Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
The regulator for England’s higher education providers is expecting some extreme measures if all institutions are to avoid insolvency. Debbie McVitty has the lowdown The post OfS assessment of university finances warns of need for structural change to stave off risks of provider collapse appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 16, 2024
President Mike Lee is under review for his handling of negotiations with pro-Palestinian activists, the California State University system said.
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Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
It was a bad year - what does it look like in retrospect. David Kernohan plots the provider level HESA Finance data from 2022-23 The post HESA Spring 2024: Financial data appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 16, 2024
The Ivy League institution is overhauling infrastructure to improve efficiency. But there are other ways to lighten a campus’s environmental impact.
Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
The OfS has been modelling the impact of various recruitment scenarios. David Kernohan built a dashboard, so now you can do it for your provider too The post Modelling the financial impact of recruitment variation appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 16, 2024
The agency has unlawfully expanded Title VII to include “all transgender-related employment issues,” the states argued.
Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
As part of a project on the lack of ethnic diversity in university leadership, Monika Nangia asked professional services colleagues to share their stories. Here’s what they said The post Lack of diversity in professional services leadership continues to be a problem appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
This week on the podcast the Migration Advisory Committee’s review of the Graduate route is here - how will the government respond? The post Podcast: Graduate route, sector finances appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
It's time to retire skepticism around the value of a degree. By Phillip Levine and Luke Pardue Sam Kalda for The Chronicle It's time to retire skepticism around the value of a degree.
Wonkhe
MAY 16, 2024
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag is full of gowns, hoods and hats The post Higher education postcard: Encaenia appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
Belmont University Permits Hiring Interfaith Faculty Sara Weissman Thu, 05/16/2024 - 03:00 AM The faith-based university in Tennessee has taken another step away from its longstanding tradition of hiring only Christian professors. Existing faculty are expected to have mixed reactions.
The Berkeley Blog
MAY 16, 2024
UC Berkeley faculty are fast-tracking the development of new and creative climate solutions. The post Berkeley’s ecosystem of innovation, entrepreneurship combats climate change appeared first on Berkeley News.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
New College Classification Will Measure Socioeconomic Mobility Doug Lederman Thu, 05/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Proposed changes to Carnegie Classification would categorize institutions based on their enrollment of low-income and minoritized students and learners’ post-college earnings.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
While historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have received remarkable investments over the past few years, leaders with the nonpartisan, nonprofit United Negro College Fund are urging more can be done. Lodriguez Murray “HBCUs have been chronically underfunded, systematically, since inception,” said UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: Philosophically Different, Politically the Same jessica.blake@… Thu, 05/16/2024 - 03:00 AM Benjamin Ginsberg, a scholar of American politics, Jewish history and higher education policy, explores recent campus protests and the “endlessly debated” line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Some members of the faculty at Columbia University have lodged a vote of no-confidence for the university’s president, Dr. Minouche Shafik. Dr. Minouche Shafik Those participating in the vote and members of the Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have expressed concern with the university’s response to antiwar protests and encampments in April.
The Berkeley Blog
MAY 16, 2024
A new incubator on the west side of campus will provide resources and support to entrepreneurs in renewable energy and clean technology. The post Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub: Berkeley’s new home for climate innovation appeared first on Berkeley News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Dr. Mike Lee California State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel. The action comes amid nationwide antiwar protests and concerns for upholding student and faculty rights to speech and assembly alongside ensuring their safety and security.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
A slate of public colleges and universities in Georgia will begin requiring standardized test scores on applications again after the state’s Board of Regents voted on the matter Tuesday. Though the board oversees the entire 28-campus University of Georgia System, only seven will require test scores: Augusta University, the University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia College and State University, Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University and Kennesaw State Universi
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Dr. Leonard E. Egede Leonard E. Egede has been named chair of the Department of Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. He served as chief of the Division of Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and director of its Center for Advancing Population Science. Egede holds a master’s from the Medical University of South Carolina and a medical degree from the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
Faculty Focus
MAY 16, 2024
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 1, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Nearly all dedicated NPR listeners have had the experience of sitting in their car with the radio on after arriving at their destination simply because they could not tear themselves away from a fascinating segment. By contrast, most online students have had the experience of suffering through boring course content that produces little knowledge retention.
The PIE News
MAY 16, 2024
After the announcement of a draft framework outlining a “soft cap” on international students, the education minister Jason Clare formally introduced a bill to parliament on May 16. Amendments were proposed to the Education Services for Overseas Students Act, which would give the government broader powers over the activities of agents and their interactions with providers in Australia.
Campus Technology
MAY 16, 2024
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is partnering with OpenStax, the Rice University-based publisher of free, open educational resources, as part of the National Science Foundation-funded SafeInsights project.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Nicole Winget Nicole Winget has been named dean of Campbell University’s Adult & Online Education Program. Winget, who served as interim dean, holds a J.D. from Ohio Northern University College of Law.
The PIE News
MAY 16, 2024
A national standardised exam that operates in Korea is being increasingly embraced on an international level – and could help the country boost the number of its students studying abroad. The College Scholastic Aptitude Test is the country’s standardised test to “evaluate academic prowess and subject-specific expertise” – but not in the same way that the SATs or A-Levels do.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
A Shakespeare scholar and a Freudian analyst put their heads together, with mixed results. By Katie Kadue Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock A Shakespeare scholar and a Freudian analyst put their heads together, with mixed results.
Coursera blog
MAY 16, 2024
In collaboration with Women In Cloud, Microsoft will award more than 5,000 scholarships by 2025 for all official Microsoft programs on Coursera By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today, we’re thrilled to announce that three new entry-level Professional Certificates are now available from Microsoft: IT Support Specialist , Cloud Support Associate and Business Analyst.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Dr. Barbara Bird Barbara Bird has been named director of the Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Center at Ohio Wesleyan University. Bird served as dean of faculty development and director of the Bedi Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Taylor University. Bird holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Taylor as well as a master’s in English and a Ph.D. in composition and rhetoric from Ball State University.
Campus Technology
MAY 16, 2024
Google is fine-tuning its various generative AI technologies to meet the needs of educators, the company revealed at its Google I/O conference.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Dr. Mike Lee California State University Sonoma President Dr. Mike Lee retired on Friday after he was placed on administrative leave after he agreed to protesters’ demands to involve them in university decision-making and pursue divestment from Israel. The action comes amid nationwide antiwar protests and concerns for upholding student and faculty rights to speech and assembly alongside ensuring their safety and security.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
The University of Washington and a union representing academic student employees there reached a tentative agreement Tuesday night, ending a strike after just one day. The union, UAW Local 4121, noted in a news release Wednesday that the deal includes a 36 percent base salary increase over three years, “the largest raises the bargaining unit has ever won in a contract.
The PIE News
MAY 16, 2024
Business & Management masters are the most sought-after programs of international students in the US, a new report by Studyportals has revealed. India has surpassed China to become the largest source country at US graduate level, according to the Recruiting for Key Disciplines in the US report. As policies restricting international student inflows take hold in Canada , Australia and the UK , “there is ample room for the international student population to grow” in the US, it said.
Faculty Focus
MAY 16, 2024
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 1, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Nearly all dedicated NPR listeners have had the experience of sitting in their car with the radio on after arriving at their destination simply because they could not tear themselves away from a fascinating segment. By contrast, most online students have had the experience of suffering through boring course content that produces little knowledge retention.
The PIE News
MAY 16, 2024
The European Union’s tenth program for research and innovation must take a long-term view beyond current geopolitical challenges and continue to collaborate openly with non-EU partners, the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities has said. As the EU embarks on negotiations about its tenth framework program for R&I to succeed Horizon Europe in 2028, the Guild has warned that FP10, as it’s alternatively known, must secure enough funding (upwards of €200 billion) and must find
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 16, 2024
The U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee wants the University of California, Los Angeles, to turn over a batch of documents ahead of next week’s hearing about campus antisemitism.
The Guardian - Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Analysis by Office for Students says increasing number will need to make significant changes to their funding model An increasing number of universities in England face “a material risk of closure” unless they dramatically cut costs or merge over the next few years, according to the higher education regulator’s annual health check. The report by the Office for Students (OfS) paints a bleak picture of universities overreliant on international students to plug the gaps left by the declining income
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 16, 2024
Serious times call for serious leaders. But every administrator must guard against doom-and-gloom messaging. By David D. Perlmutter Serious times call for serious leaders. But every administrator must guard against doom-and-gloom messaging.
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