Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

A new Maine legislature bill may make higher education significantly less expensive for Maine high school graduates who choose to go to the University of Maine (UMaine), WMTW reported. Mike Tipping – would waive half of UMaine tuition up to four years for full-time students who graduate from a state high school in 2023, 2024, or 2025.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

In advance of the 2023-2024 academic year, I’m taking time to reflect on recent higher education trends I’ve observed and expect will continue in the year to come. Interestingly, a common thread connects most of these trends: higher education’s imperative to meet students’ needs. Just like that, another summer is nearly over.

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Coursera blog

OCTOBER 25, 2023

University leaders say, on average, 60% of students are more interested in online learning this year than last year. Master of Science in Data Analytics Engineering from Northeastern University This new program from Northeastern University, ranked among the top U.S.

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University Business

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Texas transplant Elon Musk is planning to start a university in Austin, according to tax filings for one of his charities first reported by Bloomberg News. The post Elon Musk plans to open a new university in Austin appeared first on University Business. Read more from The Texas Tribune.

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Today's Learner

MAY 15, 2024

My students were experimenting with using GenAI to perform academic research. There are several online tools available for students to interact with PDFs or research articles, making it easier to understand and extract information from these documents. My journey with BloomAI began in the classroom. This led to an epiphany.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 10, 2024

Innovate With Us at the University Innovation Alliance’s National Summit Elana Thu, 04/11/2024 - 00:06 Image Competition is considered the engine of a free-market economy. Innovation and Collaboration As our name suggests, the University Innovation Alliance is focused on collaboration between institutions.

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The PIE News

APRIL 12, 2024

Chinese institutions are continuing to improve in rankings, with eight new institutions included in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, while the top 10 continues to be dominated by US and UK universities. Photo: QS In China, Tsinghua University achieves three of the country’s eight top-10 subjects.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Maisha T Winn The association announced that Winn will join the AERA Council as president-elect in 2024–2025, ahead of her presidency, which begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2025 annual meeting. Winn is the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The American Council on Education (ACE) selected 26 emerging college and university leaders for the 2024-25 class of the ACE Fellows Program. The ACE Fellows Program boasts having strengthened institutions in American higher education since its 1965 inception.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

by Sir Adrian Webb The publication on 13 September 2023 of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee report on the Office for Students drew attention to the financial challenges facing universities in the UK and to the challenges associated with regulating and overseeing these risks.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

A London medical school has signed a merger agreement with one of the capital’s leading universities, bidding to create a “world-class institution”. City St George’s, which combines City, University of London and St. George’s medical school, will begin operating from August 1, 2024, subject to necessary regulatory approvals.

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The PIE News

MAY 26, 2023

. “The community of former international students in France is a symbol of excellence and internationalisation of higher education,” said Becht. Becht noted that in 2022, France welcomed record numbers of international students, over 400,000 , ranking it seventh in the countries welcoming the most international students.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 24, 2024

For over 150 years, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have not only been sites of academic excellence but also powerful economic engines in their local and regional communities, leaving a lasting mark on the nation's landscape.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

International student enrollment continues to rebound since travel restrictions laid waste to foreign student prospects. Three years removed from the pandemic, enrollment has once again topped 1 million students , according to Open Doors, the primary data tool for international students in the U.S. According to the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 15, 2022

Image: After five-plus decades as a joint venture, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis is taking on a new form, one that will not continue the collaborative effort between its namesake partners. The expected completion for the realignment is fall 2024, according to joint statements. The Announcement.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

There were over one million international students in the US during the 2022/23 academic year, marking a 12% increase on the previous year and a near-return to pre-pandemic levels. Data from fall 2024 suggests growth has continued this year, with the number of international students further increasing by 8%. Goodman, CEO of IIE.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Pathway provider Kings Education has signed a third contract with the University of Wisconsin, penning an agreement with its UW-Stout campus. The Stout campus adds to Kings’ portfolio as a university with a “technology-driven” ethos – and is known locally as the state’s “Polytechnic University”.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Author Rie Kudan received a prestigious Japanese literary award for her book, The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy, and then disclosed that 5% of her book was written word-for-word by ChatGPT (Choi & Annio, 2024). Would you let your students submit a paper where 5% of the text was written by ChatGPT? Or, if they cited ChatGPT as a source?

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The PIE News

MAY 13, 2024

In collaboration with Germany’s consulate generals and embassies, the German Academic Exchange Service has awarded 316 scholarships to students across So u th Asia for the academic year 2024/25. She noted that students going for shorter durations will need a Schengen visa.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University announced today a $116 million donation from the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation to help underrepresented students pursue graduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The first student cohort will enroll in fall 2024, with an expected 86 fellows to be added each year.

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IHEP

MAY 1, 2024

As a first-generation student, U.S. Not knowing where to find guidance is a common challenge faced by many of today’s college students. To elevate strategies that ease the strain of those challenges to support student success and completion, the U.S.

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University Business

MAY 1, 2024

As STEM drives innovation both inside the classroom and in the workplace, universities are building and renovating facilities curated to the student, professor and researcher experience. The goal is to attract and retain students and top-notch research talent in a highly competitive marketplace.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Universities UK International is placing international students at the heart of a new campaign celebrating their impact on the UK. WeAreInternational: Transforming Lives highlights real-life stories of students studying, working and volunteering in the UK, their chosen study destination.

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The PIE News

APRIL 25, 2024

With France looking to attract 30,000 Indian students by 2030 as a part of the Franco-Indian roadmap, India in turn is being promoted as an exchange destination for French students. The event attracted more than 2,000 French students across 65 institutions in France.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A small number of UK universities are offering an early winter intake that will enable international students to avoid the impact of visa changes that will prevent dependants from joining them from January 2024. The University of Law has now introduced a new December intake for some postgraduate courses starting in 2023.

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ACRLog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Nery Alcivar-Estrella, Reference and Instruction Librarian at California State University, Northridge, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2023-2024 year here at ACRLog. Citational justice involves a critical awareness about who we are citing and why.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 17, 2024

Asna Tabassum (Photo courtesy of CAIR-LA) The University of Southern California (USC) has banned the 2024 class valedictorian, a pro-Palestinian advocate, from speaking at a May commencement ceremony, citing safety concerns. In a statement released Monday, Andrew T.

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HEPI

JANUARY 10, 2024

Broderick, Vice-Chancellor & President at the University of East London. The balancing influence of HEFCE’s cooperating bodies has been broken up and institutions are registering to the new, sole regulator of English Higher Education, the Office for Students. This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Professor Amanda J.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 17, 2024

The ICN International College is planned to open on the business school’s campus in Paris in Autumn 2024. It will cater to students seeking foundation and pre masters programs in the areas of Business and Management, with opportunities to progress to ICN campuses in Paris, Nancy and – subject to visa requirements – Berlin.

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The PIE News

APRIL 29, 2024

What we teach students today in the classroom, I’m not sure if they can use it when they get to the workplace because the dynamics of the world are developing so fast and the big challenge is for us to keep up,” Konstantin Novoselov, professor at the National University of Singapore and Nobel laureate, told The PIE.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Author Rie Kudan received a prestigious Japanese literary award for her book, The Tokyo Tower of Sympathy, and then disclosed that 5% of her book was written word-for-word by ChatGPT (Choi & Annio, 2024). Would you let your students submit a paper where 5% of the text was written by ChatGPT? Or, if they cited ChatGPT as a source?

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The PIE News

MAY 1, 2024

Analysis from the Group of Eight in Australia has found “no direct link” between international students and the nation’s current housing crisis. “The number of international student arrivals has no direct bearing on underlying supply side factors,” Go8 chief executive Vicki Thomson said in a statement.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 11, 2024

Matthews in starting what was initially a monthly newsletter on Black Issues In Higher Education , we now know the power of pathways in helping Black boys like me go from being a nerdy high school student in Richmond, Virginia, to a tenured professor at a flagship state university where the governor once stood in the Schoolhouse Door.

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University Business

JANUARY 10, 2023

Woo, Sweet Briar’s 13th president, announced this week that she will resign at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year after leading the rural Virginia women’s college for seven years. The initiative prioritizes women’s leadership, sustainability, engineering and equestrian programs.

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Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Mateu Batle , a software engineer based in Lima, Peru, discovered as much when he launched the fintech start-up Rextie. Batle had a wealth of experience in software engineering—25 years to be exact—and a bachelor’s degree in the field. As an online program, the iMBA also offers immersion opportunities to round out students’ education.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

[link] This critical point for higher education to re-stake its claim as a pillar in American society in the public’s eyes intersects with Bridgewater College’s first-year student enrollment and retention rates rebounding from the pandemic. “I’m excited for that. .”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

The power of collaboration and the importance of building paths for others to follow were topics , front and center , during the 2024 White House Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence. These 10 include the likes of American Institutes for Research (AIR), Jobs for the Future (JFF), Morgan State University, and Spelman College.

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