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Idaho education board bans DEI across state’s 4-year colleges
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 18, 2024
Some of the affected colleges had already moved to wind down their diversity, equity and inclusion centers ahead of the unanimous vote.
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Marqus Dorame Advocates for Student-First Recruitment
MindMax
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Recruitment isnt just lead generationits the first opportunity for students to connect with someone at the institution. This powerful insight from Marqus Dorame, Director of Recruitment and Enrollment at Arizona Online, captures the essence of his conversation with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey. In their discussion, Dorame shares how Arizona Online leverages a blend of people, process, technology, and culture to meet students where they are.
The Early Bird Gets Admitted
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The Early Bird Gets Admitted Liam Knox Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges have been criticized for admitting more students through early decision, which benefits wealthier applicants. Without affirmative action, it could be a boon for diversity as welldepending how colleges use it.
Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P
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The class gap in the civic map
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 18, 2024
James Coe heads back to Darlington and worries the civic agenda is becoming a bit too distant, a bit too middle class, and a bit too removed from the lives of people in the communities it seeks to impact.
Brown University to slow faculty, staff growth as it attacks $90M budget hole
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The Ivy League institution is rolling out several measures to tackle the deficit over the next five or so years, officials said.
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The Hypocrisy of Community-Engaged Research
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The Hypocrisy of Community-Engaged Research Elizabeth Redden Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Evelyn Vzquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal universityand offers suggestions for how to change this.
Higher education in England needs a special administration regime
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 15, 2024
If a provider is facing financial distress and potential insolvency there is no legal framework to guide and protect trustees, lenders, or students.
Higher ed groups ask for delayed gainful employment, financial value transparency deadline
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DECEMBER 16, 2024
Most surveyed college leaders said they're unsure if they will meet the Jan. 15 reporting deadline for the new regulations.
One day after FIRE lawsuit, Congress passes changes to filming permits in national parks
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DECEMBER 20, 2024
The EXPLORE Act loosens restrictions on how the National Parks Service issues permits for filming on public lands.
Colleges Are Abusing Injured Football Players
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DECEMBER 18, 2024
This cruel, risky coaching culture must end. By Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva This cruel, risky coaching culture must end.
It’s the higher education Christmas movie and TV guide
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DECEMBER 19, 2024
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Declining K-12 enrollment spells trouble for higher education’s future
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DECEMBER 19, 2024
Given demographic trends, the sector will likely become more competitive and experience more closures, one consolidation expert argues.
Germany forecast to welcome 400k international students
The PIE News
DECEMBER 20, 2024
According to a DAAD snapshot survey, which included responses from 200 German universities, the country will be home to some 405,000 students in the 2024/25 winter semester, compared to around 380,000 in 2023/34. The number of international first-semester students has also risen to 88,000 this winter semester, compared to around 82,000 last year, the data showed.
AI-Authored Abstracts ‘More Authentic’ Than Human-Written Ones
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DECEMBER 20, 2024
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Higher education postcard: Christ Church, Oxford
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DECEMBER 19, 2024
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Columbia College Chicago to cut 11 programs, up to 25 faculty jobs
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 18, 2024
A finalized plan to pare down and consolidate the private nonprofit’s offerings is meant to “keep our college competitive,” its president said.
LAWSUIT: Videographers sue to overturn National Parks Service arbitrary permit scheme
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DECEMBER 18, 2024
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Brown Faces $46 Million Budget Deficit
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DECEMBER 20, 2024
Brown University, one of the nations wealthiest institutions, is facing a $46million structural deficit, prompting efforts to limit growth in hiring and doctoral programs.
Podcast special: Writing for Wonkhe
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 18, 2024
In this special seasonal edition of the Wonkhe Show, we discuss how you can contribute to the higher education debate by writing for the site.
Inside University of the District of Columbia’s plan to transform
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DECEMBER 17, 2024
The historically Black college — Washington's only public university — wants to widen its appeal and raise its profile.
What It’s Like to Send Your Autistic Kid Off to College
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Advice to colleges from a parent who has spent years doing research on campus neurodiversity programs. By Matt Gunter Advice to colleges from a parent who has spent years doing research on campus neurodiversity programs.
College faculty are more likely to self-censor now than at the height of McCarthyism
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DECEMBER 19, 2024
New FIRE survey finds censorship is endemic across higher education, and faculty arent speaking up for fear of their jobs.
Widening participation students have much to teach us
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DECEMBER 17, 2024
Karen Kenny explains how a relational, collaborative approach with care-experienced young people can produce impactful resources and inclusive, empowering academic environments
Final rule to overhaul H-1B visa eligibility requirements takes effect Jan. 17
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DECEMBER 20, 2024
Employers should be prepared for potential disruption caused by the rule, attorneys for law firm Fragomen wrote this week.
Proposal Calls for Merger of California’s Higher Education Systems
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DECEMBER 18, 2024
A bold new proposal suggests combining Californias community colleges, California State University (CSU), and University of California (UC) systems into a unified institution: California University. This sweeping recommendation, presented in a white paper by Su Jin Jez, CEO of California Competes, and supported by The Civil Rights Project at UCLA, aims to overhaul a fragmented higher education structure established in 1960.
Idaho Board of Education Faces Vote on Anti-DEI Resolution
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 18, 2024
The states Board of Education is expected to ban campus offices, centers and policies dedicated to DEI ideologies. Some students and faculty are outraged. The Idaho State Board of Education is slated to vote today on a resolution cutting back diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at public four-year colleges and universities. If university leaders actions are any indication, the resolution is expected to pass.
Universities want more money upfront. DfE wants proof students are really there
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 17, 2024
As pressures on cash tighten, universities are keen to see more of the money that pays for teaching earlier - but the state is worried about ghost students.
This week in 5 numbers: Columbia College Chicago nixes 11 degrees
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 20, 2024
We’re rounding up recent stories, from an Illinois institution trimming offerings to higher education associations asking to extend a key regulatory deadline.
University of Florida Invests in Supercomputer Upgrade for AI, Research
Campus Technology
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The University of Florida has announced plans to upgrade its HiPerGator supercomputer with new equipment from Nvidia. The $24 million investment will fuel the institution's leadership in AI and research, according to a news announcement.
Harvard Law Enrolls Smallest Number of Black Students Since 1965
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 18, 2024
A year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled affirmative action in college admissions unconstitutional, the law schools at both universities named as defendantsHarvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hilladmitted fewer Black students this fall than in years past.
The Migration Advisory Committee thinks about skills and long term net migration
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 17, 2024
The MACs annual report may not contain fireworks, but theres plenty of food for thought for the higher education sector.
Audit sheds light on state-issued credit card misuse in the Connecticut college system
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DECEMBER 19, 2024
Chancellor Terrence Cheng showed poor judgment when using an institutional credit card to make purchases but didn't violate system policy, the audit found.
Scholars Are Supposed to Say When They Use AI. Do They?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 18, 2024
By Stephanie M. Lee Journals have policies about disclosing ChatGPT writing, but enforcing them is another matter, according to a new study.
Massive Decline in Protests From Spring to Fall 2024
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Campuses saw as few as a third as many pro-Palestinian protests this semester as they did in the spring, when an unprecedented wave of encampments swept the nation. After an unprecedented spring of pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the United States, the fall semester has been comparatively quiet. The total number of protest actions declined by more than 64percent, from 3,220 to 1,151, according to data from the Crowd Counting Consortium, a project by Harvard Universitys John F.
Innovation and skills in the English devolution white paper
Wonkhe
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The government is doubling down on the mayoral model of devolution across England.
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