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 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 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
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 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 9, 2024
George Bryant-Aird argues that knowledge of and confidence in contemporary political and social debates are crucial to the future of teachers and teaching The post Yes, teachers should get involved in politics 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
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.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 14, 2024
Indiana U. made a series of unpopular decisions. Then it called the police on protesters. By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Illustration by The Chronicle Indiana University at Bloomington made a series of unpopular decisions. Then it called the police on protesters.
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
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 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
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.
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
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.
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 9, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education is seeking a 16% funding increase to allow the Office for Civil Rights to add staff and more quickly resolve complaints.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 13, 2024
2 Virginia Universities Won’t Require DEI Classes After Governor’s Review, Board Pushback Ryan Quinn Mon, 05/13/2024 - 03:00 AM Years-long efforts to create and mandate diversity-themed coursework at George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth fizzled after an unusual intervention by Glenn Youngkin and last-minute actions by board members.
The PIE News
MAY 14, 2024
Professor Brian Bell has defended the MAC’s recommendation to leave the two-year graduate route intact on UK radio and underlined, “the mistake is to think that you can separate” the student pathway and graduate route and remain competitive. He conceded that the economic benefit of the post-study period covered by the graduate route in terms of income generated was less substantial than the overall contribution of international students who pay high fees to study in the country
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 9, 2024
What role can academic staff play in averting a climate catastrophe? Johnny Rich explains how the Engineering Professors’ Council is supporting work on a sustainable future The post What can academics do to save the planet? 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
Students Pitted Against ChatGPT to Improve Writing Lauren.Coffey@… Wed, 05/15/2024 - 03:00 AM New University of Nevada online courses aim to teach future educators about AI limitations through competition.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 9, 2024
Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied. By Beth McMurtrie Students are less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied. What needs to change?
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 15, 2024
While the sector awaits the government response to the Graduate route review, Alaa Elaydi and Ramita Tejpal make the case for sustainable policies grounded in better data The post The MAC review demonstrates that poor international student data leads to poor international student policy 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 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.
Campus Technology
MAY 13, 2024
For the first time, Educause's Teaching and Learning Horizon Report has added a separate category for artificial intelligence in its list of the top trends shaping the future of teaching and learning in higher education.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 13, 2024
In their first year on campus, students of color and students from lower income households are less likely to be satisfied with their college experience. And a third feel as though they’ve been discriminated against because of their identities, according to a new EAB report. Michael Koppenheffer The report draws on responses to EAB’s 2024 First-Year Experience Survey, which asked almost 13,000 2023 high school graduates a series of questions related to overall college student perspectives, exper
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 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 13, 2024
From Jubilation to Crisis: Pausing a $237 Million Gift kathryn.palmer… Mon, 05/13/2024 - 03:00 AM Florida A&M admits it doesn't know the value of 14 million shares of stock from a little-known entrepreneur. One expert puts the likelihood the donation is worth $237 million at "about zero.
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