Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: For students in Sarah Blackwood’s How to Read Moby-Dick class at Pace University, learning about Herman Melville’s work isn’t confined to lectures, essays or classroom discussions. percent from 2012 to 2018, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Humanities Indicators.

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The PIE News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Cape Breton University, originally named the University College of Cape Breton, was established in 1974 to serve the local and Nova Scotian population through higher education, preparing graduates for opportunities beyond the already shrinking local industries. In fact, every year since 1961 , there were fewer people living on the island.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Image: The Whittier College Board of Trustees was scheduled for a rare in-person meeting this Friday, after conducting most business virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with her address looming, Oubré and her critics have radically different views of what the state of the college is.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

A Black and openly queer woman, Williams-Goliday serves as a guide of sorts, helping students navigate their identity and the world around them, and how they can continue to be authentic as they go about their studies and approach the workplace, she says. There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says.

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University Business

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Have you updated the recruitment pitch your college is making to prospective students as other options beckon and enrollment continues to slip? There are an estimated one million fewer students on campus than there were prior to the pandemic, and the latest numbers show another decline. Degree and program interests: .

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more. Projects addressed topics such as annual giving, student retention, professional and continuing education, academic program planning, and more. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 10, 2024

Barabino, president of the Olin College of Engineering. 10 online panel – hosted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) – invited a number of scholars in higher ed to weigh in on the potential and challenges that AI tools may bring to the field. ChatGPT launched in November of 2022,” Watson said.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The colleges that rank highest for the most transparent merit scholarships provide clear, easily accessible information on the awards and the criteria they use, according to a new analysis. Regretfully, families will continue to be at a major disadvantage if colleges are not transparent about their ultimate net cost,” Degnan added.

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University Business

DECEMBER 19, 2022

These programs too often lead to “poor outcomes, including poor retention, poor graduate employability, and poor long-term earnings potential,” the authors said. The coursework in the crosshairs isn’t hard to divine, either: liberal arts mainstays such as literature, history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and psychology.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Blog: Beyond Transfer Many transfer students cite affordability as a driving concern. Given some of the unknowns for transfer students—such as which institution they will move to and how many of their credits will apply to program completion—it’s sometimes difficult to estimate what a bachelor’s degree will cost.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Post-secondary students often have a plan in mind for what they want to achieve during their academic journey. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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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. “The art of student engagement is flawless, seamless technology.”

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Post-secondary students often have a plan in mind for what they want to achieve during their academic journey. In such situations, it is important for these students to remember that they are not alone and that there are ways to navigate setbacks and still achieve success. 2020; Waltenbury et al., 2018; Walton & Brady, 2020).

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EAB

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We also received questions on various subject-specific curricula, with English language arts (at both the elementary and secondary levels) being the most popular. This rise reflects districts’ post-COVID-19 concerns about student learning loss. This rise reflects districts’ post-COVID-19 concerns about student learning loss.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU ) has expanded efforts to advance the recruitment and retention of diverse students and employees. Still University of Health Sciences (ATSU ) has expanded efforts to advance the recruitment and retention of diverse students and employees.

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Campus Sonar

APRIL 17, 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. Your faculty and staff working in these areas are on the frontlines to student support and connection.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

An increasingly high number of professional accrediting bodies touch and impact colleges and universities to the point where accreditors have the potential to lead or even stifle change in higher ed. They also discuss accreditors’ stances on DEI, the politicization of critical race theory, and the professionalization of college sports.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

30% of students say poor maintenance, cleaning or overall building conditions have had at least some impact on their ability to learn. Place matters, Medlin adds, because students think it matters. Just under half see research labs as excellent, while only one-third view arts and performing spaces as excellent. block:block=176].

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

On the opening day, academics shared findings on student success at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), while others tackled issues of pay inequity in internships. These values run contrary to systemic oppression. In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Encouraging a growth mindset in students is incredibly empowering. Understanding that one’s success is related to one’s own free will more readily allow students to embrace trials, persist when faced with obstacles, and exert effort when challenged (Dweck, 2008).

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass.,

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University Business

APRIL 19, 2023

Determined to leverage these tools in higher education, the University of North Texas and Reynolds Community College (Va.) “I’m concerned for students. The same can now be said for today’s increasingly data-driven world. “Prior to having the tools in their hands, there was a big question mark.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. Itzkowitz: Over the past year, we’ve seen an uptick in students and families wanting to know what type of return on investment they’re going to get from the college education. We have data from the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Encouraging a growth mindset in students is incredibly empowering. Understanding that one’s success is related to one’s own free will more readily allow students to embrace trials, persist when faced with obstacles, and exert effort when challenged (Dweck, 2008).

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 6, 2023

No one in his family had gone to college, much less earned an advanced degree. in educational leadership from the University of New England that he earned after getting a bachelor’s degree in political science and government and a master’s degree from Western Illinois University. he assumed his career options were limited.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. “Trust and institutional culture are broken,” the first of the five points said.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Going back decades, many states, systems and institutions have enacted sweeping policy changes and invested significant resources in supporting transfer student success. Yet student outcomes have shown little improvement and appear to have even regressed during the pandemic. This approach tends to fail for several reasons.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I mean English majors, Biology majors, Math majors, Computer Science, we have people from everywhere,” he explains. The impetus of all of it was creating a space where students could feel like they belong,” says Cassens. Especially students they may not otherwise have an opportunity to meet. They c o me from all over campus.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste! 2010; Bransford et al.,

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As the wave of closures of small liberal arts colleges across the United States continues, merging with a larger institution is increasingly seen as an attractive alternative. I am particularly concerned about my own institution, Bloomfield College, in New Jersey. More than 81 percent of our students are people of color.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma As psychological anthropologist Nat Kendall-Taylor recently noted , When the College Board revised the draft African American studies curriculum, it removed the word “systemic.” Systemic and structural bias are often manifest in disparities in education, healthcare, housing, employment, and criminal justice.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

It is a way educators can improve their skills and increase student outcomes. When faculty have access to continuous learning opportunities, they become more equipped to meet the needs of students. The purpose of attending any professional development is for the students we serve. Why are we here? I must see it to learn it.”

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2023

From entrepreneurship to fellowship programs, and from high schoolers to graduate students, their initiatives make a difference for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented student groups who seek effective and innovative pathways to successful careers in business. Studies indicate that a majority of U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 17, 2022

National Student Clearinghouse data released in May showed the enrollment downturn slowing, but by no means reversing. Enrollment officials at colleges that experienced robust increases aren’t even waiting for the official numbers and are instead publicly announcing enrollment upswings. Enrollment increased 8.3

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Helix Education

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Retention improvements can provide short-term and long-term ROI. The art and science of enrollment management has many performance indicators that drive the investment decisions of colleges and universities. With the looming enrollment cliff , student success initiatives are becoming greater priorities for campus leaders.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

It is a way educators can improve their skills and increase student outcomes. When faculty have access to continuous learning opportunities, they become more equipped to meet the needs of students. The purpose of attending any professional development is for the students we serve. Why are we here? I must see it to learn it.”

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