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Directly engage men student-athletes in sexual assault prevention efforts, advocates say

Higher Ed Dive

It’s On Us found that surveyed athletes want to help but feel ill-prepared by their college's current training programs.

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Higher education postcard: Oxford University Press

Wonkhe

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to a city of dreaming spires and inky fingers The post Higher education postcard: Oxford University Press appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Class of 2023 says they’re eyeing mental health benefits during the job search

Higher Ed Dive

College grads whose undergraduate experience was completely shaped by COVID-19 are cautiously optimistic about their workforce readiness.

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Podcast: Finances, CBI, disabled students

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast there’s new data on the financial health of universities - we discuss how higher education is coping with inflation and frozen fees The post Podcast: Finances, CBI, disabled students appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Why Not Both?: It’s time to teach accessibly AND teach accessibility! 

WCET Frontiers

This month WCET has focused on accessibility. As you may or may not know, we’ve been undertaking an accessibility review and revision of our entire website and document development practices. We held a WCET Webcast this month to feature the lessons we have learned during this process, which included WCET’s Manager of Digital Design, Rosa Calabrese, our Executive Director, Russ Poulin, and John Northup, the Director of Evaluations with WebAIM, which we have contracted with for our web

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Where the R&D money is spent

Wonkhe

The R&D funding ecosystem just isn't designed to level up the country. James Coe takes a look at where the money gets spent. The post Where the R&D money is spent appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How to Address the Dearth in Black Male Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Samantha L. Strachan said she wants to figure out why fewer than 2% of all teachers in the U.S. are African American men and what can be done to improve that number. “While we know that they bring value to the classroom, they’re very much absent in the classroom as educators, as teachers,” said Strachan, acting chair of the Department of Teacher Education & Leadership at Alabama A&M University.

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2U’s first quarter earnings down 6% from prior year

Higher Ed Dive

The company significantly reduced its spending over the same period.

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CISA's New Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot Helping Organizations Avoid Incidents

Campus Technology

The federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot program that notifies critical infrastructure and public sector organizations anytime a new vulnerability being exploited by threat actors is identified.

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Four Pennsylvania Men Charged after Harassing and Assaulting Black Lehigh University Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Four Pennsylvania men have been charged after a Black Lehigh University student was allegedly called a racial slur, chased to his dorm, and assaulted, CNN reported. Brandon John, 22, was charged with simple assault and harassment; Michael Rosta, 21, with burglary and simple assault; Nabil Jameel, 22, with simple assault; and Cameron Graf, 22, with simple assault and harassment.

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Hundreds of UNC Professors Oppose ‘Overreach’

Inside Higher Ed

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Savannah State University President Kimberly Ballard-Washington Announces Resignation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Savannah State University President Dr. Kimberly Ballard-Washington will step down from her role at the end of the fiscal year, after four years at SSU’s helm, Savannah Morning News reported. Kimberly Ballard-Washington In an Apr. 27 email sent to SSU faculty, Ballard-Washington cited personal issues that have prevented her from meeting her presidential goals as the reason why she is stepping down.

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Preparing to Succeed With Your Annual Marketing Plan

Helix Education

Reena Lichtenfeld Reena Lichtenfeld facilitates the development of dozens of annual marketing and recruitment plans each year. She has helped large and small, public and private, and perhaps most importantly centralized and decentralized graduate and/or online operations create both a plan and a process that lives on years after her work is done. Reena recently participated in a webinar— Prepare to Succeed —focused on how to begin and then how to get the most out of an annual marketing and recru

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5 Lessons for Higher Ed’s Least Powerful Administrators

The Chronicle of Higher Education

What department chairs can learn about leadership from "Everything Everywhere All at Once." By Lisa Jasinski Moviestore Collection Ltd, Alamy Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once What department chairs can learn about leadership from Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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Soccer Midfielder Focuses on Growth Through Dogged Determination

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Camber Hayes Spring is a busy time for Miami University soccer midfielder/defender Camber Hayes, who has been named the 2023 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year. As team captain since the second semester of her freshman year, she is focused on her training so she can give a top performance come soccer season in the fall. She also studies intently to maintain her 4.0 GPA and be a top candidate for veterinary school, which she hopes to enter after graduation next year.

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The 7 Trends Shaping Small Colleges

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Tuition revenues are eroding, but small institutions have a plethora of ways to fight back. By Mary B. Marcy Davide Bonazzi for The Chronicle Tuition revenues are eroding, but small institutions have a plethora of ways to fight back.

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When Two Tribes go to war: How should universities respond to the criticisms of wokeness from Matthew Goodwin and others?

HEPI

This blog by HEPI Director , Nick Hillman, looks at two new books that touch upon higher education and ‘wokeness’, including Matthew Goodwin’s Voice, Values and Virtue. I was recently fortunate enough to spend a week on holiday in Paris. In the precious moments I could snatch away from queueing at Disneyland, this gave me the chance to read two new books relevant to the debate about universities’ position in our national life, including their relationship to ‘wokeness’.

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Digital English tests “key” to diversity

The PIE News

It would be easy to assume that the pandemic had advanced the acceptance of digital language tests for university admission in the UK. However, many in the higher education sector have yet to update their policy on digital English testing, it was said on a panel at a recent stakeholder event in Leeds. While universities are able to decide which English language tests they will accept for undergraduate level study or higher, many still defer to the UKVI’s list of secure English language tests kno

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Are You Successfully Using Your Guest Speakers?

Faculty Focus

Guest speakers can offer an important extension of learning and understanding both in and outside the classroom. “Inviting guest speakers into your classroom is a classic teaching strategy. Welcoming other voices into the classroom provides students with access to other perspectives, adds variety to the classroom routine, and demonstrates that learning is a collaborative enterprise” ( Laist, 201 5, p.1 ).

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Study Plans to launch first AI for global admissions

The PIE News

Study Plans has launched the industry’s first AI-powered tool for global admissions, which it says will answer students’ questions concerning a wide range of study abroad topics. The innovative mechanism will cover topics including studying abroad, scholarships and visa requirements as if it were an admission advisor. It is designed to be able to cope with any demand, request and inquiry coming from future students.

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Why Peer Mentors Are Crucial for Women in STEM

Inside Higher Ed

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Brazil’s STB consultants merges into BeFly

The PIE News

One of Brazil’s largest education consultants, Student Travel Bureau , has merged with tourism conglomerate BeFly , The PIE has been told. As part of a “strategic move” to increase market share and business volume, the 50-year-old consultancy hopes to gain a valuable expansion from the acquisition by BeFly. “By the end of 2024, the goal is to expand to 30 new offices,” noted José Carlos Hauer Santos Júnior, head of Student Travel Bureau.

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Community College Voice Podcast, Season 7, Episode 5

AACC

Season 7, Episode 5 Engaging Adjuncts to Promote Student Success In this episode we talk about engaging adjuncts to promote student success. Record live at AACC Annual in 2023.

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Dishonest players in India are ‘damaging’ industry reputation

The PIE News

Education counsellors across India say duplicitous players in the international education market are having a seriously negative impact on the sector, with one senior counsellor describing the situation as “supremely unethical”. There is consensus among competing agents and advisors that more needs to be done to control and protect the sector from dishonest operating which they say largely exists in the sub-agent network.

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Are You Successfully Using Your Guest Speakers?

Faculty Focus

Guest speakers can offer an important extension of learning and understanding both in and outside the classroom. “Inviting guest speakers into your classroom is a classic teaching strategy. Welcoming other voices into the classroom provides students with access to other perspectives, adds variety to the classroom routine, and demonstrates that learning is a collaborative enterprise” ( Laist, 201 5, p.1 ).

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The positive impact of learning English with Cambridge

The PIE News

Cambridge University Press & Assessment carries out in-depth studies all over the world to measure the educational impact of its exams and learning resources. The Impact Team I lead is made up of experts in education research, evaluation, teaching, learning and assessment. Our objective is to understand the impact our English exams and learning materials have on people’s lives.

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Four Steps CIOs Can Take to Mitigate IT Employee Fatigue

Campus Technology

Technology research firm Gartner advises chief information officers to include discussions about fatigue and burnout in order to reduce employee turnover and achieve better results in network management efforts, according to a new report.

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Whatever Happened to MIT and Harvard’s Big EdX Profit?

Inside Higher Ed

Whatever Happened to MIT and Harvard’s Big EdX Profit?

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Ellucian Unveils New Partner Program to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Higher Ed

Campus Technology

Higher education SaaS provider Ellucian has revamped its partnership programs, combining them into a new Ellucian Partner Network, aiming to “ignite scale and acceleration of digital transformation across the industry,” according to a news release.

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Optimizing Your Campus CRM: How to Get the Most Out of a Misunderstood Tool

Helix Education

While working in enrollment operations at Columbia University, Penn State University, and Carnegie Mellon University, Robert Tallerico became increasing interested in how technology can assist in enrollment operations—when systems are set up correctly. He then joined Slate and spent a few years learning the ins and outs of that platform. These experiences provide the foundations for Robert’s work in advising RNL clients on how to get the most out of their CRM. ( He has also written about how cri

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Cengage Partners with Accredible to Offer Digital Badging in Intro to Computing Courses

Campus Technology

Through a partnership with digital credentialing platform Accredible, Cengage is making it easier for students in its Introduction to Computing courses to showcase workforce skills to potential employers.

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How Do You Build Sustainable Long-Term Enrollment? Plan for It

Helix Education

What is the best way to ensure a healthy enrollment outlook? Planning: holistic strategic enrollment planning. Every president and campus leader knows that enrollment growth (or in some cases stabilization) is crucial to the financial viability of their university. But every year the tyranny of the “urgent” chokes out the very thing that will give a college or university a fighting chance at shaping and overcoming enrollment headwinds.

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Low-Income Students Stand to Benefit From Stackable Credentials

Inside Higher Ed

Low-Income Students Stand to Benefit From Stackable Credentials Sara Weissman Fri, 04/28/2023 - 12:00 AM

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Transitions: Scripps College Names New President; New Mexico State U. Chancellor Stepped Down

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Appointments, resignations, retirements, deaths By Julia Piper Scripps College's acting president has been named to the post permanently.

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30 Ways to Learn About Graduate and Online Enrollment Trends at the RNL National Conference

Helix Education

The RNL National Conference in Nashville (July 25-27, 2023) will feature its fifth annual Graduate and Online track. RNL’s graduate and online theme this year is “Scaling for Growth,” and our sessions will deliver techniques, tactics, and strategies to help you do just that. The full program is ready and it is jam-packed with content. Here are a few key sessions that graduate and online enrollment managers will not want to miss.

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The Biden Administration Issues a National Cybersecurity Strategy

Educause

The Biden Administration has released a National Cybersecurity Strategy, a comprehensive plan to address the most pressing cybersecurity issues. The National Cybersecurity Strategy does not explicitly include policies for higher education, but some policies may open or strengthen opportunities for institutions to participate in federally funded cybersecurity programs.

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TikTok Bans: What does it really mean for your institution?

University Business

As digital natives, many young people today are quick to adopt en vogue apps and social media platforms, like TikTok, without fully understanding how their personal data is used or what steps they should take to keep themselves safe online. Now more than ever, schools should be leaning into their educational missions and taking the long-game approach of implementing digital literacy training to help students operate safely and effectively in their uber-connected world (yes, that’s a technology p