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New York’s adult learners can now attend community college for free

Higher Ed Dive

The Opportunity Promise Scholarship covers the costs of tuition and books for state residents between ages 25 to 55 who are pursuing in-demand degrees.

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Our future may depend on the humanities

Wonkhe

For Peter Sutoris, the humanities hold the key to understanding and responding to the many civilisational crises we face

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How faculty online presence can help your students

The Academic Designer

When professors are intentional about your online presence it benefits students by enhancing support, networking, opportunities, and visibility.

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Diversity in the First-year Class at the Ivy Plus Institutions

Higher Ed Data Stories

I'm not sure where to begin on this one, so let's veer off topic a bit. I've decided I'll likely be phasing out Higher Ed Data Stories in the near future as I go into retirement and start my new venture , which is soft launched but not officially open for business. When I do, I'll be posting regularly on my blog over there , but won't be putting everything out on the web for free, as I've been doing on this site.

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Ghost Students: How Fraudsters Use Fake Identities to Cheat Universities

Ghost student fraud costs higher education $5 billion annually as fraudsters use stolen identities to exploit financial aid. California estimates 20% of community college applications—over 460,000—are fake bots taking spots from real students. These "ghost students" never attend classes but access federal loans and aid before vanishing. Remote learning creates perfect conditions for criminals to exploit systems.

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the heart of Baltimore, a remarkable transformation is taking place at Coppin State University under the visionary leadership of President Dr. Anthony Jenkins. Since taking the helm in 2020, Jenkins has orchestrated a data-driven renaissance that has revolutionized student success rates and institutional effectiveness. The numbers tell a compelling story of transformation for the historically Black college and university (HBCU).

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Florida Board Rejects Ono for UF Job

Inside Higher Ed

Florida Board Rejects Ono for UF Job Josh Moody Tue, 06/03/2025 - 05:03 PM The Florida Board of Governors decided against confirming Santa Ono as president of the University of Florida in a contentious vote focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

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America’s universites must embrace – not efface – indigenous knowledge

THE (Times Higher Education)

Even in a political climate hostile to diversity, Indigenous people will keep asserting their right tousetheir languages, sayCandace Galla andMadoka Hammine

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Free speech and the University of Sussex 

HEPI

Naimat Zafary is a PhD researcher at the University of Sussex and a former Afghan Chevening Scholar. There are times, as a scholar from another country, that events in your adopted home catch you off guard. The fears of those around you are so far removed from your own experience that you are baffled by them. Sometimes, this simply demands that you learn more about the society and culture around you or chalk up different perspectives to the rich experience of a global education.

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Nancy Coleman Believes Lifelong Learning Should Be Built on Flexibility and Value

MindMax

In a discussion with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey, Nancy Coleman, Dean, Harvard Extension School and Continuing Studies at Harvard University, explores the changing landscape of higher education. She emphasizes the urgent need for flexible, stackable learning options that meet learners where they areand evolve with the needs of both students and employers.

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“Third Mumbai” set to welcome UK, US, Australian campuses

The PIE News

The Maharashtra government is inviting universities to establish campuses in Third Mumbai” a new urban development planned on the outskirts of Navi Mumbai, a planned city in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The announcement was made by Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, at a US-India Business Council event in Indias financial capital. We will be creating Edu City in this new Mumbai.

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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Over half of hiring managers say recent grads are unprepared for the workforce

Higher Ed Dive

“Colleges don’t teach students how to behave in the workplace,” Resume.org’s career coach said in a statement.

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Subject-level insights on graduate activity

Wonkhe

Rather than examine how much graduates get paid, why not ask them how they feel about what they are doing? Sean Brophy explains.

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19 Ideas for Your Online Presence That Are Not Social Media

The Academic Designer

Academics can enhance their online presence beyond social media. Here's 19 effective ways to share your research and teaching online for professors and researchers.

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A final post as a farewell and thanks

Higher Ed Data Stories

It's been said the Internet is like a party: You don't have to announce that you're leaving. But this will be the final post on Higher Ed Data Stories. After 4,183 days, it's time to call it quits. To save myself the time necessary to reply to both of you who are still faithfully reading these posts, I feel compelled to offer a few words of explanation.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Investment in HBCUs Key to Addressing Nation’s Workforce Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Pernell Goodwin The foundation of the United States is deeply intertwined with the labor, resilience, and ingenuity of Black Americans. From the early days of agriculture and skilled trades to the modern advancements in engineering and technology, Black labor has been instrumental in building and sustaining the nation. Central to this narrative are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), institutions established to educate and empower African Americans in the face of systemic e

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5 Charts Depicting How Faculty Have Changed in Last 20 Years

Inside Higher Ed

5 Charts Depicting How Faculty Have Changed in Last 20 Years Katherine Knott Tue, 05/27/2025 - 03:00 AM A recent report from CUPA-HR delved into 20 years of data to highlight how colleges priorities are affecting faculty. Heres what stood out to us.

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Sonoma State U. Is Making Big Cuts to Close a Budget Hole. What Will Be Left?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Will Sonoma State U.'s reinvention to plug a $24-million hole pay off? By Maddie Khaw The Cal State campus is slashing academic programs, laying off faculty, and, in an unusual move, scuttling its entire Division II athletics program.

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A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia

Academe Blog

POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following extraordinary statement was published today in the New York Review of Books and is reposted here with their permission. The statement’s signatories include virtually every leading First Amendment scholar in the country, conservative and liberal.

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Cambridge risks losing ‘unbelievable talent’ amid PhD funding cut

The Guardian - Higher Education

Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as Silicon Valley planned between Oxford and Cambridge The University of Cambridge risks losing unbelievable talent owing to a drop-off in funding for PhDs, the vice-chancellor has cautioned. Prof Deborah Prentice, who took over as vice-chancellor in 2023, described PhD students as the lifeblood of the universitys research and innovation work, and expressed concern that funding from research councils had dropped off significantly.

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John Robichaux Wants Lifelong Learning to Drive Public Impact

MindMax

In this wide-ranging conversation, John Robichaux, Executive Director at the UC Berkeley Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, sits down with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey to explore how lifelong learning can shape the future of higher education, workforce development, and society. Drawing on experience from top institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and now Berkeley, Robichaux shares how engineering and technology leadership must be taught across the full career arcfrom undergraduates to enc

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Breaking: UK Graduate Route reduced to 18 months under immigration white paper

The PIE News

The Graduate Route will be reduced from two years to 18 months Use of the Agent Quality Framework will become mandatory for any institution using recruitment agents to attract international students Compliance requirements for institutions sponsoring international students will be tightened New English language requirements for student dependants and skilled workers The UK government’s immigration white paper has been released today, tightening every area of the UK’s immigration syst

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Illinois lawmakers pass bill to establish direct admissions program

Higher Ed Dive

Participating public universities will set GPA standards each year for first-time and transfer students to gain automatic entry.

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Getting students drawing can help belonging and mental health

Wonkhe

Developing drawing and creative skills has impacts beyond visual literacies.

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Exporting Degrees, Importing Responsibility: Rethinking Careers Support for International Graduates

HEPI

By Professor Amanda J. Broderick , Vice-Chancellor & President at the University of East London. It wasnt so long ago that universities across the UK were rallying to preserve the graduate visa route, a vital lifeline for international students and higher education. When the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) concluded there was no significant abuse of the pathway and recognised its immense value, the sector exhaled a collective sigh of relief.

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Get Results in 2025: Key Education Marketing Strategies for Success

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 8 minutes Education marketing is poised for a transformative shift in 2025. As technological innovations accelerate and global competition intensifies, schools, colleges, and universities must adopt strategies that meet the evolving expectations of prospective students. If youre new to educational marketing or administration, you may benefit from a working definition of the topic were exploring.

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Rewriting the Script: How HBCUs Are Shifting the Future of Graduate Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Fred A. Bonner II Graduate education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is not just evolvingit is erupting with purpose. From the heart of tradition and the fire of resistance, a new wave of graduate programs in higher education administration is emergingbold, equity-centered, and unapologetically Black. We are witnessing a renaissance at HBCUs that is not merely about expanding degree offerings; it is about reimagining what graduate education can and must be.

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Penn State Closure Plan Prompts Sharp Reactions

Inside Higher Ed

Penn State Closure Plan Prompts Sharp Reactions Josh Moody Tue, 05/20/2025 - 03:00 AM Penn State administrators want to close seven of 19 Commonwealth Campuses. The controversial proposal has prompted pushback from faculty, lawmakers and some trustees.

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What I Learned Serving on My University's AI Committee

The Chronicle of Higher Education

We need to embrace a more radical response. By Megan Fritts What I learned serving on a university AI committee.

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Dual Enrollment Creates a Pipeline for Professional Skills, Education and Equity

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

What is it like to work as a solar technician, a welder, a radiologic technologist or a truck driver? For many Chicago Public Schools students enrolled in City Colleges of Chicagos Early College program, their first experience in learning about these jobs involves strapping on virtual reality goggles and experiencing a Transfr Trek on-the-job simulation for one of these career paths.

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Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI

The Guardian - Higher Education

Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg Thousands of university students in the UK have been caught misusing ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools in recent years, while traditional forms of plagiarism show a marked decline, a Guardian investigation can reveal. A survey of academic integrity violations found almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating using AI tools in 2023-24, equivalent to 5.1 for every 1,000 studen

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Annette Roberts Webb Wants to Bring the University to the Community

MindMax

Annette Roberts Webb, Dean of University of California Merced’s Division of Professional and Continuing Education, joins MindMax CEO Lee Maxey to talk about launching a new division in one of Californias most underserved regions. With a mission grounded in access and equity, Webb is reshaping what it means for a research institution to serve its community.

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Explained: reporting international student ‘no-shows’ in the big four

The PIE News

The four biggest destinations for international education the US , the UK , Canada and Australia have traditionally been the most popular places students flock to for their education. Also known as the ‘big four’, each of these destinations welcome hundreds of thousands of international students every year. Each country has introduced processes to keep tabs on international students who don’t enrol onto their program after accepting an offer, as governments and institutions c

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Judge greenlights racketeering lawsuit against Grand Canyon Education

Higher Ed Dive

Plaintiffs say the educational services provider misrepresented program costs, but the company says students couldn't have been "caught by surprise.

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What SHAPE graduates do

Wonkhe

The British Academy has released analysis of what social sciences, humanities, and arts graduates do after graduation.