Wonkhe
JULY 3, 2023
Next academic year will see new data available on students with parental responsibilities. Let’s not waste this chance to support them, urges Andrea Todd The post New UCAS data is a great opportunity to support student parents appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
In negotiating accommodations, we need more communication and less suspicion. By Katie Rose Guest Pryal Anuj Shrestha for The Chronicle In negotiating accommodations, we need more communication and less suspicion.
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Wonkhe
JULY 3, 2023
Adam Tickell, vice chancellor and principal of the University of Birmingham and chair of the Employers Pension Forum, welcomes the prospect of reduced contributions to USS for staff and employers The post Steering USS through calmer waters appeared first on Wonkhe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy will become the first woman president of Wayne State University, effective Aug. 1. Dr. Kimberly Andrews Espy Espy – a licensed clinical psychologist – is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Previously, she was senior vice president for research at the University of Arizona; vice president for research and innovation and dean of the graduate school at the University of Oregon; and faculty at S
The PIE News
JULY 3, 2023
British qualifications provider NCC Education is expanding its footprint in Africa adding a new qualifications partner study centre in the continent’s biggest source of international students, Nigeria. The company is opening its 11th partner study centre in Nigeria in partnership with a local college PEFTI Film Institute. The new centre is one of the dozens it has accredited in Africa and one of over 200 across the world that offer accord UK qualifications to students, providing both distance a
The Guardian - Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
All 24 Russell Group universities have reviewed their academic conduct policies and guidance UK universities have drawn up a set of guiding principles to ensure that students and staff are AI literate, as the sector struggles to adapt teaching and assessment methods to deal with the growing use of generative artificial intelligence. Vice-chancellors at the 24 Russell Group research-intensive universities have signed up to the code.
The PIE News
JULY 3, 2023
At least 80% of institutions in the US are seeing increasing or levelled out demand in both outbound and inbound study in 2023/24, according to IIE’s spring snapshot. IIE ’s head of research, evaluation and learning Mirka Martel presented the findings that 89% of the 527 institutions surveyed had rising or levelling application rates for international admissions for the next academic year.
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The PIE News
JULY 3, 2023
Key stakeholders in the UK’s “crowded and complex” international student recruitment ecosystem need more support if the UK is to strengthen its global position in the study abroad segment, a British Council report has found. The report , which aims to give “a pioneering overview” of the different channels through which international students enter UK undergraduate education, found that in 2021/22, almost half (46%) of all applicants submitted individual applications
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
By Emma Hall Hundreds of thousands of incarcerated students became eligible for Pell Grants on July 1. Experts point colleges toward a set of best practices.
The PIE News
JULY 3, 2023
International Foundation Programmes have become a key part of any university international recruitment strategy and significant business for a range of private education companies who have partnered with universities to recruit students and prepare them for degree study. While running pre-undergraduate and pre-postgraduate programs for a UK university consortium over two decades ago in China, we asked the question then of whether we’d reached the peak.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
James Curbeam James Curbeam has been named director of enterprise risk management at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Curbeam served as director of risk management for Baltimore County Public Schools. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Creighton University in Omaha and an Executive MBA from the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
From abolishing tuition fees to raising income tax for top earners, several pledges have been reversed Winning is more important than party unity, Keir Starmer declared at his first in-person party conference in 2021. The Labour leader is undeniably ambitious and has made it clear he will do whatever it takes to whip the party into governing shape, even dropping a number of policy and party pledges.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
The Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has concluded its investigation into a Montgomery College professor accused of sexually harassing multiple female students, Fox 5 reported. "We appreciate the thorough investigation conducted by the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights in regards to this matter. The College fully supports the determinations and resolutions outlined in its final report, made public this week," a Montgomery spokesperson said.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
Pay cuts are just one factor: working conditions are also getting worse and that’s bad for both staff and students Since late April, staff at 145 UK universities have been refusing to mark students’ work. The marking and assessment boycott is the most recent action by the University and College Union (UCU), which represents academics and other university staff.
Caylor Solutions
JULY 3, 2023
One of the scariest parts of higher ed marketing is talking about higher education tuition costs. Here are some guidelines for navigating this difficult topic. The post Marketing Higher Education Tuition appeared first on Caylor Solutions.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
University of Rochester, a private research university in New York, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit last week against Rochester University, a Christian college in Michigan, over its recent name change. The New York university is asking the judge to block Rochester University from using its name, which it adopted in 2019. It previously was known as Rochester College, and it was originally opened in 1959 under the name North Central Christian College.
Academe Blog
JULY 3, 2023
BY MARK S. JAMES One of the most discussed passages from the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on affirmative action comes at the very end.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
Not all mergers are the correct tactic, at least as proposed. As a former member of the SACSCOC trustee board, I do recall how hard and carefully the accrediting staff worked with institutional leaders to ensure the assessments made were fair, considered the students, and were the right decision. When we were merging institutions in Georgia a decade ago, few of us had any experience with consolidating colleges and universities.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
More than half of all college students in the U.S. are first-generation college students, according to recent findings from Forbes Advisor. Sarah E. Whitley First-generation college students – defined in the report as students whose parents are without four-year college degrees – make up 56% of the nation’s postsecondary students, the report found. These students are distinct in other ways as well.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 3, 2023
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against President Biden’s student debt relief program, his administration is still putting forth other efforts to support borrowers. President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona These efforts come in the form of a rulemaking process for an alternative path to debt relief; a new repayment plan ; and a 12-month repayment “on-ramp” – Oct. 1, 2023 to Sep. 30, 2024 – so that borrowers who miss monthly payments during this period are not consid
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