How Boston University manages the disposal chaos of move-out season
Higher Ed Dive
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
One of the largest universities in Massachusetts diverted an estimated 113 tons of material from disposal as students left in May.
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AI-Driven Analytics Help Ohio State University Manage Stadium Crowds
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MAY 23, 2024
To reduce wait times, The Ohio State University’s athletics department is working on technology that will allow fans to check a mobile app and find the shortest lines in the 102-year-old stadium. During college football season, more than 102,000 fans squeeze into Ohio Stadium to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes play.
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10 Reasons University Management Software is Good for Your Institution
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10 Reasons University Management Software is Good for Your Institution admin Tue, 06/25/2024 - 19:25 For quite some time, many higher education institutions have jumped into University management software. Selecting a robust university administrative software is challenging.
How mega-universities manage to teach hundreds of thousands of students
University Business
MARCH 2, 2023
The post How mega-universities manage to teach hundreds of thousands of students appeared first on University Business. But when Hill honed in at the nation’s nonprofit online enrollments only, he found that about 35 percent of them are at these virtual mega institutions. Read more on EdSurge.
Inept managers have left universities at crisis point | Letters
The Guardian - Higher Education
JULY 8, 2024
Prof Helen Smith , David Rennie and Prof John Denham on the dire state of university funding William Davies’ article on the plight of universities struck a chord ( How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster, 2 July ).
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Aberdeen strike ballot opens amid MFL cut proposal
The PIE News
JANUARY 8, 2024
The Universities and College Union Aberdeen branch has opened a strike ballot following the University of Aberdeen’s proposal to cut modern languages degrees. The consultation began in late 2023, with university officials proposing the idea to senior university management.
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Universities are a vital public asset. We must save them | Letters
The Guardian - Higher Education
APRIL 4, 2024
Since then, policymakers and university managers have pursued a disastrous ideological project to turn higher education into a commodity rather than to treat it as a public good. Continue reading.
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How the University of California strike could reshape higher education
University Business
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
14, has led to canceled classes and closed labs as final exams loom at the end of the semester, but union leaders say they’re still at odds with university management. The post How the University of California strike could reshape higher education appeared first on University Business. The strike, which began Nov.
Aberdeen’s language degrees at risk
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
.” Chapman concluded by urging university management to come up with alternative proposals that “sustain and nurture” the modern languages department and its degrees.
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The Guardian view on universities: arts cuts are the tip of an iceberg | Editorial
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2023
Once celebrated for their innovative approaches, 1960s campus universities were where different kinds of courses were developed. In cutting the arts and humanities in these universities, managers and policymakers are turning back the clock – at a time when, arguably, there has never been a greater need for courageous innovation.
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A Browne Levy on Overseas Student Fees
HEPI
JANUARY 9, 2024
This is associated with the high level of indebtedness taken out by universities as they sought to compete for students by building programmes and increasing the size of university management.
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[Survey] – Tackling Travel Tension in Higher Education
University Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Exclusive new data from SAP Concur and Wakefield Research’s first Higher Education Global Business Traveler Survey provides common ground between the goals of university managers to keep travel costs down and the desire of staff for travel flexibility.
Why PeopleAdmin? Ann Robinson, Montana State University
PeopleAdmin
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Ann Robinson, Human Resources Systems Administrator at Montana State University , manages the PeopleAdmin platform across four different MSU campuses: Montana State University, MSU Billings, MSU Northern, and Great Falls College. Why PeopleAdmin?
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Weekend Reading: What really goes on at university?
HEPI
OCTOBER 12, 2024
43) or who have defended Palestinians on social media have been the subject of scrutiny by university managers, often at the behest of politicians or right-wing media. It seems unlikely that saviours will be found among university managers, who are slighted as being ‘thick’ and ‘dense’. Here’s one recent case.
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Student unrest mounts amid UK marking boycott
The PIE News
JULY 17, 2023
Strong student support still remains for the strikes, with much of student unrest directed towards university management for failing to compromise. “I They wanted a 5% rise in pay and got offered 3% with a 10% inflation rate,” said a master’s student from KCL irate with the institution’s management of the dispute.
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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 29, 2023
Yet the university managed to hang on by securing philanthropic gifts and a USDA loan. It also sought a partnership with Saint Leo University, an idea that was ultimately dismissed in 2020 due to various issues, including IWU’s debt load. Five Years on the Brink Iowa Wesleyan has survived similar scares in the past.
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Higher ed policies drive layoffs and cuts in the UK, Australia and Canada
The PIE News
MAY 2, 2024
The government is intent on attacking migrants and harming universities, but it is scandalous that university managers are willing to destroy the livelihoods of their staff based on mere projections of future international recruitment levels,” University and College Union general secretary Jo Grady told The PIE.
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
Higher Education Delivery Management or University Management Systems (UMS) can be customized to serve the needs of students, faculty, and staff in every department. We have compiled ten ways by which educational institutions can benefit from a comprehensive university management system in this post.
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Top 10 Challenges in Higher Education Management and Simple Solutions
Creatrix Campus
JUNE 7, 2024
Using a University Management System like Creatrix Campus , automate academic processes to save time and reduce staff workload. Manual Processes Educational institutions are burdened by cumbersome paperwork and manual processes, and they find it difficult to maintain records on attendance , fees, admissions , transport, etc.,
The entrepreneurial university by design: a reflection on recent reporting and guidance
HEPI
DECEMBER 14, 2022
It is also critical for educators and university management to consider the embedding of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) within entrepreneurial contexts, supported by business schools or other departments.
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Living Black at University Blog Series: the end of term
HEPI
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Universities, however, have co-opted these passions, placing Black students on countless committees and review boards that they need not be on. It is not your job to help university management write policy or plan modules, especially if you are not being paid for this labour.
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It’s time to make English higher education institutions accessible: Disabled students’ representatives lead the way to change
HEPI
JANUARY 17, 2023
Failure to value and rely on the insights of disabled students at university management, professional services and governance levels: Disabled students’ representatives consider that their perspectives, competences and expertise are undervalued and their accounts are often overridden in institutional governance and management processes.
Lessons from learning analytics
SRHE
JANUARY 4, 2024
Dr Rob Summers is research manager at the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO). Before joining TASO, Rob worked in the student outreach team at Aston University managing a randomised controlled trial of two post-16 outreach programmes as part of the TASO MIOM (Multi-intervention, Outreach and Mentoring) project.
5 Key Features of Cloud-Based Library Management System Software
Creatrix Campus
AUGUST 14, 2024
Efficient Inventory Circulation The library management system software helps universities manage library inventory and provides a user-friendly environment for students to identify the book’s location easily. They can maintain records of issued, borrowed, and overdue books.
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Leveraging Data and DEI Initiatives
PeopleAdmin
AUGUST 17, 2023
Texas State University’s Inclusive Faculty Hiring For Texas State University , managing a large volume of faculty applications while adhering to EEO guidelines required a lot of manual work.
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10 Ways to Enhance Online Reputation Using Higher Education Management Software Portal
Creatrix Campus
JULY 17, 2024
By combining extensive academic and administrative data into a single, reliable, user-friendly platform, Creatrix Campus streamlines and simplifies university management. What to anticipate from Creatrix Campus, in conclusion?
Canada: uni official laments African visa refusals
The PIE News
AUGUST 28, 2023
While concerned parents and guardians plus placement agents have long complained about the trend, university managers are now also coming out, blaming the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for the dipping numbers. “However, its outcome is quite visible.
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What recession? How Villanova turns student degrees into jobs
University Business
MARCH 20, 2023
With high inflation, failing banks and rounds of layoffs across industries, many colleges and universities may be concerned about what kind of job market their graduating students will face.
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Buddy, can you paradigm?
SRHE
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
These used performance indicators (KPIs, as they became known) which began to be produced in the UK in the late 1980s, following the Jarratt Report of 1985 which argued that university managements needed comparative data in order to become more efficient.
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Painting and shaping Learning Landscapes with Assemblages in mind
SRHE
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
I try to understand what happens when (say) university managers in education, campus infrastructure and IT try to create better learning spaces or when people try to help design ideas travel.
Book Review – The New Leadership Agenda: Pandemic Perspectives from Global Universities by Martin Betts
HEPI
DECEMBER 19, 2022
As someone who has carried out similar qualitative work, the effort and hurdles involved in recruiting even a small number of participants from the upper echelons of university management is significant.
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Why did 21 higher education providers miss their HESA deadline?
HEPI
JULY 27, 2023
While there might be several reasons that this crucial first deadline was missed by many (and I won’t pretend to know the ins and out of each of these universities’ management information systems) it is fair to say 21 institutions failing to provide indicative data by the deadline says a bit about the challenges the sector faces.
Cardiff Metropolitan University becomes first UK higher education institution to pledge no investments in border violence
HEPI
OCTOBER 19, 2022
As leaders of institutions that foster knowledge, understanding and exchange, university managers and higher education policymakers will certainly agree that building higher and higher walls cannot be the right approach to solving contemporary global challenges.
To end the strikes standoff, it falls to government
HEPI
JULY 25, 2023
The problem of collective bargaining A popular trend is to blame universities for their failure to negotiate. In media interviews after the Edinburgh protests, students attacked university management for their “failure” and said they should pay their staff more.
10 Ways GPS and RFID-Based College Bus Management Systems Ensure Safe Transportation
Creatrix Campus
AUGUST 16, 2024
Take advantage of a smooth integration with current university management systems. Simplify Bus Scheduling & Routing To cut down on delays and guarantee dependable and safe transportation, plan bus routes and schedules using automated workflows.
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How to uncover hidden threats in past enrollment trends
EAB
JUNE 20, 2023
Market share growth indicates competitive position The reason EAB University managed to maintain level enrollments over the longer term was due to big increases in market share.
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England’s universities still waiting for help to stop slow-motion financial crisis
The Guardian - Higher Education
AUGUST 9, 2024
So it is for England’s universities. Change of government may have come too late for some institutions with no prospect of immediate relief • Autumn tipping point looms The “false dawn” is a staple of Hollywood thrillers: where the main characters think they have escaped their nemesis, only to discover they are in more peril than ever.
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Editorial: The End of the Year Show
SRHE
JULY 19, 2023
The situation is a test for university management everywhere in how they respond. There are reports of universities making alternative arrangements for marking which seem to fall well short of a commitment to maintaining academic standards.
Higher education regulator to make freedom of speech priority next year
The Guardian - Higher Education
DECEMBER 14, 2022
OfS expected to gain new powers to regulate freedom of speech issues in England The Office for Students will make freedom of speech and “off-limits” subjects on university campuses one of its top priorities for next year, despite the regulator receiving only around 60 complaints over the last four years.
Renters’ Rights Bill and Student Accommodation: The Final Stretch?
HEPI
OCTOBER 8, 2024
The exemption would remove assured status from private PBSA tenancies, as is currently the case with university managed accommodation. There is already a delegated power in the Housing Act 1988 that would allow us to do this, so it did not need to be included in the Renters (Reform) Bill.
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After a marking boycott, the university threatened to withhold our pay. That only made us angrier | Tanzil Chowdhury
The Guardian - Higher Education
MARCH 15, 2023
The disdain shown to us by Queen Mary University of London inspired me to redouble my efforts on the picket lines. Staff and students have had enough On 29 June 2022, all the staff at Queen Mary University of London, where I work, received an email from management.
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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions
SRHE
JUNE 7, 2023
However, I would caution against an assumption that because universities managed to stay operational while fully remote, it is something to pursue post-pandemic. Lesley : I would agree that it has – in some quarters – reinforced an already prevalent idea that the physical campus is obsolete or in need of ‘reinvention’.
The Impact of Crushing Student Debt on American Society: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Changing Higher Education Podcast 164 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest David Linton
The Change Leader, Inc.
JULY 18, 2023
Drumm McNaughton speaks with economist and investment manager David Linton about his findings from his upcoming book, Crushed: How Student Debt Has Impaired a Generation and What to Do About It. Podcast Highlights The cost of higher ed in terms of percentage of household income has risen dramatically in the past 50 years.
How do we make international recruitment more efficient?
The PIE News
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Stanford University management academic, Professor Ramesh Johari , said in 2023 that “it’s very hard to think about a human business endeavour that has not been disrupted by the potential for transactions to take place online”.
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