Wed.Dec 14, 2022

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Why one Ivy League university joined the move to ditch enrollment deposits

Higher Ed Dive

University of Pennsylvania was waiving its $400 deposit for about a fifth of its students. Abandoning it aims to reduce barriers for low-income students.

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Finding your major

Higher Ed Data Stories

This is a popular post with anyone who works with high school students, and I've just updated it with fresh data from 2021 graduates; it's mainly helpful for two types of cases: Students who are looking for very uncommon majors Students who want to see which colleges have the largest departments in their specific major This is pretty straightforward, and I've put the instructions in tool tips; just hover over the icons in the shape of an I you'll see on the visualization.

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University of Texas, Google team up on career training for students

Higher Ed Dive

As companies look to find workers with the skills needed for their industries, many are working with universities to train students and connect them to jobs.

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Can parents and carers networks help make academia more humane?

Wonkhe

The way parents and carers come together and support each other is very good news for academia. Mark Gatto and Ana Lopes have done the research. The post Can parents and carers networks help make academia more humane? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Completion higher for alternative teacher prep programs affiliated with higher ed

Higher Ed Dive

In 2019-20, 34% of enrollees completed university-based programs compared to 14% for programs not affiliated with colleges, a new analysis shows.

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Where is the Covid flexibility in dealing with the cost of living crisis?

Wonkhe

Michelle Morgan and Beth Craigie argue that the sector could learn from the way we dealt with Covid-19 to manage the long term impact of the cost of living crisis. The post Where is the Covid flexibility in dealing with the cost of living crisis? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to offer HR apprenticeships

Higher Ed Dive

The new apprenticeship aims to teach students the tech skills needed for human resources positions.

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Report: Test-Optional Policies Result in Increased Student Diversity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Test-optional admission policies have resulted in increased application numbers and student diversity at many business schools, according to a recent report by the MBA Roundtable and Wiley. Jeff Bieganek “Test-Optional Admission Policies and The Impact on Graduate Management Education,” surveyed and collected the input of 116 deans, directors, faculty, and staff at 107 graduate business schools – a mix of public schools and private, non-profit schools – in September and October 2022.

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Next Generation Leadership Partners on Building a Career in Higher Ed Technology

Educause

Hosts Cynthia and Jack talk with Mary Beth Baker and Phil Goldstein from Next Generation Leadership Partners about the best way to approach approach, interview for, and attain a leadership position in higher ed technology.

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What Is a Smart Campus and What Technologies Support One?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

There’s no avoiding the role of technology in higher education success. According to a Barnes & Noble College report released this summer, 49 percent of students prefer hybrid learning options, while 35 percent of instructors favor this approach. Meanwhile, a Student Voice survey of higher education students, found that improvements to technology such as Wi-Fi (62 percent), online student portals (37 percent), online course offerings (33 percent), and connective technologies (27 percent) were al

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UNCF's Desireé C. Boykin Awarded 2022 Vanguard Award from Higher Ed Leadership Foundation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Desireé C. Boykin has recently been awarded the Higher Education Leadership Foundation’s (HELF) 2022 Vanguard Award and inducted into its Sankofa Hall of Leadership. Desireé C. Boykin “We believe it is important to honor those who are strengthening the bridge to sustainability and thriving that our ancestors so carefully built and curated,” the foundation said.

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Germany targets new skilled workers, but international grads key

The PIE News

Germany is aiming to attract skilled workers from around the world to fill shortages gaps in the country’s labour market. The Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz continues on developments on the Skilled Immigration Act , in force since March 2020. Three pillars – skilled labour, experience, and potential – seek to assist qualified workers in non-regulated professions, those with employment contracts in non-regulated professions and a points-based system for those not yet with employment contr

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New Partnership Allows Orange Public School Students to Engage with Peers in Ghana

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kean University has partnered with the city of Orange, New Jersey; Orange Public Schools; and Oiada International for a program to strengthen relationships between young people on a global scale. The Amistad Global Village Program – which aims to build community relationships through civic engagement and literacy through global connection – will give ninth graders at Orange Preparatory Academy the opportunity to interact with peers at the Osagyefo Leadership International School in Ghana, West A

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Purdue U. Northwest Chancellor Apologizes for Speaking Made-Up 'Asian' Language During Commencement

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley. "I made a comment that was offensive and insensitive," Thomas L. Keon said of the incident.

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Wayne State University Receives $6 Million for Cluster Hire Program and Black Studies Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wayne State University has received $6 million to recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create a Black studies center. The money – from The Mellon Foundation – will help fund a cluster hire program that will recruit 10 early career scholars in the humanities for a tenure-track preparatory initiative; 10 new tenure-track hires; and 10 tenured faculty at the associate or full professor level.

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How much homework (and stress) is helpful? (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

With final exams again upon us, students across the country seem more stressed than ever, even as study after study has found they’re spending far less time on schoolwork than students once did. The details of our latest national debate about rigor are well-known by now: in a story that made national news , 82 of 350 students in a New York University organic chemistry class last spring signed a petition claiming the class was too hard.

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Treenat Jaiyasarn, WIN Education

The PIE News

WIN Education specialises in counselling on UK education opportunities. Its founder, Treenat Jaiyasarn, based in Thailand, took a time out to chat articulation agreements, IELTS testing and “astonishing” levels of demand. There are people in the sector who dedicate themselves to helping students to find great places to learn internationally – Treenat Jaiyasarn takes this dedication to a whole new level.

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Campus parking problems common yet not universal (infographic)

Inside Higher Ed

Image: While individual campuses and situations play a role in intensity of the problem, parking issues are a nearly universal frustration for students and others on campus. And it certainly doesn’t help that a popular best practice in creating walkable corridors involves placing parking at the edges of campus. Common parking complaints include inconvenient parking and a lack of enough parking, plus having to pay for it, particularly if lots and garages feel unsafe or are poorly maintained

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More than 600 Adjunct Faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to Join Union

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than 600 adjunct professors and lecturers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago will join the school’s union, the Chicago Tribun e reported. The Art Institute of Chicago Workers United – the city’s first major museum union –already represents approximately 600 staff at the museum and its affiliated school. This move – following a 377-33 vote to unionize – will double its size.

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The value for students of requiring a liberal arts capstone (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Teaching Today Beyond capstones for majors, special courses that encourage interaction across disciplines can be especially useful for students launching into careers or grad school, writes David Droppa. Job Tags: Academic administration Ad keywords: teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Benjavisa/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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University of Maryland Leads Equity Efforts in Community Impacted by Transit Project

Insight Into Diversity

The University of Maryland’s (UMD) Purple Line Corridor Coalition (PLCC) recently received $1.5 million from the Federal Transit Administration to help address housing affordability and displacement, mobility and transportation accessibility, and small business preservation in the communities impacted by an upcoming 16-mile rail line project. The PLCC will work with researchers, policymakers, and community advocates to ensure equitable and sustainable development surrounding the Purple Line, whi

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International students are returning to the United States, but will that last?

University Business

The United States has reversed a pandemic-fuelled decline in student enrolment and remains the world’s leading host destination for international students, accepting 15% of the global total in 2021–22, a report finds. In second place is the United Kingdom, which accepts 10% of all international students, followed by Canada at 9%, according to figures from the Institute of International Education (IIE), a non-profit organization based in New York City.

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The Consuming Effects of Commodifying Education on Faculty Members

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Neoliberalism is the application of market ideologies in non-economic matters. For this piece, we identify the function and effects of neoliberalism on the relationships among graduate students and faculty. In higher education, neoliberalism manifests through the not-new concept of students-as-consumers, who “shop” for the best collegiate experience.

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TAFE Qld trials AI tech in targeted advertising

The PIE News

The northeastern Australian technical and further education provider has been using a new insight reporting tool to develop localised adverts targeting students in Japan and South Korea. Developed by QuantPlus , the AI technology has analysed as many as 60 billion ad impressions across 30 countries to identify the statistically highest-performing creative elements.

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HACU and FBI Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Increase Collaboration and Promote FBI Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and the FBI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), agreeing to encourage more collaboration. Dr. Antonio R. Flores Per the agreement, the FBI will inform HACU about FBI internships, programs, and hiring opportunities open to college students and recent graduates. “HACU is pleased to enter into this agreement to help provide career opportunities within the FBI to students from Hispanic-Serving Institutions,” said HACU Presiden

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'It's a Mess': Grades Are Due Soon, and U. of California Professors Are Struggling

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Carolyn Kuimelis and Grace Mayer. Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images Graduate-student workers on strike at UCLA are joined by faculty members in support during a rally on campus. A month-long strike involving thousands of teaching assistants has forced universities to make contingency plans.

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UC San Diego Health Receives $2.2 Million Grant to Encourage High Schoolers to Pursue Health Care Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

UC San Diego Health has received $2.2 million to develop a program to encourage high school students in underrepresented communities to pursue health care careers. The grant – from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and to be distributed over five years – will help fund the “UC San Diego Health Career Experience,” an annual program meant to educate and train students interested in nursing and allied health professions.

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DAAD developing digital campus for internationals

The PIE News

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), together with five partners, is working on an online platform to enable prospective international students to transition more smoothly to studies in Germany. The digital campus – financially backed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research – seeks to break down language, technical and cultural barriers, and offer relevant information alongside comprehensive services.

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Ask the Chair: Is On-the-Job Training Enough?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A professor who will be a new department head in six months wonders how to prepare for the post in the meantime. By Kevin Dettmar. Sam Kalda for The Chronicle. A professor who will be a new department head in six months wonders how to prepare for the post in the meantime.

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BRITTANY A. HOLLOMAN

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brittany A. Holloman Brittany A. Holloman has been appointed deputy athletic director and director of the Scholar Athlete Program at Talladega College in Alabama. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala., a master’s in urban and regional planning from Alabama A&M University, and a Ph.D. in higher education from Jackson State University in Mississippi.

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Irish government to fund student housing

The PIE News

The Irish government will fund the construction of new student housing, following warnings that the country’s housing shortages are leaving some students homeless. . Some 667 new beds will be delivered in the short-term via building projects in areas where planning permission has already been granted but development has been stalled by increasing construction costs. .

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‘Higher Ed Is a Scam of a Career’: Readers Speak Out on Dead-End Jobs

The Chronicle of Higher Education

In academe, advancement opportunities can be few and far between. Jan Feindt for The Chronicle. In academe, advancement opportunities can be few and far between.

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TAKAMA STATTON-BROOKS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Takama Statton-Brooks Takama Statton-Brooks has been appointed interim assistant vice chancellor for university housing at the University of Arkansas. Stratton-Brooks holds a bachelor’s degree in vocational rehabilitation counseling from Emporia State University in Kansas, an MSW from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and a doctorate in educational leadership and administration from Saint Louis University.

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Highlights from Higher Ed: High-Volume Applicants, Sector-Wide Financial Woes, Campus Facilities, and Unique Credentials

Liaison International

More students are submitting more applications – particularly to selective schools. The Common Application, which handled submissions from more than 1.2 million students at more than 1,000 colleges last year, is fueling a trend in which students are applying to more schools than in past years. In particular, “the students driving up the average are overwhelmingly applying to selective private institutions.

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Learning to Teach Credit-Bearing Courses

ACRLog

One element that excited me about my current job was the opportunity to teach credit-bearing courses in our Library Informatics bachelor’s degree program. In my role as department head, I not only get the chance to teach and but also lead the program. For my first year, I mostly did the administrative work of leading a program. I worked with our advisor (one of our librarians in our department) to resolve student issues, coordinated our program assessment, set up our course rotation each semeste

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White House Announces Large-Scale Commitment to Advance Equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine

Campus Technology

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has announced a slate of actions across government, philanthropy, industry, education, research, and community organizations aimed at eliminating systemic barriers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM).

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New Briefs Explore Chronic Underfunding of HBCUs

Inside Higher Ed

The Hunt Institute, an affiliate of the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy focused on improving student success outcomes, released two new briefs that explore how different states have sought to address the historic underfunding of historically Black colleges and universities. The briefs, released Tuesday, are the final part of a three-part series on historic disinvestment in HBCUs.