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What are creative arts courses?

Wonkhe

With creative arts courses once again under fire for poor average graduate salaries, David Kernohan introduces this little understood part of the sector. The post What are creative arts courses? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Deep disparities spoil uptick in on-time completion rates

Higher Ed Dive

Part-time, community college students earn diplomas on time less frequently than four-year and full-time students, Complete College America finds.

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An academic partnership carol

Wonkhe

Academic partnerships are rarely understood, and potentially vulnerable to ill-considered regulation. Angela Halston of Independent HE - and three Christmas ghosts - tell us more. The post An academic partnership carol appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Academics’ fossil fuel complaint against TIAA dismissed

Higher Ed Dive

Activists are disappointed PRI dismissed their complaint over fossil fuel investments. The money manager says it is committed to responsible investing.

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Graduate tax gets floated, and shot down again, all in one morning

Wonkhe

It was a trip down memory lane as graduate tax - and all the reasons to reject it - were rehearsed at a sector event. But the sector needs some bigger thinking on fees and funding soon, argues Jim Dickinson. The post Graduate tax gets floated, and shot down again, all in one morning appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Colleges seek growth from grad programs. Will that market ever run dry?

Higher Ed Dive

A new EAB report raises questions about whether colleges can continue a decade-plus of nearly uninterrupted growth in graduate enrollment.

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2022 in Review: Building a Movement to Make Pedagogy a Priority in Teacher Preparation

Deans for Impact

At Deans for Impact, we stand committed to elevating teachers and teaching and equipping all future teachers with the scientifically-based tools to create rigorous, equitable, and inclusive learning environments where all students thrive. In a year marked by mounting teacher shortages, divisive political debates over schooling, and short-term fixes that undermine the value of quality teaching, we worked to champion high-quality, accessible pathways into teaching that are practice-based and focus

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Looking ahead to 2023: Here’s what’s in store for higher education

University Business

Ask anyone and they’ll tell you it’s been a challenging year for both students and faculty in both higher education and K-12. But like any obstacle, it’s been overcome with perseverance and innovation, ultimately carrying us to the other side with hopes of a brighter tomorrow. As for 2023, there’s a lot to look forward to. Here’s why.

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Training faculty to help students in mental distress

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Cameron Mozafari wasn’t surprised when a student walked into his office at Cornell University and started crying. “Honestly, this happens so frequently now that my first reaction was, ‘You don’t need to disclose anything to me that will make you feel uncomfortable,’” said Mozafari, who teaches engineering communication at Cornell’s College of Engineering.

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Two Spelman College Students Chosen as Schwarzman Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two Spelman College students have been selected as Schwarzman Scholars , one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships. Among the 151 chosen for the 2023-2024 Class of Schwarzman Scholars were Spelman’s Naomi Aladekoba and Sophia Bax-Wooten. The two will be part of the program’s eighth cohort – they will be enrolled August 2023 – with participants from 36 countries and 121 universities.

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Why Institutional Improvements Matter

HEPI

This blog was kindly provided by Jessica Turner, Chief Executive of QS. Over the last three years, the global higher education sector has demonstrated its resilience and ability to reinvent itself following the COVID-19 pandemic and institutions are now seeking to understand how they can better manage and improve their performance. Current predictions estimate that the global higher education market could reach $433 billion by the end of the next decade.

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Welcoming Marni Baker Stein as Coursera’s new Chief Content Officer

Coursera blog

By Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO, Coursera. Partners power Coursera. It is their expertise, content, and credentials that bring over 110 million learners to the platform to transform their lives. As we continue to expand these valuable partnerships and the job-relevant content on Coursera, I’m pleased to welcome Marni Baker Stein as our new Chief Content Officer, starting December 19, 2022.

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Working Learners and Work Colleges: Innovating at the Intersection of Education and Life

Higher Education Today

By Vickie Choitz and Louis Soares “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next.” —Arundhati RoyFinancial Times, April 3, 2020 In the early months of COVID-19, novelist Arundhati Roy suggested that. Working Learners and Work Colleges: Innovating at the Intersection of Education and Life ">Read more » The post <strong>Working Learners and Work Colleges

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Teaching Experts Are Worried About ChatGPT, but Not for the Reasons You Think

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Teaching experts are concerned, but not for the reasons you think. By Beth McMurtrie. Igor Kutyaev, Getty Images. Is the technology a threat to the college essay, or does it raise questions about higher ed?

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Presidents and Provosts of Color Serving Together Still Rare at PWIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig steps into his post as Western Michigan University’s (WMU) provost and vice president for academic affairs this January, he will be giving the school membership in an exceedingly small club. WMU will become one of the nation' only predominantly white institutions (PWI) to be led by both a president and a provost of color.

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Why you were denied

Jon Boeckenstedt

Some early decision admission decisions are rolling in, from the sound of things. And the annual understandable confusion from parents, counselors, and students rolls in right behind them. Few of them, of course, are questioning or complaining about acceptances; it’s the denials (also called “rejections”) that cause the stress and strain.

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University of Florida Faculty Voice Concerns About Potential Five-Year Tenure Faculty Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

University of Florida (UF) faculty have expressed worry about a new regulation that would allow college deans to review employment of tenured faculty every five years instead of seven, The Gainesville Sun reported. UF faculty already have a tenured review process that takes place every seven years. The Florida Board of Governors will meet in January to discuss the new policy.

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Moorpark College teaches exotic animal training

Inside Higher Ed

Image: It’s finals season at Moorpark College, a community college in Ventura County, Calif. For students in the Exotic Animal Training and Management program, that requires some pretty unconventional demonstrations of knowledge. As part of her assessment, Abbey Quilter has to get a female hyena named Kadogo to present her paw to have blood drawn.

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Howard University Partners with Kaplan to Offer Free Test Prep

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard University is partnering with Kaplan to give free test prep for graduate-level admissions exams and professional licensing exams. This test prep includes for tests such as the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, and MCAT®, the bar exam, USMLE®, INBDE®, and NCLEX-RN®. And all Howard students interested in taking the exams to be a CPA or CFA can also prepare with Kaplan for free.

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Online gaming enhances college students' career prospects

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A couple of years ago, a University of Minnesota business student who had spent the summer playing online poker shared a concern with Lisa Novack, the university’s career development director. The student, who would soon graduate, fretted that prospective employers might look unfavorably on the summer employment gap. But Novack saw an impressive list of transferrable skills in the student’s online experience, including independent study skills and time and financial management

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Durant Family Foundation Commits $500,000 to Bowie State University for Basketball Arena Renovations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prince George’s County native Kevin Durant and the Durant Family Foundation have committed $500,000 to Bowie State University (BSU) for renovations of its basketball arena. Renovations for the arena – which is in BSU’s Leonidas S. James Physical Education Complex – will involve a new basketball court, seating capacity expansion, and press box area upgrades.

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An Assessment of Higher Ed Accreditation and SACSCOC – Part 2Changing Higher Ed Podcast 133 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Belle Wheelan

The Change Leader, Inc.

In Part 2 of this two-part series, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Belle Wheelan conclude their discussion of the challenges facing higher education accreditation. Wheelan shares her assessment of higher ed accreditation, SACSCOC standards, response to criticism of accreditation, and where SACSCOC would like to focus in the future.

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How and why colleges can/should promote activism (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The results of the midterm elections were revealing, in that young adults turned out in large numbers to prevent a “red wave” from occurring. What is sparking this engagement? And what is the role of higher education institutions in providing spaces that prepare young adults to vote and otherwise engage in civic life? In a recently published article in the journal Educational Policy , J.

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BRIAN L. RAGSDALE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brian L. Ragsdale Brian L. Ragsdale has been appointed associate dean in the office of institutional effectiveness at Walden University. He served as a senior core faculty member in the school of psychology at the university. Ragsdale earned a master’s and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Rhode Island.

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Switching the Spotlight: An Approach to Teaching Critical Analysis in Conceptual and Applied Learning

Faculty Focus

Here, a relatively simple approach to teaching and checking for student criticality is explained, where conceptual, alongside applied learning, is pervasive. It revolves around a two-directional spotlight approach of scrutinizing practice in the light of theory and scrutinizing theory in the light of experience. The ability to critically analyze and evaluate is essential for student progression through degree courses.

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PATRENA BENTON ELLIOTT

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Patrena Benton Elliott Patrena Benton Elliott has been appointed president of Halifax Community College in North Carolina. Elliott earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master's in adult education from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, and a Doctor of Philosophy in leadership studies at N.C.

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Supreme Court agrees to hear another debt-relief lawsuit

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Another lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Samuel Alito, who hears emergency applications in the Fifth Circuit, granted the Biden administration’s petition before judgment in a lawsuit brought by Myra Brown and Alexander Taylor, two individuals with federal student loan debt who challenged the debt-relief plan because they wouldn’t benefit from all the provisions and didn’t have

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Switching the Spotlight: An Approach to Teaching Critical Analysis in Conceptual and Applied Learning

Faculty Focus

Here, a relatively simple approach to teaching and checking for student criticality is explained, where conceptual, alongside applied learning, is pervasive. It revolves around a two-directional spotlight approach of scrutinizing practice in the light of theory and scrutinizing theory in the light of experience. The ability to critically analyze and evaluate is essential for student progression through degree courses.

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Going from wanting to quit to being excited about helping the university (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

How did a professor go from wanting to quit her job to being excited about helping her university? Rachel Toor explains. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Sorbetto/digitalvision vectors/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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WA asks residents to host int’l students

The PIE News

The government of Western Australia has announced a $50,000AUD campaign to entice homeowners in the state to host international students. Amid a housing crisis in Australia that has been ongoing since before international students returned in April, international students in WA are seeing rent increasing while housing availability plummets. Therefore, the WA government are stepping in, asking WA residents with room to host an international student with the offer of remuneration at $295 a week.

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Parents of Bankman-Fried, Professors, Face Scrutiny

Inside Higher Ed

The parents of Sam Bankman-Fried, who was arrested Monday in the Bahamas based on an indictment in the United States, are Stanford University law professors who face scrutiny for their own roles in the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, The New York Times reported. Joseph Bankman is a professor of tax law and was a paid employee of FTX. “Mr.

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Report: Together, Federal Funding, States, and Internet Providers Can Close the Digital Divide for the Greater Good

Campus Technology

A new report from digital media advocacy organization Common Sense Media and the Boston Consulting Group, "Closing the Digital Divide Benefits Everyone, Not Just the Disconnected," examines how bringing internet connectivity to all results in broader benefits to society, using federal funds, with states and internet providers cooperating.

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UT Austin Basketball Coach Arrested for Assault

Inside Higher Ed

Chris Beard, head coach of the University of Texas at Austin’s men’s basketball team, was arrested early Monday morning and charged with felony domestic assault, according to local police. The Longhorns coach is accused of strangling a female family member; if convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison. Beard signed a seven-year contract with UT Austin, worth $5 million a year, in 2021.

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SSR for Ethiopian students announced in US

The PIE News

The US Department of Homeland Security has announced an 18-month designation of Special Student Relief for F-1 international students from Ethiopia. The decision to suspend certain regulatory requirements for the F-1 non-immigrant students from Ethiopia means that now students experiencing severe hardship as a direct result of the crises in the country can request employment authorisation to work remotely.

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‘Nontraditional’ Students

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean In response to the post about naming “noncredit” programs after what they are not, Anne Hofmann of Frederick Community College tweeted, “Can we stop saying ‘nontraditional students’? Language matters, and naming things in the negative only emphasizes what people AREN’T not who they ARE.

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The evolving role of technology in the international education sector

The PIE News

The international education sector is at an important transition point. Demand for an international education is growing globally. Students are demanding choice and transparency. Institutions are searching for quality and efficiency. These challenges were built for technological solutions. Increased transparency, choice and personalisation for students.

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Students see a prominent role for video in education (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

I was in China during the SARS epidemic in 2003. When schools shut down to prevent the spread of the virus, students all over the country were told to follow class schedules broadcast on television. Luckily for me, our house had just gotten internet, albeit a low-bandwidth connection that ran on a phone line and made all sorts of E.T. noises when you clicked “connect.