Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2024

Board members expressed grave reservations about the donation, which drew national attention as one of the largest ever for one of the country’s historically Black colleges and universities. Larry Robinson President Dr. Larry Robinson announced the decision at an emergency meeting Thursday of FAMU’s fundraising foundation.

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Campus Sonar

MARCH 26, 2024

At a macro level, the value of a college degree is a constant topic in higher ed. At a micro level, you invariably need to consider how that value relates to your institution’s brand. There are many indicators of value , as well as internal and external factors contributing to this drop in confidence. But back to your brand.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). In 2018, the median annual earnings for men who are English language and literature majors was about $74,000. in philosophy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The association asked employers – 334 organizations responded – about their recruitment and hiring practices and preferences. This year, employers made job offers to approximately 45% of candidates and students accepted 69% of them, taking an average of about 11 days to accept. Before the pandemic, it was about 14 days.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Upon ordering, the waiter explained that we had ordered way too much and recommended that we minimise our order to only 3 dishes. Our jobs in HEIs are not to sell, but to educate, so why do we continue to insist that consumers buy the full product, when in fact they may only need a portion of the offer?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

students a memo Tuesday saying the university “respects the outcome of the vote, and we are committed to bargaining in good faith with the Union as your representative consistent with our mission, vision and values.” He said about 60 percent of eligible Ph.D. Bellamkonda, sent Ph.D. students voted.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2024

"Higher education has forgotten its why," said Dr. D'Andra Mull, v ice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder, who reminded practitioners to ensure that their values are in alignment with the institution where they serve.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

About half the respondents correctly named the branch of government where bills become laws. “As As we approach our semiquincentennial in 2026, this report amounts to a five-alarm fire drill for the civic health of the nation,” said Hilary Crow, head of the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s The Civic Trust®.

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HEPI

JANUARY 24, 2024

Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD, on the value of higher education in developed countries. Just over a month ago, our Prime Minister, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, made a statement in his speech to the Conservative party conference. Our job must be to examine the evidence.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This is especially critical in Chicago, a highly diverse community that is an economic powerhouse in our country but where structural inequities in access to and completion of a post-secondary credential of value put countless lives at risk.” This is now our moment,” said Stout. The founders of ATD met the moment.

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Campus Sonar

APRIL 11, 2024

In Campus Sonar’s latest industry trends report on “ Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed ,” we explored the gap between trust and value to understand what audiences discuss about a college degree using social intelligence. Former Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor, Melody Rose, said : “There’s a lot of mystery about our industry.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

“Our purpose is to help make a difference in people’s lives — a value we share with SpacesShared,” said Keith Segal, president and Global CEO of guard.me. The study destination has seen, like many other competitor countries, a shortage of beds for international students in large metropolitan regions.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In 2020/21, there were about 18,000 arts and humanities doctoral candidates. The question which is much trickier is the extent to which the PhD was a necessary step, or an elective one which has marginal added value. Two obvious responses are – what about the value of the PhD as scholarship?

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The Covid-19 lockdowns were still influencing daily lives and dominating our findings were a lack of opportunities to meet and socialise with other students, online engagement with teaching staff, and loneliness (particularly for international students).

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HEPI

MARCH 5, 2024

For researchers, the REF exercise is about much more than just impact: it has become an important frame for discussion. Each has compelling examples of local, civic impact which are making communities better, reducing inequalities, delivering value for money and serving governments well in their policy agendas.

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Liaison International

MARCH 7, 2024

It’s no longer solely about hiring skilled developers or acquiring cutting-edge tools; the focus shifts toward the responsible and ethical use of AI. 3 Strategies for Practicing Ethical AI Development Starting with your institution’s mission and values provides an ethical foundation to guide decisions regarding AI initiatives.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Amid declining enrollment, diminished public confidence and generational shifts in the workforce, change may be our only constant and the only universal necessity in the 21st century. By evaluating programmatic data through the lens of institutional values, academic reviews equip schools to rebalance resources and fulfill their highest goals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

The campus centers seek to prepare the next generation of leaders and thinkers to build equitable and just communities by dismantling the false belief in a hierarchy of human value. AAC&U is accepting applications for the 2024 institute , held virtually June 25-28.

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University Business

MAY 10, 2024

“The presidents adding to their curriculum and innovating are mission-centric and value-based,” he says. “We all have something that we’re struggling or suffering about,” Feasel says. More from UB: What can private institutions do about the middle-class squeeze?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Dr. Aaron Goodson “It’s really important that we see Black women in this position of leadership as head coaches in our sport,” says Smith, who is co-chair of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. “In She rebranded Cal’s annual tournament to reflect a focus on social justice and equity.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And so it is with calculating value. The best ones know that everything they do is at the service of education, from the level of the changed minds and lives of students to the research which broadens and deepens knowledge and sometimes changes our world. How do we measure the importance of international students to higher education?

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HEPI

MAY 6, 2024

Our role includes the articulation of views about areas where there are good reasons to focus on research integrity. Sometimes this link is so clear that it goes unsaid, and we’d like to keep talking about integrity and excellence. It’s clear to us that research can only be excellent if carried out with integrity.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

My children would ask every 30 minutes of our 12-hour holiday trek from Fishers, Indiana, to my hometown, Fort Worth, Texas. While we no longer make that trek and my youngest finally got it after a while, I still experience similar questions and assumptions about those gas station stops and getting there. Are we there yet?

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UW Presidential Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Supreme Court ruling that effectively ends affirmative action in college admissions decisions was not surprising, it created much disappointment and concern for many who have been working hard to ensure that our colleges and universities were truly accessible to all, including those who have been historically underrepresented and marginalized.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Gordon Scott, managing director of Successful Graduate , spoke of his excitement about the partnership with QS saying, “At the heart of our relationship [with QS] is an intense desire to develop the preparation and employability skills of students with client institutions around the world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Gina Garcia, professor of policy, politics, and leadership at Berkeley School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, to serve as our fall professional development day opening speaker — to provide insight for our campus as we continue our journey, serving as an Hispanic Serving Institution.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Each year, the goal of the WCET Awards Program is to highlight and showcase promising practices in higher education digital learning and to honor those who have dedicated their time and energies to our field. It’s amazing to learn about the innovative work happening on in higher education.

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UW Presidential Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

As a University, we are defined by our commitment to education and it’s easy to see that mission in action in our classrooms and labs, in a group of students studying in the library, or in the faculty whose office hours, advising and mentoring are so vital to students’ Husky Experiences.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Dr. Ashley Finley The survey – conducted online in May 2023 in partnership with Morning Consult – asked 1,010 employers – hiring managers and executives – about their views on the value of a college education and preparedness of incoming graduates into the workforce.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 28, 2023

Why put ourselves and our students through the tedium of verb endings, endless pronouns and the often-stultifying niceties of syntax? This is the translation challenge of our time: to find a precise vocabulary with which to come together and identify our common values as a bedrock for future progress.

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ACRLog

JUNE 19, 2023

He’s an advocate of what he calls ethical candor (“the cultivated disposition to be honest with yourself”) and values-based practice ( “aligning our core values with the practices that shape academic life”). And the line quoted above struck me because I’ve been thinking about meaningful work as an academic librarian recently.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Moreover, our group was not alone in our thinking. However, one participant had an intense reaction to our suggestion. Higher education as a whole has recently been scrutinized for its value. As previously mentioned, higher education’s value and quality are being scrutinized, and our learners are raising their voices.

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The PIE News

APRIL 23, 2024

“It can also be a good thing for our neighbours as well to get the value of an Australian education. “Any further changes to policy settings that affect our international student intake must be weighed carefully against the very significant benefits these people bring to our nation.”

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Schiller International University has a great history of creating value through its presence on two continents across the Atlantic. In a statement provided to The PIE, Schiller’s president Marta Muñiz said: “This transition is not about changing who we are, but about becoming even more of what we aspire to be.”

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2023

Since the pandemic, our student audiences are distant, both literally and figuratively. Initially, we want to establish tone in our digital communications much like we do in an in-person classroom at the beginning of the semester. How we write to our classes—even more so than what we write—is more important than ever.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2024

Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side. The anxiety some students feel about a course grows out of fears associated with test-taking. And that goes for so many of our courses. Or, students may be anxious because they’ve done poorly in related courses.

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