Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Image: The recent Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse Student Voice survey of two- and four-year college students about academic life revealed gaps in core advising functions. Just 55 percent of students say they’ve received guidance on required courses and course sequences needed for graduation, for instance, and just 52 percent say they’ve gotten help reviewing their degree progress to make sure they’re on track to graduate.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 7, 2023

Emily Yarrow and Julie Davies argue that International Women's Day suffers from corporate capture by all types of organisations - including universities The post International Women’s Day is a great opportunity for corporate laundering appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 9, 2023

The president’s fiscal 2024 blueprint, which would also boost the maximum Pell Grant, has virtually no chance of surviving Congress as drafted.

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Deans for Impact

MARCH 8, 2023

In a brightly-lit corner of the library at Rochelle Middle School, aspiring math teacher Angie Saldana smiles encouragingly as she guides her tutee to compare different fractions using “greater than,” “less than,” and “equal to” signs. The low-volume atmosphere and organized displays of books and student artwork around them may convey a typical K-12 setting for after-school tutoring, but for Saldana, this particular environment evokes deeper sentiment: it’s the very school she attended herself a

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MindMax

MARCH 8, 2023

“What are you not going to do?” Most good coaches or time management programs encourage business leaders to answer this key question. The reason is simple: every individual and every organization has a finite amount of time and resources to apply to achieve their goals, so prioritization is essential. You simply cannot afford to chase bad opportunities at the expense of better ones.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 9, 2023

Nearly one in three people aged 18-24 are not registered to vote. Bess Mayhew urges universities to play their part in turning that figure around The post It’s vital that we get students registered to vote appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 8, 2023

Eighteen congressional Democrats are making the call to the agency before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on race-conscious admissions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

The University of Southern California Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy trumpets its dedication to diversity on its website. The school is “committed to preparing diverse leaders” and pledges “accountability and transparency, as well as consistent engagement to ensure that we create and maintain an inclusive environment.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 9, 2023

What might be causing student housing shortages and record rent rises? Jim Dickinson interrogates the figures on where students are living The post What happens when student numbers grow faster than bed spaces? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 6, 2023

The magazine also wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, a rankings critic, suggesting he require more data from institutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

The very name of HyFlex teaching— hybrid flexible —implies that this type of teaching enables extra flexibility. While the embrace of HyFlex was initially driven by public health considerations, there remain endless reasons why today’s students may need extra flexibility: most work for pay , many commute to campus and some are parents of young children.

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HEPI

MARCH 7, 2023

This is the text of a speech made this week by Nick Hillman, Director of HEPI, to London Higher. I jumped at the chance to speak to London Higher in part because I am an alumnus of our host institution, having studied here at the end of the last century when Queen Mary University of London / QMUL was known as QMWC or Queen Mary and Westfield College.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 8, 2023

Paul Gratrick explains how current events are going to impact student outcomes and graduate employability in 2023 The post Four areas of focus for graduate employability right now appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 8, 2023

Digital-first libraries already existed in higher education. But librarians have concerns about adopting them for all disciplines and materials.

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The PIE News

MARCH 8, 2023

The UK public’s concern around overall migration levels “appears far more muted” now than compared with the time before the Brexit referendum, a key report into the country’s migration system has suggested. The Immigration after Brexit: Where are we going? report by UK in a Changing Europe and the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford also highlights a “sustained shift” in positive attitudes towards migration in general.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

In order to stay relevant in today’s college classrooms within our fast-paced and ever-evolving world, professors must be ready to utilize instructional tools of all kinds to actively engage students in authentic learning experiences that take them beyond the classroom. Professors are positioned and ready to best provide opportunities for students to explore real-world challenges and discover solutions to those challenges within their disciplines and professions.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 8, 2023

International students are more than a source of export revenue - they bring cultural and educational benefit. Bashir Makhoul worries that students are becoming a political football The post The HE sector must make more of the true value of international students appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 9, 2023

The private nonprofit college in New York said the rankings methodology relies on “flawed and irrelevant metrics.

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The PIE News

MARCH 9, 2023

UK ENIC’s first annual conference since the start of the pandemic placed Africa at the centre of the future of international education sector. Director of the Africa Research Institute, Edward Paice, addressed the nearly 500 delegates from over 20 countries at the event in London on February 20, highlighting how the sector may be impacted by a African demographic ‘revolution’ Making the case that Africa’s story increasingly drives world history, he explained that between

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Campus Technology

MARCH 9, 2023

There is a major gap between the aptitude of girls for STEM and their interest in pursuing STEM careers, according to a review of data from more than 225,000 female middle and high school students. The data also revealed their interest exceeds aptitude in some non-STEM disciplines.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 5, 2023

Chavan Kissoon and Agnieszka Rydzik argue that working students are vulnerable to exploitation and burn-out, and explain how universities can help The post How can universities support students working part-time? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 9, 2023

More employers — public and private — are pushing for skills-first hiring, but doing so requires an investment some employers may still be wary of making.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 10, 2023

A new version of the Graduate Management Admission Test will debut this year. The Graduate Management Admission Council, which runs the test, announced the change Thursday without providing much detail. It said the GMAT Focus “is more efficient, flexible, and insightful by honing in [ sic ] on the higher-order critical reasoning skills and data literacy especially relevant and applicable in the business environment of tomorrow.

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Campus Technology

MARCH 9, 2023

The United States Department of Education has announced five finalists in its Future Finder Challenge, a competition announced last September seeking digital tools to help adult learners navigate from education to careers. Each finalist will receive $50,000 to help develop a prototype as well as six months of "virtual accelerator" assistance to further develop their product, ED explained in a news announcement.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 5, 2023

Sunday Blake looks at student working trends and asks what responsibility universities have to support students in their work - no matter how unpalatable The post Are universities ready to face the realities of student work? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 7, 2023

A new survey found online nonprofit colleges get higher marks than for-profits in areas like instructors.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 7, 2023

By Eva Surovell Joan Wong for The Chronicle In three states, powerful Republican politicians are backing proposed changes to lifetime job security for public-college professors.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 9, 2023

“It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten” saying in the Twi language spoken in Ghana. Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida and other right-wing conservative legislators would like us to believe that the field of African American studies is “woke’ indoctrination and has no value in K-12 classrooms or college and university curricula.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 5, 2023

Rille Raaper, Mariann Hardey, and Samar Aad ask what the rise of student influencers tells us about student support The post The rise of the student influencer appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 8, 2023

Moderately selective colleges also saw enrollment declines among racial minorities the more they relied on the funding model, new research shows.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Last week, The New Yorker published “ The End of the English Major ,” by Nathan Heller. English faculty members took to Twitter to push back on virtually every point in the essay. English B.A.s responded in droves to the poet Jorie Graham’s call to declare #IWasAnEnglishMajor , recounting how their undergraduate training led to remarkable careers.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2023

You’ve been in your share of awful ones. Here’s how to make them better. By Allison M. Vaillancourt Illustrations by Jason Hoffman for The Chronicle You’ve been in your share of awful meetings. Here’s how to lead better ones.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 7, 2023

Universities are uniquely placed to promote and address a right to food as integral wellbeing, community and a good life. Philip Pothen and Anna Taylor explain The post Universities can play a crucial role in the right to food appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Higher Ed Dive

MARCH 9, 2023

Some providers reversed credit card payments without warning student loan borrowers, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Image: The fluffiest member of Western New England University’s campus police force, Bear, is a 9-month-old golden retriever who loves belly rubs, ice cubes, treats and comforting students in a crisis. While comfort dogs are not an unusual sight on college campuses, they’re most likely to make an occasional appearance, such as during stressful exam weeks.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 10, 2023

Ever since Thoreau headed to Walden, our attention has been wandering. By Caleb Smith Wikimedia Commons Ever since Thoreau headed to Walden, our attention has been wandering.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 9, 2023

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag shows a graduation tradition with a rounded edge The post Higher education postcard: the wooden spoon appeared first on Wonkhe.

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