HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Yike Guo. Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Lucy Haire, Director of Partnerships at HEPI. While this short blog does not capture every aspect of the rich and wide-ranging discussions which took place under the Chatham House Rule, it offers five key ideas thrown up by the thirty-strong group of experienced and passionate professionals.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Former University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) Chancellor Dr. Rebecca Blank died Feb. Dr. Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 16, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. This post was kindly contributed by Dr Blessing Marandure, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Fair Outcomes Champion on the Decolonising DMU Project at De Montfort University. per cent of the student body.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. This post was kindly contributed by Chi Zhang, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews. UK Universities and China , HEPI Report 132, 9 July 2020.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 8, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation In a recent Bloomberg column, Tyler Cowen offers his diagnosis of what ails higher education. As important discoveries in CS or engineering are likely to come from companies rather than universities, higher education may be in danger of losing its recognized role as the engine of knowledge creation.

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Press coverage of recent cryptocurrency disruptions and the significant staff reductions at Twitter and Meta is giving pause for thought amongst investors and futurists, as well as university leaders considering the future of the Metaverse. Whether this gaming trend will fruitfully spill over into academia, I am doubtful.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I have previously blogged about the controversial issue of "Ethical Hacking." In this blog, I will update that discussion and add to it because changes are happening rapidly and the number of cybersecurity attacks are increasing. Many of these are being offered in the public sector within community colleges and universities.

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HEPI

MAY 1, 2023

These ideas have been naïvely imported into academia where individual performance, especially regarding research, is assessed by means of volume and metrics. Also, unlike sales, recruitment or production, numbers can be gamed, and it is glaringly obvious in some sectors of academia and in some countries in Europe that this happens.

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SRHE

MARCH 6, 2023

by Carli Rowell This blog reports on presentations and discussion at an SRHE event on 1 February 2023. The talk addressed some key emerging findings shaping working-class doctoral researcher experiences of getting in and getting on in UK academia.

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Coursera blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In a recent Coursera survey of university students from around the world, 86% of respondents said earning an industry microcredential would help them stand out to employers and secure jobs when they graduate – a testament to the importance of integrating industry-led learning into a degree curriculum.

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Academe Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

By HANK KALET There has been a strike wave across academia that is altering the landscape for those of us who teach and work in higher education — and Rutgers is poised to join the party. Strikes at The New School, the University of California system, the University of Illinois Chicago, and threats by faculty,…

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation The best recent show about academia over the past few years is not The Chair , although it was pretty good. The show you want to watch if you want to understand how a university actually works is HBO’s thinly veiled academic drama, House of the Dragon. What are you watching?

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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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Coursera blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

FIBAA certification paves the way for higher education institutions across 49 member nations to award credit for job-relevant credentials By Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO As the job market becomes more competitive, universities and employers are turning to online learning to help graduates fill in any skills gaps.

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Coursera blog

APRIL 17, 2024

For example, universities across the University of Texas System are integrating industry micro-credentials into their on-campus degree programs for credit. The post Coursera Receives Industry-first Authorized Instructional Platform Designation from the American Council on Education appeared first on Coursera Blog.

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HEPI

JANUARY 29, 2023

This blog has been kindly contributed by Liz Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives, F1000, and Victoria Gardner, Director of Policy, Taylor & Francis. The framework comprises functional elements for action by, and for, academia, decision makers, industry, publishers, and the wider public. Find out more and sign up here.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 16, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew Up Our Politics—and How to Fix It by Will Bunch. ” After the Ivory Tower Falls is a book we in academia should be engaging with. Published in August of 2022. I’m hearing rumbles of book clubbing.

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HEPI

APRIL 16, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly written by Stephanie Marshall , Vice-Principal (Education) at Queen Mary University of London. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a host of new challenges for universities. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a host of new challenges for universities. You can register your place here.

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Coursera blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

FIBAA certification paves the way for higher education institutions across 49 member nations to award credit for job-relevant credentials By Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO As the job market becomes more competitive, universities and employers are turning to online learning to help graduates fill in any skills gaps.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Blog: Just Visiting Here, there and everywhere, I have been hard on the spate of “education disrupted” books that cropped up during the early to middle part of the previous decade. There are numerous others. ” Don’t get me wrong—the core thesis of Sustainable.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes. Faculty members, while experts in their fields, might be removed from the current industry landscape.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. Staci Gilpin, PhD, an esteemed adjunct faculty member at the University of North Dakota, and the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

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SRHE

JANUARY 26, 2024

by Jess Pilgrim-Brown University discourse, policy, and practice has focused increasingly on access, widening participation and inclusion over the course of the last thirty years ( Heath et al , 2013 ).

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SRHE

MAY 2, 2023

Open access John Sherer (North Carolina) blogged for The Scholarly Kitchen on 23 March 2023 about a recent initiative to publish open access monographs in history, reporting technical problems, author resistance but also much greater take-up/use, with about three times as many reported individual engagements as even a successful paywalled monograph.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes. Faculty members, while experts in their fields, might be removed from the current industry landscape.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

JUNE 9, 2022

Brian Blake, President, Georgia State University. Brian Blake on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast as he approached his one-year anniversary of becoming President at Georgia State University. Similarities Between Industry and Academia. So I would say that’s not for everyone, although I think it transcends academia. Weekly Wisdom.

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SRHE

APRIL 10, 2024

by Roz Collings It was University Mental Health day on Thursday 14 th March 2024. This is a national UK project organised by Student Minds and University Mental Health Advisory Network, aiming to start a conversation to ensure university wide mental health is a priority.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Rebecca Williams is a Lecturer in Environmental Law at Edinburgh Napier University. Previously she was a Teaching Fellow and the Interim Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance at the University of Strathclyde. in 2020/21. However, 1 in 5 of working age adults in the UK and around 15.2%

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: A Harvard University professor who was publicly scorned in 2014 over his reaction to being overcharged for Chinese takeout didn’t earn tenure. But the first “negative press” the suit notes Edelman received was in early 2014, over his Blinkx blog post. Edelman told Inside Higher Ed they were still confidential.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Just Visiting It is Thanksgiving week, a week that for many of us consists of rituals repeated after year, particularly around the meals. Nostalgia, by definition, is a personal response to the past, and confusing the personal for the universal has the potential to do great damage. Resilient. But that began to change in 2014.”

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

In this piece, we explore how social media, as a pervasive cultural force, impacts the educational journey and engagement of undergraduate students while shaping their persistence and success in academia. Staci Gilpin, PhD, an esteemed adjunct faculty member at the University of North Dakota, and the University of Wisconsin-Superior.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Blog: Just Explain It to Me! Explaining or discussing faith can ignite heated, passionate and explosive debates in academia. the historical origins of many colleges and universities have been closely tied to faith, in particular Christianity. For example, Harvard University, the oldest U.S. In the U.S.,

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Kelly Heuer and I have been collaborating in the context of my college’s portfolio of online programs on the edX platform. A: I studied philosophy at Harvard and Georgetown University, with every intention of becoming a lifelong academic. Q: Your Ph.D. is in philosophy. How did you end up at edX?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Like many of you, I know Marni Baker Stein. For the first time in her career, Marni is moving from the university side to ed tech. Q: What inspired you to move to an ed-tech company after a career in academia? I got hooked on helping universities meaningfully close critical gaps in educational access.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Mark Rudnick , vice president of learning partnerships at Guild Education , and I first became friends a few years ago when he was in a similar role at edX. The other day, Mark and I Zoomed to catch up, and he filled me in on what is going on over at Guild. Are they delivering high-quality supports and outcomes?

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