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How Professors Scrambled to Deal With ChatGPT

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Professors scrambled to react to ChatGPT this spring — and started planning for the fall. Beth McMurtrie and Beckie Supiano They were caught off guard this spring. They're already planning for the fall.

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The shift to majority contingent faculty is more harmful to tenure than GOP attacks

Higher Ed Dive

Political attacks on tenure won’t matter if it’s effectively eliminated to save money with contingent positions, one professor emeritus argues.

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How to create an access and participation plan

Wonkhe

As universities get to grips with a new access and participation regime, Elizabeth Garnham says that with commitment and collaboration inequality can be meaningfully addressed The post How to create an access and participation plan appeared first on Wonkhe.

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CAT 6 and CAT 6A Cabling for the Transition to Wi-Fi 6 in Higher Education

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

If there’s any place that can take advantage of the higher speeds and increased frequencies that Wi-Fi 6 provides, it’s a college campus. Thousands of students need reliable Wi-Fi to take notes and study or to kick back with video games or Netflix. Meanwhile, researchers and professors use wireless for devices such as test equipment and drones, and the athletic department uses tablets during practices and games.

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A Weird Research-Misconduct Scandal About Dishonesty Just Got Weirder

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Stephanie M. Lee Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images An already-retracted study by some of the world's most prominent behavioral economists may be even more flawed than previously known.

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Freezes on tuition gain popularity, SHEEO finds

Higher Ed Dive

Two-year and four-year colleges alike have increasingly been asked to hold the line on their listed prices, according to a periodic survey.

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Students need help asking for help

Wonkhe

Tiffany Chiu explains that to successfully foster an inclusive and diverse learning environment for all students, we must first increase student confidence in asking for help The post Students need help asking for help appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Berkeley pushes AI innovation, research with ‘Woodstock of Hackathons’

The Berkeley Blog

We're at a fascinating 'epi-inflection point' in generative AI. There are so many valid concerns surrounding it, but if events like this, and others, help set a strong cultural orientation toward AI innovation that is ethical and responsible, there is much room for advancement that improves our lives in ways we can’t begin to fathom.

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Texas enacts law restricting transgender athletes at public colleges

Higher Ed Dive

Transgender players can’t participate in sports aligned with their gender identities, potentially clashing with a proposed federal regulation.

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Reports of English studies’ demise have been greatly exaggerated

Wonkhe

Undergraduate numbers in English studies may be declining across the UK as a whole. But Sarah Cowan argues that a closer look at the landscape shows resilience – and excellence The post Reports of English studies’ demise have been greatly exaggerated appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Report Describes Pandemic Impact on College Choices of the COVID Cohort

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The high school class of 2023 had an experience that was inevitably shaped by COVID-19. The pandemic hit when they were freshmen and many students endured over a year of remote learning, with limited access to school counseling services and extracurricular activities. Now, as the COVID cohort graduates and gets ready for higher education, a new report shows how the pandemic affected their college and career choices, both positively and negatively.

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A Governor Tells Public Colleges: The Drag Show Must Not Go On

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows In South Dakota and elsewhere, conservative politicians are decrying the performances, an LGBTQ tradition, as inappropriate.

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West Virginia University to merge two colleges in the face of deep budget deficit

Higher Ed Dive

The state public flagship will fuse its colleges of creative arts and media as it braces for continued enrollment declines.

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Rejection of legal duty of care marks a bad day for students’ rights

Wonkhe

Campaigner Robert Abrahart expresses his disappointment in the government's decision not to pursue a statutory duty of care for universities The post Rejection of legal duty of care marks a bad day for students’ rights appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Report Suggests Reforms if Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In as little as two days, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to deliver a devastating verdict to advocates of affirmative action. Although the exact scope of the decision can’t be known, it seems clear that the court’s conservative majority will strike down the consideration of race in admissions. Now, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce has released a report on the potential impacts of the decision and how higher ed and governments can react.

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Australia ‘risks losing students’ amid rent crisis

The PIE News

The number of international students studying in Australia in 2023 is predicted to top the pre-Covid record set in 2019. In what appears to be a long-awaited recovery for the Australian education sector, local press has however been awash with commentary about how the increase in numbers of international students contributes to the deepening rental crisis in the nation’s major cities.

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George Washington University pressing forward with armed police plan, despite pushback

Higher Ed Dive

Institution officials want feedback on the safety proposal, which would require a 56-hour firearm course and virtual reality training for officers.

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Commuter students should be the centre of the campus

Wonkhe

Jules Singh says that the issues commuters faced pre-pandemic have become prevalent again - and should be returned to The post Commuter students should be the centre of the campus appeared first on Wonkhe.

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The College Board Announced Decision Not to Alter AP Courses to Accommodate Florida Demands

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College Board will not be altering its Advanced Placement (AP) classes to accommodate new demands from Florida, The Hill reported. Gov. Ron DeSantis The educational testing company announced this decision in a letter last Thursday. “[College Board] will not modify our courses to accommodate restrictions on teaching essential, college-level topics,” the College Board said.

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Leaving Academe? You Need More Than ‘Transferable Skills’

The Chronicle of Higher Education

To be a viable candidate beyond the campus, you have to get over your academic self. By William Pannapacker To be a viable candidate beyond the campus, you have to get over your academic self.

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Inflation-adjusted salaries for full-time faculty fell 7.5% during the pandemic

Higher Ed Dive

The AAUP also documented stark pay differences by gender in its annual compensation report.

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How to support disabled staff to thrive

Wonkhe

Meredith Wilkinson identifies the ways in which universities can foster a more inclusive environments for staff with disabilities, chronic illness, or mental health conditions The post How to support disabled staff to thrive appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Increasing Belongingness Through a Strengths-Based Approach

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

How many times have you seen something about “ways to increase students’ sense of belongingness lately”? I see it everywhere, especially within higher education. We have finally come to the conclusion that the way that higher education institutions make people feel matters. Sense of belongingness has been found to impact everything from academic success to graduation rate.

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Binghamton Launches Research Alliance with HBCUs

Insight Into Diversity

Binghamton University is launching a new alliance with six historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in an effort to build collaborative research capabilities and help HBCUs achieve Carnegie classification. The New Educational and Research Alliance (NERA), in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, will bring together the resources, knowledge, and expertise of its participating institutions to address societal inequities.

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To combat antisemitism, Education Department to propose rules on shared ancestry bias

Higher Ed Dive

The move follows White House calls to counter harassment and discrimination, as well as data showing a rise in hate crimes.

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Are we witnessing the return of the cashpoint college?

Wonkhe

A New York Times investigation raises real questions about subcontracting courses and sales agents in HE. Jim Dickinson tries to follow the money The post Are we witnessing the return of the cashpoint college? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Study explores students’ ‘sense of home’ in UK

The PIE News

A study has explored how international PhD students construct a sense of home in Britain – finding that students have different selves in “diverse social locations” rather than assimilating in an “expected sense” Researchers focused on the experience of a small number of PhD students, sponsored by the Algerian government, as they “learnt to be themselves” in their everyday lives in the UK.

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Mellon Foundation to Award Over $5 Million to Expand Prison Education Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Mellon Foundation will award over $5 million to seven institutions to expand higher education opportunities and resources for those in carceral environments. Jessica Hicklin The organization seeks to support prison education programs that promote perspectives and leadership of those who have experienced the prison system and that help out overlooked populations and regions.

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Texas governor signs bill to move toward outcomes-based funding for community colleges

Higher Ed Dive

Institutions will receive extra funding for awarding “credentials of value,” a designation to be based partly on wages.

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REF 2028 could revolutionise research culture

Wonkhe

An outline of REF 2028 has been published and James Coe asks what it means for research culture The post REF 2028 could revolutionise research culture appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Know who you enroll: the 6 traits of the upcoming college student

University Business

High school students molded by the pandemic are rejuvenated to experience an in-person college experience again. However, they expect institutions to be digitally literate, deliver outcome-oriented degrees, and provide resources that compensate for the growth they were deprived of when quarantined. These are some key takeaways EAB gathered in their latest meta-report that creates a comprehensive picture of higher education’s future college cohort: “Gen P.” It draws from convers

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Howard University’s Undergraduate Library to be Renamed in Honor of President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Howard University’s Undergraduate Library will be renamed in honor of Howard President Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick. Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick The announcement was made by the university's Board of Trustees Chairman Dr. Laurence Morse during Frederick’s Jun. 8 farewell dinner. “There is, perhaps, no place on the Hilltop more revered than the Upper Quadrangle-Main Yard, known affectionately as “The Yard,” Morse said.

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An Ohio experiment boosted graduation rates and earnings for community college students. Here’s how.

Higher Ed Dive

Three of the state’s public two-year colleges successfully replicated a college completion program developed in New York, a six-year analysis found.

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More tailored approaches are needed to tackle the ethnicity degree awarding gap

Wonkhe

With access and participation targets on ending awarding gaps set to be missed, Omar Khan suggests less dragging and dropping of approaches and more consideration of context The post More tailored approaches are needed to tackle the ethnicity degree awarding gap appeared first on Wonkhe.

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UK: operational shift in diversify drive mapped

The PIE News

Nine in 10 UK universities in a recent survey have indicated they are diversifying international student recruitment, a new research paper has found. The UUK Diversification and strengthening international recruitment practices report , which saw responses from 60 of the organisation’s members, found the US, India and Malaysia as the countries most commonly mentioned by respondents when asked where they were diversifying their recruitment.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a faculty member who has participated since 2005 in a variety of the rich academic experiences proffered by the Faculty Resource Network (FRN), including both summer and full semester scholar residencies, national symposiums both live and virtual, and week-long intensive seminars held at universities in Puerto Rico and Greece, I cannot overstate the value of my institution maintaining a membership in this lauded organization.

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House committee votes to yank federal funding from colleges, schools used as migrant shelters

Higher Ed Dive

Supporters say sheltering migrants puts students in danger. Opponents call the measure hurtful and a distraction.

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