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3 Key Themes at the CFES Brilliant Pathways Conference

MindMax

Another reason is that CFES, in particular, focuses on creating pathways to education for students in underserved populations through initiatives like mentoring and teaching essential human skills that AI can’t replace. MindMax shares this focus on creating pathways , in the context of continuing education and higher ed.

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Mellon Foundation to Award Over $5 Million to Expand Prison Education Programs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica Hicklin The organization seeks to support prison education programs that promote perspectives and leadership of those who have experienced the prison system and that help out overlooked populations and regions. Postsecondary educational programs in prisons have been shown to be beneficial to families and communities.

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Decoding Generative AI and Equity in Higher Education

WCET Frontiers

In case you haven’t noticed, the higher education world is highly focused on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the present and future of postsecondary education. AI’s impact has been and will be felt in many facets of our field, especially within digital education. “Artificial Intelligence.”

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Young, Brilliant, and Ready: Preparing Black Males for Postsecondary Opportunities and Transitions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In schools across the nation, there has been a heightened awareness of the need for students to earn postsecondary degrees – as there is substantial evidence that it leads to better labor market outcomes and a higher quality of life. Yet, there are still large disparities in postsecondary degree attainment for Black males (Espinosa et al.,

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Unpacking Financial Disincentives and Driving Beyond the Short-Term Reward Mind-Set

Inside Higher Ed

Psychology explains that humans frequently make decisions guided by short-term rewards rather than long-term rewards, and they are likely to discount delayed events. Therefore, in the postsecondary education arena, institutional decision-makers respond to short-term budgeting rewards.

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Bradford DeLong’s ‘Slouching Towards Utopia’

Inside Higher Ed

Living through our current human-caused climate emergency while continuing to muddle our way through a global pandemic, it is sometimes difficult to believe in progress. Post-1870, technologically driven economic growth enabled a globally abundant food supply and advances such as antibiotics and sanitation, allowing the population to grow.

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