Wonkhe
JULY 27, 2023
In the quest to tackle low-value courses the government has lauded the value of degree apprenticeships. James Coe wonders whether there has been enough discussion about their downsides The post The problems degree apprenticeships won’t solve appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 27, 2023
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found improvements in persistence and retention disproportionately benefited some institutions.
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Wonkhe
JULY 27, 2023
This week's card from Hugh Jones’s postbag is sent to you from the mythical "quiet period in the summer" The post Higher education postcard: summer holidays appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 27, 2023
Local officials told the struggling Baptist-affiliated institution it would cut off services on or after July 31.
Wonkhe
JULY 27, 2023
As supposedly "work-ready" students graduate without the confidence to communicate, Rhiannon Jenkins calls for a response to AI that could help The post There’s a crisis in student confidence. Here’s how to fix it appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 27, 2023
The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development dissected how tuition has risen and how students can get a solid return on investment.
University Business
JULY 27, 2023
Federal regulators have enhanced their requirements that colleges and universities have a comprehensive cybersecurity program in place. If they don’t, they may be unable to participate in Title IV programs and award federal financial aid. That is the result of the June 9 effective date for the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) updated rule on safeguarding consumer information, a component of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).
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Higher Education Today
JULY 27, 2023
By the Action Network for Equitable Wellbeing College and university leaders are being asked to focus on student wellbeing more than ever before—and with good reason. Students’ needs and experiences change rapidly, and data from the Healthy Minds Study have demonstrated that student wellbeing outcomes have worsened over the past decade. Moreover, improving these outcomes.
The PIE News
JULY 27, 2023
With mixed messaging on visas, Australia has made it difficult for international students to understand what exactly it wants from them, stakeholders have suggested. Sonya Singh, founder and CEO of consultants SIEC Pty Ltd , said that recent moves on visa rejections from certain areas and post-study work rights have confused both students and agents.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
Miller Lite and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) are using their longstanding partnership to give 35 scholarships to eligible undergraduate Latinx students. Lacey Golonka The scholarship amounts range from $2,500 to $5,000. And recipients of the Miller Lite Brewed to be Bright scholarship program will also be offered career development opportunities via HACU's ¡Adelante!
Faculty Focus
JULY 27, 2023
In my work supporting faculty, I have learned that professors always appreciate strategies to make their teaching more efficient. Many times, learning a new educational technology tool is time-consuming. In this case, I am proposing using technology that we already use in our daily lives and applying it to our classrooms. QR codes (short for “quick response”) are square-shaped codes that many of us use for restaurant menus, concert tickets, and church donations.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
After two years of COVID-19-related disruptions, the percentage of first-time college students sticking with school has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC). The report, based on data from institutions representing 97% of U.S. postsecondary enrollment, found that 75.7% of the students entering college in fall 2021 continued their studies in fall 2022, an increase of nearly one point from the previous year, and
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
By David Jesse The Florida college says there was "discussion of increased pay" for meeting a recruitment target. Experts say that could run afoul of federal law, while the college maintains it is acting legally.
The PIE News
JULY 27, 2023
The government of India is set to officially commence operations of the long-planned Centre of Excellence in Information Technology in Namibia, a partnership campus between the two governments. The centre will begin offering programs in ICT from July 31, opening with 125 students, in what is a wider part of India’s strategy for transnational education.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 27, 2023
International students from African nations and the Global South are much more likely to have their visas rejected, according to a new report from the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and the Shorelight Education.
The PIE News
JULY 27, 2023
The first and only climate benchmark tool explicitly tailored for international education has launched, in a bid to empower universities in their fight for climate action. The Climate Action Barometer for International Education – known as CABie – will allow participating universities to self-report data on specific metrics relating to their international activities, and in return, receive a tailored report analysing their climate impact.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 27, 2023
At a daylong conference on affirmative action, there was much commiserating but little guidance as higher ed leaders searched for a path forward. WASHINGTON, D.C.—Speaking at an affirmative action summit hosted by the Department of Education Wednesday, Catherine Lhamon, assistant secretary in the department’s Office for Civil Rights, urged college leaders to continue pushing for racial equity in admissions through lawful means, asserting that the Supreme Court’s recent decision striking down aff
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
Holy Family University is partnering with the Bucks County Workforce Development Board in Pennsylvania on a $1.3 million grant for former Holy Family University and other Pennsylvania undergrads who were near degree completion but withdrew before obtaining diplomas or certificates. Dr. Anne M. Prisco The Aim & Attain Near Completer Grant – funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry – aims to help eligible students get credentials and training, immediately enter the job mar
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 27, 2023
A man was arrested last week for second-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree failure to appear, and he had visited Brown University and the University of Connecticut to plan mass shootings there, authorities said, according to
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
A new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) finds that more than half of the 2023 graduating class had an internship. However, the study reveals that minority and female students are underrepresented in paid and unpaid internships. According to NACE, students with paid internships receive more job offers after graduation and receive higher starting salaries.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
By Helen Huiskes Alessandro Gottardo for The Chronicle Some humanities faculty members saw unexpected reprieves, but many remain pessimistic.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
Howard University partnered with Blue Star Families (BSF) and The Chamberlain Project to host a panel symposium to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Executive Order 9981, which led to the 1948 integration of the U.S. military. Morgan Freeman BSF is a non-profit supporting military-connected families, and The Chamberlain Project is a program connecting retiring service members to higher ed teaching roles.
The PIE News
JULY 27, 2023
The government of Ireland has committed €2 million to allow students in Northern Ireland to access the Erasmus+ exchange program, despite the UK pulling out of the program when it left the European Union in 2020. While students in Scotland, Wales and English have lost access to the flagship European exchange program, leaders in Ireland made a commitment to fund Erasmus+ grants for Northern Irish students after Brexit in 2020.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
A new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) finds that more than half of the 2023 graduating class had an internship. However, the study reveals that minority and female students are underrepresented in paid and unpaid internships. According to NACE, students with paid internships receive more job offers after graduation and receive higher starting salaries.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
By Eric Hoover Harry Haysom for The Chronicle Can admissions officers really measure determination, empathy, and leadership? One organization wants to give it a try.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
The College Board rejected claims that parts of the state's new, embattled history standards align with an AP African American Studies course the state banned earlier this year, USA Today reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis Last week, Florida's new Board of Education- approved African American history standards came under fire for including language about how "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit.
The PIE News
JULY 27, 2023
Online learning platform edX has collaborated with Shorelight to open a new online study abroad hub for Indian students wishing to study in the US. The tools aim will be to connect edX’s students with further undergraduate programs at US institutions on top of its own courses. The catalogue of programs, which is provided by Shorelight – an international agency mostly sending to US institutions – features over 3,000 courses at institutions including University of Illinois Chicago and American U
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
Vanessa Love Vanessa Love has been appointed director of the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX at the University of Pittsburgh. She served as assistant vice president in the Office of Compliance & Integrity at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. Love holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, a master’s in international affairs, and a juris doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh.
LSE Higher Education Blog
JULY 27, 2023
As Twitter enters its death spiral, there is a plethora of social media alternatives for academics to consider moving to.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
The New College of Florida Board of Trustees has voted to advance a $2 million budget request to the Florida Legislature for a center to combat “cancel culture” in higher ed, Axios reported. The New College Freedom Institute aims to "promote freedom of inquiry and champion tolerance of civil discourse among those of opposing views," according to the budget request.
Academe Blog
JULY 27, 2023
BY JUDY ROHRER This past Fourth of July weekend was one of the hottest in history, not just because of climate catastrophe but also the white-hot imperialist racism “born in the U.S.A.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 27, 2023
Lloyd Nivens IV Lloyd Nivens IV has been named senior campus minister at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He is pastor of Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Zion Church in Rockingham, North Carolina. Nivens holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Livingstone and a Master of Divinity degree from the Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 27, 2023
When moving, the loss comes before the gain. As TW and I prepare in earnest for the big move, we’re running into something I noticed the last time we moved: subtraction comes before addition.
Campus Technology
JULY 27, 2023
Higher education institutions in the United States are experiencing a “massive spike” in encrypted threats and cryptojacking so far this year, even as ransomware and unencrypted malware attacks have slowed, according to SonicWall’s 2023 Mid-Year Cyber Threat Report.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 27, 2023
They’ve become increasingly important to science, but we don’t discuss our challenges with data, and academic culture can push us to work out problems alone, says Julia Stewart Lowndes. For marine ecologists, late-night work doesn’t just happen in the office. Squid come to the surface when it’s dark. To research them during my Ph.D., I worked on ships from sunset to sunrise, attracting squid with glow-in-the dark lures.
The PIE News
JULY 27, 2023
TCL Global proudly shines as the esteemed bronze sponsor of the prestigious PIEoneer Awards 2023. This sponsorship showcases TCL Global’s dedication to supporting the advancement of education on a global scale, as well as the recognition of the remarkable individuals and organisations that contribute to the growth and success of the industry. Education can open up the door to progress, development and success like nothing else.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 27, 2023
MOVEit Attack Signals Growing Cybersecurity Threats for Higher Ed Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1322205512.jpg Lauren.
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