Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
An anti-Zionist academic has won a tribunal case against the University of Bristol, finding direct discrimination and unfair and wrongful dismissal. Jim Dickinson explains the judgement The post David Miller wins tribunal case against the University of Bristol appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Higher education leaders won’t meet the moment if their virtual courses merely replicate face-to-face learning, Western Governors University’s leader says.
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Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
An anti-Zionist academic has won a tribunal case against the the University of Bristol, finding direct discrimination and unfair and wrongful dismissal. Jim Dickinson explains the judgement The post David Miller wins tribunal case against the Open University appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The effort aims to smooth the so-far bumpy debut of the new form, which has been hampered by delays and glitches.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Anna ford argues that in showing what universities can do on climate change, they can push other countries to start making changes The post On climate, UK universities are leading where the government is trailing appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Data suggested that high-achieving but less-advantaged students were withholding scores that would have benefited them, researchers found.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Fallout From a FAFSA Fiasco Liam Knox Mon, 02/05/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges are pushing back admission deadlines after the latest FAFSA delay. But not all institutions will be affected equally, and many aren’t yet ready to make the call.
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Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The Misguided War on Test Optional Elizabeth Redden Mon, 02/05/2024 - 03:00 AM Akil Bello argues defenders of test requirements attack student choice and institutional priority setting.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Amid news that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is delaying the sending out of student information relevant for financial aid calculations to institutions, higher ed scholars and officials have voiced concern and uncertainty over how this change will affect low-income and first-generation students in particular. Dr. Greg Nayor In what has been another delay, ED announced last week that schools and agencies involved in financial aid will receive Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAF
Educause
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
With the rapid developments in artificial intelligence, higher education is entering a second phase of digital transformation: Dx 2.0. Technology and other campus leaders can take steps now to help prepare their institutions.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
By Eric Hoover Mark Schiefelbein, AP Miguel Cardona Secretary Cardona acknowledges the frustrations, but his plan offers no solutions to the technical problems afflicting the rollout of a new system.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
University of Bristol academic who was sacked after being accused of antisemitic comments wins ‘landmark’ decision A sociology professor sacked by the University of Bristol after being accused of antisemitic comments has won a “landmark” decision that he was discriminated against because of his anti-Zionist beliefs. An employment tribunal ruled that Prof David Miller was unfairly dismissed, and that his “anti-Zionist beliefs qualified as a philosophical belief and as a protected characteristic p
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Pa Lee Moua Pa Lee Moua has been named executive director of the Schreiber Institute for Women’s Leadership at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lakeland University in Herman, Wisconsin, a master’s in educational leadership and administration from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and a Ph.D. in leadership studies from Marian University of Fond du Lac in Wisconsin.
University Business
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Several prominent universities banned legacy admissions when affirmative action ended. With students from underserved backgrounds liable to take the biggest step backward, university officials believed the practice of favoring applicants who hail from alumni was difficult to justify. One civil rights group sued Harvard University, charging that legacy admissions “expand[s] privilege instead of opportunity,” AP News reports.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Sharcus Steen Sharcus Steen has been appointed chief investment officer at the University System of Maryland Foundation. Steen holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology and a master’s in organizational behavior from Stanford University as well as an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The Incalculable Benefits of an Advisory Network Sarah Bray Mon, 02/05/2024 - 03:00 AM It expands upon the idea of mentorship and broadens who can help you make decisions as you chart your career journey, writes Anne Meyer-Minor.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Dartmouth College plans to reinstate the standardized test requirement for applicants to the Class of 2029 and beyond, reports The Dartmouth. Lee Coffin The announcement was made via campus-wide email from Dartmouth President Dr. Sian Leah Beilock. Dartmouth applicants will be required to take and submit scores from the SAT or ACT college entrance exams.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Advocates Promote Equitable Prison Education Programs Post–Pell Restoration kathryn.palmer… Mon, 02/05/2024 - 03:00 AM Using feedback from incarcerated students is one way to work toward making prison education programs more racially inclusive, according to a new report from the Vera Institute of Justice.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
How paranoid accusations of "violence" became all the rage. By Len Gutkin How paranoid accusations of "violence" became all the rage.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the latest affirmative action legal battle, this time centered on the United States Military Academy’s continued use of race-conscious admissions.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
A core alliance of universities in the Pacific is heavily relied upon to streamline its members’ approaches to online international education, according to the organisation’s head. The chief executive of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, which comprises 61 universities across 19 territories, spoke of the importance of internationalising online learning at the IFE Conference , held at the Tec de Monterrey Campus in Mexico in late January.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Aspiring Accreditor Focuses on Student Outcomes Josh Moody Mon, 02/05/2024 - 03:00 AM The Postsecondary Commission aims to offer a new model of evaluating institutions. It has powerful supporters, vocal critics and a long road ahead to federal recognition.
HEPI
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Dr Helena Lim , Head of Opportunities at evasys. Since its inception in 2017, the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) has become an integral part of assessing and recognising the quality of undergraduate teaching and learning in the English higher education system. Institutions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can participate on a voluntary basis.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
On AI and ‘Meaningful’ Feedback johnw@mcsweeneys.net Mon, 02/05/2024 - 03:11 PM If ChatGPT can do it, and if the purpose is learning, it’s not worth doing.
Caylor Solutions
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Generative AI is a tool, not a threat for savvy higher ed marketers! Learn how to work smarter, not harder. The post Work Smarter with Generative AI appeared first on Caylor Solutions.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
But a couple of members of the CFA Board of Directors, the entity that called off the strike and decided to send the tentative agreement out for a vote, used words such as “transformational” and “excellent” to describe the agreement. They also said they thought Monday’s deal was the best they were going to get. The board’s decision to accept the tentative agreement and end the strike wasn’t unanimous, they told Inside Higher Ed , but it was “overwhelming.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
A new report by California Competes, a nonpartisan research organization, identifies “promising practices” being implemented at state institutions to bolster support for “comebackers”—nontraditional learners who re-enrolled after stopping out.
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education recently unveiled its comprehensive FAFSA College Support Strategy, aimed at enhancing access to financial aid for students pursuing higher education. With over 3.6 million submissions since the release of the 2024–25 FAFSA form, the strategy focuses on providing additional personnel, funding, resources, and technology to facilitate the completion and processing of FAFSA forms and aid packages by colleges.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Today on the Academic Minute: Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, associate professor of communication studies at Colorado State University, defines cultural othering and explores the paradox of that way of thinking.
Campus Technology
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
According to IBM's 2023 AI Adoption Index survey of enterprise-scale companies worldwide, about the same number (42%) adopted AI early on as those who are still exploring or experimenting with it (40%). But of those who adopted AI early, 59% are accelerating their use or investment in it.
University Business
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Students from financially modest backgrounds can have it tough going to college. Students are likely to spend upward of $120,000 for a bachelor’s degree, considering the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) averages one year of tuition, fees and room and board at $30,031. Luckily for federal aid recipients, online schooling is gaining traction in higher education, and students who opt for purely online modalities can save tens of thousands of dollars on on-campus housing.
UW Presidential Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
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University Business
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Pensacola State College is offering money-back tuition guarantees for students enrolled in certain programs: welding, registered nursing and paramedics. All three fields will grow in the coming years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. PSC and all colleges in the 28-school Florida College System are offering graduates a tuition refund as a stipulation of Florida’s 2021 Reimagining Education and Career Help Act, known as the REACH Act.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The PIE Live Europe conference has become one of the highlights of the event calendar but this year the FOMO could be business-critical. UK and European institutions are facing huge challenges and politics has never been more intrusive in our mission to promote international education. The agenda has been announced and we have highlighted 10 reasons that make this conference unmissable: 1.
University Business
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Dartmouth College announced this morning that it would again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, starting next year. Like many other colleges during the Covid pandemic, Dartmouth dropped its requirement that applicants submit an SAT or ACT score. Three Dartmouth economists and a sociologist then dug into the numbers. One of their main findings did not surprise them: Test scores were a better predictor than high school grades — or student essays and teacher recommendations — of
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The two biggest and most powerful conferences in big-time college athletics are joining forces to develop a joint committee to advise the two leagues about the future of college athletics and how they might respond.
University Business
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Recently, criticism of global university rankings has intensified. The causes and the possible consequences of this discontent are diverse and the future is hard to see, but it is a good bet that, in a few years, the international ranking scene will look very different. For those with jaded palates, Times Higher Education ( THE ) is planning interdisciplinary and online learning rankings, which no doubt will be very exciting and awesome.
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