Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Higher education institutions house troves of student data. College leaders at Educause's annual conference shared innovative ways to use it.
Higher Ed Data Stories
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Discount rate is a hot topic among private college leaders, and although it's an interesting measure, it's not as helpful as some people might think it is. And it's a little hard to grasp and hard to explain. But I'm going to try. Discount rate can be helpful when measuring yourself against yourself over time; and it can be helpful when measuring yourself against similar peers.
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Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The agency also finished work on a policy that will allow incarcerated students to receive federal Pell Grants.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 28, 2022
No matter who is at BEIS currently Horizon affiliation is critical to business as well as universities. James Coe has been reading UKRI board papers. The post Plan B for business appeared first on Wonkhe.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
By Carolyn Kuimelis. Chronicle Illustration; Images from Twitter. On Twitter, a public airing of economists alleged to have behaved badly has begun. Supporters say it's a needed last resort, while others say it's the wrong venue for an important conversation.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Is A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures —an interactive, open-access, born-digital monograph developed by Brown University Digital Publications and published in August by MIT Press —the monograph of the future? Asking readers to imagine Islam anew, as a vast web of interconnected traces seen through the prism of time, the book opens with a networked table of contents.
University Business
OCTOBER 28, 2022
One of the greatest challenges higher education has ever had to face was the pandemic. Colleges didn’t choose but were forced to overcome barriers to instruction through innovative educational technology solutions with little to no turnaround as students returned home for remote learning. However, the dramatic shift in instruction also created a demand for certain services that had gone unnoticed for years. 220 million students were directly affected globally by the pandemic in April of 20
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
When Dr. Daniel Jean talks with young male scholars at Montclair State University (MSU) in Montclair, NJ, he asks them to raise their hands if they know someone who died from street violence. “Nine out of ten raise their hands,” said Jean, assistant provost for special programs at MSU. Dr. Daniel Jean, assistant provost for special programs at Montclair State university.
Campus Technology
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Maryville University is working to put data at the heart of the student experience — not just for the traditional four-year degree pathway, but to inspire a lifelong-learning journey.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, who served as senior pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church and was one of New York City's most influential religious and community leaders, died Friday at 73. Butts was also the former president of the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Old Westbury from 1999 until his retirement in 2020. Reverend Dr. Calvin O.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Image: After years of lobbying, the so-called 90-10 loophole that advocates argued encouraged some for-profit institutions to aggressively recruit military service members and veterans is closing under final regulations effective July 1 that were announced Thursday. “We’re thrilled with it,” said Matthew Brennan, a policy analyst for the American Legion.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Dr. Liesl Jones Liesl Jones has been appointed vice president of academic affairs at Suffolk County Community College in New York. She previously served at Baltimore City Community College, where she developed policies to increase student success. Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Fordham University and a doctorate in neuroscience from Allegheny University.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Blog: Beyond Transfer It has become a common refrain: the COVID-19 pandemic heightened disparities that were already present in American education. This happened in ways that should not have surprised us. But they did surprise us. Here at the Associate of Community College Trustees (ACCT) 2022 Leadership Congress currently being held in Manhattan, these key take-aways are being reinforced with increased nuance and clarity.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Steven R. Gonzales Steven R. Gonzales has been appointed chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona. Gonzales earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education and a master’s in teaching mathematics, both from Northern Arizona University as well as a doctorate in educational administration from the University of Texas at Austin.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Image: Indian academics have criticized a proposal by a parliamentary committee that could see Hindi replace English as the language of instruction for some university courses. The Official Language Committee, chaired by Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, said the plan would help the country reduce the dominance of English, which is used in the majority of degree programs.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Gaetane Verna Gaetane Verna has been appointed executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University. She served as director and artistic director at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto. Verna is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal and holds a master’s degree in art history from the Sorbonne in Paris.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The rise of online learning and exponential growth in the use of digital technologies in higher education has students and faculty talking, and IT teams should be taking this feedback seriously. At the 2022 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, a panel of teaching and learning technology experts discussed how their institutions are collecting and implementing learnings from this data.
Higher Education Today
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Title: First Look Fall 2022 Enrollment (As of September 29) Source: National Student Clearinghouse Amid concerns surrounding volatile college enrollment trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) has released a new summary of enrollment trends from 2020 to 2022. Across sectors, undergraduate enrollment declined from 2022 to 2021 (1.1 percent), but at.
FIRE
OCTOBER 28, 2022
All eyes remain on PayPal, and with good reason, after the company notified users last month it was adding a slew of new categories of prohibited speech, including any content or materials that “promote misinformation.”. After significant backlash, PayPal claimed notice of the policy changes went out “in error,” but just a few short weeks later many critics are saying the company quietly went ahead with the controversial misinformation ban anyway, complaining that PayPal may fine users $2,500 fo
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Category: Conditionally Accepted BIPOC women administrators must step up and support other women of color in higher education, writes Shartriya Collier. Job Tags: Academic administration Ad keywords: diversity faculty Section: Diversity Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
The PIE News
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Hong Kong has launched a new visa scheme in a bid to attract global talent, allowing graduates and high earners to move to Hong Kong without a prior job offer. On October 19 chief executive of Hong Kong, John Lee, announced the ‘Top Talent Pass Scheme’ – which the government hopes will widely entice talent to pursue careers in Hong Kong with a two year working visa.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Pennsylvania State University said this week that it won’t be launching a Center for Racial Justice after all, despite this being a key 2020 recommendation of the Select Penn State Presidential Commission on Racism, Bias and Community Safety. Spotlight PA previously reported that President Neeli Bendapudi questioned whether the university would fund the center in a meeting last month with the search committee for the center’s director.
FIRE
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Rights need remedies. This is the central point FIRE argued in an amicus curiae brief it filed in support of Anthony Novak’s request for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case. Novak created a Facebook page parodying his local police department. Instead of taking a joke, cops arrested him for electronically “disrupting” or “interfering” with police operations, as some members of the public had contacted police to alert them to the parody. .
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. Last year the President of Bloomfield College, Marcheta Evans, issued a public distress call on behalf of Bloomfield. She let the world know that Bloomfield’s financial survival as an independent institution was unlikely, and that the college would be looking at options. It was gutsy. That’s not how colleges in dire straits typically behave.
University Business
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Penn State University has scrapped plans for a proposed Center for Racial Justice, electing to go another route, according to the Washington Post. The school first announced plans after the George Floyd protests of 2020. Two Black professors had also released a report chronicling the slowness of Black hiring, and existing staff experiencing racism on campus.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
A new report by Education Reform Now strongly criticizes legacy admissions. “Legacy preferences provide a birthright advantage to the children of alumni in the college admissions process,” the report said. “They represent a textbook example of systemic racism, since most beneficiaries of legacy preferences are white, while students of color and students from low- and middle-income households are much more likely to be the first in their families to go to college.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
The latest technology tools were on display at EDUCAUSE 2022 in Denver, all designed to help students succeed in today's hybrid learning environments. We took a closer look at three offerings from Cisco, Zoom and Lenovo that run the gamut from virtual reality to collaboration to space-saving hardware. Keep up with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education’s coverage on our EDUCAUSE event page and via Twitter with the hashtag #EDU22.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Major budget cuts are expected at North Dakota State University. Though officials haven’t yet put an exact number on the forthcoming cuts, the university is facing a projected $10.5 million budget shortfall over the next two years due to slumping enrollment , which is at a 15-year low according to The Forum , a local news outlet. Dwindling enrollment and declining state funding—which is based on a formula that factors in student credit hours—make for a one-two punch that has le
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Southern New Hampshire University, the largest undergraduate online university in America, will continue to provide a path to 2- and 4-year degrees for its students, but that doesn't mean it's not listening to what those students and their future employers want. Stackable credentials might be the future of higher education and Travis Willard of SNHU explains why his college has adapted so quickly.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Just one day after Virginia Commonwealth University began rolling out a VCU-branded beer, the sales of which were intended to fund scholarships, the university has stopped its production indefinitely, according to The Richmond Times-Dispatch. Community members expressed a range of objections to the product; a VCU professor, Everett Carpenter, raised concerns in a letter to the university’s president, Michael Rao, earlier in the week, arguing that the initiative was insensitive to the memor
Higher Education Today
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Title: “Working Harder Just to Be Seen and Heard”: Barriers to Financial Aid for Homeless and Foster Youth Source: SchoolHouse Connection Many foster and homeless youth aspire to a college education but encounter numerous barriers in the process, according to a new report from SchoolHouse Connection. One of the biggest challenges they encounter while applying.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Seattle Pacific University against the Washington State attorney general for investigating its employment practices. Judge Robert Bryan ruled that Seattle Pacific is asking for a change in state law that a federal court cannot grant, KING 5 News reported. He also said any First Amendment arguments by Seattle Pacific should be raised in state court.
Higher Education Today
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Title: Mission Critical: The Role of Community Colleges in Meeting Students’ Basic Needs Source: Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) Community colleges serve as an important access point to higher education; however, according to a new report, community colleges must also recognize and address students’ holistic needs to make education truly attainable.
University Business
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Following three significant interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve and more expected in coming months, consensus is growing among economists that the U.S. economy may be headed for a significant economic slowdown and even a possible recession in 2023. According to The Conference Board’s Measure of CEO Confidence survey, an overwhelming majority (81%) say they now anticipate a “brief and shallow recession” and are planning accordingly.
Gray Associates
OCTOBER 28, 2022
For our September Program of the Month, the average wages for graduates under 30 are about $50,000, but they double for people ages 30 - 60! Could this be a good program for your students? The post September Higher Education Demand Trends: Results Through August 2022 appeared first on Gray Associates | Program Evaluation.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Cazenovia College, a small nonprofit institution in upstate New York, defaulted on a $25 million bond payment last month, throwing into question its financial sustainability. The money was due Sept. 1, but a recent independent audit of the college noted that it lacked “sufficient liquid resources” to pay it. The college was unable to obtain new financing even after the payment date was extended by a month.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 28, 2022
How much bad news can your brain handle at a time? In today’s Academic Minute, the University of North Dakota’s A. Rebecca Rozelle-Stone explores why the news cycle is so tiring. Rozelle-Stone is a professor of philosophy and director of the honors program at North Dakota. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 10-28-22 North Dakota - Attending to Crisis Fatigue.
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