Wonkhe
JULY 26, 2024
For Smita Jamdar, a pause and review on freedom of speech offers the opportunity for the sector to untangle this knotty problem together The post The free speech wars may finally be over appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 26, 2024
The company bet big on online education during the pandemic by purchasing edX, but the gamble didn’t pay off as the health crisis eased.
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Wonkhe
JULY 26, 2024
The incoming interim chair of the Office for Students has just completed a review of the regulator. David Kernohan has just finished reading it The post A regulator fit for the future appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 26, 2024
We’re rounding up some of our top recent stories, from a look at ever-rising college sticker prices to higher education policy trends coming down the pike.
Wonkhe
JULY 26, 2024
The Behan review makes some recommendations about centering quality assurance and quality enhancement within the Office for Students. David Kernohan isn't convinced this is for the best The post The sector still needs a say on quality and standards appeared first on Wonkhe.
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 26, 2024
With the ruling, the regulations have now been put on pause in at least 21 states.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
These Professors Don’t Want Their ‘Antisemitic’ Union’s Representation Ryan Quinn Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Six faculty members at the City University of New York have asked the Supreme Court to answer a question: Can employees completely sever themselves from a labor organization they object to?
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Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
Addressing Scholarships’ Equity Problem Liam Knox Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM A new Common App report highlights the challenge of getting scholarship money into the hands of those who need it most—and proposes solutions to make it happen.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
The high costs of child and elder care are driving scholars out of academe. By Emily C. Bloom Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock The high costs of child and elder care are driving scholars out of academe.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
2U Bankruptcy Adds Fuel to OPM Uncertainties Lauren.Coffey@… Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM The company once hailed as a pioneer in online program management declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday. How should—and will—colleges who partner with the company handle the news?
The PIE News
JULY 26, 2024
QVET, a non-profit membership organisation, is soft launching this August, with providers going through a rigorous quality audit before being admitted to the group. The organisation’s founders, Vivek Sharma and Jonathan Marshall, are currently working with a core group of roughly 40 providers from different states and aim to build QVET’s membership to over 1,000 providers by 2026.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
In Praise of Ditching the Summer To-Do List Sarah Bray Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Melissa Nicolas describes how giving up her guilt about not checking things off such a list has helped her actually have a very productive summer.
Campus Technology
JULY 26, 2024
OpenAI has introduced SearchGPT, a new AI-powered search engine designed to access information from across the internet in real time. The much-anticipated prototype will provide more organized and meaningful search results by summarizing and contextualizing information rather than returning lists of links.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not hold campus forums this fall to allow the UNC community to weigh in on the ongoing chancellor search, The News & Observer reported.
The PIE News
JULY 26, 2024
The initiative to ease employment-based non-immigrant visas for US college graduates with job offers is aimed at attracting top talent and retaining skilled workers to help the economy. “The US needs to hire more international graduates. Our society is ageing, our birthrate is falling, and our own citizens are choosing not to pursue degrees in the STEM, healthcare and services fields,” IIE CEO Alan Goodman told The PIE News. “This new policy could be an important step for the U
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
The Unlikely Battle Over Research at the Olympic Games sara.custer@in… Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Sports scientists are working with athletes to enhance performance and safeguarding ahead of this year’s Paris games, but on-the-ground research is a hotly debated subject.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Paul Quinn College has received a $20 million gift from an anonymous donor. Dr. Michael J. Sorrell “The impact of this gift on our institution and our students, staff, faculty, and alumni cannot be overstated,” said Paul Quinn President Dr. Michael J. Sorrell. The private, faith-based, four-year, liberal arts-inspired institution was founded in 1872 by a group of African Methodist Episcopal Church preachers in Austin, Texas.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
The Education Department won’t be able to enforce its new Title IX regulations, set to take effect nationwide Aug. 1, in Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska or South Dakota, a federal judge ruled Wednesday evening.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Dr. Ioana G. Hulbert Most instructors do not report feeling unsafe or uncomfortable discussing or teaching sensitive topics, according to a new report by Ithaka S+R, part of the not-for-profit ITHAKA organization that aids in the use of digital technologies to sustainably advance research and teaching. “ Perceptions of Academic Freedom in Teaching ,” authored by Ithaka S+R researcher Dr.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
Ohio governor Mike DeWine signed the Enact CAMPUS Act into law Wednesday, requiring the state’s public and private higher education institutions to adopt and enforce policies on racial, religious and ethnic harassment and intimidation,
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
By Megan Zahneis Don Shrubshell, USA TODAY NETWORK The University of Missouri System’s president, Mun Y. Choi Mun Y. Choi, chancellor of the University of Missouri at Columbia, managed to turn around dismal approval ratings over the last two years. How did he do it?
The Guardian - Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Education secretary ‘to consider options’ including repeal of controversial powers introduced by last government UK politics live – latest updates Powers introduced by the Conservatives to protect freedom of speech in universities have been halted by the new government in a dramatic about-turn, paving the way for ministers to scrap the legislation. Only days before it was due to come into force, the education secretary said she had decided to “stop further commencement of the Higher Education (F
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
By Alex Walters Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock images In previous research on professors’ politics, participants would categorize or describe themselves in surveys. A new study used their social-media activity.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Dr. Marlowe Washington Marlowe Washington has been named vice president of people, culture, and equity at Holyoke Community College. He served as senior diversity officer at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York. Washington holds a bachelor's degree in political science from St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, a master's in divinity in urban ministry and planning from the New York Theological Seminary in Manhattan, a doctorate in ministry in transformational leadership and cul
The Berkeley Blog
JULY 26, 2024
Hill discusses what it's like reporting on sports as a Black woman and the injustice that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick experienced after kneeling during the national anthem. The post Berkeley Talks: Journalist Jemele Hill on the intersection of sports and race (revisiting) appeared first on Berkeley News.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Friday marked the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark civil rights law that unlocked opportunity for disabled people in many areas of public life, including in the workforce and higher education. As an educator and university president, I have seen firsthand the ADA’s transformative impact on our higher education systems — and how far we still must go before higher education is truly accessible and inclusive of learners from all backgrounds.
University Business
JULY 26, 2024
One college has 38 athletes competing for the United States in the 2024 Olympics. And one Upstate New York college makes the list of the 25 schools with the most athletes in Paris. The Olympics get started on Friday, July 26, and there are 592 members of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team. According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, 75% (444 athletes) competed collegiately at 169 schools.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Climate change is a top-of-mind issue for minorities in the U.S., according to a polling brief from the AAMC Center for Health Justice. The AAMC Center for Health Justice polled 3,207 U.S. adults to gauge their perspectives on climate change, its impacts, and actions that could be taken toward mitigation. AAMC Center for Health Justice Rising Tide — compiled by the center’s Environmental Justice Fellow Anthony Nicome, Director of Research Dr.
University Business
JULY 26, 2024
The past week has seen three institutions — Pennsylvania State University, Paul Quinn College, and the University of Oklahoma — each receive a historic gift of $20 million. Here’s a summary of each of the record-setting donations. Pennsylvania State University On July 19, Pennsylvania State University announced it had received a $20 million commitment from J.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 26, 2024
Dr. Lutricia Harrison Lutricia Harrison has been named interim president of Houston Community College. She served as a clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston-Katy. Harrison holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Prairie View A&M University as well as a doctorate in nursing practice from the University of Alabama.
University Business
JULY 26, 2024
Some students across North Texas will have an easier time transferring college credits between four local schools that came together to make the process friction-free. Dallas College, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Woman’s University and the University of North Texas at Dallas on Thursday announced the partnership and an online tool that connects the schools through a centralized portal — the Transfer Hub — that offers students guidance on switching schools and other information.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
House Republicans want the Education Department to turn over a tranche of documents that they say will shed light on the agency’s botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
University Business
JULY 26, 2024
Admissions offices are slowly integrating generative AI into their toolboxes to manage ballooning application pools while also easing staff burnout and other workload issues. The pandemic and this year’s botched FAFSA rollout exacerbated admissions teams’ challenges. But the runaway growth of application pools is a fundamental issue many institutions also now face. “As the surface area of an admissions officer’s job has doubled, tripled or quadrupled over the last 20 years, it
Higher Ed Dive
JULY 26, 2024
The move comes after two top Republicans accused the agency of stonewalling a government watchdog’s probe into the rocky debut of the new form.
Inside Higher Ed
JULY 26, 2024
The Academic Trumpists, Part 2 mclemee@gmail.com Fri, 07/26/2024 - 03:00 AM Scott McLemee concludes his review of David L. Swartz's study of pro-Trump academics.
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