Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
The president’s fiscal 2024 blueprint, which would also boost the maximum Pell Grant, has virtually no chance of surviving Congress as drafted.
Wonkhe
MARCH 9, 2023
Nearly one in three people aged 18-24 are not registered to vote. Bess Mayhew urges universities to play their part in turning that figure around The post It’s vital that we get students registered to vote appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
The private nonprofit college in New York said the rankings methodology relies on “flawed and irrelevant metrics.
Wonkhe
MARCH 9, 2023
What might be causing student housing shortages and record rent rises? Jim Dickinson interrogates the figures on where students are living The post What happens when student numbers grow faster than bed spaces? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
More employers — public and private — are pushing for skills-first hiring, but doing so requires an investment some employers may still be wary of making.
Wonkhe
MARCH 9, 2023
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag shows a graduation tradition with a rounded edge The post Higher education postcard: the wooden spoon appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
Some providers reversed credit card payments without warning student loan borrowers, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
However, new National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data shows other types of transfers are on the rise.
Faculty Focus
MARCH 9, 2023
In order to stay relevant in today’s college classrooms within our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, professors must be ready to utilize instructional tools of all kinds to actively engage students in authentic learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom. Professors are positioned and ready to best provide opportunities for students to explore real-world challenges and discover solutions to those challenges within their disciplines and professions.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 9, 2023
In a marathon session, lawmakers debated parents’ roles in educational decision-making and transgender students’ participation in school athletics.
The PIE News
MARCH 9, 2023
UK ENIC’s first annual conference since the start of the pandemic placed Africa at the centre of the future of international education sector. Director of the Africa Research Institute, Edward Paice, addressed the nearly 500 delegates from over 20 countries at the event in London on February 20, highlighting how the sector may be impacted by a African demographic ‘revolution’ Making the case that Africa’s story increasingly drives world history, he explained that between
Campus Technology
MARCH 9, 2023
There is a major gap between the aptitude of girls for STEM and their interest in pursuing STEM careers, according to a review of data from more than 225,000 female middle and high school students. The data also revealed their interest exceeds aptitude in some non-STEM disciplines.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
As short-staffed higher ed IT departments continue to feel overburdened, colleges and universities could face challenges when deploying and managing devices among faculty and staff. In some cases, the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the size of IT departments as employees took other jobs for a variety of reasons — including, in some cases, to work remotely.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Dr. Safa Zaki will become president of Bowdoin College, effective Jul. 1. She will be the first woman to lead the school. Dr. Safa Zaki Zaki is currently dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College. A psychologist and cognitive scientist, her research centers on the human mind and how people divide the world into categories.
Campus Technology
MARCH 9, 2023
The United States Department of Education has announced five finalists in its Future Finder Challenge, a competition announced last September seeking digital tools to help adult learners navigate from education to careers. Each finalist will receive $50,000 to help develop a prototype as well as six months of "virtual accelerator" assistance to further develop their product, ED explained in a news announcement.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
As the planet warms, the humanities grow cold, writes William Major. The only remaining question: What to do now? Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Liberal arts Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Pawel Piotr/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Professors have been urged to adopt more effective practices. Why are their results so mixed? By Beckie Supiano One big reason: They're not always doing what they think they're doing.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
Image: Transfers between community colleges and four-year institutions continued to drop last fall, an ongoing trend since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. But the report also contains some good news, including that six-year college completion rates among transfer students improved, despite the disruptive nature of the pandemic.
University Business
MARCH 9, 2023
An unexpected 2% decline in K12 enrollment is putting a kink in the higher education pipeline, spreading the ramifications from kindergarten up into the halls of academia. About 833,000 fewer students enrolled in public schools in fall 2021 than had been predicted, with the most surprising drops occurring in middle school, according to the “ Knocking on the College Door ” report just released by WICHE, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
Image: AUSTIN, Tex.—About a decade ago, nearly all—97 percent—of IBM’s job advertisements required a four-year college degree, according to David Barnes, vice president of global workforce policy at the tech giant, who spoke this week at the annual SXSW EDU conference here. That requirement disqualified the approximately two-thirds of Americans in the labor pool without degrees from applying for jobs at IBM, Barnes said.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Laura A. Rosenbury will become the next president of Barnard College, effective Jul. 1. Laura Rosenbury Rosenbury, the first woman to serve as dean at University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, is a women and gender legal theorist with experience and expertise on topics such as reproductive rights, children’s rights, and sexual harassment and abuse.
EAB
MARCH 9, 2023
Blogs 4 takeaways on combatting faculty burnout from our gathering of academic leaders EAB recently launched the first two-part event series for our partners focused on combatting faculty burnout and integrating a culture of well-being in academic affairs. More than twenty academic leaders from across North America participated in session one: Faculty Burnout–A Workplace Problem, Not a Worker Problem.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Dr. Lakshmi Balachandra, associate professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College, is suing the business school, alleging racial and gender discrimination, The Boston Globe reported. Dr. Lakshmi Balachandra Balachandra, who is of Indian descent, is claiming lost career opportunities, economic losses, emotional distress, and harm to her reputation due to alleged mistreatment and administrators’ failure to investigate concerns.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
By Adrienne Lu Illustration by The Chronicle; Getty Images A Chronicle analysis shows a concerted effort in 13 states to dismantle the ways colleges recruit and retain students of color.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Dr. Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer will become the next chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast, effective Jul. 1, KINY reported. Dr. Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer Palmer is currently a vice president at Front Range Community College (FRCC), chief executive of the Boulder County Campus, and interim chief executive of the Larimer County Campus of FRCC.
Coursera blog
MARCH 9, 2023
Meet Oluwakemi learning from Akinyele, Oyo State, Nigeria. She’s a dedicated social worker and changemaker throughout several non-profit organizations within her community. Read more about her incredible passion for helping people and how she utilized Coursera to expand her skills. Here’s her story in her own words: In November of 2022, I earned a degree in Philosophy from the University of Ibadan, but I have always had a passion for helping others.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Fall transfer enrollment remains in decline in 2022, albeit at a slower rate than before, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Dr. Doug Shapiro The Transfer and Progress Fall 2022 Report – released on Thursday– serves as a redesign of the research center’s two primary transfer reports, COVID 19 Transfer, Mobility, and Progress and Tracking Transfer, to provide data regarding matters such as postsecondary participation and transfers and disparities in
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
Image: Finding the perfect place to take a break, eat a snack or study up before the next class can be a challenge for all students, but especially for commuter students without an on-campus residence to retreat to. Montclair University’s Pit Stop Map provides commuter students locations of places to recharge and stay engaged on campus and has encouraged positive change on campus.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
Mary George Opperman Mary George Opperman has been named the senior vice president and secretary to the board of trustees at Syracuse University in New York. Opperman earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the State University of New York at Oneonta and holds a master’s in organizational behavior from Cornell University.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
Temple University announced Tuesday that it has restored the health insurance benefit it cut for striking members of the graduate student workers’ union. But the university didn’t say anything about restoring tuition remission for the strikers, who have been asked to pay up by today. Temple’s cutting of their health and tuition benefits drew national media attention.
The PIE News
MARCH 9, 2023
Australian-based education marketing company Candlefox has announced its expansion to Ireland with the launch of the new platform Allcourses.ie , aiming to help users to find suitable online and in-person learning courses. The move comes in the wake of the launch of CoursesOnline , the first e-learning platform that Candlefox dedicated to an international audience beyond Australia and New Zealand in 2018, which constituted the first attempt to expand the company’s influence outside its t
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
Katherine Baicker , Emmett Dedmon Professor and dean of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, in Illinois, has been appointed provost there. Jodi Feikema , senior vice president for learning products and services at Zovio Education, in California, has been chosen as chief academic officer and provost at American College of Education, in Indiana.
Liaison International
MARCH 9, 2023
K-12 Enrollment Numbers Raise Fears of a Steeper Demographic Cliff Approximately 833,000 fewer students than expected were enrolled in kindergarten, elementary school, and high school in 2021, raising fears that future college enrollment numbers might decline more sharply than previously thought. The term demographic cliff, or enrollment cliff, refers to the fact that the number of students graduating from U.S. high schools is likely to peak in 2025, potentially reducing the number who will enro
Faculty Focus
MARCH 9, 2023
In order to stay relevant in today’s college classrooms within our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, professors must be ready to utilize instructional tools of all kinds to actively engage students in authentic learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom. Professors are positioned and ready to best provide opportunities for students to explore real-world challenges and discover solutions to those challenges within their disciplines and professions.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask ChatGPT why you should read fiction and it will spout literature’s many benefits: entertainment, increased empathy, cognitive stimulation and learning about different cultures, historical events and social issues. All very general and abstract; not very profound or compelling. But if we turn the question around and ask what novels, in this case science fiction, can tell us about artificial intelligence, the answers are far more weighty.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 9, 2023
By Taylor Swaak Dozens weighed in on the pros and cons of current guidance during this week’s listening sessions.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 9, 2023
The faculty committee that criticized the University of Arizona in the wake of professor Thomas Meixner’s murder won’t continue its inquiry. This comes after Pam Scott, a university spokeswoman, said the committee’s January interim report “reached sweeping conclusions based in large part on misleading characterizations and the selective use of facts and quotations.
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