Higher Ed Data Stories
APRIL 22, 2024
Before we begin, here is what this post does not do: It will generally not tell you where you can get low tuition, with a very few exceptions. And when it does, it won't be at one of "those" colleges. It will not tell you which colleges are likely to close soon, although after the fact, you can probably find a closed college and say, "Aha! Right where I expected it would be!
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 22, 2024
As Thomas Jefferson University celebrates its 200th year, Dr. Billy Oglesby, Humana Dean of the College of Population Health, shares how it prepares students to drive change in population health, even before they graduate.
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Wonkhe
APRIL 18, 2024
There's a lot of focus on smoothing the transition into university - but what about how students make it through their experience? David Woolley and Jon Down describe the journey The post Students transition through, not just into, university appeared first on Wonkhe.
MindMax
APRIL 24, 2024
Here’s an interesting story… MindMax came in second in an RFP selection, and we didn’t get the business. But then, a year later, something surprising happened. The school got back in touch and wanted to work with us. When we asked for feedback on why they didn’t choose us in the first place, the answer was intriguing. The school initially selected an alternative higher education marketing company that provided a detailed roadmap to guaranteed success.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 23, 2024
Protests Roil Columbia, Spread to Other Campuses jessica.blake@… Tue, 04/23/2024 - 03:00 AM Columbia cancels in-person classes as pro-Palestinian protests continue on and off campus. Reverberations affect Yale, NYU and Harvard.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 22, 2024
Activism is hardly optional in today’s world. I feel the calling in my bones. My family is deeply Jewish, with both Sephardic and Ashkenazic roots, and taught me the core lessons of tikkun olam (repair the world), tzedakah (create justice), g’milut chasadim (engage in loving kindness), pikuach nefesh (life matters), and ometz lev (courage). These values anchored my identity even as the academy challenged it, trying to make me quieter, smaller, and less effective.
Wonkhe
APRIL 17, 2024
UKVI has shared a draft “remote delivery” policy with higher education providers for consultation. David Kernohan spots the gaps The post UKVI is taking a view about how much remote learning is permissible for international students appeared first on Wonkhe.
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MindMax
APRIL 22, 2024
MindMax recently attended the 2024 Annual UPCEA Conference in Boston, and my team and I were thrilled to participate in such a lively and well-attended event. This year’s conference was centered on the following themes: “growing [higher education’s] impact through expanded access and innovation (focused especially on emerging topics such as AI), broadened inclusivity, policy advocacy, organizational transformation, engaging faculty and other critical partners, and building our individual networ
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 22, 2024
Another Wave of Unrest Grips Campuses Susan H. Greenberg Mon, 04/22/2024 - 03:00 AM Protesters regroup at Columbia, garnering support from students at other colleges. Penn blocks a pro-Palestinian group; USC cancels more graduation speakers. Byline(s) Susan H.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 17, 2024
Why Texas A&M's lone Black professor of nursing called it quits. By Erin Gretzinger Joan Wong for The Chronicle This is what it feels like to be in the cross hairs of the campaign against DEI.
Wonkhe
APRIL 21, 2024
After a Universities UK campaign highlighted the success of first generation students, Sunday Blake and Alaya Holloway look the complexities and nuances of supporting such a diverse group. The post It’s not (all) about the money, money, money. appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 19, 2024
The Education Department's long-awaited regulations also provide protections for pregnant students and employees.
Academe Blog
APRIL 19, 2024
BY HANK REICHMAN As a Columbia alum (College ’69), participant in that university’s 1968 student rebellion, advocate for academic freedom and free expression rights, and as a Jew, I have followed developments at Columbia over the past few days with great interest.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 22, 2024
Curry College Guarantees Graduates Will Be Employed Sara Weissman Mon, 04/22/2024 - 03:00 AM The college will help those who remain unemployed six months after graduation pay their student loans, find paid internships or allow them to take classes for free.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 17, 2024
How the FAFSA crisis has stranded higher ed's most vulnerable applicants. By Eric Hoover Elias Williams for The Chronicle One day at a high school in April revealed the doubt, anger, and determination of students awaiting financial-aid offers.
Wonkhe
APRIL 23, 2024
Adding requirements for open access books and chapters to REF will massively increase costs - and there is no additional funding to cover these. Dawn Hibbert asks for a rethink The post Not everyone can afford open access monographs appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 17, 2024
The current system for listing college costs hampers student decisions about where to attend, a Brookings Institution report contends.
HEPI
APRIL 20, 2024
HEPI recently published a collection of essays on the issue of funding undergraduate degrees, curated by HEPI Director of Policy and Advocacy Rose Stephenson. Over the next few weekends, we will be running select chapters from that collection as Weekend Reading. This chapter was authored by David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science from 2010 to 2014 and author of A University Education (2017).
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 22, 2024
Is Financial Aid the New Affirmative Action? Liam Knox Mon, 04/22/2024 - 03:00 AM Many highly selective colleges are pumping up their financial aid offerings. With race-conscious admissions out of the picture, it may be their best bet for diversity.
The PIE News
APRIL 23, 2024
A UK-based employability services and university placement provider has partnered with the University of Surrey to provide industry placements for pharmaceutical sciences students. Twin Group will see its employability and placement expertise embedded into the University of Surrey’s School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering curriculum, with a focus on career-readiness. “Surrey is renowned for the high quality of its graduates and has won awards for the employability of its students.
Wonkhe
APRIL 21, 2024
The Festival of Higher Education is back in November 2024, brought to you by Wonkhe and the University of London. Mark Leach and Alistair Jarvis ponder the strategic questions facing higher education The post Seven questions we’ll be debating at the 2024 Festival of Higher Education appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 18, 2024
Experts at the Higher Learning Commission's annual conference shared strategies to help institutions navigate an increasingly automated world.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Chronicle Photo by Kate Hidalgo Bellows Protesters on Saturday outside the entrance to Columbia U. Earlier in the week the administration had called in the New York City police to arrest students who had refused to take down an encampment on the university’s South Lawn. On Saturday, protesters on either side of the entrance presented different forms of activism.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 23, 2024
Will Free Medical School Diversify the Physician Workforce? kathryn.palmer… Tue, 04/23/2024 - 03:00 AM A slew of medical colleges have gone tuition-free in recent years. But experts say it’s not enough to increase racial and ethnic diversity in the medical field.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 18, 2024
Ohio Wesleyan University and Columbus State Community College are collaborating to address societal challenges and help Columbus State students more quickly, easily, and affordably earn bachelor’s degrees at Ohio Wesleyan. The schools unveiled a trio of collaborations April 18 at Columbus State’s Delaware Campus, highlighted by the Tuition Match Program.
Wonkhe
APRIL 22, 2024
If your university is thinking about using AI tools, getting the basics of data stewardship right should be your first step. Paul Clark explains more. The post Why data stewards are the real heroes of AI appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 18, 2024
The Higher Learning Commission has been studying institutional closures under its purview to understand the signs of distress, officials with the accreditor said at its annual conference.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 23, 2024
Students and administrators need clear sets of principles about campus activism. By Keith E. Whittington Alex Williamson for The Chronicle Students and administrators need clear sets of principles about campus activism.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 22, 2024
With less than two weeks until the typical May 1 commitment deadline, only 34 percent of colleges have started sending financial aid offers to accepted students, according to new survey data from the National Association for Student Financial Aid Advisers (NASFAA); 54 percent had not begun packaging offers at all.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
Civil rights icon Opal Lee will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is expected to receive the honor during the university’s May 11 commencement ceremony. She led a national grassroots campaign that resulted in the 2021 establishment of Juneteenth, the June 19 federal holiday.
Wonkhe
APRIL 23, 2024
The Public Accounts Committee makes all the right noises, but David Kernohan isn't spotting anything that will really shift the dial on franchise fraud The post The Public Accounts Committee on franchising and fraud appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 18, 2024
The corporate structure change won't affect the price of the ACT test or students' experiences with it, the organization said.
Academe Blog
APRIL 21, 2024
AAUP President Irene Mulvey and the AAUP chapters of Barnard and Columbia released statements re. Minouche Shafik’s testimony before the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 22, 2024
Minnesota Lawmakers Push to Regulate OPMs Lauren.Coffey@… Mon, 04/22/2024 - 03:00 AM Online program managers that allow institutions to offer wide-scale online courses are under fire in Minnesota. Lawmakers don’t like their profit-sharing model, among other things.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 17, 2024
Mellon Foundation has awarded a total $25 million in grant funding to five public colleges and universities to establish paid internship programs for humanities majors. The foundation announced that California State University, Fresno (Fresno State); the City College of New York (CCNY); Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia (ODU); the University of Missouri - Kansas City; and the University of North Carolina (UNC) Greensboro will receive $5 million each to promote the study of the humanit
Wonkhe
APRIL 18, 2024
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag helps tell the story of medical education in London The post Higher education postcard: St George’s, University of London appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 22, 2024
The Ivy League institution is just the latest top-ranked college to shed test-optional policies adopted during the coronavirus pandemic.
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