Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Image: In late July, Whitworth University undergraduate Byron Gustafson tried to access information on his university’s website, but his request did not go through. At first, he assumed the glitch was temporary. But three days later, he saw a brief post from the university indicating that the institution was experiencing technical difficulties.
WCET Frontiers
AUGUST 18, 2022
Welcome to the continuation of the WCET + WCET Steering work group series focused on microcredential initiatives. This series explores microcredential adoption, implementation, and evaluation. Previously, the series has reviewed the importance of understanding the strategic goals of microcredential projects and the value that clarity of terms plays in an emergent area.
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Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Ever had to wait forever to speak with someone to report a simple problem? If so, then you know exactly what sludge is and how infuriating it can be, Kevin Van Winkle writes. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: amathers/digistalvision vectors/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?
Today's Learner
AUGUST 18, 2022
Reading Time: < 1 minute Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Shifting student expectations. Uncertainty surrounding course modalities. These are concerns we’ve been hearing about for a while now when it comes to faculty well-being. It’s no secret that the state of education is changing, along with the responsibilities and experiences of faculty. Of all the recent changes to higher education, one fact holds true.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Image: With fiscal year 2022 in the books, some colleges are reporting blockbuster fundraising years even amid economic uncertainty and a period of high inflation. A number of colleges—public, private, both predominantly white institutions and historically Black colleges and universities—are seeing success, some reporting record donations for fiscal year 2022, which ended June 30.
Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson
AUGUST 18, 2022
Any learning design framework that does not address the psychomotor skills is not worth exploring. There is not a single discipline taught in any formal, non-formal or informal way that does not make use of some tool or technology, instrument or mechanism (aka media), at some point in the process. It makes sense that any curriculum development process needs to put the media at the forefront of its planning.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Blog: Learning Innovation The report I'm drawing from and sharing around most enthusiastically this summer is the recently released CHLOE 7: Tracking Online Learning From Mainstream Acceptance to Universal Adoptio n. In a previous post , I highlighted the reported data on present and future instructional design capacity. In this post, I'd like to amplify the report's findings on centralization vs. distribution of online student services (Figure 5) and offer some thoughts. 1 - Figure
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Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Modern Language this week released guidelines by which faculty members, department and institutions may evaluate publicly engaged humanities scholarship. The group says the guidelines are needed to drive the peer-review process for work published in nonacademic venues and that reaches audiences beyond academe. With a particular emphasis on the ethics of community engagement, the MLA suggests considering the public humanities project’s: scope and impact; form and dissemination; extent o
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean Since I’m spending this academic year with the N.J. Council of County Colleges, I’m in the unaccustomed position of hurtling toward September without being on a campus. Kathy Johnson Bowles’ proposed speech in Inside Higher Ed this week got me thinking about “welcome” speeches, which reminded me of this piece from 2014.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
A Portland State University professor is suing a University of Oregon employee who blocked him on Twitter, KCBY11 reported. Bruce Gilley, a political science professor, accused Tova Stabin, communications manager of the university's Division of Equity and Inclusion, of violating his First Amendment rights by blocking him on the division’s Twitter account.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Blog: Beyond Transfer The tumult of the pandemic, enrollment shakeups, concerns over tuition costs—all these factors have forced a significant shift in donor and alumni fundraising. Engagement needs to be more immediate and personal. Alumni and donors have more clarity on what is important to them. And underdeveloped donor bases are coming forward ready to give.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Education Department released its first set of guidance on the so-called Fresh Start program that will allow the 7.5 million borrowers in default to be placed back in good standing on their federal student loans. For most federal loans, borrowers are placed in default if they have not made a payment in 270 days. Default has numerous negative impacts on borrowers, including collection fees, possible garnishment of wages and damages to their credit scores.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Two-plus years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus continues to drive changes across the college sports world. Simon Fraser University, the NCAA’s only Canadian program, announced that it is moving four home football games to Washington State, citing vaccine requirements for crossing the border into Canada. Simon Fraser, which plays at the Division II level, will play four home games in Blaine, Wash., roughly 28 miles away from its Burnaby, British Columbia, campus.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Lumina Foundation announced Wednesday that Madera Community College in California won $1 million to bolster its marketing and community outreach and enroll more adult learners. The foundation called on two-year institutions to submit applications describing “their visions for transforming their brands” as part of the Million Dollar Community College Challenge, launched in February, according to a press release.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Mario Enzler, dean of the business school at the University of St. Thomas, has resigned after faculty members accused Enzler of embellishing his résumé with false academic credentials. Enzler joined St. Thomas in 2020 after four years as a professor at the Catholic University of America. Enzler, who is from Italy and has a background in international banking, listed a bachelor’s degree from an institution that was in reality a high school and claimed a Ph.D. from an Italian u
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Clarke University has reinstated its bachelor of science in computer science. George Mason University is starting a B.A. in international security and law. La Salle University is starting a bachelor of science program in actuarial science. Lipscomb University is starting a master’s degree and certification teacher apprenticeship program. Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: New academic programs Is this diversity newsletter?
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Big Ten Conference has reached a seven-year contract for television rights for an average of at least $1 billion a year, The New York Times reported. This is the first time a college conference has secured a deal of that size. The conference made a deal with Fox for many of the key games. But the Big Ten also signed deals with CBS and NBC. ESPN, which has had a long relationship with the Big Ten, is not in the new deal.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Week: Dr. Christine Thuyvan Dinh, associate professor of otolaryngology, otology, neurology and lateral skull base surgery, explores one of the diseases for which we’re still seeking a cure. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
There are many afflictions we’re still looking to cure. In today’s Academic Minute, part of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Week, Dr. Christine Thuyvan Dinh discusses one. Dr. Dinh is an associate professor of otolaryngology, otology, neurology and lateral skull base surgery at Miami Miller. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Leaders of the University of California are discussing plans to use the system’s authority to prevent the University of California, Los Angeles, from leaving the Pac-12 athletic conference and joining the Big Ten, the Los Angeles Times reported. It has been widely assumed that UCLA has the right to leave because of a 1991 system policy that lets campus chancellors negotiate contracts, including those that involve intercollegiate athletics.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Image: The University of California, Los Angeles, has launched a new center dedicated to studying and treating depression among students at California community colleges. Leaders of the new ALACRITY center, or Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness, plan to launch multiple research projects focused on the mental health of students starting this upcoming academic year.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Hudson Valley Community College is allowing students to return to campus unvaccinated this fall despite a vaccine mandate set by the State University of New York system and required of all institutions in the system, the Times Union reported. “Vaccination does not prevent infection or transmission of the virus,” Louis Coplin, the college’s vice president of student affairs, wrote to the Times Union.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Colleges pay tribute to diversity yet largely offer a cookie-cutter approach to education. Go to most campuses and a conventional, unimaginative, standardized approach to education is the norm: A college education consists of 60 or 120 credit hours, a 15 week-long semester, distribution requirements, a department-based major, and 3 or 5 credit hour lecture, seminar, and laboratory courses.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
State legislative proposals to restrict the freedom to teach and learn have increased by 250 percent in 2022 compared to last year, according to a report released today by PEN America, the free expression and literary organization. Most of the bills focus on K-12 education, but 39 percent of bills have targeted colleges and universities, compared with 30 percent last year.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 18, 2022
In November 2021, during a special legislative session to address redistricting and infrastructure, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly passed House Bill 1508 banning the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. Commenting on this new law , a local public school district superintendent described racism as “the project of the godless Democrat party that has rejected god, family, faith and America.
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