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Education Department will use ‘secret shoppers’ to monitor colleges

Higher Ed Dive

The agency said shoppers will evaluate whether institutions are misrepresenting themselves in areas like completion rates and job placements.

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No elections, but plenty of debate in Harrogate

Wonkhe

Reviewing policy proposals presented to the National Union of Students conference, Jim Dickinson finds a student movement in rude health The post No elections, but plenty of debate in Harrogate appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Chamber of Commerce lands grant to bolster work-based learning, skill credentialing

Higher Ed Dive

The program, slated to start this fall, is designed to prepare learners and workers for career advancement, as well as address the worker shortage.

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What does Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse teach us about the UK innovation sector?

Wonkhe

The government acted quickly to prop up the tech sector. For James Coe this raises questions about the right balance between public and private research funding The post What does Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse teach us about the UK innovation sector? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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A tale of 3 graduate student unions

Higher Ed Dive

A strike at Temple University wound down, while movements elsewhere appear to just be starting.

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The Lifelong Loan Entitlement could get very expensive for learners

Wonkhe

The interaction between LLE intentions and Plan 5 economics could make lifelong study a very expensive option. David Kernohan built a model The post The Lifelong Loan Entitlement could get very expensive for learners appeared first on Wonkhe.

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How college students feel about active learning environments

Inside Higher Ed

Image: While hundreds of peer-reviewed studies have concluded that students taught in an active learning environment are significantly more likely to outperform peers who are in classes taught more traditionally, full adoption of active learning practices remains far from the norm. In a recent episode of the Teaching for Student Success podcast, host Steven Robinow spoke with Louis Deslauriers about a study he and four colleagues at Harvard did to test the value of active learning.

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Designing Virtual Edtech Faculty Development Workshops That Stick: 10 Guiding Principles

Educause

These ten principles offer guidance on ways to design and facilitate effective and engaging virtual workshops that leave faculty feeling better equipped to implement new edtech tools.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

“ According to the latest research on college students and mental health, three out of 10 students have struggled with depression in the last two weeks, and over one in four have expressed issues with anxiety. Even more distressing is the one in 20 college students who had created a suicide plan in the past year (Higher Education Today, 2022).” For several years, the University of Minnesota has focused on a wide range of empirically-based initiatives, learning sciences research, and recommendati

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More Students Are Having Mental Health Problems, But More Are Asking for Help

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More college students than ever were anxious, depressed, and struggling with suicidal thoughts last school year. It’s a disheartening finding from the Healthy Minds Study (HMS), which conducts an annual online survey of nearly 96,000 college students on 133 American campuses that was released last Friday. However, the study did reveal a potential silver lining: more college students than ever are seeking help.

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‘The willingness is there’ – Canadian language sector pushes for work rights

The PIE News

Canada’s language sector is confident that the country will revise its study and work policy to benefit language students both financially and pedagogically. The country’s organisation representing two official languages – English and French – Languages Canada is working closely with government to update the regulation around access to work for some language students. “There is a willing [in government] to look at changes,” executive director, Gonzalo Peralta, told The P

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Wiley College to Honor Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, at 150-Year Celebration

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wiley College will be honoring alumnae Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, at its 150-year celebration held this week. Opal Lee Lee, an activist and author, was responsible for leading a walking campaign at age 89 from Fort Worth to D.C. to raise awareness of the importance of Juneteenth, an effort that resulted in Juneteenth being recognized as a federal holiday after six years.

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Remembering the ‘Mother’ of the Disability Rights Movement

Insight Into Diversity

Judith “Judy” Heumann, a lifelong activist who was widely regarded as the “mother” of the disability rights movement, died March 4 at the age of 75. Heumann, who used a wheelchair since childhood as a result of polio, played a key role in the creation and enforcement of important legislation, including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabil

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Academe must rethink the term "deadwood" and its implications (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Those of us in higher education need to rethink the pejorative term and its implications, writes Carol Bishop Mills. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: mtreasure/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?: Disable left side advertisement?: Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 6 In-Article Advertisement High: 9 In-Article related stories: 12 In-Article Advertisement Low: 15 In

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University Projects Preserve Legacies of Historical Poets of Color

Insight Into Diversity

Two separate projects at Cornell University and the University of Delaware (UD) aim to preserve, archive, and promote the legacy of hundreds of works from 19th- and 20th-century poets of color. At Cornell, doctoral student Charline Jao created Periodical Poets , a website that features an archive of more than 500 poems she found and transcribed from numerous 19th-century periodicals managed by Black editors in New York City.

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How UC Irvine helps student athletes' mental health

Inside Higher Ed

Image: To reduce the negative social stigma around mental health services among its student athlete population, the University of California, Irvine, implemented two programs to improve self-care and support the athletic community. The need: A May 2022 study from the NCAA found 55 percent of male student athletes and 47 percent of female student athletes believe student athletes’ mental health is a priority to their athletic department.

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Call for Participation: IT Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey

Campus Technology

Campus Technology is relaunching its Higher Education IT Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey. To date, thousands of IT professionals have participated, providing valuable insights into the profession for their peers and colleagues.

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3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Why? I’ll give you 10,000 reasons: the degree will cost students $10,000! Let me say that slowly. A $10K master’s degree from a top global university. Totally online.

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Higher Education DEI Efforts are in Trouble. Here’s How We Change That

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Numerous state legislatures are in the news recently, asking their campuses to report budgets and resources devoted to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, and for a list of the programs, services and efforts focused on DEI. Their goal? To identify and cut DEI in higher education. Florida has become the poster child for the state leading this conservative backlash against DEI, but several other state legislatures including Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, Idaho and Iowa are joining in.

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The Lost Art of Academic Conversation

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Faculty members no longer have time to indulge in the free play of ideas. By Paula Marantz Cohen Joyce Hesselberth for The Chronicle Faculty members no longer have time to indulge in the free play of ideas.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Johnny C. Woods, Jr. Johnny C. Woods, Jr. has been named executive director of campus operations at Seattle Central College. Woods holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the A.M.E. Zion University in Liberia, a master’s in educational foundations from Makerere University in Uganda, and a Ph.D. in higher education from Virginia Tech in Virginia.

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Sector reacts to latest US DOE third-party guidance

The PIE News

The latest guidance issued by the US Department of Education last month has many in the international education and study abroad sector on alert. In the “Dear Colleague Letter ” guidance, entitled ( GEN-23-03) Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions , the definition of third-party servicers has been significantly expanded to include student recruiting and retention services, developing curriculum and course materials, delivering instruction, assessing student

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The NCAA women's DI basketball tournament, if academics ruled

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Since 2012, Inside Higher Ed has imagined a world in which the outcome of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I women’s basketball tournament was determined not by which team outshot, out-rebounded and outhustled its opponent—worthy measures all—but by which teams had the best academic performance judging by the NCAA’s own indicators.

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Texas puts forth bill proposing to strip faculty of tenure

University Business

A bill proposed last week in Texas would effectively end faculty tenure for all hires in September and beyond, succeeding Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s mission to curb faculty members’ sway over students and their ability to “indoctrinate” them with instruction on “critical race theory.” State Senator and chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Brandon Creighton filed Senate Bill 18 , which also demands faculty undergo a yearly performance evaluation whi

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Temple strike ends after grad students accept deal

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Temple University’s graduate student workers have approved a new union contract that includes thousands of dollars in raises, ending a walkout that began Jan. 31 and had included the university temporarily axing strikers’ health coverage and tuition remission. Members of the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA) voted 344 to 8 over the weekend to approve the university’s latest offer, TUGSA said.

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College of Lake County Advanced Technology Center Supports the Next Generation of Manufacturing

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Manufacturing is a crucial element of the Lake County, Ill., economy. The College of Lake County’s Advanced Technology Center was created as a local resource to prepare students for the demands of this changing industry. To support the automation and digitalization that defines the fourth industrial revolution — known as Industry 4.0 — the facility gives students hands-on experience with the latest manufacturing equipment so they are better equipped to find a job in the industry after graduating

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Back-and-forth over faculty agreement divisive at Maricopa

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A debate over how to achieve pay parity between two groups of faculty members has left lingering tensions among professors in the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona. While a proposal to lower pay for one group, which includes librarians, didn’t come to pass, at least in its entirety, faculty continue to feel divided in the aftermath of the process, and some worry the new agreement may still negatively affect campus libraries and relations between professors.

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‘A Huge Red Flag’: How Florida Colleges’ Controversial Statement on Diversity Came Together

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Francie Diep Illustration by The Chronicle Documents appear to show that a state official helped inject more-aggressive language into a statement by public-college presidents.

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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states , a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several of them are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school. Notable mention: John Karl Scholz, University of Oregon Before we dive into the list of recent colleges and universities with a particular interest in promoting diversity and inclusiveness, it&

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Colleges start new programs

Inside Higher Ed

American International College is starting a bachelor’s of public administration. Regent University is starting a Ph.D. program in government. Spartanburg Methodist College is adding a bachelor of arts in psychology. University of Hartford is starting an M.S. in computer science. Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: New academic programs Is this diversity newsletter?

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Qualy enters market with payment solution

The PIE News

A new company based in Australia is bidding to streamline international tuition fee and commission payments, and make the process more affordable. The Qualy platform – created by former EducationLink founder and product specialist at ApplyBoard and then Edvisor, Raphael Arias – allows schools to s end digital payment reminders, collect payments and send agents’ commissions in real-time.

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Disruption of Speech at Stanford Prompts President to Apologize — and Criticize Staff's Response

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Julian Roberts-Grmela The Chronicle; Images from Twitter Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan's talk was met with a room of student protesters who argued his history of court rulings had caused harm to LGBTQ+ students.

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Returning Indian students ‘need employment help’

The PIE News

Indian students that have studied overseas risk unemployment after returning home unless they are provided with specific support, Canada-based education management company M Square Media has warned. Although studying abroad is regarded as a secure pathway to professional success in India, research indicates that finding a job after coming back home may be a critical challenge, the company suggested.

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Community College Finds Community, Connection, and Confidence at experience: LIAISON | Seattle

Liaison International

In one word, the experience: LIAISON conference in Seattle was “validating.” Higher education and technology conferences often treat community college attendees as an afterthought, but at experience: LIAISON, that was not the case. The Client Success Managers (CSMs) with community college clients facilitated connections between all of us, space was made (physically and metaphorically!

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Ask the Chair: Is This Tenure Candidate ‘Playing' Me?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A new department head wonders how to both mentor and judge a junior colleague with a thin dossier. By Kevin Dettmar Sam Kalda for The Chronicle A new department head wonders how to both mentor and judge a junior colleague with a thin dossier.

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Making Arts and Humanities matter

HEPI

This guest blog in our series on leadership with the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education, NCEE , has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Abigail Woods, Pro Vice Chancellor / Head of College of Arts at the University of Lin coln. Tomorrow, HEPI will be publishing a report on a university turnaround and later this month we will be publishing a new paper on the state of the humanities in UK universities.

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Three Strategies that Support Student Well-Being and Mental Health

Faculty Focus

“ According to the latest research on college students and mental health, three out of 10 students have struggled with depression in the last two weeks, and over one in four have expressed issues with anxiety. Even more distressing is the one in 20 college students who had created a suicide plan in the past year (Higher Education Today, 2022).” For several years, the University of Minnesota has focused on a wide range of empirically-based initiatives, learning sciences research, and recommendati