Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

6, despite employee leaks that the tool was not ready. Early users quickly found that the eerily human-sounding bot produced unhinged , manipulative , rude , threatening and false responses, which prompted the company to implement changes—and AI ethicists to express reservations.

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HEPI

MAY 8, 2023

Looking at the broader HE ecosystem, if generative AI models can be trained to answer students’ questions with a higher degree of accuracy than a human tutor might, the cost of education – and therefore cost barriers – could fall very significantly.

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WCET Frontiers

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Not developing and implementing AI policies within the context of ethical considerations opens up the institution – and thus its leaders – to, at best, inefficient use of resources that often include funds from taxpayers, and, at worst, serious breaches of privacy, security, transparency, and equity.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Within UC’s decentralized model, the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services & Information Technology (CECH) built a robust Student Services Center that provides guidance to students via a team of academic advisors, career development specialists, retention program managers, and a licensed counselor and social worker.

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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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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division August 9, 2023 Melissa Grant Associate Dean of Advisement, Office of the Provost, Pace University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability. How did we get here?

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WCET Frontiers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Welcome to the continuation of the WCET + WCET Steering work group series focused on microcredential initiatives. This series explores microcredential adoption, implementation, and evaluation. With today’s post, our steering committee work group discusses the implementation stage of a microcredentialling program. Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET.

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UW Presidential Blog

MAY 24, 2022

Bias Reporting Tool. Washington State Human Rights Commission Complaint Form. Today, from our Board of Deans and Chancellors , to a wide array of student leaders and organizations, to coursework and research , AA and NHPIs continue to strengthen our community and our collective impact on the world. Honored with the Charles E.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

They also have misgivings about some ed-tech tools, interdisciplinary dialogue and improving-but-still-low participation rates by women, especially given their role in developing tech products that change how people live. But that does not mean that those researchers always consult with the computer scientists who supply the computing tools.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability. How did we get here?

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The Student Affairs Collective

MAY 28, 2020

Her posts are usually so upbeat, but she had re-posted a quote that said “Want to know what it’s like being a student affairs professional during this coronavirus pandemic? Remember when the Titanic was sinking and the band continued to play? That’s us, we’re the band.” Our campus has seen more than its share of challenges.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Graduate pipeline programs were created to level the playing field by providing students from historically excluded populations with the resources to be competitive in pursuing their graduate degrees. However, thank-you notes should not be used as a gatekeeping tool. In programs such as the Ronald E.

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Edu Alliance Journal

JULY 5, 2022

Executive coaching is an essential problem-solving tool for higher education executives seeking support balancing leadership challenges and understanding the higher education landscape from both the 30,000 ft elevation and the 100 ft elevation. Universities unable to make these changes rapidly faced many challenges.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

Advisers face caseloads in the hundreds, adviser turnover is a problem that COVID-19 only exacerbated and institutions don’t always prioritize advising for resource distribution. That said, many institutions don’t mandate meetings with advisers. Experts offer the following eight actions: 1.

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Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Inspiring new teaching and research approaches. Role of Data dashboards in higher education Data dashboards are sophisticated tools that play a crucial role in modern institutions, particularly in higher education. Data-driven organizations are 23x more likely to gain and 6x more likely to keep customers. McKinsey Global Institute.

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Liaison International

MARCH 27, 2024

The result is a more holistic view of student success, which accounts for life outside the classroom and helps students connect with the resources they need to persist and thrive. Human-led campus resources will always be crucial aspects of student support in higher education. AI can fix this problem.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 21, 2023

Meanwhile, political appointees only view their schools as political tools. Rural-serving institutions (RSIs) face many more unique challenges than most urban schools and persist, comprising more than 25% of all U.S. colleges and universities. How to subset rising costs with remote learning and course selection.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

I talked to Scott Shireman , Coursera’s global head of campus, and Lindsey Keith-Vincent , associate dean for research, outreach and innovation and director of the Science and Technology Education Center at Louisiana Tech University, about the results. I’m drawing from new research from Coursera.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

INSIGHT reminds us of this inexorable fact while providing the tools, resources, and encouragement needed to meet the moment we all find ourselves in.” “Never has INSIGHT Into Diversity been more needed in higher education. I love seeing my colleagues across the country doing what they do — shining so brightly!

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 25, 2023

We try to do that in a very focused way, to match emerging opportunities and emerging resources, to create more platforms and more engines for more of that matching." So maybe I'm a student, cafeteria worker, professor, or dean. If I can say, 'We have lots of tools for testing. I've got the light bulb; here's an idea.

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Echo Delta

OCTOBER 30, 2021

This is the first of four installments in our (Re)Precedented Webinar Series, which originally took place live in September and October of 2021. Webinar Summary. The pandemic stopped the academic world in its tracks. Most schools struggled to keep enrollment numbers up and getting students back to campus. The challenge of scheduling campus visits.

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UW Presidential Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

I thank the staff of the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center for swiftly connecting SSA members with UWPD to file a police report and with support resources, including counseling. I am so proud of the many members of our community who have raised their voices to share their grief, seek solutions and offer support.

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