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For growth, we need to be sure that training really pays

Wonkhe

Analysis shows that people are keen to develop skills, but only if they can be sure the benefits outweigh the costs. Patrick Thomson tells us more. The post For growth, we need to be sure that training really pays appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Texas universities want to take back degrees for cheating. Can they?

Higher Ed Dive

The case stems from two public colleges attempting to revoke degrees more than a decade ago after academic misconduct allegations arose.

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Digital Transformation in Higher Education: 7 Areas for Enhancing Digital Learning

Educause

This article reflects on current practices and directions for digital transformation through a framework that supports the strategic responses and structural changes that higher education institutions could implement to enhance digital teaching and learning.

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Tuition sticker prices fell in 2022-23 after accounting for inflation, College Board report finds

Higher Ed Dive

New research also projects declines in net price after adjusting for inflation.

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Higher Education in Motion: The Digital and Cultural Transformations Ahead

Educause

As we take stock of the twists and turns that lie ahead, two powerful transformations are keeping higher education in motion. Cx is converging with Dx, each unfolding individually as they simultaneously move together.

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4 reasons communication skills are key to students’ success in the workforce

Higher Ed Dive

Improve student outcomes by giving them the tools to express themselves clearly and logically.

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Change: The Inevitable Choice Forward

Educause

To bring about positive change at our institutions of higher education, we must revisit older paradigms and look beyond the typical and isomorphic behaviors of the past.

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End User Admin Rights in Higher Ed: (Still) Securing the Keys

Educause

The landscape of admin rights across academia looks much the same today as it did five years ago. While many institutions still grant admin rights to all employees, no questions asked, others are looking to strengthen their policies.

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How colleges should rethink emergency student aid

University Business

Imagine this: You’ve finally built up your courage to go back to school as an adult learner, and today is your first day of college. You’d like to be a neonatal nurse one day, so you’ve enrolled in a medical assisting program to get your foot in the healthcare door. But at the moment, you’re blocking traffic because your car’s power steering quit right as you were turning into a parking space.

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An Inflection Point for the Creation of New Cybersecurity Operating Models in Higher Education

Educause

Accumulating pressures on higher education have created an inflection point requiring two new cybersecurity operating models.

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TAICEP explores fraud and best practice for aiding refugees

The PIE News

Themes such as the rise of credential fraud and helping refugees with credentials were explored when over 200 delegates gathered in Glasgow for the 8th annual conference for The Association for International Credential Evaluation Professionals. The conference, which took place from October 18-21, delved into the theme of ‘Reconnect, re-evaluate and renew’ TAICEP president Jeanie Bell said the past few days had “allowed us to reconnect with colleagues near and far following the

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EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: Transforming Teaching and Learning with a Digital Learning Strategy

Educause

EDUCAUSE is helping institutional leaders, technology professionals, and other staff address their pressing challenges by gathering and sharing data. This report is based on an EDUCAUSE QuickPoll. QuickPolls enable us to rapidly gather, analyze, and share input from our community about specific emerging topics.

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Michael B. Jordan Surprises HBCU Students with Paid Lunches and Tuition Grants

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Actor Michael B. Jordan gave students at three historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) paid lunches and tuition grants ahead of the film release for “Creed III,” Black Enterprise reported. Michael B. Jordan The schools were Spelman College, Morehouse College, and Clark Atlanta University (CAU). Jordan also spoke at a Q&A session. “I feel like college in general, as you know, I never went, but you know, obviously, my family and friends and just understanding what HBCU culture doe

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The Digital Learning Design Framework and Toolkit: Transforming Course Design

Educause

Teesside University and Jisc UK have developed a Digital Learning Design Framework and Toolkit to help course leaders and facilitators design more effective courses and programs of study.

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SIU Carbondale and Tougaloo College Partner for 3+3 Law Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU Carbondale) and historically Black college Tougaloo College have partnered for a 3+3 dual degree program, wherein Tougaloo students who qualify will be able to complete both their bachelor’s and SIU School of Law law degrees in six years instead of seven. Tougaloo students will also have access to SIU Law’s Diversity Prelaw Summer Institute.

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Reclaiming Resilience: Building Better Systems of Care

Educause

While some institutional leaders ground talks about resilience in self-help recommendations, resilience is fundamentally about the systems people build. Strong resilience stems from feedback loops that help to restore or rebuild, but the strongest form of resilience is derived from feedback loops that support a system in learning and evolving.

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One Easy Morale Raising Strategies

Leaders Building Leaders

I believe that not communicating is still communication. Here is what I mean. I was recently talking to a teacher who left her school mid-year. I asked if the pay was a factor? They shared that, “It’s was not about the money. It was just that no matter what I did, how long I had been there, I just never heard anything positive. If I make a mistake however, I heard about it immediately, but if I did my job the silence was overwhelming.

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How Academic Technologists Can Bring Anti-Racism into Our Work

Educause

Everyone can play a part in fighting bias and discrimination. Find out what one group of academic technologists learned when they asked how they could bring anti-racism into their work.

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Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries to Assess Pacific University for Fines

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Investigations by Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) into Pacific University could lead to fines of up to $843,000 or more, OPB reported. BOLI’s intent to assess the school for fines – it sent a notice Oct. 18 of its intent to assess civil penalties – is based on seven complaints from individuals who say Pacific has not given them their full employee personnel files, as required by state law.

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Weathering the Storm: Targeted and Timely Analytics to Support Disengaged Students

Educause

Analyzing data across the institution to build a true picture of student engagement and using targeted, scripted reporting for meaningful insights has significantly impacted student retention at Charles Sturt University.

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How Conservative Colleges Win the Culture Wars

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Academic-freedom crackdowns get the headlines, but the real fight is elsewhere. By Adam Laats. Illustration by The Chronicle; photo of Hillsdale College from Alamy Photos. Academic-freedom crackdowns get the headlines, but the real fight is elsewhere.

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8 Ways to Use QR Codes in Higher Education Classrooms

Educause

QR codes can complement the design of more interactive and engaging learning experiences in higher education.

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Community – a lifeline for care experienced and estranged students

HEPI

Over the coming months, HEPI is partnering with the Unite Foundation to provide a platform for a series of blogs on supporting care leavers and estranged students in higher education. The Unite Foundation is a charity offering accommodation scholarships to care leavers and estranged students at universities. This blog has been co-authored by Unite Foundation’s Ira Hakim and a group of students and recent graduates who are care experienced and/ or estranged from their families.

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EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: Institutional and IT Resilience

Educause

As institutions and IT units increasingly focus on building resilience, leadership training and cross-unit collaboration will be critical for success. Resilience in higher education as a whole will depend on greater equity across institutions.

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Key to a Diverse Pool of Doctoral Students? ‘Relevant’ Research

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A new program aims to help the students answer a question that many of them struggle with: “What are we doing this for?” By Leonard Cassuto. Getty Images. A new program aims to help the students answer a question that many of them struggle with: “What are we doing this for?

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Funding Opportunities for Federal Broadband Programs

Educause

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has taken the first steps in implementing the broadband programs of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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5 Tips for Recruiting and Enrolling Latine/x Students in Your Community College

EAB

Blogs. 5 Tips to Recruit and Enroll Latine/x Students in Your Community College. Prospective Latine/x college students in the U.S. are the most likely to choose community college as their first step when pursuing a higher education. They’re also more likely to be first-generation, come from families in the bottom half of earners, and delay or cancel their college plans due to financial struggles or caregiving responsibilities.

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A Face-to-Face Approach to the Online Learning Space

Educause

A blended video studio and faculty office space elevates the online teaching and learning experience for instructors and students at Texas State University.

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TARA OWENS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tara Owens Tara Owens has been appointed director of athletics at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Owens holds a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Virginia State University and a master’s degree in educational administration and supervision from Cheyney University in Pennsylvania.

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Tom Andriola on the Role of Trust in Leadership

Educause

Hosts Cynthia and Jack talk with Tom Andriola, vice chancellor for Information Technology at UC Irvine, about building teams and implementing solutions based on mutual trust.

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Yes, Berkeley Is Discriminating Against Jews

The Chronicle of Higher Education

A defense of student bans on "Zionists" misses the point. By Steven Lubet. Brian Taylor for The Chronicle. A defense of student bans on "Zionists" misses the point.

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EDUCAUSE Board Chair Testifies to Senate on Cybersecurity

Educause

Helen Norris, EDUCAUSE board chairperson and Chapman University CIO, testified to a Senate committee about higher education cybersecurity challenges and what the federal government could do to help.

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'Alternative' or 'Sham'? Yeshiva U. Created a New LGBTQ Club — but Won't Recognize the One That Sued

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Sylvia Goodman. Michael Luongo A protest at Yeshiva U. The university said the new club is "an Orthodox alternative" to the YU Pride Alliance that will endorse strict adherence to traditional Jewish law.

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Corporate Conversations: Cisco on Supporting Student Success

Educause

When Cisco thinks about student success, they think about driving a digital inclusive future for all.

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How to Stanch Enrollment Loss

The Chronicle of Higher Education

It's time to stop pretending the problem will fix itself. By Jeffrey J. Selingo. Sarah Jones for The Chronicle. It's time to stop pretending the problem will fix itself.

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CISA Issues Request for Information for Cyber Incident Reporting Rulemaking

Educause

Colleges and universities are not subject to the law requiring cyber incident reporting to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). However, details of the agency's regulatory process, starting with its recent request for information, are worth noting, given their general implications for federal policy on cyber incident reporting.

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FIRE to Mount Holyoke College: Students, faculty can’t be forced to make land acknowledgements

FIRE

Mount Holyoke College is requiring students and faculty to begin all events, on- and off-campus, by reciting certain personal beliefs in the form of a land acknowledgement. While FIRE takes no position on the use of land acknowledgements, we do have a problem when colleges force people to say things they don’t actually believe. That appears to be what’s happening at Mount Holyoke.

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