MindMax
AUGUST 23, 2023
To what extent will artificial intelligence (AI) replace human workers? That’s the big question many are asking as more companies integrate AI into their operations. I certainly don’t have the answer, but I can say one thing with confidence: Even if (or when) robots take over tasks historically assigned to people, they won’t replace the soft skills that are uniquely human.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 24, 2023
Amidst the apocalyptic nature of the climate crisis, Sean Porter calls for education that builds hope and liberation from the current state of the world The post How to convert climate grief and anxiety into hope in higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.
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Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 22, 2023
The university’s agreement with the coffee giant ends in June 2025, and some students are counting Cornell’s decision to source a new vendor as win for organized labor.
University Business
AUGUST 25, 2023
As it currently stands, no HBCU fits the bill for R1 status, a Carnegie Classification rank that every research institution aspires for. Only 146 colleges and universities—less than 4% of all higher education institutions—have reached this pedestal. But that could all change thanks to a new opportunity announced by the U.S. Department of Education called the Development Infrastructure Grant Program (RDI).
The PIE News
AUGUST 25, 2023
Australia has closed a loophole allowing international students to switch to cheaper providers shortly after arriving in the country in a crackdown on “dodgy” providers. Ministers also warned they may begin banning “high-risk” institutions from recruiting overseas, while the amount of money students need to be eligible for visas is set to increase.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 23, 2023
As students seek ways to bridge gaps between theoretical knowledge and real-world application, Elena Rodríguez Falcón senses opportunities amidst the "threats" of generative AI The post AI should cause us to adopt more progressive approaches to learning appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 21, 2023
The lawsuit takes aim at documents that advise instructors to avoid inflicting “curricular trauma” on students and define merit as protecting White privilege.
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The PIE News
AUGUST 25, 2023
Ukrainian students continue to protest a rule that prevents men from leaving the country to study at foreign universities, while a US think tank has called on Ukraine to lift the ban. In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelensky enacted martial law and banned men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country. Initially, students already enrolled at foreign universities were exempt from the rules but this changed later in the year when border guards discovered documents
Wonkhe
AUGUST 21, 2023
Can you be an artist and an entrepreneur? For Robert Phillips, the word might not fit but the action does. The post There’s more we could do to support entrepreneurship in the arts appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 22, 2023
The organization began piloting the model in 2021, with the latest iteration sending 33,000 automatic admissions offers to students at 13 colleges.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 24, 2023
Union Institute has been missing payroll and rent payments at facilities in Ohio and Florida. University leaders have offered little reassurance or recourse as employees fear a potential closure. Union Institute & University is in dire financial straits. The nonprofit online institution has been locked out of its headquarters in Cincinnati and faces eviction from its center in Florida.
University Business
AUGUST 24, 2023
In 2021, a former student from USC tried making a purchase on USC’s online bookstore, considering alumni who buy through its website were provided a competitive discount on Apple products for one week of the year. But the discount failed to work. Because the student was a certificate holder and not a “degreed alumni,” according to USC Associate Senior Vice President of Alumni Relations Patrick E.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 20, 2023
Reviewing a new dataset on how students spend their time, Jim Dickinson wonders whether there's enough hours in the day for a student to do well The post There just isn’t enough time for students to succeed appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 25, 2023
Lawmakers have until the end of September to reauthorize the spending package, which is a significant source of funding for land-grant universities.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 24, 2023
Only two years after acquiring the coding boot camp, the university cited the rise of AI and increased competition as reasons for the shutdown. Southern New Hampshire University is winding down a coding boot camp two years after acquiring it amid a rise in low-cost competition and the broad adoption of artificial intelligence tools.
University Business
AUGUST 24, 2023
The neatly dressed student sitting across from me was in her late teens, not a child and not yet an adult. Her voice was shaky, but her tone was strong. Her presence carried a confident resolve cultivated through years of playing competitive sports. However, Shelly did not come to discuss sports but instead to seek counsel as a survivor of collegiate sexual abuse.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 24, 2023
Jim Dickinson reviews the latest quarterly immigration stats from the Home Office, and wonders what sort of limits could exist on continued growth The post What are the limits to the number of international students? appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 23, 2023
UW-Parkside and UW-Platteville warned employees Monday of possible cost-cutting measures as the system faces budget woes and enrollment declines.
Academe Blog
AUGUST 23, 2023
BY KATHRYN KLEPPINGER AND GWU COLLEAGUES On Friday, August 11, administrators at West Virginia University announced an “academic transformation” that would cut 32 majors and possibly 169 faculty positions across the university, including the entire World Languages Department.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 23, 2023
As the academic year begins, Karlyn Crowley, a university provost, offers some thoughts to professors at the start of their careers. As provost, I have spent this summer imagining what I will say to welcome our new faculty this fall. Little is more exciting than starting college as a first-year student or beginning a new job as a first-time faculty member.
Wonkhe
AUGUST 22, 2023
Nick Cartwright and the TASO EDI Data Maturity Framework help you enjoy a better relationship with your data on equality, diversity, and inclusion The post Falling in love with EDI data all over again appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 25, 2023
We’re recapping five of the week’s biggest stories, from a look at barriers to prospective students to anti-trans rules governing Florida state colleges.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 23, 2023
Emory University wanted only the finest antiquities. It didn’t ask a lot of questions. By Stephanie M. Lee Emory University's art museum wanted only the finest artifacts. Hundreds of them are tied to convicted and alleged traffickers.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 23, 2023
Butler County Community College and Penn State Shenango are considering sharing a campus as the state wrestles with demographic shifts and declining enrollment. Leaders of Butler County Community College and Pennsylvania State University at Shenango are considering moving one of the community college’s campuses to the university as a cost-saving measure after steep enrollment declines at both institutions.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 22, 2023
By Drs. Erik M. Hines, Donna Y. Ford, Edward C. Fletcher Jr, Renae D. Mayes & Tanya J. Middleton Social media is neither honest about nor friendly toward Black males in P-12 and higher education. The hostility is blatant and polemic. Our work challenges these deficit-oriented narratives. We see the brilliance and potential in our Black males at all stages of their academic development, even before entering preschool and kindergarten.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 21, 2023
Teresa Woodruff said she wishes for a “period of stability for the university,” which has seen chronic leadership turnover since 2018.
The PIE News
AUGUST 23, 2023
A new overhaul in student visa processes in Australia could permit applicants to migrate to the country via education as government seeks to bolster the workforce. Media reports from the country suggest that the Genuine Temporary Entrant requirement, used by authorities to determine whether students are coming to the country temporarily to gain a quality education, could be changed.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 23, 2023
A new report released by the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center explores the role of Hispanic-serving community colleges in California and offers suggestions for how they could better serve Latino students.
University Business
AUGUST 23, 2023
Since the passing of California’s Fair Pay to Play Act in 2019 that allowed college athletes to receive monetary compensation on behalf of their names, images and likenesses (NIL), states were quick to begin considering similar legislation of their own. Just three years later, some college students are racking upwards of a million dollars. The top 100 current NCAA student-athletes making the most money off NIL deals have earned well over $500,000.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 23, 2023
The North Carolina college had argued to the National Labor Relations Board that its graduate workers were not employees.
The PIE News
AUGUST 22, 2023
Canada could limit the number of international students it welcomes in a bid to ease housing pressures, the country’s housing minister has indicated. On August 21, Canada’s new housing minister Sean Fraser was asked if a government-imposed cap on international students could be put in place as a solution to the country’s housing crisis. “I think that is one of the options that we ought to consider but I think we should start by trying to partner with institutions to under
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 23, 2023
A conversation about the book Kevin is writing on the university as a workplace. When I wrote a post asking about scholars studying the university as a workplace, the responses I received all pointed me to Kevin McClure.
EAB
AUGUST 22, 2023
Podcast How MSU Saved Millions Without Cutting Faculty or Programs Episode 163. August 22, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 24, 2023
Institutions including New England Law Boston and New York Law School were accused of expending Title IV money on students in unaccredited programs.
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
AUGUST 22, 2023
It was the kind of problem that most colleges and universities would love to have. A few years ago, the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business at Purdue University, then known as the Krannert School of Management, was struggling to keep up with inquiries from prospective students interested in learning more about its programs. “The first issue was the volume of emails we were getting and the time it took to answer them,” says Dan Gaines, associate director of marketing and analytics at the
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 22, 2023
If “femininity” and “physicist” cannot coexist even in Barbieland, how are we ever to support their coexistence in the real world, Natasha Holmes asks. Like millions of people around the world, I returned joyfully to the movie theater to see Barbie, albeit several weeks after opening weekend. I basked in the unapologetically feminist themes and felt all the emotions the media had advertised I would feel.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 21, 2023
By Emma Pettit Kristian Thacker for the Chronicle Tim Bragg, a first-generation college student, speaks on Monday at the protest against proposed program cuts at West Virginia U. A fundamental question underlined the crowd's shouts and signs: What sort of education must a public flagship provide?
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