Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
The beleaguered program, run with 2U, was misrepresented as being the same quality as the in-person version, a newly filed class-action lawsuit said.
Wonkhe
MAY 4, 2023
What should students' relationship with the higher education regulator be like - and what should it focus on in their interests? Mack Marshall and Rania Regaieg reflect on a morning discussing student rights and power The post Students need to be treated like partners, not pawns appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
Institutions like Michigan State University are trying to better secure their campus and train students. But there’s no one-size-fits-all fix, experts say.
Wonkhe
MAY 4, 2023
What are the characteristics that students think are important - and are these different to those valued by academic staff? Billy Wong explains the ideal student The post How to become a perfect student appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
Analysts said colleges like Arkansas State University that heavily depend on these vendors would face greater administrative burdens and expenses.
Wonkhe
MAY 4, 2023
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to a college of kings, but not King’s College The post Higher education postcard: Trinity College, Cambridge appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
The private nonprofit college attributed the decision to sluggish recovery after hurricanes hit the region, as well as enrollment and financial troubles.
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Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
With its Q1 earnings, the company shared concerns that student interest in ChatGPT is impacting growth for its tutoring and homework help services.
Educause
MAY 4, 2023
The Digital Learning Strategy Guide can help institutions develop a robust, flexible, and personalized framework for a digital learning strategy informed by digital transformation.
HEPI
MAY 4, 2023
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Jon Down , Director of Development and Ellie Garraway , CEO, of Grit Breakthrough Programmes. Grit delivers intensive personal development and coaching programmes in universities across the UK. In his recent HEPI blog, Leo Hanna outlined the dangers of students’ expectations not matching up to reality: wasted opportunities for non-continuing students, lost revenue and reputational harm to institutions.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
The way we teach has undergone a massive shift in the past three years. When the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends toward remote instruction, asynchronous learning and more, classrooms were inundated with new technologies that were intended to help. The sudden push forced higher education institutions sometimes reticent instructors to adopt these tools to facilitate teaching and learning whether they were in the classroom or not.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
By Stephanie M. Lee Illustration by The Chronicle The university’s sustainability school chose greenhouse-gas removal after input from fossil-fuel executives. Critics say the industry’s involvement is cause for concern.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
HBCUs are attracting students at record numbers and experiencing an uptick in philanthropic support, both of which are chipping away at decades of underfunding. It’s a promising trend—one that we have a responsibility to ensure isn’t just a blip. Even with these successes, the long-term viability of many HBCUs remains precarious if we don’t take advantage of this moment to create lasting, systemic changes to advance the ways HBCUs operate and provide more Black Americans with access to the dis
Faculty Focus
MAY 4, 2023
Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? In other words, can we foster greater motivation? Positive academic mindsets motivate students to learn Mindset science has uncovered actionable insights into the academic behaviors of students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Music is a medium commonly used as an instrument to motivate individuals through different facets of life. In 2017, hip-hop became the most streamed genre in the United States of America. While hip-hop may not often be referenced as tantamount with higher education, many artists have referenced the academe within their works. Dr. Jeremy C. McCool Whether you are analyzing Ye’s multiplatinum and highly regarded debut album “College Dropout” or J.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Two visions of the university are clashing. It's clear which side is winning. By Caitlin Zaloom Marlena Sloss, The New York Times, Redux Two visions of the university are clashing. It's clear which side is winning.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Every so often, we get to see a college president overjoyed by the honor of awarding their son/daughter a diploma at commencement. That was the case for Dr. David K. Wilson, of Morgan State University in Baltimore, who in 2021, presented a degree to his son, alongside hundreds of other cheering Morgan graduates. But rarely do we see a college president preside over a commencement ceremony where they get to award a degree to their spouse.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
On my disillusioning experience as a chief diversity officer. By Ariana González Stokas Eric Petersen for The Chronicle On my disillusioning experience as a chief diversity officer.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Although the pandemic has negatively impacted enrollment across the world of higher education, the drops for minoritized men at community colleges have been especially precipitous. African Americans and Native Americans have been particularly affected, suffering declines of 24% and 26% respectively between fall 2019 and fall 2021. These decreases are especially concerning because of how popular a path community colleges have been for these groups: 44% of all Black undergraduates and 57% of all N
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Faculty members pay a price for all that juggling of research, teaching, and service. By Gloria Mark Brecht Vandenbroucke for The Chronicle Faculty members pay a price for all that juggling of research, teaching, and service.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
More than half of college students (58%) accessed mental health care during their K-12 years, according to data from TimelyCare, a virtual health and well-being company for higher education. Seli Fakorzi The finding indicates that issues of mental health are not recent, said Seli Fakorzi, a licensed clinician and director of mental health operations at TimelyCare.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
By Adrienne Lu Sarah Jones for The Chronicle Allowing students to reflect on their social and academic anxieties helps them put things in perspective and persist through college, a groundbreaking study says.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Norwich University recently honored Brig. Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse Jr., one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, with an honorary doctorate during commencement, NBC5 reported. Brig. Gen. Enoch Woody Woodhouse, Jr. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first group of all-Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps, for which Woodhouse served as a pilot in World War II.
University Business
MAY 4, 2023
Credentials holders in computer-related fields, such as computer science, computer engineering and computer and information sciences, are the country’s most lucrative students early into their careers, according to Department of Education data compiled by The HEA Group and College Scorecard. Bachelor’s degree holders in computer science from Harvard University have the highest mean earnings four years after graduation at $256,539.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Bluefield University was subject to hackers this week, with them taking over the Virginia university’s emergency alerts system and threatening to leak school files if the school doesn’t pay up, NBC News reported. “We have admissions data from thousands of students. Your personal information is at risk to be leaked on the darkweb blog,” the messages said.
Academe Blog
MAY 4, 2023
BY JOHN K. WILSON The news that Cornell University’s administration sternly rejected a student demand for trigger warnings has spread across the country for the past month.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
New York Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has signed into law two bills that would make birth control and medication abortion easier to access, Livingston County News reported. Gov. Kathy Hochul One of the bills would allow pharmacists to prescribe over-the-counter birth control to patients. The other would fund a program to provide medication abortion at SUNY and CUNY campus health centers.
Faculty Focus
MAY 4, 2023
Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? In other words, can we foster greater motivation? Positive academic mindsets motivate students to learn Mindset science has uncovered actionable insights into the academic behaviors of students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Marcus Byrd Marcus Byrd has been named director of financial aid at Alabama A&M University. He served as director of financial aid at Coppin State University in Baltimore. Byrd earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA from Alabama A&M University.
The PIE News
MAY 4, 2023
Over 64,000 more Indians were studying in the US in 2022 than the previous year, while the number of Chinese students in the country dropped, according to new immigration data. The Student and Exchange Visitor Program reported there were 1,362,157 international students in the US on vocational (M-1) and academic (F-1) visas in the US in 2022, a 10% increase from the previous year.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 4, 2023
Scaling Up: Program Gets Student Stop-Outs to Graduation Featured Image at Top of Article 20221216_Commencement_82.
The PIE News
MAY 4, 2023
Mapping the international student journey through inquiry to applicant is tedious, resource-draining and an ever-present task throughout the recruitment cycle. However, checking on the health of your inquiry journey can optimise the experience for you and your prospective international students by tracing a clear path to them finding their best fit with you.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 4, 2023
Controversy at Madison Over Racist Video Scott Jaschik Thu, 05/04/2023 - 06:47 AM
The Guardian - Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
Nursery education is in crisis, schools and FE colleges neglected. Only by funding these properly will Labour improve standards There’s been a lot less hoo-ha about Labour’s retreat on abolishing tuition fees than some expected. Large numbers, even among students themselves, think paying for their own degrees is fair: YouGov yesterday found 50% of them pro-fees with only 30% wanting the public to pay through general taxation.
Campus Technology
MAY 4, 2023
Epson has unveiled its newest education camera, the DC-30 Wireless Document Camera with 4K video resolution, a 13-megapixel camera, 10x optical zoom, and 23x digital zoom, the company said in a news announcement.
Helix Education
MAY 4, 2023
The RNL fundraising experts team of Greta Daniels, Justin Marquart, Nick Herman, and Scott Kruger contributed to this blog and presented at these events with RNL partners. It’s been a busy spring conference season in the fundraising world, and RNL has been a big part of it. Between mid-January and April, we sponsored and presented at more than a dozen conferences, including CASE events, AFP ICON, our own virtual Advancement Innovation Summit , and more.
Coursera blog
MAY 4, 2023
By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera Today, we are pleased to announce the new entry-level Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate. The certificate is designed to help individuals with no previous experience or college degree land their first job in the field of cybersecurity. Despite the demand for cybersecurity rapidly increasing , there’s a severe shortage of skilled talent.
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