Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Throughout her life and career, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson has proven to be a leader, innovator, and motivator. Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. Jackson was a 2009 recipient of the Dr. John Hope Franklin Award but was recognized at this year’s American Council on Education (ACE) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. — regrettably, the award ceremony was cancelled

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HEPI

APRIL 15, 2023

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Dennis Sherwood, the author of Missing the Mark – Why so many school exam grades are wrong, and how to get results we can trust , (Canbury Press, 2022). GCSE, AS and A level students will soon be sitting their exams. Their goal will be the highest possible grades, for they know that good grades open doors; poor ones slam them shut, possibly for ever.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Indiana State University on Friday announced it has completed a re-budgeting process. Late last year, ISU President Deborah Curtis announced that the university had to reduce expenses by at least $12 million for the 2023-24 budget. The university's enrollment has been declining over the past several years, due to a number of factors and trends, including the pandemic.

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HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

APRIL 15, 2023

Beyond Mass Personalization: Taking Personalization to a Higher Level Fact: The number of U.S. schools that offer fully online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs increased 85% — from 284 to 526 — between the 2016-17 and 2020-21 academic years, according to data from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Likewise, online programs for other in-demand degrees such as nursing and computer science degrees also are experiencing rapid growth.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

Teaching staff at City College in Harlem are protesting plans to cut back instructors’ pay for a core English composition course that all students must take — a reduction that school officials say is necessary to grapple with a $10.3 million budget deficit. On Tuesday, 16 adjuncts and six full-time faculty members, all of whom teach composition, held a “grade-in,” sitting in the hallway in front of the dean’s office grading student papers.

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