Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: Active learning, or instructional methods that actively engage students in their own learning, is on the rise. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. These are positive developments from the perspective of groups such as the Association of American Universities and the American Association of Colleges and Universities, which promote high-impact practices that increase student engagement and deep learning.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

ASUS has announced the launch of its ExpertBook B3 detachable (B3000) laptop, designed for student education. Its 21-hour-long battery life is one of its major attractions, the company said in a recent release. It features top-up 15-second charging to provide 45 minutes of use.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

It’s the beginning of the semester, and here on campus, faculty have begun distributing syllabi to students imagining the challenges they will be facing in the coming academic year. Everyone is wondering about the threat of COVID-19. Some want to ignore it completely, thinking it’s just one of the many health risks that we all navigate. Others (especially those who don’t like commuting) want to have as little unprotected contact with other people as possible: all Zoom, all the

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Higher Education Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Title: National Student Aid Profile: Overview of 2022 Federal Programs Source: NASFAA Federal financial aid programs play a critical role for students as college costs continue to rise. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) recently released its annual publication outlining student aid available at the federal level.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: For decades, Jewel Bell was a staple of King University, a small Christian college in Bristol, Tenn. She was a confidante for students and later a gatekeeper to the president’s office. She was also a living witness to events big and small at King and the larger world: from the desegregation of Bristol and King and the broader civil rights movement to an expansion of student enrollment and programs at King and the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean It’s college ranking season again. It’s the time of year when I manage to believe two things at once: the U.S. News rankings are ridiculous, and Williams beating Amherst is right and proper. Tim Burke’s reflections on college rankings are well worth the read, if you haven’t seen them.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to give $100 million over the next five years to six nonprofit organizations, or “transformation intermediaries.” The group will be tasked with helping at least 250 higher ed institutions to boost student success and close equity gaps, foundation officials said in a press call Thursday. The organizations selected were the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, Complete Col

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The president of Emporia State University has gained the authority from the Kansas Board of Regents to “suspend, dismiss, terminate” any university employee, KSNT News reported. Ken Hush, the president, still wants the Faculty Senate to approve a document outlining the new authority. The university is not facing financial exigency, the document acknowledged.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Kavitha Chintam and Alexis Prybutok describe in some detail how their STEM department’s committee on diversity, equity and inclusion is actualizing real change. Show on Jobs site: Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Kavitha Chintam Alexis Prybutok Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?: Disable left side advertisement?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Americans don’t seem to doubt the importance of higher education, but they are increasingly asking hard questions about whether it’s worth the time and money. This week’s episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed ’s news and analysis podcast, the first in a three-part series on the “value” of higher education, looks at several recent surveys of public attitudes about higher education and their implications for colleges, students and policy makers.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on Thursday ordered a new trial for a former University of Southern California water polo coach convicted of accepting bribes to assure the admission of some applicants, the Los Angeles Times reported. Jovan Vavic, the former coach, was convicted in April. Talwani ruled Thursday that prosecutors erred in their argument to jurors about some of the alleged bribe money.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today on the Academic Minute : Dennis Jett, professor and founding faculty member at the School of International Affairs at Pennsylvania State University, explains why international peacekeeping is so difficult. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Marilyn Flynn, who was dean of the University of Southern California School of Social Work from 1997 to 2018, agreed on Thursday to plead guilty to bribery, admitting that she arranged a $100,000 payment for Mark Ridley-Thomas when he was on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in return for a USC contract with the county, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: Dustin Morrow, a student earning his master’s degree in linguistics at the University of Minnesota, remembers the first time he heard someone casually speaking Ojibwe. He was 25 years old and attending an Ojibwe tribal ceremony in Bemidji, Minn. “I must’ve looked just like a huge creep, because I just kept staring at this old lady, kind of awestruck,” he said.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A divided federal appeals court panel ruled Wednesday that former students who were sexually abused by a longtime Ohio State University doctor can sue the institution over its handling of the situation. The 2-to-1 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturns a federal judge’s 2021 ruling that said the plaintiffs’ Title IX claims against the university were no longer valid under the statute of limitations.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The University System of Georgia is axing 215 inactive academic programs across 18 institutions, citing a continued lack of enrollment, The Athens Banner-Herald reported. The programs—a mix of degrees, certificates and majors—are being discontinued because none have enrolled a student in two years and are therefore inactive. Of the 18 institutions in the system, some saw more programs discontinued than others, with the highest number of cuts at the University of Georgia, with 43, fol

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has committed $150 million to the University of California, San Diego, to fund a new stem cell research institute. It is the largest single gift in the university’s history and builds upon a $100 million donation Sanford made in 2013. “Denny’s previous generosity spurred discoveries in stem cell research and medicine at UC San Diego that are already benefiting countless patients around the world,” said Chancellor Pradeep Kho

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: The title of Administratively Adrift: Overcoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success (Cambridge University Press) sounds a bit like that of Academically Adrift , a 2011 book that said students were not learning enough in college. Scott A. Bass, the provost emeritus at American University, who is also director of the Center for University Excellence there, is the author of the new book.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The American Council on Education has published a guide for campuses on the 2022 elections that focuses on registering students to vote. “College students have a constitutional right to vote where they reside to attend college,” the guide says. “Unfortunately, the steps necessary to participate in our country’s democratic process can quickly feel complex to students.

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