University Business

MARCH 27, 2023

Third-party teletherapy solutions have been some of the most attractive options for colleges struggling to meet student counseling demands amid reportedly declining rates of campus mental health. As effective as these services may be, Mantra Health and TimelyCare—formerly TimelyMD—have taken time to recalibrate their philosophy to attend to students at all levels of their mental health journey rather than just addressing them in the counseling room.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 9, 2023

There is a major gap between the aptitude of girls for STEM and their interest in pursuing STEM careers, according to a review of data from more than 225,000 female middle and high school students. The data also revealed their interest exceeds aptitude in some non-STEM disciplines.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Image: When Julianna Barnes set her sights on a career in academia, she envisioned eventually becoming a vice president of an institution and assumed it would be her pinnacle role in the profession. She couldn’t imagine herself, a Mexican Filipina American, as a college president, much less a university chancellor, because she’d never seen someone like herself in those positions.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 21, 2023

Plans to extend the availability of free childcare exclude full time students. Kate Bowen-Viner asks why The post Accessing higher education needs a better deal on childcare appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 13, 2023

For years, mostly Republican lawmakers have tried to limit or end tenure. But that campaign has picked up steam amid new scrutiny on colleges.

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HESA

MARCH 21, 2023

About seven years ago, I wrote a blog looking at the house-buying power of academics in different parts of the country. I thought maybe it was time to do this again. First, an overview of the methodology used six years ago. I took median academic salaries for major universities in Canada for the most recent year available, which at the time was 2010-1.

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University Business

MARCH 24, 2023

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s recent legislation is not only fiercely unpopular among current and prospective college students, but it also may drive them out of the state’s public higher education system, according to a new report by Intelligent. Among 1,147 students who either currently attend an undergraduate public college in Florida or intend to upon graduating, only 147 agreed with DeSantis’ policies.

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Academe Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

By JOHN K. WILSON Christian Coons, an associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University, has been suspended and faces a hearing on March 20 that could lead to his dismissal. His crime? Sending emails to his colleagues about his department’s alleged past misconduct in hiring decisions.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 30, 2023

For Sean Porter, sustainability and decolonisation should be connected to meet challenges associated with the climate emergency, inequality, and social justice. The post How to decolonise the sustainable development agenda appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MARCH 20, 2023

Proposed legislation would also block state institutions from mandating diversity training and working with Chinese entities.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age. What began in 1996 as an audacious attempt to archive and preserve the World Wide Web has grown into a vast library of books, musical recordings and television shows, all digitized and available online, with a mission to provide “universal access to all knowledge.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2023

By J. Brian Charles Conservatives in some states want to deputize the general public to sue if they think a college is deploying banned diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

News of bell hooks’s death came as a shock to many. The feminist, author, activist, and professor died Dec. 15, 2021, at age 69. But those who knew hooks personally were aware her health had been waning after years of fighting white supremacy and patriarchy. Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou “hooks said a few years ago, ‘I felt like a balloon that had been popped and deflated,’ because of the way she was so committed to writing and teaching, to her own detriment,” said Dr.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

This is the text of a speech made this week by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to London Higher. I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 23, 2023

For much of the year universities have been worried about students not coming to classes. Jim Dickinson reveals the results of new research on why that might be The post Can students be bothered to come to campus? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 27, 2023

Navajo Technical University, in New Mexico, is offering a doctorate in the culture and language of Diné, a Navajo word meaning “the people.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: As Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, seeks to enact sweeping reforms to dramatically reshape higher education in the Sunshine State, students and faculty alike have protested legislation that would ban teaching certain topics, limit institutional authority and undermine tenure protections. But one group has remained conspicuously silent: Florida’s college presidents.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 30, 2023

By Kate Marijolovic Martin León Barreto for The Chronicle The far-reaching proposal covers diversity training, faculty performance reviews, graduation requirements, the enrollment of Chinese students, and more.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

The University of Southern California Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy trumpets its dedication to diversity on its website. The school is “committed to preparing diverse leaders” and pledges “accountability and transparency, as well as consistent engagement to ensure that we create and maintain an inclusive environment.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MARCH 31, 2023

Here’s a fun game: Say the word ChatGPT to a friend or colleague, then watch what happens. There’s a lot of drama swirling around this groundbreaking artificial intelligence chatbot, released in November by the startup OpenAI. A few months later, in early March, OpenAI’s GPT-4 was introduced and has already stunned many by easily outperforming its older AI sibling.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 16, 2023

The model of academics as all-rounders may be impossible to sustain in a mass higher education system bedevilled by generative AI, argues Jim Dickinson The post An avalanche really is coming this time appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 9, 2023

The president’s fiscal 2024 blueprint, which would also boost the maximum Pell Grant, has virtually no chance of surviving Congress as drafted.

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The PIE News

MARCH 2, 2023

The ELICOS sector had the highest volume increase in commencements and enrolments of any education sector in Australia in 2022, according to the 2022 ELICOS Market Analysis by English Australia. ELICOS enrolments increased by 89.6%, while the sector gained 44,680 commencements, closely followed by the higher education sector, which had the second highest increase of 41,026 commencements.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

Here are the states where lawmakers are seeking to restrict colleges' DEI efforts By Jacquelyn Elias and Adrienne Lu Legislators, mostly Republicans, want to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices; end anti-bias trainings; and banish diversity statements.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2023

It’s taken months of collaboration across institutions, but east Tennessee’s only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) is on track to regain accreditation. The college is anticipating submitting its application for approval in April. Knoxville College (KC), a private institution, lost its accreditation in 1997. Since then, it has regained authorized status in Tennessee, which allows them to confer credentials.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: University of Michigan graduate student instructors and staff assistants began striking Wednesday, seeking to raise their minimum annual salaries from $24,000 to about $38,500 and win easier access to health care for transgender members, an emergency fund for international students and other benefits. The Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) acknowledges that its strike in Ann Arbor is illegal under its own collective bargaining agreement with the university.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 7, 2023

Emily Yarrow and Julie Davies argue that International Women's Day suffers from corporate capture by all types of organisations - including universities The post International Women’s Day is a great opportunity for corporate laundering appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 31, 2023

This matches trends in previous iterations of the Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, though the share of Americans skeptical of higher ed has gradually grown.

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HEPI

MARCH 24, 2023

This HEPI guest blog has been written by Obinna Okereke , Project Manager – Student Experience at Coventry University. In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world, there is increasing pressure on the UK higher education sector to produce highly-skilled global ready graduates. However, the conversation on skills shortages, international students’ employability, and graduate outcomes overlooks an underutilised resource a lot of UK universities have access to, LinkedIn Learni

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Educause

MARCH 15, 2023

A survey of college and university websites gives an early indication about the ways institutions are addressing generative AI and what it might mean for higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College hosted its first Spring Symposium addressing health issues for African American men. Taken place at the Atlanta University Center’s Woodruff’s Library, the “Changing the Paradigm” symposium began its two-day conference with a discussion on mental health. Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough , Interim Executive Director for BMRI, wants the symposium to dive deeply into mental health and how it affects Black men and their communities.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Joya Misra, Dawn Culpepper and KerryAnn O’Meara offer four strategies for ensuring workload and rewards systems equitably recognize the efforts of women faculty of color. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: diversity faculty Section: Diversity Editorial Tags: Career Advice Faculty Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Drazen Zigic/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Joya Misra Dawn Culpepper KerryAnn O'Meara Is this diversity newsletter?

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Wonkhe

MARCH 26, 2023

Fresh from her appearance at committee, Rachel Sandby-Thomas sets out the regulatory issues that could blunt the power of the lifelong loan entitlement The post Regulatory burden could clog the lifelong learning revolution appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MARCH 24, 2023

Administrators can take a number of steps to counter antisemitic incidents. However, one expert cautions against actions that can affect free speech rights.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2023

By Eva Surovell Racial equity and reproductive rights were the top policy issues cited by high-school seniors in weighing colleges, an Art & Science Group survey found.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

In order to stay relevant in today’s college classrooms within our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, professors must be ready to utilize instructional tools of all kinds to actively engage students in authentic learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom. Professors are positioned and ready to best provide opportunities for students to explore real-world challenges and discover solutions to those challenges within their disciplines and professions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

Over the past three decades, U.S. academic employment has dramatically shifted from mostly full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty to mostly contingent positions. That's according to a new report from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)which provides data depicting the shift away from tenure to contingent faculty at most U.S. colleges and universities.

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