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Degrees Earned Fall Again, Certificates Rise

Inside Higher Ed

Degrees Earned Fall Again, Certificates Rise Sara Weissman Thu, 04/11/2024 - 03:00 AM Fewer people are earning degrees for the second year in a row, but certificates are having a moment, according to a new report.

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Now DfE proposes to scrap a huge part of Disabled Students Allowance

Wonkhe

The government is proposing to abolish a central funding allowance that allows disabled students to access specialist nonmedical support. Jim Dickinson explains the justification The post Now DfE proposes to scrap a huge part of Disabled Students Allowance appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Greater financial strains loom over Wisconsin’s public universities, report finds

Higher Ed Dive

With nearly all of the state’s universities facing deficits, and some with potential liquidity issues, the system’s president called on lawmakers for more funding.

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The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral

The Guardian - Higher Education

Arts education is essential – yet on both sides of the Atlantic, the humanities and critical thinking are under attack. With massive redundancies announced at this London institution, is it the canary in the coalmine? It is a couple of days before Easter, and the students who have been holding a sit-in in the Professor Stuart Hall building in Goldsmiths, University of London are packing up.

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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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One Scientist Neglected His Grant Reports. Now U.S. Agencies Are Withholding Grants for an Entire University.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Francie Diep An email from the University of California at San Diego's vice chancellor for research alerted the campus to the situation on Tuesday. The scientist says he got no warning before that day.

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Celebrating diversity and supporting progression in education-focused HE careers

Wonkhe

Hannah Cobb, and members of the national learning and teaching focused network, reflect on what universities can do to enhance the careers of education-focused staff The post Celebrating diversity and supporting progression in education-focused HE careers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Goddard College Announces Closure

Inside Higher Ed

Goddard College Announces Closure Josh Moody Wed, 04/10/2024 - 03:00 AM The small, progressive Vermont college will close at the end of the spring semester. It’s another blow to a state that has lost a number of higher ed institutions in recent years.

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The Gutting of the Liberal Arts

The Chronicle of Higher Education

At public comprehensive universities like SUNY-Potsdam, the humanities are being hollowed out. By David C.K. Curry Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock At public comprehensive universities like SUNY-Potsdam, the humanities are being hollowed out.

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It’s time to tackle all the gaps that surface in our student lifecycle data, not just the awarding gap

Wonkhe

Tony Moss demonstrates how attention to student outcome gaps across the whole student lifecycle sheds new light on the awarding gap The post It’s time to tackle all the gaps that surface in our student lifecycle data, not just the awarding gap appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Goddard College in Vermont to close

Higher Ed Dive

With insolvency looming, the institution moved to shutter permanently and struck a teach-out partnership with Prescott College in Arizona.

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Traction for the Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree

Inside Higher Ed

Traction for the Three-Year Bachelor’s Degree Doug Lederman Fri, 04/12/2024 - 03:00 AM A group of college leaders strategize about how to design a new undergraduate experience—and get an unexpected boost from an accreditor.

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Glenn Loury Comes Clean

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Is the public intellectual's candid memoir an act of self-reckoning or self-sabotage? By Evan Goldstein Yoon S. Byun for The Chronicle Is the public intellectual's candid memoir an act of self-reckoning or self-sabotage?

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What’s in a name?

Wonkhe

The last few months has brought a glut of providers seeking approval for a new name. Michael Salmon and David Kernohan ask what on earth is going on The post What’s in a name? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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‘Crisis of credibility’: FAFSA rollout panned during congressional hearing

Higher Ed Dive

One financial aid expert said trust is eroding in data from the U.S. Department of Education as issues continue to plague the new form’s debut.

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‘Game-Changing Crisis’: Lawmakers, Experts Vent FAFSA Frustrations

Inside Higher Ed

‘Game-Changing Crisis’: Lawmakers, Experts Vent FAFSA Frustrations Katherine Knott Thu, 04/11/2024 - 03:00 AM While one House committee probed the FAFSA mess Wednesday, another grilled Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the disastrous rollout of the student-aid form.

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Navigating the Waves: Key Strategies for International Student Recruitment Success

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Vincenzo Raimo, an independent international higher education consultant and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading, where he previously served as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Engagement. The questionnaire mentioned in this blog is embedded as a pdf below and can be downloaded from the website. The landscape of international student recruitment in the UK has experienced a seismic shift from a period of unexpected prosperity post-Covid, to a challen

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Here’s how the government should welcome the next generation of global talent

Wonkhe

Constant chopping and changing is in no-one’s interest. Anne Marie Graham sets out what a sustainable international student policy could look like The post Here’s how the government should welcome the next generation of global talent appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Dartmouth basketball vote shows unionization ‘can happen anywhere,’ attorney says

Higher Ed Dive

The Ivy League school’s saga isn’t over yet, but the potential wage-and-hour implications of the vote are vast.

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FAFSA Fallout on Capitol Hill

Inside Higher Ed

FAFSA Fallout on Capitol Hill Katherine Knott Wed, 04/10/2024 - 10:20 AM A House committee held its first hearing Wednesday on the disastrous launch of the new FAFSA.

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What Does an A Really Mean?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

We asked professors, students, and high-school counselors. By Beckie Supiano Joan Wong for The Chronicle We asked professors, students, and high-school counselors.

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Podcast: Funding, disabled students, nursing

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast the Home Office has commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to review the Graduate route visa - what could be on the cards come its conclusions in May? The post Podcast: Funding, disabled students, nursing appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Federal court blocks borrower defense rules, says legal challenge will likely succeed

Higher Ed Dive

An appellate panel wrote that the regulations upend decades of regulatory practice. But one student advocate called the ruling “exactly backwards.

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Nontenure Track Harvard Lecturers and Researchers Unionize

Inside Higher Ed

Nontenure track employees who teach or conduct research at Harvard University voted last week to unionize, creating a new bargaining unit representing thousands of workers. It’s Harvard’s first union representing these “contingent” faculty members, according to the new labor organization’s members. “Prestige is not enough,” Shahinaz Geneid, a visiting teaching fellow at Harvard and graduate student at Northeastern University.

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Real Talk Higher Ed: Steering Through Chaos with a Wellness Compass

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

Let’s face it: April in higher education is pure chaos. Deadlines dance in our heads, inboxes are overflowing, back-to-back events are scheduled, student and community crises loom, and summer just can’t come quick enough.But what if, instead of just surviving through the academic year — we lean into this work with humanity intact?

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The continuing value of subject benchmark statements

Wonkhe

As the Quality Assurance Agency publishes a set of 13 refreshed subject benchmark statements, Andy Smith and Laura Sperry consider the value these documents bring to the UK sector The post The continuing value of subject benchmark statements appeared first on Wonkhe.

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This week in 5 numbers: Education Department voices concern about OPMs

Higher Ed Dive

We’re rounding up our top recent stories, from growing worries about 2U’s finances to falling FAFSA submissions from high school seniors.

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A Lost ‘Fight to Prevent State Overreach’ at Tennessee State

Inside Higher Ed

A Lost ‘Fight to Prevent State Overreach’ at Tennessee State Sara Weissman Tue, 04/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The historically Black university’s Board of Trustees has been replaced by the governor's picks.

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What can the UK learn from Australia’s University Accord?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Leo Hanna, Executive Vice President at TechnologyOne UK. UK universities enjoy world-leading status, but the sector is not without its challenges. With a general election looming, and as UK higher education institutions look for solutions to overcome their challenges, the recently published Australian University Accord (Final Report) serves as a compelling example of what can be achieved when the government, the higher and tertiary education sector and indus

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The latest HE-BCI data shows the limitations of the spin-out review

Wonkhe

James Coe takes a look at the latest HE-BCI data and asks how spin-outs fit in with other research priorities The post The latest HE-BCI data shows the limitations of the spin-out review appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Harvard University revives standardized testing requirements

Higher Ed Dive

With the reversal, the top-ranked college becomes the latest Ivy League school to shed test-optional policies for applicants.

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National Protest Day Planned Against ‘Attacks’ on Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed

Faculty members and students plan to hold events across numerous campuses Wednesday, April 17, to kick-start a movement against what they consider concerted attacks on quality higher education for all. They’re opposing academic freedom restrictions, defending protest rights, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion, calling for free public education, and advocating for more secure faculty jobs, among other things.

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Scotland seeks to retain grads with new service

The PIE News

Scotland’s Migration Service has launched its first phase, providing information and advice for international students considering staying in Scotland post-graduation. “New Scots make an enormous contribution to Scotland’s society by helping grow our economy, address skills shortages and contribute to public services. They are also vital to meeting our population needs,” said Emma Roddick, Scotland’s migration, minister on the launch of the initiative.

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17 nuggets from the 8 February 2024 Office for Students board papers

Wonkhe

Everything you need to know from the latest OfS board paper drop, from David Kernohan The post 17 nuggets from the 8 February 2024 Office for Students board papers appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Ohio’s Sinclair Community College to shutter 2 locations

Higher Ed Dive

Although the two sites together enrolled around 5,500 students at their peak, they hosted just one class between them this semester.

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After FAFSA Issues, Education Department Faces ‘Crisis of Credibility’

Inside Higher Ed

After FAFSA Issues, Education Department Faces ‘Crisis of Credibility’ Katherine Knott Mon, 04/08/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges and universities say they need more honesty and transparency from the department to rebuild their trust in the federal financial aid system.

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University strategy in an age of uncertainty

HEPI

Paul Clark was until recently the Vice-President (Strategy) at University College London, and before that the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Statistics Agency. He is currently working as a consultant and strategy adviser. That the operating environment for UK universities is more uncertain than ever is now an accepted truth. The reasons for this are also well-known: domestically, universities face the ongoing erosion of their funding base, a challenging policy environment, and political