Wed.Sep 28, 2022

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Announcing a Contest for Best Personal Academic Websites You Should Enter!

The Academic Designer

Enter to win an award in the 2022 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest!

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New Coursera survey shows high demand for industry microcredentials from students and employers in tight labor market

Coursera blog

By Scott Shireman, Global Head of Coursera for Campus. In a competitive and fast-changing labor market, employers increasingly expect their entry-level talent to join their workforce already equipped with job-relevant skills and hands-on experience. At the same time, university-age students and their parents are thinking more critically about the ROI of traditional three and four-year degree programs: most notably, whether they will secure a job after graduation.

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Fun and games – nurturing students’ ‘being’

SRHE

by Lucy Gill-Simmen and Laura Chamberlain. It is widely known that skills required by employers today are focused less on discipline specific skills and more on personal skills (also referred to as soft skills or human skills). For example, relatively recently, Tracy Brower in Forbes declared empathy to be the most important leadership skill. Other reports, such as those from the World Economic F orum and OECD , cite skills such as critical thinking, creativity, resilience, self-awareness and em

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How to Leverage WhatsApp for Education

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 9 minutes Today, instant messaging platforms are capturing the time and attention of students all over the world, and WhatsApp is a key player. Around the world, WhatsApp is the default channel for personal communication, offering features such as group chats, video and audio messaging, and graphics. And the best part? Your school can get on board with this service to communicate with prospective students. .

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Othot Trends To-Date

Liaison International

In the latest version of the Othot Trends Report, you will get an inside look at our mid-year enrollment data, see the latest deposit numbers and summer melt trends for partners using advanced analytics, and discover what it means for the fall term. . At a glance, the Othot Trends Report explores: . Overall deposit trends and how they have changed over time Deposit trends in public vs. private institutions Melt trends in public vs. private institutions What the data means for 2022-2023 Enrollme

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VMI administrators bully student newspaper over unflattering coverage

FIRE

Reported infighting between VMI administration and staff at The Cadet student newspaper has led to disputes regarding the paper’s status and distribution.

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Most students think UK universities protect free speech, survey finds

The Guardian - Higher Education

King’s College London finds 65% believe campuses places of ‘robust debate’ – but growing number disagrees Most UK students say their universities are places of free speech and debate – although a growing number are aware of free speech being restricted on campus, a study published by King’s College London has found. The analysis, by KCL’s Policy Institute , found that 65% of students agreed that “free speech and robust debate are well protected in my university”, a higher proportion than the 63%