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Bridget Phillipson has set out the government’s priorities for HE reform

Wonkhe

A steer from government on its planned "wide-scale reform" of HE should prompt the sector in England to start working through the technical challenges of delivering change, says Debbie McVitty

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Trump’s victory sets stage for dramatic changes to higher ed policy

Higher Ed Dive

The President-elect campaigned on polarizing proposals such as shutting down the U.S. Department of Education and rolling back the new Title IX rule.

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UPCEA’s Jim Fong Wants More Flexible Learning Pathways

MindMax

In a conversation with MindMax’s Lee Maxey, Jim Fong, Chief Research Officer at UPCEA, delves into the latest evolution of the higher education landscape. Drawing on nearly two decades of expertise, Fong discusses the urgency for institutions to move beyond legacy systems and embrace stackable credentials, microcredentials, and other flexible learning pathways that meet the needs of today’s adult learners.

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MLA Leaders Won’t Let Members Vote on Pro-Boycott Resolution

Inside Higher Ed

Modern Language Association members hoped to pass a statement supporting boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. But the group’s Executive Council shot it down. In the 2010s, a handful of U.S.-based scholarly associations endorsed boycotting Israeli academic institutions. But not the Modern Language Association, the largest scholarly organization for the humanities.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

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.

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Higher education postcard: Humboldt University of Berlin

Wonkhe

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag leads us to a very significant figure for universities This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag leads us to a very significant figure for universities

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California State University pilots direct admissions program

Higher Ed Dive

The 461,000-student system will inform certain public high school students in Riverside County that they’ve been automatically accepted to 10 campuses.

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How the End of Affirmative Action Is Affecting Indigenous Students

Inside Higher Ed

How the End of Affirmative Action Is Affecting Indigenous Students Sara Weissman Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Native American student enrollments had already been falling for at least a decade. Last year’s Supreme Court ruling may be making matters worse.

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Building community is as important as counselling wait times for student mental health

Wonkhe

Financial stress, social anxiety, and insufficient resources to practise self-care - Livia Scott and Jim Dickinson assess the results of the Student Mental Health Study 2024

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College students among those targeted with racist texts

Higher Ed Dive

The FBI is investigating the attacks, while higher education institutions are working to protect students and help the authorities.

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A GOP-Backed Center Stoked Faculty Paranoia at the U. of Florida. Then Ben Sasse Got Mad.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How the U. of Florida forced faculty cooperation with a GOP-backed civics center. By Garrett Shanley The inside story of how a president and a dean forced professors to cooperate with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education.

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Can Utah’s Enrollment Boom Stave Off Budget Cuts?

Inside Higher Ed

Can Utah’s Enrollment Boom Stave Off Budget Cuts? Liam Knox Fri, 11/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Enrollment jumped by historic margins at Utah’s public universities this fall. State lawmakers, anticipating future declines, want to cut spending anyway.

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Universities are actors in knowledge diplomacy

Wonkhe

Tim Gore explains how the concept of knowledge diplomacy can be a useful lens to understand universities’ international engagement – especially in complex geopolitical times

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Education Department faces freedom of information lawsuit over campus protests

Higher Ed Dive

Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute alleges the department failed to turn over communications en masse as required by law.

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Cheating Has Become Normal

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Faculty members are overwhelmed, and the solutions aren't clear. By Beth McMurtrie Faculty members are overwhelmed, and the solutions aren't clear.

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Colleges Deploy Meditation and Baked Potato Bars to Combat Election Stress

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges Deploy Meditation and Baked Potato Bars to Combat Election Stress Johanna Alonso Tue, 11/05/2024 - 03:00 AM With about seven in 10 Americans reporting that the election is a significant source of stress, colleges are planning ahead to manage anxieties in the coming days.

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Bridget Phillipson increases fees by 3.1 per cent

Wonkhe

Westminster's Secretary of State for Education has resolved to increase undergraduate fees and maintenance by forecast inflation.

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How voters in 4 states handled higher ed proposals

Higher Ed Dive

Tuesday’s election brought changes to how some states fund colleges and students, while maintaining the status quo elsewhere.

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Stop Treating Students Like Babies

The Chronicle of Higher Education

They are citizens in a democracy, not infants in a nursery. By Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder They are citizens in a democracy, not infants in a nursery.

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At Howard, an Election Night Party Turns Dour

Inside Higher Ed

Kamala Harris’s election night watch party at Howard University was the first-ever held on a college campus. The evening ended on an uncertain note, but it was still a watershed moment for the HBCU. WASHINGTON, D.C.—Kamala Harris’s election night watch party at Howard University kicked off with a boisterous sense of celebration and optimism. It ended with a pensive, tired crowd whose dreams of putting an HBCU alum, and the first woman, in the Oval Office appeared to be slipping away by the hour.

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Why we need students to act more like consumers

Wonkhe

With a tuition fees rise on the cards in England, Louise Taylor argues that students need to reconsider their identities as educational consumers to get the best value from their degrees

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States are taking on fewer college costs. Who is picking up the bill?

Higher Ed Dive

The gap between what states and students pay toward higher ed shrunk from 2008 to 2022, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association found.

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Columbia needs to stop doing politics and start doing higher education

FIRE

As the situation on Columbia’s campus deteriorated earlier this year, the university’s then-president consulted with powerful politicians about the bad optics of the protests.

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What Now?

Inside Higher Ed

Don’t do the job. Do the work. The morning after the surprise of Donald Trump’s 2016 election, feeling unmoored and distressed, I put on my shoes to go for what I thought would be my usual three and a half– to four-mile run. As I took one of my usual routes, rather than taking a left toward home, I took a right toward the (literal) coast, which I knew would add at least three additional miles to my route, but I’d run 10Ks before, and my mind was swirling over the implications of electing a man b

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Collaboration is already baked in to the sector, and we need to see more of it

Wonkhe

David Kernohan reads a Jisc/KPMG report that highlights the opportunities generated by providers working together and points out just how much joint work is already going on

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University of Akron braces for workforce cuts

Higher Ed Dive

The public Ohio institution’s president said that rising expenses and cuts in state appropriations have weighed on its budget.

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Let’s hear it for interns!

HEPI

When Ivan Cameron died fifteen years ago, his father David Cameron said , ‘When we were first told the extent of Ivan’s disability, I thought that we would suffer having to care for him but at least he would benefit from our care. Now as I look back I see that it was all the other way round. It was only him that ever really suffered and it was us – Sam, me, Nancy and Elwen – who gained more than I ever believed possible from having and loving such a wonderfully special and beautiful boy.

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FIRE, ACLU: Pa. Public Campuses Must Allow Election Speech

Inside Higher Ed

Two free expression advocacy groups say they’ve sent letters to Pennsylvania public colleges and universities “urging them to protect students’ expressive rights leading up to election day,” according to a news release sent Friday. The groups are the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania.

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Access and participation planning gains a regional dimension

Wonkhe

The key to sorting the OfS' problems with addressing geography and local needs has been bolted on to the access and participation planning process.

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Appeals court backs Sweet v. Cardona settlement

Higher Ed Dive

The ruling denies a request from three higher education institutions seeking to block an agreement to cancel some $6 billion in student debt.

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Labour set to raise tuition fees amid deepening university financial crisis – UK politics live

The Guardian - Higher Education

Fees could rise from £9,250 to about £9,500 and the move is expected to come into force from September 2025 Starmer went on to say the government was “going to treat people smugglers like terrorists”. And he explained what that meant. So we’re taking our approach to counter terrorism, which we know works, and apply it to the gangs with our new Border Security Command.

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Are 3 Years of Medical School as Good as 4?

Inside Higher Ed

Are 3 Years of Medical School as Good as 4? kathryn.palmer… Mon, 11/04/2024 - 03:00 AM The number of accelerated medical degree programs has tripled over the past decade. New research shows that outcomes are similar to those of four-year programs.

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Planning a market exit

Wonkhe

Writtle University College’s merger with Anglia Ruskin University is one of the few recent examples of higher education mergers.

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Has North Idaho College successfully addressed accreditor concerns?

Higher Ed Dive

The community college has been plagued by years of board governance issues and legal battles — all of which have cost it money and good will.

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Generative AI in Higher Education: Navigating Policy, Ethics, and Skills Development

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Simona Bizzozero, Chair, QS Reimagine Education Awards & Conference. The rapid advancement of generative AI is reshaping higher education, offering immense potential while also presenting complex challenges. To gauge its impact, QS conducted a comprehensive survey, capturing insights from over 1,600 students and academics globally.

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Professors Say Indiana U Has Stopped Enforcing Late-Night Protest Ban

Inside Higher Ed

Professors Say Indiana U Has Stopped Enforcing Late-Night Protest Ban Ryan Quinn Tue, 11/05/2024 - 03:00 AM The university implemented the curfew in August, after pro-Palestinian encampments. Protesters who’ve been purposefully violating it say IU has suddenly stopped, but a spokesperson says the policy hasn’t changed.

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How can universities harness our influence to be a global force for good?

Wonkhe

Jane Norman invites the UK sector to engage in a constructive dialogue about how to better coordinate knowledge diplomacy activity