Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Policy Last week, I wrote about the 2022 year-end omnibus bill and connected with Rebecca Natow on Twitter. Rebecca is assistant professor of educational leadership and policy at Hofstra University. I asked Rebecca to join me in conversation so we could hear more from her about her work in the area of higher ed policy.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

—About a decade ago, nearly all—97 percent—of IBM’s job advertisements required a four-year college degree, according to David Barnes, vice president of global workforce policy at the tech giant, who spoke this week at the annual SXSW EDU conference here. ‘Bad’ Policy No.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 25, 2023

Hung is assistant professor of health services policy and management in the University of South Carolina’s (USC) Arnold School of Public Health. She has spent the better part of 14 years in this field. Since 2009, she’s been engaged in research relating to health services and health equity, she said.

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Wonkhe

MARCH 6, 2023

Debbie McVitty wonders if that’s too much to ask The post The Nurse review of the research landscape depends on a stable policy environment appeared first on Wonkhe. The independent Nurse review recommends that everything makes sense.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I was excited to attend SRHE’s event, Bridging The Gap: Improving The Relationship Between Higher Education Research And Policy on 4 November 2022. The event promised to bring together and bridge the gap between those making higher education policy and those researching it. This then was quite a gap to be bridged. More West Wing below.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 24, 2023

Yale University recently announced changes to its mental health policies in an effort to better support students in crisis. Instead of monetary damages, the lawsuit sought mental health policy changes at Yale. The new policies were introduced a day before the university was scheduled to enter settlement talks with the plaintiffs.

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The PIE News

MARCH 28, 2023

The UK risks a decline in international student numbers if the government drastically changes policy on post-study work and students bringing dependants, stakeholders have warned. ” The post Drastic policy changes ‘could damage’ UK sector appeared first on The PIE News. Am I worried? Yes,” she explained.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Specifically, we argue (in the Journal of College and University Law and Penn State Law Review ) that courts should look to the academic freedom policies adopted by public colleges and universities, including those in Florida, in defining the First Amendment rights of faculty in carrying out their professional duties.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The University of Texas system is pausing new policies to promote diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Board of Regents announced Wednesday. The newspaper reported that the UT system Board of Regents has requested a report on DEI policies in order to allow the governing body to review those practices across the system.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 26, 2022

That’s the chilling new reality for city employees under a misguided personnel policy that went into effect last week. Some welcome the new policy, believing it to be an overdue response to extremists on the city’s payroll. The restrictive new policy is a response to the city’s handling of employee Allen Groat, who breached the U.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Blog: Law, Policy—and IT? Artificial Intelligence (AI) and chatbots are the opening that American society needs to close the information policy gaps in its law on privacy, security, behavioral advertising and even financial services. American society needs information policy. Why is this the case?

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights policy explicitly states that campus harassment “must include something beyond the mere expression of views, words, symbols or thoughts that some person finds offensive.” ” Conza implied that the administration’s reaction to the incident was out of proportion.

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The PIE News

MARCH 15, 2023

The list includes a range of experienced leaders, rising stars, disrupters and policy makers who have something to say. The aim is to humanise our leaders and policy-makers, and highlight the challenges they face on a personal level.” Readers can download The PIE Insider Leadership digest and 50 voices for 2023 – Europe here.

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PeopleAdmin

DECEMBER 21, 2022

To start, they took a look at their current remote work policies. For as long as I’ve worked at the university, we’ve had a teleworking policy for individual employees to flex or make up hours—but it probably only got used five times a year. The post Navigating Hybrid Work Policies in HigherEd appeared first on PeopleAdmin.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The University of Texas (UT) System has paused new diversity, equity, and inclusion policies across all 13 of its campuses, according to a Wednesday announcement by the board of regents. The board has also requested a systemwide report on current DEI policies, The Austin American-Statesman reports. “[C]ertain

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University Business

MARCH 15, 2023

Harvard , Princeton and Dartmouth all extended their test-optional policy beyond the upcoming admissions cycle, and Columbia announced March 1 it would permanently switch to test-optional admissions. The post Brown extends test-optional policy for 2023-24 admissions cycle appeared first on University Business.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 12, 2023

” Dr. Jordan declined to comment on the recent change in policy. But Barkin, who attributed the changing campus policies to uncertainty about the dangers of new variants as well as the effectiveness of current vaccines, said that as scientific consensus evolves, a new slate of recommendations will likely emerge.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Brown University has added caste protections to their nondiscrimination policies so that Dalit students have official channels to report bias, NBC reported. Dalit refers to the people otherwise referred to as Harijans, or ‘Untouchables’ under India’s caste system, according to Minority Rights Group International.

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Higher Ed Dive

JANUARY 10, 2023

The governing board unanimously voted to create a policy, though it has yet to draft language for it.

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Higher Education Today

MAY 1, 2023

Read more » The post Direct Admissions: Considerations for Policy and Practice appeared first on Higher Education Today. Direct admissions is a method to admit. Direct admissions is a method to admit.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The University of Texas System’s board of regents has suspended all new policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and asked school leaders to report on their current DEI policies, citing that some practices have “strayed from the original intent,” The Texas Tribune reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Test-optional admission policies have resulted in increased application numbers and student diversity at many business schools, according to a recent report by the MBA Roundtable and Wiley. Due to test-optional policies, application volumes to business programs rose for most respondents, the study found.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Woodrow Wilson’s name was removed from Princeton University’s public policy school in 2020. The University of Maryland system, for example, added name-removal procedures to its existing naming policy a few months after the Towson committee began researching the backgrounds of Paca and Carroll. Denaming Processes.

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FIRE

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In light of the disruption, UC Hastings proposed a revised Event Policy to ensure this illiberal heckler’s veto never happens again. The policy provides a roadmap for facilitating the expression of controversial speakers on campus. FIRE urges the university to show higher education how it’s done by adopting the policy in full. .

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Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 7, 2023

One university provost has already publicly promised to recruit Florida students and professors amid the state’s political strife.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 5, 2023

"The work that we do in the world is so important,” said Kinloch, describing her hopes for advancing equitable policies and practices that benefit students, faculty, staff, communities of people in schools, school districts, and universities around the world. “To

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has adjusted its policy on weapons to permit people to carry a kirpan, a knife that observant Sikhs are required to have on their bodies at all times. The new policy is the result of discussions the university had with Sikh groups. It is held by a strap. Disable left side advertisement?:

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 1, 2023

Many campuses are at least inclined toward universal design, where the goal is to provide an environment, programs, structures and policies in ways that include all people, regardless of ability or disability. We can start by including representatives of the disability constituency in policy development surrounding AI.

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EAB

JANUARY 20, 2023

Blogs Why your institution needs an up-to-date flexible work policy Remote and hybrid work is here to stay , and effective flexible work arrangements can help your institution attract and retain top talent, improve productivity, and conserve space and energy. Start here Exemplar My institution has an up-to-date flexible work policy in place.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

At a recent meeting with student leaders, the topic of class attendance policies came up. The optional attendance policy is not without precedent or reason. The optional attendance policy, unchecked, can compromise what many seek in the college experience. Faculty members who know their students are better able to assist them.

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ACRLog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

28 states have enacted OER policies in some form. The increase in OER policies and legislation is reflective of the momentum that the OER movement has built over the years. We are at a zenith point for OER now that Open Educational Resources are included in policy-making conversations and educational infrastructure.

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Wonkhe

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The post The debate over student number controls is only one piece of the future policy puzzle appeared first on Wonkhe. Student number controls remain a source of significant controversy in the sector, but they are not the last word on the system we wish to create.

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Higher Ed Dive

MAY 25, 2023

Conservatives during a subcommittee hearing also blasted administration officials for not being more responsive to requests for information.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The policy would create a review for tenured faculty in the university system every five years which would look at several factors, including compliance with the new law, which bans schools from “indoctrinating” students with concepts such as white privilege and other ideas and theories surrounding race. Appeals are also possible.

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Higher Education Today

MAY 29, 2023

Read more » The post Adjusting the Federal “Satisfactory Academic Progress” Policy to Better Serve Students appeared first on Higher Education Today. Title: Satisfactory Academic Progress: Making Financial Aid Work for Today’s Students Authors: Richard Davis Jr. A new brief from Higher Learning.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 25, 2022

If colleges are interested in real diversity work, their spousal accommodation policies for dual-career academic couples should be much clearer and more supportive, argues Mireille Rebeiz. Is this Career Advice newsletter?

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University Business

MARCH 22, 2023

The policy was welcomed by Dr. Oded Gurantz, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder School of Education who studies gaps in college enrollment and completion. Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU), which advocates on behalf of the for-profit education sector, criticized the policy.

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