Higher Ed Dive
MAY 31, 2023
But 68% still said race and ethnicity should have little to no importance when factored in the acceptance process.
Wonkhe
MAY 31, 2023
What might be behind the downward trend in students engaging with careers services? Chris Rea sets out new research findings and suggests some answers The post Student engagement in careers activities is in decline appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
MAY 31, 2023
Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation expanding a 2021 law barring transgender K-12 students from playing on sports teams aligned with their gender identities.
Wonkhe
MAY 31, 2023
England new higher education free speech tsar has argued that the IHRA definition of antisemitism "chills" debate on campus. Jim Dickinson considers the implications The post It’s back to square one on free speech. Is antisemitism protected or banned? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2023
After a string of scandals over California State University leaders’ handling of sexual misconduct allegations, an external review found the system’s Title IX procedures to be “insufficient” and “unreliable.” When California State University chancellor Joseph I. Castro resigned last spring amid accusations that he mishandled sexual misconduct allegations against a colleague during his tenure as president of Fresno State, CSU’s Board of Trustees ordered a full external review of the system’s Titl
Wonkhe
MAY 31, 2023
Graduate employment rates are rising, but it's still early days for graduate outcomes data. David Kernohan takes on on a tour The post HESA spring 2023: Graduate outcomes appeared first on Wonkhe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
Dr. Koffi C. Akakpo will become president of Kentucky State University, effective Jul. 1. Dr. Koffi Akakpo Most recently, Akakpo has served as the president and CEO of Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC). Previously, he was vice president for business, administrative, and student services, COO, and chief student services officer at North Central State College (NCSC); and director of academic financial planning & management at Central State University.
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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
At the College of Lake County’s Advanced Technology Center, dual-credit high school students receive hands-on experience with the latest manufacturing technology that supports Industry 4.0. But just as important as the industrial technology experience the students receive is the exposure to software they’ll see in the workforce. While the students do have experience using devices at their high schools, the laptops the College of Lake County provides come equipped with programs like Microsoft 365
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2023
Boston College students have long pushed their Jesuit university to create an LGBTQ+ resource center. Instead, the college will house LGBTQ resources in an intercultural center. Two years after Boston College’s undergraduate student government submitted a proposal asking administrators to implement a resource center for LGBTQ+ students on campus, the college is instead moving ahead with an unpopular plan to house LGBTQ+ resources in its existing intercultural center.
Insight Into Diversity
MAY 31, 2023
The University of Arizona (UArizona) has received a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund a new initiative that will support first-generation Latino students in completing college. Project ADELANTE: Advancing Culturally Responsive Place-Based Educational Opportunities for Latinx Students in the Borderlands includes internships and a career-readiness program for undergraduates, professional development fellowships for UArizona faculty and staff, and a first-year writing p
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2023
Turnitin’s AI writing–detection tool has a higher false positive rate than the company originally asserted, according to Annie Chechitelli, the company’s chief product officer.
Campus Sonar
MAY 31, 2023
Higher ed trends empower you to analyze your campus’s online conversation behavior against a comparable sample. And they help you move beyond vanity metrics. We updated our higher ed trends research to help you compare your campus to the rest of the industry. This year’s research analyzed over 4,700,00 mentions from 50 institutions of every type and size to bring you the most relevant and impactful insights.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
Dr. Lisa Cardoza Lisa Cardoza has been appointed president of California’s American River College. Cardoza holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s in social sciences of education from Stanford University and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The PIE News
MAY 31, 2023
Caroline Gear started her career at the International Language Institute of Massachusetts hot off the heels from a spell in Spain. Finding it in the yellow pages, she fell in love with its mission – not just language learning, intercultural awareness and understanding. In a relatively cozy corner of Massachusetts, which houses prestigious universities like Harvard, MIT, Northeastern University and Boston College, ILI – as Gear affectionately refers to it – lauds itself as a mini powerhou
University Business
MAY 31, 2023
With the pandemic waning, U.S. higher education is primed to bounce back its international student enrollment numbers after taking a 15% dip in 2020-21. As students worldwide begin flooding back, institutions face one unlikely adversary killing their enrollment potential: paper. Like a pebble stuck in a shoe, international student advisors can spend up to 30% of their time simply on paper processing.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
LGBTQ+ civil rights organization The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) will expand its work to combat HIV and its surrounding societal effects using a $5 million grant from biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc. Kelley Robinson The grant – awarded over three years – will go towards efforts to eradicate stigmas about HIV in Black and Latino communities and end the HIV epidemic by 2030.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2023
GRE to Take Half the Time Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1364933585.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
St. Cloud State University’s financial issues and cuts are getting worse, with its $18 million budget deficit in fall 2023 projected to grow to $24.5 million next year, the Star Tribune reported. The school is planning to cut approximately 100 more faculty within five years, on top of the previously announced 20-plus faculty positions to be phased out next year.
The PIE News
MAY 31, 2023
Australia’s government is looking to enact wide-ranging changes this academic year to put a stop to unscrupulous agent behaviour and non-genuine students switching courses aided by onshore agents, according to an Education department representative. It is also considering amendments to written agreements between students and institutions and the ESOS National Code , which is likely to see changes as a result of the upcoming migration review.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
Educational testing giant ETS, will be shortening its GRE General Test to take less than two hours to complete, starting this September. Amit Sevak The test will have the "Analyze an Argument" task in its analytical writing section removed; its unscored section removed; and the number of questions in the quantitative and verbal reasoning sections reduced.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
MAY 31, 2023
Reading Time: 11 minutes Any school looking to increase its engagement on social media may be keen to know about the positive impact a student ambassador program can have. These programs position your current students at the forefront of your marketing efforts, allowing them to connect with your prospects and promote your school and its messaging. By giving your prospects a name and a face they can associate with your school, you’re also providing them with a personality they can interact with—b
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Robert A. Brown, who's retiring from Boston University in July, said the "unruly" protest was representative of "the cancel culture.
The PIE News
MAY 31, 2023
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has expanded the range of accepted English language tests for the Student Direct Stream, causing the shares of previous monopolisers IDP to plummet. Previously, the Canadian government only accepted IDP Education’s IELTS but the move means Prometric’s CELPIP General and CAEL , along with Pearson PTE Academic and TOEFL iBT Test will also be accepted. “The changes bring Canada in line with the other key markets which are all competitive
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
This sortable table shows the percentages of full-time faculty members who were members of specific racial and ethnic groups at degree-granting colleges and universities.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2023
Stevens Tech Will Give Each Graduate $250 After Terrible Commencement Scott Jaschik Wed, 05/31/2023 - 06:22 AM
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
Tracking a $13-billion hit to revenue. By Brian O’Leary and Audrey Williams June Mark Harris for The Chronicle; G The Chronicle analyzed the nearly $13-billion decline in colleges' revenues in 2021.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2023
Stevens Institute of Technology will give each graduate $250 to make up for a “chaotic experience” during the commencement ceremonies, NJ.com reported. “While this gesture does not make up for the irreplaceable moments that were missed, we hope that graduates and their families will accept our acknowledgement of our mistakes and our promise to do better,” said Nariman Farvardin, president of Stevens Tech.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
By Adrienne Lu Legal experts are divided. A new lawsuit may provide clarity.
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 31, 2023
Boston University president Robert Brown issued a powerful rebuke Wednesday to students who shouted obscenities at this year’s commencement speaker, calling them “appallingly coarse and deliberately abusive.
Higher Education Inquirer
MAY 31, 2023
In 2019, the Higher Education Inquirer began writing about the automation of academic work. We were looking for information on how the ideas of Frederick Taylor and his intellectual progeny had resulted in an academic assembly line for the masses. It was obvious that large subprime colleges had been divesting in academic labor for decades, replacing full-time instructors with adjunct faculty, content creators, and other ghost workers--where branding and advertising were more important than stude
Campus Technology
MAY 31, 2023
More than 85 colleges and universities recently participated in the fourth annual Fix Your Content Day challenge, a 24-hour competition aimed at improving the accessibility of digital course content.
The Guardian - Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
With youth unemployment at a record high, the problem of overeducated young people is acute With a master’s degree in applied linguistics from one of Australia’s top universities, Ingrid Xie did not expect to end up working in a grocery store. But that was where she ended up after graduating from the University of Queensland in July last year. Xie did her undergraduate degree in China, studying English in the shade of palm trees at Hainan Tropical Ocean University.
Campus Technology
MAY 31, 2023
Learning technology company D2L recently announced a redesign of its Brightspace Community, a repository of resources, networking, and collaboration tools for Brightspace clients, partners, users, and developers.
The Guardian - Higher Education
MAY 31, 2023
Vice-chancellors urge review of tuition fees in light of caps on overseas students and rising costs Vice-chancellors are warning the current funding model for UK higher education is “broken” and have urged the government to review the system of tuition fees, which have been capped at about £9,000 for more than a decade. They have made clear that limits to overseas students announced last week on top of rising costs caused by inflation posed a serious risk to universities which would require more
Today's Learner
MAY 31, 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes Blake Fetty is a lecturer of Spanish at the University of Central Oklahoma Research on testing anxiety shows a clear correlation between test-taking anxiety and lower test scores. In some classes, this anxiety is more apparent than others. As a Spanish teacher, my students’ anxiety is never more visible than right before a speaking assessment.
Community College League of California
MAY 31, 2023
The California Community Colleges approved seven additional baccalaureate degree programs at community colleges across the state. These degrees, spanning in-demand industries from health care to mechanical fields, join 24 other bachelor’s degree programs for a total of 31 offered or soon to be offered. “These affordable, quality community college baccalaureate degree programs respond to labor, student, and community demand and will benefit California and its citizenry for years to come,” said La
University Business
MAY 31, 2023
Navigating College Life with Autism: How Wichita State University is Making a Difference A report by the CDC states that one in 36 children is diagnosed with autism, which has increased since a 2016 statistic of one in 54. These types of increases will in turn increase the need for services for students diagnosed with autism on college campuses as well.
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