Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 23, 2023
A pending Supreme Court ruling on race-conscious admissions and other shifts like ChatGPT’s effects on application essays could upend the landscape.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 23, 2023
It doesn't always seem like it but universities are key to the UK's national security The post Risks to be managed? Universities and national security appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 23, 2023
Brookings Institution found that comparing similarly prepared students shrunk racial, gender and socioeconomic divides in college enrollment.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 23, 2023
Julianne K. Viola and Luke McCrone explain what we can learn about student belonging from hall wardens and student accommodation The post Spaces of belonging: lessons from halls of residence appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 23, 2023
It’s time to reject proctoring software and rebuild the relationships between students and professors, one student argues.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 23, 2023
TEF submissions are in, but does the Teaching Excellence Framework have a future? Richard Harrison weighs up the options. The post What next for TEF? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
Category: Carpe Careers Lauren Easterling explores why what we value matters when it comes to the goals we set, the plans we make and the career journeys we take. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Rudzhan Nagiev/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
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Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
Image: When Andrea Mora enrolled at University of California, Irvine, in 2012, she was a low-income, first-generation student. She was also 25 years old and an undocumented immigrant from Peru. She’d spent seven years as a part-time student at Los Angeles Pierce Community College after graduating from high school and struggled to earn money and find financial aid to pay for a four-year education.
The PIE News
JANUARY 23, 2023
The Australian government should extend the time an international student must spend at the institution they initially join before they can switch providers, universities have reiterated. Queensland University of Technology and the University of Wollongong have recommended that the government restrict university transfers for international students.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Is the continent the next big thing in international admissions? By Karin Fischer Mbar Diop for The Chronicle Home to more young people than anywhere else in the world, the continent has a growing middle class.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
As the director of the writing center at Williams College, I’ll admit to having reached out to a few writing center directors at other colleges in recent weeks with a message that said, more or less, “We’re toast.” That’s because no essay produced by the artificial intelligence chat bot that has unsettled so many of us in higher education will contain a typo, misplace a modifier, overuse the comma or—and on this you can defiantly depend—misspell an adver
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Dr. Farhat Moazam To Dr. Farhat Moazam, being a good physician involves more than just knowing medicine. It requires a sense of bioethics. “If you look at the history of ethics — figuring out what’s the right thing to do, etc. — the longest history is connected to practice of medicine,” Moazam says. “So, ethics and medicine have all along had a very close relationship, and you can trace it back to Hammurabi’s Code.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
Perhaps because it showed up at the end of the fall semester, when so many of us were exhausted from grading, from the tripledemic, from Zoom meetings, or maybe because we knew something like this was coming—we just knew it—but news of ChatGPT’s ability to write what many consider to be perfectly adequate student essays has not settled well on higher education.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients – Dreamers – can now apply to join The PhD Project , a non-profit working to diversify business schools and the business world. Blane Ruschak “We’re thrilled to open PhD Project membership to DACA recipients,” said Blane Ruschak, president of The PhD Project. “We know that for college students there’s tremendous power in having ‘someone who looks like me, someone who’s walked in my shoes’ in front of the college classroom – and so many stu
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Case brought by two creative writing lecturers will draw on landmark 2021 supreme court gig economy ruling Two academics are suing Oxford University for employing them as gig economy workers in a case which draws on the landmark ruling that gave Uber drivers the right to paid holidays and a pension. The two lecturers were employed on fixed-term “personal services” contracts to teach on Oxford’s creative writing course for 15 years, but these were not renewed in 2022.
Academe Blog
JANUARY 23, 2023
BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TENURE-STREAM ART HISTORY FACULTY The statement was issued on January 13 on the website of the UMN Department of Art History with the note, “No images other than the painting of Jonah and the Whale appear in this story.
Campus Technology
JANUARY 23, 2023
In its December 2022 report, "Solving Higher Education's Wicked Problems," WGU Labs, the research arm of Western Governors University, identified seven areas that need solutions based on the science of learning if higher education is to address the challenges facing it now and in the future.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Dr. David Emmanuel Goatley is now president of Fuller Theological Seminary, making him the the institution’s first Black president. Dr. David Emmanuel Goatley Goatley – he stepped into the role this week– said he aimed for a future for Fuller that expanded beyond traditional American borders to become a global institution that supported the Christian community worldwide.
The PIE News
JANUARY 23, 2023
Projects for Canadian students to study abroad have been “ramping-up” since in-person mobility reopened following the lifting of pandemic-related travel restrictions. According to the Canadian government, efforts by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada – the department responsible for delivering the International Experience Canada program – has reached some 10 million impressions on social media, while campaigns on Google generated 286,000 impressions in 2019.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Some Bethune-Cookman University football players have started a petition to reinstate Ed Reed as the Wildcats head coach after the former NFL star announced Jan. 21 that the school would not be ratifying his contrac t , Sports Illustrated reported. Ed Reed More than 20 players have signed the petition, which called Reed’s dismissal unjust, according to a Twitter post from Wildcats running back Branden McDonald.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
By Julian Roberts-Grmela Among people with similar high-school credentials, Black and Hispanic students enrolled at higher rates than white and Asian students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Over the past decade, campus mental health has bloomed into a crisis, with rates of depression and anxiety symptoms more than doubling. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the problem, with over 60% of college students meeting the criteria for at least one mental health issue in the 2020-21 school year. Now, a new report from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and UWill, an online counseling platform for colleges and universities, has shown that mental health
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
A batch of emails offering congratulations for being selected for a “30 Under 30” award went out by mistake to some Temple University alumni, leading to an apology by the university on social media. “Hey @TempleUniv young alumni - we messed up and we're sorry. You are all 30 Under 30 in our [heart emoji],” read the Thursday tweet from the @TempleAlumni account.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
Hamline University The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), an organization devoted to academic freedom, has announced that it is starting an inquiry into the actions of administrators at Hamline University, where a conflict between the rights of instructors to teach as they see fit and respect for the beliefs of religious students has been brewing since last fall.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
The American Association of University Professors has condemned Florida’s community college presidents for their criticism of critical race theory. The presidents, in a joint statement , pledged not to fund or support “initiatives, instruction, and activities” that promote critical race theory or related ideologies. The AAUP said on Friday , “The AAUP is appalled at the blatant violation of academic freedom and shared governance that the presidents of the Florida College
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
William Barber William J. Barber II has been appointed founding director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. Barber served as pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He holds a bachelor's degree from North Carolina Central University, a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents on Thursday fired Ting Guo , a professor at the Davis campus. A campus investigation found that he had sexually assaulted a high school student who was working in his laboratory. Guo has been on leave since the investigation was launched in 2021. Ad keywords: administrators executive faculty Is this diversity newsletter?
EAB
JANUARY 23, 2023
Blogs 4 tips to improve your college's behavioral intervention team As concerns about student well-being and mental health have risen dramatically in recent years, the impact of this trend can be seen in the caseload and complexity of behavioral intervention team (BIT)/CARE team work. Currently, many colleges and universities are reevaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of their teams.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
Critics continue to fault St. Joseph’s University on crime, even after the university has boosted security, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Aggravated assaults, robberies with a firearm and thefts have increased near its main campus, and at a higher rate than in the city as a whole, according to an analysis of police data. Tommy McBride was scheduled to serve as a coordinator at freshman orientation.
Campus Technology
JANUARY 23, 2023
Coming to Orlando, FL, Nov. 7-9, 2023, the new conference from the producers of Campus Technology and THE Journal will focus on cybersecurity and data practices across K–20 education.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
The University of Virginia announced a $100 million gift for a biotechnology institute, which will be named for Paul and Diane Manning, the donors. The institute will also be supported by $50 million from the Commonwealth of Virginia and $150 million from the university. Ad keywords: institutionalfinance Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 23, 2023
The American Sociological Association (ASA) has released a sociological guide that explains concepts of race and racism and the importance of antiracism educational efforts. This comes amid public debates over teaching about race and racism and the increasingly common usage of terms such as ‘systemic racism’ and ‘critical race theory.’ “Recent social and civil protests against structural racism in the United States urge action, but none of us can change what cannot be faced,” the guide noted.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
Don Green, the president of Point Park University, has left the position after 18 months in the job, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. He cited private, personal and family reasons when he offered his resignation this week, according to the university. Neither Green nor the university elaborated. Ad keywords: executive Is this diversity newsletter?
Coursera blog
JANUARY 23, 2023
By Zac Rule, VP of Enterprise at Coursera Widespread economic uncertainty is causing businesses to rethink their priorities in the new year. With shrinking hiring budgets, more companies are now looking internally to fill the critical skills gaps needed to maintain growth and drive innovation. Ensuring strong leadership throughout the organization to help navigate rapid changes in the business is a top focus.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 23, 2023
University of Illinois at Chicago’s faculty strike is over, just before its second week was to start. The university and the union, UIC United Faculty, each announced the strike’s end and a tentative agreement early Monday morning. Union members haven’t yet voted on the new contract, so the walkout could resume if members reject the deal.
The Higher Ed Marketer
JANUARY 23, 2023
How much should colleges and universities lean on legacy branding? Advancement departments undoubtedly love promoting the “glory days” to their school alums, but should legacy be a major factor in your enrollment marketing strategy? In the late 1970s, Indiana State University produced one of the most famous basketball players in NCAA and NBA history - Larry Bird.
University Business
JANUARY 23, 2023
Just when higher education institutions thought they were getting a break from the struggles posed by the pandemic, whether it was managing hybrid/remote learning for students or developing strategies to combat enrollment plunges, now they’re having to develop creative strategies to keep their own leadership from abandoning ship. According to a new survey from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, a significant number of supervisors in higher education sa
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