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Harvard Medical School rejects U.S. News rankings

Higher Ed Dive

The dean of the No. 1 medical school for research says rankings “create perverse incentives” for institutions to submit false or misleading data.

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How do we really create ‘inclusive’ spaces for BAME staff and students?

Wonkhe

In higher education, we see many statements about providing safe and ‘inclusive’ spaces. Rhianna Garrett asks what this really means for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff and students. The post How do we really create ‘inclusive’ spaces for BAME staff and students? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Researchers hope to boost community college transfer and make it more equitable

Higher Ed Dive

Leaders detail a new project disaggregating data on who transfers and earns a bachelor's degree. It also seeks to document best practices for colleges.

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Is our creative future at risk?

Wonkhe

There's much more the government could do to support the creative industries, a new report argues. Michael Salmon digs into the need for change in substance as well as tone. The post Is our creative future at risk? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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36% of higher ed supervisors are looking for other work, study finds

Higher Ed Dive

Fewer than half would look for new opportunities with their current employer, potentially causing tumult in institutions’ org charts and succession plans.

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Catapults in context

Wonkhe

Catapults are getting more funding and more political attention. But what do they do and what are they for? The post Catapults in context appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher ed institutions to appeal Education Department’s $6B settlement with borrowers

Higher Ed Dive

Two for-profits and one nonprofit institution are attempting to block the deal, which would clear federal loan debts for over 200,000 borrowers.

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How 24/7 care impacts student health and well-being

Higher Ed Dive

After-hours mental health care is not something that colleges and universities can continue to ignore—it’s a necessity.

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CRM Platforms Can Improve HBCU Enrollment and Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” That quote from Jack Welch, American business executive and writer, has stuck with Dr. Juan Alexander, associate vice president for enrollment management at Norfolk State University (NSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Virginia. Dr.

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Time to Tidy Up: Start the New Year by Decluttering Your Physical and Digital Spaces

Faculty Focus

Like many people, I begin spring cleaning in January because looking at an organized closet or tidy pantry makes me feel refreshed and accomplished. Similarly, the start of a new semester is an ideal time for you to declutter your physical and digital spaces. You may not be able to reduce your class size or course load, but you can manage your physical and digital work space.

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Study: 'Disruptive' science is on the decline

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Isaac Newton wrote to fellow scientist Robert Hooke in a 1675, saying, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Centuries later, it remains generally understood that innovation builds on past science. So in this era of unprecedented research volume , breakthroughs should be increasingly common, right?

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. This one will be listed under the “ changing enrollment ” tag. Just before Christmas, The New York Times published an ostensibly feel-good story about a Syrian refugee who built a massively successful chocolate business in Canada.

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The Murky Complexities of Cultural Appropriation

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A recent article in The New York Times , “Does the Meaning of a Song Change Depending on Who Wrote It?,” by Esau McCaulley, an assistant professor of the New Testament at Wheaton College, addresses an issue that has become extraordinarily controversial: cultural appropriation. Professor McCaulley was “was startled to discover that “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” the spiritual I’d loved as a child was not written by an African American during sl

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As Students' Mental-Health Concerns Grow, One University's Professors Say They Should Get a Raise

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Julian Roberts-Grmela. Jan Feindt for The Chronicle. University of Illinois at Chicago faculty went on strike Tuesday, in part because they say students’ mental-health needs have become so severe, while administrators have failed to adequately respond.

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Essay mills targeting international students in the UK

The PIE News

Essay mill companies are still “thriving” in the UK despite legislation designed to stamp them out, The PIE News has learned. The PIE found examples on Twitter of companies that were offering essay writing services, with some specifically targeting international students. This is despite essay mills being criminalised in England as part of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill last year.

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After Law-School Revolt, Harvard Medical School Will Stop Cooperating With ‘U.S. News’ Rankings

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Francie Diep. David L. Ryan, The Boston Globe, Getty Images Harvard Medical School. Like the law-school leaders before him, the Harvard dean George Q. Daley said rankings create perverse incentives.

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The Pillars of Digital Transformation in Higher Education: 3 Ways to Prepare Students for the Future

University Business

Every higher education institution shapes the student experience by applying a storied history to its own unique traditions. But there’s one area where every institution must depart from tradition to prepare students for what happens after graduation and for a central factor in the working world—and that’s digital transformation. . Digital transformation is a common buzzword in the business space.

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Red Flag Programs: Public Transparency for Low-Financial-Value Postsecondary Programs

Higher Education Inquirer

The US Department of Education is accepting public comments as a Request for Information (RFI) about "Public Transparency for Low-Financial-Value Postsecondary Programs." The announcement is available at the US Federal Register. The comment period ends February 10, 2023. The actual URL to make these comments is at [link] There you can find comments that have already been made.

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Using Tech to Champion Student Success 

University Business

Although institutions are faster to adopt technology today than ever before, the driving force of adoption in recent years was survival. As universities enter a fundamentally different era of competition, the future will belong to institutions that bring strategy and intentionality to digital transformation and use it to enable better student experiences and outcomes.

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Recommendations for first-year Ph.D. students (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

David F. Labaree offers recommendations based on years of experience as a doctoral adviser, associate dean of students and teacher of courses aimed at first-year doctoral students. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Show on Jobs site: Image Source: rudi_suardi/E+/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Navigating Higher Ed Economic Challenges – Insights for Presidents of Higher LearningChanging Higher Ed 138 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Lucie Lapovsky

The Change Leader, Inc.

Higher education institutions are facing numerous challenges as enrollment numbers continue to decline, forcing many campuses to drop majors, merge with other institutions or reset their tuition. Even larger public universities are beginning to act more like private institutions by price-matching the competition. To stay afloat, these schools are also looking to embrace nontraditional models like lifelong learning and are focusing on retaining students by outsourcing mental health services.

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Colby revitalizes downtown Waterville

Inside Higher Ed

Image: When David Greene became president of Colby College in 2014, the city of Waterville, where the Maine institution is located, was struggling financially. Waterville’s manufacturing base, which was centered around paper and textile mills, was long gone, and no other industries had replaced them over the two decades since they shut down. The city’s economy had stagnated.

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Blasphemy Is Not a DEI Issue

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Hamline case does not illustrate a tension between diversity and academic freedom. By Joan W. Scott. Wikimedia Commons “Capaneus the Blasphemer,” by William Blake. The Hamline case does not illustrate a tension between diversity and academic freedom.

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U of Illinois Chicago Faculty Will Strike Today

Inside Higher Ed

Faculty members at the University of Illinois at Chicago plan to strike today. The faculty union, UIC United Faculty, tweeted shortly after midnight: "@UICUF is On Strike! Fair minimum salaries. Salary increases that keep up with #inflation. Learning disability assessments for our students. Earlier notice of reappointment for NTT faculty. Due process for TT faculty.

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Time to Tidy Up: Start the New Year by Decluttering Your Physical and Digital Spaces

Faculty Focus

Like many people, I begin spring cleaning in January because looking at an organized closet or tidy pantry makes me feel refreshed and accomplished. Similarly, the start of a new semester is an ideal time for you to declutter your physical and digital spaces. You may not be able to reduce your class size or course load, but you can manage your physical and digital work space.

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Building maintenance issues admissions leaders should know about (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

During my seven years leading facilities operations at Butler University—a private liberal arts and professional institution in Indianapolis—I had the honor of working closely with the late Tom Weede. Tom, who served as our vice president of enrollment management from 2007 until 2014, recognized not only the importance of maintaining a beautiful campus year-round but, even more importantly, the importance of making a strong first impression with our visitors and potential students du

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Digital Transformation at HBCUs: Three Transformation Challenges to Consider

Educause

Digital transformation (Dx) at HBCUs is critical and has a direct impact on successful student outcomes. Several HBCU IT leaders share their insights about Dx topics of importance to HBCUs.

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UNCF Receives Largest Philanthropic Corporate Gift from Fidelity Investments for Scholarship Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $190 million, its largest philanthropic corporate gift, for a scholarship program. Pamela Everhart The money – from Fidelity Investments – will go towards launching the Fidelity Scholars Program, which will have renewable, need-based scholarships and wrap-around support services. The gift comes as part of Fidelity’s $250-million initiative to support education access and economic mobility for up to 50,000 underrepresented African American/Black,

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Pathway providers sign new global partnerships

The PIE News

Traditional pathway providers have announced new agreements with institutions while other competing companies are introducing new offers to the market. In the UK, Cambridge Education Group has revealed a new partnership with Loughborough University, while Canada’s Braemar College has announced an extension of its partnership with the University of Toronto, in the form of the Toronto Pathway.

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Oakton Community College Renamed to Oakton College, Plans to Remain a Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Oakton Community College has changed its name to Oakton College. The school also presented a new logo and visual identity focused on diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI). Oakton’s Board of Trustees approved the transition in August 2021. The school will remain a community college and offer associate degrees, certificates, and adult and continuing education programs, including the State of Illinois High School Diploma and English as a Second Language programs.

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The Key Role of Coding in Literacy Development

Campus Technology

Coding skills have long been associated with workforce readiness and the digital fluency that students will need to thrive in the modern workplace. But the benefits of coding also extend to more fundamental challenges of literacy and language development.

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A Lack of Bread to Win is Why There Aren’t More Black Male Teachers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Why aren’t there more Black male teachers? I recently attended a forum where this question was posed. I contend that a lack of intergenerational wealth transfers due to the historic exclusion of Blacks from many wealth building opportunities is a primary reason why there aren’t more Black male teachers. This along with the societal expectations of men needing to be the “breadwinners” for families deter many men from desiring to go into areas where there is a perceived lack of bread to win.

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Campus Misinformation: An Interview with Bradford Vivian

Academe Blog

BY JOHN K. WILSON John K. Wilson interviewed Bradford Vivian, author of Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education (Oxford University Press), by email for Academe Blog. To learn more about Vivian’s book, you can listen to interviews with him on the podcasts Democracy Works and Politics Is Everything.

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Dr. Katharine Shepherd Appointed Dean of University of Vermont College of Education and Social Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Katharine Shepherd has been named dean of The University of Vermont’s (UVM) College of Education and Social Services. Dr. Katharine Shepherd Shepherd is currently the Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor of Education. She also served as interim dean of the education college since July 2021. Having been at UVM for 36 years, she also held roles such as s pecial education program coordinator, vice chair of the Department of Education, interim associate dean for academic affairs and research,

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Northwestern Graduate Assistants Form Union

Inside Higher Ed

Graduate assistants at Northwestern University voted last week to form a union, 1,644 to 114. Some 2,893 assistants were eligible to vote. The new union is affiliated with the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. Kathleen Hagerty, provost, and Kelly Mayo, graduate school dean, said in a statement, “We thank the voters for casting ballots and respect their decision.

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ANN-MARIE KNOBLAUCH

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ann-Marie Knoblauch Ann-Marie Knoblauch has been named director of the School of Visual Arts, part of the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design at Virginia Tech. Knoblauch has bachelor’s degrees in history of art and classical civilization from New York University as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in classical and Near Eastern archaeology at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.

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Report: Can CRMs Help HBCUs Support Students?

Inside Higher Ed

A new report, released today, suggests using a customer service management system, or CRM, can help historically Black colleges and universities better serve students. The majority of companies with at least 10 employees use a CRM, a software system to manage communication with customers, but fewer than half of colleges and universities use one, according to the report.

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