Transfer enrollment rose 5.3% in fall 2023, pointing to pandemic recovery
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Some of the biggest gains were among historically disadvantaged students, National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data showed.
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Do degree classification algorithms fuel grade inflation?
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The degree you are awarded depends on your provider's choice of algorithm. Susan Smith and Neil Sutherland wonder whether this is fair The post Do degree classification algorithms fuel grade inflation? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Bay Path University to acquire Cambridge College
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The deal will bring together two Massachusetts-based institutions focused on career education and adult learners.
There is still an unacceptable gap in employment outcomes for disabled graduates
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
New research from AGCAS and Shaw Trust on the experiences of disabled graduates finds persisting causes for concern. Claire Toogood and Alona De Havilland explain The post There is still an unacceptable gap in employment outcomes for disabled graduates appeared first on Wonkhe.
Congressman seeks to block Labor Department’s new overtime rule
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The bill is just one example of the pushback the agency has received since it released the proposal, which could have major impacts for colleges.
Five themes in five years for Wales’ new regulator
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Paul Boyle examines the new strategic priorities set by the Welsh government for the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research The post Five themes in five years for Wales’ new regulator appeared first on Wonkhe.
Pennsylvania colleges would be ‘equal partners’ under new system, governor’s office says
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
An 11-page report offers new details about Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan to unite the state’s university system and community colleges.
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Students & lawyers await clarity on UK Skilled Worker visa salary threshold
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Haziness around the UK skilled worker visa salary threshold is leading to concern from both students and lawyers, The PIE understands. There was concern when the UK Home Secretary announced that the skilled worker visa’s minimum salary threshold would be upped from £26,200 per year to £38,700 per year for those not on the Immigration Salary List – a salary many have described as difficult to obtain.
Transfers on the Rise
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Transfers on the Rise Sara Weissman Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM A new report shows the number of students transferring grew last fall, especially among disadvantaged groups, a tentatively hopeful sign to higher ed experts.
Community college students are returning to four-year institutions, up nearly 8% since last year
University Business
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
State and nationwide efforts to tackle student equity and close the gap on access and affordability for all students have cost millions of dollars and have required mass coordination between higher ed stakeholders. The latest enrollment figures for upward transfer students from two-year institutions to four-year institutions illustrate impressive vital signs that their efforts are working.
JSTOR's Digital Archives Now Reach Over Half a Million Incarcerated Learners
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
More than half a million incarcerated people can now access scholarly materials and texts online via digital library JSTOR’s expansion of its availability in U.S. prisons. Stacy Burnett What was once a small effort available to approximately 20 carceral sites has now grown its reach to be available to more than 1,000, said Stacy Burnett, senior product manager for JSTOR’s parent company, ITHAKA.
Policy changes hitting appeal of study destinations
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
A third of prospective students are “open to reconsidering” their preferred study destinations following policy changes in a number of key countries, new research has shown. The Voice of the International Student Pulse Survey from IDP Education found that the US has been the “ largest beneficiary” of changes in student sentiment.
Dr. Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude, The College of New Jersey
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude is professor of African American studies and sociology and anthropology at The College of New Jersey. Brown-Glaude is the former chair of the Department of African American Studies, where she spearheaded the development of its major. She researches race, gender, and informal economies in the Anglophone Caribbean. As an author and co-author, she has written several articles and books including Higglers in Kingston: Women’s Informal Work in Jamaica , The Toni Morrison Bo
Could Institutional Policies on Generative AI Hold Back Its Transformative Potential?
Campus Technology
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
We spoke with OER advocate David Wiley about why generative AI is the logical successor to OER, AI's impact on instructional design, exciting AI developments on the horizon, and why it's too early for universities to write policies for generative AI usage.
LAKIA M. SCOTT
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Dr. Lakia M. Scott Lakia M. Scott has been appointed assistant provost for faculty development and diversity at Yale University. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in communications at Texas Southern University, an M. Ed. in curriculum and instruction at Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph. D. in curriculum and instruction at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Private Colleges Hope New Speech Policies Will Keep the Peace
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
By Maggie Hicks Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images The policies are intended to keep students safe while still allowing protests, but experts warn they'll have a chilling effect.
Mississippi Bill Would Mandate 3 College Closures
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
A new bill in the Mississippi Legislature aims to close three state universities. The legislation—Senate Bill 2726—doesn’t specify the three, deferring that decision to the Institutions of Higher Learning, which oversees the state’s eight public universities. If the bill passes, IHL will have until June 30, 2025, to select them, with closure mandated by 2028.
This startup trailblazer believes these 5 trends will shape the future of education
University Business
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Education leaders ready to leap into the next generation of education that fully embraces digital modalities aren’t waiting around for our current institutions to get it together. Instead, they’re building their own schools that they see better fall in line with 21st-century students and match their needs. OpenAI mastermind Sam Altman and social media pioneer Jason Citron are just a few A-list investors backing Campus, a completely online community college reimagining the two-year ex
Student immigration restrictions will damage UK economy, universities say
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
With a third fewer students enrolling, university leaders accuse ministers of wanting to ‘diminish our success’ Immigration restrictions imposed on international students threaten to damage the UK economy, according to university leaders, with the number enrolling from overseas falling by a third. Universities UK ( UUK ), which represents mainstream universities and colleges, said the government’s new curbs, coupled with steep visa fee increases and threats to cut back on graduate work entitleme
Saint Augustine's Plans Lawsuit After Denied Accreditation Appeal
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, plans to seek an injunction following its lost appeal to retain accreditation through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The commission’s appeals committee, on Feb. 27, upheld a decision to revoke accreditation for the historically Black university and deny an extension of “Probation for Good Cause” until December 2025.
There Are More Good Jobs in Rural America Than It Might Seem. That's Bad News for Colleges.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
By Lee Gardner iStock A new report helps explain colleges' steep drop in enrollment and why more teenagers say a degree isn't worth it.
Transfer Enrollments Increased Fall 2023
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
In fall of 2023, 5.3% more students than the previous year were able to successfully transfer to a new institution. That’s according to the latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit studying data from a majority of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. While overall enrollments are still down (with about 100,000 students missing from community college since the start of the pandemic), the data show that student mobility has increased, particularly transf
Social Media Listening Tips to Guide Your School Towards Success
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Reading Time: 9 minutes As social media evolves, how students, parents, and the community communicate and share feedback about educational experiences is also changing. This year, for example, we will see a growing reliance on social media platforms for customer service and as valuable sources for school and program reviews. Schools must adapt their social listening strategies to these new dynamics.
ACE Names 26 Emerging Higher Education Leaders
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The American Council on Education (ACE) selected 26 emerging college and university leaders for the 2024-25 class of the ACE Fellows Program. “For decades, the ACE Fellows Program has played a crucial role in developing a pipeline of skilled, agile, and diverse leaders who advance and invigorate higher education,” said ACE President Ted Mitchell. The ACE Fellows Program boasts having strengthened institutions in American higher education since its 1965 inception.
Lawmakers Side With Universities Against Proposal That Could ‘Chill’ Research Partnerships
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Lawmakers Side With Universities Against Proposal That Could ‘Chill’ Research Partnerships kathryn.palmer… Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM The National Institute of Standards and Technology is considering allowing government agencies to seize patents of high-priced, federally funded inventions.
$68M Investment at Notre Dame Aims at Mental Health Crisis
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The University of Notre Dame has brought together a coalition of benefactors, foundations, and other funders who have committed more than $68 million to address mental health and expand access to care. The university announced the investment is expected to fund a new Veldman Family Psychology Clinic — which will develop scalable, evidence-based solutions in childhood trauma, suicide prevention, and substance use — and help mitigate the shortage of mental health professionals.
Distinctive Funding Challenges for Rural Regional Colleges
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Distinctive Funding Challenges for Rural Regional Colleges jessica.blake@… Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM The presidents of three public colleges in Colorado have banded together, asking state legislators for additional funds to help offset the challenges of being small and isolated.
“Speculation” on student rhetoric “comes at a cost” in UK – new analysis
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
New analysis demonstrating the “extraordinary” contribution international students make to the UK economy – and students’ appetite to look elsewhere – shows “speculation comes at a cost”, a key stakeholder has said. Universities UK has compiled both new and already available data on the graduate route, international student numbers and public sentiment around them in the UK.
New Jersey City University Continues Financial Recovery After 2022 Fiscal Crisis
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Twenty months ago, in June of 2022, New Jersey City University (NJCU) declared a financial crisis. Andrés Acebo Its then-President Dr. Sue Henderson announced that she’d be stepping down. It was predicted that the public Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) would face a structural operating deficit of over $22 million, a forecast that officials worried would hurt enrollment and other aspects of the school.
City St. George’s merger to create “powerhouse”
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
A London medical school has signed a merger agreement with one of the capital’s leading universities, bidding to create a “world-class institution”. City St George’s, which combines City, University of London and St. George’s medical school, will begin operating from August 1, 2024, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. City’s current president, Anthony Finkelstein, will remain president of the combined university which will become one of London’s largest education destinations and supp
Black, Hispanic Students More Likely to Drop Out
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Black and Hispanic students are more likely than their peers to consider dropping out of college, according to a Gallup and Lumina Foundation survey of current students conducted last fall. The most common reasons they gave for stopping coursework were emotional stress and personal mental health, followed by cost.
NCUK reveals ‘pioneering’ pathway in Saudi
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Pathway provider NCUK has announced a new in-country offer in the capital of Saudi Arabia, in partnership with Advanced Learning Academy. It is being hailed as a major milestone for NCUK, with the provider now offering its in-country pathway provision in 40 markets worldwide. “Our university pathway programs will allow students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to undertake a foundation year program much closer to home, equipping them with the required skills to succeed whilst fully supportin
Bay Path University, Cambridge College Plan to Merge
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Bay Path University, in western Massachusetts, has agreed to acquire Boston-based Cambridge College, the two institutions announced Tuesday.
FIRE: Gov. Ron DeSantis must veto social media censorship bill
FIRE
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression urges Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto HB 1, a social media censorship bill that violates the First Amendment rights of all Floridians.
Like a Good Student, AI Is Getting Smarter
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Like a Good Student, AI Is Getting Smarter jdimaggio@upcea.edu Wed, 02/28/2024 - 03:00 AM Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT-4, Gemini Advanced and their competition now have more features than the versions we used just a year ago.
How HBCUs and Cisco Are Partnering to Provide Opportunities and Advancement for Students
Cisco blogs - Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played a critical role in higher education in the United States.
University of Georgia announces $7.3 million in campus security upgrades
University Business
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The University of Georgia on Tuesday said it has committed more than $7.3 million on new safety measures, including emergency call boxes and a bigger police budget, following the death of Laken Riley, who was killed on the Athens campus last week. UGA President Jere Morehead said he met with campus law enforcement officials Tuesday morning to hear their recommendations and approved each one.
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