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Common App to expand direct admissions effort

Higher Ed Dive

The online portal will offer proactive acceptance letters from 116 colleges during the 2024-25 application cycle.

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OfS’ insight on the risks of franchising fall short at addressing the incentives

Wonkhe

Uncover the risks of franchising and the flaws in regulatory oversight. Discover why industry perceptions and long-term outcomes can be misleading.

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Twenty six years of enrollment at Public Research 1 Universities

Higher Ed Data Stories

A while ago, I made the claim that Oregon State University has the longest streak of consecutive years of fall-over-fall enrollment growth of any public, Research 1 university in America. A few people have asked me, not exactly doubting the claim, but thinking maybe I had made a mistake, for the source of it. This started as a curiosity: I knew from our own internal documentation that the last time OSU (the oldest OSU.not the one in Ohio or Oklahoma) had a fall-to-fall enrollment drop was 1996,

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Agriculture accelerated human genome evolution to capture energy from starchy foods

The Berkeley Blog

UC Berkeley study finds rapid increase over last 12,000 years in genes for enzymes that digest starch The post Agriculture accelerated human genome evolution to capture energy from starchy foods appeared first on Berkeley News.

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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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Two Michigan universities face potential faculty strikes

Higher Ed Dive

Unions at Oakland University and Western Michigan University are pushing their institutions for better compensation amid an uptick in labor stoppages across industries.

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Jacqui Smith goes searching for funding options in Reading

Wonkhe

The new universities minister has been speaking to Universities UK conference about funding and finance.

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Results from 2024 Faculty in the South Survey

Academe Blog

BY MATTHEW BOEDY A first-of-its-kind survey of higher education faculty across the South has revealed that an overwhelming majority of respondents in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas are deeply dissatisfied with the current state of higher education.

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What Kamala Harris’ presidential nomination could mean for HBCUs

Higher Ed Dive

The candidate’s status as a Howard University alum could spotlight the role historically Black colleges and universities play in preparing future leaders.

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International quality standards are evolving, but England is watching from the sidelines

Wonkhe

Douglas Blackstock asks what complying with European quality standards might mean for England

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Parents in England want compulsory language classes

The PIE News

The poll found that 68% of respondents agree that learning a second language other than English should be compulsory in secondary school, while 64% said the same for primary education. “Parents are clearly telling us they would like to see all students learning a language. This is great news,” said Bernardette Holmes, director of the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE).

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An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action

Inside Higher Ed

An Early Look at Diversity Post–Affirmative Action Liam Knox Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Colleges are slowly releasing demographic data for the Class of 2028, giving a glimpse of the Supreme Court ruling’s impact on racial diversity. The results are decidedly mixed.

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Project Kitty Hawk is trying to reenroll students who left the UNC System. Is it working?

Higher Ed Dive

It’s been over a year since the nonprofit ed tech company launched to bring back students who left before completing their credentials.

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Podcast: Jacqui Smith, franchising, digital divide

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding. But did it say anything? This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything?

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The Justice Department’s new social media policies look promising for free speech

FIRE

While FIRE will remain vigilant, these protocols acknowledge free speech, transparency, and voluntary cooperation when the department interacts with social media companies.

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Wake Up, Academia: The AI Revolution Waits for No One

Inside Higher Ed

Wake Up, Academia: The AI Revolution Waits for No One Melissa Ezarik Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Many higher ed institutions are preparing students for a world that no longer exists, arming them with skills that may be obsolete before they even graduate, writes Angela Virtu of American University’s Kogod School of Business—which is ensuring every student will graduate understanding AI holistically.

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Cal State San Bernardino braces for budget cuts amid $1B system deficit

Higher Ed Dive

With cuts and delays in state higher ed funding, the campus is grappling with a “devastating” budget crisis, its president said.

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Rising levels of home education should get the sector asking questions about access

Wonkhe

Home education is growing in popularity.

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UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs  

The Berkeley Blog

"Venture capital is clearly paying attention to Berkeley-generated companies," Chancellor Rich Lyons said. "And we're just getting started." The post UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs appeared first on Berkeley News.

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The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s

Inside Higher Ed

The Many Lives of Saint Joseph’s Sara Weissman Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM After losing accreditation, the Catholic liberal arts college remade itself as a purveyor of workforce training programs. Not everyone is happy about the shift.

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Brown University reports drop in diversity among incoming students

Higher Ed Dive

Its share of freshmen from underrepresented groups fell by nine percentage points after last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions.

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Podcast: Jacqui Smith, franchising, digital divide

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything? This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything?

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'I’m a Retired Scholar. I’m Not Retired From Scholarship.'

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Long after retirement, these professors are still publishing. Is scholarship their fountain of youth? By Heidi Landecker Illustration by The Chronicle; courtesy of Lucy Freeman Sandler, Samuel Jay Keyser, and Jean H. Baker These 90-something professors are still publishing. Is scholarship their fountain of youth?

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Can AI Help a Student Get Into Stanford or Yale?

Inside Higher Ed

Two entrepreneurial Stanford students fed hundreds of essays—both high and low quality—into an AI model to train it on what top-tier colleges look for in admissions essays. Scott Lee was scrolling through LinkedIn in June when he came across a post touting exactly what he was looking for: an AI machine called Esslo that provides feedback on college essays, based on those that have helped students gain admission to top-tier universities like Harvard and Stanford.

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Oakland University averts faculty strike with tentative deal

Higher Ed Dive

With negotiations in mediation and a potential work stoppage looming, the Michigan institution agreed to raises for faculty over the next five years.

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Horizon association, one year on

Wonkhe

It’s been a year since the UK’s association to Horizon Europe was confirmed.

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ASALH to Host ‘African Americans in the Arts’ Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is set to host its 109th Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh. The Sept. 25-29 ASALH conference will feature a rich program of scholarly sessions, professional workshops, historical tours, a film festival, book signings, and many other events that illuminate the importance of the current struggle to own and control our own narrative.

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Cass Sunstein Wants to Help Universities Navigate Free Speech Conflicts

Inside Higher Ed

Cass Sunstein Wants to Help Universities Navigate Free Speech Conflicts Johanna Alonso Tue, 09/03/2024 - 03:00 AM The legal scholar presents a wide range of speech-related scenarios that university administrators may have to navigate this fall—and in perpetuity.

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Rider University cuts student newspaper budget amid wider reductions

Higher Ed Dive

The New Jersey-based private nonprofit has been struggling with declining enrollment and is trying to shrink operating deficits.

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Podcast: Jacqui Smith, franchising, digital divide

Wonkhe

This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything? This week on the podcast the Westminster government has broken its silence on university funding - but did it say anything?

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Can academics reliably generate original ideas?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Adam Lindgreen, Professor of Marketing at the Copenhagen Business School and Extraordinary Professor with the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria, C. Anthony Di Benedetto, Professor of Marketing at Temple University, Pennsylvania, and Florian Kock, Professor of Management at the Copenhagen Business School.

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University of Austin Enters Its First Academic Year

Inside Higher Ed

The newly minted, hotly debated university, founded by some vocal conservative figures, opened the doors to it first cohort of freshmen. University of Austin, a new higher ed institution founded by high-profile conservative figures, officially welcomed its inaugural class on Monday. The university, sometimes referred to as UATX, markets itself as an institution born out of alarm over the “rising tide of illiberalism and censoriousness prevalent in America’s universities” and says it is committed

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This week in numbers: UNC’s gambit to reengage stopped-out students

Higher Ed Dive

We’re rounding up our top recent stories, from a North Carolina initiative to reenroll students to one college's decades-long path toward reaccreditation.

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Higher education postcard: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Wonkhe

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to one of higher education’s abbreviated universities

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Beyond the Culture Wars: The Real Story of State Policy and College Campuses

Higher Education Today

“There is a lot that state legislatures can do to reverse the illiberal takeover of higher education,” according to the Manhattan Institute in its 2023 issue brief, Abolish DEI Bureaucracies and Restore Colorblind Equality in Public Universities. As the field of play in issues from abortion rules to labor policy and workers’ rights shifts from Capitol Hill to individual statehouses, state.

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The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI

Inside Higher Ed

The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI Sarah Bray Fri, 09/06/2024 - 03:00 AM Patricia Taylor has found using AI takes more time and creates more problems than not if instructors want students to get meaningful feedback on their work.

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University of Iowa employee bilked nearly $1M from campus machine shop, audit finds

Higher Ed Dive

A manager of the shop used staff and equipment to do work on behalf of a business he owned, according to a state auditor report.