March, 2019

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Do You Have a Governance Crisis in Your Higher Ed Institution?

The Change Leader, Inc.

Are you experiencing a governance crisis, or is one right around the corner? Higher ed finds itself at a crossroads when it comes to many things, but especially board governance. .

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Guide To Assessment

Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

by Kristen Lee You jump from one meeting to the next—strategic planning, curricular committee, program decisions, faculty evaluations, and so forth—only for you to have the “A” word crop up on your radar as the next meeting you must attend. As you’re sitting in the meeting, words like accreditation, goals, learning outcome, analysis, embedded are thrown around, as all eyes look towards you to provide direction on how your department or college is to move.

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Ed Tech Spotlight: StudyTree

Higher Ed Connects: Ed Tech

StudyTree: A tool using AI for student success. by Terri E. Givens. I met one of the founders of StudyTree , Ethan Keiser, at the Entrepreneurship in Education workshop hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton campus in San Francisco. The event brought together ed tech entrepreneurs, academic administrators and venture capitalists to discuss entrepreneurship and the latest trends in educational technology.

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Five social media trends your university needs to know about in 2019

Terminalfour

University marketing teams need to keep up with the ever-changing social media landscape. Here we've compiled five key trends which are emerging in 2019.

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On-The-Ground Assessment of Student Learning Out of the Classroom

Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

Moving to a curricular approach calls upon us to become better at assessing student learning. Although it may be common on a campus to have students respond to short surveys providing feedback about a program or service, it is often less common to assess student acquisition of knowledge and skills as a result of an engagement. Institutions and departments transitioning to a curricular approach need to be mindful that every touch point with a student is an opportunity for learning and that assess

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‘Signs of restraint’ on salaries

HECG

By DAVID MYTON. The UK’s new higher education watchdog, the Office for Students , has been keeping an eye on vice-chancellors’ salaries and says that there are signs of pay restraint at some universities “with some vice-chancellors refusing a salary increase”. The OfS, which became operational last April with a mandate to regulate universities and other higher education providers, found that six universities paid their vice-chancellors £500,000 or more in salary, bonuses and benefits last yea

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New Approaches to Online Educationwith Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Russ Poulin | Changing Higher Ed 016

The Change Leader, Inc.

New Approaches to Online Education with Russ Poulin and Dr. Drumm McNaughton podcast discusses how online education continues to grow. And with the constant developments in technology, the delivery systems are rapidly evolving. Therefore, institutional need to be thoughtful about which programs they offer online, who they contract with to offer these services, what types of systems and support structures they put into place, and how they get faculty buy-in.

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Redesigning Research: The Entrepreneurial Power of Teams in Higher Edwith Host Dr. Drum McNaughton and Guest Dr. Judy Kjelstrom | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 015

The Change Leader, Inc.

Dr. Judy Kjelstrom is a pioneer in creating interdisciplinary programs that create well-rounded students who are well-equipped to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world. The entrepreneurial power of teams in Higher Ed for redesigning research. Dr.

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How Higher Ed Institutions Survive Volatility

The Change Leader, Inc.

If you've wondered how Higher Ed institutions survive volatility and prevent becoming a casualty in today's environment, you've come to the right place.

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Raising your student recruitment game with user generated content

Terminalfour

User generated content (UGC) can open an authentic window into daily life on campus. We look at the benefits of UGC, in particular at live events?

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#Takeovertuesday in action at Wrexham Glynd?r University

Terminalfour

Continuing this month's User Generated Content theme, find out how Wrexham Glynd?r University in the UK has taken this to the next level.

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LinkedIn seeks university content for new live video

Terminalfour

LinkedIn Live has quietly launched an invite-only beta service this month. We take a look at how universities could use the new platform.

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The first digital assistants have landed at UK universities. Will yours be next?

Terminalfour

Is this the beginning of a movement to support students through digital assistants or just a flash in the pan?

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Dawn of the ‘polymath’ student

HECG

By DAVID MYTON. There seems to be general agreement that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will challenge existing institutions to adapt or, if not die, then quietly fade away. But there will also be new opportunities for the nimble and the shrewd to step up and make their mark. In higher education, as one academic paper has noted , the coming changes “will reduce the subject distance between humanities and social science as well as science and technology [requiring] much more interdisciplinar