University Business

AUGUST 10, 2023

Educators say they want to embrace the technology’s potential to teach and learn in new ways , but when it comes to assessing students, they see a need to “ChatGPT-proof” test questions and assignments. For some instructors that means a return to paper exams, after years of digital-only tests. Read more from AP News.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 31, 2023

In some cases, lecturers have received no pay at all in their monthly pay packets for failing to mark only a handful of exam scripts over a few hours, pursuing a collectively agreed grievance. No one disputes that striking employees lose the right to pay for every day they strike.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 22, 2023

When asked if “Using AI tools to help complete assignments and exams is morally wrong,” 41% agreed, while 27% disagreed. When asked whether “AI tools should be prohibited in educational settings, 38% of respondents disagreed, and 27% agreed. Setting Objectives Accounting educators should be aware that ChatGPT is here to stay.

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Higher Ed Dive

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Classic Learning Test emphasizes Christian thought, prompting questions about whether the religion-infused exam fits in public higher education.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This blog was kindly contributed by Dennis Sherwood, author of Missing the Mark: Why so many school exam grades are wrong, and how to get results we can trust , published by Canbury Press. of the 5,967,675 grades awarded. Dr Saxton is not alone in making claims of this type. of grades accurate on results day in 2017, meaning 99.2%

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Ron DeSantis to shake up the education establishment, especially the College Board, the nonprofit behemoth that runs the SAT program. The post Florida expected to approve classical exam as a competitor to the SAT appeared first on University Business. It’s the latest move by Gov. Read more from The New York Times.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

How allowing students to use their notes during tests can help them build an essential job skill. By Carol E. Holstead Getty Images How allowing students to use their notes during tests can help them build an essential job skill.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2023

However, it can also be used as a cheating tool because of its ability to provide answers to questions on take home assignments and exams. Responses of Colleges Some educators, however, see ChatGPT as an opportunity, not a threat. They are instead opting for in-class assignments, handwritten papers, group work and oral exams.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2023

While UCU members called a halt to the union’s long-running dispute over pensions, after 85% voted to accept a deal to improve retirement benefits, they also voted to reject an offer on pay and working conditions, triggering the marking boycott starting on Thursday.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Law graduates will be able to become licensed in Oregon without taking the bar exam, starting in May 2024. The Oregon Supreme Court on Tuesday approved an alternative licensing program that bar exam reformers hope will spur further innovation in other states.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Keir Starmer should revitalise Sure Start, focus on children’s happiness – and give a crucial boost to further education Our writers and experts name the pledges Labour must include in its manifesto Children became unhappier in the past decade, according to the annual Good Childhood report.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The University of Virginia , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Norfolk State University are among the dozens of schools in the commonwealth that have changed their policies to relax admissions exams requirements. The post More Virginia colleges make SAT, ACT exams optional appeared first on University Business.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

AUGUST 23, 2023

Now, educators are rethinking how they’ll teach courses this fall from Writing 101 to computer science. Educators say they want to embrace the technology’s potential to teach and learn in new ways, but when it comes to assessing students, they see a need to “ChatGPT-proof” test questions and assignments.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Since the start of my journey to the UK as an international student, there has been noticeable inflation in the cost of study, including hiking tuition fees, visas, language exams and now the health surcharge. These hopes and dreams have a real price tag and there are hidden costs students face in accessing international education.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

‘Clear evidence’ of discrimination in terms of salary and careers despite academic progress, IFS study finds Most minority ethnic groups in the UK have made remarkable progress in educational achievement but “clear evidence” of discrimination remains in their pay and careers, according to a study published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2022

The president of the National Education Association called the lack of classroom teachers a “ five-alarm crisis.” The flow of new teachers through the pipeline has slowed to a trickle, in part due to years of declining enrollment in education programs.

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The PIE News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

WIN Education specialises in counselling on UK education opportunities. The agency, WIN Education Group , offers Thai students the chance to apply for universities primarily in the UK, but also offers US opportunities. Jaiyasarn’s many hands in the international education sector in Thailand stem from his own experiences.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

“ Technology can become the wings that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before – if we allow it (Arledge).” ” ChatGPT has given the field of higher education another opportunity to fly farther and faster. Will we allow it? Every time I use ChatGPT, I am amazed at its capability.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Topping the charts is former Universities Minister Jo Johnson with his June piece on the importance of international students to UK higher education. Several blogs from previous years continue to do well – not least Rachel Hewitt’s (sadly) timeless piece ‘ Mind the gap: gender differences in higher education ’.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

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. Hawa Allarakhia has a masters in education from the University of South Florida (USF) and is currently a doctoral candidate at USF.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

Exam grading has plunged an unlucky cohort into a scramble for university, after a schooling ruined by Covid Robbed of their schooling and forced into the fiercest of races for university places , this is surely the Covid generation’s unluckiest student cohort. One missed opportunity can change a life.

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HEPI

MAY 30, 2023

There is a long history of people getting their predictions about the future of technology, including the future of technology in education, wrong. Just ten years ago, in the words of Wired magazine, Sebastian Thrun declared that ‘ In 50 years … there will be only ten institutions in the world delivering higher education ’.

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University Business

MAY 15, 2023

Artificial intelligence is finding evermore creative ways to interweave within our everyday lives, and it’s no different in higher education. As quickly as artificial intelligence models develop, so, too, their impact across different facets of higher education.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Discover the allure of Ireland, a vibrant hub for education that beckons students with its unique blend of quality academics and affordability. In the academic year 2020/21, more than 25,000 international students embraced the enriching Irish educational experience, represent a close to 90% increase in numbers since 2007/08.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

“ Technology can become the wings that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before – if we allow it (Arledge).” ” ChatGPT has given the field of higher education another opportunity to fly farther and faster. Will we allow it? Every time I use ChatGPT, I am amazed at its capability.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A lecturer at an Australian university found that a fifth of her students had already used ChatGPT on their exams. Scores of Stanford University students reportedly used it on their fall 2022 final exams mere weeks after its release. Plug in your take-home exam questions. It’s free (though currently fairly bogged down).

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The Guardian - Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2024

Accommodations that disabled students had been requesting for years, such as lecture recordings and software that would allow them to take exams from home, were slotted into place so that students could learn remotely. Universities became accessible – or at least, more accessible than they had ever been – practically overnight.

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University Business

MARCH 8, 2024

The new style of test-taking gives students the option of using their own devices, such as a laptop or tablet, or a school-issued device to take the exam. “Students can’t work in any other program or application while the test is running and work can’t be posted into the exam app from another program or application.”

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

IDP Education and the British Council are to resume IELTS testing in Vietnam after being forced to postpone all exams since November 10. . All foreign language test providers in Vietnam were ordered to suspend exams from November 10, subject to review by the Ministry of Education and Training. .

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 21, 2023

For example, GPT-4 scores near the 90th percentile on the LSAT and the bar exam. We are going to see chat-bot technology everywhere very quickly, including education. Beware the Education-Technology Hype Cycle Remember MOOCs? They were going to revolutionize education. They did not.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Katherine Emms , a Senior Education & Policy Researcher at the Edge Foundation. Edge’s research New Higher Education Institutions in England: A real chance to innovate? In some cases, these institutions have been set up in regions where higher education options and access are limited.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

By Audrey Williams June The Classic Learning Test is accepted chiefly by small private religious institutions. Now 12 public universities in Florida do, too.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The report, titled “The Heart Work of Hard Work: Black Teacher Pipeline Best Practices at HBCU Teacher Education Programs,” found that teacher certification exams used to screen effectiveness eliminated nearly 100,000 minority teachers in 35 states between the late 1970s and early 1990s.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The outcome in California, experts say, could shape a new model for higher education across the country. 14, has led to canceled classes and closed labs as final exams loom at the end of the semester, but union leaders say they’re still at odds with university management. The strike, which began Nov. Read more on TIME.

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HEPI

APRIL 4, 2024

They are also less well-prepared for higher education study, having undertaken parts of their secondary education during the pandemic, not always together in a classroom and not always with exams in exam halls and under strict exam conditions, as previous generations had done.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Howard University is partnering with Kaplan to give free test prep for graduate-level admissions exams and professional licensing exams. This test prep includes for tests such as the GRE®, GMAT®, LSAT®, and MCAT®, the bar exam, USMLE®, INBDE®, and NCLEX-RN®.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

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. Hawa Allarakhia has a masters in education from the University of South Florida (USF) and is currently a doctoral candidate at USF.

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