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Transforming higher education with technology

Kortext University Leaders' Blog

Using insights from this research, we’ll explore how technology can create a more inclusive learning environment for all students in the post-pandemic higher education landscape. Accessibility and accommodation How can technology address accessibility challenges, ensuring all students have equal opportunities for academic achievement?

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Diversity Statements Banned in Faculty Hiring

Insight Into Diversity

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has done away with diversity statements as part of their hiring process. We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.”

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Technology Partnerships and Higher Education

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Technology Partnerships and Higher Education A Conversation With Drew Magliozzi, CEO of Mainstay Alan Thu, 05/11/2023 - 06:00 Chatbots Higher Ed Leadership Innovation Spotlight In our mission to promote equity in higher education, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) highlights the strategies of our member institutions.

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A Missing Piece [Peace]: Teaching & Learning in the Digital Age

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Groups were assigned an activity to discuss possible solutions for increasing capacity for educational technology and digital learning. It is fair to say that all education in the 21st century includes technology in some form. These practices have passed from one generation to the next.

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Brown University Reinstates Test Requirements

Insight Into Diversity

The institution joins Yale University , Dartmouth College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in their decisions to bring back the practice after test-optional offerings emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new policy will launch with next year’s application cycle, effective for the class of 2029.

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Mark Richards to step down as provost in summer 2023

UW Presidential Blog

As we approach the start of the academic year next month, I’m writing to let you know 2022–23 will be Mark Richards’ last year as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Mark plans to step down as provost in summer 2023, after he completes his five-year term in the position.

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HBCU Conference Connects Secondary to Postsecondary

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students become very familiar with the environment—they will finish at home.” Dr. David Thomas, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, and Dr. Damara Hightower Mitchell, provost and vice-president of Voorhees University in Denmark, SC, said their schools offer summer programming opportunities, giving students across the U.S.

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