Wonkhe
JANUARY 18, 2023
Training more doctors isn't as simple as raising the caps on medical school places. David Kernohan learns the true cost of medical training The post Why can’t we just have more medical student places? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 18, 2023
Student affairs professionals reported an increase in available mental health services but said more investment is needed across campuses.
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Wonkhe
JANUARY 18, 2023
Inequity in access to research funding drives disadvantage throughout academia. Tanita Casci and Jenny Gladstone see the need for action at every level The post Equitable research funding requires concerted action appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 18, 2023
The acquisition represents an expansion outside of Philadelphia for the Jesuit University, which is making a bid for prominence in a competitive market.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Image: University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members began striking Tuesday after their union said 12 hours of negotiations with administrators on Martin Luther King Jr. Day didn’t produce an agreement. “We passed proposals back and forth with the management team from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., when they passed us a counter that indicated that they had no interest in resolving our differences,” the union, UIC United Faculty, wrote on its website.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 18, 2023
The Catholic college's enrollment fell sharply in recent years. Leaders decided teach-outs are the "most responsible way" to help students get degrees.
Campus Technology
JANUARY 18, 2023
Artificial intelligence can be a valuable learning tool, if used in the right context. Here are ways to embrace ChatGPT and encourage students to think critically about the content it produces.
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University Business
JANUARY 18, 2023
As attention toward the field grows, so too does the demand. The need for STEM professionals, while it’s always been high, has only grown more prominent since the pandemic. According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we should expect a substantial bump in STEM enrollment as they expect a 10.8% growth in the field by 2031. Additionally, the medium wage for STEM jobs far exceeds the average for non-STEM occupations at $95,420.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 18, 2023
The plaintiffs failed to prove religious exemptions were created to target LGBTQ students, the judge said.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Image: Recently released federal higher education data show community college enrollment trends during the first two years of the pandemic differed based on the age of the students, according to a new analysis by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College. The analysis found that community college enrollments fell steeply over all, but the greatest declines were among recent high school graduates.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, an economist whose career has focused on public policy and academia, has been named as the next president of Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik Shafik who is currently the president of the London School of Economics, will become the first woman to lead the Ivy League institution. She replaces Lee C.
Cisco blogs - Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
At Cisco, we are committed to powering an inclusive future of learning for all. One of the best ways Cisco can impact students globally is by partnering with innovative and prominent education institutions around the world. Join us to watch or listen to this podcast describing the ways we are working together to bring education access into the future.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
The U.S. academic job market has increasingly been characterized as a “ nightmare ”—an oversupply of doctoral graduates amid cratering numbers of tenure-track job postings. The most recent Academic Analytics database , however, reveals that demand for assistant professors is growing, but growth is uneven across disciplines. Our data set includes information on hiring at 391 Ph.D.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
The limits of the technology are where real writing begins. By Christopher Grobe. Wikimedia Commons. The limits of the technology are where real writing begins.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Image: Adrian College president Jeff Docking has some innovative ideas for higher education leaders battling enrollment pressures and market forces. Among them: Rize Education, a for-profit course-sharing company that Docking co-founded and incubated on Adrian’s campus outside Detroit, which develops and teaches online courses through its platform.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
By Kate Marijolovic Chronicle Illustration Will the bans, prompted by security concerns about the app, stop students from using it? “I would be very surprised if that actually works,” one expert says.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Instead, we should do a better job of assigning authentic tasks that genuinely reflect the kind of work students will have to do after graduation, writes Benjamin Rifkin. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Teaching Teaching Today Show on Jobs site: Image Source: eyecrave productions/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?
Insight Into Diversity
JANUARY 18, 2023
A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education that sought to end Title IX exemptions for religious colleges and universities. In 2021, the Religious Exemption Accountability Project (REAP) filed a suit on behalf of 40 former and current students who claimed they were discriminated against at faith-based institutions because of their gender or sexuality.
University Business
JANUARY 18, 2023
To cheat, or not to cheat: It depends on how you look at it. ChatGPT, an AI general-purpose chatbot, is taking the education world by storm. Many educators, however, worry that the software enables students to cruise through their coursework and let the AI seamlessly write their essays for them. For example, one columnist for The Wall Street Journal went back to high school for one day to test the chatbot’s ability to survive in a 12th-grade AP literature class.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
By Megan Zahneis Columbia University Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, a leading economist whose career has focused on public policy and academe, will become the 20th president of Columbia University on July 1, 2023. Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, an economist and president of the London School of Economics and Political Science, is the latest among a growing number of women leading major research institutions.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Presentation College, a small Roman Catholic institution in South Dakota, will close at the end of the summer 2023 term. "After careful evaluation of the sustainability of the college’s academic programs, and a thorough review of alternatives, the Board of Trustees and Presentation Sisters reluctantly decided to close the physical campus and implement teach-out programs as the most responsible way to steward students’ pathways to completing their degrees,” Sister Mary Thom
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
Academe's resistance to salary transparency is bad for everyone. By Jeanne-Marie Jackson. Getty Images. Academe's resistance to salary transparency is bad for everyone.
The PIE News
JANUARY 18, 2023
It’s been over five years since Lou McLaughlin took the helm of Eaquals – and while she’s certainly now settled in the job, it’s fair to say she’s not settling when it comes to improvements in her sector. “What I am trying to work very much towards in the last couple of years is that it’s language teaching and training – it’s not just English language teaching,” McLaughlin points out.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
By Eva Surovell iStock Student-affairs leaders say that demand for mental-health treatment continues to exceed existing resources, particularly as more students have become comfortable seeking help.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
Conservatives often pay lip service to diversity. Many like those in Indiana don’t really think racism is an issue. Not in the heartland. But nothing can be farther from the truth. Take a good look at 56-year-old Billie R. Davis from Indiana. She’d probably look at you a little differently if you’re Asian American Filipino. Davis has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, and battery by means of a deadly weapon.
The PIE News
JANUARY 18, 2023
Denial rates for US F1 visas reached “a new high” in Nigeria in 2022, with around two in three students being rejected, according to associate director of international enrolment at Northeastern University , Salmaan Faraaz. Likewise, study abroad counsellors claim the denial rates for students in Ghana and other Sub-Saharan regions are trending in a similar fashion.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Erika López Prater, the adjunct in art history who showed an image of Muhammad in class and then was not rehired by Hamline University, is suing the institution. “What has not been discussed, however, is how Hamline’s actions and statements may have constituted religious discrimination, defamation, and other violations of law,” said a statement from the law firm that is representing her.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
Claudia F. Lucchinetti Claudia F. Lucchinetti has been named senior vice president for medical affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and dean of the Dell Medical School. She will hold the Frank and Charmaine Denius Distinguished Dean’s Chair in Medical Leadership. Lucchinetti has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and an M.D. from Rush Medical College in Chicago.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
JANUARY 18, 2023
Reading Time: 4 minutes Do you publish on social media only to hear crickets in response? More often than not, the problem is not your post; it’s the social network. . You used to be able to publish on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter and see lots of engagement in the form of likes, comments and shares. But nowadays, it’s much harder. The reason is that the social network’s algorithm is no longer so generous.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
Dana Murray Patterson Dana Murray Patterson has been appointed chief diversity officer at Wingate University in North Carolina. Patterson served as the director of intercultural affairs at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. She has a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from Berea College in Kentucky, a master’s in higher education administration from Eastern Kentucky University, and a Ph.D. in educational leadership and administration from Washington State University.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
What compelling lecturers do, and how their techniques can translate to good writing. By Rachel Toor. Pat Kinsella for The Chronicle. What compelling lecturers do, and how their techniques can translate to good writing.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
As student mental health continues to worsen, college and university leaders seems to be increasing their focus—and spending—on mental health services, according to the results of a new survey from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, which represents student affairs professionals, and Uwill, a teletherapy platform aimed at college students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 18, 2023
The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and Results for America (RFA) released recommendations for the Department of Education (ED) to set-aside 0.5% of funds from certain Higher Education Act (HEA) programs within ED and put it towards supporting equity-focused work. Eleanor Eckerson Peters The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 – and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 – gave the U.S.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Blog: Just Explain It to Me! As a current practicing artist and critic and a former art faculty member, art museum director and curator, I feel as if I’ve seen and heard it all when it comes to responses to art. In art history classes, more than one exasperated student has screamed at me, “It’s just a chair. A chair isn’t art!
SRHE
JANUARY 18, 2023
The year-long pantomime that was government in 2022 started trying to be managerial and serious, just as the true pantomime season got into full swing and TV started showing the usual repeats specials. Rather too much sherry and mince pies before the pantomime highlights compilation meant that I fell asleep during A Christmas Carol – so I’m not sure if this was just a dream (or a nightmare) ….
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Three colleges are asking a federal judge to delay a settlement in a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education that argued the agency ignored borrower defense to repayment claims. The colleges—Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, Everglades College Inc. and American National University—said last week that they would appeal the settlement, which canceled $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 borrowers who attended one of 153 institutions, including tho
EAB
JANUARY 18, 2023
Press Release. EAB Named One of the Most Transformational Ed Tech Companies in the World. EAB among firms named to the 2023 GSV EdTech150, chosen from over 4,000 education technology companies. January 17, 2023 • Read Time. Washington, DC, January 17, 2023 – EAB , the leading provider of education research, technology, and marketing and enrollment solutions, has been named to the GSV EdTech150 , a list that recognizes the world’s most transformational education technology companies.
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