January, 2023

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Tribal Colleges and Universities Seek Greater Recognition and Funding

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) have been in existence for over 50 years, serving not only Native American and Alaskan Native students but anyone from the rural communities where they reside. The 35 TCUs in the U.S. train future teachers, nurses, engineers, and more.

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4 Reasons College Campus Visits Are a Waste of Time & Money

Great College Advice

College campus visits are a ritual. A rite of passage. A requirement. And they also are mostly a waste of time and money.

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Retrieval Practice, Scaffolding, and the Socratic Method

The Scholarly Teacher

By Barry Sharpe, Western Governors University Keywords : Socratic method, retrieval practice, scaffolding Key Statement : Revisit the Socratic method by using it to enact retrieval practice and scaffolding in courses and refresh thinking about applying recommendations from SOTL.

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Sharing a Dataset of Program-Level Debt and Earnings Outcomes

Robert Kelchen

Within a couple of hours of posting my comments on the Department of Education’s proposal to create a list of programs with low financial value, I received multiple inquiries about whether there was a user-friendly dataset of current debt-to-earnings ratios for programs. Since I work with College Scorecard data on a regular basis and have used the data to write about debt-to-earnings ratios, it only took a few minutes to put something together that I hope will be useful.

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Asking ChatGPT About Coaching

Dr. Laura Pasquini

Based on the chatter and traffic on the OpenAI ChatGPT , I have no doubt folks are sourcing more than college essays or exam answers from this platform. There are probably professionals asking (or should be asking) questions to our robot friends.

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“Never”

Will Richardson

“Never,” was the answer. The question? “Do you ever have conversations in school that touch on the changes that are happening in the world that will affect your life outside of school?” ” Honestly? Not shocked.

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Higher Education Can Connect Diverse Students to Lucrative, Technical Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Technical jobs are receiving fewer applications from younger generations. According to Handshake, a network of institutions and employers that helps connect students with early career opportunities, trade careers saw 49% fewer applications in 2022 than 2020.

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Planning For Active Learning Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

By: , Todd Zakrajsek, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Key Statement: Research is clear that combining lecture and active learning results in the best learning outcomes. This paper proposes four strategies for how to plan and implement this effective combination.

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

As I outlined recently in my “ e-Literate’s Changing Themes for Changing Times ” post, I am shifting my coverage somewhat. I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. This one will be listed under the “ changing enrollment ” tag.

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Finding Purpose as Praxis

Dr. Laura Pasquini

It’s been a while since I’ve been here. Sorry blog. It’s me, not you. I have been regularly blogging on here since 2008 (according to my #tbt Blog Survey ). I’m not sure why I dropped off from posting last year, but know you’re not the only digital practice (e.g.

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My 2023 “Tech Cleanse” Has Begun

Will Richardson

Goodbye Twitter. Goodbye Chrome. Neither was easy. I was there for early-Twitter, and it was love-hate from the beginning. I loved the ease, the networking, the linking, and, yes, the learning.

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Choosing an Executive Leadership Coach: What Matters

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of the realities of moving up the executive leadership ranks, whether in higher education or other sectors, is that the higher you ascend, the fewer people you have with whom to commensurate or in whom to confide.

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An op-ed about ChatGPT’s impact on education… written by ChatGPT?

University Business

After you read this, you’ll either leave excited for what’s to come or you’ll be on Amazon stocking up on doomsday supplies. ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot, has educators and even some students worried about its capacity to promote cheating on assignments.

Education 121
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Looking Ahead in 2023

The Scholarly Teacher

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What is The Future of RAs? – Is The RA Role a Square Peg in a Round Hole?

Roompact

This blog series features different writers responding to the prompt, “What is the future of the RA role?” ” Guest Post by Justin Mason, Professional, Georgetown University Do you remember waiting in the doctor’s office as a kid?

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Addressing College Enrollment Through Academic Preparation

Higher Education Today

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Five Themes for Educators in 2023

Will Richardson

(1/4 Newsletter Repost). First, Happy New Year! May 2023 bring us all good health, deeper relationships, and as much joy as we can handle! With those aspirations in mind, we want to tee up some of the themes that will be most on our minds here at BQI over the coming year.

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HBCUs Utilizing the Common App See an Increase in Applications

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s still early in application season, but North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has already seen a 57% boost in its application numbers from last year. Compared to then, we were at 9,629 applications last year on January 24,” said Michael Bailey, director of undergraduate admissions at NCCU.

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These are the 25 best cities for newly graduated STEM professionals

University Business

As attention toward the field grows, so too does the demand. The need for STEM professionals, while it’s always been high, has only grown more prominent since the pandemic. According to data from the U.S.

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The 2023 Kresge Eminent Artist Is…

College for Creative Study

Poet and Scholar Melba Joyce Boyd Receives $50,000 Prize Prolific poet, scholar, filmmaker, and editor Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd has been chosen as the 2023 Kresge Eminent Artist. The annual award celebrates the lifetime achievements and contributions of one metro Detroit artist.

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2023 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance

UMSL Diversity

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is proud to host the annual observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday at the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). Since the university’s inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Supporting Incarcerated Students With Second Chance Pell

Higher Education Today

Title: Pell for Incarcerated Students Working Group Report Source: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) The signing of the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act canceled the ban on access to Pell Grants for formerly or currently incarcerated adults.

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Leverage the Everyday Impact of Athletics

Campus Sonar

Brand fragmentation is a consistent theme we see in our industry and client research. There are lots of reasons for this, but mainly the folx charged with “managing the brand” are thinking about “the flagship.”

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Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over half of undergraduate students in the U.S. are the first in their family to attend an institution of higher learning.

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Female students lag behind males in college readiness, concludes a national survey

University Business

Female high school graduates are less prepared—and feel less informed—to confidently enter college or choose a career path, concludes the latest report from YouScience, the leading college and career readiness company.

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‘Hostile takeover’: the tiny Florida university targeted by Ron DeSantis

The Guardian Higher Education

Governor’s latest shot in his war on woke is the shock appointment of rightwing trustees to progressive New College New College of Florida started making history from the day it opened its doors to its first incoming class of 101 undergraduate students in 1964.

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Bill: North Dakota presidents could fire tenured faculty

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: North Dakota’s House majority leader has introduced legislation that would let presidents of at least two colleges, Dickinson State University and Bismarck State College, fire tenured faculty members based on those presidents’ own, unappealable reviews.

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Capacity Building for Shared Equity Leadership

Higher Education Today

By Jordan Harper, Natsumi Ueda, and Elizabeth Holcombe Join us for a webinar Jan. 31 to discuss our upcoming report on capacity building for Shared Equity Leadership. Register here.

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What Text(s) Means Now

The Scholarly Teacher

Jason DeHart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Key Statement: “Text” in today’s classrooms can be a dynamic, multimodal, multimedia way to engage students with course content. Keywords: Literacy, Multimodality, Instructor Education. Introduction.

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Higher Ed Prepares to Celebrate the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kelisha B. Graves remembers being a young student in public school, looking forward to the third Monday of every January as a day off. Every King holiday is a day out of school, without intentional reflection,” said Graves. “At

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Here is where all 50 state university systems rank on ROI—and why

University Business

When it comes to accelerating ROI for students on price and outcomes, an abundance of career-oriented majors and thriving technical colleges are essentials for campus leaders.

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Number of EU students enrolling in UK universities halves post-Brexit

The Guardian Higher Education

Data shows sharp decline in students from Italy, Germany and France with Brexit seen as primary deterrent The number of EU students enrolling in British universities has more than halved since Brexit – with sharp declines in scholars from Italy, Germany and France, figures reveal.

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Academics work to detect ChatGPT and other AI writing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When humans write, they leave subtle signatures that hint at the prose’s fleshy, brainy origins. Their word and phrase choices are more varied than those selected by machines that write.

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CCS Alumna and GM Global Director of Color, Material & Finish Talks About Role in Cadillac Lyriq Design

College for Creative Study

The post CCS Alumna and GM Global Director of Color, Material & Finish Talks About Role in Cadillac Lyriq Design appeared first on College for Creative Studies. Transportation Design Automotive Design Cadillac Cadillac Lyriq Cars CCS Detroit EV General Motors Jennifer Widrick Transportation

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Comments on a Proposed Federal List of Low-Value Programs

Robert Kelchen

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that they will be creating a list of low-value postsecondary programs , and they requested input from the public on how to do so. They asked seven key questions, and I put together 3,000-plus words in comments as a response to submit. Here, I list the questions and briefly summarize my key points.

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Howard Earns $90 Million DoD Contract, a First for an HBCU

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

About 30% of African American STEM professionals begin their higher education at a Historically Black College or University, according to the United Negro College Fund, but only around 1% of the Defense Department’s research funding is directed towards HBCUs and other minority serving institutions.

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A futurist’s perspective on generative AI in the classroom

University Business

It’s no secret teachers are skeptical —fearful, even—about the explosion of generative AI like ChatGPT and its influence over the classroom. But futurist, business guru, and FETC 2023 keynote speaker Daniel Burrus believes these transformative times must be embraced.

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