Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Zo Allman explores how emerging leaders play a vital role in our universities, and considers the challenges they face Zo Allman explores how emerging leaders play a vital role in our universities, and considers the challenges they face
Higher Ed Data Stories
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Dr. Detris Adelabu On the day of his death in 2020, an op-ed appeared in the New York Times , pre-written by Congressman John Lewis, urging Americans to stand up for justice and what he called good trouble, necessary trouble. Even in his death, Congressman Lewis fought for a more equitable America, where every individual recognizes their moral obligation to persist in the struggle for a more just nation.
HEPI
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Mary Curnock Cook CBE chairs the Emerge/Jisc HE Edtech Advisory Board, and Bess Brennan is Chief of University Partnerships with Cadmus. Cadmus is running a series of collaborative roundtables with UK university leaders about the challenges and opportunities of generative AI in higher education. Yesterday, Wednesday 26th February, HEPI and Kortext published the Student Generative AI Survey 2025: you can read that here.
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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
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
The public network is providing access to Coursera’s Career Academy, which includes professional certificates from companies like Microsoft and Google.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
A 20-year-old technology student was found dead in her hostel room at Odishas private deemed university, KIIT, allegedly after facing harassment from a fellow student. The incident sparked campus protests, forcing hundreds of students to leave after KIIT closed sine die for all Nepali international students on February 17. Though KIIT vice-chancellor Saranjit Singh issued a public apology later and action was taken against security officials and staff accused of abusing and physically harming pr
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Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Ever wonder why students dont read the syllabus, despite the time and effort we put into creating it? It serves as a contract between instructors and students (Eberly, Newton, & Wiggins, 2001), outlining the entire semesters expectations, assignments, and deadlines. Yet, many students simply arent motivated to read it. They often find syllabi overwhelming, unengaging, or even unreadable.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The governor also suggested the department would eliminate what he called “ideological” curriculum and programming.
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
The rise in job scams in the UK has raised concerns among international students, who are being targeted by fraudsters and losing thousands of pounds under the pretence of securing employment. A BBC report last year revealed that middlemen posing as recruitment agents are scamming international students seeking skilled work visas, with some paying up to 17,000 for sponsorship certificates that should have been free.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Georgetown University As Xavier University of Louisiana enters its centennial year, the nations oldest Catholic institutionGeorgetown Universitycelebrated the institutions 100-year legacy and the 45th anniversary of its Institute for Black Catholic Studies (IBCS). Last Thursdays event, titled Reflecting on the Significance of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies and the Journey Toward Reconciliation, included a discussion among leaders from Xaviers IBCS, the Descendants Truth & Reconcili
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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.
University Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
As micro-credentials grow in popularity, campus leaders can look to new research and state support to expand access, reduce costs and strengthen workforce readiness. A Manhattan Institute report , “How Micro-credentials are Revolutionizing the Higher Education Business Model,” examines how states are investing in the short-term programs that now appeal to high school students and non-enrolled adults ages 18 to 30.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Some colleges, like Ohio State University, are reversing their stances on diversity efforts as federal and state policymakers ratchet up the pressure.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Sutton Trust says underrepresentation of poorer students is outrageous but number has doubled in 10 years to 2022 Students from working class backgrounds still only make up 5% of entrants to medical schools across the UK, a proportion that has doubled over the past decade, analysis has found. The research, conducted by the Sutton Trust and University College London (UCL), looked at almost 94,000 applicants to UK medical schools between 2012 and 2022, which represent almost half of all UK medical
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Dr. Alvin Francis Poussaint, whose tireless advocacy for diversity in medical education transformed Harvard Medical School and influenced generations of physicians from underrepresented backgrounds, died late last week. He was 90. Dr. Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
As an industrial/organizational psychologist, work is always on my mind. Naturally, I am interested in understanding ways to make work better for others, but I also regularly apply research and theory to my own job. One long-standing approach to building better jobs is to make them more interesting for employees. Work that is interesting is inherently more motivating, more satisfying, and reduces turnover (Parker et al., 2017 for a summary).
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
The union alleged that the agency's recent guidance barring colleges from considering race in any of their programs and policies is unconstitutional.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
University announces new BA, after survey found most 14- to 18-year-olds want more rigorous climate change education The University of Sussex will introduce what it says is the UKs first undergraduate degree focused on climate justice. The BA course, called climate justice, sustainability and development, will begin in 2026. The university says it will equip students with a blend of expertise in climate politics, activism and environmental human rights.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Gaby Pacheco TheDream.US, the nation's largest college and career success program for undocumented immigrant students, has released its 10-year impact report , highlighting remarkable achievements despite significant challenges faced by Dreamers across the United States. Since its founding in 2014, the organization has provided more than 11,000 college scholarships to undocumented students attending nearly 80 partner colleges in 20 states and Washington, D.C.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
This week on the podcast UK Research and Innovation and the Office for Students both have new leadership but what does that mean for the future of regulation, research funding, and sector confidence?
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Neeli Bendapudi said the university will review a dozen of its commonwealth campuses to determine which will stay open and which will close.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Survey of 1,000 students shows explosive increase in use of generative AI in particular over past 12 months British universities have been warned to stress-test all assessments after new research revealed almost all undergraduates are using generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in their studies. A survey of 1,000 students both domestic and international found there had been an explosive increase in the use of genAI in the past 12 months.
University Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
(Updated: Feb. 24) College closings are expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, and Northland College may be the first of 2025. This page will be continuously updated as University Business monitors the changing landscape of college closings, as well as mergers and acquisitions, in the coming year and beyond. The college closings and mergers of 2025 Northland College (Wisconsin) Despite recent attempt to save Northland College from financial exigency, the Board
The PIE News
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Did you know that Canada is the most educated country in the world? Over 60% of our population has access to and completes higher education, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One of the main reasons is our excellent high school system, which prepares youth with the knowledge, skills and confidence to pursue and succeed in university and college.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
If signed into law, faculty at the state's public colleges would not be able to teach about subjects like antiracism and unconscious bias.
Faculty Focus
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
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Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
This weeks card from Hugh Jones postbag tells us about accountability, 1920s style This weeks card from Hugh Jones postbag tells us about accountability, 1920s style
HEPI
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Helena Vine, Lead Policy Officer for England at the Quality Assurance Agency, considers what we might learn from American researchers Lauren Schudde and Huriya Jabbar’s recent study of ‘Discredited: Power, Privilege and Community College Transfer’ When it comes to the more intractable issues in higher education policy, we’re often tempted to look wistfully overseas to supposedly sunlit uplands where the knotty issue has, at least on the surface, been resolved.
Higher Ed Dive
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
The larger of the two Christian institutions iced the plan to combine, citing time, expense and the complexity of maintaining separate athletics programs.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Research reveals UK institutions educated 50 world leaders in post in 2022, despite job cuts, course closures and a fall in foreign students Universities in the UK, many of which are in the grip of a financial crisis, educate more national leaders than any other country in the world, according to analysis. Research by Jisc, the UKs higher education digital, data and technology agency, found UK institutions had educated 50 world leaders who were in post in 2022, with the US in second place with 4
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Effective feedback allows students to experience the results of their decisions and thereby refine their practice.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Grammy-winning artist Usher Raymond IV will deliver the keynote address at Emory University's 180th Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 12, where he will Usher also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. "There are few artists in the history of popular music who have innovated as ceaselessly as Usher," said Emory President Dr. Gregory L.
University Business
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Higher education leaders are navigating the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, seeking to leverage its benefits while mitigating risks, according to the 2025 EDUCAUSE AI Landscape Study. The report highlights how colleges and universities are integrating AI into teaching, learning and operations with a focus on strategic planning, workforce adaptation and policy development.
The Guardian - Higher Education
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
I can find essential and unusual facts for my arts journalism in the dusty old tomes information not readily available on Google. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books. Last September, I started walking to the library every day. As a University College London alumnus, I get free membership of both the Senate House library and the universitys main library.
Wonkhe
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
James Coe comes to the defence of maintenance as undervalued but essential in the success of any university
HEPI
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Paul Greatrix ( @registrarism ) was formerly Registrar at the University of Nottingham. With the major challenges facing UK higher education at present, it is perhaps hardly surprising that many in the sector are concentrating on the short term. Survival rather than strategy is the order of the day. Higher education institutions (HEIs), though, are fundamentally long-term operations which educate students and undertake research intended to benefit society for many years to come.
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