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Fielding Graduate University Mourns Educational Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university noted contributions to be made in memory Taylor’s memory may be made to the Marie Fielder Center for Democracy, Leadership, and Education at Fielding. Charles McClintock who brought him to Fielding in 2009 as an external doctoral program reviewer. Dr. Orlando L. 10, 2020, in Santa Barbara, California.

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Fixing FASFA: Black Students and HBCUs Will Lose the Most

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The introduction and rollout of the new Better FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form has led to a multitude of challenges, setbacks, and concerns among students, caregivers, and educators. Department of Education to resolve these issues, but immediate action to correct the issues with FAFSA is required.

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Dr. Keona Lewis Appointed Assistant Provost for Academic Diversity and Inclusion at University of Notre Dame

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lewis is currently associate director of research and evaluation for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Previously, she was program review and research manager for DEI at Georgia Tech and adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

The culminating experience for the EAB Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship was the capstone project that substantively contributed to the fellows’ professional advancement and helped solve a pressing challenge facing their home institutions. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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What does a data management platform actually do?

EAB

In this blog post, we answer that question with examples of the transformative impact that a data management platform can have on higher education. EAB's data management platform, Edify , is built specifically for higher education. Read one EAB partner’s advice on improving your program review process 4.

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How I Reduced the DFW Rate

Today's Learner

This impacts their ability to graduate and further worsens institutional and educational inequities. LOOK at the DATA Questioning why a course has high DFW rates, especially when it’s the beginning of a degree path, can reveal equity gaps in your courses. Watch our 2023 Empowered Educator Online Conference sessions.

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Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

WCET Frontiers

Today, we conclude the WCET blog series on microcredentials which set out to address the inception, implementation, and evaluation of microcredentialing approaches across the higher education industry. As professionally trained and former instructional designers, we begin by defining what success looks like. Multiple Perspectives on Success.