Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Ed tech companies and college leaders shared their higher education predictions during Educause’s conference in late October.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The NUS president has been dismissed following claims of antisemitism. Jim Dickinson considers the context. The post NUS has sacked its president – but are there wider implications? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The online tutoring and book rental company suffered four data breaches between 2017 and 2020, one of which exposed personal information on about 40 million customers. The Federal Trade Commission said the company failed to fix data security problems despite multiple security breaches between 2017 and 2020.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A Challenge for Educators. Here is a bold statement. The world is going to hell in a handbasket. For many years now societies have been morphing from basically ethical, where doing the right thing guides all decisions, to one where the pursuit of self-interest and lack of caring about others is front and center. From a philosophical point of view, decisions and actions are often based on the utilitarian concept of “the ends justify the means.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Emily Yarrow and Karen Johnston argue that poorly resourced and under recognised work on equality charters leads to some paying a hefty price. The post Why do we tax the identities of equality champions? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation This month, the London School of Economics (LSE) expanded its degree partnership with 2U to launch a series of edX microcredentials that provide learners with a flexible, stackable pathway towards pursuing a fully online undergraduate education. Wim Van der Stede , LSE’s new Academic Dean for Extended Education, graciously agreed to answer my questions about these new programs.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The real problem that universities have with freedom of speech is that they are no good at talking about it, argues Paul Greatrix. The post The real free speech problem in universities appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The burden of student loan debt limits future finances of graduates of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). As such, college education is not fulfilling the promise of being a great equalizer and closing wealth gaps, according to a recent report. Christelle Bamona HBCU graduates have an average debt of $32,373 after graduation, which is 19% higher than those at non-HBCUs. “ Paying from the Grave ” – by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) – highlights the effects of systemic

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

62% of students surveyed worry little (or not at all) about their college being targeted by cybersecurity breaches or cyberattacks, even though they could jeopardize their personal data. Image: Student interest will continue to grow when it comes to virtual courses and remote learning options for live courses, the desire for creating richer academic and on-campus experiences, and new technology options.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A recent report has found that certain degrees at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities are leaving students with higher debt than what they make annually , Main Street Nashville r eported. The Beacon Center of Tennessee reviewed data for graduates of 320 different undergraduate programs in the state. “This data allows us to objectively analyze programs and determine which ones provide opportunities to increase incomes and which ones will likely leave students with excessive debt and a sa

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The higher education IT security landscape continues to evolve, with cybercriminals becoming more sophisticated and doing more damage than before. According to the CrowdStrike 2022 Global Threat Report, there was a 45 percent increase in interactive intrusion activity and more than 170 adversaries tracked in 2021 than in the year before. “Even the run of the mill attackers today have a pretty sophisticated toolset,” said Vice President Tina Thorstenson of CrowdStrike’s Industry Business Unit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Dr. Dara N. Byrne PHOTO COURTESY OF CUNY Becoming Dean of Macaulay Honors College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), enables Dr. Dara N. Byrne to bring her commitment to access and equity to a new area of public higher education. “Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (pa

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

At the 2022 Educause Annual Conference on higher education information technology, Informatica announced its launch of an AI-powered, cloud-native data management platform, called Intelligent Data Management Cloud.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Gayle K. Brunelle and Annette Finley-Croswhite explore the potential for a lost generation of books and how to cope with the new normal in academic publishing. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Publishing Research Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Dilia Almukhambetova/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Gayle K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Of all the things that shaped the career of longtime theater director Sheldon Epps, few rank as high as the time he spent as an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University. It was on the campus of the Pittsburgh-based school from 1969 to 1973 that Epps met three of the four actors with whom he would go on to start his first production company. While Epps says he was “lucky” to get accepted into Carnegie and ultimately form relationships that would lead to his first big break, getting through Car

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In March 2021, the chair of the Board of Trustees of Becker College announced that the institution would close its doors due to financial difficulties accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a blow to the students, faculty and staff of this private college in Worcester, Mass., which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887.

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Leaders Building Leaders

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I believe between every stimulus and its response, every piece of information and our decision, there is space. A brief pause. It is brief, but always enough time and room for our philosophy or interpretation to be inserted. Within that space creates choice. Will we use it to think? Will we use it to examine? Will we use it to wait for more information?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Starting Out. California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt , has started a campaign to raise $50 million. The university has already raised $33 million. Rider University has launched a campaign to raise $80 million. Thus far, the university has raised $76 million. Utah Valley University has launched its first campaign and is seeking to raise $350 million.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Karen Pearl Karen Pearl has been named interim vice president for communications at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. She served as the director of university media relations. Pearl earned a master’s from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a juris doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Podcast. How Pueblo College Supercharged Yield and Retention Efforts. Episode 126. November 1, 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.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Dr. Melvin C. Terrell (MCT) Educational Foundation, Inc. has announced the 2022 cohort of MCT Scholars, recognizing 10 first-year graduate students in higher education or student affairs students at six institutions. The program is funded through a grant provided to the Dr. Melvin C. Terrell Educational Foundation by the Center for Advocacy and Philanthropy at the Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest private research and assessment organization.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 1, 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.

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Academe Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

BY THE COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATIONS (CUCFA) The following statement was released on October 30. Graduate students, postdocs, and other academic student employees are essential to the teaching and research mission of the University of California, especially as undergraduate enrollments rise.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Around the semester midpoint you may be noticing that some of your students are becoming overwhelmed, may lack motivation, or feel disconnected from the class. Sound familiar? Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Times Higher Education has taken over UK university data analysis provider dataHE, in the higher education data and insight specialist’s third acquisition of the year. The move will strengthen THE ’s data science capabilities, the company noted, allowing UK universities to “analyse and optimise their place in the market”, and assist with student recruitment and admissions.

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Online learning company 2U has moved its boot camp offerings to the edX brand with the introduction of edX Boot Camps, intensive technology training programs designed to meet the upskilling and reskilling needs of working adults.

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The Berkeley Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The mining companies’ justification for deep-sea mining is based on a big lie.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The demand that China has for international education “has not ceased”, despite the difficult rhetoric from the West and China not being afraid to “add to the firestorm”, according to stakeholders. . Desmond Kohn, who is director of global business development at Sinorbis and familiar with the market, told delegates at The PIE Live North America that the friction is there “for sure” on both sides, but the bigger picture tells a different story.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Today’s customer-centered colleges and universities are not the learner and learning-centered universities we need. In the neoliberal universe of contemporary Americans higher education, it’s no secret that many students think of themselves, first and foremost, as consumers who are purchasing a bundle of services and experiences and expect a measurable return on their investment.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Imagine working for 18 months or more, nurturing students from enquiry to enrolment, investing in marketing, staff salaries, office rents and utilities to represent your institutional partners overseas – only to not get paid for your work. Getting paid by big companies on time can be one of the most difficult operational challenges for SMEs and the international student recruitment sector is no different.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

By Eric Kelderman. Hokyoung Kim for The Chronicle. At a recent conference, trustees talked about overhauling recruitment to bring back disaffected students.

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FIRE

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Yiddish has to be one of the more fun languages out there, and when seeing arguments from colleges I am often reminded of the classic definition of chutzpah : “that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan.”. That’s the only possible way to evaluate the arguments about chilling effects on free speech made in an amicus brief submitted by the “American Council on Education and 38 Other Higher Education Ass

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Inquiry found ‘significant breaches’ of policy, thought to refer to past comments made by Shaima Dallali The National Union of Students has ousted its president after a long-running independent inquiry into allegations of antisemitism found “significant breaches” of the organisation’s policies. The allegations of misconduct are thought to centre around past comments by Shaima Dallali, in some cases dating back 10 years before her election as NUS president in March this year.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The person who portrays the mascot of Stanford University’s marching band, the Stanford Tree, has been suspended after pulling a stunt at a recent game against Arizona State University, according to ESPN. The Tree helped display a banner at halftime that read, “Stanford Hates Fun,” an apparent reference to an ongoing controversy at the school over administrators allegedly restricting campus parties.

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Campus Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Ellucian Foundation, the charitable arm of the Ellucian higher education technology solutions company, has announced its 2022 award of $500,000 in PATH (Progress, Accomplishment, Thriving, and Hope) scholarships to 35 historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions across the United States.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and rescind the constitutional right to abortion will have an impact on where aspiring doctors choose to attend medical school, according to a new survey conducted by Kaplan, the educational company that administers the medical school entrance exam, the MCAT. The survey, administered to pre-med students who took the MCAT, elicited 328 responses during September and October.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Adopting a new mindset to Higher Ed finance can help institutions discern the best approach for growing profitability vs leaving money on the table. Dr. Drumm McNaughton, a leading expert on change management in higher education, and Jeff Spear, Principal at CFO Colleague, discuss strategies and insights that could help enable leaders to meet the challenges of soaring costs and declining financial support—as well as the nationwide enrollment cliff expected in 2026—head-on.

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