Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The law, policy and politics of AI. This semester I am teaching Law, Policy and Politics of AI. For all my classes, I begin with Lawrence Lessig’s four-factor analysis: law, markets, social norms and technology. That all seems fine until I explain how these factors take shape in time and space.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 21, 2023

As we reported in December, the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) is facilitating the new SARA Policy Modification Process. SARA Policy is reviewed and revised through the SARA Policy Modification Process. This process began in January 2023 with proposal submissions. Virgin Islands.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Take a look at UC San Diego’s Academic Honesty Policy (2023) (highlights were added for emphasis). While this policy is detailed and specific, there is still room for interpretation of the text; and the responsibility of determining whether students can use GenAI tools as a learning aid (section “e”) relies solely on the instructor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

As the technological world continues to rapidly change and progress, it can leave users in underrepresented communities behind. It is the work of futurists like those at Arizona State University (ASU) to ensure that technology does not leave people behind, but that it gives their lives, cultures, and technological needs a seat at the table.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 18, 2024

The $100 million award comes from billionaire couple Ronda Stryker, director and granddaughter of the founder of the medical technology company Stryker Corp., the largest unrestricted private donation in the organization’s history. Stryker has served as a Spelman trustee since 1997.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2024

Two major New York state universities are collaborating with a teacher-run organization seeking to teach communities and students about civil resistance in local history, creating an online platform to display the organization’s curricula and local resistance efforts.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Take a look at UC San Diego’s Academic Honesty Policy (2023) (highlights were added for emphasis). While this policy is detailed and specific, there is still room for interpretation of the text; and the responsibility of determining whether students can use GenAI tools as a learning aid (section “e”) relies solely on the instructor.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She held a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López "I've been in the classroom on and off, but I've been supporting youth and students in different ways throughout that time,” says López, who is starting a new chapter of her career as a tenured associate professor in educational leadership and policy in the University of Arizona College of Education. At Boulder, where she holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 1, 2024

Hoeg says the timing of their announcement was purely coincidental, as she and the 11 institutional leaders on the Centennial President’s Council have been working to assess and align their campuses’ DEI policies since before 2022, when Centennial released its Student-Athlete Inclusion Policy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

On the 60th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, we stand at a pivotal moment in history. Higher education institutions have the power to be catalysts for socioeconomic mobility and drivers of economic policy that creates opportunities for underserved communities.

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HEPI

OCTOBER 22, 2023

HEPI has marked the event with a Policy Note on the influence of the Robbins Report and a blog series – you can access all the material here. The review made a series of recommendations which have provided a reference point for comment on UK Government higher education policy ever since. The Policy Institute, Kings College, London.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

It coincided with HRC’s HBCU Out Loud Day, which takes place the third Wednesday of October during LGBTQ History Month. Dacey, who recently narrated a video about LGBTQ history at UND, has remained engaged with advocacy at the university. In 2022, the university finally launched an official LGBTQ alumni affinity group, ARC.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 10, 2023

My History with Online Courses Welcome to the third and final post in our series on higher education enrollment shifts. Photo by Avery Evans on Unsplash Digital learning, which I define as any learning environment that uses digital technologies, is everywhere. Providing access to students who benefit from assistive technologies.

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HEPI

JUNE 20, 2023

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Angeliki Lymberopoulou , Senior Lecturer in Art History and Employability lead for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University , and Richard Marsden, Senior Lecturer in History and formerly Director of Teaching for the School of Arts and Humanities at the Open University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

John Hope Franklin Award was created in 2004 to pay tribute to Franklin, a historian, writer, educator, and humanitarian who made significant contributions to shaping the perspective of American history in the 20th century. He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When Dr. Elmer Guy first came to Crownpoint Institute of Technology in 1999 as dean of instruction, he could not have known that, 24 years later, he would oversee the institution’s renaming to Navajo Technical University (NTU). It became the first tribal college and university, or TCU, to offer a Ph.D. This is the mission of TCUs.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We They’re there to provide access to higher education to their communities.”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2023

According to three experts invited to the panel, more work is needed in community-building; collaborating with different school departments; reducing stigmas; offering diverse services for diverse populations; and enacting policy changes. Are you using your data to drive your approaches, your technology, how it's effectively used?

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Kortext University Leaders' Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Robin noted that usage of generative AI represented one of the fastest technology take ups in human history. Robin demonstrated how Kortext, in partnership with Microsoft, has leveraged Azure GPT4 Turbo technology to create Kortext Premium – a secure AI solution for higher education. Education technology and AI: what’s next?

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HEPI

APRIL 13, 2023

In the context of “Levelling Up” and “Place”, the economic watch words of the past three years, such a question, posed today, would not just be perplexing, but contrary to prevailing economic policy. The steps taken presaged critical regional policy advice, which would later form a component of the Levelling Up agenda.

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WCET Frontiers

JUNE 19, 2023

As states and institutions struggle with how to teach about equity, diversity, and inclusion, WCET and Every Learner Everywhere are celebrating Juneteenth by highlighting stories of how Black history is being discussed at institutions and organizations. Below I’ve listed some of my favorite, recent resources for learning about Black history.

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WCET Frontiers

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

February marks Black History Month , an observance that honors the rich histories and acknowledges the invaluable contributions of African Americans across various facets of society. HBCUs leverage technology to replicate the on-campus inclusive atmosphere and move it online.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

Broad was in charge of the system during a fast-paced time of enrollment growth, technological change, and capital expansion, said Brad Wilson, former chair of the UNC Board of Governors.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Summary Releasing today, The History of State Authorization of Distance Education is an extensive review of the origins and evolution of state and federal oversight of consumer protection regulations in higher education. The History of State Authorization of Distance Education paper was commissioned by the State Authorization Network (SAN).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Those assignments acknowledge the usefulness and the limitation of the technology, which cannot detect or differentiate human bias and negative stereotypes in the almost limitless field of data and information from which it pulls its answers.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It also found that those planning on studying history, philosophy and religious studies were most likely (58%) to research a university’s environmental sustainability strategy and efforts, while psychology students were the least likely, with 26%. This was followed by 43% of postgraduate taught and 39% of undergraduate students.

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University Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Houtman previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. King’s community must have held Whitaker in high regard, for the Christian university received its largest individual alumni gift and unrestricted financial gift in its 157-year history.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This assembly is a testament to the transformative power of the Norwegian Panorama Virtual Exchange and Collaborative Online International Learning Partnerships Initiative, a visionary government policy that’s reshaping how Norwegian higher education institutions engage with the world.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This blog was kindly authored for HEPI by Jolanta Edwards , Director of Strategy at London Higher , and Susanna Kalitowski , Head of Policy at University Alliance. However, the NHS is under pressure like never before in its history. It is one of the institutions we treasure most as a nation. There are no easy or cheap fixes.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

Given that the natural language model earned passing scores on the evidence and torts portion of the bar exam, among other feats, some in academe fret that the technology may facilitate widespread cheating. Inside Higher Ed caught up with 11 academics to ask how to harness the potential and avert the risks of this game-changing technology.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century by Bradford DeLong. Worries that the future will be worse than the present are an excellent reason to read economic histories such as Bradford DeLong’s new book, Slouching Towards Utopia. Published in September 2022.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

which traced its history to the union of Leicester Academy, founded in 1784, and the Becker Business College, which opened in 1887. It also was a serious loss for the Worcester region because of Becker College’s long and impactful history in the area and the prominence of several academic programs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Being a visiting scholar means having several weeks of fairly comfortable lodging in Manhattan, away from our many other responsibilities, with access to NYU’s wealth of information and technological resources. For 4 years I was an academic senator at UPR’s flagship campus, which teeters precariously at the edge of the R2 classification.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 28, 2022

So, too, is the all too common tendency to move beyond agreed upon facts in making policy recommendations. There are similar examples from the history of scientific medicine, which includes wrenching examples of grotesque surgeries and disparate treatment of pain and illness rooted in ideas that were subsequently repudiated.

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WCET Frontiers

MAY 9, 2024

The newsrooms at Cronkite are formulating a policy on when and how to use GenAI, as we are integrating an AI-powered production tool into the daily workflow. At the end of the day, we are still all about the story, the history, and the reporting. Then I try my hand at replicating what I watched before teaching my students.

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HEPI

AUGUST 31, 2023

As Wales establishes a Commission for Tertiary Education and Research and Keir Starmer signals that Labour policy will look again at skills policy with the creation of ‘Skills England’, as a sector we must ask how best FE and HE can work more closely together. How to do it?

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