Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

An administrative law judge cited a legal challenge against the agency’s newest regulations over the borrower defense program.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

AI, the Next Chapter for College Librarians Lauren.Coffey@… Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM Librarians have lived through the disruptions of fax machines, websites and Wikipedia, and now they are bracing to do it again as artificial intelligence tools go mainstream: “Maybe it’s our time to shine.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The allegation comes the same week the agency fined Grand Canyon University, the company’s largest client, $37.7 million.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

U of Washington Faculty Search Weighed Race Inappropriately Ryan Quinn Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM A psychology department hiring committee re-ranked finalists to hire a Black candidate over a white person originally rated No. 1, violating policy, a report concludes.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Enough instructors retired or took buyouts that the public college didn’t need to move forward with more drastic reductions.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

‘Narcissistic’ Presidents Linked to Declining University Performance Marjorie Valbrun Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM Hiring committees should “measure the egotism of candidates” for the roles, say researchers who compared leaders’ traits and institutional outcomes.

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Higher Ed Dive

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We’re rounding up some of our top stories of the week, from Carnegie Classifications changes to Vermont State cuts.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Can Microcredentials Bring Stop-Outs Back to College? Sara Weissman Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM A swath of learners who left college before earning a degree say microcredentials and credit for prior learning could entice them back to college, according to a new survey.

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Higher Education Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Jadyn Dunning The growing mental health crisis among young adults is one of the most pressing public health issues. The World Health Organization reported that approximately 20 percent of young adults will have experienced a mental health problem (mostly depression or anxiety) by 2024. For student-athletes, the stressors of the college experience can include.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Canadian government plans to stabilise new permanent residency levels in 2026 after years of immigration growth, while promising to update the post-graduation work permit program to align with labour force needs. Canada has welcomed record levels of permanent residents in recent years, peaking at 437,000 in 2022, but this has placed pressure on housing and infrastructure.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Eric Kelderman Amid an attempt to restore its finances and bring Black students back to the campus, Robin Capehart publicly berated faculty members at Bluefield State University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Dr. John E. Smith Jr. John E. Smith Jr. has been appointed chief of staff at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Smith holds a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and supervision and a doctorate in professional leadership from the University of Houston as well as a master’s in human services from Springfield College in Massachusetts.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A Guide for First-Generation, Working-Class Graduate Students Sarah Bray Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM Lauren Harvey offers advice for those who feel like they’re straddling two worlds: one where they’re unsure they belong and another where their upward mobility is not understood.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Aspen Institute has named the 150 community colleges that can compete for its $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. Joshua Wyner The selected schools – out of more than 1,000 U.S. public two-year colleges – were chosen for high and improving levels of student success and equitable outcomes for lower-income, Black, and Hispanic students.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

About 30 Columbia University students walked out of a lecture by Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, on Tuesday to join a protest of the university’s administration, The New York Times reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Dr. Kathleen Murray will become acting/interim president of Hamline University, effective Jan. 1, Star Tribune reported. Dr. Kathleen Murray Murray, president emeritus of Whitman College, has previously served as the first female president of Whitman; provost and dean of the faculty at Macalester College; provost and vice president for academic affairs at Birmingham-Southern College; and Dean of the Faculty at Lawrence University.

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ACRLog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Photo by Kyle Peyton on Unsplash During an especially busy Fall—especially in my professional life—I got sick and took some days off work. During this time, along with not feeling great, I felt the crush of my busy Fall. I took time to reflect on what was all going on at work and where I could re-prioritize. I was talking with a colleague, and she suggested focusing or reflecting on some good part of my day, big or small, which gives reprieve from focusing on work.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Canadian sector is reacting to IRCC’s crackdown on fraud, as more details are revealed on the recently announced reforms. Immigration minister Marc Miller shared details of the reforms in a speech last week, including a new process which will see post-secondary Designated Learning Institutions asked to use a new IRCC automated solution that will verify all letters of acceptance upfront before study permit applications are finalised.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This blog is provided by Nic Newman, partner at edtech venture capital firm, Emerge Education, and Mary Curnock Cook CBE, who chairs Emerge and Jisc’s HE/Edtech Board. From the AI explosion to the rise of chatbots and metaversities, rapid digital innovation is impacting university campuses, teaching and learning to an unprecedented extent. For HE leaders, it can be hard to keep track of the latest developments while also tackling their immediate challenges.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Incoming rules limiting the cross-ownership of education institutions are not intended to affect “legitimate relationships” between providers and agents, according to Australia’s education department, as concerns mount over what the regulations could mean for multi-strand education businesses. In October, the Albanese government announced new measures to tackle unscrupulous players in the country’s international education industry, including preventing education agents from also owning a

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

University IT departments have plenty on their plates. Among the most time-consuming, resource-intensive and important duties is managing the thousands of devices their institutions rely on every day. The task has become even more complicated in recent years as faculty and staff moved off campus during the COVID-19 pandemic; many now operate from both home and the office as hybrid work has become the norm.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

An extension that will be applied to the validity of English tests taken by nurses trying to get to Ireland to practice will be a “one-off”, the country’s board for nursing has said. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland announced the extension after a significant visa logjam caused around 1,000 nurses coming from abroad to be in danger of losing the validity of their completed English tests.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

by Neil Raven Introduction In a previous blog , I explored the reasons why some students on level 3 (advanced) professional and applied courses decide against higher education. Those whose views were sought came from a further education college (FEC) located in the East Midlands. FECs are significant providers of such (vocational) courses in England ( Archer, 2023 , UCAS, 2023 ).

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Cuts at Vermont State University will not be as deep as expected after 17 faculty members accepted buyouts, six decided to retire and three will not have their contracts renewed. Administrators initially proposed 33 faculty job cuts, but that now stands at one, VTDigger reported. The lone layoff will be a professor of landscape contracting.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Net tuition and fees revenue in fiscal year 2020 was $114,749,020. In fiscal year 2023, that number was $92,254,915, a decline of $22,494,105 (19.6%). While it is also true that state appropriations rose over that same period by $7,740,082, this increase was due primarily to legislative salary increases for faculty and staff (essentially a pass through) and earmarks for special and capital projects (e.g., Jackson Library, Chiller Plant, other repairs and renovations).

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totallyrewired

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Elliot and James will explore the ethical dimensions of content curation through the lens of AI tools, gaining insights into responsible and inclusive practices that ensure information integrity and authenticity in this thought-provoking conversation based on the experience of using these tool with his students. Elliot Burns and James Irwin , BA Culture Criticism and Curation, UAL.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Have Elite Universities Become Too Student-Centered? mprutter@mit.edu Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM How to better channel their students’ idealism and energy.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As enrollment rates across California’s community college system took heavy losses following the Covid-19 pandemic, colleges have focused on advertising their tuition-free access in recent months. Tuition-free community college has been a reality for many students for several decades under the California College Promise Grant, which waives tuition fees for California resident students and non-residents under the California Dream Act who meet the needs-based criteria spelled out in the Free Appli

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The ACPA Commission for Assessment and Evaluation (CAE) is currently recruiting assessment-minded professionals to serve on our Directorate Board! We have approximately 7 Directorate positions open beginning with the 2024 ACPA Convention, as well as an opening for Chair Elect. Below includes information on the responsibilities and what the position entails.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Butler University plans to open a two-year college in the fall of 2025 to attract undocumented and historically underserved populations to pursue higher degrees. The new college, which will only accept commuter students, aims to offer Indianapolis high school students who cannot afford Butler’s typical four-year undergraduate degree an opportunity to obtain an associate’s degree or other professional credentials.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Parchment, a digital transcript and credential platform, will be acquired by Instructure, which makes the learning management software Canvas, for a projected $795 million, the companies

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Western Colorado University administrators are facing an unexpected budget discrepancy after discovering that the institution is about $1.4 million over budget in the fund supporting the bulk of its undergraduate programs. A period of staff shortages within the university’s finance department and difficulties implementing Workday, a new software system that helps organize finance and business operations, led to excess expenditures and revenue shortfalls.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Today on the Academic Minute: Joseph Davies, lecturer in applied psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University, explores why psychiatric inpatients are often obese.

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

2023: Exceptional Mid-Level Professional Award: Tyeesha Wesley Notable Entity Partner Award: Coalition for Disability 2022: Mid-Level Practitioner Award: Brian Lackman Exceptional Mid-Level Professional Award: Punit Patel Notable Entity Partner Award: Ashley Robinson 2021: Outstanding Contribution to the Mid-Level Community of Practice: Matt Le Brasseur Outstanding Commitment to the Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonization: Dr.

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PeopleAdmin

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Recent Product Highlights In October, PeopleAdmin rolled out new features and updates to increase efficiencies across campus, enable effective academic workflows, and enhance integrations. Here are highlights of what’s new: Faculty Information System: Enhanced reporting for course evaluations Helps academic administration and instructors better understand student engagement and teaching effectiveness Library of standardized activity forms Helpful for faculty to more easily report detailed activi

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Higher Education Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Title: The SAVE Plan for Student Loan Repayment: Which Fields and Colleges Benefit Most? Author: Jason Delisle and Jason Cohn Source: The Urban Institute A new report from the Urban Institute examines how the Biden administration’s proposed Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan for income-driven repayment (IDR) of federal student loans will impact borrowers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By now, college campuses are beginning to plan their commemoration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. From a one-day celebration to a week of activities, King Day has become a significant event on practically every college campus in the nation. There will be speakers and banquets, service projects and film screenings, not just to remind the campus and broader community about King’s life and work, but to hopefully inspire us to pursue the beloved community King described.

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