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What Should We Do About Undergrads Who Want to Pursue a Humanities Doctorate?

Inside Higher Ed

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. candidates that have only the most limited prospects of a tenure-track job, whether at a two- or four-year school.

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Lumina Releases New Long-Term Goal and Strategic Plan for Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lumina is defining economic prosperity as people earning at least 15% more than the national average for adults with only a high school education. Our view is weve got to do more to transform higher education, workforce systems in order to meet human talent needs. Currently, 44.1% of people have such a credential.

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ETS set to establish Global Capability Centre in Delhi

The PIE News

The centre, which could be established by next year, will focus on enhancing ETS’s operational capabilities across key areas such as finance, human resources, technology, business intelligence, and assessment operations. According to ETS, Indians accounted for 12.3% of the total test takers globally in 2022, up from 7.5% the previous year.

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Greater width and greater depth: changing higher education in an electronic age

HEPI

In short, the world is fast-changing not only around higher education but in the depths of higher education in ways not yet fully appreciated. However, and as intimated, this matter is just one of a raft of interconnected and mega issues around post-school education today.

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4 AI Content Creation Mistakes for Schools to Avoid

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

However, as more and more tools are developed and become available, it is important for schools to reflect on the limitations of AI tools and acknowledge that, while helpful, without human supervision, these tools can do more harm than good. Content created by AI tools is limited to the input you provide these tools with.

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Expanding Federal Work Study to Create a More Diverse Teacher Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unfortunately, these kinds of intensive tutoring models can be challenging for school districts to implement. They can be expensive and difficult to schedule, and they require a lot of human capital. But using work-study funds to pay college tutors will help.

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Creating the Learner and Learning-Centered University

Inside Higher Ed

Also, many received an uneven high school education and therefore require Academics 101 training and learning supports. In addition, many need help with basic needs for food, housing, healthcare, childcare, and transportation and handling the unpredictable disruptions that all too frequently interrupt their education.