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Here are the top risks college leaders are worried about this year

Higher Ed Dive

Recruitment and hiring vaulted into a top slot in an annual survey of risks concerning college leaders that's conducted by insurer United Educators.

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Public health majors grow by more than 1,000 percent

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Tabitha Edson always knew she wanted to work in health sciences. She earned a nursing assistant certification in high school but decided not to pursue the field at Westminster College, a small private institution in Salt Lake City; she worried that it would limit her job opportunities when she graduated. Instead, she found herself drawn to public health, inspired by an introductory course in the subject required for both public health and nursing majors.

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Massachusetts Senate leader calls for free community college

Higher Ed Dive

Karen Spilka, who's backed higher education investment, proposed the idea during the start of the legislative session Wednesday.

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College presidents must denounce white nationalist attacks (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The movement must not be written off as just politics or culture wars when in fact it’s a direct threat to everything higher education stands for, writes Michael Gavin. Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Brent Stirton/Staff/Getty Images News Image Caption: Insurrectionists clash with law enforcement as they try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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Arizona State University Welcomes New Zoom Innovation Lab

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Arizona State University and Zoom have announced a new five-year partnership that will create a student-led development program at the tier-one research university. The Zoom Innovation Lab promises to give ASU students the opportunity to work with Zoom professionals and partners, gaining hands-on experience tackling major projects. Two of those projects are already underway, according to a university press release.

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U of Houston removes social justice–focused dean of social work

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of Houston suddenly removed its dean of social work last month. The university has said it did so to better align the Graduate College of Social Work with broader institutional priorities. The former dean, Alan Dettlaff—who is returning to the social work faculty, for now—says his views on racial justice got him fired.

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Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed’s top 30 R&D performers

University Business

Innovation is alive and well on campus as R&D on campus is seeing increased investment by college and university leaders. Academic institutions spent $89.9 billion on research and development in math, science, engineering and other major fields during FY 2021, an increase of $3.4 billion from 2020, according to the latest data from the National Science Foundation.

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Put Your Family First

Leaders Building Leaders

I believe that when a leader puts their family first, the community benefits. When the leader puts the community first, both they and their family suffer. Starting at home is always the key to affecting others in a positive way. Being positive models at home is critical for your legacy. Remember, people (especially your children) don’t do what people say, people do what people see.

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EdTech’s Funding Problems Are Going to Get Worse

eLiterate

As with much of the venture capital world, EdTech venture funding has slowed to a trickle overall and is almost completely frozen in some areas, such as early-stage investments. Conventional wisdom seems to be that this state of affairs won’t last forever. Since the proximate causes of the situation are falling stock prices and high inflation, the investing environment should improve significantly during 2023 as inflation falls and the stock market begins to recover.

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Education in Malaysia

WENR

This overview of current educational trends in Malaysia features information about the country’s education system, student mobility trends, and more. The post Education in Malaysia appeared first on WENR.

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‘An Invisible Tax’: Study Finds That Schools Lag in Utilizing Data

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Colleges and universities generate vast amounts of data every day, spanning from the research findings of their scholars to the log-in times of their students to learning management systems. But institutions of higher learning have fallen behind businesses and government when it comes to putting this data to use, according to a new study in Science.

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Penn State Receives Backlash for Dropping Racial Justice Center

Insight Into Diversity

Pennsylvania State University has been facing backlash from students and faculty after canceling plans to create a Center for Racial Justice in October. Former Penn State President Eric J. Barron announced the center’s formation in 2021 as part of the university’s initiative to address racism following the murder of George Floyd. The $3.5-million center was intended to bring together Penn State scholars whose studies focus on racism and racial bias.

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Long-awaited deals predicted to bring further consolidation in 2023

The PIE News

After sharp declines in equity funding in education and a 66% drop in mergers and acquisitions during 2022, the year ahead is expected to bring further consolidation and see more listed education groups go private. According to analysis by strategic consultancy and corporate finance group Schoolhouse, long-awaited deals – such as rumoured transactions from GUS, GEMS, CEG, SPAC acquisition of BYJU’s, Advent sale of Learning Lab, KV Asia sale of APU – did not materialise in the past year.

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Faculty Job Dissatisfaction Isn’t About ‘Burnout’

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The core issue many academics struggle with is how their work can have more of an impact on people. By Maria LaMonaca Wisdom. Getty Images. The core issue many academics struggle with is how their work can have more of an impact on people.

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5 sites for free stock photos and videos for higher education

Terminalfour

For higher education professionals, there’s usually a cost associated with every aspect of a creative marketing campaign. But you have millions of free creative assets right at your fingertips. Here’s how to find them.

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Is Poetry Dying?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A freshman dormmate won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry nearly a decade ago. His book sold, according to the last count that I saw, 353 copies. Sure, there is at least one young contemporary poet, Amanda Gorman, whose name the educated public might recognize, along with such stalwarts as Maya Angelou, John Ashbery, and John Betjeman.

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JEFFREY COLEMAN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jeffrey Coleman Jeffrey Coleman has been named vice president for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement at Framingham State. He holds a bachelor’s degree in public policy studies from Trinity College, a master’s in counseling from Central Connecticut State University, and a Ph.D. in educational studies and cultural studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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Enrollment Remains Top Risk Cited by Colleges

Inside Higher Ed

Enrollment remains the biggest risk cited by colleges and universities for the fourth year in a row, according to the 2022 Top Risks Report from United Educators. Data security ranked second for the third consecutive year. Recruitment and hiring jumped from 14th place to third, and student mental health—broken out in the survey for the first time this year—ranked fifth.

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TANYA EASTON

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tanya Easton Tanya Easton has been appointed vice president of university advancement at Misericordia University. Easton holds a bachelor’s degree in English composition from Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, W.V., and a master’s and Ed.D. in higher education administration and leadership studies from West Virginia University.

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New Details Emerge in Univ. of Idaho Murder Case

Inside Higher Ed

New details have emerged from the unsealing of an affidavit describing the evidence that led to the arrest of Bryan Kohberger, the 28-year-old Ph.D. student who is accused of brutally murdering four University of Idaho undergraduates in November. Idaho law dictated that the details not be released until Kohberger returned to the state to face murder charges, which he did Wednesday night.

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What do students think about value for money?

SRHE

by Kristina Gruzdeva. In 2022, the cost of living crisis meant communities across the UK had to adjust their behaviours and their spending. Many needed to learn to navigate within a complex energy market. Prospective university students were in a similar position, being expected to make a cost-conscious decision about their degree education with limited understanding of their options.

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Digital Badges in Education: A Win for Students and Instructors

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Billi Bromer is an Associate Professor of Education at Brenau University. A process for earning digital badges can provide a simple way for you and your students to share responsibility for student success in your online course. Digital badges can be provided to students who complete additional instructional activities that increase knowledge related to the course content or enhance valuable course-related skills.

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Career change on the horizon? We can help.

Coursera blog

People change careers at all stages of their career journey and for a range of reasons, from wanting a more flexible schedule and the ability to work from anywhere to craving new challenges and more fulfillment. Preparing for change will require some effort, but the payoff can be life-changing. No matter what career you’re considering transitioning into, it’s important to plan carefully.

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How Cultural Differences Impact Education

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 2 minutes Anitre Bell is a College Success Facilitator and Instructor at Community College of Beaver County. Cultural differences affect a lot more than we like to let on. In some situations, those differences can mean life or death, and in others, the impacts are less dramatic. For example, people’s cultural differences can affect how others converse with them.

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Concordia partners with AI Sweden

The PIE News

Montreal-based Concordia University has partnered with Sweden’s centre for artificial intelligence on its new Applied AI Institute. AI Sweden, based in Gothenburg, has been working with the Canadian institution for over a year to cement the partnership, which will focus on “decentralised artificial intelligence” and “federated learning”. Specific projects will look in depth at collaborative research, teaching and learning in “areas of common interest” – including scientific information sh

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Here are 8 ways to improve experiences for college students and employees

University Business

“Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, waning confidence, and declining enrollment, education leaders are facing monumental challenges.” Fortunately, higher education leaders can enter 2023 with ears ready to listen and words turned into action because that’s what students and families need the most. Qualtrics, an experience management company, recently released its “ 2023 Education Experience Trends ” report, which details the public’s perceptions of th

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India: UGC releases draft IBC regulations

The PIE News

India’s University Grants Commission has released draft regulations that stakeholders have welcomed as an “excellent step forward” for international higher educational institutions to establish campuses in the country. The draft reiterates that institutions should be ranked within the top 500 in global rankings, either overall or for specific subjects.

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Bachelor’s degree dreams of community college students get stymied by red tape — and it’s getting worse

University Business

Anne-Marie Jean-Louis is just getting started toward her bachelor’s degree in biology with the goal of eventually getting a graduate degree in neuroscience. That’s a long slog in the best of circumstances. And Jean-Louis is starting out at a community college with plans to transfer to a four-year university, making it likely to take even longer. On paper, starting at a community college is a great idea.

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A Sign that Tuition is too High: Some Colleges Are Slashing it in Half - Anemona Hartocollis, NY Times

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Colby-Sawyer College has joined a growing number of small, private colleges in what’s called the tuition reset, which overhauls prices to reflect what most students actually pay after discounting through need-based and merit financial aid. The reset is part marketing move and part reality check. It is frank recognition among some lesser-known colleges that their prices are something of a feint.

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Mass. Senate president targets free community college

University Business

Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka has long called for investing in public education, and on Wednesday said the passage of a 2019 education funding reform bill often referred to as the Student Opportunity Act in her first year as president was among her “proudest accomplishments in this office.” The law committed $1.5 billion in additional funding over a seven-year period toward the state’s K-12 public schools.

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Transfer students losing ‘significant’ academic credits - Laura Ascione, eCampus News

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Three in 10 college transfer students are losing an alarming number of academic credits upon moving to a new institution, according to a study from UPCEA, an association of adult and continuing education units at colleges and universities, and StraighterLine. The findings come from a new survey examining students’ lived experiences and perceptions around transferring college credits.

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A Better Battery for Electric Cars: Academic Minute

Inside Higher Ed

Today on the Academic Minute : Huolin Xin, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, examines how making batteries for electric vehicles can come with a human cost in poorer countries. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Review: Okta Grants Access to Necessary Apps with One Password

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

There’s a common misconception that increased security often comes at the expense of productivity. This can seem especially true in higher education, where students can easily forget passwords for multiple applications, bringing learning to a halt and turning faculty into help desk technicians. While this may have been true in the past, Okta’s single sign-on software solution shatters the notion.

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A Better Battery for Electric Cars

Inside Higher Ed

Making batteries for electric vehicles can come with a human cost in poorer countries. In today’s Academic Minute, Huolin Xin of the University of California, Irvine, discusses one way to change this. Xin is a professor of physics and astronomy at UC Irvine. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 01-06-23 UCI - A Better Battery for Electric Cars.

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Harvard blocks role for former Human Rights Watch head over Israel criticism

The Guardian - Higher Education

Kennedy School allegedly bowed to donors unhappy with organisation accusing Israel of apartheid in occupied territories The dean of one the US’s leading schools of government blocked a position for the former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) over his organisation’s criticism of Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians. The Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy offered Kenneth Roth a position as a senior fellow shortly after he retired as director of HRW in April after 29 ye

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Christina Yan Zhang, The Metaverse Institute

The PIE News

Can universities use the metaverse to recruit more international students? Christina Yan Zhang, founder and CEO of The Metaverse Institute, thinks so – and to do much more. The team at The Metaverse Institute , which launched in 2022, help organisations including governments, research institutes, institutional investors and corporations, to “identify the relevance of the metaverse to them” and develop strategies to begin using the technology to achieve their goals.

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Friday Fragments

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Readers had some characteristically thoughtful responses to this week’s posts about doing DEI work without the label and about career ceilings. Thanks to everyone who took the time to write. A few highlights: For the DEI piece, one reader mentioned that her institution has established peer tutors in STEM classes called STEM guides.

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