Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Did you know that full-time faculty at 4-year universities are: 225 percent more likely to be of a non-Chrisitian faith than other US adults. 131 percent more likely to on the political left. 60 percent more likely to identify as LGBTQ. 55 percent more likely to be religiously unaffiliated. 55 percent less likely to be Black and 67 percent less likely to be Hispanic.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
The CEO of 2U, a company that helps colleges run online programs and owns the edX platform, responds to criticism against his sector.
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Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The graduate route visa benefits industries and employers, despite the obstacles that international graduates continue to face. Florence Reedy argues that we need to be investing in people The post The UK should be extending the graduate route visa, not restricting it appeared first on Wonkhe.
MindMax
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
MindMax is committed to being at the forefront of emerging trends in higher education marketing and engagement. Recently, we hosted an internal Lunch and Learn event where Kim Galiette, Director of Content Strategy, and Lillian Kerrigan, Sales Operations Manager, analyzed insights and key takeaways from the UPCEA fall 2022 events. Here is a comprehensive overview of the presentation they shared.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
International graduates who stay and work in Australia earn lower salaries than their domestic counterparts, although the wage gap has reduced since 2021. Non-Australians working full-time who studied undergraduate courses earned AUS$60,000 on average in 2022 compared to AUS$68,000 for Australians. The salary difference was less pronounced than in 2021, when the variation was AUS$10,700 between the two groups, according to the 2022 International Graduate Outcomes Survey.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Kathy Hochul wants to burnish some institutions’ research profiles and reverse the system’s declining enrollment to grow to 500,000 students.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Graduates are looking for interesting jobs and universities are looking to recruit a diverse workforce. Emily Owen asks whether professional services at universities should be looking to recruit recent graduates The post Why graduates should work in higher education professional services appeared first on Wonkhe.
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The PIE News
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Post-pandemic recovery in Australia’s international education sector “continues to gain momentum”, according to data cited by Universities Australia. In an announcement, the organisation said that around 59,000 international students arrived in Australia in January 2023; data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has also revealed that over 36,000 arrived in December, showing the number is rapidly climbing.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Credentials’ promise and possible pitfalls weigh on students and employees alike, finds survey based on 14,000 interviews in 13 countries.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Just six percent of refugees have access to higher education. Maryam Taher explains how universities can help to increase that figure The post Universities should be places of safety, solidarity and empowerment appeared first on Wonkhe.
Campus Technology
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Plagiarism detection company Turnitin announced that the AI writing detection tool it teased in January will be available as a feature of its existing products as soon as April.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Canada hosted over 800,000 international students in 2022 – an increase of almost a third in one year, according to new government data. There were a total of 807,750 study permit holders in Canada in December, over 190,000 more than in 2021. The new figures surpass by some way Canada’s target figure of 450,000 foreign students by 2022 set out in the country’s 2014 international education strategy.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The largest colleges have been growing over the last decade, while enrollment shrank elsewhere.
University Business
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” Lawrence is one of academia’s earliest adopters of the controversial ChatGPT AI in the classroom, and thanks to it, Lawrence has witnessed a sizable elevation in student comprehension of class curriculum at a very early stage of the spring semester.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Image: Undergraduate students are struggling to stay engaged in class—and they believe that material more directly connected to real-life issues could help solve the problem. That’s a key finding of the recent State of the Student 2022 survey by the academic publishing company Wiley, which noted that 55 percent of undergraduate and 38 percent of graduate students said they struggle to remain interested in their classes.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF), mental health nonprofit The Steve Fund, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) are partnering for a national initiative to support mental health at Black colleges and universities. Dr. Michael L. Lomax The initiative, “Unapologetically Free: Centering Mental Health on Black College Campuses,” involves creating programming such as virtual workshops and a virtual student conference in April.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
The institution in Florida says a scuttled deal for Marymount California University didn't affect new cuts to workforce, campuses and sports teams.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
International graduates in the UK using the country’s post-study work visas are working “in a variety of graduate-level roles and with an impressive range of organisations”, yet the nation has not yet benefitted from the full potential of the route. According to new research, some eight in 10 (72%) of those employed via the graduate route – announced under prime minister Boris Johnson in 2019 and rolled out for the first applicants in 2021 – are in graduate-level roles.
HEPI
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Roger Watson, President, National Conference of University Professors. Since the 1980s, the number of UK university professors has grown five times from 4,500 to 22,855. The professoriate remains predominantly White British and less than one-third are female. However, little knowledge is available about what the UK professoriate does and if, for example, ethnicity and gender influence their roles.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
By Denise S. Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For Black, Latinx, and Native American students, this number is much lower. For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
A dozen policy wonks and higher ed groups are calling for changes at NC-SARA, an organization controlling a key interstate distance learning pact.
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Along with their overarching goals of improving racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity, several Ivy League institutions have ramped up their efforts to recruit and support students from rural communities, especially those outside the Northeast region where they are located. The leaders of these programs cite the need to further expand geographic diversity within their student populations.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
The UK secretary of state for education, Gillian Keegan, has shown strong support for international students and the wider sector, with reports that she will oppose any potential cuts to international student numbers by the Home Office. “It’s a sector we should be very proud of,” said Keegan, in an interview with the Financial Times. “It’s world-leading, a great advert to our country.” Keegan told the publication she wanted to build on the UK’s export market in uni
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Morgan State University, the largest of Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities, is thriving. Enrollment is strong. There is record external and state funding. There is institutional focus on achieving Research One status. Innovative programming continues to grow, and the student body is more diverse than ever. The long-running lawsuit between Maryland’s HBCUs and the state was finally settled, and Morgan State received its first appropriation from those funds on July 1, 202
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
RISD’s rejection of the controversial lists is the first since law and medical schools began a recent exodus.
Academe Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
BY PATRICIA NAVARRA “Employers threatening to cut off benefits is not uncommon, but actually doing it is,” offered Bethany Kosmicki, Temple University Graduate Students Association (TUGSA) past president and member of the negotiating committee, as she discussed the TUGSA strike with National Public Radio.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
This week, the British Council Scotland and Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities awarded 13 international EARTH scholarships to early-career researchers. These researchers, from 11 countries, were identified as having projects that addressed the climate emergency from a new angle. The scholarships will result in placements in April at 15 universities across Scotland, offering opportunities to connect with PhD researchers, as well as industry and community partners. “Through a v
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The recent Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies report on the steep enrollment declines of Black male students at community colleges is a stark reminder that our sector must accelerate the crucial work to ensure the academic success of Black male students. In the light of decades-long enrollment declines and historic low enrollment numbers among Black, Latinx and Indigenous students, our work is an uphill battle but not insurmountable.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
The American Council on Education called on the U.S. Department of Education to work with Congress to review the entire system.
Campus Technology
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
These best practices from the Learning Design and Technology program at the University of San Diego will help practitioners create the best possible learning experience for students and develop a rewarding career in instructional design.
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
A hands-free “wheelchair of the future.” A lightweight, comfortable, and collapsible personal aisle chair. Custom-made, 3D-printed wheelchair racing gloves. These are a few of the innovative designs developed by researchers for people with disabilities at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Although students, job seekers, and career changers are optimistic about the growth of STEM jobs and believe that digital credentials are useful, many have low awareness of the opportunities that are available, according to a report commissioned by IBM and conducted by Morning Consult. The report revealed survey data taken at the end of 2022 from over 14,000 people at different phases of their career journeys across the world, in countries including the U.S., India, and Brazil.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 17, 2023
Many of the largest endowments lost market value in a year of negative investment returns — but not all.
University Business
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
College may not be for everyone, and some people wonder why their peers are choosing college in the first place. Generally speaking, however, the higher the level of education one receives, the greater their income potential becomes. Also, their chances of unemployment are lower. But that’s not all. According to a new WalletHub study , the correlation between an individual’s education levels and income/employment rates does in fact exist.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
Image: Fully supporting students means explicitly teaching them critical thinking, Louis E. Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group). Newman, whose book will be published March 7, is former dean of academic advising at Stanford University and John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus, at Carleton College.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Faculty members across disciplines are updating curricula in ways that inspire action, not just fear. By Katherine Mangan LJ Davids for The Chronicle Faculty members across disciplines are updating curricula in ways that inspire action, not just fear.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
These arrangements have been under fire for years from lawmakers and policy advocates, who say they don’t comply with federal law.
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