Dr. Josie Ahlquist
DECEMBER 10, 2023
As we begin to wrap up 2023, I’m taking the next twelve days to celebrate and recognize inspiring individuals and impactful projects that made this year so special. Join me on a journey of gratitude with 12 Days of Goodness Every day, I’ll send out a big digital hug and recognize the people who made all the goodness possible in my work – and for the entire field of higher education.
Ray Schroeder
DECEMBER 10, 2023
St. Cloud State University President Robbyn Wacker announced Monday she is stepping down as president in June after six years at the helm. Wacker, 66, was appointed as the 24th president of the institution in 2018, becoming the first woman to be SCSU's permanent president and the first openly gay person in the role. She succeeded Ashish Vaidya, who led the university for two years following the sudden death of Earl Potter, who was killed in a car crash.
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The Guardian Higher Education
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Government’s underestimation of inflation has eroded teaching resources, according to thinktank University students in England are seeing less spent on their education than at any time since their tuition fees were tripled in 2012, according to new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies. According to the IFS, students are receiving even less than they were in 1990 as the government badly underestimated the effect of high inflation since it decided to freeze domestic undergraduate tuition f
Higher Education Whisperer
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Australian universities have done very well in the QS World University Rankings for Sustainability 2024. There are 16 Australian universities in the top 100, based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges. This includes many large capital city universities, which I would have assumed would have more difficulty with sustainability, due to densely built inner city campuses.
The Guardian Higher Education
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Professor tells of his teenage grief and how it drove a new approach to research at York University Ian Hitchcock’s first encounter with cancer was as a schoolboy in Bedford. He played rugby there and became good friends with a team-mate. “He was a lovely guy. Smart, pleasant and a talented sports person. He really was one of the most popular kids in the year,” says Hitchcock, who recently oversaw the creation of York University’s new centre for blood research.
Ray Schroeder
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Arizona Republican lawmakers are reconsidering appropriations toward public universities in the state, specifically citing free speech concerns at Arizona State University. The Joint Legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Freedom of Expression at Arizona’s Public Universities started in July after an event in February with Charlie Kirk, Dennis Prager and Robert Kiyosaki at the T.W.
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