Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The CEO of 2U, a company that helps colleges run online programs and owns the edX platform, responds to criticism against his sector.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Just six percent of refugees have access to higher education. Maryam Taher explains how universities can help to increase that figure The post Universities should be places of safety, solidarity and empowerment appeared first on Wonkhe.

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MindMax

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

MindMax is committed to being at the forefront of emerging trends in higher education marketing and engagement. Recently, we hosted an internal Lunch and Learn event where Kim Galiette, Director of Content Strategy, and Lillian Kerrigan, Sales Operations Manager, analyzed insights and key takeaways from the UPCEA fall 2022 events. Here is a comprehensive overview of the presentation they shared.

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Higher Ed Dive

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The bigger the campus, the fewer COVID cases and deaths its surrounding county was likely to report.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Most student feedback is a snapshot in time - but what happens if we listen over a longer period? Ria Bluck gets longitudinal The post Listening to students over time surfaces complexity and depth appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Post-pandemic recovery in Australia’s international education sector “continues to gain momentum”, according to data cited by Universities Australia. In an announcement, the organisation said that around 59,000 international students arrived in Australia in January 2023; data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has also revealed that over 36,000 arrived in December, showing the number is rapidly climbing.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes you to Tooting. Or Streatham. Depending on whether you’re an estate agent The post Higher education postcard – Furzedown College appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Wonkhe

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This week on the podcast Nicola Sturgeon has resigned as leader of the SNP and Scotland’s First Minister - what kind of higher education legacy does she leave? The post Podcast: Sturgeon, engagement, graduate route appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

International graduates in the UK using the country’s post-study work visas are working “in a variety of graduate-level roles and with an impressive range of organisations”, yet the nation has not yet benefitted from the full potential of the route. According to new research, some eight in 10 (72%) of those employed via the graduate route – announced under prime minister Boris Johnson in 2019 and rolled out for the first applicants in 2021 – are in graduate-level roles.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

College may not be for everyone, and some people wonder why their peers are choosing college in the first place. Generally speaking, however, the higher the level of education one receives, the greater their income potential becomes. Also, their chances of unemployment are lower. But that’s not all. According to a new WalletHub study , the correlation between an individual’s education levels and income/employment rates does in fact exist.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Fully supporting students means explicitly teaching them critical thinking, Louis E. Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group). Newman, whose book will be published March 7, is former dean of academic advising at Stanford University and John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus, at Carleton College.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Two world-renowned universities in London are partnering with technology learning specialists in a bid to foster skills needed to succeed in the technology sector. In partnerships announced this week, Imperial College London has linked up with online coding bootcamp provider HyperionDev. Across town King’s College London has revealed a new UX Design Career Accelerator program with FourthRev, building on a previous partnership.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The recently released Final Report from the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol recommends steps to address “violent extremism” by “white nationalist groups and violent anti-government groups,” among others. As we reflect on the rise of extremism, we often overlook one powerful approach: the role that higher education can play in inoculating students against indoctrination into white nationalism.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Innovation in education has always been near and dear to Jon Hardbarger’s heart. Now, however, it’s also near his office, and he can see it and hear it every day when he goes to work. As director of the brand-new College of Lake County Advanced Technology Center in Gurnee, Ill., Hardbarger has a desk just off the building’s atrium, steps away from the front door.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Community college leaders are largely thrilled about the rise in high school students enrolling in college classes, particularly after steep enrollment declines during the pandemic, and many are hoping the trend continues. But offering dual-enrollment courses comes at a cost for many community colleges because of discounted tuition rates for high school students and extra expenses associated with these courses, among other financial challenges, according to a new working paper by the Comm

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Chronicle Staff Courtesy of Grace Mayer Grace Mayer The 2023 David W. Miller Award, which comes with a $3,000 prize, went to Grace Mayer, a 2022 alumna of Boston College.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Like many of you, I know Marni Baker Stein. With 25-plus years in the industry, she's known for her astute observations on the higher ed space and creating accessible, student-centered online experiences. For the first time in her career, Marni is moving from the university side to ed tech. In December, she joined Coursera as its new chief content officer.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

There are almost as many job openings for cybersecurity across the country right now as there are people in the state of South Dakota. But thanks to an NSA partnership and a diverse stream of donations and state funding, Dakota State University (DSU) is poising itself to become the new hub for cybersecurity education, research, and career preparation.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Karen A. Stout and Audrey J. Jaeger describe a new model that leverages faculty professional development to improve student outcomes at community colleges. Ad keywords: communitycolleges Section: Community Colleges Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Teaching Today Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Ondřej Pros/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Karen A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Paulette G. Curtis Paulette G. Curtis has been appointed associate dean of undergraduate studies and director of the honors program at Florida State University. She served as a visiting scholar at Tulane University in New Orleans. Curtis holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: Academic library professionals across the higher education landscape are championing student success initiatives within their own spaces, particularly to equip new students for their academic careers. Many even have dedicated student success librarians, solely focused on collaborative, resource-focused programming. Student success within the library can mean having a quiet study space, finding materials for classwork or receiving research guidance.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Flip Have you ever taught a flipped that flopped? Same, professor. Same. I desperately wanted my face-to-face classes to follow the flipped learning model where students begin the learning process at home before class – typically through video content over core concepts – so that valuable, limited class time could be spent working through the most difficult problems in the course together.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image: A Harvard University professor who was publicly scorned in 2014 over his reaction to being overcharged for Chinese takeout didn’t earn tenure. On Tuesday, that now former associate professor, Ben Edelman (at right), sued Harvard over that rejection. Now an economist at Microsoft, Edelman received four degrees, including a law degree, from Harvard; joined the faculty there at age 26; and went on to expose significant online misdeeds, his lawsuit says.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This guest blog has been written for HEPI by Fiona Walsh, Partnerships and Development Director at Student Hubs , which is a national charity, working in partnership with universities to deliver social action programmes which support higher education students to engage with social and environmental challenges. Earlier this month, HEPI and the UPP Foundation released a report on public attitudes towards higher education and the results show a lack of engagement with the benefits and advantages o

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Jake May, The Flint Journal, AP Michigan State students embrace at the Rock, a campus landmark that has become a memorial to the students killed and injured in a mass shooting this week. The university paused instruction this week but said on Thursday that classes would restart in person on Monday. Some students said they'd prefer to have a remote option for now.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Australian government has backed measures to prevent foreign interference on university campuses, but stopped short of cracking down further on controversial Confucius Institutes. The Albanese government supported fully or in principle 21 of the 27 recommendations outlined in a parliamentary report completed in March 2022 into national security risks affecting higher education and research.

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Campus Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

K16 Solutions is working with GPTZero to bring AI writing detection to K–12 schools and higher education institutions.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Flip Have you ever taught a flipped that flopped? Same, professor. Same. I desperately wanted my face-to-face classes to follow the flipped learning model where students begin the learning process at home before class – typically through video content over core concepts – so that valuable, limited class time could be spent working through the most difficult problems in the course together.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

By Adrienne Lu Faculty members accused trustees of overreaching, and the accreditor says it will send a letter of inquiry.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer At a recent conference for high school counselors, a participant shared that throughout my presentation on the Transfer Virginia Portal , she had been thinking about her daughter, Kate. A high school junior, Kate was unsure of her future major, and her mom—my audience member and a high school counselor—appreciated that Kate would be able to explore different options on the portal.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Real learning is not comfortable, kind, or safe. By Blake Smith City of London Corporation Education is not comfortable, kind, or safe.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Pensacola Christian College called off a concert by a renowned British a cappella group, hours before it was to take place, because one member of the group is gay. The college gave this statement for why it was canceling: pic.twitter.com/oIZIiPROuI — Pensacola Christian College (@ConnectPCC) February 14, 2023 The New York Times reported that two member of the King’s Singers ensemble are gay.

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Higher Education Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Title: Balancing Act: The Tradeoffs and Challenges Facing Black Students in Higher Education Source: Gallup and Lumina Foundation Of all racial and ethnic identity groups in the U.S. student population, Black students are the least likely to complete a degree or certificate program within six years, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (2022).

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A police report outlining alleged sexual hazing by teammates of an unidentified basketball player on the men’s team at New Mexico State University led to the firing Tuesday of head coach Greg Heiar. The firing followed the suspension of the season on Friday. Chancellor Dan Arvizu, at a press conference Wednesday, described the recent events as being part of a “culture of bad behavior” in the basketball program and said it included “egregious violations of our student code

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Today’s blog emphasizes the need to continue iterating on how digital learning works and how we can leverage technology to deliver successful outcomes for learners. Thank you to Katie Brown, founder of EnGen, for this look at the shift to remote learning and building upon the shift to provide high-quality digital learning. The Ups and Downs of Remote Learning By most measures, the COVID-19 pandemic – and the resulting shift to remote learning– was devastating to education in the United Sta

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute : Brad Bushman, professor of communication and Rinehart Chair of Mass Communication at Ohio State University, explores what influences kids to want to use guns. 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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Higher Education Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Title: Building on Completion Gains: Amplifying Progress and Closing Persistent Gaps Source: Complete College America Today’s college students have become increasingly fluid, entering and exiting college often due to work, caregiving, or financial constraints. This often leads to students pursuing college part-time, which affects their persistence and completion rates.

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