Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
A senior Education Department official said the agency would seek to recoup the cost from both the online college’s current and previous owners.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 30, 2023
The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan will have to reckon with a chronic shortage of nurses – and a recent dip in nursing applicants. Beth Craigie and Rob Waterson think through how universities can contribute The post We have the NHS workforce plan. What next? appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
Handshake found that the majority of the class of 2024 expects to carry those feelings into their early careers.
Educause
AUGUST 30, 2023
Integrating AI into higher education is not a futuristic vision but an inevitability. Colleges and universities must adapt and prepare students, faculty, and staff for their AI-infused futures.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 30, 2023
At least 173 colleges and universities have been swept up so far in the mass hack, according to one group.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
By Megan Zahneis Pat Kinsella for The Chronicle Female professors at the college have been underpaid for two decades, and the disparity between them and male colleagues has only widened over time, a new lawsuit claims.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
It’s not enough to make statements. It’s not enough to create working groups. It’s not enough to pay attention to only some parts of the larger problem. When it comes to improving mental health equity on college campuses, more work just needs to be done, mental health experts said during a webinar Wednesday. (left to right, top to bottom) Dr. Shawnté Elbert; Dr.
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University Business
AUGUST 30, 2023
Leading up to the new academic year, colleges and universities have signed numerous partnership agreements of different shapes and sizes to meet the country’s workforce needs, particularly in healthcare. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce estimates that 1.9 million fewer Americans are working today than a month before the pandemic started. Early retirement, low immigration rates and employees quitting after the Great Resignation have created such a delta that even if all 5.9 currently unemployed
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
The University of Arizona Global Campus, which acquired Ashford in 2020, might be on the hook for the discharged student loans. The former Ashford University repeatedly lied to students over a decade about the cost, time requirement and value of its degree program, making the education they obtained “effectively worthless,” the U.S.
University Business
AUGUST 30, 2023
“We’re going to ride the wave and see what happens.” This was an intriguing response from one of Primacy’s higher education clients when discussing the possibility of adopting Meta’s latest social media platform, Threads. It’s a sentiment that captures the challenge many higher education institutions face today: How do we harness the potential of new social platforms while ensuring a well-founded strategy that increases awareness and aids in engagement?
The PIE News
AUGUST 30, 2023
Applications for student visas in Finland have gone up again in 2023, with a 48% increase on 2022 numbers, according to the country’s immigration service. Some 8,762 non-EU nationals submitted applications for residence with the intention to study by July – up from 5,911 at the same time last year. Calling the increase “dramatic”, the Finnish Immigration Service said that interest in the country’s education system was “growing”. “Finland is increasingly being picked up on the radars
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
Afghan students try to put down roots on an American campus. By Karin Fischer Kathy F. Atkinson, University of Delaware Two years after they escaped Afghanistan, students found themselves between worlds.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
Nick Bates Nick Bates has been named director of the Howard Thurmond Center for Common Ground at Boston University. He served as the interim director. Bates holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice and master’s in higher education from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
The PIE News
AUGUST 30, 2023
The Taliban has banned at least 60 Afghan women from travelling to Dubai to take up a scholarship at the University of Dubai. Some 100 women were offered funded places at the university by the Al Habtoor Group but many were stopped at the airport by Taliban officials and prevented from boarding their flight to Dubai. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, chair of the group, posted a video on X (formerly Twitter), criticising the Taliban’s decision.
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 30, 2023
Due to new anti-LGBTQ+ state laws, the nonprofit Campus Pride excluded four public colleges in Florida and Texas from its 2023 list of the most LGBTQ-friendly campuses. The University of North Florida, the University of Central Florida, Texas Tech University, and the University of Texas at Dallas have been removed from the list due to new restrictions or bans on LGBTQ+ programs and services.
Campus Sonar
AUGUST 30, 2023
“We report quarterly, but no one really gives feedback.” “Our information goes into an annual board report, and we’re not sure if anyone even reads it.” “We work hard, but don’t always feel seen.” “We have a new leader coming in and want to position our team’s value effectively.” We hear comments like these all the time, and campus communicators are genuinely concerned their efforts are lost in the sea of competing priorities.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
Education Department approves one Florida college’s application to change accreditors. A new state law—and Ron DeSantis—dictate that Florida’s 39 other public colleges do the same. The U.S. Department of Education has given Florida SouthWestern State College approval to seek a new accreditor, setting in motion a state plan that will require its 40 public institutions to move away from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges.
Academe Blog
AUGUST 30, 2023
BY KEITH E. WHITTINGTON It is not every day that a government minister writes to an American university president demanding that a book be immediately removed “from the curriculum of any of its courses” and “conduct a thorough review of the academic materials” used in its classes.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
Halima Monds was a first-year student at Spelman College when she joined SpelREADS , a program that pairs undergraduate tutors with students in Atlanta Public Schools to help boost their reading ability. “With SpelREADS , it feels like I’m really making a difference,” Halima said at the time. “If a student is not reading on grade level, that’s a pipeline to prison.
The PIE News
AUGUST 30, 2023
Non-profit social enterprise World Education Services has invested in global verification company Qualification Check, the partners have announced. Since 2010, Qualification Check has grown to provide licence verifications in over 195 countries and for more than 50,000 educational institutions and professional qualification awarding bodies. The amount of investment has not been disclosed.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
Art Coleman, co-founder of EducationCounsel LLC The Supreme Court’s June ruling ending race-conscious admissions practices left vast patches of uncertainty in its wake. It was very clear what was not allowed—giving applicants a benefit because of their race or ethnicity—but it was less certain how far the decision extended. In what ways could a college incorporate an applicant’s background into their decision-making if he or she disclosed it?
The PIE News
AUGUST 30, 2023
While Nepal and Bhutan are often cited as exciting growth markets, Bangladesh is sometimes overlooked as a key differential student recruitment market for enabling growth and diversity. According to HESA statistics, Bangladesh has become one of the fastest growing source markets for the UK higher education sector, increasing by 91% between the 2020/21 and 2021/22 academic years, with 12,700 students enrolled in British universities.
The Guardian - Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
University accommodation should be treated as a right. We need action to curb this exploitation of young people As the shorter summer evenings signal the start of a new academic year, a chilling wind of anxiety will take hold for many university students. But it’s not necessarily school-related stress or nerves about leaving home that is causing them to worry.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
University of Michigan Halts Internet During First Week of Classes Featured Image at Top of Article Michigan_Internet.jpg Lauren.
Campus Technology
AUGUST 30, 2023
Among the core themes of the recently released Changing Landscape of Online Education report is that growing student demand for online and hybrid learning is moving higher education toward a multi-modal future. We spoke with Dr. Bethany Simunich, co-director of the CHLOE Project, about key takeaways from the CHLOE 8 survey and why institutions that aren't examining their online strategy may be putting themselves at a competitive disadvantage.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
A month before student loan payments are scheduled to restart, a federal appeals court has reinstated a ban on student loan collectors charging collection fees to some borrowers who default.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
Michael Newby Michael Newby has been appointed director of development for North Carolina Central University’s School of Business. He served in pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical services and business-to-business sales. Newby holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from North Carolina Central University and an MBA from American Intercontinental University.
University Business
AUGUST 30, 2023
Yet another college ranking has arrived, and it, too, boasts its unique methodology on the backdrop of the U.S. News’ recent wallop of criticisms. Washington Monthly’s 2023 National University Rankings analyzed over 1,500 higher education institutions registered with the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
State support is too often caught in boom or bust cycles. That volatility destabilizes the sector. By Jennifer A. Delaney Ben Hickey for The Chronicle State support is too often caught in boom or bust cycles. That volatility destabilizes the sector.
Campus Technology
AUGUST 30, 2023
OpenAI has announced the launch of ChatGPT Enterprise, offering "enterprise-grade security and privacy, unlimited higher-speed GPT-4 access, longer context windows for processing longer inputs, advanced data analysis capabilities, customization options, and much more" for organizations that integrate the tool into their business operations.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
West Virginia University announced Tuesday, after its Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics appealed its proposed elimination, that administrators will still recommend to the WVU Board of Governors axing all of the department’s undergraduate and graduate degree programs. But WVU has backed off, a little, from its widely lambasted consideration of laying off the whole faculty and offering only online foreign language instruction, possibly through an app or a partnership with
Helix Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
Every year, I look forward to the release of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report from QM and Eduventures, which shares results from a national survey of chief online officers (COOs) across higher education. This year’s installment, CHLOE 8 , highlights an interesting confluence of the continued growth of online learning and the ways in which institutions are poised to respond to changing student preferences.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
Rights Chief Calls for ‘Coalition of the Willing’ on Campus Diversity Featured Image at Top of Article cfap_speaker_catherineelhamon_2.
Helix Education
AUGUST 30, 2023
As graduate enrollment begins to cool and traditional undergraduate enrollment continues to face challenges, institutions need to ensure that their marketing, outreach, and recruitment practices align with how today’s graduate students make their decisions. And we mustn’t forget the programs themselves – programs must align with student expectations or the student will go elsewhere to find what they are looking for.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
A College of Psychologists of Ontario panel ordered Jordan Peterson in November to complete an “education or remedial program … regarding professionalism in public statements.” Peterson then took that regulatory body to court.
University Business
AUGUST 30, 2023
On one campus, a community is hailing some of its members as heroes , even as it grieves the loss of life nearby. On another, students — many of whom spent hours barricaded in dorm rooms and classrooms (with some even jumping out of windows ) — are left shocked and shaken. Together, they raise questions, like: How great is the threat to university campuses?
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 30, 2023
The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with Highland Community College in Kansas on Monday after investigating the college for discrimination against Black students, particularly student athletes. The investigation launched in January 2022 after Black students alleged that they were surveilled and subject to harsher disciplinary measures than white classmates, including removal from campus housing and expulsion.
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