Wonkhe
JULY 4, 2023
The implementation of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan will be underpinned by genuine partnership across the healthcare and education sectors. James Hallwood explains The post Universities will be at the heart of the NHS workforce plan’s success appeared first on Wonkhe.
The PIE News
JULY 4, 2023
The UK’s Russell Group universities have committed to supporting students and staff to become AI-literate while incorporating the technology into teaching and assessments. The group published new principles which set out how institutions will use technologies like ChatGPT responsibly and ethically, while capitalising on the opportunities they provide.
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Wonkhe
JULY 4, 2023
Shruti Khandekar from the Education Policy Institute sets out just how much more work is needed to make the lifelong loan entitlement viable and attractive to learners The post The lifelong loan entitlement continues to ignore online provision appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
A white woman reportedly said she wished she was Black because it would give her an easier career. The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is an acclaimed meeting for female historians. It was founded in 1973, and its meetings attract a who’s who of women in the field of history. This year, a racially inflammatory comment by a senior faculty member in women’s history during an opening plenary session on Friday inflamed the meeting.
Wonkhe
JULY 4, 2023
Sunday Blake weighs up recommendations from a new parliamentary report on attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings, and considers what they could mean for the sector The post The Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee report on attitudes towards women and girls in educational settings appeared first on Wonkhe.
Faculty Focus
JULY 4, 2023
Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. But a recent pointed query from a colleague spawned a research project that led to questions about the heretofore unquestionable value of student-student interaction within an online classroom.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JULY 4, 2023
Team hope sale of block of rare ambergris, used by perfumers, will help victims of 2021 La Palma volcano When a sperm whale washed up dead on a beach in the Canary Island of La Palma no one imagined a valuable treasure was hidden in its entrails. Heavy seas and a rising tide made it difficult to carry out a postmortem, but Antonio Fernández Rodríguez, head of the institute of animal health and food security at the University of Las Palmas, was determined to find out why the whale had died.
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University Business
JULY 4, 2023
Candidates are lining up for the 2024 presidential election, and as sparks begin to fly on the campaign trail, they’re bound to drive a new round of heated exchanges on our campuses, on our social media feeds and in our families. How can higher education leaders support their students and encourage civil discourse during this contentious election season?
The PIE News
JULY 4, 2023
Most international students who come to Canada want to remain and eventually become permanent residents – but less than a third actually achieve this goal, a new study says. Jenny Francis, a geography faculty member at Langara College in Vancouver, has spent the last three years surveying students and studying the issue in British Columbia. “We’re really exploiting international students by bringing them in and not worrying what happens to them,” she told The PIE News in an interview.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
The Supreme Court decision on affirmative action won’t change deeper reasons Asian Americans are disadvantaged in elite college admissions, Leelila Strogov writes. In a 6-to-3 ruling finding race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to be unconstitutional, the Supreme Court essentially ended affirmative action, upending the elite college admissions landscape.
The PIE News
JULY 4, 2023
Australia’s ELICOS sector ended 2022 at 56% of pre-pandemic student numbers 2019, with the country’s peak body for the English language sector indicating a continued “remarkable recovery” Figures included in the 2022 National ELICOS Market report show that total student numbers rose by 138% year-on-year last year, hitting 94,614.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 4, 2023
Dr. Tracy Cook will become interim president of Alcorn State University, effective Jul. 8. Dr. Tracy M. Cook Cook is currently vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Alcorn State. He has previously served as chief of staff at Alcorn State. "Dr. Cook will keep the university moving forward and building on its rich heritage," said Alfred McNair, president of the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
Jaime Warburton details six key tenets that can provide many educational benefits. I have a chronic autoimmune illness, an invisible disability, and my institution took its responsibility to the Americans With Disabilities Act seriously, so my COVID-related online teaching time was longer than that of most of my colleagues—I taught online from spring 2020 to spring 2022.
Faculty Focus
JULY 4, 2023
Classic online course standards emphasize the value of three types of interactions: student-instructor interaction, student-content interaction, and student-student interaction. But a recent pointed query from a colleague spawned a research project that led to questions about the heretofore unquestionable value of student-student interaction within an online classroom.
The PIE News
JULY 4, 2023
Higher education leaders are calling for a science and research “rebalance” to supercharge global scholarship and create a research ecosystem that doesn’t disadvantage Africa and the Global South. The Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations, facilitated by the Perivoli Africa Research Centre at the University of Bristol in partnership with the University of Cape Town and the University of South Africa, is seeking to put Africa in its “rightful role in re
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
Today on the Academic Minute: Thomas Mennella, associate professor of biology at Western New England University, explores how students feel about ChatGPT.
Georgia Tech President's Blog
JULY 4, 2023
We are a public university seeking excellence in everything we do, committed to building a welcoming academic community where people of all backgrounds have the opportunity to learn and grow, where diversity of perspectives and ideas, and the freedom to express those ideas, is nurtured in support of knowledge creation and innovation. While the tools we can work with may change from time to time, our mission and values remain the same.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
We are already halfway through the summer. Now is the time to put into action your resolution to apply the power of AI at work. Generative AI has been around for a few years, but it hit the higher ed scene in a big way in 2022 with GPT 3.5. All of a sudden, it seemed, artificial intelligence was becoming more than science fiction. Useful tools became available to the average person, and the imperative to understand and join the revolution became a reality.
The Change Leader, Inc.
JULY 4, 2023
4 July · Episode 162 Florida v. Department of Education – Accreditation and Quality Control 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton The recently filed Florida v. Department of Education lawsuit over accreditation and control could change the face of higher education across the US. The recently filed and highly publicized Florida v. Department of Education lawsuit could change the face of higher education across the US.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
Three groups in Boston—the Chica Project, the African Community Economic Development of New England and the Greater Boston Latino Network—have asked the Education Department to investigate Harvard University’s practice of operating a legacy admissions program, in which the children of alumni are favored.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
JULY 4, 2023
Currently, the most sought-after application of AI video technology is text-to-video AI. The idea is anyone will be able to type a prompt into a text field and within seconds, or more likely minutes, a video will be created using an AI model. As a creator, the idea of my job so quickly being replaced by AI is terrifying, but as a tech nerd, I am intrigued.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
To the Editor: A June 26 IHE news article on Executive Leadership asks "Should College Presidents Criticize Political Candidates?” This is the wrong question to ask. The right question is, “Should college presidents defend the mission and values of their institution?
Economics and Change in Higher Education
JULY 4, 2023
More than a dozen University of Pittsburgh students walked across the stage this spring only to learn they didn't meet graduation requirements months later. The students were notified by email that the university was withholding their diplomas because they didn't meet graduation requirements. How did this happen? The students say a university advisor mistakenly told them they could waive or substitute numerous prerequisite general education courses to enter the CASE program.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
Hampshire College has eliminated the jobs of the entire 10-member IT department and is replacing it with services from Ellucian, MassLive reported.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
JULY 4, 2023
Reading Time: 6 minutes Note: due to the rapidly transforming AI landscape, we should consider this page a “living document” that will be regularly updated to keep you abreast of how our team’s relationship with AI changes over time. AI is everywhere. Seemingly overnight, it shifted from a relatively niche topic to the buzzword of choice in digital marketing – even in the educational space.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
Overlapping and missing expertise. An occasional correspondent writes, I work for an R1 private 4-year institution at our Computer Science department as an academic administrator. I have a master’s degree in higher education & student affairs, if that’s helpful context. I’m writing to see if you or the readers have discussed how academic units make or should make strategic planning decisions that blur the line between academics and business.
The PIE News
JULY 4, 2023
Ahead of the release of a new international education strategy for Ireland, ministers have emphasised the unique opportunity the country has to build capacity and increase access for both domestic and international students. Having avoided the “Erasmus contamination” of Brexit and currently benefitting from a huge corporation tax windfall, Ireland is in an enviable position that could provide a “once in a generation” opportunity to invest in education.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
Orthodox students criticize Brandeis ad; Hope College bets on tuition-free program; Louisiana requires “In God We Trust” in classrooms.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 4, 2023
Another way the Biden administration's definition of antisemitism falls short.
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