Wonkhe

JULY 2, 2023

Afia Tasneem and Abhilash Panthagani distil their insight from discussing AI with university leaders The post Six ways universities could embrace AI – and six ways to get it wrong appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

A new study finds that anti-LGBTQ+ policies are linked to depression in Black and Latinx youth in the United States. The study analyzed discriminatory policies, such as “Don’t Say Gay” laws and other indicators that may affect this group and found that LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx youth are more likely to be depressed than their peers in the most LGBTQ+ affirming states.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

Group issues 12-point plan calling for stricter immigration rules for care workers, students and refugees Rishi Sunak is facing demands from “red wall” Conservative MPs to slash the number of overseas care workers, foreign students and refugees allowed into the UK in time for the next election. The MPs from the 2017 and 2019 intake, who call themselves the New Conservatives, have issued a 12-point plan to cut net migration to Britain from 606,000 to 240,000 before the end of 2024.

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HEPI

JULY 2, 2023

This HEPI blog article was kindly contributed by Kortext and Jisc , and is based on an interview with Liam Earney , Managing Director of Higher Education and Research at Jisc. We spoke to Liam to discuss Jisc’s contribution to UCAS’ Journey to a Million , digital transformation and why partnerships are crucial to success. How might the predicted increase in student numbers impact institutions and their staff?

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Higher Education Today

JULY 2, 2023

Title: What Do Higher Education Students Want From Online Learning? Authors: Felipe Child, Marcus Frank, Jonathan Law, Jimmy Sarakatsannis Source: McKinsey & Company While online programs are not new in higher education, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked rapid growth in both remote and hybrid learning options. A recent study conducted by McKinsey & Company explores students’ Read more » The post How Institutions Can Successfully Develop or Evolve Online Programs to Meet Student Ne

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

Announced June 22 by Ted Carter, president of the NU system, the plan is in response to a May directive issued by the Board of Regents to build a strategy for a balanced budget while enhancing the university system’s competitiveness in research, faculty pay, and student recruitment and success. The NU system faces an estimated $58 million shortfall by the end of the 2024-25 fiscal year, a gap brought on by inflation, muted revenue growth and enrollment declines.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021). Distance learning is viewed today as a parallel learning modality, and is both valued and entrenched in higher education (Marcus. 2022; Nworie,2021).

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021). Distance learning is viewed today as a parallel learning modality, and is both valued and entrenched in higher education (Marcus. 2022; Nworie,2021).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 2, 2023

The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, SFFA v. Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina , will stretch far beyond the freshman lecture hall. While the 6-3 decision will certainly have a negative impact on undergraduate campuses, the Supreme Court decision to strike down race-conscious admissions practices in most colleges and universities will be felt in all aspects of industry and civil leadership.

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