2022

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Do test-optional policies increase diversity?

Higher Ed Data Stories

If you want a definitive answer, you can stop now. As Mark Twain allegedly said, "I was gratified to be able to give an answer right away. I said I didn't know." However, critics of test optional like to trot out this study from 2014 , suggesting test-optional policies do not increase diversity. There are a couple of problems with using that paper to prop up this argument, however: First, the study included about 200 liberal arts colleges, and nowhere does it suggest that the conclusions can be

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Covid-19 safety on campus, in 2022

Wonkhe

Are our working and learning places safe from Covid-19? Sol Gamsu surveys the state of the campus in 2022. The post Covid-19 safety on campus, in 2022 appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Ben Sasse hit the jackpot with his University of Florida contract

Higher Ed Dive

A five-year contract's $10 million value isn't even the most unusual benefit the Nebraska senator will receive when he changes jobs, two experts find.

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It was NEVER about Deion: HBCU Realities VS. Perceptions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Family, it is time for a chat! Pull up a seat or make whatever adjustments that you need to make so that my brothers and I can rap with you. Over the last few days, we have seen countless opinions internal and external to the HBCU community regarding the exit of Coach Prime [Deion Sanders] from Jackson State University. There have been many opinions flying across Twitter, Facebook, and even national news stations like CNN.

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‘An Extraordinarily Hostile Move’: New School Threatens to Withhold Pay in Adjunct Strike

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Katherine Mangan. After a three-week-old walkout by 1,800 part-time faculty members, the university also demanded that full-timers certify they are working. Meanwhile, angry parents are threatening a lawsuit.

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Mental health issues among grad students shouldn't be taboo (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Category: Carpe Careers When mental health topics are taboo, grad students suffer in silence, write Christiann Gaines and Rebekah Layton, who explore ways the academic community can support trainees. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Graduate students Mental Health Show on Jobs site: Image Source: CreativeDesignArt/digitalvision vectors/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Multiple Authors: Christiann Gaines Rebekah Layton Is this diversity newsletter?

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University of California Academic Workers (UAW 2865) Strike For Economic Justice

Higher Education Inquirer

This space has been created to lend a voice to the 48,000 academic workers from the University of California system, which includes more than 19,000 members of UAW 2865 currently on strike. These folks are not the first or the last group of academic workers to strike, but their struggle may become a model (or lesson learned) for other academic union campaigns.

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Five Things to Do During the Grumpy Time of the Semester

Faculty Focus

If you have taught before, then you are familiar with the grumpy time of the semester. This is when the semester starts to feel long. It is usually about two-thirds to three-quarters of the way through the semester when we (and our students) start to feel a little grumpier. We believe there is value in acknowledging this eventuality, naming it, and then proactively and intentionally devising plans for what to do when we get into the grumpy time of the semester.

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The Copyright Claims Board: Worrying Implications for Scholarship

Educause

The Copyright Claims Board helps rights holders but may expose researchers and students to litigation. Higher education institutions and research libraries can position themselves to support students and prevent possible risks to scholarship.

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Australia hosts annual Global Agent Week

The PIE News

Australia has spent the week celebrating its biggest export economy with a virtual showcase and conference for all professional recruiters and agencies sending students to study in the country. Global Agent Week 2022 opened with a ministerial address from Minister for Trade and Tourism, Don Farrell. “The Albanese Government supports our world-class international education sector,” Farrell said, highlighting commitment to the sector by the highest echelons of the Australian government.

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How to Stay Ahead of 4 Emerging Cybersecurity Threats in Higher Ed

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The cybersecurity threat landscape in higher education is constantly evolving. According to VMware’s “Global Incident Response Threat Report,” emerging threats against APIs and containers have gained traction during the past year, as have attacks using deepfakes. Supply chain threats also have become a significant concern, and all signs say that they will get worse in the near future.

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The four foundations of belonging at university

Wonkhe

New research from Wonkhe and Pearson shows four foundations to student belonging. The post The four foundations of belonging at university appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Why doesn’t the Education Department collect racial data on college applicants?

Higher Ed Dive

A new report calls for gathering deeper information on other admissions factors, too, like institutions’ legacy preferences and early decision programs.

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New Study Reveals the Anti-CRT Agenda is Really about Denying Racism and Revising History

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new study conducted by the ultra-conservative Manhattan Institute and published by the City Journal claims to prove that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is being taught in K-12 education. However, their claim is false, because they misrepresented CRT to prove their point. According to the study, evidence that CRT is being taught in school comes from recent high school graduates endorsing the following four statements: (1) “America is a systemically racist country,” (2) “white people have white priv

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How the Largest Higher-Ed Strike in U.S. History Blew Up Finals

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Grace Mayer and Carolyn Kuimelis. Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News, Getty Images Gloria Bartolo, a doctoral student in molecular biology, leads a strike march by UCLA postdocs on Thursday. Across the University of California, students and professors aren't sure how they'll get through the end of the term.

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Are Microcredentials Finally Gaining Traction?

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation This month, the London School of Economics (LSE) expanded its degree partnership with 2U to launch a series of edX microcredentials that provide learners with a flexible, stackable pathway towards pursuing a fully online undergraduate education. Wim Van der Stede , LSE’s new Academic Dean for Extended Education, graciously agreed to answer my questions about these new programs.

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The Strike at the University of California

Academe Blog

BY MICHAEL MERANZE The Strike continues with no end in sight. Although there have been tentative agreements concerning Post-Docs and Academic Researchers, in the Academic Student Employee and Student Researcher units, the parties appear to remain well apart on the fundamental economic issues.

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Cisco and Victoria University – a partnership with deep connections and new possibilities

Cisco blogs - Education

The breadth and depth of Cisco’s strategic relationship with Victoria University has been described as allowing the university to do things they couldn’t otherwise touch in a new video profiling the University’s partnership with Cisco. Cisco’s partnership extends well beyond the supply of technology enabling administration, teaching and learning and research.

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German Auto Corporations and the Holocaust: Why are Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen Suppressing Accountability for their Nazi Pasts?

The Berkeley Blog

Many German corporations benefited enormously from supporting and advancing Nazi persecution, particularly through the use of abusive forced labor often entailing torture and frequently leading to injury, illness, and premature death during World War 2 and the Holocaust. While some German corporations have acknowledged their crimes fully and sought to direct funds towards public education.

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Top 10 IT Issues, 2023: Foundation Models

Educause

The EDUCAUSE 2023 Top 10 IT Issues help describe the foundation models that colleges and universities will develop next year and beyond, acting on what was learned in the pandemic and framed by the three building blocks of leadership, data, and work and learning.

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New medical schools: the story so far

HEPI

In September, HEPI, with support from the University of Sunderland, hosted a roundtable dinner on the future of medical education in the UK. When the then health secretary, Thérèse Coffey, unveiled her winter plan, criticism focused on her failure to address shortages in the NHS workforce. This is a longstanding issue and universities have been at the heart of attempts to tackle it.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Experience Healthcare Scenarios

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Augusta University’s College of Nursing realized it needed to better train students on how to support family members when patients are near the end of life after recent graduates told faculty how emotionally unprepared they were the first time they faced the situation.

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Strategies for Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education 

Faculty Focus

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. While statistics show that the 2015-2016 academic year ushered in an increasing number of students with disabilities in higher education, countless students do not inform their university about their disability.

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NYU agrees to improve student housing accessibility under ADA

Higher Ed Dive

An agreement with the Justice Department covers some 4,000 student housing units across more than 30 facilities the nonprofit university owns and leases.

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National HBCU Scholarship Program Seeks to Address Student Financial Hurdles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A national scholarship program for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is set to be launched. The program aims to help financially support civic-minded high school students who are interested in attending HBCUs. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program strives to encourage students to follow in the footsteps of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and develop into advocates and champions for universal rights.

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My Cartoonish Cancellation

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How I became the subject of an equity investigation at the University of Michigan. By Phoebe Gloeckner. Phoebe Gloeckner. How I became the subject of an equity investigation at the University of Michigan.

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Teaching argument to college students in a polarized nation (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

How, in a polarized nation, Stephanie L. Liberatore asks, should we be teaching argument in the academy? Should we be focusing less on persuasion and more on understanding? Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: DMEPhotography/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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UK: More students switching to skilled worker visa on arrival

The PIE News

Stakeholders in the UK sector are reporting increasing numbers of international students dropping out soon after enrolment in order to accept employment offers in the care sector. Changes to the skilled worker visa system mean that applicants are no longer required to hold a degree level qualification to apply. Students who can secure a job offer from an employer approved by the Home Office, can then apply to switch from the student route visa to the skilled worker visa immediately, without any

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For cybercriminals, the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year

University Business

With Thanksgiving break under wraps, school districts and higher education institutions have their final holiday to look forward to as 2022 comes to a close: Christmas break. Unfortunately, administrators must understand that while they’re on break, criminal actors simply aren’t. The education sector is especially vulnerable to cyberattacks over the holidays—that’s the conclusion of a global survey of 1.203 cybersecurity professionals by Cybereason, a cybersecurity technology c

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On the Contribution of Extension: In memory of Tim Wallace

The Berkeley Blog

When I arrived in Berkeley for my Ph.D. about 50 years ago (1973, before the Yom Kippur War), I learned that the department of Agricultural Economics, which I joined, had several faculty members who were extension specialists. Their job has been to do real applied research and to provide information and education to adults (regular.

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Digital Transformation in Higher Education: 7 Areas for Enhancing Digital Learning

Educause

This article reflects on current practices and directions for digital transformation through a framework that supports the strategic responses and structural changes that higher education institutions could implement to enhance digital teaching and learning.

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Fair Access and Participation: Sector-wide challenges need sector-wide collaboration

HEPI

This blog was contributed by Professor Antony Moss, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Student Experience, London South Bank University, and Chair, London Uni Connect. In the summer, all universities with an approved Access and Participation Plan (APP) were asked by our regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), to submit a mid-cycle variation responding to a set of new priorities.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity Health Professions HEED Award Winners

Insight Into Diversity

Creating Pathways to Academic Medicine — A.T. Still University of Graduate Health Studies. The Office for Diversity & Inclusion at A.T. Still University of Graduate Health Studies (ATSU) is a founding partner of the Academic Medicine Consortium of Arizona, a group of medical schools that collaborate to identify and nurture students toward academic medicine.

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How and Why to Use Asynchronous Videos in Your Online Courses

Faculty Focus

While Zoom was the “it” word during the pivot to online learning throughout COVID-19, it is high time to consider alternatives to synchronous online classes that benefit student learning. After all, “Zoom fatigue” has real effects on cognitive processing (Waldbieser, 2021). While people will still be Zooming for some time, taking time to create, produce, and implement asynchronous videos or asynchronous video assignments for your online class can yield multiple benefits.

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Stanford, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern law schools join wave swearing off U.S. News rankings

Higher Ed Dive

Nine of the top 15 law schools have now said they won't submit data, even though U.S. News has promised to keep ranking all accredited law schools.

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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles addresses the crowd at the opening of ASHE's 47th Annual Conference. LAS VEGAS-- Dr. Joy Gaston Gayles opened the 47th annual conference for the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Las Vegas with a call to disrupt the systemic oppression keeping marginalized populations from accessing higher education and burning out academics working toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Hundreds of UC Faculty Members Stop Teaching as Strike Continues

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Grace Mayer. Professors say it's an act of solidarity with the 48,000 teaching assistants, graduate-student researchers, and postdocs who are striking for better pay.

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