Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The move comes after the president of the Illinois private nonprofit announced a $13 million budget shortfall.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Your finance system is something that ties your provider together, and replacing or updating it can reap benefits if you can learn from what others have done. David Kernohan reads a new guide from BUFDG and KPMG The post Smoother financial systems means learning from experience appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By Calli McMurray The university says it has $240 million less in reserves than originally calculated. Financial aid will be scaled back, and the athletics department could face "draconian cuts.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This week on the podcast we discuss the King's speech and politics for higher education in the run up to a general election The post Podcast: King’s speech, food, graduate skills appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Data from one of the UK’s major postgraduate recruitment specialists has recorded a decline in interest in masters opportunities in the country among prospective international students. FindAUniversity has reported that while 51% of prospective international students were searching for UK opportunities in 2022, this year it has dropped down to 30%, with competitor countries such as US, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands seeing upticks in interest.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Women pursuing careers in technical fields can benefit from campus career services, according to a joint study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and Cornell Tech initiative Break Through Tech. Dr. Judith Spitz The study, " The Impact of Career Services on Women Pursuing Tech Careers ", examines the current landscape for women pursuing careers in technical fields and how to improve said landscape.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As of Tuesday Multnomah University will now be referred to as Multnomah Campus of Jessup University, after a recent merger announcement by the two Christian universities. Multnomah, located in Oregon, made the move after its leaders found “it was no longer financially feasible… to operate as an independent institution,” according to an FAQ on the merger.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

By Eric Hoover Researchers at the Common Application explore a long-familiar term that lacks a universal meaning.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Navitas has sold international student application software Studylink to finance giant Flywire in a landmark deal worth US$39 million. The move is said to be a play by Flywire to “further accelerate” its market share in the Australian sector, as well as build on existing education payments business by “enhancing the value it provides to its global client, agent and payer base”.

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idfive agency

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

If we’re being honest, it’s a little exhausting keeping up with all the chatter around artificial intelligence. But, it is important, and there’s A LOT to talk about. One year after OpenAI made some ginormous waves with the launch of ChatGPT (November 2022), we’re more than saturated with a dizzying number of AI products and features. At this point, for most, there are probably more questions than answers, But, we—at idfive—are careful yet experienced swimmers, not afraid of diving into the cho

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

An internal audit of Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research (CAR) has found no issues with the handling of CAR’s finances, according to the school. Dr. Ibram X. Kendi The audit comes after CAR founding director Dr. Ibram X. Kendi announced the laying off of 19 people, in doing so prompting outside questions about the center’s grant management and why it had not completed more research with its funding.

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Dr. Josie Ahlquist

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I loved my role as a college student leader. I fully embraced the campus engagement opportunities, and as a result, I received valuable coaching, mentorship, and guidance. The support came from various sources: advisors, supervisors, conferences, guest speakers, and my peers, all of whom invested in me. Since then, I’ve been paying it forward by offering others the same kind of support.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Policy attempts to restrict what can be taught in schools continue to increase in the nation’s state legislatures in 2023, according to a new PEN America report. Dr. Jeremy C. Young PEN America The report, " America’s Censored Classrooms 2023 " lists 110 new educational gag orders introduced in 2023. While gag orders in past years sought to primarily censor speech about race and racism, this new wave seems to instead target sexual orientation and gender identity in K-12 schools.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A new scholarship program for talented young Indian researchers, four university partnerships and an India-Australia education plan have all been unveiled as high-profile leaders met in India this week. Australia’s education minister Jason Clare led a delegation of higher education leaders to India for three days, meeting with his Indian counterpart Dharmendra Pradhan in Gandhinagar.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Reading Time: 7 minutes Customer Relationship Management is one of the best tools schools have to enhance communication and engagement with students, parents, alumni, and staff. When used correctly, an education CRM system can help schools build and maintain positive relationships with prospects, streamline processes, nurture leads, and make data-driven decisions that can lead to institutional success.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Texas A&M University-San Antonio has received a $3 million grant to address economic issues and expand technology access for its student population. Texas A&M University-San Antonio The money – in the form of a “Caminos Hacia el Éxito” (Pathways to Success) grant from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) – will help the school fund several initiatives in support of its diverse student body, particularly its large Hispanic and low-income student population.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The UK government has said it will ease the ban on EU ID cards for inbound school trips, with a trial move allowing French students in school groups to use them to enter the UK. Government insiders confirmed to the Financial Times that rules for French students allowing the use of ID cards were to be introduced in the “coming months”. The news has been seen as a morale boost, after the ban came in in 2021 on all those using ID cards from the European Union to cross the UK border, a move which

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Dr. Lois V. Greene Lois V. Greene has been appointed senior vice president of wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, an academic medical center operated by Rutgers University. Greene holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Rutgers, an MBA from the University of Phoenix, and a doctorate in healthcare administration from the Medical College of South Carolina.

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Helix Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Each year, RNL updates the national comparison group data that are provided to institutions administering the Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI), the Adult Student Priorities Survey (ASPS) or the Priorities Survey for Online Learners (PSOL) with their student populations. These national comparisons provide perspectives on how institutionally specific satisfaction scores may be higher or lower than students nationally.

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Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes Take a deep breath and think back briefly on the last three years. How much collective trauma has the world experienced? Many of the college students of today, and particularly those who transitioned from childhood to adulthood during COVID-19, are struggling with the impacts of surviving a global pandemic. More than 200,000 children lost a parent or guardian during the pandemic.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This week, The PIE spent five minutes with Stuart Rennie from AfaraEd & founder of SJRennie Consulting. Stuart is the managing director of AfaraEd, a service that helps universities establish and grow their presence in East and West Africa. He also offers consultancy on market entry and Africa operations with clients from Canada, Australia, UK and Europe.

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Today's Learner

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes Take a deep breath and think back briefly on the last three years. How much collective trauma has the world experienced? Many of the college students of today, and particularly those who transitioned from childhood to adulthood during COVID-19, are struggling with the impacts of surviving a global pandemic. More than 200,000 children lost a parent or guardian during the pandemic.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Temple University is amid a search for a new president, and the campus community — including faculty, staff, students and alumni — has said what it wants to see in a new leader. The Collective Genius, a research and strategy firm, spent more than 30 hours gathering information from more than 300 people and received more than 2,100 responses to a survey, all used to compile its “University Voices” report.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Blogs Reduce long-term cost growth to rightsize your university Higher ed's budget woes are becoming harder to ignore. The cost of running a college spiked 5.2% from FY21 to FY22, a 10.1% increase since FY19. At the same time, 28 states continued to fund higher education at lower levels than before the pandemic, and the average tuition discount rate at private colleges reached an all-time high of 56.2% in FY23.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) says the University of Arizona is currently ‘hemorrhaging’ money, now with the least amount of cash on hand since 2013. The schools says it’s the result of major investments that drained the university’s reserves, as well as some mistakes in accounting. University of Arizona President Dr. Robert Robbins says those investments—including some research funding and scholarships designed to attract students—could soon end.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Nearly a hundred people participated in a student-led rally at the Vermont State University’s Castleton campus on Thursday afternoon, protesting proposed cuts in programs and faculty jobs. The university system has been seeking to trim spending after posting a $22 million deficit last fiscal year. The rally participants, including a marching band, gathered outside a campus building where several state legislators were meeting with union representatives for the university’s faculty and staff.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Total enrollment projections for the 26 colleges and seven universities in the Minnesota State system show a slight increase to more than 106,000 full-time equivalent students last month. Minnesota State officials say minimal growth is also projected next school year. In providing updates on the budget and other issues , he said enrollment is up 2.65% over last fall, the first time in 13 years system enrollment has grown.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Women professors are more likely to leave the profession because of the ‘chilly climate’ of their departments than are their male colleagues, says a new study of American professors active between 2011 and 2020. The odds of these women feeling ‘pushed from their jobs’ is 44% higher than it is for their male colleagues, while the odds of these women feeling pulled towards a better position is 39% lower than for men professors, says the study, conducted by Katie Spoon, computer science professor a

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

I was a young academic when I first heard a colleague quote Audre Lorde: “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” It resonated immediately in the context in which I heard it — in a gathering of religion scholars of color.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Democrats condemned the plan, which would require institutions to report foreign donations of $50,000 or more to the Education Department.

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Academe Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

BY HANK REICHMAN Yesterday’s election results in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and elsewhere have boosted the spirits of Democrats and progressives. One of the less widely publicized results, however, has been the stunning rebuke suffered by book-banners and transphobes like Moms for Liberty in school board elections in Iowa and elsewhere.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

More than 5 million borrowers have enrolled in the Biden-Harris administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student loan debt plan, according to the U.S. Department of Education (ED). President Joe Biden Alex Brandon/Associated Press The borrowers – nearly 5.5 million as of Oct. 15 – include 2.9 million who have $0 payments and others saving an estimated $102 a month ($1,224 a year) compared to what they would have paid on the Revised Pay As You Earn (REPAYE) plan, the program that SA

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Ideological clashes over the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses aren’t going anywhere. In fact, it has invited the broader community of donors, alumni and policymakers to direct higher education leaders on how to respond. Colleges and universities everywhere are being forced to balance two foundational pillars amid continuing protests: upholding campuses as a sacred space for free speech and the need to keep students safe.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Consul Yuval Donio-Gideon objected to course at Bard College but president says institution ‘stood up for academic freedom’ Israel and Hamas at war – latest updates An Israeli diplomat tried to persuade a leading New York college to cancel a course about the growing debate over whether the Jewish state practices a form of apartheid in Palestine. The Israeli consul for public diplomacy in New York, Yuval Donio-Gideon , took the highly unusual step of contacting Bard College earlier this year to o

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Educational institutions across the U.S. are being called upon to address the growing prevalence of antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas. In a Tuesday letter , the U.S. Department of Education underscored the urgency of combating such discrimination in schools and colleges, emphasizing the legal obligation of these institutions to provide a welcoming environment for all students.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Wisconsin legislators approved a set of new proposals this week that will impact higher education institutions in the state, particularly within the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) field. One of the proposals would prohibit public institutions from creating and operating programs, including some grants and loans, that consider students’ race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.

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