Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The average Pell-eligible student increasingly faces unmet financial need that could leave them in debt or prevent them from enrolling in the first place.
Higher Ed Data Stories
OCTOBER 26, 2022
I've been creating this data visualization, or some form of it, for several years now. I think it's most useful for higher education enrollment professionals who have to explain to people at their university why their yield rate is falling. The short answer is that applications and admits are increasing faster than student populations: If a student today applies to an average of seven colleges, compared to four colleges twenty years ago, yield rate almost has to go down.
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Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Steve Sviggum drew backlash by questioning the makeup of the system’s Morris campus at a board meeting earlier this month.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Jim Dickinson has been reading the impact assessment for the Energy Prices Bill. And you'll never guess what happened next. The post Some good news – and some astonishingly bad news – for students appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Leaders at the private nonprofit college hope the new effort prompts more state residents to apply for admission.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 26, 2022
James Coe has everything you need to know about the seventh Secretary of State at BEIS in six years. The post Who is Grant Shapps? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Image: “It doesn’t feel like something I’d write, but it also doesn’t not feel like something I’d write,” a North Carolina State University student said about their work integrating prose from an artificial intelligence text-generating program into a final course essay. Paul Fyfe, associate professor of English and the student’s instructor in the Data and the Human course, had asked students to “cheat” in this way and then reflect on how the
University Leadership Central brings together the best content for university leaders and administrators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves is working with colleagues to launch a minor in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Photo courtesy of Terza A. Lima-Neves If someone wants informal career advice, he or she can check out Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves’ YouTube Channel, 1000 Seeds: Living Life on Purpose with Dr. Terza. There is even a video titled “How Do We Choose the Right Career Path?
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Clare Marchant argues that a fall in early applications for most selective courses highlights the anomaly years of the pandemic. The post October deadline applications are down for 2023 appeared first on Wonkhe.
HEPI
OCTOBER 26, 2022
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Adam Shore, Director of the School of Business and Management at Liverpool John Moores University, Chair of the Chartered Association of Business Schools’ Learning, Teaching and Student Experience Committee, and Board Director of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). This blog is the sixth in our series on leadership in partnership with NCEE.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
A movement to get oil money out of academic research is taking shape on campuses. By Stephanie M. Lee. Chronicle Illustration. Princeton says it will reject funding from the fossil-fuel industry’s biggest polluters. But a multimillion-dollar exception points to how difficult it may be to unwind such partnerships.
The PIE News
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The average number of dependants brought to the UK by an international student is 1.6, according to recent data from Enroly. Jeff Williams, CEO and co-founder of Enroly, told The PIE that recent government rhetoric was the catalyst for the organisation to collate such data from a sample of 59,416 students from a selected subset of 29 institutions using the Enroly platforms.
WENR
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The WES Gateway Program assesses credentials from countries where deteriorating conditions can make it difficult to obtain proof of academic study. The post The Gateway Program Opens Doors for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers appeared first on WENR.
University Business
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The University of Florida’s pick for its next president, Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, faces a no-confidence vote by faculty leaders Thursday, just days before he was expecting to take the reins. The university’s Board of Trustees is meeting next Tuesday to officially hire Sasse, a Republican who voted to impeach and convict former President Donald Trump but has otherwise voted along party lines.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Image: A group of scholars at the University of California, Los Angeles, is determined to better understand why people hate each other and what can be done to stop it. The university launched a new three-year initiative earlier this month that supports 23 different research projects, exploring how and why different social groups come to discriminate against each other and how to prevent it from happening.
University Business
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Question: Can you still move forward with change management in higher ed when you have varying levels of cooperation from within your institution? The answer is a resounding yes, and new research on innovation is offering presidents and other leaders the tools to achieve their goals. Of course, institutions moving forward must overcome a host of modern-day obstacles—the aftermath of the pandemic, shrinking numbers of high school graduates, and culture war battles over what colleges can teach and
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Image: A year after announcing a temporary overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, the Biden administration is ready to make several of those changes permanent in an attempt to fix what officials call “a broken system” that shortchanged the country’s public servants. “We’re taking bold steps that will automatically move more hardworking public service workers closer to forgiveness and making permanent changes to reduce the red tape that riddled the
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
In an EDUCAUSE panel discussion, representatives from Arizona State University and the University of California, Riverside explained how they’ve evolved their use of collaboration tools from the early days of the pandemic to today.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Teaching Today Regan A. R. Gurung advises how to identify effective educational research to improve your classroom teaching success. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: TCmake_photo/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?
The PIE News
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Name: Mike Magee. Occupation: President, Minerva University. Location: San Francisco, US. Mike Magee might have just had the busiest five months of his life after he embarked in his post in April 2022. The PIE talks to him amidst an already busy week. “It’s been fun,” he says, reminiscing already in his short time as president of Minerva University, a uniquely innovative institution that operates around the globe.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The federal government should at least do no harm when it comes to helping students attain a college degree. Instead, through student loans, our tax money is used to prop up institutions that are more predatory than educational—for-profit educational institutions. These institutions charge their mostly low-income students so much for so little that the federal government’s involvement amounts to exploitation.
The PIE News
OCTOBER 26, 2022
As in the 1978 Peaches and Herb song, delegates at the NAFSA Region XI conference in Manchester, New Hampshire were formally “Reunited” as a region for the first time since before the pandemic. “I found it very hard to stay away, as we reminisce on precious moments like this,” the song goes. Many recalled affirming interactions from past conferences, while others were part of a record number of first timers – 90 – at the event.
Campus Technology
OCTOBER 26, 2022
A Spring 2022 study following two VR biology labs at Arizona State University showed elevated student performance and engagement in several areas, compared to results in labs without the VR component.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Too often the demand for novel solutions to higher education’s woes disregards existing work and those doing it. By Kevin Gannon. Chronicle Illustration. Too often the demand for novel solutions to higher education’s woes disregards existing work and those doing it.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Image: Results of the biennial National Assessment of Educational Progress , which evaluates math and reading skills among fourth and eighth graders, were released Monday, and they were as dismal as many education experts feared. Scores declined sharply in both subjects, and no state showed improvement. It marked the first time in the test’s 53-year history that fourth grade math scores have gone down.
Liaison International
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Now in its seventh year, Health Professions Week 2022 (HPW2022) is a free online career-exploration event. The mission of Health Professions Week, or HPW, is to assist students who are interested in the health professions but still unsure of their chosen specialty and/or how to best forge a path to success. HPW caters to high school and postsecondary students both domestically and abroad and welcomes educators and family members to also participate and learn.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Dr. Karin Lee Karin Lee has been appointed deputy director of athletics at the University of Alabama. She served as the deputy athletics director and senior woman administrator at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. Lee is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and holds a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. from Capella University.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Image: Bloomfield College will become part of Montclair State University under a merger agreement the two institutions announced today. Their Boards of Trustees authorized the move to create Bloomfield College of Montclair State University on or before June 30, 2023. Until then, Bloomfield College will operate independently, though in close collaboration with Montclair State.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
People who read my blog know my stance on the Harvard affirmative action case where it now seems persistence may yet pay off for the diversity denier of all time, one Ed Blum. He’s dedicated his life to upending diversity and race equity everywhere in society from voting rights to higher ed. And now it looks like his time has come. Emil Guillermo Conservatives aren’t automatically against affirmative action.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Nearly a quarter century ago, Warren Leon, the director of interpretation at Old Sturbridge Village, and Roy Rosenzweig, the Mark and Barbara Fried Chair of History and founding director of the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, published History Museums in the United States , a pioneering critical assessment of history museums, historic houses, historic sites and open-air living history museums.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
By Francie Diep. Grace Beal, The Michigan Daily Santa Ono, the U. of Michigan's new president. Experts weigh in on whether yet another office is the answer to the institution's shortcomings.
The PIE News
OCTOBER 26, 2022
The University of California Berkeley has swiped the top spot in the inaugural QS Sustainability Rankings. . The new list, curated by QS as part of their suite of yearly rankings, provides students with a “unique lens” on how sustainable an institution is. . The US features heavily in the ranking, with US institutions making up a quarter of the top 20 and 30 in the top 100: Berkeley coming first, Pennsylvania University and Yale in 8th and 9th, UC Davis at 14th and Harvard just making the top 20
ACRLog
OCTOBER 26, 2022
It’s been a busy semester at the reference desk. Amidst the busyness, I was elated to see that some of my coworkers created a display of books relating to chronic illness and disability. I was even more thrilled to see that students were often stopping by to look at the display, telling their friends about it, and checking out some of the books that were featured.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Reading Time: 12 minutes Before choosing a school for their child, parents often conduct a lot of research. It’s during this stage that parents learn about a prospective school and determine whether or not it would be a great fit for their child. By applying techniques in SEO for private schools, you can make sure that your school is top of mind during the parent research process.
FIRE
OCTOBER 26, 2022
This piece originally appeared at The Daily Progress. . If you work for the City of Charlottesville, be warned: Watch what you say, even when you’re off the clock. The city is always listening. That’s the chilling new reality for city employees under a misguided personnel policy that went into effect last week. Some welcome the new policy, believing it to be an overdue response to extremists on the city’s payroll.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 26, 2022
A group of seven adjunct professors sued eight community college districts in California on Monday. The suit, filed in Sacramento Superior Court, argues that their jobs require them to do unpaid work, EdSource reported. The instructors are asking for back pay for hours spent meeting with students, grading assignments, preparing for classes and other work-related tasks, and reforms to ensure they’re fairly compensated going forward.
University Business
OCTOBER 26, 2022
There’s nothing like the pride that comes with attending your state’s university, regardless of whether it’s known nationally for its prestige. But pursuing higher education is a choice, and students deserve a vast and diverse set of institutions to choose from. U.S. News and World Report has just released its list of the best global universities of 2022-23, with China boasting the most schools in the overall ranking.
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