University of Redlands scoops up graduate school to add to San Francisco-area campus
Higher Ed Dive
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The acquisition comes because Presidio Graduate School sought a merger partner after deciding it would need one or face closure.
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Analysis: Higher ed costs haven’t been this high since 2008
University Business
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Each year, the Commonfund Higher Education Price Index provides a snapshot of colleges’ expenses. And according to this year’s data, costs have risen across the board. Based on the report, inflation for U.S. higher education institutions rose 5.2% in the fiscal year 2022, which indicates a drastic increase since the previous year’s 2.7% rate.
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Historically Black Colleges, Family Sacrifices, and the American Dream
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Dr. Alvin Schexnider's father, Alfred Schexnider, and mother, Ruth Mayfield Schexnider. After four years of effort, Dr. Alvin Schexnider has put the finishing touches on his latest book. This time, he turned the lens inward. “It’s important to know from whence we came,” said Schexnider, former chancellor of Winston-Salem University and author of Saving Black Colleges.
Holiday stress: 7 reasons students don’t feel merry and bright about winter break
University Business
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Here’s a big winter break paradox: A holiday stress survey finds that most students feel supported—and also stressed out—by their families. Eight in 10 college students say that spending winter break at home will improve their mental health. But half also say they are stressed or anxious about seeing family during the holidays, according to a new national survey of more than 1,200 college students by TimelyMD , a telehealth provider.
IBM Expands Partnership with HBCUs to Create Future Cybersecurity Workers
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The partnership between IBM and historically Black colleges and universities has expanded to include a total of 20 institutions where Cybersecurity Leadership Centers will be established. IBM announced the first six leadership centers in May, then revealed a second round of partner institutions in the fall. The full lineup includes a total of 20 HBCUs in 11 different states that will co-create the centers to “create talent for employers and opportunities for students,” the company says.
Consider faculty labor in student success efforts (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
I was pleased to wake up one morning last week to find Steven Mintz’s blog post for Inside Higher Ed “ The F Word ” awaiting me in my inbox. The piece argues forcefully for the need to place faculty at the forefront of the student success movement. Given that faculty are in charge of instruction, curriculum design and mentoring, it’s hard to imagine how we can accomplish anything like the transformation in higher education that the current focus on student success will re
UNCF Receives $1 Million from FanDuel Group to Support Maryland HBCU Students
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has received $1 million to support students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Maryland. Christian Genetski The funds – from online gambling company FanDuel Group – are meant to help students with education-related expenses such as technology, housing, food security, and tuition. Maryland's four HBCUs are Morgan State University, Bowie State University, Coppin State University, and University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.
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Claudine Gay to become first Black president of Harvard
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Image: Harvard University announced its 30th president Thursday, drawing from within to hire Claudine Gay, the first Black president in the institution’s nearly 400-year history. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Gay will officially assume the position next summer. Gay, currently the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was hired after a search that began in July to replace Lawrence S.
Why HBCUs Need Campus Abolition (And The Rest of Y’all Too)
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
By Charles H.F. Davis III, Jarell Skinner-Roy, and Brandy Jones Yesterday morning, Leila Hamoud, a Black woman undergraduate, was arrested in her classroom at Winston - Salem State University (WSSU) by university police officers. Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III An unidentified staff member—who was not directly involved in the incident according to news reports—called campus police in response to an argument between the student and her professor at the professor’s request.
Campus Technology 2022 New Product Award Winners Announced
Campus Technology
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The awards honor the outstanding product development achievements of manufacturers and suppliers whose products or services are considered to be particularly noteworthy in the transformation of education technology.
E-scooters spark safety concerns across campuses
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Image: Scooters, hoverboards and other battery-powered devices have become favored modes of transportation for getting students quickly across sometimes sprawling campuses, but critics say the micromobility devices have become so ubiquitous—and are often driven so recklessly—that they pose a safety hazard to pedestrians as well as the students and others using them.
I Would Have Cheated in College Using ChatGPT
eLiterate
DECEMBER 16, 2022
As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. This one will be listed under the “ AI/ML ” “ third-wave EdTech ,” and “ future of work ” tags.
JAMESE SIMS
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Jamese Sims has been named deputy director of the Northern Gulf Institute and strategic advisor for federal partnerships at Mississippi State University Jamese Sims has been named deputy director of the Northern Gulf Institute and strategic advisor for federal partnerships at Mississippi State University. Sims earned a bachelor’s degree in meteorology from Jackson State University and a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
A letter of support and solidarity to Black women in academe (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Category: Conditionally Accepted Know that while you may be the only one in your program or school, or on your campus, you are not alone, writes Tia Sherèe Gaynor. Section: Diversity Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?: Disable left side advertisement?
University of Vermont Receives $9.3 Million for Institute to Assist Rural Communities
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The University of Vermont has received $9.3 million, which it will use to create an institute to help Vermont’s rural communities amid climate change and population shifts. The Institute for Rural Partnerships – established with funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture – will start immediately. The effort was led by U.S.
Harnessing the power of technology on the Pacific Islands
Cisco blogs - Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia) represent some of the most remote and isolated communities in the world. Comprising approximately 30,000 islands, the region is also one of the most exposed to the impacts of climate change and the digital divide. Cisco is determined to play a small part in helping the Pacific Islands combat challenges related to digital skills development and sustainability through the Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) program.
Staffing Woes Continue at Community Colleges, Stalling Their Pandemic Recovery
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
By Megan Zahneis. Chronicle illustration. Two-year institutions had 13 percent fewer employees in 2022 than in 2020, a new analysis shows.
Fewer transitions to PR in Australia and October data indicates steady recovery
The PIE News
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The number of students arriving in Australia in October this year was 43.6% lower than pre-Covid figures for the same month in 2019, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown. In October of this year, 28,690 international students arrived in the country. Universities Australia described the figures as “good news” as they “confirm international students are steadily returning to Australia’s world-class universities” Earlier this year, the 49,340 internati
How AI and other technology will fix value leakage in higher education
University Business
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The Biden administration’s recent decision to forgive as much as $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower is, in some ways, an admission that our country’s system of higher education is failing to live up to its promise. With millions in debt and little to show for it, the sentiment is being echoed across the United States. About two-thirds of students say college is not worth the cost.
University of California Reaches Tentative Contract Deal with Striking Academic Workers
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
By Katherine Mangan. The agreement, if ratified, could bring an end to a monthlong work stoppage that has paralyzed the 10-campus system.
AI Unleashed
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I, like you, have no doubt asked ChatGPT, the open AI-powered text generator, to respond to some questions and been dazzled by the results. I asked ChatGPT to draft syllabi for two of my upcoming courses to see how its recommendations differ from my own course outlines. I found the results thought-provoking. The application suggested topics as well as books and articles that I hadn’t thought of.
How Higher Ed IT Can Stay Fully Staffed During the ‘Great Resignation’
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Managing understaffed teams and improving worker retention have been on the minds of higher education leaders for years. Even before the widespread challenges experienced during the “great resignation,” college and university employees were generally overworked, aging and underpaid. That’s led to a spate of resignations, and even as recently as May 2022, more than half of employees who have stayed on the job in higher ed reported they were considering their exit strategies.
Keeping Students Engaged With a Bingeable Class
Today's Learner
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Reading Time: 5 minutes Diantha Ellis is Associate Professor of Business in the Stafford School of Business of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Why is it so easy to binge a show like The Witcher , but so hard to keep students focused throughout class? The two are roughly the same length of time, give or take a few minutes. Yet, you can sense the rising anticipation that class is almost over as your students surreptitiously (or openly) prepare to leave while the clock approaches the fifty-mi
Iraq’s first int’l campus to open next year
The PIE News
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Iraq’s first international campus is set to open to students next year in the country’s Kurdistan region. Construction has begun on the new British International University in Erbil. The institution will offer University of London degree programs when it opens in September 2023. Students will be able to enrol in courses including Business, Management and Computer Science, with additional subjects on offer from 2024. .
Wi-Fi 6E: What Higher Ed IT Needs to Know
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
The world of Wi-Fi is again changing, and the most recent news is Wi-Fi 6E. Higher education has always been in the lead on Wi-Fi adoption, so it’s natural to look at this newest development. What Is Wi-Fi 6E and When Can I Have It? From a technology point of view, Wi-Fi 6E is the same as Wi-Fi 6: a high-speed wireless LAN with peak individual speeds of about 1 gigabit per second for normal clients (such as laptop computers).
LRN signs new agreement in Pakistan
The PIE News
DECEMBER 16, 2022
UK-based awarding organisation Learning Resource Network has signed an agreement in Pakistan that could see its qualifications reach more than 5,000 candidates in the country within the next year. A partnership with Centre for Emerging Studies and iLearn, as well as with the Defence Housing Authority College and School System – owned by the Pakistani army – comes after LRN partnered with Extreme Commerce Magna Carta College in Karachi in 2021.
Mother and Son Die in Possible Murder-Suicide at UC Irvine
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
A 36-year-old man threw his 77-year-old mother off the roof of a building at the University of California, Irvine, on Tuesday afternoon, before jumping from the structure himself, according to the Irvine Police Department. The bodies were found in the university’s Social Science Plaza. The police are investigating the incident as a murder-suicide.
Beverly Sand obituary
The Guardian - Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
My wife, Beverly Sand, who has died aged 76, will be remembered as a committed and fiercely intelligent advocate for widening access to learning opportunities for those failed by their earlier experiences of the education system. Born in Barking, Essex, to Bob Sand, a hairdresser, and Stella (nee Schneider), an administrative officer, Bev grew up on the then new Harold Hill estate, near Romford, though the family traced its English roots to the Jewish community in the East End of London.
New Jersey City University to Cut 30 Jobs
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
New Jersey City University, reeling from a financial collapse , will lay off 30 professors in an effort to cut $12 million in expenses from its 2022–23 operating budget, the Jersey Journal reported. NJCU will also eliminate 37 percent of its 171 academic programs, the newspaper reported. The state institution has faced scrutiny from the governor’s office and others after reportedly going from a surplus of $108 million in 2013 to a deficit of $67 million.
This New Jersey university is laying off 30 professors, eliminating 37% of academic programs
University Business
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Cash-strapped New Jersey City University is taking a sharpened axe to its list of academic programs and roster of professors, The Jersey Journal has learned. In an effort to cut more than $12 million in expenses to balance its 2022-23 operating budget, university officials announced they’re eliminating 37% of its 171 academic programs and laying off 30 tenured professors.
The Equity/Excellence Imperative in Undergraduate Education
Higher Education Today
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Title: The Equity/Excellence Imperative: A 2030 Blueprint for Undergraduate Education at U.S. Research Universities Author: The Boyer 2030 Commission Source: Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities Research institutions have long been known as places for transformative learning that contribute to the public good. With present societal challenges, research universities can position themselves as catalysts.
College Viability podcasts: This Week in College Viability
College Viability
DECEMBER 16, 2022
As another resource for students, parents, college leaders and other higher education stakeholders, I produce short podcasts on a variety of topics related to comparing the financial health and viability of colleges.
Streamlining the Transfer of Credit Process
Higher Education Today
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Title: Holistic Credit Mobility: Centering Learning in Credential Completion Authors: Sarah Pingel, Chau-Fang Lin, Martin Kurzweil Source: Ithaka S+R Highly mobile students (students who experience multiple entries or withdrawal points at one or multiple institutions) face degree completion barriers regarding the transfer and acceptance of credentials due to inconsistent institutional and state policies, according to.
Arrest of Student in Class Roils Winston-Salem State
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
A student was arrested in a class at Winston-Salem State University after a conflict with a faculty member. The arrest, which was videotaped and shared on social media, has prompted much criticism of the university. The Winston-Salem Journal said Chancellor Elwood Robinson issued a statement in which he said he understands the situation “has caused a great deal of trauma to those involved and our campus community at large.
For Profit College Are The Most Likely To Close Without Warning - Edward Conroy, Forbes
Economics and Change in Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Colleges don’t close without warning every day, but it happens more often than you might expect. Crucially, for-profit colleges are far more likely to close without warning than other types of institutions. When colleges close abruptly, it leaves students scrambling to figure out how to continue their education. Unfortunately, many students who experience their college closing never complete their degrees.
2 Appeals Courts Uphold Prior Sexual Assault Rulings
Inside Higher Ed
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Two different federal appeals courts largely upheld lower court rulings related to college sexual assault cases this week. The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected a request from Ohio State University that was a last-ditch effort to have lawsuits filed by the sexual abuse victims of Richard Strauss, a former OSU doctor, thrown out.
Can a National Marketing Campaign Change the Souring Conversation About College?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
DECEMBER 16, 2022
By Francie Diep. Higher ed has an image problem.
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