Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 12, 2023
Colleges have a moral imperative to help students up the economic ladder, not just promote their rankings, argues the president of CSU Dominguez Hills.
Wonkhe
APRIL 12, 2023
Karen Gravett's new book seeks to make sense of the various relationships and connections in which academics and students are enmeshed The post Relational pedagogies – exploring webs of connections in learning and teaching appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 12, 2023
The agency also removed a portion of the policy that would have banned colleges from working with foreign providers.
MindMax
APRIL 12, 2023
It’s no secret that providing dedicated support to meet students’ needs is linked with better higher education retention and completion rates. But as schools focus more of their enrollment efforts on the large market of adult enrollment candidates , it may be time to rethink what “student retention” truly means in the context of adult learners. Honoring the Reality of an Adult Learner’s Life As much as they don’t like to hear it, schools with high stopout rates are likely to see this trend
Higher Ed Dive
APRIL 12, 2023
The proposal would prohibit blanket bans of transgender students from playing on teams aligned with their gender identities.
The Academic Designer
APRIL 12, 2023
This step-by-step guide teaches you how to create an academic personal website. Professors, learn how to make your personal website a reality.
HEPI
APRIL 12, 2023
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Jo Richards, Senior Insight Lead at UCAS. The cost of living is the topic at the top of everyone’s minds over the past year, and it is likely to be with us for a while. Students are one group that have been particularly affected by rises in the cost of living, as rent and the price of food have gone up against a backdrop of maintenance loans being lower in real terms compared with 2021.
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Higher Education Inquirer
APRIL 12, 2023
[Editors note: The Higher Education Inquirer thanks Hank Kalet for allowing us to reprint his substack Channel Surfing as a record of the Rutgers strike. News sources state this is the first labor strike at the school in its entire 256-year history. Hank is a lecturer at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. We encourage you to subscribe to his substack.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
Undergraduate enrollment in higher education dipped for the third straight year in 2022, plunging the number of students at colleges and universities down 7 percent from 2019. Those numbers now show some signs of stabilizing: A preliminary report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted a decline of just 0.6 percent in fall 2022.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
Although 80% of students who enroll in community colleges plan on getting a bachelor’s degree, only around 15% do so within six years. It’s a product of what seems like a perpetually leaky transfer process, in which, nationwide, 43% of credits are lost between schools. Minoritized students are particularly affected—they’re more likely to start at two-year institutions and less likely to wind up finishing a four-year program.
The PIE News
APRIL 12, 2023
The US Department of Education has clarified guidance it released earlier this year on third-party service providers will not have the impact on study abroad and international student recruitment that the sector had feared. On April 11, authorities issued a new statement detailing that the Dear Colleague Letter, released in February , exempts study abroad programs and international recruitment.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
Dr. Michael West, head of Penn State’s Department of African American Studies, has resigned from the role, alleging that leadership broke promises and questioning the school's commitment to diversity and equity, Centre Daily Times reported. Dr. Michael West West will continue to serve as a tenured professor in the department. West resigned Apr. 5, less than a year into his five-year term.
University Business
APRIL 12, 2023
Last week, Bob Jones University’s president announced the resignation of the board’s chair—one week after announcing his own plans to resign. The last two weeks have seen the South Carolina university’s leadership flip on its head. An incendiary closed-door meeting and a fiery letter from the president—which was later leaked—calling out BJU’s “dysfunctional leadership” dragged the private evangelical university’s community into the fray and has culminate
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
Nearly 50 early career scholars and advanced graduate students from across the nation gathered in Chicago on Wednesday, ahead of the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to explore questions and methods related to the experiences of African Americans in education. The 13th Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Research Course on African Americans in Education was led by Dr.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
By David Jesse Illustration by The Chronicle, Bob Jones U. photos The resignations of Bob Jones University’s president and board chair spring from a disagreement over the institution’s direction — and pose fundamental questions about its identity.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
W. Rebecca Brown W. Rebecca Brown has been named chief financial officer and vice president for finance and administration at Florida A&M University. Brown served as assistant vice president for finance and administration in charge of business and auxiliary services. Brown received her bachelor’s degree and MBA from Florida A&M University.
Campus Technology
APRIL 12, 2023
Purdue University and Google Cloud have partnered, using Google's BigQuery and BigQuery GIS data sets, to show where rural areas need Level 3 DC Fast Charge Stations. This information can help public and private sectors plan investments to support equitable access to electric vehicles to help reduce and eliminate carbon energy impacts.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 12, 2023
How Can Online College Be Both ‘Promising’ and ‘Predatory’? Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1249092200.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
By Julian Roberts-Grmela Brad Yac-Diaz, The Stanford Daily Stanford graduate-student workers hold a unionization rally on April 3. The now-deleted guidelines raised questions about the role of faculty members in graduate-worker unionization efforts and had implications for academic freedom.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 12, 2023
How Students Feel About Grading Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-462972915-2.jpg colleen.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
By Elissa Welle Getty Images Two studies of DEI practices in medical schools and residency programs examine barriers that hinder progress and strategies to overcome them.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 12, 2023
Shouting Down Speakers Who Offend Featured Image at Top of Article 524c5a_34d830be57df4bb880f7b04adcc20f8f~mv2.
The PIE News
APRIL 12, 2023
Testing provider ETS will shorten its TOEFL iBT test to two hours from the current three, it has said, as it revealed a range of changes to the exam. From July 26, the test will be an hour shorter, with “streamlined instructions and navigation”, a shorter reading section, the removal of unscored test questions and a new “Writing for an Academic Discussion” task.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
A new dean asks for advice on what to include in a retreat for department heads. By Kevin Dettmar Sam Kalda for The Chronicle A new dean asks for advice on what to include in a retreat for department heads.
The PIE News
APRIL 12, 2023
Rosedale International Education has revealed a partnership to offer its high school program at a school in the Philippines. PAREF Southcrest School will deliver the Rosedale Global High School program at its school in Cebu, making it Rosedale’s first partner in the country. “This partnership reflects our ongoing commitment to connecting learners with real-world application and innovation in a forward-thinking, rigorous, and collaborative education environment,” said Rosedale International Educa
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 12, 2023
Harvard Receives $300 Million Gift Scott Jaschik Wed, 04/12/2023 - 06:10 AM
College Marketing Group
APRIL 12, 2023
A marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience in the multi-family housing industry is the new Vice President of Client Services and Product Development at College Marketing Group (CMG). CMG has hired Justin Vasilievas to identify solutions-based opportunities, systems, and technologies to support client needs. He will also lead CMG’s client services team, brand ambassadors, and opinion leaders.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 12, 2023
UC San Diego Chancellor Gets $500K Raise Josh Moody Thu, 04/13/2023 - 12:00 AM
University Business
APRIL 12, 2023
Following harsh criticism from the nation’s top medical schools and the Department of Education, U.S. News and World Report is set to release its law and medical school: research rankings next week with an updated methodology and a reliance on public information from schools that now refuse to participate. U.S. News chose this time around to pay closer attention to the student experience and career opportunities each school has to offer.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
Three Rutgers University unions and a Chicago-area union have joined a higher education faculty strike wave that is expected to grow this morning to include six universities in two states. “We’ve been keeping track of strike activity in higher education more recently, since 2013,” said William A. Herbert, executive director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
University Business
APRIL 12, 2023
A ‘cybersecurity incident’ has caused Lansing Community College to suspend classes, events and other activities for Thursday, March 16 and Friday, March 17. College officials announced the cancelations in a social media post Wednesday, March 15. They said the cancelations were “in response to an ongoing cybersecurity incident,” but gave few other details about the problem.
The PIE News
APRIL 12, 2023
Aged 24, Alya Hafidza Aldrin is youngest of three Indonesians to have been accepted to the British Council’s Women in STEM scholarship program. She spoke to The PIE about the opportunities the scholarship has afforded her, as well as what life is truly like for an international student in London. “It’s a big change,” says Aldrin, originally from Jakarta, who is studying towards a master’s in water engineering at Brunel University. “It’s interesting, it&#
University Business
APRIL 12, 2023
JoAnne Epps was named Temple University’s acting president , the Board of Trustees announced Tuesday. She will begin serving in the role immediately. “It means so much to me to be offered this opportunity to be continue to lead this great institution,” Epps said. Epps, 71, joined Temple’s faculty in 1985. Epps was appointed dean of Temple Beasley School of Law in 2008 and named provost in 2016.
HESA
APRIL 12, 2023
Today’s discussion might be a little less exciting than yesterday because although I now have all this cool data on finances going back to 1920, holy hell are there some difficulties coming up with way to provide a unified data series through that period. So, apologies, but you’re in for some long parenthetical statements on methodology. The main reason I was looking for historical data in the first place was that I was trying to resolve a long-standing puzzle around federal investments in highe
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 12, 2023
Harvard Receives $300 Million Gift Scott Jaschik Thu, 04/13/2023 - 12:00 AM
AACC
APRIL 12, 2023
Talking Philanthropy with Pepsico Foundation’s C.D.
Inside Higher Ed
APRIL 12, 2023
Y’all Need to Calendar Matt Reed Thu, 04/13/2023 - 12:00 AM
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