Wonkhe
JANUARY 22, 2023
Andy Westwood makes the case for a joined-up education system and a blueprint for policy that could be picked up by Labour for the next general election and beyond The post Why Labour should prioritise tertiary reform over tuition fees appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 26, 2023
Executives may want to flee a sector with tight rules and a poor reputation at the same time nonprofits are looking to build their online offerings, experts said.
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The Academic Designer
JANUARY 19, 2023
What can academics learn about social media from reality TV? Jennifer talks about the new season of The Circle Netflix, sharing 7 tips to inspire professors for the new year.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 28, 2023
Governor’s latest shot in his war on woke is the shock appointment of rightwing trustees to progressive New College New College of Florida started making history from the day it opened its doors to its first incoming class of 101 undergraduate students in 1964. It was the first institution of higher education in Florida – which was once part of the slave-owning Confederacy – to pioneer an open admissions policy committing the school not to discriminate based on “race, creed, national origin, or
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 26, 2023
Image: North Dakota’s House majority leader has introduced legislation that would let presidents of at least two colleges, Dickinson State University and Bismarck State College, fire tenured faculty members based on those presidents’ own, unappealable reviews. The final paragraph of the roughly two-page House Bill 1446 is this: “The president and any administrators delegated to assist the president shall fulfill these duties without fear of reprisal or retaliation.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2023
By Sarah Brown The action is the latest example of heightened interest by a Republican state official in documenting, and potentially curbing, colleges’ efforts to promote equity and inclusion.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 26, 2023
Disappointed by foot dragging in Westminster, Karen Ross argues that higher education should step up and take the lead on making the menopause an everyday story The post Universities can lead the way in making a better menopause appeared first on Wonkhe.
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HEPI
JANUARY 5, 2023
This week, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to make Maths compulsory to the age of 18, which would need a lot of extra Maths teachers… Here, writing in a personal capacity, Pam Tatlow looks at the current state of teacher training in England. Pam is on Twitter @Pam_Tatlow. The rejection of all appeals submitted by 12 universities in respect of their applications to be accredited as teacher education providers from 2024 may come as a surprise to some.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 26, 2023
Data shows sharp decline in students from Italy, Germany and France with Brexit seen as primary deterrent The number of EU students enrolling in British universities has more than halved since Brexit – with sharp declines in scholars from Italy, Germany and France, figures reveal. Brexit is seen as the primary deterrent , with home fees and student finance no longer available to EU students who do not already live in the UK with settled or pre-settled status.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 18, 2023
Image: University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members began striking Tuesday after their union said 12 hours of negotiations with administrators on Martin Luther King Jr. Day didn’t produce an agreement. “We passed proposals back and forth with the management team from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., when they passed us a counter that indicated that they had no interest in resolving our differences,” the union, UIC United Faculty, wrote on its website.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 3, 2023
The November newsfeed heralded the arrival of AI essay writing. AI (or Artificial Intelligence) essay writing recruits online software that sifts through information and generates a thoughtful written analysis. Enter a prompt, and AI can turn out a reasonable essay on everything from utilitarianism to the Krebs cycle…for free. In truth, AI authorship hardly qualifies as “news.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 15, 2023
Many universities claim to have a civic mission, but how many are paying the living wage? Jonathan Grant takes a look at the sector’s progress so far. The post Are universities still “civic washing”? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 23, 2023
A pending Supreme Court ruling on race-conscious admissions and other shifts like ChatGPT’s effects on application essays could upend the landscape.
The PIE News
JANUARY 26, 2023
Education providers in Australia have largely welcomed the government’s decision to reinstate the cap on working hours for international students, but argue that study-related work experience should not count towards the limit. The amount of hours that international students in the country are permitted to work is set to be capped once again from 30 June 2023, after the 40 hour fortnightly limit was lifted in January last year.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 14, 2023
The centre at Worcester University could be forced to train only overseas students, who are unlikely to remain in Britain A new school set up to boost the number of doctors in England has been told it will not receive any funding for domestic students – meaning that in future it may only be able to give places to those coming in from overseas. The government is refusing to fund a single place at Three Counties Medical School, University of Worcester, despite health bosses in the area saying they
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 20, 2023
Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Their word and phrase choices are more varied than those selected by machines that write. Human writers also draw from short- and long-term memories that recall a range of lived experiences and inform personal writing styles. And unlike machines, people are susceptible to inserting minor typos, such as a misplaced comma or a misspelled word.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 30, 2023
There's a reason Ron DeSantis feels threatened by AP African American studies. By Roderick A. Ferguson Joan Wong for The Chronicle There's a reason Ron DeSantis feels threatened by AP African American studies.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 26, 2023
Daniel Sokol describes a case of blackmail by an essay mill and proposes a new approach to how universities should handle such cases. The post How should universities handle cases of blackmail by essay mills? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
The dean of the No. 1 medical school for research says rankings “create perverse incentives” for institutions to submit false or misleading data.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 12, 2023
Technical jobs are receiving fewer applications from younger generations. According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020. Applications for jobs like automotive technicians or respiratory therapists went from an average of 10 applications each to only five.
Cisco blogs - Education
JANUARY 26, 2023
This may sound like a title to a change management book, but in this context, I would like to use it in context of collaboration technologies. Simplifying your collaboration platform is best done by adopting one that is also a cloud-based platform, specifically, cloud calling. But you don’t have to compromise on less performance and features. In fact, with the ability to manage from the cloud, your organization will gain a full feature set with lower costs overall.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 5, 2023
Imagine two postdoctoral researchers in an academic lab. Both have similar duties, such as conducting experiments, mentoring junior lab members, analyzing data and publishing and presenting their work. However, if one of them were awarded a prestigious training fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, that same postdoc may lose their employment status with their institution, causing a loss of critical employee benefits in their overall compensation package.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 20, 2023
Conservatives take on colleges' "illiberal" bureaucracy. By Eric Kelderman André da Loba for The Chronicle Model legislation lays out how legislatures could outlaw public colleges' efforts to attract and retain people of color and other marginalized groups.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 29, 2023
David Kernohan looks for the data and the constraints in the increasingly acrimonious New JNCHES system of higher education pay negotiation The post How pay negotiations work in UK universities appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 17, 2023
Leaders detail a new project disaggregating data on who transfers and earns a bachelor's degree. It also seeks to document best practices for colleges.
Educause
JANUARY 25, 2023
Ongoing student surveys at the University of Central Florida show the evolution and impact of the pandemic on students’ mobile device ownership and use for learning.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JANUARY 24, 2023
Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) have been in existence for over 50 years, serving not only Native American and Alaskan Native students but anyone from the rural communities where they reside. The 35 TCUs in the U.S. train future teachers, nurses, engineers, and more. Yet despite serving almost 28,000 students yearly, experts say TCUs are often invisible to the public or seen as institutions of lesser quality than other public or private institutions, despite being accredited by state age
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 12, 2023
Image: Ever since the chat bot ChatGPT burst into public view in late 2022, students, professors and administrators have been woozy from a chaotic cocktail of excitement, uncertainty and fear. The bot writes poems, sonnets and essays. It also serves as a convincing debate partner on a seemingly unlimited number of subjects. Given that the natural language model earned passing scores on the evidence and torts portion of the bar exam, among other feats, some in academe fret that the technology may
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 14, 2023
With deadly protests in Iran exacerbating anguish, experts worry visa delays could risk a decline in Australian research standards Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast When Iranian Behzad Pournori received an offer for a full scholarship at RMIT University in February last year, he was elated. He applied for a student visa right away, and in May, filled out supplementary forms with personal details needed to assess whether he satisfied “character requirement
Wonkhe
JANUARY 18, 2023
Training more doctors isn't as simple as raising the caps on medical school places. David Kernohan learns the true cost of medical training The post Why can’t we just have more medical student places? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 27, 2023
Evan Mandery attacks elite colleges' practices, from admissions inequities to socioeconomic stratification. This is the first of a two-part conversation.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JANUARY 30, 2023
Demands for diversity data, a governing-board overhaul, and a pledge to strip “trendy ideology” from higher ed. Is Ron DeSantis just getting started? By Francie Diep and Emma Pettit Illustration by the Chronicle; photo from Getty Images Demands for diversity data, a governing-board overhaul, and a pledge to strip “trendy ideology” from higher ed. Is Ron DeSantis just getting started?
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 8, 2023
I have seen friends on Facebook create decent songs and stunning artistic creations with little knowledge of music or art, all after spending a bit of time getting to know an AI art or music generator. But since the grammar assistants in my word processors often flag what is already correct and miss what I wish they should have caught, I’ve never felt AI writing was advancing very quickly.
Inside Higher Ed
JANUARY 6, 2023
Image: Tabitha Edson always knew she wanted to work in health sciences. She earned a nursing assistant certification in high school but decided not to pursue the field at Westminster College, a small private institution in Salt Lake City; she worried that it would limit her job opportunities when she graduated. Instead, she found herself drawn to public health, inspired by an introductory course in the subject required for both public health and nursing majors.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JANUARY 7, 2023
ACLU and Pen America back former Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth and say decision ‘raises serious questions’ Leading civil rights organisations have condemned Harvard Kennedy School’s denial of a position to the former head of Human Rights Watch over the organisation’s criticism of Israel. The American Civil Liberties Union called the refusal of a fellowship to Kenneth Roth “profoundly troubling”.
Wonkhe
JANUARY 19, 2023
Early signs are encouraging that student satisfaction is returning to pre-pandemic levels. Jonah Duffin presents the latest data. The post Student satisfaction is bouncing back appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JANUARY 20, 2023
A new survey from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association finds officials are working on improving the labor force.
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