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For a good student experience, isn’t it important to start off small?

Wonkhe

The UK is a global leader in retaining students - but are they happy or being held hostage? Jim Dickinson wants students to be statisfied. The post For a good student experience, isn’t it important to start off small? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Climate-Conscious College

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Faculty members across disciplines are updating curricula in ways that inspire action, not just fear. By Katherine Mangan LJ Davids for The Chronicle Faculty members across disciplines are updating curricula in ways that inspire action, not just fear.

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Finding the reality of who students are in data

Wonkhe

David Kernohan finds the size and shape of the student population is strikingly different to popular perceptions The post Finding the reality of who students are in data appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Students Demand Endless Flexibility — but Is It What They Need?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Students expect 'total flexibility' in the pandemic-era classroom. But is that really what they need? By Beckie Supiano LJ Davids for The Chronicle There are limits — practical and philosophical — on how much faculty members can bend.

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Searching for the right frame for student experience

Wonkhe

What you see depends on what you’re looking for. Debbie McVitty thinks through the available lenses for improving students’ education experience The post Searching for the right frame for student experience appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Mis-advice to young academics on journal submissions (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: I read with great consternation Wayne Journell’s out-of-date and unrealistically idealist “advice on academic journal submissions,” Feb. 3, 2023. I assume that he means “advice to authors.” His intended audience is not clear, whether authors or editors, or graduate students, recent Ph.D.s, or more experienced academics.

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Everyone Is Talking About 'Belonging,' but What Does It Really Mean?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

What does it really mean? By Adrienne Lu LJ Davids for The Chronicle It’s everywhere: in college swag, job titles, grants, training. Yet a sense of belonging is elusive.

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Congrats! You Didn’t Apply, but We Admitted You Anyway.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

New experiments are short-circuiting the admissions process. Here’s why they matter. By Eric Hoover LJ Davids for The Chronicle New experiments are short-circuiting the admissions process. Here’s why they matter.

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The implications of not having an independent Designated Quality Body – and lessons from abroad

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Dr Elizabeth Halford, Director of Wells Advisory UK and formerly Head of Research and Intelligence at the QAA, and Michael Wells, Founder and Managing Director of Wells Advisory, a founding Commissioner of Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality & Standards Agency (TEQSA) and formerly head of university planning, quality assurance and budgets at the University of Melbourne.

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Flagships Across the Country Prosper While Regional Colleges Wither

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Competition is getting fierce, and the gap is widening. By Lee Gardner LJ Davids for The Chronicle The gap is widening. Who wants to attend a hollowed-out college?

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Budget plan details teacher apprenticeship reducing college requirements - Anne Geggis, Florida Politics

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Those with an associate degree would spend two years under a teacher's mentorship before being fully certified. Specifics for reducing the amount of college needed to become a public schoolteacher was part of the Gov. Ron DeSantis budget released Wednesday. The Governor announced the Teacher Apprenticeship Program in August as one way to open new avenues for filling classroom vacancies.

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Other Developments You Should Watch

The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Chronicle covers trends year round. Here are some others we're tracking. Chronicle illustration; Images from Getty and USA Today Network The Chronicle covers trends year round. Along with those highlighted in our special issue, here are some others we're tracking.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

Traditional instructional videos are often long, address a variety of content, or lack meaningful opportunities for students to engage with the content. Long videos can make it challenging for students to remain focused and attentive. Content-heavy videos can be difficult for students to digest; they may feel overwhelmed by the amount of material they are being asked to process at once.

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FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM PRESIDENTS REJECT ‘WOKE’ DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION (DEI), CRITICAL RACE THEORY IDEOLOGIES AND EMBRACE ACADEMIC FREEDOM- Florida Department of Education

Economics and Change in Higher Education

Today, the Florida College System (FCS) presidents publicly supported Governor Ron DeSantis’ vision of higher education, one free from indoctrination, an environment open to the pursuit of truth and the cultivation of intellectual autonomy for all students. The FCS presidents released a joint statement at Florida’s State Board of Education meeting that rejects the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda, and commits to removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023.

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

Faculty Focus

Traditional instructional videos are often long, address a variety of content, or lack meaningful opportunities for students to engage with the content. Long videos can make it challenging for students to remain focused and attentive. Content-heavy videos can be difficult for students to digest; they may feel overwhelmed by the amount of material they are being asked to process at once.

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Is DeSantis Right or Wrong?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Leadership in Higher Education In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature have launched a major effort to create a more conservative state higher education system. That effort will almost certainly evolve over time, but the basic elements are clear. A major reduction, perhaps a complete ban, on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts run by human resources and student affairs staff; creation of centers offering undergraduate education in the western intelle