Higher Ed Dive

MAY 8, 2024

Money and time are two of the most commonly cited barriers to earning a credential, according to a new survey from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation.

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Wonkhe

MAY 8, 2024

Can larger and fewer modules offer a pedagogic benefit as well as cost savings? Jackie Potter and Laura Milne look at both sides of the block The post Fewer, larger, modules could help students too appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 8, 2024

A new Justice Department rule aims to ensure state and local government web content and mobile apps are accessible for people with disabilities.

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Wonkhe

MAY 8, 2024

For James Coe, there’s an opportunity to define a new university security agenda based on soft-power, economic cooperation and continual engagement The post Turning scrutiny on security into a new security strategy appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 8, 2024

The Minnesota university still has a strong revenue base but faces too-high expenses, according to its acting president.

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Wonkhe

MAY 8, 2024

The traumas and challenges students bring with them to higher education need to inform how they are supported in transition, finds Jenny Shaw The post Opening universities’ doors wide enough to let students’ lives in appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 8, 2024

This marks the 11th year in a row for appropriations increases, according to an annual report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Nearly two-thirds of college students say they are at least somewhat supportive of pro-Palestinian protests on their campuses, according to an Intelligent.com survey of 763 current, full-time college students. Only 11 percent said they oppose the protests, while the remainder said they're unsure how they feel.

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HEPI

MAY 8, 2024

We have – finally – today achieved something I have long wanted HEPI to do: we have taken a blank sheet of paper and worked out how much money students need to live on. By ‘need to live’ we don’t mean just avoiding poverty; nor do we mean living in plush comfort. We mean having around enough income to be safe, warm and decently fed, to be able to buy necessary course-related items and to be able to get involved with the non-academic side of university life, perhaps by joining a society or two.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

State Higher Ed Funding is Still Rising—for Now Liam Knox Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Even as federal stimulus waned, lawmakers boosted support for public colleges in 2023, with an emphasis on financial aid. Can it make up for falling tuition revenue?

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Campus Technology

MAY 8, 2024

Since its launch in April 2023, Turnitin's AI writing detection tool has reviewed over 200 million papers, with data showing that more than half of students continue to use AI to write their papers.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Beyond the Research Sarah Bray Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Michel Estefan offers a roadmap for helping graduate student instructors cultivate their distinct teaching style.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Lumina Foundation and Gallup's State of Higher Education 2024 Report Lumina Foundation and Gallup While interest in higher education is increasingly high among adults, many perspective students see cost as a hindrance while some current students are dispirited by emotional stress, according to a new study by Lumina Foundation and Gallup. The State of Higher Education 2024 Report documents how current, prospective, and stopped-out students view post-high school education pathways, their access to

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Liberal Arts Microcredentials on the Rise Sara Weissman Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Badges and certificates aren’t just for technical fields anymore.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Dr. Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher has been named the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. “I am honored and excited to serve as the Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education,” said Zamani-Gallaher, a professor in the Pittsburgh’s Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Massachusetts Institute of Technology departments will no longer ask for diversity statements as part of applications for faculty positions, the university says.

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Liaison International

MAY 8, 2024

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have only just begun to revolutionize the landscape of graduate admissions. As the future rapidly unfolds, the heart of this transformation will continue to lie in the evaluation of candidates, where the concept of holistic college admissions plays a pivotal role. Institutions embracing emergent technologies and strategies can now use data to align their holistic approach with their overarching mission and the specific objectives of individual program

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Education Department Steps Up Efforts to Combat Antisemitism Katherine Knott Wed, 05/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Amid widespread campus unrest, new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights spells out how the agency is interpreting federal civil rights laws.

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University Business

MAY 8, 2024

The U.S. Department of Education announced a multimillion-dollar grant program on Monday to help students apply for federal financial aid. It comes after the rollout of changes to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, caused delays throughout this year’s college admissions process. The changes were meant to make it easier to fill out and expand access to Pell Grants, which don’t need to be repaid.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

For Title IX, Beware Diminishing Due Process Elizabeth Redden Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:01 AM Colleges should be wary of adopting weaker due process protections permitted under the new Title IX regulations, T. Markus Funk and Jean-Jacques Cabou write. Byline(s) T.

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Campus Technology

MAY 8, 2024

As Microsoft transitions from unlimited storage for education customers to a maximum of 100TB of free storage across OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange, here are 10 ways to manage your storage more efficiently and keep storage costs in check.

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Inside Higher Ed

MAY 8, 2024

Fifty-one Texas lawmakers signed a letter of support for University of Texas-Austin president Jay Hartzell after the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) criticized his administration’s “militarized response” to campus protests and called for his resignation.

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Campus Technology

MAY 8, 2024

Higher education student engagement platform Element451 has introduced two new tools to its AI-powered system: Bolt AI Assistants and Bolt Discovery.

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2024

A company recruiting American students to attend schools in the UK is being sued by the Justice Department under Massachusetts law, authorities have announced. Prosecutors allege that Study Across the Pond LLC has “knowingly caused” UK schools to submit false claims to the Department of Education for federal student aid. They say that the company, and its principal, John Borhaug, have demanded the schools to enter into arrangements that violated the federal ban on incentive-based com

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University Business

MAY 8, 2024

Nationwide, folks are reconsidering the need for a college degree. Their reasons have varied over the years, but most people will tell you cost is their greatest barrier to entry in 2024. That’s according to a recent survey from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation, the latest read on Americans’ perceptions of the overwhelming cost of pursuing higher education.

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2024

Australia is set to raise the amount of savings needed by international students to gain student visas, as the financial capacity requirement is increased for the second time in seven months. The new rule will come into effect on May 10, and will see international students required to show proof of savings of at least AUD$29,710. The amount was recently raised to AUD$24,505 from AUD$21,041 in October 2023.

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Jon Boeckenstedt

MAY 8, 2024

In December, 2019, people in the college admission profession learned that a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department against The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) had been settled, effectively pulling the rug out from under the association’s Statement of Principles of Good Practice, or SPGP as it was known among thousands of people […]

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

Mary Alexander has been named vice provost for administration and operations at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She served as vice provost for administration at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Alexander holds a bachelor’s degree in both finance and operations management, a master’s in public administration, and a doctorate in higher education policy and leadership all from the University of South Carolina.

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2024

A consortium of eight accredited language schools has become the newest Recognised Organisation in the Canadian government’s International Experience Canada program, allowing members to invite participants to apply and skip the general pool of applicants to the IEC. The Languages Canada Consortium comprises of eight institutions with locations across the country, offering holiday programs that combine language, work and travel for international and Canadian participants aged 18 to 35.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

The global nonprofit Aspen Institute has named 20 semifinalists for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, a $1 million prize. The award — funded by Ascendium, the Joyce Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, and the Kresge Foundation — recognizes colleges with outstanding performance in teaching and learning, certificate and degree completion, transfer and bachelor’s attainment, workforce success, broad access to the college and its offerings, and equitable outcomes for students of color a

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2024

About one university or college per week so far this year, on average, has announced that it will close or merge. That’s up from a little more than two a month last year, according to the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, or SHEEO. So many colleges are folding that some students who moved from one to another have now found that their new school will also close, often with little or no warning.

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2024

Peter McGovern is founder & president of EdOdyssey. As the study abroad specialist celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, he told The PIE about the influence of teachers, the sector’s most pressing challenges and why he’s excited about what’s ahead. Introducing yourself in three words or phrases. I would describe myself as driven, curious and humble.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 8, 2024

Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report bridget Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:10 Image Graduation Higher Ed Leadership Student Success University Innovation Lab This coming October, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) will celebrate ten years of collaborating with higher education institutions to increase their graduation rates. Our starting goal in 2014 was awarding an additional 68,000 undergraduate degrees above baseline over the next decade – a goal that our 11 founding institutions reached four yea

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 8, 2024

In recent developments at the University of Chicago (UC), faculty members have taken a prominent role in supporting pro-Palestinian student protesters amid ongoing tensions regarding a student encampment on campus. In an expression of stark solidarity, faculty from a range of departments have expressed their willingness to face arrest alongside students, should it come to that, in order to safeguard their right to peaceful protest.

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Gray Associates

MAY 8, 2024

Today, Gray DI, the leading provider of academic program evaluation software, launched AI Reports: easy-to-understand text reports that summarize dozens of metrics on the markets for academic programs. AI Reports enables leaders from English to Engineering professors to academic deans, provosts, and presidents to understand the markets for programs and make better decisions on academic programs to Start, Stop, Fix, or Grow – decisions that drive enrollment growth and efficiency.

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University Business

MAY 8, 2024

Florida and its governor have stirred up plenty of controversy around K12 and higher education in recent years. But Florida still landed No. 1—for the second year in a row—in U.S. News & World Report ‘s top 10 states for education rankings. Florida’s overall No. 1 ranking was driven primarily by “stellar metrics in higher education” though it also performed strongly for K12. “The debate around education in Florida is among the most contentious in America,”

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The PIE News

MAY 8, 2024

Higher education and college leaders across the US should not consider study abroad as a cost but, utilised effectively, it can help to attract and retain excellent freshman cohorts, a leading study abroad specialist has said. Speaking with The PIE News and featured in this week’s 5 Mins… interview, founder & president of EdOdyssey, Peter McGovern, revealed that one of its partners had seen tuition revenues soar due to student interest in its study abroad program. “A univer

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