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MAY 13, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Annabel Dukes, Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. By contrast, the potential for humanities research knowledge to contribute to society is overlooked and underexploited. And yet it is a crucial element of the value of humanities subjects.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Proponents of AI claim that AI tools should be integrated into lesson design, however, it is also the case that AI may be used by students as an unethical shortcut to wholly complete written assignments. Independent of software applications, there may be other signals that distinguish independent student work from that of AI.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

English language testing providers are using Artificial Intelligence to enhance the experience of students, but maintaining a human touch within exams is still important as technology develops. But other providers also maintain a reliance on humans within testing.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

For example, a student using ChatGPT to write a research paper on the Vietnam war may generate a response that contains incorrect dates or events. By understanding ChatGPT's limitations, students can use this tool effectively as a supplement to their own research and critical thinking. About 1 in 5 use them anyway.

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University Business

APRIL 18, 2024

The steady trickle of colleges falling is beginning to reveal the effect it’s having on students, especially those who received abrupt notification from their institution. Since University Business last reported a college closure ( Notre Dame College on Feb. Oak Point University (Ill.) Oak Point University (Ill.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 12, 2024

The Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP) at the University of Utah is admitting its first cohort of fifteen degree-seeking students incarcerated at the Utah State Correctional Facility. It is never a given that academic research will translate directly and impactfully to the transformation of our local communities,” said Laanan.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 20, 2024

King around this time of the year, but I depart from that practice to speak directly to you, the Scholars, Leaders, Activists, Debaters, Vocalists, and Athletes of Wiley University. Their point is that the students and graduates of HBCUs are inferior. Dr. Herman J.

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MindMax

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Recruitment isnt just lead generationits the first opportunity for students to connect with someone at the institution. In their discussion, Dorame shares how Arizona Online leverages a blend of people, process, technology, and culture to meet students where they are. – Piloting creative strategies to boost student connection.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). Along lines or race and ethnicity, Black and Latino graduates in the humanities typically earn less than their white counterparts.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Arts education is essential – yet on both sides of the Atlantic, the humanities and critical thinking are under attack. It is a couple of days before Easter, and the students who have been holding a sit-in in the Professor Stuart Hall building in Goldsmiths, University of London are packing up. Continue reading.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Higher education is at a dangerous crossroads due to the financial hardships of schools, dwindling support from generations due to the student loan crisis, and issues of demography. However, AI is still in its infancy and requires significant modifications to ensure students don’t use AI to steal others’ work.

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The PIE News

AUGUST 20, 2024

Universities such as Rose Bruford College, Leeds Arts University, University of Guelph, EHL and University College Birmingham conducted sessions for high school counsellors and principals from over 75 schools in India.

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MindMax

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This blog post was written based on a conversation between Lee Maxey and Paul LeBlanc , author of Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education. For Paul LeBlanc, former president of Southern New Hampshire University , three teachers did just that. Watch the full conversation here.

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University Business

JULY 1, 2024

West Virginia University, the state’s flagship institution, performs the song at many of its events. I agree that the cuts to language study at WVU deprive all its students of a seminal educational opportunity, such as highly marketable skills in intercultural competency and communicative competency.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Universal Write Publications (UWP) was founded in 2004 by Dr. Ayo Sekai and has flourished from a passion project publishing fiction and children’s books into a respected publisher of rigorous, peer-reviewed academic literature. UWP represents the growth of a vital aspect of the publishing industry — African diaspora voices,” said Greason.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2024

Businesses are hungry for AI-powered growth, students eagerly adopt new tools, and the ethical compass risks getting lost in the scramble. But in the midst of an artificial intelligence gold rush, can universities ensure everyone plays fair? The panic around AI replacing human effort has calmed as knowledge has grown.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’ Melani Callicott, a human biology major at the University of California, San Diego, thinks about the climate crisis all the time. About 7,000 students from the class of 2028 will be affected this year.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

According to a 2024 survey of nearly 3,000 students and instructors across North America, 45% of students currently use AI as compared to only 15% of instructors. However, 58% of students reported feeling that they do not have sufficient AI knowledge and skills, and 48% do not feel adequately prepared for an AI-enabled workplace.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

As Dr. Martin Luther King Day approaches this year, colleges and universities across the nation are gearing up once again to celebrate and honor the life and legacy of the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. Penn State , for instance, has events lined up for a number of its campuses. Memorial Banquet on Jan. Johnson, Clayton said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

The 2024 Survey found that 35 states now require students to take a course in personal finance to graduate, up by 12 since 2022. The new regulations in those dozen states will lead to over 10 million additional K–12 students – 21 percent of current students – gaining guaranteed access to this knowledge, the Survey notes.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The number of Indian students has grown by 15.1% The number has more than doubled in the past five years, with 49,483 Indian students currently studying at German universities , based on the latest winter semester 2023/24 data. Indian students are also one of the largest recipients of scholarships in Germany.

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MindMax

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In a conversation with MindMax’s Lee Maxey, Paul LeBlanc, former president of Southern New Hampshire University, shares his transformative approach to higher education. Dr. LeBlanc emphasizes the importance of putting students at the heart of all institutional decisions, reflecting on how his own experience as a student shaped his leadership.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

English and psychology, University of Virginia; M.A., child development, Tufts University; and Ph.D., For Dr. Lauren Christine Mims, few challenges are more important in public education than creating spaces for Black students to flourish and thrive.

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HEPI

JANUARY 22, 2024

Professor Becky Huxley-Binns , Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education ( LinkedIn ), Professor Graham Scott , Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Learning & Teaching), and Mike Ewen , Head of the Teaching Excellence Academy ( LinkedIn ), at the University of Hull. This is how the Hull student makes educational gain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 15, 2024

Denisa Gándara, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin and co-author of the study. Dr. Hadis Anahideh, an assistant professor of industrial engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago and another co-author of the study, said she and her team expected to encounter bias in algorithms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey Lincoln University In an email sent on the day of her death , Candia-Bailey, who served as vice president of student affairs at Lincoln University in Missouri, a historically Black university, accused Dr. John Moseley, the university's president, of harassment and bullying. “You

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University Business

JUNE 4, 2024

Colleges and universities wishing to combat an epidemic of loneliness sprouting from increased online learning modalities are working to recapture the power of human connection by equipping more faculty with coaching certificates in social-emotion support. WGU Coach is accredited through the International Coaching Federation.

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University Business

MARCH 25, 2024

government resources and contributions from independent research centers, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Humanities Alliance and the Hamilton Project. Students with a special interest in humanities were found to experience a seven-grand bump, totaling $83,000.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2024

in human development from The Pennsylvania State University. Seed funds are expected to assist selected universities in removing entrenched barriers to student success, improving student outcomes, and creating educational environments that are more effective and equitable for all. Sloan Foundation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2024

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) condemned the University of Florida's elimination of its diversity, equity, and inclusion staff. They come at the expense of students, who will suffer without programs and people to support their educational journey."

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HEPI

MAY 4, 2023

Grit delivers intensive personal development and coaching programmes in universities across the UK. In his recent HEPI blog, Leo Hanna outlined the dangers of students’ expectations not matching up to reality: wasted opportunities for non-continuing students, lost revenue and reputational harm to institutions. But not them.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2024

After four decades of such reflection, I am keenly aware that understanding effective teaching strategies, the students I serve, and how learning works requires my constant attention. When it comes to increasing rates of student achievement, satisfaction, and graduation, what really makes the difference? This is critical work.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With the National Education Policy , introduced in 2020, promoting transnational education to establish India as a global hub of education, efforts are being made to attract international universities to the South Asian country. The post Johns Hopkins University in talks to establish India campus appeared first on The PIE News.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 13, 2024

Does anyone see us as human? But as students flock back to campuses, we will probably see fewer international student faces. As an international student myself, I am saddened by this exodus. Tory ministers and Nigel Farage scapegoated us as part of their anti-immigration agenda. A new academic year is coming soon.

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HEPI

APRIL 20, 2024

This chapter was authored by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014 and author of A University Education (2017). Our universities face a funding crisis. Fees of £9,250 are not sufficient to cover the costs of delivering higher education to the typical student.

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