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Colleges used these 3 strategies to spark big enrollment rebounds this Fall

University Business

Higher education stakeholders have been transfixed by declining student enrollment numbers in the past decade, which were only exacerbated further by the pandemic. But at the beginning of this new fall semester, colleges across the country are reporting big turnarounds. gain in first-time college students, thanks in part to an 8.9%

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Illinois Bill Aims to Improve Community College Credit Transfers

Insight Into Diversity

New legislation passed by the Illinois General Assembly aims to equalize credit transfers between community colleges and the state’s public four-year colleges and universities, making student transitions smoother between institution types.

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US liberal arts could shift focus to help post-study work options

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Humanities departments in the US may need to shift their focus so international students can find better post-study work and garner a “wider variety” of international enrolments, stakeholders have suggested. Liberal arts students are afforded the fewest official opportunities for post-study work.

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International student enrollment post-pandemic hits biggest stride, tops 1 million

University Business

International student enrollment continues to rebound since travel restrictions laid waste to foreign student prospects. Three years removed from the pandemic, enrollment has once again topped 1 million students , according to Open Doors, the primary data tool for international students in the U.S. According to the U.S.

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Paper exams, chatbot bans: Colleges seek to ‘ChatGPT-proof’ assignments - Associated Press

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Now, educators are rethinking how they’ll teach courses this fall from Writing 101 to computer science. Educators say they want to embrace the technology’s potential to teach and learn in new ways, but when it comes to assessing students, they see a need to “ChatGPT-proof” test questions and assignments.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

Today, of course, those professions include communication, journalism, hotel and restaurant management, library science, nursing, psychology, social work, and much more. A second tradition, originally associated with Oxford and Cambridge, emphasized the transmission of culture and character development in a residential college setting.

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What Today’s College Students Need

Inside Higher Ed

Graff, an expert on literacy who also writes widely on colleges and universities. Our students have changed, but our institutions have not adapted sufficiently to this reality. Non-traditional students now make up a majority of undergraduates. Non-traditional students now make up a majority of undergraduates.