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UK sector backs pathways following “confused, poorly-researched” article

The PIE News

The Sunday Times article saw undercover reporters pose as students’ parents and vie to get onto “secret” pathway programs. Universities UK chief executive Vivienne Stern argued in a statement that the article was misguided, and “failed to distinguish the entry requirements for International Foundation years and full degrees”.

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Another College Just Closed Its Doors. What That Means for Your Institution and the Future of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Recently, I have found myself studying this relationship to understand what has been occurring in higher education and what realities are on the horizon – and for me, this is all starting to make sense. Now, let’s apply these concepts to higher education. government sprang into action to save its higher education system.

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#ChatGPT articles, videos, podcasts

totallyrewired

Here is (somewhat) mixed collection of useful links about ChatGPT and how it affects (HE) education. Good post on privacy concerns by Uri Gal (University of Sydney) Videos: ChatGPT and the Future of Assessment in Higher Education by Dr Matty Wood. ChatGPT, NLP and AI require us to rethink how we assess in higher education.

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How Colleges Can Ease the Transition Away from OPMs

MindMax

If you’ve been following the latest in higher education news, you’ve likely seen article after article after article suggesting that OPMs (Online Program Managers) are in decline. This is a sampling of what we’ve been hearing from colleges lately regarding OPMs. But why exactly are OPMs in decline?

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Thinking Beyond College Rankings

MindMax

Cardona declared college rankings “a joke.” He made this bold statement in support of a broader point he presented in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education : elite institutions “spend enormous resources to climb college rankings and compete for the most affluent, highest-scoring students.”

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Higher education in London

HEPI

I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College. I am also lucky to be an Honorary Fellow of this institution.

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Stress is a key deterrent to enrolling in higher education

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Nearly two-thirds of people who have never enrolled in higher education cite emotional stress as a key deterrent, a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation finds. It is the fourth most commonly cited reason after the cost of higher education (81 percent), inflation (77 percent) and work conflicts (69 percent).