Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Nine of the top 15 law schools have now said they won't submit data, even though U.S. News has promised to keep ranking all accredited law schools.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The University of East London is proud to pay the Living Wage. Emmanuel Gotora and Tim Hall share the story of how support for community organising brought fair pay to staff at other local employers. The post From accredited employer to living wage champion appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Still, employers have said they view degrees as the less risky option — even while acknowledging they can be a poor indicator of an applicant’s skills.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
It still seems like the government sees research, development, and innovation as key to the levelling up agenda. Tim Fanning and David Marlow are not sure how it all fits together. The post Is the road to levelling up paved with anything more than good intentions? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Data from the Common App shows far fewer students are providing entrance exam scores than before the coronavirus pandemic.
Wonkhe
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In a speech to the CBI yesterday Rishi Sunak set out his stall on all things innovation and the economy, leaving a lot for universities to think about. The post Sunak sets out his stall on innovation appeared first on Wonkhe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
North Carolina A&T State University is being reprimanded for enrolling too many out-of-state first-year students in the last two years, WFMY reported. The UNC System Board of Governors had set N.C. A&T’s enrollment cap at 35%. However, in 2021, N.C. A&T had 41% of students, enrolled from out-of-state, according to the system. As a result, the school has been fined and must forfeit nearly $2 million of its budget, per the UNC System ’s Nov. 17 decision, with the system recommending t
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Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Image: A professor who accused Auburn University officials of retaliating against him for blowing the whistle on the athletics program intervening in academics prevailed in court last week—in part. An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In the summer of 2014, Crystal Jackson was working as a manager of nurse education in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael Brown, a Black teenager, had been fatally shot by a white police officer, and the city was on fire. Jackson hoped that her institution would respond, issue a statement about what had happened and the pain that it might bring Black and brown employees.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Image: When asked about on-campus experiences, wants and needs, especially through anonymous surveys, students tell it like it is. And as much as experienced higher ed leaders may think they can predict responses, student perspectives may lean a different way. Request a free printable (letter-sized) version of this infographic here. The technology-focused Student Voice survey of 2,000 college undergraduates, for example, found that: Tech-related glitches and interruptions in online courses have
Insight Into Diversity
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Cleveland State University’s (CSU) Board of Trustees recently voted to remove a reference to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall from its law school’s name. The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will now be known as the CSU College of Law, according to a university news release. The decision comes after an ad hoc committee recommended the university rebrand the law school to cut association with Marshall due to his history of owning enslaved people.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Leaders in digital marketing have highlighted the importance of authenticity in digital marketing aimed at prospective Gen Z students, and the benefits of involving current students and alumni in the process. Digital marketing aimed at Gen Z students should be “authentic” and not “authoritative”, said Richard Bradford, founder of digital marketing consultancy Disquiet Dog. “Gen Z don’t want to be told what to do.
University Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The colleges that rank highest for the most transparent merit scholarships provide clear, easily accessible information on the awards and the criteria they use, according to a new analysis. These leading schools also figure merit scholarships into their Net Price Calculator projections. Colleges face no transparency requirements in issuing merit-based scholarships, “leaving each college to decide how upfront or opaque it wants to be,” according to the “ CAP Report Card ”
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Image: A group of students at Morehouse College who recently learned they would not be getting scholarship funds they expected and believed they were entitled to receive are demanding change and clarity about the institution’s scholarship policies. They want college administrators to explain how external and internal scholarships are factored into the individual costs, per student, of attending the university.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The Supreme Court’s decisions in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina , the cases that could re-shape the role of race in admissions or even ban it entirely, are not likely to be known until next June. But institutions need to start preparing now for a range of possible outcomes, said Art Coleman, co-founder of EducationCounsel, a consultancy that works with schools on issues of diversity.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Category: Carpe Careers Dinuka Gunaratne explores why making certain career decisions can seem so insurmountable and offers advice for how to do so most successfully. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: wenjin chen/digitalvision vectors/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Kelly Field. Michael Theis, The Chronicle Rocelyn Alvarado and her daughter, Jazmine, at Montgomery College's campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Alvarado is the president of the college's new Student Parent Alliance. New federal rules seek to support those students, but they may not be enough.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Wes Moore, governor-elect of Maryland, will be the keynote speaker for Morgan State University’s 9th Fall Commencement Exercises. The event will take place Dec. 16 at Talmadge L. Hill Field House. Governor-Elect Wes Moore Moore – who will be Maryland’s first African American governor – is the former CEO of anti-poverty organization Robin Hood Foundation and founder of education-based startup BridgeEdU.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Carolyn Kuimelis. College has been in the news a lot this year. If you’re heading home for the holidays, relatives and friends might have questions about the latest developments on affirmative action, student debt, and critical race theory.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
A few months ago, a social media platform announced the 18-year anniversary of my community college employment. Social media is not always truthful, but this time it was. In 2004, when my son was a toddler, we moved from Texas to Maryland. I began teaching English composition part-time at Montgomery College. Years later, I am amazed by the community college and department I serve.
Higher Education Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has laid out plans to hold higher education more accountable for student success. We owe it to our students—and ourselves—to embrace his vision. By Devorah Lieberman Nearly six in 10 students who attend the University of La Verne identify as Hispanic, half of our undergraduates are low-income students, and more than.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
How faculty members can help “independent" researchers thrive (or, at least, survive). By Annie Berke. Adam Niklewicz for The Chronicle. How faculty members can help “independent" researchers thrive (or, at least, survive).
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Persistent heating problems at Bronx Community College (BCC) have prompted the school to move most classes online as temperatures outside fall to 30-40 degrees, the Gothamist reported. All classes – except for lab classes like nursing and clinical radiography – have been moved online from Nov. 16 through Thanksgiving holiday, said a spokesperson for the CUNY community college.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
By Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley. With an unknown killer still at large, many students left early for Thanksgiving break. Some are unsure whether it is safe to return.
The PIE News
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Recent research has indicated the post-Covid rebound for Australia’s international education sector is well and truly underway. IDP Connect’s Emerging Futures research, the latest edition of which was released during last month’s Australian International Education Conference , suggested that Australia has seen resurgence as an international education destination and has climbed up rankings to be the second most preferred destination after Canada.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. The upside of having incredibly smart readers is that I learn from them even when I’m not expecting to. Last week, in asking folks what they would do if they were anointed Grand Poohbah of Higher Education for a day, I explained my preference for the term Grand Poohbah over the term Big Kahuna on the grounds that the latter smacks of cultural appropriation, whereas the former is just silly.
University Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In 2021, Shippensburg University won the NCAA Division II Field Hockey championship, completing an undefeated season with a 3-0 victory over archrival West Chester. The “Ship” Raiders also won it all in 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2013, which I know because I saw it written in big letters on a banner festooning the fieldhouse on Ship’s campus in south-central Pennsylvania when I visited last month.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The law schools of Columbia, Georgetown and Stanford Universities all announced on Friday that they would leave the U.S. News & World Report rankings. The law schools of Harvard and Yale Universities announced Wednesday that they were no longer participating. The law school of the University of California, Berkeley, announced on Thursday. A statement from Jenny Martinez, dean at Stanford, said, “We agree with many of the points that other schools have presented about how the rankings m
HEPI
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Buttle UK is a children’s charity providing grants to children and young people who have gone through crisis and are living in poverty. Buttle UK’s grants provide essential items for children’s education, homes and wellbeing. This blog was inspired by the findings of a forthcoming research paper we have written with seven estranged young people, ‘Surviving Estrangement: The experiences of young people through COVID-19 and into a cost-of-living crisis’, which will be available on our website in D
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma David Copperfield (1850), the most autobiographical of Charles Dickens’s novels, begins with one of literature’s most famous lines: “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” Among the questions that Dickens explores in his novel of maturation are these: Will the novel’s protagonist overcome the traumas he experienced as a child, or will these traumas wa
The Guardian - Higher Education
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
From how much you can borrow, to when and how you repay Undergraduates may borrow tens of thousands of pounds to fund their education but when it comes to paying back student loans, the rules can be confusing. Continue reading.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
New data show enrollment in California community colleges is at its lowest point in 30 years, the Los Angeles Times reported. The system has lost about 300,000 students since 2019, an 18 percent enrollment decrease. College of the Siskiyous in Northern California had the largest percentage drop, a 44 percent decline, from 3,371 students in 2019 to 1,882 students in 2021.
Dr. Missy Alexander
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
After a two-year hiatus, WCSU hosted a full, in-person, open house again. No more heads on screens with strained or lagging interactions. We had two waves of visitors, eager to ask questions, discover the opportunities we offer, and get to know our campus. I had the pleasure of presenting an overview to a large group and then mingling as families visited with representatives from our academic departments, our student support services, and our co-curricular programs.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Four former and current students have sued Seattle University over a degree that the state said it couldn’t award, KING 5 News reported. The students expected to receive a master’s degree in nursing. One student said she even received a diploma and applied for jobs in California, where she found out that Washington State had not approved the degree.
University Business
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In less than a week, Yale, Harvard, Berkley, Columbia, Georgetown and Stanford have all opted out of U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the best law schools. The movement was initiated by Yale University last Wednesday when the school’s dean announced that the institution will no longer submit its data for review. According to a post from Dean Heather K.
Inside Higher Ed
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
A bus carrying Brandeis University students back to campus from a hockey game at Northeastern University Saturday night crashed, leaving one student dead and 27 others injured, NBC Boston reported. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Ad keywords: administrators studentaffairs Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?
Coursera blog
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
See how Emre Girici leveraged his MasterTrack certificate experience as a building block toward earning a master’s degree. Emre Girici is a business professional and a lover of continuous learning. He knows that building new skills can strengthen and benefit not just your own career, but the success of entire teams and organizations too. In that spirit, he sought to expand his knowledge of the latest strategies and practices for driving innovation at his company.
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