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 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.
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 25, 2023
Researchers at Christopher Newport University (CNU) have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to explore how gender, race/ethnicity, and social identity impact STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) faculty experiences. The $288,000 award will fund a study led by Nicole Guajardo, PhD, dean of the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at CNU, to assess the atmosphere on campus for women in STEM and identify potential barriers to their professional success.
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).
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 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.
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University Business
AUGUST 25, 2023
Under the new rules approved Wednesday, staff and faculty at Florida colleges can be fired if they use a restroom for a gender that does not correspond with their gender assigned at birth. Employees may also face a verbal and written warning and suspension without pay as penalty for a first offense. Colleges will be forced to fire employees after a second offense, according to the new rule’s text.
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 23, 2023
UW-Parkside and UW-Platteville warned employees Monday of possible cost-cutting measures as the system faces budget woes and enrollment declines.
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
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 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
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 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.
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.
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 23, 2023
More than 100 University of Hawaiʻi (UH) students from across 10 campuses were directly impacted by the Maui wildfires. As of August 21, UH Maui College is working with at least 32 students who lost their homes; 37 who were displaced and living with family, friends, or in shelters; seven who lost vehicles; and 46 who lost their jobs. More than 90 students from Maui directly impacted by the disaster are enrolled at other UH campuses.
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 21, 2023
Teresa Woodruff said she wishes for a “period of stability for the university,” which has seen chronic leadership turnover since 2018.
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.
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
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 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.
University Business
AUGUST 22, 2023
An updated report has unveiled the most expensive college towns in the nation. Those unlucky enough to make the list must be wary now of the issues it can create within its student and faculty body and the potential rifts it can develop between the community and school leadership. No other topic on higher education may intimidate parents, students and the general American public more than the issue of affordability.
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.
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 23, 2023
The North Carolina college had argued to the National Labor Relations Board that its graduate workers were not employees.
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 21, 2023
INSIGHT Into Diversity 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners are recognized for their exemplary and innovative initiatives designed to recruit and retain underrepresented individuals in science, technology, engineering, and math. Read about them here. MS in Business Analytics – STEM-designated Adelphi University Robert B. Willumstad School of Business The STEM-designated MS in Business Analytics course at Adelphi is dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in the field.
Inside Higher Ed
AUGUST 22, 2023
Faculty members can learn from the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes by actors and writers about supporting those who are more vulnerable in academe, write Rebecca McKanna, Colleen E. Wynn and Elizabeth Ziff.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
AUGUST 21, 2023
By Zachary Schermele Illustration by The Chronicle; photo courtesy of Paul Crenshaw Paul Crenshaw's experience, which went viral online, was the stuff of nightmares — at least for higher ed.
Higher Ed Dive
AUGUST 22, 2023
The president of the North Dakota public college is looking to cut a still-to-be-decided number of tenured faculty.
Insight Into Diversity
AUGUST 21, 2023
With the threat of global languages being lost at the rate of at least one per month, linguists, institutions, researchers, and affected communities are collaborating to maintain, revitalize, and celebrate Indigenous languages. Languages across the world are endangered due to steady declines in usage as successive generations become bilingual for a variety of political, societal, and cultural reasons, including pressure to avoid discrimination, according to The Language Conservancy (TLC), a U.
University Business
AUGUST 21, 2023
With classes now well underway this fall for the majority of institutions, colleges and universities are looking to optimize their students’ success, especially among first-year students. But institutions are also looking to optimize campus safety amid a wave of stark reminders about how necessary it is. Last week, Howard University suspended its campus police lieutenant and fired a security officer after a mob of 20 to 50 teenagers kicked, punched and stabbed a group of university student
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.
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