University Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The post Opinion | Should colleges and universities speak on political issues? As leaders, they have sought to raise awareness of that impact, and to ensure that the community coheres around an ethos of care and connection, in spite of the differences and tensions that events like those in the Middle East cause on their campuses.

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The PIE News

JUNE 8, 2023

Dismiss it as unpopular opinion, but there seems to be a sense of relief amongst recruitment, admissions and student support staff, particularly at high-growth institutions. Have your say in the comments below or anonymously by emailing editorial@thepienews.com The post Unpopular opinion: a sense of relief over UK dependants ban?

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University Business

JULY 25, 2023

The post Opinion: Why are so many college presidents resigning? Despite the high-blown rhetoric about developing critical thinkers, the No. 1 goal is to keep the money flowing. As long as presidents can do that, they’ll weather any storm. When they can’t, they’re out. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.

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University Business

AUGUST 21, 2023

The post Opinion | #BamaRush shows what’s wrong with public higher ed appeared first on University Business. Too many schools around the country are following UA’s formula, which is a particular travesty at land-grant institutions that were funded by the sale of land given to states by the federal government. Read more from The Hill.

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Higher Ed Dive

JUNE 29, 2023

The opinion issued Thursday was unsurprising for college access advocates who had nonetheless urged the high court to keep with decades of precedent.

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University Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

The post Opinion | How standardized tests can preserve equitable college admissions appeared first on University Business. But let’s not stop at just returning to the original intent of standardized testing. Let’s make it better. We can use SAT and ACT scores in a much more effective way to identify exceptional students.

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University Business

JULY 5, 2023

The post Opinion | Social class is not about only race appeared first on University Business. As colleges revamp their admissions policies to respond to the court’s decision, there will be two different questions worth asking: Can the new system do as well as the old one at enrolling Black, Hispanic and Native students?

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The post Opinion | Without a college degree, life in America is staggeringly shorter appeared first on University Business. Almost two-thirds of American adults do not have college degrees, and they have become increasingly excluded from good jobs, political power and social esteem. Read more from The New York Times.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That gets to the question of national opinion polls on affirmative action. If there are few Blacks, Hispanics or Native Americans admitted to these law schools, their chances of being nominated to serve on the High Court will be slim.

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University Business

MARCH 17, 2023

The post Opinion: The cynical reason college applications are surging appeared first on University Business. The University of Wisconsin initially told me how many students it deferred, then asked that I not publish the number, but relented when I suggested they weren’t being transparent with applicants. Why the secrecy?

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The post Opinion: How health privacy laws are hurting college students and their families appeared first on University Business. In addition to forcing students to reapply, the school also cut off students’ health insurance almost immediately and offered no accommodations for doing work from home. Read more from Deseret News.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 23, 2023

I read opinions about The Bot that I disagreed with, ones that made me bristle with their assumptions and ideas about what education is. I typed in, “600-word opinion piece about why not to use AI to write an academic essay.” But, partway through, something shifted. Sorry, I hit a wall. Plus, it’s research!)

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University Business

AUGUST 18, 2023

The post Maryland AG rejects approval of Towson doctoral program, HBCU group praises opinion appeared first on University Business. He thanked Brown and the commission for “reviewing the circumstances surrounding the unreasonable duplication of Morgan’s longstanding, high-quality and affordable Business Administration Ph.D.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

If a faculty member writes an opinion piece in a news publication, should he or she be asked to defend that view before other members of the university community? But shouldn’t that policy apply to all members of the university community? What if a university faculty member tweets an unpopular view? Universities have a choice to make.

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2023

The post Opinion: Budget impasse is already impacting higher ed—for the worse appeared first on University Business. Much-needed increases in pay for hourly wage earners are on the chopping block. As a result, students, faculty and some of Virginia’s most valuable educational programs are paying the price. Read more from Richmond.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

JUNE 1, 2023

Linked below you can find the installments of his regular Merger Watch opinion series on corporate restructuring in higher education. Ricardo Azziz has held numerous executive positions in higher education and led the merger that resulted in Georgia Regents University, now Augusta University.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In the same way that the pandemic made us rethink the value of our jobs, we should invite a similar re-evaluation of higher education—even if we might resist the opinion of some that higher education is “on the wane.” The pandemic accelerated and intensified our questioning of a system that appears to be in disarray.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

But when there are diverging opinions on campus about whether an institution is either a “great employer” or utterly “failing [its] workers,” the seeds of labor activism and unrest will find fertile ground to grow.

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University Business

APRIL 7, 2023

The post Opinion: College students have something to say. As someone who has spent two decades teaching at colleges large and small, public and private, I don’t recognize this description — and it’s not because I think that it’s conservative students who are dominating the discourse. Read more from The New York Times.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 19, 2024

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week: Sarah Marzen, assistant professor of physics, examines how to you combat confirmation bias and polarization.

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University Business

JUNE 6, 2023

The post Opinion | I’m a university president. Accused of addiction to smartphones and social media, the members of Gen Z actually are using those devices and apps to transcend traditional boundaries, including borders, socioeconomic status and generations, as they build community. Read more from Yahoo! Here’s what Florida’s Gov.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A recent Student Voice survey on sustainability opinions and experiences found that 42 percent of 2,164 student respondents are “very worried” and another 39 percent “somewhat worried” about climate change.

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University Business

MAY 22, 2023

The post OPINION: We can and must do better to help Black students enroll in college and succeed appeared first on University Business. Read more from the Hechinger Report.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

BY MATTHEW BOEDY In Georgia we decided to conduct a small survey of faculty opinions about shared governance. And the results are not merely shocking but show the direct effects from Georgia’s university system gutting tenure in 2021. Using the AAUP’s shared governance survey tool, we asked faculty at a large university to tell us…

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Those in non-tenure-track positions at my university are afraid to voice their opinions about the failings of the tenure system on the faculty Listserv lest they suffer retributions. Unions cultivate a sense of solidarity, whereas the tenure system creates divisions and pits individuals against each other.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But data don’t help college students make those decisions if they can’t find them or share opinions with leadership about what information they need to feel supported and to feel that their data are protected.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 9, 2023

A growing number of community college systems, in California , Florida , Louisiana , Tennessee , Texas , New York City and elsewhere, have stopped requiring students to take remedial courses before they can enroll in college-level courses—the long-standing model for remedial education.

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University Business

MARCH 27, 2023

The post Opinion: There’s only one college rankings list that matters appeared first on University Business. Sometimes they showed up at my office door, not because they were looking for me but because they were looking around, and they liked to peek in on the professors in their path. Read more from The New York Times.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 26, 2024

Sara Weissman Fri, 01/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of California is considering a policy to limit “personal or collective opinions” on department websites. Should Departments Make Political Statements? Some say it violates academic freedom. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso Sara Weissman

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2024

The Kentucky Attorney General issued an opinion on Thursday stating that some higher education diversity, equity and inclusion practices violate the U.S.

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University Business

JUNE 14, 2023

The post Presidential opinion: Why leading in ambiguity is the new norm appeared first on University Business. The person striving to become a higher-education leader today must first and foremost be purpose- and mission-driven to educate the next generation of leaders with a skillset and mindset to transform the world.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 4, 2024

Claudine Gay, who resigned as president of Harvard University Tuesday, defended herself and condemned the attacks against her and the university in an opinion article in The New York Times Wednesday.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 17, 2023

The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library in San Francisco, has grown into one of the most important cultural institutions of the modern age.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

The movement must not be written off as just politics or culture wars when in fact it’s a direct threat to everything higher education stands for, writes Michael Gavin. Show on Jobs site: Image Source: Brent Stirton/Staff/Getty Images News Image Caption: Insurrectionists clash with law enforcement as they try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Most people don’t get accreditation. That’s OK. Most people don’t need to. But for all the students, parents and policy makers calling for a higher education reboot, know this—accreditation is one of the most powerful levers we’ve got to change what we don’t like about today’s higher ed.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2023

You’ve probably been reading about the looming demise of U.S. higher education. I don’t buy it. Yes, college and university enrollment has fallen, decreasing by almost 7.5 percent since 2019, before the pandemic began. Just six in 10 Americans say college is worth the time and money.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 24, 2023

The universities that respond quickly to this new paradigm will be the ones that survive, say Gillian R. Editorial Tags: Career Advice Show on Jobs site: Image Source: olaser/E+/getty images Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?: Disable left side advertisement?:

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