Community college students need help meeting basic needs
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Many facing basic needs insecurity didn't receive help from their campuses, researchers found. They suggested opening resources to all students.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Many facing basic needs insecurity didn't receive help from their campuses, researchers found. They suggested opening resources to all students.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What happens when you notify OfS of a concern? As David Kernohan finds out, not very much - for quite a long while. The post Notifications might (eventually) lead to regulation appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Professors who have retirement accounts with TIAA have turned to the Principles for Responsible Investment to try to force changes by 2025.
Wonkhe
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What's going on with quality and standards regulation in England? Paul Greatrix brings us up to speed. The post These boots are made for checking appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
New America report flags challenges including procurement, reluctant faculty, ineffective messages, possible racial discrimination and data struggles.
The Academic Designer
OCTOBER 19, 2022
How can academics get publicity and media attention for their work? Plus, what to charge for speaking engagements. Meet Dr. Sheena Howard.
Higher Ed Dive
OCTOBER 19, 2022
They’re looking for positions at the same time the pandemic leads some colleges to beef up regional admissions programs.
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The PIE News
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The perception of Australia as a safe study destination is driving interest from international students, new research has suggested. According to IDP Education’s latest Emerging Futures research, Australia is “bouncing back” after the pandemic to become the second-most attractive study destination globally after Canada. Collating the views of more than 11,000 prospective students, applicants and current students, the survey – released during the AIEC conference on the Gold Co
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Susan N. Kahn calls for higher standards for entry into college and university teaching. Ad keywords: teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Career Advice Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: IIIerlok_Xolms/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
The PIE News
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The UK is the preferred destination for some 40% of business school students, according to a recent survey of some 3,000 individuals. The latest Business of Branding study by CarringtonCrisp , in association with EFMD , found that the UK was the most sought after business education destination, followed by the US. Some 35% of respondents indicated the US as their most preferred study destination, with 26% opting for the EU, and Canada and India, which both hit 19%. “The UK has always been
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Image: The University of California, San Diego, removed an instructor from the classroom for the term, following racist remarks he made during an organic chemistry lecture last week. According to a video of the class—which the university was recording for student use, and which has since been shared widely on social media—the instructor, Robert Ternansky, exited the lecture hall to address noise outside.
Leaders Building Leaders
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Showing gratitude is a win-win. Harvard research shows that just thinking thoughts of gratitude makes you measurably happier, regardless of whether or not you act on them. Setting time to think or write thoughts to yourself about the gratitude you feel has positive effects on your general outlook in your life, and also on the relationships you have.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma No doubt you’ve heard the advice: you can’t go forward looking into the rearview mirror. But those words of wisdom are actually wrong. Only by looking backward can we move forward. Søren Kierkegaard had it right: life must be lived forward but can only be understood backward. We need to look backward to learn from our mistakes and free ourselves from the ruts we find ourselves in.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What two governors' contrasting platforms say about the nation's polarized views about colleges. By Katherine Mangan. Mark Harris for The Chronicle, photos from Getty Images. What two governors' contrasting platforms say about the nation's polarized views about colleges.
HEPI
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Alison Johns, Chief Executive, Advance HE, urges all leaders in higher education and related organisations to complete the inaugural Global Leadership Survey for Higher Education and be part of this global conversation. It is a chance to have your say and shape the future of higher education leadership. There has probably never been a better time to ask and explore our central question: what works for leadership in higher education?
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Three bad ways to manage an academic department that are all too common. By Kevin Dettmar. Sam Kalda for The Chronicle. Three bad ways to manage an academic department that are all too common.
FIRE
OCTOBER 19, 2022
March 2, 2022 was a dark day for free speech at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. At a campus event, constitutional scholar Ilya Shapiro couldn’t even get through his opening remarks because of cacophonous chanting and yelling by protestors, rendering the audience completely unable to hear him. In light of the disruption, UC Hastings proposed a revised Event Policy to ensure this illiberal heckler’s veto never happens again.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Who influenced your heroes? In today’s Academic Minute, part of University of Dayton Week, Minnita Daniel-Cox looks into one such inspiration. Daniel-Cox is an associate professor of music at Dayton. A transcript of this podcast can be found here. Section: Academic Minute File: 10-19-22 Dayton - Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Artist Legacy.
FIRE
OCTOBER 19, 2022
You may think you live in a free country. Some foreign governments would disagree. . Authoritarian countries like China, Turkey, and Russia are trying to export their brand of oppression around the world. And they’re succeeding. . Just this weekend we received another reminder that freedom of speech isn’t safe even in free countries when violence broke out after dozens of demonstrators supporting Hong Kong’s protest movement congregated outside of the Chinese consulate in Manchester. .
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Two students at Northwest College, in Wyoming, were attacked by a grizzly bear and barely escaped, KSL News reported. The bear first attacked one of the students and then the other, who tried to help the first student. “I didn’t want to lose my friend. It was bad. There was big ol’ bear on top of him. I could have run and potentially lost a friend, or get him off and save him,” said Kendell Cummings from his hospital bed in Billings, Mont.
Campus Sonar
OCTOBER 19, 2022
If you work on a small campus, chances are you’re a master at multitasking. Depending on the size of your campus, social media may be the responsibility of one person, or less than one, so it’s important to get the most out of everything you do. If that’s where you sit right now, we can help. Over the last five+ years of researching higher ed conversation, we’ve discovered small campuses have an amazing opportunity to differentiate themselves.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
OCTOBER 19, 2022
By Audrey Williams June A 1.1-percent decline, both in undergraduates and in total enrollment, suggests academe's recovery has yet to arrive.
The PIE News
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Name: Haohao Guo. Occupation: JNC Study Abroad Platform. Location: US. Haohao Guo is the former CFO for Massachusetts International Academy, the first boarding language school designed only for preparing Chinese international students to attend college in the US. After an 11-year run and sending over 2,500 full-time Chinese international students to US universities, MAIA shuttered its doors as a result of the pandemic.
HEPI
OCTOBER 19, 2022
This blog was contributed by Eva Spiekermann, Co-Director of the Migration Campaign and Movement Building at People & Planet. Today, Cardiff Metropolitan University made a landmark announcement in support of migrants’ rights by approving a policy to never invest in companies complicit in violence against people migrating and seeking sanctuary. An unprecedented act in UK higher education, Cardiff Metropolitan’s decision is also the first victory for the student-led Divest Borders campaign, wh
ACPA
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The External Relations Advisory Board of ACPA – College Student Educators International is issuing a reminder to all ACPA members that the temporary waiver that expanded eligibility to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program expires on October 31, 2022. The limited PSLF waiver allows the following: Receive credit for periods of repayment on Direct, Federal Family Education (FFEL) Program Loans, or Perkins Loans.
FIRE
OCTOBER 19, 2022
After protests disrupted constitutional scholar Ilya Shapiro at a campus event in March, UC Hastings promised to revise its policies to protect free speech
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Harvard University announced that all students must be vaccinated with the new bivalent COVID-19 by January, Boston.com reported. Students with medical or religious reasons may seek an exemption. Harvard University Health Services will offer the vaccine. In the Boston area, Harvard is the first to require the new booster, although other colleges are offering it.
Economics and Change in Higher Education
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The approach is a response by some small colleges to a worsening enrollment crisis, mounting competition from educational providers that focus mainly on job skills, and increasing skepticism among consumers that an investment in a higher education will pay off. The technologies that took a huge leap forward during the pandemic — most notably, the delivery of education online — course sharing generally teams up universities and colleges that have extra space in online classes with partner institu
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Today on the Academic Minute , part of University of Dayton Week: Minnita Daniel-Cox, associate professor of music, takes a look at the legacy of someone who has inspired many artists. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. Is this diversity newsletter?: Hide by line?: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?
Economics and Change in Higher Education
OCTOBER 19, 2022
We use data from the College Scorecard to examine CTE programs overall and within six fields of study: health sciences, business and marketing, computer and information sciences, repair services, protective services, and personal and culinary services. We explore the program outcomes of debt, earnings, and “debt burden” (debt as a share of earnings).
FIRE
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The post University of Minnesota Response to FIRE, October 19, 2022 appeared first on FIRE.
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
In June, Harvard University announced a $200 million gift to launch the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, an academic center dedicated to the study of one of humanity’s most pressing threats. In May, Stanford University announced a $1.1 billion gift to fund the Doerr School of Sustainability, its first new school in 70 years. That same month, Columbia University celebrated its Climate School’s first-ever graduating class.
HEM (Higher Education Marketing)
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Reading Time: 9 minutes A streamlined student application process is fundamental to the success of a school’s student recruitment strategy. It’s during this stage that prospective students are solidifying their intentions to enrol, making key decisions to determine the right program, campus, and semester. To go over and narrow their choices prior to registration, they’ll need to use an online student application portal. .
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean A couple of years ago, when we started seriously planning to hand The Wife’s car down to The Boy, I started researching cars to figure out what to get her as a replacement. We got the replacement, but along the way I fell into various YouTube wormholes around cars and haven’t really escaped. There’s an entire world of car discourse, some of which is much smarter and funnier than one might expect from the ostensible topics.
HEPI
OCTOBER 19, 2022
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor James Ransom, Head of Research at the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE). This blog is the fifth in our series on leadership in partnership with NCEE. A dig through academic archives can give us insights into how our understanding of higher education leadership has changed over time.
Insight Into Diversity
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Public universities throughout New York will soon expand campus child care access using $15.6 million in state funding. State University of New York (SUNY) institutions will receive $10.8 million to address significant child care gaps, while City University of New York (CUNY) campuses will receive the remaining $4.8 million to expand their current child care services. “Expanding high-quality, affordable child care options is an essential piece of creating a more equitable and accessible hi
FIRE
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What if you could generate a photorealistic picture of anything you could imagine? It would have sounded like wizardry even 10 years ago, but it’s the reality of AI programs like DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion. Unsurprisingly, this powerful technology is raising fears about everything from political misinformation to defamatory images to political deepfakes. .
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