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NOVEMBER 19, 2024
New British Academy interactive maps reveal cold spots in social sciences, humanities and arts in UK higher education – especially affecting disadvantaged students.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found enrollment patterns that exemplify broader trends in higher education.
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Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs Ryan Quinn Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology.
HEPI
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
By Famke Veenstra-Ashmore, who completed an internship with HEPI in summer 2024. UCAS data show that in 2024, the number of 18-year-olds from Wales applying to university was the lowest in the UK. While 41.9% of 18-year-olds in England had applied for university by the end of June deadline, only 33.8% of their Welsh counterparts followed suit. The percentage of 18-year-olds who applied to university from Wales reached a record high of 38.1% in 2022.
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Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
Debbie McVitty puts the case for ditching the idea that being "business-like" is anathema to higher education's public purpose
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The public institution faces a fiscal crisis after past years of mismanagement and a history of underfunding from Tennessee.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
By Eric Hoover New research reveals that socioeconomic diversity has long been stagnant at prominent colleges — and that the SAT hasn't been an equalizer.
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NOVEMBER 17, 2024
Ideas for shared services can frequently fall at the first hurdle: the VAT implications. VAT expert John Rippon thinks this need not be the case Ideas for shared services can frequently fall at the first hurdle: the VAT implications.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Last school year's delays to filling out the federal financial aid form are spurring early action to support the class of 2025.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
What Is Behind FIRE’s Attacks on AAUP? Elizabeth Redden Mon, 11/18/2024 - 03:00 AM FIRE is no defender of academic freedom, Joan W. Scott writes. Byline(s) Joan W.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
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Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Transition programmes help underrepresented groups get the most out of university. Why not offer credit for them, like they do in the US and New Zealand?
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A right-wing outlet said an undergraduate education course may violate the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion ban, catching the eye of the governor.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden’s Overtime Expansion jessica.blake@… Mon, 11/18/2024 - 03:00 AM The order means that tens of thousands of college and university staffers are no longer guaranteed either a raise or overtime benefits.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
More than 300 women faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder will receive back pay and a salary equity analyses every three years, following a $4.5 million settlement that the university reached following a class action lawsuit that was filed alleging widespread gender pay discrimination. “I’m feeling very proud of our class representatives for pursuing this action,” said Dr.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A new report from the JS Group offers insights that could help universities enhance financial support and operational efficiencies.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
After facing a steep fiscal hole in 2022, the institution has made painful cuts under state supervision to stabilize its finances.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
DEI Retrenchment on Campus Is Far Worse Than Maps Show Doug Lederman Wed, 11/20/2024 - 03:00 AM They don’t capture local-level and self-imposed efforts to defund, eliminate or otherwise suppress diversity and inclusion efforts.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The politicization of research, hiring, and teaching made professors sitting ducks. By Michael W. Clune The politicization of research, hiring, and teaching made professors sitting ducks.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
The jury's out on university mergers making savings - unless campuses close. But what happens to those communities then?
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The potential use cases for generative artificial intelligence appear endless. As this tech tool continues to evolve, it has given university leaders and faculty members the potential to solve a broad spectrum of institutional and pedagogical challenges. Microsoft Windows devices are at the forefront of this transformation, enabling schools to harness the power of AI effectively.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Is the FAFSA Ready for Prime Time? Liam Knox Wed, 11/20/2024 - 03:00 AM The federal aid form could officially launch this week. Hopes for a smooth financial aid cycle, and the Education Department’s chance at redemption, are on the line.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
New research shows that 1.1 million international students at US colleges and universities contributed $43.8bn to the US economy during the 2023/24 academic year and supported more than 378,000 jobs. Their total economic activity has reached an all-time high, surpassing the previous record of $41bn set in the 2018/19 academic year. “International students’ contributions to the US are significant and multi-faceted, and this year’s record-breaking economic total is the latest proof of that,” sai
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
If things continue as they are, higher education capacity in England will reduce, argue Huw Morris and James Robson.
The Guardian - Higher Education
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its tutorials, after new research revealed just a third of lessons are taught by full-time professors. Data obtained through freedom of information requests by the University and College Union and shared exclusively with the Observer , reveals that about 61% of core tutori
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Bard College at Simon’s Rock is shutting down its campus in Great Barrington, Mass., and moving the academic programs to a location near the institution’s main site in New York. Administrators cited enrollment challenges at the Bard College at Simon’s Rock campus, which admits students after the 10th or 11th grade and allows them to begin college classes early.
The Berkeley Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
'Your brain is not designed to be hit. It's as simple as that.' The post Watch a UC Berkeley neurologist explain how concussions really work appeared first on Berkeley News.
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NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Gaby Sumner and Susie Whigham present findings on what makes transition programmes work – and call for a national, government-funded rollout Gaby Sumner and Susie Whigham present findings on what makes transition programmes work – and call for a national, government-funded rollout
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
By Megan Zahneis The university's decision points to a broader set of tensions surrounding graduate-student unionization and the need for reform in doctoral education.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Religious Colleges That Lean Into Their Identity Make Gains Sara Weissman Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Stricter Catholic and Christian colleges seem to be experiencing enrollment increases as religious families become more wary of secular institutions.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
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Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
For Lawrie Phipps, Donna Lanclos, and Richard Watermayer a new ranking of individual academics is a troubling development in a changing academic landscape
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A new survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) indicates that employers anticipate hiring 7.3% more graduates from the Class of 2025 than they did from the Class of 2024. That’s good news for students who are slated to graduate in May. NACE’s Job Outlook 2025 survey follows a full year of decreases in the hiring of new college graduates.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Is the Golden Age of Podcasts Over? Not for Scholars Kristine Maloney Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM As the commercial podcast bubble begins to burst, enduring demand for audio opens unique opportunities for academics.
ACRLog
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
I knew this moment would come, but I didn’t expect it to come as soon as it did. Until that moment, I had begun to settle into my first semester as an instruction librarian, my ease growing as the content I taught introducing our library’s resources, databases, and basic research and information literacy strategies to first-year undergraduates became increasingly familiar in each one-shot instruction session.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
There’s a fear that students will use artificial intelligence as “magic button” that cuts out the need for deeper thinking.
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