Wonkhe
MAY 14, 2024
The MAC review of the Graduate route finds no evidence of widespread abuse, and no impact on the integrity and quality of UK HE. The ball is back in the government's court, say David Kernohan and Michael Salmon The post Migration Advisory Committee recommends keeping the Graduate route appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 15, 2024
The discount rate rose to 56.1% for first-time, full-time students, estimates from the National Association of College and University Business Officers show.
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Higher Ed Dive
MAY 13, 2024
Restoring public trust in higher education will require more than public relations and crisis management strategies, argues a Bipartisan Policy Center official.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
A Last-Minute Sprint to the FAFSA Finish Line Liam Knox Thu, 05/16/2024 - 03:00 AM The U.S. Education Department is doling out $50 million to help students complete the troubled federal aid form. Access advocates say it’s not too late to make an impact—but time is of the essence.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 15, 2024
Why meaning and purpose should be at the center of the college experience. By Scott Carlson and Ned Laff Anuj Shrestha for The Chronicle Many workers care more about finding purpose in their jobs than they do about pay. Why did colleges stop emphasizing their role in the search for meaning?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 12, 2024
Christopher Edley Jr., a prominent legal and public policy scholar who co-founded the Harvard Civil Rights Project with Dr. Gary Orfield, died over the weekend. He was 71. Christopher Edley Jr. “Chris Edley was a smart, caring, determined advocate for justice who could move easily and powerfully through the mazes of top levels of law, politics, and research,” said Orfield, who is Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA Graduate School of Education and co-director of The Civil Rights Project at
Wonkhe
MAY 13, 2024
UCAS has a new tool showing successful students' actual grades on entry to their courses. Debbie McVitty got a sneak preview The post A first look at UCAS’ new grades on entry tool appeared first on Wonkhe.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 13, 2024
Paul Berman, a leader of the ’68 protests at Columbia U., warns of an intellectual crisis. By Evan Goldstein Erica Lansner, Redux Paul Berman, a leader of the ’68 protests at Columbia University, warns of an intellectual crisis.
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
Contrary to expectations, the Migration Advisory Committee has suggested retaining the UK’s graduate route in its current form – a triumphant result for the UK’s international education sector and news that will reassure those working with international students about their overseas study destination options. The government will now need to respond to its findings but the MAC report is unequivocal in its consideration of the graduate route as serving the purpose for which it was deve
Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
The regulator for England’s higher education providers is expecting some extreme measures if all institutions are to avoid insolvency. Debbie McVitty has the lowdown The post OfS assessment of university finances warns of need for structural change to stave off risks of provider collapse appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 15, 2024
Augusta, Georgia State, Georgia Southern and Kennesaw State universities will require test scores from students applying to the 2026-27 academic year.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 15, 2024
Harvard Has No University-Wide Senate—Professors Are Proposing One Ryan Quinn Wed, 05/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Amid attacks in multiple states on shared governance, faculty members seek to strengthen their role at America’s oldest higher education institution.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
By Forest Hunt The National Labor Relations Board will soon determine if students at Berea College have the right to hold a union election. It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing wave of undergraduate organizing.
The PIE News
MAY 15, 2024
Indian nationals account for 42% of all graduate visas issued, as data reveals who is using the Graduate Route, and how they are using it. On the same day as the Migration Advisory Committee has published the findings of its review into the UK Graduate Route, the Home Office released data analysing the journey of those using it. The data reveals details of those entering and leaving the route – which was introduced in July 2021 – including where they come from, what they do after their visa expi
Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
It was a bad year - what does it look like in retrospect. David Kernohan plots the provider level HESA Finance data from 2022-23 The post HESA Spring 2024: Financial data appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 10, 2024
Faced with chronic deficits, the university is offering faculty and staff at its 20 commonwealth campuses a year’s pay to retire early or leave their jobs.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
Exposing the Inequity of Faculty Counteroffers jessica.blake@… Tue, 05/14/2024 - 03:00 AM A new study shows that women and faculty of color who receive outside job offers are far less likely than their white, male peers to receive a counteroffer to stay at their current institution.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
It's time to retire skepticism around the value of a degree. By Phillip Levine and Luke Pardue Sam Kalda for The Chronicle It's time to retire skepticism around the value of a degree.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Stephanie Pacheco has been named the 2024 National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States by the youth literary organization Urban Word. Stephanie Pacheco “It was a combination of shock, exuberant joy but most of all, I felt so full of love,” described Pacheco on learning about the honor. “Being awarded this title is such a great honor.” The award recognizes young poets whose work centers on social impact and advocacy such as former National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman.
Wonkhe
MAY 12, 2024
Policymakers do appreciate the contribution of international students – they just care about other things as well. Jonathan Simons breaks down the politics and asks what the HE sector can do about it The post The political argument over international students is about much more than the economy appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 10, 2024
The complaint, filed on behalf of the instructors by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, contends the new statute will hamper free speech.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 15, 2024
Defense Department Cuts 13 of its Language Flagship Programs kathryn.palmer… Wed, 05/15/2024 - 03:00 AM Linguists are concerned about the implications the elimination of these programs may have on foreign relations.
University Business
MAY 14, 2024
Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.” Higher education leaders, employers and college students continue to prioritize academic offerings that promise gainful employment and profes
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 13, 2024
The Thomas Edison State University (TESU) Accelerated BSN BAYADA Scholars Track at Cooper University Health Care (Cooper) offers an enriched education for nursing students. It is the result of a partnership among TESU, BAYADA Home Health Care Inc., BAYADA Education, and Cooper. At the announcement of the new nursing education partnership (left to right) Wesley Trice, President of BAYADA Education, David Baiada, CEO of BAYADA Home Health Care; Mark Baiada, founder and Chairman of BAYADA Home He
Wonkhe
MAY 12, 2024
How did we get here - and how might the sector avoid getting here again? Jim Dickinson reviews the boom and bust of the graduate route The post Avoiding another international crash is all about control appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 16, 2024
The Ivy League institution is overhauling infrastructure to improve efficiency. But there are other ways to lighten a campus’s environmental impact.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 15, 2024
Wiley, an academic publisher, has announced that it is closing 19 journals amid a massive influx of fake papers, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The publisher has retracted more than 11,300 “compromised” studies over the past two years.
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
After an emphatic endorsement of the UK’s Graduate Route by the Migration Advisory Committee’s rapid review, stakeholders sector-wide are urging government to keep the visa in its current form. “We must now end the debate on [the Graduate Route’s] future which has been damaging recruitment,” said the co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Students, Lord Bilimoria and Labour MP Paul Blomfield. “We need a clear commitment to its future
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 15, 2024
Dr. Donovan Livingston, award-winning educator, spoken word poet, and public speaker, has spent his career in education bridging the gap between his artistic sensibility and commitment to college access, and social justice. “A lot of my work is grounded in how Hip Hop informs student experiences in college,” Livingston said. Before attending the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill for undergrad, the Fayetteville, North Carolina, native had a budding interest in Hip Hop and spoken wo
Wonkhe
MAY 13, 2024
Charlotte Hallahan, Nia Oatley and Asha Noor explain how engagement with the community can help a university develop an admissions policy that takes account of context The post Giving communities power: Developing contextual admissions with parents appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 14, 2024
But nearly one-third of respondents, who were polled this winter, reported feeling “targeted, criticized, or excluded” based on their identity.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: Philosophically Different, Politically the Same jessica.blake@… Thu, 05/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Benjamin Ginsberg, a scholar of American politics, Jewish history and higher education policy, explores recent campus protests and the “endlessly debated” line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
By Francie Diep Chad Hagen for The Chronicle A proposed revision, to go into effect in 2025, will label every college with its access and student outcomes, among other changes.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 13, 2024
Student newsrooms at select historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) can expect thousands in additional monetary support soon thanks to an initiative at Howard University. Members of The Hilltop pose with a check from Howard University's Center for Journalism & Democracy, from which fund will go toward technology and staff for the newsroom.
Wonkhe
MAY 15, 2024
Adam Matthews tracks higher education expansion through the Westminster parties' manifestos of the swinging sixties The post Higher education in General Election manifestos – the 1960s appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 15, 2024
The Mississippi university faces a $3 million budget gap after burning through cash reserves and suffering years of enrollment declines.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 14, 2024
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday to reallocate $2.3 million that was planned to fund diversity, equity and inclusion programming next fiscal year to instead fund university police, a board member said.
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