Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
U.S. District Judge William Alsup declined to block most of the $6 billion borrower defense to repayment settlement while three colleges appeal.
Dan Cohen
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
As we await the next generation of engineered writing, of tools like ChatGPT that are based on large language models (LLMs), it is worth pondering whether they will ever create truly great and unique prose, rather than the plausible-sounding mimicry they are currently known for. By preprocessing countless words and the statistical relationships between them from million of texts, an LLM creates a multidimensional topology, a complex array of hills and valleys.
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Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The liberal arts institution said the rankings enterprise equates institutional wealth and privilege with academic quality.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
A new survey suggests that students' incomes cannot meet their basic needs for food, warmth, and study time. Lee Elliot Major outlines the consequences for social mobility The post Failure to increase students’ incomes in line with cost of living is scarring a generation appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
ACE and PEN America say government officials shouldn't be dictating what's talked about on campuses.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The Second Reading of the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Levels) Bill offered very little in the way of policy. David Kernohan sat through it. The post Lifelong learning bill fails to receive scrutiny appeared first on Wonkhe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
By Terah J. Stewart, Roshaunda L. Breeden, Joan N. Collier, Meg E. Evans, Daniel J. Scanlon, Rachel L. Wagner, Erin R. Weston In the classic fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears readers are introduced to a little girl who happens upon a cottage in the forest where she boldly invites herself inside to explore. While there is much to learn and critique from the themes of her story, the part that is most striking to our author team is the intentional focus on space and fit.
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Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Category: Carpe Careers Sonali Majumdar outlines how grad students and postdocs can apply the same qualities they do in their research to unlock possibilities in their professional lives. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Postdocs Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Erhui1979/digitalvision vectors/getty iamges Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Among the more than 800 higher ed respondents to an EDUCAUSE QuickPoll, 54 percent are optimistic or very optimistic about generative AI, according to a report released earlier this month. The wide-ranging survey also queried higher ed IT leaders and administrators on the potential uses — and abuses — of the latest text-generating GPT 3 tools and looked at what colleges and universities have done in the first few months since the world got a glimpse of OpenAI's ChatGPT and fretted over its poten
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma In his autobiography, Mark Twain describes how he received word, out of the blue, that his favorite daughter had died. “I was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, when a cablegram was put into my hand. It said, ‘Susy was peacefully released today.’” The great humorist later wrote: “It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.
Coursera blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
By Kais Zribi, General Manager, Middle East and Africa at Coursera Soha, a digital marketer and entrepreneur from Egypt, used online learning to develop new skills and increase her income after losing her main source of work during the pandemic. With a background in visual arts, Soha accessed courses that were not locally available and relied on online training to learn how to manage a small business.
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Boston University (BU) recently announced it will soon be opening a campus resource center for LGBTQ+ students. The new center, tentatively named the LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center, will serve as a community hub and will enable LGBTQ+ students to access leadership and career workshops, alumni mentorship opportunities, events, and more. In addition, the center will provide optional training to BU faculty and staff, according to a university news release.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Most people don’t get accreditation. That’s OK. Most people don’t need to. But for all the students, parents and policy makers calling for a higher education reboot, know this—accreditation is one of the most powerful levers we’ve got to change what we don’t like about today’s higher ed. It’s one of our best ways to assure equity for students, quality programs and innovative new models.
University Business
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but there is still a first time for everything: Mount Holyoke (Mass.), Mount Union (Ohio), St. Norbert College (Wis.) and NYU have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their schools’ histories. The number of full-time enrolled undergraduate students for Mount Holyoke, Mount Union and St.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
By Kate Marijolovic Randy Lyhus for The Chronicle Among 1,500 faculty surveyed by FIRE, 50 percent supported diversity statements and 50 percent opposed them. Ideology was a key factor.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The American International Recruitment Council has announced the 2023 recipients of the Sir Cyril Taylor Memorial Scholarship for Study in the US. Nine US HEIs will receive up to $10,000 to award scholarships to disadvantaged or underrepresented students from the UK to enrol at their institution during the 2023/24 academic year. Students can opt to pursue variety of degree or non-degree programs.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Chanelle Whittaker has been appointed vice president for equity, culture, and talent at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) located in Maryland. Chanelle Whittaker “I am extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to be a part of the Prince George's Community College family,” Whittaker said. “My entire life has been steeped in education, and I've seen firsthand the ability the community college system has to transform the trajectory of one's life.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Image: For a significant number of students, the first year of higher education serves as a wake-up call about study habits. “Most students have not received any guidance on how to learn,” says Shaun Vecera, a University of Iowa professor of psychological and brain sciences and the director of the University Honors Program. “This lack of guidance affects students’ grades, their retention and their time to graduation, and these impacts are often more pronounced for first-g
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
In the wake of turmoil, Coe College addressed matters head on and made meaningful change. Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has consistently performed well across all four Diverse Organizational Impact and Transformation (DOIT) institutional pillars. A year ago, Coe was the only college or university to earn B or above on all four pillars. But during the 2021-22 academic year concerns about diversity in leadership surfaced.
Higher Education Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Title: Pell Dollars Left on the Table: How Many Pell Grant Dollars Did the High School Class of 2022 Leave Unclaimed in Your State? Authors: Raymond AlQaisi and Bill DeBaun Source: National College Attainment Network (NCAN) Approximately 7 million undergraduate students benefit every year from receiving the Pell Grant, a federal financial assistance program for.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Stillman College has received $2.7 million to improve its internet access and performance through fiber optic infrastructure upgrades. The money comes from The National Telecommunications and Information Administration as part of the a $268-million Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program , aimed at historically Black colleges and minority serving institutions (MSIs) to install broadband internet access service and train IT personnel.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Universities Canada has expressed concern over news that international students are dying of overdoses in British Columbia and has called for funding to provide improvements to mental health care on campus for students. The comments come after local faith leaders and community workers said Punjabi international students in Surrey are dying at high rates from drug overdose.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Jarvis Christian University President and CEO Dr. Lester C. Newman will retire in June. Dr. Lester C. Newman Newman has served for 47 years in higher education and for the past11 years has helmed Jarvis. A successor is expected to be named before Jul. 1. “Some of you have heard rumors. Some of you have probably had bets,” Newman said. “But there comes a time when a leader knows it is time to step aside.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Column: Letters to the Editor To the Editor: Measures of quality in online education have been developed through decades of research in the field of instructional design and technology (IDT), informing best practices in the design, development, implementation and evaluation of contemporary online courses and programs. Your recent article, “Online Classes Surge at Virginia Tech.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
South Carolina State University 1890 Research & Extension, Mixon Seed Service, and the South Carolina Black Farmer Coalition are partnering for climate-smart initiatives. This partnership – funded by a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service grant – entails the education and training of South Carolina’s small and minority farmers and producers about climate-smart practices.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Nigerians spent a massive US$1.38 billion on international education funding students to acquire degrees and diplomas in universities and colleges abroad in the first nine months of 2022. The amount was however lower by more than half a million US dollars compared to the amount spent over the same period in 2021, when the country paid $1.88bn for international education, according to the country’s financial analysis website Nairametrics.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Lou Avotri Lou Avotri has been named associate vice president and executive director of student success at Talladega College in Alabama. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration, a master’s in business education from North Carolina Central University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from North Carolina State University.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Even conservatives should oppose the Florida governor. By Keith E. Whittington Marco Bello, Reuters, Redux Even conservatives should oppose the Florida governor.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Jeannine G. Kim Jeannine G. Kim has been appointed president of Santiago Canyon College in California. Kim holds a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master's from California State University, Fullerton, both in cultural anthropology. She also has a doctoral degree in higher education policy, evaluation, and reform from Claremont Graduate University.
Campus Technology
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Listening to students' wants and needs throughout their interactions with a college or university can help uncover the moments that matter — the intervention points that can make or break the student experience.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Canada recently released news that it had smashed its 2014 target of hosting 450,000 international students by 2022 – over 800,000 are now on its shores. One emerging demographic that has crept up in the student population is from the countries of Latin America. While over 55,000 in 2022 come from the region and only make up just under 7% of all international students in the country, demand for Canadian study has shot up in the last 10 years.
Academe Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
BY JENNIFER RUTH Three recent pieces are worth reading for insight into Florida HB 999: “DeSantis Higher Ed Bill Heads for the Legislature” (Inside Higher Ed), “New Bill Latest Assault in Florida’s War on Education” (Forbes), and “Never Seen Anything Like it: New Bill Would Write DeSantis’s Higher Ed Vision into Law” (Chronicle of Higher Education).
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The American Council on Education and PEN America have produced a guide on defending academic freedom in tense political times. “This new resource guide helps higher education leaders make the case against elected officials not imposing restrictions on what is taught and how, and emphasizes the importance of ensuring that all members of the campus community feel comfortable airing varying perspectives across campus and in the classroom,” said an announcement of the guide.
Dr. Missy Alexander
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
I had the most delightful weekend. It started with playing music with friends and ended with attending a talk by Dr. Eli Noam titled, The Future of Video Media and the Metaverse. In the center was a truly outstanding production of Allegro , in our School of Visual and Performing Arts (if you’re nearby, go), a fun event in our art gallery which brought in lots of regional artists, and a special accepted students event for students from our local high schools.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
The board of Marymount University, in Virginia, voted unanimously to eliminate 10 programs, mostly in the liberal arts, on Friday. The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities. The majors have relatively few students enrolled, the university said.
Educause
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
How institutions structure their data functions is as imperative as the data itself. To achieve a data-driven culture, and enable data-informed decision-making, some institutions are evolving their structures to adapt to the data and analytics needs of their stakeholders.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Sophia Rosing was indicted by a Kentucky grand jury this week for third-degree assault of a police officer, two counts of fourth-degree assault, second-degree disorderly conduct and alcohol intoxication, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported. The charges stem from an incident last year, video of which was widely shared on social media, that showed the former University of Kentucky student, who is white, entering a dormitory and taunting, using racial slurs and making derogatory comments toward Ky
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