Wonkhe
MARCH 7, 2023
Emily Yarrow and Julie Davies argue that International Women's Day suffers from corporate capture by all types of organisations - including universities The post International Women’s Day is a great opportunity for corporate laundering appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 7, 2023
A new survey found online nonprofit colleges get higher marks than for-profits in areas like instructors.
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Wonkhe
MARCH 7, 2023
Universities are uniquely placed to promote and address a right to food as integral wellbeing, community and a good life. Philip Pothen and Anna Taylor explain The post Universities can play a crucial role in the right to food appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MARCH 7, 2023
The domino effect of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s DEI ban is in full tilt.
Wonkhe
MARCH 7, 2023
The Department for Education unveils more detail on the biggest change to student finance in years. David Kernohan is across the detail The post The Lifelong Loan Entitlement consultation response arrives appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Hartwick College is starting academic minors in game development, cybersecurity, data analysis, web design and digital marketing. New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico are starting a Ph.D. in health equity sciences. Paul Smith’s College is starting a culinary arts essentials certificate in New York City. Virginia Tech and NMIMS, formerly called Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, in India, are starting a dual program that will award master’s degrees
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 7, 2023
A new survey shows that about one in five Black students report they have faced discrimination at their higher education institutions, a rate that is 15 percent higher than other racial groups. The study, titled “Balancing Act: The Tradeoffs and Challenges Facing Black Students in Higher Education,” was conducted by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation and is based on survey responses from 12,015 adults in the U.S. between October and November 2022.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
Come July 2023, six of the eight Ivy League schools will have women leaders. The Ivy League, with some of the oldest institutions of higher education in the U.S., recently announced bold choices in leadership. Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Columbia University named new presidents, each to take office in July. For Dartmouth and Columbia, these are the first women presidents in their history, while Harvard welcomes its first African American president.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. Through the experiential learning opportunities, students develop research and their professional skills to prepare them for postgraduate success.
Campus Technology
MARCH 7, 2023
FLINT Systems has introduced a new linguistic tool designed to detect whether a document was written by its attributed author. The system is designed not simply to detect whether a piece of writing was authored by an AI, but whether it was written by the person claiming authorship at all.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Image: With a heart for minority and underrepresented students, Brian Reed, associate vice provost for Student Success and Campus Life at the University Montana, uses a data-focused approach to gauge student success and career readiness. Reed spoke with Inside Higher Ed about his cross-departmental work and a new initiative at Montana to match course objectives with professional experience.
Faculty Focus
MARCH 7, 2023
In today’s world, gratitude is essential. The benefits of gratitude in practice can lead to better stress management, greater optimism, increased self-esteem, increased resilience, and better work relationships (Hills, 2021). Gratitude is defined as “a positive emotional reaction to the receipt of a benefit that is perceived to have resulted from the good intentions of another” (Tsang, 2006, p. 139).
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Nick Swayne is again the president of North Idaho College. The board, which placed him on administrative leave without cause in December, on Monday acted on the orders of State Judge Cynthia Meyer. In her ruling, Meyer said, “The board’s majority has wrongfully locked its captain in the brig while steering NIC toward an iceberg. The board’s decision to keep him on leave without cause is hostile and arbitrary.
University Business
MARCH 7, 2023
Jackson State University’s web page for the office of the president features a picture of the interim president, her name and a text scroll that reads, “Check back for future updates.” The rest of the page is vacant, save some general hyperlinks. The website has been a revolving door since Ronald Mason Jr.’s 10-year tenure ended in 2010.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Image: The cancellation of two days of classes at D’Youville University almost a month ago turned out to be only the start of computer network problems that have led to frustrations across campus, faculty members say. “I would characterize this as highly unusual,” said Bonnie Fox Garrity, president of the university’s Faculty Senate and a faculty member for 24 years.
University Business
MARCH 7, 2023
Lawmakers in Maine are considering a new bill that would waive up to 50% of tuition expenses for up to four years for upcoming high school graduates in the state. The bill, LD 512 , establishes two types of tuition waivers for students who enroll at a campus of the University of Maine System. The bill’s sponsor, Senator Mike Tipping, whose district includes the University of Maine’s flagship campus at Orono, said, “Enrollment has been down, and student debt has been up” in an inter
Insight Into Diversity
MARCH 7, 2023
Columbia University will continue its test-optional admissions policy indefinitely, making it the first Ivy League institution to permanently drop ACT and SAT requirements. All eight Ivy Leagues, as well as many other colleges and universities, paused standardized test requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic as a temporary measure to accommodate students.
University Business
MARCH 7, 2023
Michigan’s only private university in the state’s upper peninsula, Finlandia University, announced last week it will not enroll students for fall 2023, officially marking its closure at the conclusion of the current academic year. “We, as a board and leadership team, left no stone unturned in our attempts to move Finlandia forward toward a healthier future,” wrote Michael Nakkula, chair of Finlandia’s Board of Trustees in a statement. “While none of us wanted
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
The data are far less damning than critics contend. By Julie J. Park Jessica Rinaldi, The Boston Globe, Getty Images The data are far less damning than critics pretend.
The PIE News
MARCH 7, 2023
Researchers in the US analysing the “unique difficulties and challenges” international students at one mid-sized university face have recommended how university staff can strengthen support services and foster a sense of belonging on campus. Academics analysed 400 reflection essays written by international students between 2013 and 2020, and found six key themes emerged.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
The Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) will be looking to sell three campus buildings to local buyers, WCAX reported. The school recently agreed to sell the Crowley Center, the Gary Library, and the Martin House to a group of business owners named “150 Main Street.” The buyers aim to turn the buildings into a health and wellness center. “We’re just excited that those buildings will be able to stay in some productive use for the community and not be idle and they will be active and there will be
Faculty Focus
MARCH 7, 2023
In today’s world, gratitude is essential. The benefits of gratitude in practice can lead to better stress management, greater optimism, increased self-esteem, increased resilience, and better work relationships (Hills, 2021). Gratitude is defined as “a positive emotional reaction to the receipt of a benefit that is perceived to have resulted from the good intentions of another” (Tsang, 2006, p. 139).
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Students who earned fully online degrees from nonprofit colleges have a more favorable view of their experiences than do their counterparts who earned online degrees from for-profit colleges, according to a new report from Public Agenda. The nonpartisan research and polling firm surveyed 217 alumni of nonprofit online institutions and 169 alumni of for-profit online institutions.
The PIE News
MARCH 7, 2023
One tech company is positioning itself to assist international students with Canadian visa applications by integrating ChatGPT technology into the process. Toronto-headquartered Visto.ai is hoping to demystify the process and to create “coherent narratives that clear explain why they want to come to Canada and what they plan to pursue in school”. CEO and immigration lawyer, Josh Schachnow, is familiar with the country’s immigration process and attests to the complicated process through hi
Academe Blog
MARCH 7, 2023
BY CHAVELLA T. PITTMAN Imagine a world where our campuses are… …incubators that birth a bounty of intellectual ideas that are fully pursued, investigated, taught, and disseminated. …celebrated because academic freedom is not only protected, but how it is protected has become an example to other endeavors.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
In latest Inside Higher Ed survey, colleges’ chief academic officers express their views on academic health, what their colleges do well (and not so well), general education, liberal arts, budgets, and more.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
Gordon State College (GSC) President Dr. Kirk A. Nooks was awarded the 2023 Chief Executive Leadership Award at the CASE District III Annual Conference. Dr. Kirk A. Nooks “I’m honored to have been chosen as the recipient of this prestigious award. We, at Highlander Nation, have a shared vision of our future as we innovate new ways in fulfilling our strategic plan, Building the Power of WE, and in doing so, learn together and grow,” Nooks said.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
By Megan Zahneis The documents, widely requested as part of faculty-job searches for over a decade, have lately become controversial.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
A new Maine legislature bill may make higher education significantly less expensive for Maine high school graduates who choose to go to the University of Maine (UMaine), WMTW reported. Sen. Mike Tipping The bill – sponsored by Maine Sen. Mike Tipping – would waive half of UMaine tuition up to four years for full-time students who graduate from a state high school in 2023, 2024, or 2025.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
The University of California, Berkeley, will shutter three libraries—the anthropology, physics-astronomy and mathematics statistics libraries—in the next few years, part of a long-term plan to save money, Berkeleyside reported. The closures aim to “cut costs in the face of rising financial pressures, including inflation, repairs for aging campus infrastructure and the wage increase won by graduate students during the recent strike,” according to Berkeleyside.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
A new bill has been introduced in the Texas legislature that would revamp how the state gives its community colleges money, KXAN reported. Rep. Gary VanDeaver House Bill 8 – filed Wednesday by Texas Rep. Gary VanDeaver, would alter the funding formula for money that the state gives its 50 community college districts, effective Sept. 1. This move comes after a recommendation for state funding based on “measurable outcomes” from a 2022 commission the Texas legislature created.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Blog: Just Explain It to Me! No matter your role at your college or university, everyone experiences sleepless nights obsessing about one thing or another. Please give yourself a point for each thought you’ve ever had in the middle of the night. 1-10 points: You’re an adjunct, lecturer or staff member without enough experience to be angry or paranoid.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
Trey Jones Trey Jones has been appointed assistant vice president for university advancement at West Virginia State University and vice president of the WVSU Foundation. He served as the executive director of corporation and foundation relations. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management from North Carolina State University.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
Northern Essex Community College will remain closed today in the wake of a network outage that officials at the Massachusetts institution suspect was due to a cyberattack. The campus was closed Monday, The Eagle-Tribune of Andover reported. “Upon learning of this issue, we began working closely with law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals to conduct a forensic investigation,” Melissa Bouse, the Massachusetts college’s public relations director, told the newspaper.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MARCH 7, 2023
By Dan Bauman In recent years, Saint Leo University, in Florida, has lost half its student body, a third of its staff, and more than half of its satellite campuses.
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 7, 2023
A former University of Connecticut professor won a $1.4 million settlement from UConn, Hearst Connecticut Media Group reported Monday at CT Insider. The article says Dr. Li Wang resigned in September 2019, one day before she was to be fired, after allegedly not disclosing financial affiliations with Wenzhou Medical University and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
WCET Frontiers
MARCH 7, 2023
As previewed in a fall WCET Frontiers post , WCET and SAN have been conducting an analysis of “distance education” definitions used by federal agencies, states, accreditors, and others. The purpose of this review is to highlight the challenges and risks associated with navigating multiples sources of “distance education” definitions in policy. We are happy to share the publication of Defining “Distance Education” in Policy: Differences Among Federal, State, and Accreditation Agencies.
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