuals, as well as completed program assessment and program review reports. The self-study must be submitted two months before the visiting team visit.

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Institution College University Organization 52

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.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Ministry Of Education Organization Institution 52

The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The Chamber of Commerce is working on creating an alternative model to get employers to sidestep higher education. Accreditors are not held accountable for internal effectiveness because the Higher Education Act doesn’t fully allow the Department of Education to make any substantial judgments on the efficacy of accreditors.

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Institution Model Faculty Higher Education 52

Creatrix Campus

JULY 9, 2024

It was established in 2010 to assess and ensure the quality, credibility, and relevance of Engineering and Technical institutions through a rigorous accreditation process based on the quality of education and facilities provided there. It has clearly outlined guidelines that serve as crucial parameters for certifying institutions.

Engineering 52

Engineering Allocate Institution Achievement 52

ACPA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

in Critical and Sociocultural Education and as a scholar-practitioner in the field, I recognize the dearth in supporting strong, powerful learning around social-justice-centered assessment and program evaluation in higher education programs for student affairs professionals. higher education.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Equity Higher Education Inclusivity 52

WCET Frontiers

MARCH 14, 2023

As higher education becomes increasingly competitive, institutions unable to appropriately invest in marketing for their programs, especially their online programs, may be placed at a disadvantage when competing with larger, better resourced institutions. Surprise by the Department of Education on the ‘Big Impact’.

Department 69

Department Guidance Department Of Education Advise 69

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.

Technology 52

Technology Leadership Program Review Faculty 52

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. Multiple Perspectives on Success. Content quality. Improve the design of the credential. Contributors.

Community College 52

Community College Retention Recruitment Provost 52

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.

Community College 52

Community College College Leadership Empower 52

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.

Retention 52

Retention Technology Department Equity 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2024

Until all errors are fixed, the verification process -- the process used to confirm the data reported on a student’s FAFSA form is accurate -- should be suspended and HBCUs should not be held liable for any errors in awarding financial aid caused by the process or otherwise face program review.

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Students Equity Program Review Professional Development 136

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Other tools include audits, investigations and program reviews. The department’s decision to use secret shoppers is “four decades overdue,” he said. The Office of Federal Student Aid has not used secret shoppers before.

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Department Education College Postsecondary Education 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Our top priority is to ensure that students can access the maximum financial aid possible to help them pursue their higher education goals.” In addition, new routine program reviews are being suspended through June 2024, except for issues of suspected fraud or severe breach of fiduciary duty.

Department Of Education 116

Department Of Education Department Education Program Review 116

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MARCH 7, 2024

Hard Times in Higher Education We sometimes ask our guests about the hardest leadership challenge of their career and President Welch related this painful story: “In 2019, I got a call from the governor's office that Henderson State was facing serious financial challenges, and could the system step in an informal role?

Institution 64

Institution Arts And Sciences Leadership Higher Education 64

The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 20, 2023

Higher education has long been regarded as a pathway to success and the “middle class,” promising personal and professional growth opportunities. Clark Kerr’s California Experiment exacerbated this in the 1960s, transforming higher education in California and the United States.

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Higher Education Education Degree Academia 52