Wonkhe
MAY 3, 2023
The sector already offers professional and vocational courses that learners and employers value. Why exclude them from the lifelong loan entitlement? asks Martin Lowe The post Short courses shouldn’t need to be stackable appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
Institutions like Michigan State University are trying to better secure their campus and train students. But there’s no one-size-fits-all fix, experts say.
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Deans for Impact
MAY 2, 2023
Nicole McNeil remembers the moment well: she had just begun a tutoring relationship with a student in a local elementary school, when a teacher mistook McNeil for a social worker. “The teacher informed me that this student was facing behavioral challenges in the classroom and assumed I had arrived to address those issues,” she recalls. But by using principles of cognitive science to support his learning, she experienced a different version of the student: he was joyful, deeply engaged in their o
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 5, 2023
By Megan Zahneis Applications are down, and some prospective professors are rejecting job offers even if they don't have others in hand, say union representatives in Florida and Texas.
Wonkhe
MAY 2, 2023
How can lower interest rates and frozen fees lead to graduates paying more? Jim Dickinson worries about public understanding of England's fee system - and needs your help The post Make it make sense – understanding England’s system of student finance appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
The beleaguered program, run with 2U, was misrepresented as being the same quality as the in-person version, a newly filed class-action lawsuit said.
Educause
MAY 4, 2023
The Digital Learning Strategy Guide can help institutions develop a robust, flexible, and personalized framework for a digital learning strategy informed by digital transformation.
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Wonkhe
MAY 5, 2023
Registrarism returns with an essential ranking of university-branded whiskeys and gins The post Top shelf! – ranking university spirits appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 3, 2023
Georgetown University researchers outline educational and professional milestones that could substantially improve workforce outcomes.
HEPI
MAY 4, 2023
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Jon Down , Director of Development and Ellie Garraway , CEO, of Grit Breakthrough Programmes. Grit delivers intensive personal development and coaching programmes in universities across the UK. In his recent HEPI blog, Leo Hanna outlined the dangers of students’ expectations not matching up to reality: wasted opportunities for non-continuing students, lost revenue and reputational harm to institutions.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
The way we teach has undergone a massive shift in the past three years. When the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends toward remote instruction, asynchronous learning and more, classrooms were inundated with new technologies that were intended to help. The sudden push forced higher education institutions sometimes reticent instructors to adopt these tools to facilitate teaching and learning whether they were in the classroom or not.
Wonkhe
MAY 2, 2023
A new sector agreement with Springer Nature reminds Libby Homer that we all have a duty to seek value for money in research publishing The post The transformative agreement is dead, long live the transformed agreement appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 4, 2023
Analysts said colleges like Arkansas State University that heavily depend on these vendors would face greater administrative burdens and expenses.
HEPI
MAY 2, 2023
This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Professor Andy Salmon – Pro-Vice Chancellor External, Bath Spa University ‘The imagination loses vitality as it ceases to adhere to what is real.’ Wallace Stevens, The Necessary Angel: Essays on Reality and the Imagination This short article is designed to provoke thought. Using the century old ideas of the Surrealists I will argue that, like them in the 1920s and 1930s, we stand on the edge of an educational revolution that requires radical new shape
Campus Sonar
MAY 3, 2023
Your campus social media manager’s job is never done. They’re on call 24/7, very few people understand exactly what they do all day, and their talent and expertise are regularly dismissed by colleagues and the general public. Often they’re not appropriately compensated for their skills, overtime hours, and the comments and DMs they monitor and respond to may hurt personally even if they're not meant for them.
Wonkhe
MAY 3, 2023
Unless we take deliberate steps to preserve time for doing nothing it will become a luxury afforded to only the best off, argues James Coe The post The quiet death of hanging out appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 1, 2023
The recommendation came in a wide-ranging report about how colleges can better support students who were formerly incarcerated.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
By Stephanie M. Lee Illustration by The Chronicle The university’s sustainability school chose greenhouse-gas removal after input from fossil-fuel executives. Critics say the industry’s involvement is cause for concern.
The PIE News
MAY 2, 2023
Higher education leaders and those working in international strategic planning should integrate international strategies with digital transformation strategies, according to a recent report from Jisc. The report seeks to highlight “alternative perspectives” and consider issues that might impact the digital experience of international students in the UK.
Wonkhe
MAY 4, 2023
What should students' relationship with the higher education regulator be like - and what should it focus on in their interests? Mack Marshall and Rania Regaieg reflect on a morning discussing student rights and power The post Students need to be treated like partners, not pawns appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 3, 2023
More than 40% of surveyed students said they’d considered stopping out of their programs in a six-month period.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 5, 2023
When leaders usurp faculty expertise with kitsch social justice, students suffer. By Elise Archias and Blake Stimson Illlustration by The Chronicle, Getty Images When leaders usurp faculty expertise with kitsch social justice, students suffer.
The PIE News
MAY 2, 2023
University College Birmingham was voted the UK’s top international university in this year’s Whatuni Student Choice Awards. With Nottingham Trent University scooping the University of the Year at the 2023 awards, UCB was recognised in the international category – with the awards voted for by over 35,000 verified student reviews at 240+ higher education institutions across the country. “These awards showcase the quality of higher education in the UK and its creativity, resilienc
Wonkhe
MAY 4, 2023
What are the characteristics that students think are important - and are these different to those valued by academic staff? Billy Wong explains the ideal student The post How to become a perfect student appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 2, 2023
The Human Rights Campaign is wrapping up the first year of its HIV and PrEP education program designed specifically for Black students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 5, 2023
Dozens of Seton Hall University students and supporters staged a sit-in at Presidents Hall on campus last week to protest the school’s alleged lack of support for its Africana Studies program, NJ.com reported. Protestors said the program has no tenured professors and that it was impossible to complete majors or minors in it. The students are demanding that the school hire three or four full-time professors; restore the Africana Studies Department by next spring; appoint a full-time tenured progr
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MAY 2, 2023
What if online learning felt as warm and welcoming as a classroom? EdTech spoke to Michelle Pacansky-Brock, faculty mentor for online teaching and learning with the Foothill-De Anza Community College District and lead researcher on a California Learning Lab grant project, about her two decades of experience in making her own asynchronous internet-based classrooms engaging and effective, and how she supports faculty who want to follow her lead.
Wonkhe
MAY 4, 2023
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’s postbag takes us to a college of kings, but not King’s College The post Higher education postcard: Trinity College, Cambridge appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 3, 2023
Admissions group NACAC has published an annual database of open slots after the May 1 decision deadline.
Faculty Focus
MAY 4, 2023
Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? In other words, can we foster greater motivation? Positive academic mindsets motivate students to learn Mindset science has uncovered actionable insights into the academic behaviors of students.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 4, 2023
HBCUs are attracting students at record numbers and experiencing an uptick in philanthropic support, both of which are chipping away at decades of underfunding. It’s a promising trend—one that we have a responsibility to ensure isn’t just a blip. Even with these successes, the long-term viability of many HBCUs remains precarious if we don’t take advantage of this moment to create lasting, systemic changes to advance the ways HBCUs operate and provide more Black Americans with access to the dis
Wonkhe
MAY 4, 2023
This week on the podcast Keir Starmer has U-turned over student fees and finance - but what should Labour’s policy be if not free education? The post Starmer and fees, PGRs, fundraising, graduate outcomes appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 1, 2023
The state’s education board stressed it still wants to “create and nurture a safe, welcoming and dynamic learning environment” for students.
Faculty Focus
MAY 2, 2023
“ Technology can become the wings that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before – if we allow it (Arledge).” ChatGPT has given the field of higher education another opportunity to fly farther and faster. Will we allow it? We cannot escape the tremendous impact that advancements in technology are having, and will continue to have on what we consider most important in education.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
MAY 5, 2023
It’s no secret that attracting students in higher education is becoming more competitive. As costs continue to rise and economic patterns become unpredictable, students are more discerning about what they are getting in return for their money. Many student decisions likely will come down to universities offering more engaging learning experiences, something that online programs need to think about.
Wonkhe
MAY 1, 2023
New polling from HEPI suggests that some students have deserted Labour - but they're not running into the arms of the Conservatives. Jim Dickinson runs the numbers. The post What ever happened to Corbyn’s youthquake? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 2, 2023
Steve Daly, the company’s CEO, said the learning management system provider still has room to grow in the North American higher education sector.
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