Mon.Sep 09, 2024

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University of Dayton to shed faculty, weigh program cuts

Higher Ed Dive

The private institution has avoided deficits and steep enrollment declines, but wants to maintain ‘relative institutional strength.

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Give us some credit

Wonkhe

The QAA's Helena Vine explores the state of credit transfer policies across the UK and asks what might be done to help them work better

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Campus-wide mentorship: A new frontier in student success

Higher Ed Dive

Learn how SF State’s campus-wide mentorship expansion delivers real results in boosting student success, engagement and retention.

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The Value of Transparency During OPM Transitions

MindMax

One higher education trend MindMax is closely monitoring is schools transitioning away from OPM (online program management) partners. According to a May 2024 UPCEA poll , “61% of higher education leaders anticipate making changes to their OPM partnerships in the next 1-2 years.” Various factors are driving schools to consider an OPM transition, including seeking greater control over online programs , reducing high costs and revenue-sharing agreements, and meeting regulatory demands.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Higher ed construction pendulum back in full swing

Higher Ed Dive

Messer’s Nick Proffitt sees burgeoning demand in the sector, from student housing to athletic and academic buildings.

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New Palestinian and Arab Studies program established at UC Berkeley

The Berkeley Blog

The endowed program, led by Ussama Makdisi, a history professor, will fund research and cultural activities, representing a major step forward in expanding Middle Eastern scholarship at UC Berkeley. The post New Palestinian and Arab Studies program established at UC Berkeley appeared first on Berkeley News.

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30 Higher Ed IT Influencers to Follow in 2024

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

As enrollment and retention remain top concerns for higher education leaders, IT professionals and other technology experts are integral members of these institutions’ teams. They know that to stay competitive, colleges and universities must employ the latest technologies and give students access to the technology they will see in the workforce. Whether they’re keeping campus secure or deploying the latest artificial intelligence applications, influential college and university technology profes

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Decades of Enrollment Declines for Black Men at HBCUs

Inside Higher Ed

Decades of Enrollment Declines for Black Men at HBCUs Sara Weissman Mon, 09/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Black men make up roughly a quarter of students at historically Black colleges and universities, a significant drop from years past, according to a new report.

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Morgan State Receives $20.9M Grant for Research on Urban Health Disparities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University has been awarded a five-year, $20.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Dr. David K. Wilson The grant will expand ongoing health research at the university’s Research Centers in Minority Institutions Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation.

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Internet Archive Court Loss Leaves Higher Ed in Gray Area

Inside Higher Ed

Internet Archive Court Loss Leaves Higher Ed in Gray Area Lauren.Coffey@… Mon, 09/09/2024 - 03:30 AM The nonprofit published thousands of ebooks for free, violating copyright law. What that means for research libraries remains to be seen.

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Pennsylvania executive order gags public workers’ speech — on and off the clock

FIRE

Free speech group FIRE announces statewide call for employees affected by the order to get in touch to challenge the order.

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Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S.

The Berkeley Blog

After the mass death and destruction of World War I, with their economies shredded by inflation and unemployment, Italy and Germany turned from democracy to dictatorships. UC Berkeley scholars see troubling parallels in contemporary American democracy. The post Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S. appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Advocating Policy, Better Than Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Manny Rodriguez laments childhood memories of the discourse surrounding education policies in California, particularly those that negatively affected migrant families like his. But he remains inspired by the words of his father, who would repeat the motto, “Cada generación tiene la responsabilidad de darle un mejor comienzo a la próxima generación.” Meaning, every generation has a responsibility to give the next generation a better start.

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World Leaders Sign First Global AI Treaty

Campus Technology

The United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and several other countries have signed "The Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law," the world's first legally binding treaty aimed at regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Brown Sees Steep Drop in Diversity of Incoming Class

Inside Higher Ed

The share of Black and Hispanic students in Brown University’s incoming Class of 2028 dropped by 10 percentage points since last year, from 29 percent to 19 percent, according to demographic data released by the university. That marks a significant decline in diversity one year after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.

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$23 million gift for Cal Golf marks largest endowment in Athletics history

The Berkeley Blog

The post $23 million gift for Cal Golf marks largest endowment in Athletics history appeared first on Berkeley News.

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Unpacking the data: Australia’s public university caps

The PIE News

On September 6, 2024, officials from the Australian Department of Education tabled data on the proposed enrolment caps for individual public institutions that the government intends to impose as part of the ESOS Bill currently before parliament. The caps – referred to as indicative student profiles (ISPs) – vary to a large degree across institutions and attracted much criticism for being “somewhat random” during the third day of senate hearings on the ESOS Bill last week (September 6).

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N.C. A&T Enrollment Tops 14,311

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received more than 47,000 undergraduate and graduate applications for admission this fall, resulting in a 3% increase in enrollment this year over last year. Dr. James R. Martin II “As we watch that trend continue to play out, it’s clear that North Carolina A&T stands for something special in the higher education marketplace – a place of academic excellence where education is delivered at an affordable price, an exponential universit

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Indians form largest group of international students in Germany

The PIE News

The number of Indian students has grown by 15.1% over the last year, according to the latest figures shared by DAAD India, based on data from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. The number has more than doubled in the past five years, with 49,483 Indian students currently studying at German universities , based on the latest winter semester 2023/24 data.

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How can an 8-week term improve community college student success rates?

University Business

Community college students find themselves running into the same obstacles time and again on their way to credential completion: costs, blocked academic pathways and competing life priorities. Data from the Community College Research Center tells us that students can fight paltry completion rates by ramping up their course load per term, and recent insight tells us that students completing 18 to 23 credit hours per year are seven times more likely to graduate than students completing 11 credits

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Success Program Launch: AI-Powered Study Tools for Students

Inside Higher Ed

Success Program Launch: AI-Powered Study Tools for Students Ashley Mowreader Mon, 09/09/2024 - 03:00 AM A new initiative at the University of Delaware uses generative artificial intelligence to identify key themes and ideas in professors’ lectures, which can be transformed into flash cards and other digital learning tools.

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Moving the Needle on Graduation Rates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Purpose, structure, momentum, and support. These are the four pillars of transformation, ingredients critical to the mission of Complete College America (CCA), the advocacy organization working to improve college graduation rates since 2009. CCA’s roots began in the state of Indiana, but, by 2018, when Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva became its president, the organization began to spread its work more intentionally across the nation.

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Employee Payouts on Hold at Eastern Gateway

Inside Higher Ed

Eastern Gateway Community College, which is in the process of closing, does not have enough money to pay out vacation and personal days owed to employees, the Herald-Star reported.

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Brown Experiences Decline in Rates of Incoming Black, Brown Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The proportion of students from underserved backgrounds has declined at Brown University, according to its first year, incoming class numbers for 2024. Logan Powell Frank Mullin The university reports that about 18% of its new 1,725-student class come from groups historically underrepresented in higher education, a decline from 27% in 2023. About 45% will receive need-based scholarship or grant aid, a decrease from 50%; and roughly 14% are first-generation college students, down from 15%.

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Navigating the Postdoc Office: Part 2

Inside Higher Ed

Navigating the Postdoc Office: Part 2 Sarah Bray Mon, 09/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Victoria Hallinan and Karena Nguyen share their advice, as well as that of a postdoc and several other administrators, about pursuing this career path.

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Delightful Progress: Kuali's Legacy of Community and Leadership

Campus Technology

CEO Joel Dehlin updates us on Kuali today, and how it has thrived as a software company that succeeds in the tech marketplace while maintaining the community values envisioned in higher education years ago.

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VET providers sent “emotionally devastating” int’l cap allocations

The PIE News

As day three of Senate hearings on the ESOS Amendment Bill came to a close last week, the federal government began issuing letters to VET providers, informing them of their projected enrolment caps for 2025. The government had previously announced an overall cap of 95,000 international student commencements for VET providers for the calendar year 2025.

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Arkansas Higher Ed Subcommittee Divided On the Future of DEI

Insight Into Diversity

As the national conversation surrounding DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) remains ongoing, Arkansas’ political leaders are divided on the future of related initiatives in higher education. In 2023, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an executive order banning “indoctrination and CRT (critical race theory)” in all public schools citing that “ CRT is antithetical to the traditional American values of neutrality, equality, and fairness.

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Election talk is cheap, but ballot selfies are worth a thousand (First Amendment-protected) words 

FIRE

Raleigh native Susan Hogarth took a ballot selfie during the primary election in March to express her pride in participating in the electoral process.

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The Best Place to Start: Improving the Student Experience

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Attract and Retain the Right Students for Your Institution Choosing a higher education program is often a defining moment in a person’s life. Whether it’s a teenager deciding on a traditional, on-ground undergraduate program, or someone in their late 30s selecting an online master’s program — it’s a big decision, and one that can be heavily influenced by the experiences they have with the institutions they’re considering.

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Renowned Xavier University Professor Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. JW Carmichael Jr., a retired Xavier University of Louisiana professor who was deeply committed to increasing the number of Black medical doctors in the United States, passed away over the weekend. Born in 1940, the trained chemist was the face of Xavier’s pre-med program and was responsible for helping the university develop its reputation of sending more Black graduates to medical school than any other institution in the nation.

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What’s New With Dual Enrollment?

Inside Higher Ed

What’s New With Dual Enrollment? marylchurchill… Mon, 09/09/2024 - 03:00 AM Dual enrollment is a critical part of expanding college access to underserved groups.

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KEVIN WADE

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Kevin Wade Kevin Wade has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. He served as the associate vice chancellor of student, alumni, and constituent engagement at Elizabeth City State University. Wade holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Elizabeth City State University, a master’s in public administration from Troy University in Alabama, and a doctorate in education from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Judge Challenges Terms of Proposed Settlement on Athlete Pay

Inside Higher Ed

The federal judge overseeing the historic antitrust lawsuit governing the compensation of college athletes told lawyers to go “back to the drawing board" in their efforts to settle the case, saying that a nearly $2.

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DAVID C. ANDRUS

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David C. Andrus David C. Andrus has been appointed interim superintendent/president of Santa Clarita Community College District. He served as acting chancellor at College of the Canyons. Andrus holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from California State University and a juris doctorate from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.

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I chose to live at home as a university student. Here’s why I’d recommend it

The Guardian - Higher Education

If you can commute simply to classes, why make life harder with crippling rent payments? Just remember, your social life is what you make it When deciding which five universities to apply to, I chose all London options. My parents had no issue with me moving out of my west London family home, but they reminded me that they had raised our family in London for its educational and career opportunities.