Wonkhe
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Degree apprenticeships are on the rise. Chris Harty argues that providers need to consider how to ensure apprentices have an authentic university experience. The post Creating an authentic academic experience for apprentices appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Although undergraduate and graduate enrollment are both down overall, HBCUs and online colleges saw notable increases.
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Wonkhe
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Anna Anthony argues that working out how to raise attainment needs consensus on who it is that universities are helping. The post Is attainment raising about moral obligation or regulatory requirement? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Watchdogs say colleges should consider the student loan landscape they’re asking students to enter. Here are key findings from a recent CFPB report.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 25, 2022
It's a big promotion for new Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan. David Kernohan traces her journey. The post Who is Gillian Keegan? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Shareholders for the former University of Arizona Global Campus contractor approved a plan that will have it selling off remaining assets and dissolving.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
A new study conducted by the ultra-conservative Manhattan Institute and published by the City Journal claims to prove that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is being taught in K-12 education. However, their claim is false, because they misrepresented CRT to prove their point. According to the study, evidence that CRT is being taught in school comes from recent high school graduates endorsing the following four statements: (1) “America is a systemically racist country,” (2) “white people have white priv
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
A national scholarship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is set to be launched. The program aims to help financially support civic-minded high school students who are interested in attending HBCUs. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program strives to encourage students to follow in the footsteps of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and develop into advocates and champions for universal rights.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The agency will credit borrowers for past payments, even late or partial ones, on PSLF and income-based plans.
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are teaching materials that typically have a Creative Commons license specifying permission and parameters for copying, distributing, attributing, or altering. Truly open OERs do not require registration or payment to access. The availability (open) and price (free) make OERs a great addition to an institution’s curriculum and an instructor’s cache of teaching material.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The University of Washington (UW) and Google have announced a $400,000 gift from the tech giant that will go towards efforts to diversify the field of K-12 computer science education. Computer science is one of America’s most critical fields. It ' s also among the fastest growing. But it is dominated by white and Asian males. This effects both the culture of the tech world and the products that it creates —from facial recognition software that can’t recognize Black and brown people to algorith
The Guardian - Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Investigators believe man posing as academic at University of Tromsø, in sensitive far north, was using false identity Norway’s domestic security agency has arrested a man claiming to be a Brazilian academic whom it suspects of being a Russian spy. “We have requested that a Brazilian researcher at the University of Tromsø be expelled from Norway because we believe he represents a threat to fundamental national interests,” the police security service (PST) deputy chief, Hedvig Moe, told the publi
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Eric Jager explores the significant downsides for both scholars and institutions of the academic addiction to Twitter. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Md Hannan/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
Campus Technology
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Teach Access, a nonprofit focused on digital accessibility skills education, is launching a collection of free online teaching resources designed to help faculty teach accessibility across a range of computer science, technology, and design programs.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Dr. David A. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida. Photo courtesy of David Canton. At the height of the pandemic in 2020, without ever visiting the campus, Dr. David A. Canton accepted the position of director of the African American studies program at the University of Florida (UF).
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
I failed organic chemistry. Twice. First at Brown, then at Yale. They are distinguished defeats, I’m proud to say. The first time, I began with confidence, having succeeded in biology and regular chemistry. I felt rapport with hybridization and resonance structures and even the cycloalkanes. I embraced the beautiful notion of the covalent bond, and as a big-picture gal, I appreciated its wondrous ability to create an infinitude of carbon-based molecules.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
By Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley. Susana Raab for The Chronicle Brett Sokolow. The complaint accuses Brett Sokolow of tax fraud, using company money for personal expenses, and retaliating against a worker who called out wrongdoing.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Image: Cassandra Simon, an associate professor of social work at the University of Alabama, has never attended a university football game in her 22 years working there. She was put off by the penultimate lyric in the university’s fight song: “You’re Dixie’s football pride.” The fight song, “Yea Alabama!” is largely associated with the Crimson Tide, one of the most successful football programs in NCAA history.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
By Megan Zahneis. Glen Stubbe, The Star Tribune, AP Steven Sviggum leaves an earlier meeting of the Board of Regents. The move followed nearly two weeks of backlash against Steven Sviggum's comments. He will continue to serve as a regent until his term ends next year.
EAB
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Podcast. New Approaches for Managing Student Mental Health Crises. Episode 125. October 25, 2022. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Ukraine keeps losing its talent. On the battlefield, in the forced migration to other countries, in the transition to lower-skilled jobs forced by the collapse of businesses, in the flight of qualified expats, in the designation of Ukraine as a high-risk zone for work, investment and travel. This is a fate of any country affected by a calamity of this scale.
University Business
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Have you updated the recruitment pitch your college is making to prospective students as other options beckon and enrollment continues to slip? There are an estimated one million fewer students on campus than there were prior to the pandemic, and the latest numbers show another decline. An ever-increasing range of competing interests drawing the attention of prospective students is increasing the pressure of institutions to fill their classrooms and residence halls, says the 2022 National Pros
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College (FDLTCC) will become the first two-year educational institute in Minnesota to get approval to give bachelor's degrees in elementary education, Duluth News Tribune reported. The elementary education degree is the school’s first and only four-year degree. FDLTCC announced the new major back in September, and classes will start under the program in January.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Pennsylvania State University called off an event featuring Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes Monday night. In a statement today, Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi blamed the threat of violence, not the views of the Proud Boys. "Campus police were concerned about escalating violence and public safety," she said. The event was to have featured McInnes and Alex Stein, "who are provocateurs known for their abhorrent views and rhetoric.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Franklin County public schools in Massachusetts have been given a $200,000 grant, which they will use to partner with Greenfield Community College (GCC) to create an early college pilot program, the Greenfield Recorder reported. As it stands now, access to early college credits is limited to students who can afford dual enrollment courses or students in grant- and donor-funded programs.
HEPI
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Midlands Innovation is a strategic research partnership of eight research intensive universities in the Midlands. Funding was awarded by Research England in 2020 for ‘TALENT’ – a transformation programme to advance status and opportunity for technical skills, roles and careers. The TALENT Commission report was published in 2022. HEPI is running a series of blogs with Midlands Innovation championing the role of technicians in higher education and research.
The Change Leader, Inc.
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Daniel Aguilar is in the JEDI profession—justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, with a focus on higher education. For him, this endeavor is not about checking off politically correct to-do boxes. He believes that this is more than merely a moral responsibility—improving the lives of individual students also boosts the institution’s return on investment and creates closer alignment with the institution’s mission over both the short and long terms.
The Guardian - Higher Education
OCTOBER 25, 2022
If I wanted to be a nurse, doctor, dentist or other health professional, I would be able to have a loan or bursary In the past, you have written about how trainee paramedics who have a previous degree are barred from student loans and the NHS bursary, unlike almost all other healthcare students. I am a mature student, looking to retrain as a paramedic.
The PIE News
OCTOBER 25, 2022
On the second day of The PIE Live: North America conference, Centennial College’s VIP Room was buzzing with lively conversations amongst well-acquainted peers in anticipation of the Global Workforce Development session led by Centennial together with Fanshawe College. As a headline sponsor for the event in Toronto, Canada, Centennial took the opportunity to unveil its newest brand platform and narrative.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Native American food systems and food sovereignty scholar Elizabeth Hoover, associate professor of environmental science, policy and management at the University of California, Berkeley, is the latest professor to backtrack on claiming Native American identity. Hoover, who has long described herself as being of Mohawk and Mi’kmaq descent, said in a statement on her website that while she grew up in and around Native American spaces in upstate New York, “As a result of recent question
The PIE News
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The appetite for international education is “huge” among Bangladeshi youth, a representative from the British High Commission in Dhaka said last week, following a report earlier this month that urged UK universities to diversify their student recruitment beyond India and China. . Speaking on a PIE webinar , Dan Pasha, director of trade and investment at the British High Commission in Bangladesh, told viewers that the UK “has always consistently been an attractive destination for Bangladeshi stud
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The vast majority of college and university employees—82 percent—carry some kind of debt, and just over half are debt-constrained in some way, according to a new report by the TIAA Institute and the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). The debt is more heavily concentrated in younger higher ed employees; 88 percent of those under 40 are carrying debt—most of it in student loans—compared to 64 percent of workers over 60, who are ma
The PIE News
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Covid “knee-capped international education” and there is now a “big task was ahead to rebuild”, delegates were told by a prominent minister at the recent Australian International Education Conference. Sector leaders came together to discuss Australia’s national strategy for international education (2021-2030) and what some of the key aspects are that will shape its successful delivery during the current decade.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Inside Higher Ed ’s first study of chief technology officers finds questionable support from top administrators, worries about high employee turnover and a lack of confidence on preventing cyberattacks.
University Business
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Elite colleges and universities say they want to diversify their student bodies, and yet they continue to favor white students with certain credentials and fail to keep up with the changing demographics in our country. Despite affirmative action, Black and Hispanic students were more underrepresented at top colleges in 2015 than they were in 1980, though their numbers improved at some elite schools during the pandemic.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 25, 2022
The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, or BOLI, is preparing to fine Pacific University $843,000—and potentially more, depending on additional complaints, OPB reported. Seven people have filed complaints that Pacific has not given them their full personnel file, as required by state law. “I feel a huge amount of vindication on behalf of my clients who have been fighting to get their personnel files produced to them as required under Oregon law by Pacific University,” said R
University Business
OCTOBER 25, 2022
When Angela Whitlock, a Cumberland Law student at Samford University, was looking for student groups to join last year, she noticed something was missing. There were groups for Black, Hispanic and Native American law students, student athletes, women, and various political organizations. But none were for LGBTQ students. So last fall, she and more than 50 students at Cumberland formed OUTLaw, an identity-based organization that aims to support and affirm LGBTQ students.
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