Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Should universities really need to retain every piece of assessed student work for five years? Paul Greatrix asks what happens when regulation goes too far The post The unbearable heaviness of regulation appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Berkeley Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Co-authored with Ilona Sologoub (VoxUkraine) and James Hodson (AI for Good Foundation) Cemetary in Ukraine; source: individual diary entry on Svidok.org As early as April 2022, when atrocities in Irpin and Bucha (Kyiv region) became widely known, Western media began discussing whether Russia’s actions in Ukraine constitute a genocide. Some of them noted that the.
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Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The framework agreement with the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology has been published and ARIA is at last, sort of, almost entirely, independent The post How independence really works appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Image: A professor who frequently testifies against Monsanto Co. in lawsuits alleging harm from toxic environmental pollutants called PCBs says that after a Monsanto lawyer filed a records request with his university, the university barred him from campus and offered him a resignation deal. “That was the very first thing that they gave me,” said the professor, David Carpenter of the University at Albany, part of the State University of New York, regarding the resignation offer.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Despite the controversial status of recognition of their degrees in some countries, universities in the breakaway region of Northern Cyprus are intensifying recruitment of foreign students, targeting Asia and Africa as source markets. The universities in the country also known as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are intensifying their campaigns for students promising internationally recognised degrees, low tuition and accommodation fees, as some of the reasons why learners from developing
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Image: An English professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University said his teaching contract has been put on hold after complaints about his instruction on race and racism. The professor, Samuel Joeckel, said in an email that the dean of his department and the university’s provost waited outside the class he was teaching last week to inform him of the news.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation to lead a national-tier University Transportation Center (UTC), making the school the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) to lead a national UTC. PVAMU – joined by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and Texas A&M University – will lead the National Center for Infrastructure Transformation, which aims to focus
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Former University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) Chancellor Dr. Rebecca Blank died Feb. 17 from pancreatic cancer at age 67. Dr. Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Logistical challenges could delay arrivals of Chinese students to Australia, a report from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has said, as concerns about students returning continue. The report noted positive developments that could signal a return of Chinese students studying in Australia. Those include a gradual thawing of relations between the Chinese government and Australia under the current Labor administration beginning late 2022, as well as the reopening of China’s economy after a change
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Organizations rooted in sports incorporate educational curriculum that helps participants be better prepared for higher education. “The main way that we can help prepare athletes for college is to [make them] really good gymnasts, which means they are focused, and they understand hard work — all of the things that help them become good students,” says former rhythmic gymnast Wendy Hilliard, who established the Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation (WHGF) in 1996.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
A new report from educational consultants ISC Research suggests factors such as increasing diversity, a post-Covid surge and geopolitical events are leading to a flourishing international school sector. Overall, the number of international schools around the world has increased by over 50% in the last 10 years – with the figure now at 13,190 – and a 53% rise in student enrolment to 6.5m.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
A Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) English professor is alleging that his job is under review for teaching a racial justice unit, CNN reported. Dr. Samuel Joeckel “[They] told me they had concerns that I was indoctrinating students. That was the exact word they used: indoctrinating,” said Dr. Sam Joeckel. “I had no idea this was coming.” Joeckel said he had been teaching a racial justice unit for years without a hitch.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Image: Living-learning communities are common in the sphere of higher education as intimate, specialized spaces for students looking to establish community in on-campus residence halls. “The definition of a living-learning community is a dedicated number of beds that are contiguous to each other and have additional resources dedicated for the purpose of that community,” explains Kathy Bush-Hobgood, vice president of the Association of College and University Housing Officers.
The Change Leader, Inc.
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Successfully reinventing a college or university into a truly innovative school after cutting a significant portion of programs sounds near impossible. However, the experiences at National Louis University (NLU), a four-campus private institution in Chicago, proved that presidents and other decision-makers can turn around an institution without having the complete buy-in of faculty and staff.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Image: Explicitly teaching character in college? It’s not a new idea, but it’s not widespread. For that reason (among others), Wake Forest University’s Program for Leadership and Character has attracted interest from other institutions since its founding in 2017. Building a Network Now the Lilly Endowment is giving the program $31 million over five years to expand—including by helping build a network of character education programs across academe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Brooke Magallanes Brooke Magallanes has been named interim director of admissions at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She served as a student recruiter. Magallanes holds a bachelor’s degree in studio arts from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and a master’s in college student personnel from Arkansas Tech University.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
As the wave of closures of small liberal arts colleges across the United States continues, merging with a larger institution is increasingly seen as an attractive alternative. Some in higher education believe that a merged institution will preserve much of what is good of the smaller institution, while closure is merely oblivion. But, as a longtime faculty member at an institution that is currently in the process of a merger with a much larger institution, I find myself asking, “Are the ou
HEPI
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Nic Beech, Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University, Commissioner on the International Higher Education Commission, Chair of the UK Standing Committee for Quality Assessment and Executive Board Member of University Alliance. The International Higher Education Commission (IHEC), chaired by the Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP, will develop recommendations for a new International Education Strategy 2.0 in partnership with the higher education communit
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Image: Career closets are one way institutions are making sure their students are dressed for success. By offering free rentals or just giving away clothing, colleges and universities are gifting their students a new flair for the professional world—without making them pay for it. Inside Higher Ed took a look at how three different institutions organize their career closets.
EAB
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Blogs 5 areas for community college leaders to take stock in 2023 And resources to help sustain your post-pandemic momentum Now that community colleges have weathered the storm of the pandemic, it’s time to take a moment to recognize all you have accomplished, and then to begin to steer the transition from a “crisis” mindset to a sustainability one.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Remember Bluto’s classic line in Animal House —“Christ. Seven years of college down the drain”? I sure do. I laughed at the time, but I’ve since come to realize that, according to the last statistics I could find, over 20 percent of students at public four-year institutions take seven or more years to graduate or drop out.
EAB
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Blogs How to stay ready for donors who “aren’t ready yet” 3 ways digital marketing can help you nurture prospective donors By Brad Shafer At times, asking donors for contributions can feel a lot like standing outside a storefront, spinning a sign that says, “please?” Some days you’ll find just the right donor for a gift. Those are encouraging days for all of us.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Keith D. Renshaw offers a practical model based on his expertise in couples’ therapy as an analogue for thinking about how faculty and administrators might best work together. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Governance Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Olga Kurbatova/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?
UIA (University Innovation Alliance)
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
2022: Scaling Our Projects Highlights From the University Innovation Alliance Annual Report (Part 2) bridget Thu, 02/23/2023 - 06:00 Black Student Success Initiative Student Success University Innovation Lab As the disruption of the COVID pandemic began receding in 2022, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) experienced a resurgence of energy and dedication to our mission.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
A Christian revival movement at Asbury University has been going on for 11 days, and the university is now moving to schedule events related to it, Kentucky Today reported. In addition, the revival is spreading to other Christian colleges. At Samford University , it has been going on for four days. Students also engaged in similar actions at Lee University and Cedarville University.
Caylor Solutions
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Saving money is a strategic priority. But sometimes our efforts to save are counterproductive. Here are 5 ways higher ed marketers try to cut expenses that can end up costing more in the long run. The post 5 Ways You Think You’re Saving Money (That Really Cost You More) appeared first on Caylor Solutions.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Marymount University, in Virginia, is planning to cut many of its liberal arts programs, citing low enrollments, ARLnow reported. “Over the long term, it would be irresponsible to sustain majors [and] programs with consistently low enrollment, low graduation rates, and lack of potential for growth,” President Irma Becerra said in a letter reported by the news website.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Half of the offices sit empty at the chancellor's suite at UNC Greensboro. It is one sign of the downsizing that has already begun in the face of falling enrollment and a looming budget deficit. “We're embarrassed to say how many people are actually running this university,” says Chancellor Franklin Gilliam. Gilliam says some of the administrative positions that reported to him and the business office were among the first to go.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Image: Michigan State University will allow all undergraduates to take their courses on a credit–no credit basis, and to decide at any point this semester. That was one of the new guidelines university officials outlined in a Sunday press briefing at which they also stood by the resumption of classes after a gunman killed three students and injured five others on campus last week.
Leader of Learning
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
In episode 154 of the Leader of Learning Podcast, Dr. Dan Kreiness (@dr_kreiness) interviews Jed Stefanowicz (@stefanowicz135), Digital Learning Coach in Walpole, Massachusetts, former Massachusetts Teach Plus Policy Fellow, and author of “Take AIM at Digital Learning: Activate, Innovate, Motivate” and “Impact to Influence.” In the episode, Jed discusses emerging instructional technologies and how educators should embrace change, how to move beyond traditional instructional methods, and the inte
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Some University of California faculty members are criticizing a research center affiliated with UC Riverside that they say uses corporate funding for reports “attacking proposals to improve the lives of working Californians,” the Los Angeles Times reported. The center, known as the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, is not operated by university faculty and is instead run by private consulting company Beacon Economics.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
My brother Nicholas David, who has died aged 85, was a leading figure in the field of ethnoarchaeology who undertook important research in west Africa and became professor of anthropology and archaeology at the University of Calgary. Long after he retired in 2002 Nic continued to receive funding to carry out his research. He developed and maintained a website about the people of the Sukur in the Mandara mountains of Cameroon, and he contributed to adding the Sukur cultural landscape to the Unesc
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Rebecca Blank, who was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison for nine years, died of cancer Friday. She was 67. In July, Blank announced her diagnosis, on what would have been the first day of her presidency at Northwestern University. She had learned of her cancer a week before. Under her leadership, the Madison campus created new programs, most notably, Bucky’s Tuition Promise, to further open the doors of the university to lower-income students across the state.
Dr. Missy Alexander
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
One of the central goals of higher education is to prepare students for lifelong learning. It flows from our commitment to some essential skills and tools. We all want our students to be capable communicators, competent decoders of information in multiple forms (quantitative, qualitative), and sensitive to cultural and historical contexts in which ideas and facts (so far) are developed.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Saint Leo University announced a series of cuts Thursday “to improve efficiencies and enhance its future offerings for students.” Among the cuts: The university, which is based in Florida, will no longer offer courses in Charleston, S.C.; Joint Base Charleston–Naval Weapons Station, S.C.; Columbus, Miss.; Corpus Christi, Tex.; and Jacksonville, Lake City, Ocala and Mayport, Fla.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will discontinue its men’s and women’s golf programs following the 2022-23 season citing financial constraints and a declining budget, the school announced this week. UCCS did an extensive assessment of its 16 NCAA-sponsored programs and ensured the remaining 14 programs (baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and wome
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, an organization focused on cultivating investigative reporters and editors of color, is now going to be based at Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, according to a news release from Morehouse. The organization was co-founded by a number of big names in journalism, including Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, famous for her work on The New York Times ’ “1619 Project,” which fo
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