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Building Bridges: The Case for Inter-Faculty Learning

Wonkhe

Gemma Ahearne and Matt Murphy argue that in order to prepare students for the workplace, they need to be able to communicate across different disciplines. The post Building Bridges: The Case for Inter-Faculty Learning appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How many unique education credentials exist? More than 1M, according to a new count.

Higher Ed Dive

Nonacademic providers offer the most credentials, followed by postsecondary institutions. Researchers want more information.

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NDAs and the Tort are out as the Free Speech Bill clears Lords’ report stage

Wonkhe

Report stage in the Lords for the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill brought a big surprise and a hefty government defeat. Jim Dickinson tries to avoid crashing the car. The post NDAs and the Tort are out as the Free Speech Bill clears Lords’ report stage appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Cazenovia College says it will close in spring 2023, citing financial stress and rising inflation

Higher Ed Dive

The nearly 200-year-old private nonprofit institution blamed the pandemic, inflation and uncertainty in the bond and stock markets for its closure.

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Building belonging: what about staff?

Wonkhe

After a report published by Wonkhe and Pearson on building belonging in higher education, Nandini Boodia-Canoo asks about the staff being asked tasked with nurturing it. The post Building belonging: what about staff? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Senate subcommittee explores improvements for K-12, higher ed mental health transitions

Higher Ed Dive

Mental health supports often lapse just when students need them the most, panelists told a Senate subcommittee.

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Five key findings from UCAS end of cycle data for 2022

Wonkhe

We now have sector-level data for the 2022 admissions cycle – UCAS' Clare Marchant goes through the key takeaways. The post Five key findings from UCAS end of cycle data for 2022 appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Winners of the 2022 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest

The Academic Designer

Announcing the winners of the 2022 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest! View examples of personal academic websites.

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How to Combat the High Schoolization of the University

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Perhaps you’ve heard of the Kobayashi Maru scenario, a training exercise at Star Trek ’s Starfleet Academy. Cadets who are being considered for leadership positions are confronted with an unwinnable situation in order to test their command capabilities. They must rescue a civilian freighter, avoid a fight with opposing forces and escape with their starship intact.

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How Universities Can Respond to Google’s Storage Limits

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Since late 2021, when Google announced that it would impose a 100-terabyte limit on the unlimited free storage it had been offering to higher education institutions through its Google Workspace for Education platform, universities around the country have been paying closer attention to the data stored by their users on Google Cloud. Google implemented the policy not only because the storage required by universities has grown unmanageable but also because universities — for the most part unwillin

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Faculty member issues dire warning to grad students about jobs

Inside Higher Ed

Image: An associate professor of political science at Indiana University at Bloomington told graduate students that he can’t serve as the department’s job-placement director any longer, as he refuses to participate in the “official department charade.” “Dear graduate students,” the professor, Abdulkader Sinno, emailed students, “I’m resigning because I don’t want to be complicit in keeping you in a Ph.D. program that doesn’t help your a

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How FIRE Actually Defends Free Speech

The Chronicle of Higher Education

An essay promising better criticism of our work misses the mark. By Nico Perrino. Getty Images. An essay promising better criticism of the group's work misses the mark.

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New report finds over a million credentials offered in the U.S.

Inside Higher Ed

Image: More than one million secondary and postsecondary credentials are offered across the country, according to a new report released today by Credential Engine, a nonprofit dedicated to charting the credentialing landscape. The fourth annual “Counting Credentials” report notes that there are now 1,076,358 unique credentials available across the country, up from 967,734 last year.

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7 steps to promote Campus Wellness online to improve student conversions

Terminalfour

Students are under increasing pressures, and are looking beyond the academics at what student life is like at universities and colleges. Higher education institutions have an opportunity to highlight their wellness programs as part of the university experience to help student conversions.

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A campus building encourages student engagement and retention (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Teaching Today Too few young adults have access to places where they can wonder, be curious, make mistakes and find common purpose with each other, writes Karla A. Erickson. Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Karla A. Erickson/Justin Hayworth, Grinnell College Image Caption: Grinnell College’s Humanities and Social Studies Center Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Admin 101: Ready to Lead on Short Notice?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Plenty of professors become administrators overnight with an unexpected offer. Here’s how to prepare for “the call” and make it more likely that you will be tapped. By David D. Perlmutter. Plenty of professors become administrators overnight with an unexpected offer. Here’s how to prepare for “the call” and make it more likely that you will be tapped.

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Cazenovia College Announces Closure

Inside Higher Ed

After a missed bond payment and months of uncertainty, Cazenovia College will close. The small, private liberal arts college in New York announced Wednesday that it would cease operations after the spring semester, citing financial concerns exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and inflation that irreparably harmed the nearly 200-year-old institution.

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Citing Financial Headwinds and Enrollment Woes, a Small College Says It Will Close

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Grace Mayer. Idawriter Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, N.Y. Cazenovia College, in New York state, has lost 40 percent of its students and recently defaulted on a $25-million loan.

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Flu season hits campuses early and hard

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Influenza outbreaks have always been of particular concern on college campuses, where close-quarters living, crowded lecture halls and fluid social circles make airborne transmission especially easy. But the past two flu seasons were almost nonexistent on campuses, thanks to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic—which kept them empty—or masking and social distancing policies when students returned.

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Int’ls “excellent business” for Denmark

The PIE News

The Danish government must drop the cap on international students to maximise their full potential, especially in engineering fields, stakeholders have said. The Danish Engineering association IDA has issued a plea to the government to allow more to work after graduation and fill crippling labour shortages. “International students are an excellent business for Denmark,” said Aske Nydam Guldberg, acting chairman of IDA.

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Colleges' suspicious activity reporting tools lack research

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Not long after a gunman killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School in Texas in 2018, the Texas Department of Public Safety created iWatchTexas , an anonymous reporting system in which community members may offer tips to authorities about suspicious activities. Subsequently, institutions around the state, including Texas State University and Lee College, added the tool to their emergency preparedness plans.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sarah Gillman Sarah Gillman has been appointed senior vice president for strategic finance and operations at Barnard College in New York City. Gillman earned a bachelor’s degree in British studies from Yale University, an MBA from Columbia University, and a master’s in educational administration from Teachers College at Columbia University.

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FYAL Observations

ACRLog

Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Rosemary Medrano, Collections Management and Research Librarian at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, as a new First Year Academic Librarian blogger for the 2022-2023 year here at ACRLog. As I slide past the 3 month mark that concludes my probationary period as the Collections Manager and Research Librarian at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, it’s a good time to reflect.

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ANDREW COSTON

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Andrew Coston Andrew Coston has been named vice president for student affairs at the College of Our Lady of the Elms in Chicopee, Mass. Coston holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Assumption College in Worcester, Mass., a master’s in school counseling from Loyola College in Maryland, and an educational doctorate from Morgan State University in Baltimore.

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Pacific U Strips Name of Racist Editor From Building

Inside Higher Ed

Pacific University’s board voted unanimously this weekend to remove the name of Harvey W. Scott from a campus building, The Oregonian reported. “Pacific acknowledges historical ties with and past recognition of a community leader who advanced racism in our state, and we apologize for the harm it has caused,” President Jenny Coyle said in a Monday letter to employees and students.

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Reflections on leadership in higher education – a blog series

HEPI

This blog was kindly contributed by Ceri Nursaw, Chief Executive of the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). Over 12 weeks, HEPI has hosted blogs exploring the topic of leadership in higher education. In the final post in the series, Ceri reflects on some of the series’ key messages. Our Autumn Talking Leadership series with HEPI has allowed us to explore different approaches to the challenges and change that the sector faces.

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Contest Outcome Prompts Dr Pepper to Award 2 $100K Prizes

Inside Higher Ed

Bowing to crowd pressure, Dr Pepper awarded two $100,000 tuition prizes—rather than just one—after two students tied during a halftime competition at the SEC championship football game Saturday, Fortune reported. Midway through the game , between Louisiana State University and the University of Georgia, contestants competed for the prize money from Dr Pepper by throwing footballs into giant soda cans.

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British Council launches agent training and engagement hub

The PIE News

The British Council has launched its agent training and engagement hub in a bid to help global education advisers better understand the UK as an international study destination. The hub will represent every level of UK education and includes information on what international students will need to study at English language schools, independent schools, colleges or higher education providers.

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Shooting Inquiry Ensnarls NMSU Basketball Team, Coaches

Inside Higher Ed

An investigation into a deadly shooting last month involving New Mexico State University basketball player Mike Peake has now ensnarled teammates and coaches. Peake allegedly shot and killed a University of New Mexico student in self-defense after being lured to the rival campus by a woman who appeared to set him up for an ambush, The Albuquerque Journal reported ; Peake was also shot during the incident.

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The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software

Creatrix Campus

The A to Z of the Alumni Management Software. editor. Wed, 12/07/2022 - 23:40. With graduates finding alumni networks as a doorway to success with beautiful career options, a place to network, and give back, HEIs have started focusing on building alumni management software that benefits this new era of the mutually beneficial alumni network. Because they firmly believe that an alumni platform will not only foster a deeper alumni community but also leverage institutional excellence.

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Financially strapped Cazenovia College to close at end of 2022-23 school year

University Business

Climbing inflation and falling enrollment are among the financial pressures forcing Cazenovia College to close permanently in spring 2023. Leaders of the nearly 200-year-old private college outside Syracuse, New York, said in Wednesday’s closure announcement that enrollment has plunged by more than 40% since peaking at just under 1,000 students.

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Student Success Collaborative Awards

EAB

Video. Student Success Collaborative Awards. This is the ninth year in a row that EAB has recognized outstanding achievements in student success. Awardees are chosen from among the colleges, universities, and individuals that use Navigate , EAB’s student success management system, or Starfish , the student success platform EAB acquired in 2021. “Students, faculty, and campus staff have become savvier with respect to combining both online and in-person student support services,” said EAB Presid

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New Mexico State suspends basketball player after shooting

University Business

New Mexico State’s athletic director says power forward Mike Peake has been suspended indefinitely from the basketball team in connection with last month’s fatal shooting of a student from a rival university. Mario Moccia also told reporters Monday night that neither he nor the school could comment on Peake’s enrollment status as a student. The 21-year-old Peake has not been charged in the Nov. 19 pre-dawn shooting on the University of New Mexico’s campus in Albuquerque hours before the host Lob

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The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments

EAB

Blogs. The 3 big bets university presidents and provosts are placing on graduate and adult learner enrollments. Key takeaways from our new survey of university leaders. Although there have long been peaks and valleys in graduate enrollment year over year, total graduate enrollment has increased across the last decade. An unfavorable labor market, the rise of distance education, and, of course, a global pandemic, spurred much of this growth.

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How a college’s mobile app connects students when they can’t connect

University Business

Casper College’s mobile app is a win, win, win, win, win, etc., etc., situation for the campus. Students can attend a class from anywhere, they can take quizzes, connect with instructors, and download assignments for offline work—and it’s fully branded by the Wyoming community college. “It looks and feels like Casper College,” says David Siemens, the school’s director of digital learning. “It brings our campus and our LMS and the way we do things to students&#

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New content from AWS, EC-Council, (ISC)², Intuit, and Siemens helps learners prepare for certification exams and boost their careers

Coursera blog

By Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer at Coursera. Demand for industry certification exams, especially in the IT field , continues to grow. These certifications can help serve as proof of a specific skill set, with individuals reporting greater confidence, earnings, and career advancement following a successful exam. This quarter, we introduced new content from industry partners to help learners develop the right skills and prepare for these exams, in topics ranging from cloud computing an

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Academic Program Economic Analysis Can Yield Surprising Finds

Gray Associates

Think you know which academic programs are high revenue contributors for your college? An economic analysis will reveal the truth. Don’t risk your institutions financial health on guesses or outdated rules of thumb. Learn how to ensure data-informed outcomes.