Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Enrollment, labor and wage pressures will mount, likely increasing the gulf between stronger and weaker colleges, the ratings agency projects.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A mantra of academic advice columns is that you need to talk yourself up in a competitive job market, but let’s be honest: things have gotten way out of hand, writes M. Brett Wilson. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: z_wei/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A coalition of higher ed groups will focus on outreach and coaching services for residents who are just shy of completing a college degree.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has launched an initiative to bolster science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education nationally. U.S. Deputy Education Secretary Cindy Marten This new Raise the Bar: STEM Excellence for All Students initiative aims to help implement equitable, high-quality STEM education for students from Pre-K to higher ed in order to ensure career readiness and global competitiveness.

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Higher Ed Dive

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Vanderbilt University chalks up carbon emissions cuts to efficiency, energy sourcing and, yes, travel changes. Here's what other college leaders can do.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

What elite higher ed's critics on both the left and the right get wrong. By David A. Bell. Joan Wong for The Chronicle. What elite higher ed's critics on both the left and the right get wrong.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Image: As pandemic-weary U.S. colleges face strained library budgets, many seek creative ways to lower costs and preserve access to scholarly content. That shared goal brought 44 colleges in Texas together to negotiate a deal with Elsevier, the behemoth publisher of over 2,500 scientific journals, including The Lancet and Cell. The consortium—known as the Texas Library Coalition for United Action—announced last month that it had reached a deal with Elsevier that is expected to improv

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Image: NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—A coalition of dozens of public university systems across the country is launching a campaign aimed at improving public perception of the value of higher education—in part by measuring those institutions’ current contributions and committing to improve their performance. The National Association of System Heads, which represents the leaders of 65 university systems, unveiled the “College Is Worth It” campaign Wednesday to a room of univer

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

California adults with some college, no degree (SCND) are about to receive a leg up. Four higher education organizations have come together to target and return SCND students, helping them complete their degrees and keep California on track to economic success. The coalition includes California Completes, a higher education and workforce research nonprofit offering guidance to state policy makers; InsideTrack, an organization that offers personalized coaching to help students succeed; ProjectAtt

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Access. Affordability. Social mobility. Student outcomes. These are challenges all of us in higher education face today. Is a postsecondary degree affordable? What is that degree worth in the job market? Is a degree or a professional credential the right path for a student’s desired career? These are important topics, but today’s debates too often narrowly focus on acute symptoms and not the underlying strategic and systemic issues.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Natalie Page Natalie Page has been named chief diversity officer at St. Xavier University in Chicago. Page received a bachelor’s degree in advertising and marketing from Michigan State University, a master’s in instructional design and technology from Governors State University, and a doctorate in community college leadership from Northern Illinois University.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Looking for a quick read between semesters and a little career boost? Here are some book recommendations. By James M. Lang. Looking for a quick read between semesters and a little career boost? Here are some book recommendations.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Capital University will now offer scholarships covering up to full tuition and mandatory fees to eligible transfer students from Columbus State Community College (CSCC) who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees. This move comes as part of an expansion of Capital ’s partnership with CSCC. This latest expansion of Capital’s Main Street Scholarship will commence with enrollment Fall 2023.

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Campus Technology

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Student engagement platform Mainstay has introduced an AI real-time pulse survey tool to help colleges and universities gauge how their first-year and returning students are doing and address needs and challenges immediately to help them succeed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Marquette University has received two grants to support its Education Preparedness Program (EPP), which seeks to help incarcerated students. The grants – which includes $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) – are for the school’s Center for Urban Research, Teaching, and Outreach (CURTO), which houses the EPP. The EPP’s goal is to provide educational opportunities and support services to formerly and currently incarcerated populations, expanding higher ed as a whole.

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

By Scott Shireman, Global Head of Campus at Coursera. Today’s workplace requires digital skills, and businesses report a lack of skilled talent as an increasing threat. At the same time, in a competitive and fast-changing labor market, college students are expecting their degree programs to land them a well-paying job. State higher education systems will play a crucial role in solving both sides of this challenge: improving student employment at scale and fulfilling skilled talent shortage

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Conservative courts are establishing a dangerous new precedent to discriminate and abuse. By Andrew Koppelman. Golden Cosmos for The Chronicle. Conservative courts are establishing a dangerous new precedent to discriminate and abuse.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The latest outlook from Fitch Ratings indicates “more operating woes” are ahead for U.S. colleges and universities. The agency described the sector outlook for higher education as “deteriorating,” due to rising costs and wages combined with sluggish enrollment. The report , released Thursday, noted that while first-year and international enrollment is trending up for the 2022–23 academic year, that growth has not negated declines in previous years.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Only 179 out of 240 existing teacher training courses have been accredited under DfE’s new standards from 2024 England’s teacher shortage could worsen after the government rejected appeals by dozens of established providers to gain official accreditation for their initial teacher training courses. Only 179 out of 240 existing courses have been accredited by the Department for Education (DfE) under its new standards for initial teacher training from 2024, and the DfE has now turned down all appea

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Thanks to the readers who wrote in response to the post about sudden blasts of clarity. A few highlights: “Finding and learning about comparable dynamics in a totally different field” is a way to generate breakthroughs. Yes. Say what you will about the internet, but it has made reading across fields dramatically easier.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

International students have a positive economic impact on France, where their contribution amounts to €5 billion, according to a survey from Campus France. Some 9,992 students from abroad studying in France took the The International Impact of International Students in France survey, and it examined geographical origin, study level, benefits of government scholarships and types of higher education institutions.

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The Berkeley Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

coauthored with Ilona Sologoub (VoxUkraine) and Beatrice Weder di Mauro (Geneva Graduate Institute, INSEAD and CEPR) The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine is a dark hour for humanity – massive loss of life, millions of destroyed families and homes, and enormous economic damages – but we have to think about how Ukraine will rebuild after.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A jury last month ruled in favor of identical twins who sued the Medical University of South Carolina for defamation after they were accused of cheating on a medical exam, The Washington Post reported. Kayla and Kellie Bingham were each awarded $750,000 in damages. The twins were accused of academic dishonesty in May 2016 after proctors noted unusual similarities on their end-of-year medical exams.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A lack of English language proficiency is holding back skilled migrants from entering the UK workforce at a time of skills shortages, according to a new report. . The Lifelong Education Commission has called for the better provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages to enable the migrant population to fill labour gaps. Skill shortages are a “major constraint” to economic growth and productivity, according to its latest report. . “The sector has often been treated as a mere periphe

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Boston College will ban the use of electronic transportation devices such as e-scooters and hoverboards on campus beginning Dec. 22, The Boston Globe reported. Administrators cited concerns about the “health and personal safety of riders, pedestrians, and building occupants” in an email to the community announcing the ban. “Many faculty, staff, and students have reported near-collisions and limited access to facilities because of scooters, and recharging lithium batteries in su

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Students forced to head outside cities for accommodation are also providing a useful supplement to farmers’ income “You get used to the sound of the early morning tractor,” said Jules, a final-year engineering student, as he climbed the steps to his accommodation in a former cowshed on a dairy farm outside Lille in northern France. The 23-year-old from Nord-Pas-de-Calais is among a growing number of students opting to live on farms as France faces a student housing crisis.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A man has been charged with intentionally hitting a former co-worker with his car and killing him, the Los Angeles Times reported. The victim was Rafael Barragan Jr., a tram driver at Mt. San Antonio College, a community college in California. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office charged James Milliken, who was also a tram driver at the college, with murder this week in connection with the crash.

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Higher Education Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Title: Increasing College Persistence Through Emergency Grant Programs Source: Sage Education Advisors and Heckscher Foundation for Children Emergencies, such as the loss of a family member, unemployment, eviction, health concerns, and others, often derail students’ academic progress and ability to persist to graduation. With the increase in emergencies and basic needs insecurity brought on by.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A new study examines which college towns are the best places for students on a budget, The New York Times reported. The study, by BrokeScholar.com, a scholarship and grant search engine, compared 100 cities in three categories: “affordability” awarded points for lower median rent, general cost of living and average cost of college tuition; “demographics” rewarded cities with larger shares of 20-somethings and unmarried residents; and the “fun and opportunity”

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University Business

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Some of Geoff Bond’s rowers loved and appreciated his demanding style. They thrived on how the coach at the University of California-San Diego pushed them to the limit while preparing them to take on the real world. But for others, Bond was a nightmare, with over-the-top intensity, an unpredictable temper and rage they abhorred. They say he regularly threatened to harm or kill team members.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The University of Birmingham in the UK has taken home the top gong at QS and Wharton’s joint Reimagine Education awards for its Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues. The awards, which took place in Philadelphia on December 8, saw 18 international awards given out, along with a set of regional awards. The Jubilee Centre’s director, James Arthur, said he was “delighted to receive” the Global Education Award on behalf of the centre – which developed an educational framework based on “principle

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University Business

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Cornell and Harvard University, two of the most prestigious Ivy Leagues in the country are leading institutions when it comes to bringing in students from around the nation. Building a diverse student body is one of the most dominant missions for higher education institutions, and Ivy Leagues are no exception. Only 16% of Harvard’s class of 2026 consists of international students, according to the school’s admissions statistics. “To realize the community’s full promise, a

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies has partnered with Coursera to offer a new pathway to degree completion for adult learners. The online Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies program pairs core courses in culture, humanities, natural sciences, philosophy, social sciences, and writing with five concentration options: Business and Entrepreneurship, Humanities, Professional Media and Communication, International Relations, and Individualized Study.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Jim Cawley , interim president of Rosemont College, in Pennsylvania, has been named to the job on a permanent basis. Eric Heiser , provost at Central Ohio Technical College, has been chosen as president of Coconino Community College, in Arizona. Walter Iwanenko Jr. , provost and vice president for student experience at Gannon University, in Iowa, has been appointed president there.

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University Business

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rachel Cushman was on the cusp of what she thought was financial security for college when the floor fell from underneath her. The year was 2005 and Cushman, 18, had set her sights on becoming the first person in her family to attend college. Cushman was in the final stages of securing a scholarship through the Gates Millennium Scholars program for minority students.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Johns Hopkins University has announced a $100 million gift for School of Advanced International Studies campus in Bologna, Italy. The gift is from James and Morag Anderson. The funds will be used, among other things, for faculty expansion, financial aid and facilities. A video about the gift may be found here. Editorial Tags: Live Updates Is this diversity newsletter?

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University Business

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Marisa Gomez takes a full load of classes at St. Paul College each semester and participates in a work-study program. She’s one of those students caught in the financial middle: She earns enough to disqualify her from receiving any grants, while simultaneously needing to take out the maximum amount of student loans possible. Still a few hundred dollars short on her recent tuition payment but unable to work another job with her current schedule, Gomez relied on emergency funds from the college to

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