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Glasgow School of Art: cost and pace of rebuild criticised after 2018 fire

The Guardian Higher Education

The June 2018 fire destroyed the iconic grade A-listed building as it neared the end of a £35m restoration project following an earlier blaze in May 2014. Continue reading.

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In downtime alone, ransomware attacks have cost the education sector more than $50 billion since 2018

University Business

More from UB : Degrees from these 10 schools add the most value to a graduate’s salary According to the Comparitech report, at least 561 K12 schools and higher ed institutions have been hit by a ransomware attack between 2018 and mid-September 2023.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An AERA fellow, she was elected to AERA’s Executive Board and Council from 2018 to 2021, has been liaison to AERA’s Graduate Student Council and International Relations Committee, and co-edited Review of Research in Education, an AERA peer-reviewed journal.

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Dr. Claudine Gay’s Resignation from the Harvard Presidency Possibly Saved Her Life

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Black women who aspire to and ultimately achieve an institutional presidency will always have a tough road due to institution-sanctioned violence, a concept Nadrea Njoku and I wrote about in 2018. Prior to her selection as president of Harvard, Gay had been an impossibility for nearly 400 years of that institution’s history.

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Fostering Connectedness in the Asynchronous Online Environment

The Scholarly Teacher

The millennial student tends to learn less effectively with traditional PowerPoint lectures and responds better to active learning strategies (Bennett, 2018). Gen Z learners bring technology to the forefront of their educational experience, seeking virtual social interactions (Chicca & Shellenbarger, 2018). References Bennett, H.

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Dr. Ronald S. Rochon Appointed Chair of AASCU Board of Directors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Rochon University of Southern Indiana Rochon is currently president of the University of Southern Indiana (USI), a role he has had since 2018. Rochon has been appointed chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Board of Directors. Dr. Ronald S.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, at career peak, the median annual earnings for English literature and language majors working full-time were $76,000, only $2,000 below that of all majors, $78,000. In 2018, the median annual earnings for men who are English language and literature majors was about $74,000. But for women, that number falls to around $61,000.