Wonkhe
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Paul Wiltshire raises concerns with the regulation of commitments made to students about the nature of delivery on their programme. The post Isn’t OfS supposed to support students to make good choices? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Legislation banning discussion of topics like race can affect colleges, but can also influence K-12 classrooms and who wants to become an educator.
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Wonkhe
OCTOBER 27, 2022
As students queue through the night for somewhere to live in September 2023, Jim Dickinson reviews the policy options for intervening in the housing market. The post Student housing policy presents choices that the sector should grasp appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The two New Jersey institutions have been working on a merger agreement after Bloomfield issued a public plea for help last year.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 27, 2022
This week's card from Hugh Jones’ postbag shows the brand power of universities. The post Higher Education Postcard – advertising appeared first on Wonkhe.
HEPI
OCTOBER 27, 2022
In September, HEPI, with support from the University of Sunderland, hosted a roundtable dinner on the future of medical education in the UK. When the then health secretary, Thérèse Coffey, unveiled her winter plan, criticism focused on her failure to address shortages in the NHS workforce. This is a longstanding issue and universities have been at the heart of attempts to tackle it.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 27, 2022
This week on the podcast Rishi Sunak has been reshuffling his team of ministers - what could the impacts be for higher education? The post Podcast: Reshuffle, industrial action, applications decline appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 27, 2022
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 15, 2021. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. . This Halloween special is brought to you by the Teaching Professor. Check out a monthly, one-year, two-year, or three-year subscription for more articles like this. In more than a decade of teaching Romeo and Juliet at my small liberal arts college, I’d never had a student walk through class wearing only a towel.
University Business
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Fewer teachers are entering the field, and for those who are currently in it, “it’s a wonder we have any,” said President of the National Education Association Becky Pringle. Her statement addressed the burden America’s educators currently face , specifically surrounding the lack of respect they receive and the inadequate pay.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Dr. JaNice Marshall is a teaching professor and doctoral cohort coordinator for Kansas State University’s John E. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership. Today, some of our country’s communities are engaged in conversations about talent pipeline shortages, challenges, and opportunities. At Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), college leaders continue to be involved in strategic discussions throughout Northeast Ohio with a diverse group of partners about solutions to connect people to fam
The Guardian - Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Exclusive: move affecting 65% of institutions means endowments worth almost £18bn out of reach for firms One hundred universities in the UK have pledged to divest from fossil fuels, the Guardian can reveal. This equates to 65% of the country’s higher education sector refusing to make at least some investments in fossil fuel companies, and endowments worth more than £17.6bn now out of reach for the corporations.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has released a handbook discussing issues surrounding teachers of color, Indigenous teachers, and ethnoracial diversity. Dr. Felice J. Levine Issues include recruitment and retention, professional development, and the role of minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Black, Indigenous, and people of color are 37% of the adult population, yet make up just 19% of the teaching force, according to AERA.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Image: Stanford University leaders are seeking to make amends for past actions by former administrators who systematically and secretly discriminated against Jewish students seeking admission to the university. A task force of Stanford scholars, students and staff members released a report earlier this month that details how the former university administrators took active steps to curb the number of Jewish students admitted to the university in the early 1950s and repeatedly denied doing so in
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) convened leading higher education thought leaders on campus earlier this week for its fourth annual State of Diversity summit. Hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, this year's event provided historical and key data, reporting and updates on initiatives and efforts designed to inform, equip, and engage the campus community on diversity-related trends and issues at the university.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Image: Bloomfield College will become part of Montclair State University, the institutions announced Wednesday, formalizing a merger that had been in the works for months since Montclair State stepped up to help the financially struggling Bloomfield. Going forward, Bloomfield will be known as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University. Bloomfield—a small private liberal arts college in Bloomfield, N.J., that primarily serves Black and Hispanic students—made a public plea for he
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has announced final rules regarding predatory recruitment practices against veterans, access to Pell Grants for incarcerated students, and accountability when colleges and universities change owners. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona Regarding predatory practices of for-profit schools, these new regulations close loopholes in the 90/10 rule, which requires 10% of revenue of such schools come from non-federal sources.
Campus Technology
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management has partnered with ed tech company Instructure to provide its Canvas learning platform to the Francis and Dionne Najafi 100 Million Global Learners Initiative through 2030.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Seven part-time California community college professors are taking legal action against eight local districts and the state itself, claiming having to work unpaid hours preparing lessons, grading, and meeting with students, EdSource reported. John Martin As such, the faculty are asking for back pay, changes to pay structure, and for the suit to be made a class action that could allow for the incorporation of other adjuncts.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
What discoveries about Chaucer's apparent rape accusation tell us about a disappearing field. By Joe Stadolnik. What discoveries about Chaucer's apparent rape accusation tell us about a disappearing field.
Educause
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Hosts Cynthia and Jack talk with another two members of EDUCAUSE Young Professionals Advisory Committee: Wesam Helou, Interim CIO at Cleveland State University, and Luke VanWingerden, CIO for Tri-County Technical College. They discuss how YPAC has been a great resource for young higher ed professionals to find community at EDUCAUSE.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Image: Student activists have been demanding that higher education institutions divest their endowments from fossil fuel companies for over a decade. Now, as more institutions move toward sustainable investment , a group of faculty is calling on its pension fund to go green. About 300 clients of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America–College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA), which hundreds of higher education institutions use to invest faculty members’ pensions, are
The PIE News
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Approximately 350,000 international students attended a German higher education institution during the 2021-22 academic year, an eight percent increase from the previous year and a new record, according to figures released by DAAD. . The latest report from the German academic exchange body also found that the number of international students in Germany continued to increase throughout the pandemic, although this was in part due to a significant number of existing international students extending
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The University of South Carolina is updating its logo to a more simplified design and reverting to an old abbreviation—USC, instead of the currently used UofSC—in its marketing and editorial content. The university changed its branding and logos to UofSC in 2019, after frequently being confused with the University of Southern California, which also goes by USC.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
By Oyin Adedoyin. Alex Williamson for The Chronicle. After the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, the university made promises that administrators say they can't afford to keep.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Elizabeth H. Simmons and Becky R. Petitt share lessons learned in the process of implementing a new program of cluster hiring focused on the experiences of minoritized populations. Job Tags: Academic administration Section: Diversity Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Dilok Klaisataporn/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Elizabeth H.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson meets with Kristine L. Bowman (left), Michigan State University’s associate dean for academic and student affairs, and other leaders from the university’s college of education. Photo by Trevor Hawks | Michigan State University College of Education Dr. Jerlando F. L. Jackson’s ascension to the deanship at Michigan State University (MSU)’s College of Education back in July is one of those full-circle moments “that got reversed, and put on pause, and then back together,”
FIRE
OCTOBER 27, 2022
FIRE wrote New York University this week with grave concerns about the school’s headline – making dismissal of accomplished organic chemistry professor Maitland Jones Jr. “??We join the many voices, including those of NYU faculty, expressing bewilderment and dismay at this affront to faculty rights,” we wrote in urging the university to reverse course. .
Faculty Focus
OCTOBER 27, 2022
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 15, 2021. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. . This Halloween special is brought to you by the Teaching Professor. Check out a monthly, one-year, two-year, or three-year subscription for more articles like this. In more than a decade of teaching Romeo and Juliet at my small liberal arts college, I’d never had a student walk through class wearing only a towel.
FIRE
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Pennsylvania State University responded to FIRE’s letter requesting clarification of the university’s decision to shut down a student-hosted comedy show headlined by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnis and comedian Alex Stein. Unfortunately, the justifications for canceling the event leave FIRE, First Amendment advocates, and Nittany Lions with more questions than answers. .
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
By Katherine Mangan. iStock. More than 700,000 incarcerated people are expected to become eligible for the federal need-based aid under regulations that take effect in July.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Bloomfield College will be known as Bloomfield College of Montclair State University once its merges with Montclair State University, NJ.com reported. The two schools made a joint statement on Oct. 26, saying their respective boards authorized a merger plan. News that the private 1,300-student college will be incorporated into the public university came less than a year after Montclair State loaned Bloomfield money to help avoid shutting down.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
By Grace Mayer. Dirk Shadd, IMAGO, ZUMA Wire Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska talked at an open forum this month with the U. of Florida Faculty Senate. The action came days before the university's board is set to formally vote on the appointment.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Diversity Abroad held its 10th annual Global Inclusion Conference this month, where participants had the opportunity to discuss and engage in matters related to diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice (DEIBJ). The conference – which ran from Oct. 4-7 in San Francisco – had more than 470 registered participants and more than 70 sessions on topics ranging from racist histories of education abroad, staff and student wellness, global learning at home, inclusive international student sup
The PIE News
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The international student roundtable session at the The PIE Live North America conference in Toronto brought together leaders in higher education with current students to discuss the true experience of study life in Canada. The session, moderated by Nicholas Cuthbert, encouraged students to be brave and discuss the good and the bad aspects of their experience.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
As staffing shortages, burnout and organizational changes continue to impact higher education IT teams, the roles of the CIO and their departments are constantly shifting. At the 2022 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Denver, the “Tech Roles and the Future of Work” session addressed how the changes in higher education impact IT departments, and why leaders are increasingly seeing IT as valuable members of the overall strategic team.
The PIE News
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The Nigerian government has warned against “unscrupulous” agents luring prospective students to Northern Cyprus with false claims, following a spate of stranded students and reports of trafficking in the region. . The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a de facto state, has a population of approximately 265,000 people and is just over 3,000 km² in size (in comparison, Wales is 20,779 km²).
Helix Education
OCTOBER 27, 2022
For as long as I have worked in higher education, there has been an ongoing debate about the extent to which higher education ought to embrace business practices, think of students as customers, and tailor offerings based on market demand rather than other institutional objectives. This is an open debate, and while I generally end up leaning slightly—but cautiously—into the “embrace business practices” when it comes to ensuring that both student expectations and student demands are being met, I
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