5 top trends stories of 2022
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 28, 2022
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Ed Reed Set to Become Head Football Coach for Bethune-Cookman University
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed will become Bethune-Cookman University’s head football coach after the school announced that it had agreed for him to step into the role, Yahoo Sports reported. Ed Reed “Bethune-Cookman University Athletics has entered an agreement in principle with Pro Football Hall of Famer Ed Reed to be its 16th head football coach,” according to the historically Black college and university (HBCU) in Florida.
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The 5 Trends in Website Design and Digital Marketing to Adopt or Drop in 2023
Terminalfour
DECEMBER 28, 2022
The pivot for higher education marketing since 2020 has been significant, and the bar is set higher than ever before when it comes to the expectations of prospective students. Register for our free higher education webinar on Wednesday, January 25 to find out how to break through the noise.
How to Increase Scientific Literacy
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A recent correspondent shared a memorable quotation from the Nobel prizewinner Ernest Rutherford: “That which is not Physics is stamp collecting.” In other words, that which isn’t science is a trivial and inconsequential waste of time. Bored out of his mind by box checking introductory courses in the humanities, my correspondent wrote: “To many STEM students the truly “Great Books” were written by Physicists and Mathematicians.
Agent perspectives: suggestions for UK admissions voiced
The PIE News
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Speed of response, quality control and course availability were all key frustrations voiced by agents in The PIE survey on agent perspectives in South Asia. Our survey provided a platform for agents to share their experiences and the aim of this article is to simply publish the responses verbatim to ensure these views are heard. The vast majority of respondents (77.6%) taking part in the survey, considered the UK service to be ‘average’ or worse than average on admissions.
Highlights from Higher Ed: Declining Enrollment, Test-Optional Trends, Higher-Ed Inflation, Grad School ROI
Liaison International
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Six-year completion rate remains essentially unchanged. The national six-year completion rate — which indicates the percentage of students who graduated after enrolling six years earlier — was virtually unchanged in 2022 (62.3%) compared with 2021 (62.2%), according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). This year’s report, which focuses on students who enrolled for the first time in 2016 and graduated by June 2022, includes full- and part-time students at two- and four-y
Why Exorcism Won’t Go Away
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 28, 2022
It’s "Best Of" Week on the Academic Minute. In our third most listened-to segment of the year, Joseph P. Laycock, associate professor of religious studies at Texas State University, explained why how exorcisms are not going away anytime soon. Find out more about the Academic Minute here.
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Conversion Tracking for Schools: Understanding Your Prospects’ Journey Towards Enrollment
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Reading Time: 10 minutes Effective conversion tracking is critical to every school’s recruitment strategy. As schools continue to embrace different digital channels and software programs, it becomes more important than ever to track conversions accurately. After all, it’s this data that allows your school to understand its prospects’ enrollment journeys—revealing the impact of your calls to action along with key trends and opportunities.
The Micro-Credentials Movement Has Arrived - Eric Lloyd, Chief Executive
Economics and Change in Higher Education
DECEMBER 28, 2022
When companies as widely recognized and well established as Boeing, Walmart, and IBM start moving in a similar direction on something, it’s safe to say the idea has legs. In this case, companies are looking towards skills-based hiring in tandem with degree-based hiring. The idea here is for companies to remove “must-have” barriers around hiring—such as “must have an MBA” or “must have a four-year degree”—in favor of hiring for the skills they need in a specific candidate.
Omnibus Bill Offers Financial Boosts, Compromises
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Sprinkled throughout the last-minute 4,155-page, $1.7 trillion omnibus federal spending bill that was signed right before Christmas by President Joe Biden, are funding provisions and policy changes that impact the world of higher education. The new legislation was welcomed by policy experts, although it did not contain everything that they had hoped for.
‘Who should pay?’: student debt relief in limbo as supreme court decides fate of millions
The Guardian - Higher Education
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Over 26m student loan borrowers are waiting for the country’s highest court to decide if they can receive debt relief Debt-laden borrowers will be nervously watching the US supreme court come February when the justices hear arguments for two cases that will ultimately decide the fate of over 26 million student loan borrowers who have applied for loan forgiveness.
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