Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Jim Dickinson wonders whether personal tutoring where staff notice how well students are doing is becoming a nostalgia meme. The post Who remembers proper students? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The deal would cancel $6 billion in student loans for students who say the Education Department didn't respond to allegations 151 colleges misled them.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Rhiannon Ellis argues that after more than a decade of dawdling, it's time to broaden, deepen and accelerate the pace of change on harassment and sexual misconduct. The post We can’t wait any longer to be safe(r) on campus appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Officials tout new student loan bankruptcy process as more fair and accessible, but consumer advocates say much depends on how it's put in place.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Michael Barber gets another delivery job, and the LLE numbers still don't add up. David Kernohan finds out what might be in store for the sector from the Autumn Statement. The post What’s in the Autumn Statement for higher education? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A dearth of graduate students prompted Aurora University to wind down classes at its George Williams College campus. The site still has a conference center.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This week on the podcast the QAA has “gone woke”, and new minister Robert Halfon has set out his priorities in the role. The post Podcast: Woke QAA, Robert Halfon, Plan B, equality data appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This week on the podcast the QAA has “gone woke”, and new minister Robert Halfon has set out his priorities in the role. The post Podcast: Woke QAA, Robert Halfon, Plan B, equality data appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Implications for Ethics Education. I have previously blogged about the controversial issue of "Ethical Hacking." In this blog, I will update that discussion and add to it because changes are happening rapidly and the number of cybersecurity attacks are increasing. We live in an era of unprecedented cybercrime, both in quantity and quality. These attacks, which can take many forms, can significantly impact national security, business interests, and infrastructure.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This week's card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells a tale of cars and punts. The post Higher Education Postcard: Bridge of sighs appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles addresses the crowd at the opening of ASHE's 47th Annual Conference. LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Image: Part-time faculty members at the New School, who are the vast majority of the university’s teaching force, walked out Wednesday to protest what they call administrative “intransigence” in contract negotiations. The part-time faculty union, which is affiliated with the United Auto Workers, says members haven’t had a raise since 2018.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Since the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case of 1978, the Supreme Court has been asked on several occasions to rule on the constitutionality of using race as one factor in higher education admissions. The Court has consistently held that diversity is a compelling interest and that race – not quotas, can be one of many factors in selecting a class of students.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

By Jack Stripling. Chronicle Illustration; Getty photo. Judge Mark Walker’s ruling blocks the state’s Board of Governors from enforcing a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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Educause

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This case study shows how the transformation of just one traditional classroom can help jumpstart campus-wide conversations about active learning.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Part-time faculty at The New School walked out Nov. 16 to protest pay and working conditions, The New York Times reported. With approximately 200 demonstrators present, the strike was the result of years of tension between adjunct faculty and the private New York City school’s administration. The New School’s adjunct professors have not received a raise in four years, leaving their real earnings trailing behind inflation and down 18% from 2018, according to A.C.T.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The British government has pledged to protect research funding and spend more on schools in its latest budget, but some students are disappointed that they are excluded from future cost-of-living payouts. . Jeremy Hunt, chancellor of the exchequer, announced that the government will maintain the current research and development budget, which is set to increase to £20 billion by 2024/25, in a bid to make the UK a “science superpower”. .

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Helix Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Millions of online undergraduate and graduate students may have been undercounted. Having focused on the returning adult student for more than 20 years, I have often thought that 12-month (academic year) unduplicated headcount data better portray adult student participation in higher education than the fall snapshot data that is commonly used to understand of the “shape” of the market.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Image: In 2017, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General audited Western Governors University and labeled it a “correspondence education” provider rather than a “distance education” provider. Only online colleges that provide “regular and substantive interaction” between faculty members and students are considered distance education providers; those that fall short are in the business of correspondence education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Registered A pprenticeships—programs that combine school instruction with paid on-the-job training, allowing students to “earn while they learn” — are critical on-ramps to good jobs. 93% of students who complete their Apprenticeships are hired by the companies that they worked for, at an average starting salary of $77,000, according to the Department of Labor.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Even if striking workers win, the system is still rigged against them. By Claire Bond Potter. Ringo Chiu, AP. Even if striking workers win, the system is still rigged against them.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), is taking proposals to compete for $750,000 in awards to develop projects that use innovative AI approaches, such as self-directed, remote AI tutoring, to train adults for the current and future national security workforce.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 29, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. . After teaching statistics classes for more than 25 years and seeing so many students struggling to be successful, I became increasingly frustrated by the fact that no matter how much I believed myself to be approachable, available, and willing to help students outside of class, very few took advantage of the opportunity.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This summer, the US Department of Education celebrated 50 years of Title IX while proposing new changes to its regulation. It gave educational institutions better guidance on how to provide students with equitable education free from harassment based on sexual orientation. “Over the last 50 years, Title IX has paved the way for millions of girls and women to access equal opportunity in our nation’s schools and has been instrumental in combating sexual assault and sexual violence in e

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Collaborative provision, distance, flexible, distributed learning and studies at overseas partner organisations is driving an increase in students around the globe studying via UK transnational education opportunities, according to new research. The scale of UK higher education transnational education report , from Universities UK International and the British Council, found that in the 2020/21 academic year 510,835 students in 228 countries and territories studied via UK TNE.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Image: A series of bomb threats that shook historically Black colleges and universities earlier this year was allegedly committed by one minor, according to an update from the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Monday. The minor is reportedly being monitored and is “under restrictions.” Some HBCU leaders, who have been clamoring for information about possible perpetrators for months, remain frustrated by the lengthy investigation process.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Finland is seeing record numbers of international students move to the country, new figures from the immigration service have shown. A new law that was implemented in May that would make it easier for students to apply for permanent residency may have already created results, with 7,060 students applying for first-time residence permits since January – an increase of 54% vs last year’s 4,595 applicants.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That the humanities are in crisis will surprise exactly no one. Since the Great Recession of 2008, but especially after 2012, the share of majors in the humanities has continued to decrease precipitously among American college-goers. If we include popular majors like communications, the share of humanities majors was just under 10 percent in 2020. However, if we adopt a more restrictive definition of the humanities, only 4 percent of college graduates in 2020 majored in traditional humanistic fi

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed a formal letter of apology to the families of Southern University students Denver Smith and Leonard Brown, who were killed by law enforcement on Nov. 16, 1972. Gov. John Bel Edwards Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the killings, which took place during a student protest in Baton Rouge against the disparity of state educational opportunities.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

How do we navigate the tension between managing in high-stress environments, Karlyn Crowley and Jay Roberts ask, while also needing to work and live sustainably? Job Tags: ADMINISTRATIVE JOBS Ad keywords: administrators Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Nuthawut Somsuk/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Karlyn Crowley Jay Roberts Is this diversity newsletter?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The FBI has narrowed in on one suspect following a string of bomb threats at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) earlier this year, The Hill reported. FBI Director Christopher Wray Howard University and seven other HBCUs were targeted on Jan. 5. And by February, 17 different HBCUs had received threats. This update came from FBI Director Christopher Wray on Nov. 15.

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Cisco blogs - Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The shift to virtual and hybrid teaching, learning, work, and services brought on by the pandemic (and which continues today) has accelerated cybersecurity risks for education institutions of all levels. While data breaches are common across all industries, the risk for education is particularly acute given the sensitivity of students, faculty, staff, and research data.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

November 17 marks International Students’ Day, and stakeholders around the world are finding ways to pay homage to the students who ultimately bring our sector together, while celebrating multiculturalism and diversity. The date was originally chosen to commemorate the students and professors who were killed in Prague, and thousands sent to concentration camps, on November 17 1939, after demonstrations against the Nazi regime which shut down all universities in Czechoslovakia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Kristine Evans Kristine Evans has been appointed associate director of the Geosystems Research Institute at Mississippi State University. Evans earned a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from Ohio University as well as a master’s degree in wildlife and fisheries science and a Ph.D. in forest resources, both at Mississippi State.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

By Francie Diep. The dean said the magazine’s formula discourages schools from admitting low-income students and supporting students interested in public service.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This blog was written by Professor Michael Young, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Sunderland. Stefan Collini’s What are universities for? (2012) reserves just a few pithy paragraphs for quality assurance. This emphasis hardly reflects the sector’s experience since the advent of the Office for Students (OfS), charged it seems to destabilise England’s quality oversight system.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game's Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon. Published in October of 2022. Net Gains has persuaded me of two things. The first is that soccer lags significantly behind other major sports in incorporating data into the game. The second is that from an analytics point of view, soccer is miles ahead of higher education.

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