Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Responding to the latest UCAS application data, Universities UK President Sally Mapstone reviews the case for continued growth in HE participation Responding to the latest UCAS application data, Universities UK President Sally Mapstone reviews the case for continued growth in HE participation
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
In a groundbreaking achievement that marks a significant milestone for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Howard University has become the first HBCU to receive the prestigious Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, placing it among the nation's most elite research institutions. The announcement from the American Council of Education (ACE) on Thursday, recognizes Howard's designation as an institution of very high research spending and doctorate production, a status that f
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Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The legislation would also establish post-tenure reviews and require all instructors to share their contact information and syllabi publicly.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as Silicon Valley planned between Oxford and Cambridge The University of Cambridge risks losing unbelievable talent owing to a drop-off in funding for PhDs, the vice-chancellor has cautioned. Prof Deborah Prentice, who took over as vice-chancellor in 2023, described PhD students as the lifeblood of the universitys research and innovation work, and expressed concern that funding from research councils had dropped off significantly.
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As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
An art assignment using generative AI sparked fierce controversy, vandalism and the specter of Hitler at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, last falland then offered a lesson in navigating student anxiety about the technology. Last November, a hallway on the first floor of the fine arts building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, transformed into a contentious forum for an ongoing debate: Should generative artificial intelligence have a place in making art?
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
In a fast-paced society influenced by various factors, including commercialism, political discourse, technology, social media, and economics, the term self- Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee care fails to be a mainstream pillar in culture, practice, and conversations. Instead, a nation desperately in need of skills on how to participate in civil discourse and navigate complex decision-making has found cancel culture, knee-jerk reactions, and manipulative fear-laced tactics to be the best ways to address
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Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
England's higher education regulator has published highlights of research into what students think, want and expect.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The U.S. university-federal partnership is a miracle for global scientific progress. It must be protected, Mary Sue Coleman writes. There was a moment during World War II when President Roosevelt summoned Vannevar Bush to the Oval Office. Bush was director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and a close Roosevelt ally. It was 1944 and becoming increasingly clear that the Allies would achieve victory in Europe.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Legacy preferences in college admissions have plummeted to their lowest recorded level, with just 24% of four-year colleges still considering family alumni status in admissions decisions, according to a comprehensive new report from Education Reform Now. The dramatic decline signals a potential end to a controversial practice that critics have long condemned as perpetuating inequality in higher education.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Howard University, a historically Black college, gained the coveted designation, as did about three dozen other institutions.
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The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.
HEPI
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Authored by Dr Emma Roberts, Head of Law at the University of Salford. The loss of a student to suicide is a profound and heartbreaking tragedy, leaving families and loved ones devastated, while exposing critical gaps in the support systems within higher education. Each death is not only a personal tragedy but also a systemic failure, underscoring the urgent need for higher education institutions to strengthen their safeguarding frameworks.
Inside Higher Ed
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Administrative postdoc positions offer advantages for Ph.D.s looking to transition into a range of career paths, Alex Yen and Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg write. When most scholars hear the word postdoc, they may picture a researcher working with a faculty mentor in a lab. But increasingly, a new type of postdocan administrative postdocis appearing in academic institutions.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Denise Baker presents new research on making healthcare apprenticeships work, and warns that changes to level 7 eligibility could stifle NHS workforce development
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The University of California Student Association alleges that the “scale of intrusion into individuals’ privacy is enormous and unprecedented.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. are making creative use of millions of dollars in federal funding to narrow the digital divide and support the upward mobility of both their students and members of the community. Created by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program has distributed more than $262 million to 93 colleges and universities.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Fifteen community colleges across the United States are testing an innovative approach that could revolutionize how these institutions serve their communities and Dr. Karen A. Stout measure success. The Community Vibrancy Framework, developed by Achieving the Dream (ATD), moves beyond traditional metrics of student completion to create a more comprehensive model of institutional and community transformation.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
We are not just working on building international branch campuses in India, even though thats really important to us, but also the status that Australia has with the Indian government through innovative TNE models, said Kennedy, while addressing the audience at the reception and networking dinner at The PIE Live India 2025. We are working on everything from dual degrees, education hubs, joint academies, and are doing really great things in building academic networks that will persist and support
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
From liberal arts colleges to massive public flagships, institutions of all kinds are moving to comply with changing federal expectations.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Most of us have the experience of registering for a workshop only to discover that it is a lecture or (worse) an advertisement for the presenter. A genuine workshop aims to empower the participants such that they leave with new ideas and skills. What follows are some suggested principles we have prepared for workshop facilitators that move beyond a talkfest to genuine learning.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
In a mounting crisis at the U.S. Department of Education, teachers, students and union leaders are planning to rally Wednesday against recent actions by Elon Musk's Elon Musk Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that they say threaten both educational research and student privacy. The protest comes just days after DOGE abruptly terminated 89 contracts worth $881 million at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), effectively shuttering much of the department's research arm.
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
Howard University has achieved the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education Research One (R1) classification, the highest designation for research activity among U.S. colleges and universities. The designation, which recognizes “very high research spending and doctorate production,” makes Howard the first and only historically Black college or university (HBCU) to attain R1 status. “Howard University’s achievement of R1 status demonstrates our research
Coursera blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2025
For Patrick Surrett, pursuing an MBA wasnt just about adding a credential to his resumeit was about lifelong learning, growth, and finding a community. His journey to the University of Illinois Gies College of Business iMBA was anything but traditional. Having initially enrolled in a different online MBA program, Patrick discovered the Gies iMBA through MOOCs on Coursera and made the leap, finding a program that better aligned with his professional aspirations and learning preferences.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed In one of David Lodges famous campus novels, a young English literature lecturer pictures her university as the ideal human community, where people were free to pursue excellence and selffulfilment, each according to their own rhythm and inclination.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
What better way to kick off a Friday morning than by witnessing many Black intellectuals enrich the knowledge community and maximize their positive impact as Nelson Pham part of a gathering hosted by the HBCU STEM US. As numerous fellows entered the African American Hall of Fame at Morehouse College, the Dean of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Division, Dr.
Insight Into Diversity
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is urging Congress and the administration to pass the DREAM Act, emphasizing the significant contributions Dreamers make to the nations economy and society. HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores highlighted the urgency of granting legal status and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals who arrived in the U.S. as minors.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Enroly , a leading platform that streamlines the onboarding and arrival process for universities, students, and agents, has reported growing instances of ‘deepfaking’ being used in credibility interviews. The company has assured its partners that it remains ahead of the deepfake threat manipulated content designed to replicate a persons appearance or voice and is continually adapting to counter any risk.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
The department didn’t provide a list of canceled contracts but said NAEP, the College Scorecard and the College Navigator were not impacted.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
When my son started the fourth grade, his teacher provided a thick bound packet of cursive writing worksheets. She said that completing the packet was optional, but only if completed would her students earn their pen license and move from years of pencil use to the holy grail , ink. Using AI should also be earned; earned after becoming AI literate. Banning AI use in college classrooms is a pointless and exhausting endeavor.
University Business
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Strong leadership is needed now more than ever as higher education faces numerous challenges in 2025, from funding and technology to the changing perceptions of DEI and the continual difficulties of articulating the value proposition of a post-secondary degree. In this informational Q&A, Senior Lecturer on Education James P. Honan at the Harvard Graduate School of Education identifies the core skills that leaders need to help guide their institutions through these difficult times, while prov
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The College Futures Foundation has released a comprehensive report highlighting California's push to achieve 70% postsecondary attainment by 2035, while revealing significant racial and socioeconomic disparities in college completion rates across the state. Currently, just 56% of California adults aged 25-64 hold a postsecondary degree or credential, according to the February 2025 report.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Richard Emes, the new chair of the UK Researcher Development Concordat Strategy Group, sets out priorities and context for continued support of researchers
Academe Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
BY THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF THE AAUP On February 5, the University of North Carolina System issued a memorandum to UNC chancellors announcing that all general education requirements and major-specific requirements mandating completion of course credits related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, or any other topic identified in Section VII of the [UNC System]…
University Business
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Building authentic student connections in higher education isnt just a valuable nice-to-haveits essential for ensuring their success. For college students, particularly those from first-generation or underserved backgrounds, connections with professors, advisors, and peers often determine whether they struggle or thrive. Ive seen this play out firsthand as an educator and someone who benefited from meaningful support throughout my academic journey.
HEPI
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
By Dr Monika Nangia , Academic Registrar and Director of Student & Academic Services at Durham University. In a world increasingly aware of the value of diversity, the role of women in leadership is more critical and undervalued than ever. Despite encouraging strides, women, particularly women of colour, continue to face systemic barriers to advancement.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Its HeartUnions week David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart of higher education Its HeartUnions week David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart of higher education
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