HEPI

MAY 11, 2023

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Warren Manning, Provost for Innovation and Research at the University of Derby, and Dr Jenna Townend, FHEA, Principal Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor at the Uni versity of Derby. For more details, including how to book a free place, see here.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A recent correspondent shared a memorable quotation from the Nobel prizewinner Ernest Rutherford: “That which is not Physics is stamp collecting.” ” In other words, that which isn’t science is a trivial and inconsequential waste of time. Americans once revered science and scientists.

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The Berkeley Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

They passed the Morrill Act which provided land grants to states to establish colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts to teach practical agriculture, science, military science and engineering. It was on this foundation that the University of California was launched. And, Continue reading »

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. Q: Your Ph.D. is in linguistics.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask ChatGPT why you should read fiction and it will spout literature’s many benefits: entertainment, increased empathy, cognitive stimulation and learning about different cultures, historical events and social issues. All very general and abstract; not very profound or compelling. As New York Times film critic A.

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HEPI

MARCH 23, 2023

Universities in the Midlands and the pan-regional growth body, the Midlands Engine, are piloting how universities can work together to attract foreign direct investment into regional research and development. Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Start spreading the news. Or to take some other examples of high ROI fields: “Those with a bachelor’s degree in #architecture and #engineering have median lifetime earnings of $3.8 No surprise: computers, math, healthcare practice, architecture, engineering, and business. ” Wait a second.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Bitter controversy has recently swirled around California’s revised Mathematics Framework, a set of recommendations about how math should be taught in the state’s K-12 schools. A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence.

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Liaison International

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sociology and liberal arts/general studies were tied for second place (72%), followed by communications (64%), education (61%), marketing (60%), medical/clinical assisting (58%), political science/government (56%), biology (52%), and English literature/language (52%). The number of international students enrolled in U.S. Source: CNBC.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 11, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma. Next comes the argument that no one who was serious about developing faster, cheaper paths into “ high paying, in-demand jobs, like data and software engineering ,” would “ create [the] university as the way to get there.” Altogether, a fifth of all graduates fall into this category.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer While Michigan is synonymous with mobility when it comes to manufacturing vehicles of all shapes and sizes, every Michigander knows that a car is only as good as the road it is driven on—and we also know that many of Michigan’s highways have fallen into disrepair.

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ACPA

JUNE 9, 2023

How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education (Part I)?- With Hanna Lee Description: In this episode, we have our old friend Hanna back! We are talking about how technology influences our work at higher education and student affairs, particularly in international education. We will have two episodes talking about this topic.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

Pomp and Circumstance Throughout graduation season, I have had a variety of conversations about the traditions, pageantry, and symbolism connected to commencement ceremonies and the trappings of the academy. I thought it would be timely to share some of the arcana that arises most frequently in those conversations.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Perhaps as an undergraduate you read Oscar Wilde’s mirthful, satiric essay “The Critic as Artist.” Ironically, it’s the essay’s major source of satire—the primacy of criticism over the art that it interprets and evaluates—that has, to a surprising extent, been realized.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A now forgotten turn-of-the-20th-century song, “Do You Believe Your Baby or Your Eyes?” ” apparently gave birth to one of that century’s most famous witticisms. If you are caught red-handed in an undeniably awkward, embarrassing or illicit situation, one way out is to beg for trust.

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SRHE

JUNE 7, 2023

This blog has been compiled by Sam Elkington, Jill Dickinson, and Sinéad Murphy (SRHE Conferences and Events Manager.) That vocabulary must be challenging, so that it provokes new thinking, but it must not be overly technical or oriented towards engineering or architectural concerns. How are others using those spaces?

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 12, 2023

Let us delve into the core concepts and principles of curriculum development, examining its importance in education and the fundamental components involved in this blog. Let us delve into the core concepts and principles of curriculum development, examining its importance in education and the fundamental components involved in this blog.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

OCTOBER 6, 2022

And we did the first full degree program in e-commerce, the first master's of arts in teaching with the Internet. Disruption, Evolution, and Leadership. A Conversation With Paul LeBlanc, President, Southern New Hampshire University. Thu, 10/06/2022 - 06:00. Higher Ed Leadership. Inside Higher Ed. Weekly Wisdom.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Not a day goes by that I don’t read something that shocks me, annoys me, frustrates me, rouses me, or inspires me. ” Or I don’t know whether to laugh for cry. Consider the following examples: Wealthy colleges have found a new way to separate potential students from their dollars.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 1, 2024

However, in this episode of the Weekly Wisdom Series , we spoke with President Casey Sacks , who began working at West Virginia’s BridgeValley Community and Technical College after serving two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Colleges at the U.S. Department of Education. And that got us the grant.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 17, 2024

Search Engine Optimization remains critical for reaching potential students, faculty, and researchers. Search Engine Optimization remains a critical component of effective educational marketing, aiming to optimize a website for higher rankings in search engine results. If you’re wondering, “ How do I leverage SEO for my website?

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Want to know why John Guillory’s Professing Criticism has attracted such widespread attention? Because it’s widely read as a eulogy for a discipline that has lost its audience and lost its way. The challenges that literary studies faces are evident to anyone who cares to look. The field has fragmented.

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eLiterate

JULY 12, 2023

I don’t know if my idea will work yet—he promised to let me know once he tries it—but the idea got me thinking. Generative AI probably will change EdTech integration, interoperability, and the impact that interoperability standards can have on learning design. You can guess from the name what it’s supposed to do. It never worked well.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 25, 2023

Lessons in Innovation for Higher Ed A Conversation With Peter Temes, President, Institute for Innovation in Large Organizations Alan Thu, 06/01/2023 - 06:00 Image Blog Post Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight Despite our focus on higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) always watches innovators working in other sectors.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The past’s meaning only becomes clear in hindsight. Even as we fixate on headline news, the true drivers of transformation occur out of sight. It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma. More than that, these initiatives express a broader turn in humanities and social science scholarship away from the cultural, postmodern, and post-structuralist turns that dominated anthropology, geography, history, literature, political science, and sociology since the mid- and late-1970s.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I live my life according to a series of mantras. The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Chad Orzel’s piece this week, “ Physics Is a Liberal Art ,” is a must-read. He’s a physicist who attended a small liberal arts college and works at another one, so he’s well acquainted with the various ways in which the term “liberal arts” is used.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

APRIL 6, 2023

Valerie Sheares Ashby recently assumed the role of president. She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about becoming the first new leader in decades, the nature of servant leadership, how higher ed can shape the future, and how self-care is vital in doing her work effectively. I don't allow anybody to talk to me about anything there.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Colleges pay tribute to diversity yet largely offer a cookie-cutter approach to education. Homogeneity and uniformity are generally the rule, not an education with distinguishing characteristics. Sure, there are exceptions. Columbia, Chicago, and St. Johns offer variations on a great books curriculum. In 2019, just 7.2

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The four-year graduation rate at the Cal State campuses reached a record high—33 percent—in 2021. A recent blog posting by Michael Feldstein, one of higher education’s most astute observers, asked a fascinating question: If you were designing Cal State today, what would you do differently?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I don't think any of my undergraduate or graduate school professors taught in ways that teaching centers prescribe. We have much to learn from those teachers, as ignorant as they were about the learning sciences, dual coding, interleaving, metacognition, retrieval practice, and spaced practice.

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