Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Image: Iranian academics face being forced out of their jobs as the regime clamps down on any remaining dissent in universities, researchers have warned. He listed examples of those already targeted, such as Mohsen Borhani, a law lecturer at Tehran University who was fired after he questioned the legitimacy of death sentences for protesters.

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University Business

MARCH 6, 2024

Female college students have outpaced their male counterparts for up to four decades, while the proportion of women at the helm of U.S. While there has been little movement to address this gap, a new report from Times Higher Education (THE) suggests that colleges and universities are moving steadily—if slowly—in the right direction.

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University Business

APRIL 1, 2024

We are also seeing educators and students adopt AI faster than previous disruptive and transformative technologies. Here are some common challenges to implementing AI on-campus networks: Legacy Equipment: Most AI technology will require modern equipment and higher ed is known for legacy technology due to limited resources.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2024

This erosion of faith stems partly from universities’ overemphasis on abstract knowledge. Simultaneously, technology and automation place growing importance on capabilities—like critical thinking, collaboration, and adaptability—rarely honed in lecture halls. Today’s universities enjoy no such insulation.

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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. I received some negative feedback for comparing 3D Cinema and VR technology adoption curves.

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HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

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. In academia we still place a great deal of emphasis in scholarship on the capacity to recall and recite.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Image: Fostering student success takes institutional leadership and collaboration. Barrington Price, Dominican University’s vice president of student success and engagement, knows this well—because he was a struggling first-generation college student himself. Q: What attracted you to your role?

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions. Lab, a group composed of interdisciplinary research faculty and graduate students throughout the U.S.,

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University Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A plagiarism war has erupted since Claudine Gay announced her resignation from Harvard University. It’s totally unpredictable,” said Michael Berube, an author and professor of literature at Penn State University, according to Government Technology. AI can be used now to help detect plagiarism at a higher rate.

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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. She held a Ph.D.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

There are various stories in higher education news about what impact AI will have on students, instructors, and the education field at large. This week, we welcome Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow from the University of Mississippi. The goal of this training was to help prepare faculty for the fall semester.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As might be expected, the Ivy League Pluses were responsible for producing the majority of leaders across sectors such as law, media and academia. However, colleges and universities offering premium programs in specific trades like engineering and agriculture helped diversify the list.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

During the 2020 global pandemic, Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs) were challenged with maintaining access to learning and student attendance. The rise of the HyFlex model could attract more students who may benefit from this format (Samayoa et al., Integrating UDL within a HyFlex model.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

How could a chat bot that is causing panic in academia leave me with a palpable sense of focus and calm as a professor? I have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and ChatGPT has become my go-to assistive technology for writing and for teaching. Assistive technologies (AT) specifically for folks with ADHD are not new.

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University Business

JANUARY 12, 2023

After a long and demanding search for George Washington University’s 19th president, the Board of Trustees has officially recognized Dr. Ellen Granberg to the position. I believe she will be a proponent of inclusion and someone who listens, meets students where they are and addresses issues that are important to us.”. “I

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” I tell my students ‘I’m going to show you.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

It didn’t help that the editor who fired me was only slightly older than most of my students. That being said, what does this mean for teaching students to write well? I posit that what we will be focused on is helping students become good editors. Why not rely on help from technology?

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MindMax

MARCH 18, 2024

Rising college costs and ballooning student debt balances With college tuition costs rising year over year and student loan debt in the US totaling nearly $1.8 After spending years in the Greater Boston area, a hub of academia teeming with colleges and universities, I relocated to upstate New York.

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University Business

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Colleges and universities are always actively seeking ways to boost their retention and persistence rates. With student engagement fledgling , some colleges are turning to edtech tools to drive student interest and academic success. Rowan University (N.J.) “Technology is wonderful.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Black students were more likely to graduate from institutions at which the highest degree offered was a master’s degree.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population. For instance, in 2019, 6.2%

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But if the many doomsday projections actually come to fruition, losing Twitter will be a sad day for academia. In a frequently alienating world of academia, that is huge. In addition to aiding in research discovery, Academic Twitter has become a go-to resource for locating job postings, both in academia and beyond.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Every day, enrollment leaders ask themselves: What untapped resources can we leverage to attract and retain students who will contribute to campus culture and achieve their academic objectives? Their authenticity and firsthand experiences offer a level of credibility that resonates with potential students.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

.” In the current learning environment, students with disabilities encounter significant challenges due to the lack of inclusivity and accessibility in the education system. ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population. For instance, in 2019, 6.2%

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Every day, enrollment leaders ask themselves: What untapped resources can we leverage to attract and retain students who will contribute to campus culture and achieve their academic objectives? Their authenticity and firsthand experiences offer a level of credibility that resonates with potential students.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities have made cuts to humanities departments, and the financial exigencies of the pandemic have only made the situation worse. Why is fiction particularly useful in such a class?

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Amid the rapid digitalization of the workplace, climate change, an incendiary political landscape and the growing call for student diversity, President Patton believes that to answer the call, higher education’s new function must be to instill courage in all stakeholders involved.

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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. Furthermore, the concept of teaching excellence should not be overlooked in best preparing students for life after study.

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Coursera blog

APRIL 17, 2024

As an Authorized Instructional Platform, Coursera’s assessment framework, course design, and teaching and learning experience meet ACE’s rigorous psychometric, technology, and information security standards. Remove barriers to degree pathways to reach more students. Enable faster progress toward a larger credential like a degree.

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University Business

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Its ability to reduce workloads to a fraction of what it once was for students and faculty and administrators alike is invigorating forward thinkers to leverage the technology even more. Here are a few ways the University of Utah is creating socially responsible AI by reducing bias, according to Manish and his team at SCI.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I Postal Service in Washington, D.C.,

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Unlike malicious hackers, ethical hackers use the same type of skills and knowledge to protect an organization and improve its technology rather than damage it. I believe it should be taught to cyber-security students to "know the enemy" and ensure they will be equipped to effectively prevent and defend against attacks in the real world.

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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. Not really.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Twenty-five years later, the question on every classroom instructor’s lips has shifted from “how do I know if my student is copying someone else’s work?” ” Other experts say the pace of progress in AI technology will quickly render any marketed solution obsolete. “This is a technological arms race.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In a career that has included both academia and the private sector, Dr. Teik C. Lim is now leading the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) into the future. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University, his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and his Ph.D.

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