What is a university surplus?
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
For Andrew Connolly, discussions of the sector's "vast wealth" should come with a few caveats about the nature of reserves The post What is a university surplus? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Birmingham-Southern on ‘parallel tracks’ while it waits for word on public bailout
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The nonprofit hopes to know soon if it will receive $37.5 million to stay open. It's taking applications despite preparing current students to transfer.
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Higher Ed Corporate Partnerships Part 2: Sales Strategies
MindMax
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Higher education institutions aiming to develop successful corporate partnerships must be willing to acknowledge that marketing to and engaging businesses is different from marketing to and engaging students. In the first part of this series on higher ed corporate partnerships, I discussed how schools can position themselves to effectively market to businesses.
Students who met with counselors more likely to apply for college aid
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Some 87% of 9th graders from 2009 who consulted with a school counselor completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, an NCES study found.
What’s happening with the short courses trial?
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The government does not seem keen to talk about the short courses trial that will underpin the case for the LLE. David Kernohan wonders why. The post What’s happening with the short courses trial? appeared first on Wonkhe.
What college administrators should keep tabs on in 2023
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
These are the trends, stories and key admissions topics that are expected to shape the year ahead.
Are university campuses breeding grounds for extremism?
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The government's review of Prevent is finally out - and universities and SUs come in for criticism. Jim Dickinson asks if it's justified. The post Are university campuses breeding grounds for extremism? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Modernising the initial education and training of architects
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The route to qualifying as an architect is long, expensive, and sometimes off-putting. Hugh Simpson introduces an initiative to make architecture courses more flexible. The post Modernising the initial education and training of architects appeared first on Wonkhe.
Seven ways to leverage faculty development for student success
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Image: Maximizing faculty development’s impact on student success and equitable learning requires targeted action. That’s the upshot of a recent report from Every Learner Everywhere, Achieving the Dream and the Online Learning Consortium. The report , which is based on survey and interview data from 95 responding institutions, also draws on evidence-based standards for high-impact faculty development.
An Elite College, a Subversive Artist, and the Long History of Blasphemy
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Is Taravat Talepasand's art too radical for today's campus? By Len Gutkin Mark Mahaney for YBCA Taravat Talepasand Is Taravat Talepasand's art too radical for today's campus?
Ep.93: Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs?
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit higher education sector that Phoenix once epitomized? This week’s episode of The Key analyzes the implications of recent news that a nonprofit affiliated with the University of Arkansas System might buy the former giant among for-profit colleges.
Preparing Students for a Virtual Workplace
Today's Learner
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes Nick K. Gera, JD, MBA, MPP is a doctor of Education student in the Higher Education Leadership program at The University of Texas at Austin While remote work has been around for many years, the acceleration of remote work has amplified since the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Louisiana State University (LSU) , “As jobs requiring basic skills are outsourced to technology and automation, future workers will need more specific skills to compete.
How a Utah university boosted women's enrollment and retention
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Image: Fifty percent of Utah Valley University students identify as female, but this wasn’t always the case: historically—and in ways that defied national trends about women’s college achievement—women enrolled and graduated from the university at significantly lower rates than men. As recently as 2011, for instance, 43 percent of UVU students were women, and the university noticed particularly high rates of women dropping out after their sophomore years.
South Carolina Requests Colleges' DEI Spending, Following Florida and Oklahoma
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
By Adrienne Lu Illustration by The Chronicle; Photo by Getty The request, from the state's legislators, covers the cost of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at 33 public colleges and universities.
How online learning providers are empowering medical professionals in some of the world’s developing nations
HEPI
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
This blog was kindly contributed by Peter Horrocks, Chair of postgraduate online learning provider, Learna. Peter was formerly the Vice-Chancellor of the Open University. Prior to that he was at the BBC, where he held roles including Head of Current Affairs, Head of TV News and Head of the Multimedia Newsroom. He was also the Director of the BBC World Service from 2009 to 2014.
Ron DeSantis and the Specter of Lynne Cheney
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Conservatives have long refused to accept that America's past is complicated. By Steven Conn Chronicle illustration; photos from Octavio Jones, Getty Images and Harry Hamburg/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Conservatives have long refused to accept that America's past is complicated.
Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022
University Business
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) distinguished the colleges who most egregiously botched a faculty or student organization’s right to tenants that align with free speech in 2022. FIRE ranks the top 10 colleges across the nation in no particular order, and institutions were selected based on some of their head-scratching decisions such as circumventing a teacher’s academic freedom, removing funding from an LGBTQ+ event, instating policies that would streamline f
St. Thomas University Law School Named Benjamin L. Crump College of Law
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The College of Law at St. Thomas University will be renamed the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law, making the law school the U.S.’s first to be named after a practicing Black attorney. Benjamin L. Crump The name was formally announced earlier this week. "The naming of the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law at St. Thomas University is the latest step in an effort to encourage bridge-building among the legal profession, law enforcement, and our communities," said David A.
American universities are hiring based on devotion to diversity
University Business
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Seemingly everyone must file a statement outlining their understanding of diversity, their past contributions to it and their plans “for advancing equity and inclusion” if hired. Not long ago, such statements were exotic and of marginal importance. Now they are de rigueur across most of the University of California system for hiring and tenure decisions.
Vermont State U Will Make Libraries All Digital
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Vermont State University plans to repurpose libraries on its five campuses and move to an “all-digital academic library” system when it opens as a unified institution in July, VTDigger reported. Parwinder Grewal, who will become president of the new university, announced the decision in an email to students, faculty members and staff Tuesday.
APLU and Temple University Releases Guide on Higher Ed Completion Grant Implementation
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Temple University have released a guide for higher ed institutions on how to implement completion grants for their students. Dr. Christel Perkins Completion grants are funds given to students who need them to finish out their degree or academic journey. The APLU and its sister organization, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, partnered with Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice for a five-year
UNC Chapel Hill leaders diverge on what new "school" will be
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Image: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leaders have given mixed messages about what sounded, at least initially, like the university is trying to resurrect plans for a conservative campus center. David Boliek, chairman of Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees, was rather specific in a Jan. 28 interview on Fox and Friends. “This is all about balance,” Boliek told the network.
China return adds pressure to Australia’s “tight” housing
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The return of Chinese students to onshore learning will exacerbate Australia’s housing shortage, the country’s Student Accommodation Council has warned. The group , which advocates for the purpose-built student accommodation sector, said the sudden decision by the Chinese government to stop recognising online learning will “put further pressure on the already tight” industry, as approximately 40,000 offshore students are expected to travel to Australia’s campuses.
Course helps students manage stress, anxiety and depression
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Image: With student stress and mental health concerns at the forefront these past few years, campus counseling resources have been stretched to their max. Nearly half of institutions (at least according to an Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors member survey ) have found the need to limit offered one-on-one sessions with counselors.
Literary Criticism and Its Caricatures
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
A new book defends the political power of the critic. It falls short. By Justin Sider Wikimedia Commons A new book defends the political power of the critic. It falls short.
Making space for students in class during troubled times (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Jackson Bartlett describes how to make space for the humanity of students and instructors during troubling national events and crises. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Today Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Scott Olson/Staff/Getty Images News Image Caption: A demonstrator protests the death of Tyre Nichols.
KERI KEI SHIBATA
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Keri Kei Shibata Keri Kei Shibata has been named assistant vice president for campus safety and chief of police at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. She served 18 years as a member of the university’s police department. Shibata holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Bethel University and an Executive MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
How Your School Can Use Conversion Tracking and Attribution in Marketing to Gain Key Insights and Drive Results
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Reading Time: 11 minutes You invest time, effort, and dollars in your digital marketing, but how do you know what’s working and what isn’t? With so many digital channels, most schools face fragmented data that can hold them back from determining which efforts produce the results they seek. And that stops them from making better marketing decisions that drive increased ROI.
What’s New in SIEM for Higher Education InfoSec Teams?
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Security information and event management tools have become must-haves for security teams looking to make sense of millions or even hundreds of millions of events each day. While the underlying SIEM concept hasn’t changed much in the past decade, many of the technologies in leading SIEM products have. Let’s review some of the major changes in top SIEM products and see how they affect higher education InfoSec teams.
Understanding Higher Education’s Enrollment Cliff, Trough and Recovery
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Blog: Just Explain It to Me! The 2012–13 academic year presented an opportunity of a lifetime for me as an American Council on Education Fellow (#administratorwannabe #becarefulwhatyouwishfor)—a year to study higher education without the burden of a day job (a sabbatical for administrators). I focused on learning about strategic planning—the mechanics, trends and prevalent goals of the day, such as sustainability and diversity.
Erasmus+ projects explore joint degree label
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Some 10 Erasmus+ projects have been launched in a bid to test new forms of transnational cooperation between HEIs. The European Commission is calling them a “key milestone” for achieving the European Education Area. Some six of the projects, originally outlined in the European strategy for universities in 2022, will examine, test and facilitate the delivery of a joint European Degree label.
Seminary to Merge With East Texas Baptist University
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
B. H. Carroll Theological Institute, a small Baptist seminary near Dallas, is merging with East Texas Baptist University. B. H. Carroll will keep its namesake, trading the term “Institute” for “Seminary,” while East Texas Baptist University will add new graduate programs in theological education, according to a joint news release that notes the merger is expected to be completed by or before early 2025, pending the approval of accreditation agencies and other bodies with
ChatGPT Has Everyone Freaking Out About Cheating. It's Not the First Time.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
By Eva Surovell Hokyoung Kim for The Chronicle Remember when the proliferation of calculators caused a panic?
St. Joseph’s Cuts 4 Programs Acquired in Merger
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
When St. Joseph’s University absorbed the University of the Sciences in June, officials noted that the merger allowed St. Joseph’s to add a number of programs to its portfolio, particularly in the health-care field. Now, less than a year later, St. Joseph’s is dropping four doctoral programs that it acquired from the University of the Sciences, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer : cell and molecular biology, cancer biology, chemistry, and biochemistry.
Students should be told of university course job prospects, says commission
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Social Mobility Commission says students should be informed of ‘earnings implications’ of course choices Students should be given more details about how the courses they study after leaving school might affect their employment prospects, it has been suggested, as figures show near-record numbers of 18-year-olds applying to university. A review of research into the employment effects of higher and further education by the government’s Social Mobility Commission showed wide variations in earnings,
Ex-Dean Sues President and Provost for Racial Bias
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
A former dean of Thomas Edison State University sued the university, its president and its provost for discrimination based on his race (Black) and because he has diabetes, NJ Advance Media reported. Joseph Youngblood II said in court papers he was harassed and discriminated against during his 18 years. Specifically, the suit charges Cynthia Baum, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, and Merodie Hancock, the president, with discriminating and retaliating against Youngblood due
Managing Multiple Modalities? Your Peers Have Your Back
Today's Learner
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutes Colleen Zajac is a Senior Copywriter at Cengage with a zest for learning. She loves rock climbing, mountain biking and coffee—not necessarily in that order. The last few years have caused a major shift in higher ed. Colleges and universities everywhere have adapted to a new world of teaching and learning. Multiple modalities are now the norm.
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