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Grad School with Dr. Toyin Alli of The Academic Society

The Academic Designer

Toyin Alli, PhD helps student succeed in grad school at The Academic Society LLC. She's a math lecturer who helps students survive grad school! We talk about her book, YouTube, and more.

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Eastern Michigan faculty strike over health care, governance

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Tenured and tenure-track faculty members at Eastern Michigan University went on strike indefinitely Wednesday over stalled negotiations for a new contract. Scores of professors spent much of the day on a campus picket line, while the university directed students to attend classes and wait 15 minutes to see if an instructor showed up. Many professors did not, following a 91 percent faculty vote in favor of striking Tuesday.

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Are Colleges Ready to BeReal? 

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

If there is anything constant in social media — it is the rise and fall of platforms. You may have tried one of these in the last decade. Peach, Clubhouse, Meerkat, Vine, Ello. I could go on. I try to be pretty particular when I bring an app to the attention of my clients and digital community. I’m not saying I’m a futurist, more like a digital explorer, but I was shining the light early on about.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment. A Playbook for Transforming College-to-Career. bridget. Thu, 09/08/2022 - 06:00. Image. College to Career. Equity. University Culture. Career preparation is a core objective of a university education. For many students, it's also the primary goal. According to Strada Education Network's Institute for the Future of Work , 85% of freshmen say that their main priority for attending college is getting a good job.

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Tips for Setting up and Managing Your Online Learning Platform

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kristin McDonald is a professor and Associate Chair of Human Services and Sociology at Post University. As the education landscape continues to shift, the demand to adopt online learning platforms is at an all-time high. Online learning provides students with the flexibility and self-paced options that they are seeking. Study after study reveals that online learning results in higher retention rates and graduation rates.

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Our Higher Ed Housing Crisis and the B1M Infrastructure YouTube Channel

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation My favorite YouTube channel has nothing to do with higher education. The videos that I always watch are about infrastructure, construction, and society. The channel is The B1M. The B1M bills itself as the “definitive channel for construction.” And I guess it is, although maybe there are many construction YouTube channels.

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CodePath to Expand Computer Science Education in Atlanta and Chicago

Campus Technology

CodePath, a nonprofit focused on computer science education for students in underserved communities, recently received $1 million in funding from Google to grow its programs in Atlanta and Chicago.

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How to Help Students Build Communication Skills

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Ashley Hall is an adjunct instructor at Abilene Christian University. It’s no secret that communication skills are necessary for success in the workplace. Whether a person is sharing ideas, listening to feedback from others, composing a professional email or giving a presentation, communication skills are essential. Unfortunately, new graduates sometimes struggle to make the switch from being casual communicators to polished communicators who represent themselves and

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Advice for managing the emotional challenges of a job search (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Ph.D.s can find plenty of advice about how to land a position but a lot less about how to manage the emotional challenges the process entails, writes Douglas Hannah. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Tero Vesalainen/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Macro Marketing Themes for Micro Education Programs

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

How Institutions Can Make Certificates and Short Programs Feasible Amid Rising Costs. While traditional degrees are still king , today’s students are making major changes in how they approach their education. As employers increasingly drop college degree requirements for new hires in favor of skills, more students are leaning toward certificate programs, bootcamps, and other non-degree pathways as the next step in their education (and often in their careers).

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Case Study in a CBE Ecosystem: Core Curriculum

eLiterate

I realize that yesterday’s post about the role of ecosystems in realizing Paul LeBlanc’s vision for CBE is a bit abstract. Luckily, Providence provides. Today’s Inside Higher Ed brings us an article entitled “ What Faculty Know (and Don’t Know) About Transfer—and Why It Matters ” by Vita Rabinowitz, Yoshiko Oka, and Alexandra W.

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To Improve Outcomes for Students, We Must Improve Support for Faculty

Campus Technology

The doctoral programs that prepare faculty for their positions often fail to train them on effective teaching practices. We owe it to our students to provide faculty with the professional development they need to help learners realize their full potential.

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What this year's freshmen know and don't know

Inside Higher Ed

Image: LeBron James and Hillary Clinton are important figures to incoming first-year college students, according to the latest mindset list released by Marist College. The list is designed to help those in academe adjust their perspective to that of the new freshmen. Marist took over the annual project from Beloit College in 2019. The Marist list is prepared by Tommy Zurhellen, associate professor of English; Vanessa Lynn, assistant professor of criminal justice; and Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, assistant

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10 ways to ensure you have the best Course Registration System for your students

Creatrix Campus

10 ways to ensure you have the best Course Registration System for your students. admin. Tue, 09/06/2022 - 07:55. The course registration system is no longer a new term in higher education. An essential part for all students who have enrolled in programs offered by the college or university is the completion of registration leading to the semester. New students, transfers, and continuing students leverage the online registration system in different ways.

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Skeptical Optimism

Dr. Missy Alexander

It is raining today in Connecticut. The children waiting for the school buses this morning were clad in rain jackets and protective parents held their umbrellas over their impossible to still children. Cars plowed through the puddles creating splashes that made those efforts to stay dry futile anyway. No matter, everyone was smiling. We are grateful for this wonderful replenishing rain.

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Report: Overreliance on Aggregrated Student Data Contributes to Equity Barriers

Campus Technology

When institutions rely on aggregated data to develop practices and policies for all "underrepresented" or "disadvantaged" students, equity suffers, according to a new report from Every Learner Everywhere (ELE).

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A faculty member reflects on why she switched to ungrading (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Teaching Today Erica M. Dolson reflects on her old grading practices and how she switched to new ones because of a very human experience: frustration. Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Assessment Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Zeynep Sezer/stock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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21st Century Leadership in Higher Education – Insights for SuccessChanging Higher Ed Podcast 119 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Harris Pastides

The Change Leader, Inc.

Changing Higher Ed Podcast 119 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Harris Pastides – 21st Century Leadership in Higher Education – Insights for Success Former university president Dr. Harris Pastides is a leader’s leader – and the right type of leader for institutions of higher education in the 21st century. Over the course […] Harris Pastides is a leader’s leader – in this episode he shares his insights for success in creating 21st century leadership in Higher Education.

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Two-year colleges – Start NOW to achieve near and long term enrollment goals!

Liaison International

According to the National Student Clearinghouse, from spring 2020 to spring 2022 enrollment at public two-year universities fell from just under 5 million to 4.17 million, a 16.6% decline in two years. Undoubtedly, a strong job market is likely the biggest factor behind the decline, but a growing sentiment questioning the value of a college degree, tied with affordability concerns, are contributing to the decline.

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BYU Streamlines Online Education Workflows for Admin, Staff, Mentors, and Students

Campus Technology

Brigham Young University's BYU-Pathway Worldwide online education program has partnered with Anthology to roll out two of the company's six cloud-based ed tech platforms, creating a central hub for administrators, staff, mentors, and its 60,000 learners worldwide.

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Ukrainian students are costly to Slovakian universities

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Universities in Slovakia have said that years of multimillion-euro cuts mean they will not be able to accept Ukrainian students this autumn, when a wave of enrollments is expected. Since the start of the Russian invasion, only a couple of hundred students from Ukraine have managed to enroll at universities in neighboring Slovakia, joining the roughly 7,000 who were there before the war, Mária ?

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How To Market a University with Teresa Flannery

The Higher Ed Marketer

While there are common elements across marketing (the 4 P’s), higher education marketing presents some unique challenges with the diversity of audiences, the buying cycle, and the customer journey. Today we welcome Teresa Flannery to talk about her book, How to Market a University. In this episode, Teresa unpacks the language, frameworks, tools, and tactics that CMOs or aspiring CMOs will need to lead the world of marketing in higher education. .

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Highlights from Higher Ed: Involved Parents, Higher-Ed Jobs, GenZ Distrust, Data Analytics

Liaison International

Parents of College-Bound Students Want to Hear Directly from Schools. Selling prospective students on your school may not be enough to ensure enrollment. Parents are playing an increasingly involved role in the selection process, and 75% now want to receive direct communications from institutions under consideration before approving a decision. Cost, debt, and value are among their top concerns, according to a recent survey of more than 2,000 parents and guardians.

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FBI, CISA Ransomware Alert Warns of Vice Society Targeting Education Orgs

Campus Technology

A joint Cybersecurity Advisory released by the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center warns that Vice Society threat actors are disproportionately targeting the education sector as recently as this month.

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Would Free College Boost Humanities Majors?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Just Visiting Last week, without putting much thought into it, I put up a Twitter poll asking: “In your opinion would more students major in the humanities if college was tuition free?” Recent IPEDS data shows that English, history, religion, and languages are all down at least 40% in terms of the number of majors since they peaked in the 2000s.

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The Multiple Dimensions of Program Evaluation

Gray Associates

When planning your academic program portfolio, labor data is indeed important, but your market data should not only include labor market demand. A successful academic program evaluation is not based on one dimension of data. The fallacy of that has gotten many a school into trouble. The post The Multiple Dimensions of Program Evaluation appeared first on Gray Associates | Program Evaluation.

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#ALTc What is CDP?

totallyrewired

Slides from my presentation at the ALT 22 conference: What is Critical Digital Pedagogy.pptx from Chris Rowell.

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Victor Valley College Cuts Textbook Costs in Half by Going Digital

Campus Technology

California's Victor Valley College is embracing a digital-first textbook model through a partnership with courseware platform BibliU.

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Advice for getting out of a research rut (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Erin M. O’Mara Kunz was at a loss about how to get out of hers, but after posting a tweet, she received feedback from other professors that was overwhelming in the best way possible. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Research Show on Jobs site: Image Source: ayakono/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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Transform learning with AI

LSE Higher Education Blog

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“Students First”: Paul LeBlanc’s Book on Competency-Based Education

eLiterate

I just finished reading Paul LeBlanc’s book Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education. To be clear, this post is neither a book review nor a comprehensive exploration of Competency-Based Education (CBE), although it contains some elements of both. Rather, I’m interested in exploring how to think about a well-drawn and incredibly ambitious proposal for change in education.

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How to Write an Effective Call to Action that Drives Student Conversions

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 12 minutes Various marketing efforts can be put in place to attract and engage prospective students. However, it’s your calls to action (CTAs) that actually drive conversions. If you’re thinking, what is a call to action? Then it’s best to think of them as prompts that encourage an immediate response or sale. For schools, an effective call to action can result in more student applications and enrollments. .

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Florida A&M's football woes spotlight lack of resources

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Florida A&M University leadership is facing demands for accountability after 26 football players were declared ineligible for their season opener, which the players blamed on inadequate academic advising in a scathing letter to administrators. The letter , signed by nearly 90 players, caught the attention of national media and prompted an emergency Board of Trustees meeting in which members called on administrators to redress the many grievances listed by the football team and vowed t

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How can America Encourage College Dropouts to Complete their Degrees

Edu Alliance Journal

Prelude. September 6, 2022 by Dean Hoke – The percentage of students without a post-secondary degree in the United States has been a widespread concern for decades. Employment at a decent working wage did exist for those who did not have a degree however that world is quickly changing. This topic has been of interest to me for over 50 years because I am one of those who dropped out of college.

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A Hopefully Interesting Introduction to Passwords

WCET Frontiers

Password security is, simultaneously, one of the most important and most hated aspects of cybersecurity. To many – myself included – it’s frustrating and confounding that everyone should need so many passwords, each of which contain more complex characters, just to stay somewhat secure in our modern society. Beyond that, the fact that accounts can still be hacked, and data can still be lost, manipulated, or accessed by unauthorized parties (even when we do manage our passwords very well!

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West Coast campuses hit by heat wave

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A powerful heat wave that began a week ago is forcing colleges and universities across the West Coast to take extra safety precautions, such as providing additional air-conditioned places to study on campus and advising students on how to recognize heat exhaustion. The high temperatures are also prompting some institutions to provide assistance to surrounding communities dealing with sweltering conditions, wildfires and power outages.

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Support community-to-independent-college transfer (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The enormous potential of transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions presents a ray of hope among the pandemic-related enrollment declines, which have particularly affected students from marginalized backgrounds. Many high school graduates are opting out of college, but if they do ultimately enter higher education, it will most likely be through community colleges— historically a primary gateway for returning adults.