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Building confidence and joy: how tutoring is sparking promise in New Jersey

Deans for Impact

“Mr. Steven! Am I going to see you tomorrow?”. “Not tomorrow, but Wednesday!”. “And, what about Thursday?”. “Yup, I’ll see you Thursday, too.”. As the young girl rounds the corner to her next activity with a gleeful “yayyyy,” Steven turns back to me, chuckling, “sorry about that, where were we?”. Truth is, I lost where we were. All that mattered in that moment was the pure joy that little girl had in knowing that in just two days time, she would once again get to work with Mr.

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Leveraging Dynamic Content in Higher Education Marketing

MindMax

In today’s digital world, people expect highly personalized experiences from brands across all industries. Colleges and universities must be prepared to keep up with this trend to maintain their spot in an increasingly competitive market. There are many ways to personalize content in higher education marketing, but one of our go-to strategies here at MindMax is leveraging dynamic content.

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Announcing a Contest for Best Personal Academic Websites You Should Enter!

The Academic Designer

Enter to win an award in the 2022 Best Personal Academic Websites Contest!

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Is Student Debt Relief Ethical?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Analyzing the Benefits, Harms, and Public Good. Last month President Biden announced that he will be using executive action to implement a broad student loan forgiveness initiative that will wipe out $10,000 in federal student loan debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 per year (or $250,000 per year if they are married). Biden announced that he will be using executive action to implement a broad student loan forgiveness initiative that will wipe out $10,000 in federal student loan debt f

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New study explores why people drop out or don't enroll

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A new study suggests that students choose to stop out of college and others choose not to enroll in the first place because of a range of “psychographics,” or psychological factors, including doubts about the financial returns of a college education and an awareness of other career training options outside traditional degree programs.

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New Coursera survey shows high demand for industry microcredentials from students and employers in tight labor market

Coursera blog

By Scott Shireman, Global Head of Coursera for Campus. In a competitive and fast-changing labor market, employers increasingly expect their entry-level talent to join their workforce already equipped with job-relevant skills and hands-on experience. At the same time, university-age students and their parents are thinking more critically about the ROI of traditional three and four-year degree programs: most notably, whether they will secure a job after graduation.

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Fostering a Welcoming Community: A Q&A with Rachel Peric, Executive Director, Welcoming America

WENR

Rachel Peric, executive director of Welcoming America, reflects some of her insights on how to build welcoming community in an interview with WENR. The post Fostering a Welcoming Community: A Q&A with Rachel Peric, Executive Director, Welcoming America appeared first on WENR.

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U of Arizona professors say they're blackballed from service

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Professors at the University of Arizona are demanding information regarding an alleged list of faculty members deemed too troublesome to serve on a key faculty governance committee. One of the faculty members who says he was blacklisted from serving on the Faculty Senate’s Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure (CAFT) is currently suing the university.

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English universities face fines over dropout and employment rates

The Guardian - Higher Education

Criteria on career outcomes, drop-out rates and degree attainment unveiled for system of sanctions Universities will face sanctions if not enough students go on to graduate-level jobs within 15 months, if too many drop out or fail to earn degrees, England’s higher education regulator has warned. The Office for Students published its new tests of “low quality” subjects that could see large fines or deregistration imposed on universities where fewer than 60% of graduates in a university’s subject

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Mind Wandering

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on November 23, 2016. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Many students don’t pay much attention in class. They come to class, but most of the time, only their bodies are present. When they study, that demanding task occurs as they attend to a host of other, often more engaging mental activities.

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The Key to Successful Content Marketing

Caylor Solutions

Looking to level up your content marketing skills? Listen in to our conversation with Jay Baer. The post The Key to Successful Content Marketing appeared first on Caylor Solutions.

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A new college-prep program for rural Wyoming students

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The University of Wyoming is launching a new program focused on boosting enrollment and graduation rates among rural students in the state. Campus administrators hope the initiative builds stronger ties between higher ed institutions and rural communities in Wyoming at a time when some rural residents across the country feel ideologically distant from academic institutions and are increasingly questioning the value of a college degree.

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Higher Education Analytics: 4 Ways Universities Can Analyze Enrollment Data

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

How to Use Your Higher Education Data to Boost Enrollments. Higher education analytics are an essential aspect of enrollment marketing. University marketers can leverage data discoveries to make more informed decisions on a day-to-day basis. On a foundational level, university marketing departments collect vast amounts of data, including website visitors’ behavior (time on site, number of page views, etc.), but data points may not give enough context to inform decisions.

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Honouring Black History Month in higher education

Kortext University Leaders' Blog

When I received the email that confirmed my place at university despite less than impressive grades (I literally have two whole A Levels), I couldn’t help but wonder whether my space was awarded on merit or the fact that I ticked the box that said ‘Mixed Black Caribbean’. . Although we’re living in a more progressive society, racial discrimination and inequality can be felt by people of colour in the UK to this very day, emphasising the importance of honouring Black History Month. .

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AI/ML in EdTech: The Miracle, The Grind, and the Wall

eLiterate

I had a conversation with a friend last night about the counter-intuitive challenges of working with AI/ML and the implications for using them in EdTech. I decided it might be useful to share my thinking more broadly in a blog post. Essentially, I see three stages in working with artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). I call them the miracle, the grind, and the wall.

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Three ways to make internships more equitable (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As employers grapple with economic constraints of the post-pandemic world and workers re-evaluate their expectations for flexibility, equity and respect in the workplace, higher education continues to lag in preparing the workforce’s rising generation. By fostering greater access to equitable and paid internships, higher education can be a force for change, helping break down barriers and better position students and employers for the future.

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Why PeopleAdmin? Robin Borough, Chapman University

PeopleAdmin

Why PeopleAdmin? Robin Borough, Director of Talent Acquisition at Chapman University , is a long-time PeopleAdmin customer. Hear from her about why Chapman chose and loves to work with PeopleAdmin’s HigherEd platform (including Applicant Tracking System ). Robin also shares some of her favorite features and a few tips for fellow PeopleAdmin users.

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Business Programs Continue to Dominate Online Master’s Market

Helix Education

With all the recent expansion of the online master’s education market, where do business programs find themselves? While our recent Online Student Recruitment Report indicates that many other subject areas have become competitive with business at the undergraduate degree and non-degree levels, business programs continue to have a significant lead over all other online master’s degree subjects.

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August Higher Education Demand Trends: Results Through July 2022

Gray Associates

Labor market data shows plenty of jobs for our August Program of the Month, but less than half of the jobs require a degree. If you are planning to offer this program, make sure you weigh the pros and cons. The post August Higher Education Demand Trends: Results Through July 2022 appeared first on Gray Associates | Program Evaluation.

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Pioneers discuss the challenges facing computer science

Inside Higher Ed

Image: HEIDELBERG, Germany—Every September, a critical mass of the world’s most decorated computer scientists and mathematicians gathers in the warm microclimate here. They discuss the states of their fields and mentor 200 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students from around the world selected in a highly competitive process. “It feels like coming home,” said Vinton Cerf, Google’s vice president and chief internet evangelist, who is also known as one of the

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Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

WCET Frontiers

Overview and Introduction. Today, we conclude the WCET blog series on microcredentials which set out to address the inception, implementation, and evaluation of microcredentialing approaches across the higher education industry. We learned that there is a wide range of reasons for an institution to begin a microcredential initiative, an even broader spectrum of microcredential terminology, and yet two primary outcomes: “to improve student recruitment and retention” and “to align learning with sh

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Robotics Education Lagging Behind Demand, Surveys Find

Campus Technology

Swiss-based automation technology company ABB announced recently that robotics and automation training are lagging behind increased global demand, according to two surveys it conducted this year on supply chain and education.

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Taking Innovation Cues from Community Colleges

PeopleAdmin

HigherEd can look to community colleges for innovation inspiration. Community colleges are facing many of the same challenges as four-year colleges and universities. In our recent webinar, “Community Colleges as Centers of Innovation: Shaping the Future of HigherEd,” we checked in with community college technology, change management, and innovation leaders to discuss their top tips and best practices for tackling the greatest HigherEd challenges of today.

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Mental health supports reduce suicidality in LGBTQ+ students

Inside Higher Ed

Image: LGBTQ+ college students with access to mental health and LGBTQ+-specific services through their institution are significantly less likely to seriously consider or attempt suicide, according to a new survey by the Trevor Project. The organization, a nonprofit aimed at preventing LGBTQ+ youth suicide, surveyed 33,993 LGBTQ+ college students attending two-year institutions, four-year institutions and graduate schools.

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Graduate and Online Recruitment Simplified: Remarkably Straightforward Advice

Helix Education

I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Godfrey Gibbison , Dean of Extended Learning and Global Programs, California State University San Marcos. Godfrey and I struck up a conversation about how he has brought together academic and enrollment stakeholders to work on marketing, recruitment and enrollment of adult, graduate, professional, and online students.

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Multiracial Network Open Position: Publications Coordinator

ACPA

We had a role open on our Directorate for the Publications Coordinator role. Job Responsibilities. Coordinate the MRN blog, including meet the directorate board post (typically done in July or August), content writing, soliciting volunteer writers, etc. Create a pre-convention blog post (typically done in February) and a post-convention blog post (typically done in April).

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Fun and games – nurturing students’ ‘being’

SRHE

by Lucy Gill-Simmen and Laura Chamberlain. It is widely known that skills required by employers today are focused less on discipline specific skills and more on personal skills (also referred to as soft skills or human skills). For example, relatively recently, Tracy Brower in Forbes declared empathy to be the most important leadership skill. Other reports, such as those from the World Economic F orum and OECD , cite skills such as critical thinking, creativity, resilience, self-awareness and em

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An impossible task points to value of liberal arts (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As the pandemic kept us all at home during the summer of 2021, I found myself reading things I might not normally have the time or inclination to read. Somehow, I came across a post on the Conversable Economist blog, which, as a chemist, is not on my reading list. The post , written by economist Timothy Taylor, is entitled, “Thomas Schelling: ‘A Person Cannot … Draw Up a List of Things That Would Never Occur to Him.

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Using Market Data in Academic Program Prioritization

Helix Education

“How can we affordably assess market demand of various new program ideas?” This has been one of the most common questions I have been asked over the course of my higher education career. While I have been able to answer how to assess market demand for new programs, the affordably part of the question had always been the most difficult aspect of the question.

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Chatbots in Higher Education and the Future of Communication

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

The Role of Chatbots for Universities and Colleges. Many of today’s students have grown up with technology literally at their fingertips. As a result, they’re adept at communicating through a personal device any time of day. A prospective student could be browsing your website in the middle of the night and suddenly have questions that, if answered while you have their attention, could determine whether they apply to your institution.

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How to Leverage WhatsApp for Education

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 9 minutes Today, instant messaging platforms are capturing the time and attention of students all over the world, and WhatsApp is a key player. Around the world, WhatsApp is the default channel for personal communication, offering features such as group chats, video and audio messaging, and graphics. And the best part? Your school can get on board with this service to communicate with prospective students. .

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How Hispanic-Serving Institutions Are Increasing Opportunity for Community College Transfer Students

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Beyond Transfer If there is a secret to setting community college students up for transfer success, Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) are well on their way to figuring it out. Why do we think this? Because data show us that when community college transfer students attend an HSI, they are more likely than other transfer students to persist and graduate.

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A Pilot Persistence Project

Faculty Focus

Recently, the sentiment has continued to ring true about the nursing shortage or the need of more nurses—we need more Registered Nurses (RNs) to take care of patients at all levels of care. I have been a RN for the past 42 years, and we still have a long way to go in increasing the number of graduating nursing students to become RNs. But first, we must start with increasing the retention and graduation rates of nursing students.

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Othot Trends To-Date

Liaison International

In the latest version of the Othot Trends Report, you will get an inside look at our mid-year enrollment data, see the latest deposit numbers and summer melt trends for partners using advanced analytics, and discover what it means for the fall term. . At a glance, the Othot Trends Report explores: . Overall deposit trends and how they have changed over time Deposit trends in public vs. private institutions Melt trends in public vs. private institutions What the data means for 2022-2023 Enrollme

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CEO to CEO Newsletter #220

AACC

September 23, 2022 | Issue # 220 This week, 73 community college representatives were in Washington, DC, for AACC’s Advocates in Action meeting. These meeting participants heard from lobbyists, Capitol Hill staff, AACC staff, and more. They also gained insight into how Washington formulates higher education policy. Advocacy at the local, state, and federal level […].

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Brazilian academics are hopeful about presidential election

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Brazilian academics hope the country’s upcoming presidential election will bring an end to Jair Bolsonaro’s “war on science” but have admitted that, even if the populist leader loses, his influence will be slow to fade. All polls ahead of the first round of voting on Oct. 2 indicated that the divisive politician, who has led Brazil since 2019, was likely to lose to rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftist former president (known as Lula) staging a comeba

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Overcoming Governance Challenges in Higher EducationChanging Higher Ed Podcast 122 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Richard "Dick" Chait

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Richard “Dick” Chait, two leading experts on governance and management in higher education, discuss how the governing structures of colleges and universities have changed over the years. Chait and McNaughton also break down the different challenges facing public and private institutions, the fundamental attributes of effective boards and individual trustees, and how the roles and responsibilities of boards and trustees c