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Turn it off and on again: digital literacy in college students

ACRLog

I’ll start this post with some examples of declining digital and computer literacy that me and my colleagues have noticed just in the past academic year with students. Although the IT Help Desk is just a few feet down from the Library Service Desk at my library, we become tech support in so many ways. They’re “digital natives”?

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Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Punching Above Their Weight

Helix Education

Aaron Basko This is a guest blog from Aaron Basko , vice president for enrollment management at Lynchburg Universit y. He has written previously for RNL about best financial practices for universities and has also written for The Chronicle of Higher Education among other publications. percent between 2015 and 2019.”

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Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

A Conversation With Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University. I was passionate about technology," he recalled, "so I was able to persuade the board and the faculty and my colleagues to open up a new graduate center. Let's do it away from campus, 20 minutes away down in Brattleboro. How can we do that?'

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Overwhelmed by complaints on campus? What 75+ cabinet leaders learned about responding to grievances on campus at EAB’s Compassionate Leadership Seminar

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Blogs Overwhelmed by complaints on campus? What 75+ cabinet leaders learned about responding to grievances on campus at EAB's Compassionate Leadership Seminar Over the past few months, over 75 college and university cabinet leaders have gone through EAB’s Compassionate Leadership Seminar. Provosts, too. MA: Really?

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Can the HE sector just carry on as it is now??

HEPI

Today’s HEPI blog is the text of a speech by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to a joint meeting of the Senate and Council at Lancaster University. It is a great pleasure to be back at Lancaster University. You have given me a lengthy list of issues to cover.

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Do You Remember Who Spoke at Your Commencement?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Announcements about college and university commencements speakers are rolling out nationwide. Wynton Marsalis at the University of Michigan. Silber did speak that day, which is perhaps why I don’t remember the content. Tom Hanks at Harvard. Reshma Saujani at Smith College. Silber et al.

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Which Side Are You On?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I find it quite striking: the most successful unionization efforts have shifted from the traditional working class to the educated class. In contrast, about 25 percent of college faculty and staff are unionized or covered by a collective bargaining agreement. And why now?

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