Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The recommendations come less than a week after the flagship university's board cut 28 degree programs and about 140 faculty positions.

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Anna Bull and Hayley Turner-Mcintyre explain that to tackle sexual misconduct on campus, we need data on who, where on who, where and what The post What institution-level surveys of sexual violence and harassment can reveal appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Research on campus-based sexual misconduct can often be emotionally demanding and yield unpalatable findings. Susan Lagdon, Ngozi Anyadike-Danes, Megan Reynolds, and Cherie Armour explain how they garnered institutional support. The post Collaborating to stop campus sexual assault appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

States Underfunded Historically Black Land Grants by $13 Billion Over 3 Decades Katherine Knott Wed, 09/20/2023 - 03:00 AM The secretaries of agriculture and education have issued letters to 16 governors, urging them to rectify the inequities in funding.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Exclusive: Alfie Meadows underwent brain surgery after being struck by officer at tuition fees demonstration The Metropolitan police have apologised and agreed to pay a six-figure settlement to a man who needed emergency brain surgery after being hit by an officer’s baton during the 2010 university tuition fees protests. Alfie Meadows, then a 20-year-old philosophy student at Middlesex University, sustained a brain injury after he was struck on the head during demonstrations against the tripling

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Temple University acting President JoAnne Epps died Tuesday afternoon after collapsing onstage at the Temple Performing Arts Center. JoAnne Epps “It is with deep heartbreak that we write to inform you that Temple University Acting President JoAnne A. Epps suddenly passed away this afternoon,” Temple said in a statement. At an event honoring the late Charles L.

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Jim Dickinson reflects on calls to reduce regulation of universities - arguing that the real problem is the way we frame higher education as "big boarding school" The post The last thing that students need is less regulation appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Administrative Overhaul of New College of Florida Josh Moody Tue, 09/19/2023 - 03:00 AM Since February, Florida’s public liberal arts college has hired numerous employees with little or no experience in higher education but deep ties to the Republican Party.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

By Megan Zahneis "We're offering education, which I think should not be a controversial thing," one organizer says of the project, announced on Friday. Its target audience: current students at New College of Florida.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As a Black woman who studies the educational experiences of Black women and girls, Dr. Tiffany Steele says she always felt like her work was never quite valued. “If you focus on minoritized populations, there’s a lack of understanding about why this research is relevant,” she says. Editors of top-tier journals couldn’t comprehend why she chose to focus on Black women instead of Black people generally, and if she wanted to talk about Black women and girls in the courses that she taught, she had t

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to a college of firsts The post Higher education postcard: Somerville College, Oxford appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Michigan, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are considering making completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid a graduation requirement.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A New Campaign to End Unpaid Internships Johanna Alonso Wed, 09/20/2023 - 03:00 AM Research by NACE shows that paid internships benefit graduates far more than unpaid ones. Now the organization is pushing for legislation to ban the latter.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Once a program is gone, it is very difficult and expensive to bring it back. By Rebecca L. Walkowitz Illustration by The Chronicle Once a program is gone, it is very difficult and expensive to bring it back.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

International students seeking options in the UK and the US are continuing to place teaching and reputation at top of mind, while those looking to Canada are interested in tuition fees, scholarships and post-study work visas and career services are important in Australia, new research shows. But globally, prospective international students are “actively seeking” information regarding environmental sustainability.

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Anna Bull and Hayley Turner-Mcintyre explain that in order to tackle sexual misconduct effectively on campus, we need prevalence data to understand where it happens, what it looks like, who perpetrates it, and who experiences, it the most. The post What institution-level surveys of sexual violence and harassment can reveal appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The education and agriculture secretaries called on each state’s governor to remedy the historical funding gaps.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A ‘Lost Generation’ of High School Graduates jessica.blake@… Wed, 09/20/2023 - 03:00 AM Significant numbers of the 2020 high school graduates who didn’t enroll in college immediately that year still have not found their way into higher education, a new report finds.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

By Francie Diep Illustration by Ron Coddington, The Chronicle; Photo by Jeffrey Beall Scholars quickly criticized emails leaders sent after a five-place drop in the rankings.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. Each June, I eagerly await its release and subsequently use it to direct my fundraising strategy for the ensuing year. In all of the recent fundraising trainings I provide, I posit that HBCUs are literally “leaving money on the table” due to the lack of attention paid to cultivating indivi

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

After a report highlighting the disparity in the number of care experienced students across HE, Sunday Blake and Tony Moss argue for more consistent support The post Supporting care leavers may require a bold, new approach to the student premium appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The publication's rankings now further emphasize social mobility after some institutions abandoned them.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Funding for College-Completion Program at Risk in Federal Budget Katherine Knott Tue, 09/19/2023 - 03:00 AM The Postsecondary Student Success Program, which Congress created in March 2022, is just getting underway. Advocates say more federal investment is needed.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

By Amita Chatterjee The private institution announced an initiative Thursday for students who feel ostracized by the policies in Florida, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Georgetown University and the Jesuit community are pledging $27 million to descendants of enslaved people sold to fund the school, CNN reported. According to non-profit Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation , the pledge comprises $10 million from Georgetown and $17 million in money and plantation land from the Jesuits. This comes as part of the Jesuits’ plan to raise $1 billion for the foundation, which will then be used to support descendants’ education.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

President of the New York public college said it will need to significantly reduce faculty positions alongside academic cuts.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Putting Admissions in Context Liam Knox Mon, 09/18/2023 - 03:00 AM A new study finds that taking high school students’ level of resources into account when assessing applications can lead to diverse admits who are likely to succeed in college.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

By David Jesse The suspension of the football coach, amid accusations that he sexually harassed an activist, suggests that the culture change promised by leaders after the Nassar scandal has not come to pass.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is partnering with Indigenous communities across the U.S. and internationally to launch a new Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS). Led by Sonya Atalay, PhD, provost professor of anthropology at UMass Amherst, CBIKS will bring together Indigenous and Western scientists to understand and address the interconnected impacts of environmental change on food, culture, and society.

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The creative education pipeline is at risk. University Alliance chief executive Vanessa Wilson explains how the Creative Education Coalition has a plan to put things right The post A manifesto for creative education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Only about half of K-12 students who want to pursue higher education believe they can pay for it, a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation poll found.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Despite National Pushback, West Virginia Will Cut Faculty, Programs Ryan Quinn Fri, 09/15/2023 - 11:42 AM A month of intense public and on-campus pressure did not dissuade the Board of Governors from siding with the administration to slash programs and positions.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

How a successful gen-ed program is using the humanities to reach this very different generation of students. By Melinda S. Zook LJ Davids for The Chronicle How a successful gen-ed program is using the humanities to reach this very different generation of students.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

by Anita Toh As scholarly research into and using generative AI tools like ChatGPT becomes more prevalent, it is crucial for researchers to understand the intersections of copyright, fair use, and use of generative AI in research. While there is much discussion about the copyrightability of generative AI outputs and the legality of generative AI companies’ use of copyrighted material as training data ( Lucchi, 2023 ), there has been relatively little discussion about copyright in relation to use

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Wonkhe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Jim Dickinson reflects on conversations with student leaders and their experiences of committees, boards and meetings - calling for accessibility by design to be a concern for the encounters, rather than just the agenda The post Why are university meetings still so inaccessible? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A Q&A for faculty and staff provides a look at how public colleges are carrying out a state law barring diversity, equity and inclusion programming.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A New Legal Blitz on Affirmative Action Liam Knox Wed, 09/20/2023 - 03:00 AM Challenges to race-conscious policies are surging in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action, beginning with a new lawsuit against West Point.

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