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It's going to be hard

Higher Ed Data Stories

I've posted this visualization a few times, but never embedded it in a blog post. Now's the time. Teresa Watanabe of the LA Times tweeted this today. So, for the foreseeable future, no one will need an ACT or SAT to gain admission to the UC or Cal State system campuses. And in fact, testing won't help you get in, either. For lots of students, there will be no need to test.

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Making diversity better: FIRE partners with Inversity

FIRE

This special offer with Inversity is no longer available. Please go to inversitysolutions.com to learn more about how Inversity can help you! Diversity trainings, despite best efforts to foster inclusive campus environments, routinely fail to recognize a critical component in their programming: ideological diversity.

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Higher Ed Brand Identity: Arizona

CommCentered

Higher Ed Branding in The Grand Canyon State. Considering its placement within the United States, I did not expect Arizona to have as many higher ed institutions as it does – let alone a fresh range of visual diversity in their brand identities. The Arizona community college system’s flexible identity is particularly inspired and engaging.

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Who Took My Cookie? Driving Inquiries in a Changing Digital Landscape [Webinar]

Echo Delta

This is the third of four installments in our (Re)Precedented Webinar Series, which originally took place live in September and October of 2021. ? ?. Webinar Summary. Over the past year, big tech companies made sweeping changes to protect consumer data. These changes were impactful in a positive way, but how would they impact the effectiveness of many digital advertising tools?

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 3: How New Board Roles Facilitate Institutional Transformation

The Change Leader, Inc.

In our series Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance, part 1 discussed raising the bar for college and university leaders. In part 2 we covered the updated board duties. Now we continue the series and discuss how new board roles can facilitate institutional transformation. Higher education continues to face continual transformational change , and to successfully navigate this change requires a new model of work.

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Some Musings on College Rankings

Susquehanna President's Blog

Some Musings on College Rankings College rankings continue to proliferate, and in many cases muddy the waters for prospective students and their families. Most of the leading rankings of institutions use an in-house algorithm that utilizes certain data points to create a score. Many of those data points are meaningful measures of institutional health and how selective they are, but these do not necessarily correlate with students’ academic experiences.

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VIDEO: RJ Thompson Talks HigherEd Marketing As A Professor and Designer

CommCentered

The post VIDEO: RJ Thompson Talks HigherEd Marketing As A Professor and Designer appeared first on CommCentered.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 3:How New Board Roles Facilitate Institutional Transformation

The Change Leader, Inc.

In our series Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance, part 1 discussed raising the bar for college and university leaders. In part 2 we covered the updated board duties. Now we continue the series and discuss how new board roles can facilitate institutional transformation. Higher education continues to face continual transformational change, and to successfully navigate this change requires a new model of work.

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More Transparency About the Student Debt Portfolio Is Needed: Student Debt By Institution

Higher Education Inquirer

It's commonly known that US student loan debt is now about more than $1.7 trillion and that more than 44 million Americans are laden with this debt. It's also known that student debt is not a problem for everyone who goes to college or everyone who takes out loans. Student loan debt is not equally distributed: while the children of elites can go to school without incurring debt and find meaningful work after graduation, working families are burdened because so many cannot find decent, gainful em

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Improve Persistence and Graduation Rates in Higher EdChanging Higher Ed Podcast 097 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart

The Change Leader, Inc.

Higher education institutions continue to face change because of the turbulent global environment. However, many struggle with this transition because they are locked into traditions that no longer serve their institution, their students, or higher education in general. One institution that is successfully adapting to meet students’ needs is Amarillo College, which is located in […] Learn the process Amarillo College used to improve persistence and graduation rates from 14% to 88% and from

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Talk Less, Listen More: The Story Behind the “Heroes Made Here”

The Higher Ed Marketer

When it comes to marketing leadership roles, it pays to speak less and listen more. Anna-Maja Dahlgren , Director of University Marketing at Loma Linda University , has embraced this philosophy throughout her marketing career, which began in healthcare before transitioning to higher ed. It was this commitment to listening that led to a compromise between her and executive leadership.