Wonkhe
APRIL 21, 2024
After a Universities UK campaign highlighted the success of first generation students, Sunday Blake and Alaya Holloway look the complexities and nuances of supporting such a diverse group. The post It’s not (all) about the money, money, money. appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Chronicle Photo by Kate Hidalgo Bellows Protesters on Saturday outside the entrance to Columbia U. Earlier in the week the administration had called in the New York City police to arrest students who had refused to take down an encampment on the university’s South Lawn. On Saturday, protesters on either side of the entrance presented different forms of activism.
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Wonkhe
APRIL 21, 2024
The Festival of Higher Education is back in November 2024, brought to you by Wonkhe and the University of London. Mark Leach and Alistair Jarvis ponder the strategic questions facing higher education The post Seven questions we’ll be debating at the 2024 Festival of Higher Education appeared first on Wonkhe.
Academe Blog
APRIL 21, 2024
AAUP President Irene Mulvey and the AAUP chapters of Barnard and Columbia released statements re. Minouche Shafik’s testimony before the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
Civil rights icon Opal Lee will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is expected to receive the honor during the university’s May 11 commencement ceremony. She led a national grassroots campaign that resulted in the 2021 establishment of Juneteenth, the June 19 federal holiday.
HEPI
APRIL 21, 2024
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Kostas Kollydas and Professor Anne Green , City-REDI, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham ( @CityREDI ). In their recent study “ The gainers and losers from the United Kingdom’s university-related migration: A subregional analysis of Graduate Outcomes Survey data ”, Professor Tony Champion , Professor Anne Green , and Dr Kostas Kollydas offer an insightful analysis of higher education-related migration within the UK, utilising Graduate Out
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
The percentage of recent law school graduates employed in full-time, long-term Bar Passage Required or J.D. Advantage jobs has reached its highest level in the past decade. Bill Adams That's according to Bill Adams, managing director of ABA accreditation and legal education, citing e mployment data for the graduating law class of 2023, as reported to the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar by ABA-approved law schools accepting new J.D. students.
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Economics and Change in Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
While 17.4% of respondents plan to decrease hires, nearly 83% of employers anticipate increasing (24.9%) or maintaining (57.7%) hiring for the college Class of 2024, according to research conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Planned cuts mean overall hiring projections are down 5.8% from last year, NACE’s Job Outlook 2024 Spring Update survey found.
Helix Education
APRIL 21, 2024
RNL will soon release its second national study of the preferences and expectations of online students. What did we learn from our 1,500 prospective and current online students? Get all the insights at our study release webinar on May 1 , as RNL experts explore how the data can inform policies, practices, and priorities to ensure they align with student expectations.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
The Universities of Wisconsin system is facing major projected budget shortfalls in the coming years as financial reserves dwindle and retention rates fall. These are the main themes the system’s president, Jay Rothman, pointed to in recently released third-party reports on the state’s universities. The system’s trustees charged Rothman with eliminating structural shortfalls a year ago, with 10 of the system’s 13 universities running budget deficits at the time.
Helix Education
APRIL 21, 2024
Stephen Drew , RNL’s new Chief AI Officer, and I recently sat down for a discussion I entitled “Why won’t we solve today’s challenges without AI.” When I posed this opening question, Stephen made an important clarifying point: AI is not the solution, or at least not the sole solution, to solving any particular challenge. Perhaps a better question is, “How can we use AI (generative models, predictive models, conversational systems, etc.) to help solve our challenges better?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2024
William Strickland Friends and family are mourning the death of activist and Black Studies scholar William “Bill” Strickland. Strickland died April 10 at home in Amherst, Massachusetts, at the age of 87. The professor served 40 years as a professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, before retiring in 2013.
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