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How mega-universities manage to teach hundreds of thousands of students

University Business

Industry watcher Phil Hill discovered that while enrollments from institutions that are almost exclusively online represent only a small percentage at nonprofit and state colleges, they make up about half of the student population at for-profits, a trend that started many years ago as investors poured money into digital education.

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Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Iowa Wesleyan University is closing, citing rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, declining fundraising and the governor’s rejection of a proposal for federal COVID-19 relief funds. Now, as university officials and the governor trade blame, the college is set to close in May.

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Why PeopleAdmin? Ann Robinson, Montana State University

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Ann Robinson, Human Resources Systems Administrator at Montana State University , manages the PeopleAdmin platform across four different MSU campuses: Montana State University, MSU Billings, MSU Northern, and Great Falls College. Ann Robinson, Montana State University appeared first on PeopleAdmin.

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Cardiff Metropolitan University becomes first UK higher education institution to pledge no investments in border violence

HEPI

Today, Cardiff Metropolitan University made a landmark announcement in support of migrants’ rights by approving a policy to never invest in companies complicit in violence against people migrating and seeking sanctuary. This is the first time a UK university has aligned investment policy with immigration justice.

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Student unrest mounts amid UK marking boycott

The PIE News

Students at universities in London are becoming increasingly restless as university marking boycotts approach their third month. The halt on marking is nationwide and is the culmination of failed industrial negotiations between the University and College Union and the Universities & Colleges Employers Association.

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After a marking boycott, the university threatened to withhold our pay. That only made us angrier | Tanzil Chowdhury

The Guardian - Higher Education

The disdain shown to us by Queen Mary University of London inspired me to redouble my efforts on the picket lines. Staff and students have had enough On 29 June 2022, all the staff at Queen Mary University of London, where I work, received an email from management. But several things quickly became clear. Continue reading.

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Leveraging Data and DEI Initiatives

PeopleAdmin

Data and analytics are more important than ever to colleges and universities today. Texas State University’s Inclusive Faculty Hiring For Texas State University , managing a large volume of faculty applications while adhering to EEO guidelines required a lot of manual work.