Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 26, 2023
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What’s New with Microcredentials in Higher Education?
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 12, 2023
Undergraduate enrollment in higher education dipped for the third straight year in 2022, plunging the number of students at colleges and universities down 7 percent from 2019. Those numbers now show some signs of stabilizing: A preliminary report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted a decline of just 0.6 percent in fall 2022.
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The intricate, evolving and dizzying landscape of strategic college alliances
University Business
APRIL 27, 2023
Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships—oh my! In today’s higher education landscape, a plethora of schools face razor-thin revenue margins and are exploring innovative ways to serve their students through strategic alliances. The playbook for any given institution’s alliances can vary wildly. For example, Lewis University and St. Augustine College announced this week their plans to merge.
New Report Offers Insight into HBCU ‘Secret Sauce’
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 24, 2023
America has woken up to the unique benefits of HBCUs for Black students. Enrollment is up , and, after a century of underfunding , some money has been coming in, from sources both public and private. Suddenly, HBCUs have cultural cachet, thanks to celebrities like Beyoncé, who honored the schools in her 2019 concert documentary Homecoming , and Deion Sanders, who brought Jackson State University’s football team to national prominence before departing last December.
Feedback or Feedforward? It’s All About the Timing
The Scholarly Teacher
APRIL 19, 2023
Jennifer Lemke , University of Nebraska at Omaha Chris Wilcoxen , University of Nebraska at Omaha Jeni Langfeld , University of Nebraska at Omaha Key Statement: This article explores feedback structures that contribute to students' understanding and performance. Keywords: Feedback, Timing, Peer Feedback Background As educators, an expectation is to provide feedback to students.
Rutgers University Workers Waging Historic Strike For Economic Justice (Hank Kalet)
Higher Education Inquirer
APRIL 12, 2023
[Editors note: The Higher Education Inquirer thanks Hank Kalet for allowing us to reprint his substack Channel Surfing as a record of the Rutgers strike. News sources state this is the first labor strike at the school in its entire 256-year history. Hank is a lecturer at the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information. We encourage you to subscribe to his substack.
Historic faculty pay increase still beaten by inflation
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 7, 2023
Image: While this academic year saw the largest one-year increase in full-time faculty members’ average salaries in over three decades, that still wasn’t enough to stop their real wages from falling due to inflation, the American Association of University Professors noted this Thursday alongside its latest salary survey data. They are preliminary data for the 2022–23 academic year; AAUP plans to release the final data in July.
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Proctor Academy
APRIL 26, 2023
Proctor Academy’s softball team is off to a strong start in a highly competitive Lakes Region League. With dominating early season wins over Gould Academy, Kents Hill School, and New Hampton School, the Hornets have lost three straight contests to St. Paul’s School, Tilton School, and Kimball Union Academy.
Law Significantly Cuts Prison Time for Higher Ed Credentials
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 19, 2023
Research has repeatedly found that higher education programs in prisons reduce recidivism. And the higher a degree an incarcerated person earns, the less likely they are to re-offend, down to a 0% recidivism rate for those who have earned a master’s, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Now, Colorado, which has the fourth-highest recidivism rate in the United States , has taken one of the boldest steps of any state to incentivize people in prison to get a credential.
Engaging Students in Faculty Research
The Scholarly Teacher
APRIL 12, 2023
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ChatGPTeaching or ChatGPCheating? Arguments from a semester with large language models in class (Part 1)
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 18, 2023
In part one of a two-post series, Vassilis Galanos discusses attempts at using ChatGPT in the classroom and for essay writing and reflects on the software’s limitations but also why it can be seen as an indicator of broader social challenges in education and beyond.
Turnitin's solution to AI cheating raises faculty concerns
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 3, 2023
Image: When Turnitin was launched in 1998, the early ed-tech start-up promised a solution to one of the most pressing threats to academic integrity in the nascent internet era: easy plagiarism from online sources. Twenty-five years later, the question on every classroom instructor’s lips has shifted from “how do I know if my student is copying someone else’s work?
Higher Ed Reimagined: Student-Run SOC Protects University Assets
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 13, 2023
When the COVID-19 pandemic reached the U.S., universities across the country sent students, faculty and staff home — along with their devices and other university assets. The University of Cincinnati was no exception, and as this environment became more complex to manage, IT staff decided to tap its student body for help. Standing up a student-run security operations center allows the university to reap the benefits of an enthusiastic workforce and gives these student workers valuable experience
Mental Health and Stop, Drop, and Enrollment Changes in Higher Education
Higher Education Today
APRIL 21, 2023
Title: Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education Source: Lumina Foundation-Gallup Lumina Foundation and Gallup have released a new report that provides insight into the mental health environment in higher education today. The report draws on data collected in the fall of 2022 for the Lumina Foundation-Gallup State of Higher.
Buried Alive: The (Un) told Stories of Black Women in Academia
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 22, 2023
“If you're silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”― Zora Neale Hurston In 2020, large-scale protests were being organized across the country in response to the unjust murders of Breonna Taylor. Breonna Taylor’s story was yet another story of Black women and girls who succumbed to excessive force, unjust treatment, and ultimately, death at the hands of the police: Sandra Bland, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Tanisha Anderson, Atatiana Jefferson, and countless others.
Presidential worries: What’s keeping these Northeastern presidents up at night?
University Business
APRIL 24, 2023
Most college or university presidents to have recently taken the helm might have had a grasp of their job expectations before the turn of the decade—or even when the pandemic went into full swing. However, none could have expected the speed at which it would force these leaders to adapt, or in some cases, reinvent themselves. No cohort of presidents might be more familiar with this than those leading small private colleges or universities in the Northeast.
Learning to become a medical interpreter
CAPD
APRIL 7, 2023
You’re in the hospital with a serious condition. The doctor is asking you questions. The nurse is explaining your discharge instructions. The problem? You don’t understand or speak English. Or at least not well enough to grasp the complex information being discussed. And not only is there a linguistic gap between you and your medical team, but there is also a cultural barrier that’s preventing you from getting the quality of care you need and deserve.
Librarians' "new normal" includes pain points
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 6, 2023
Image: DENVER—As snow fell from gray skies on Tuesday, higher education professionals, publishers, librarians, information technologists, government researchers and others met this week for the Coalition for Networked Information spring membership meeting. There, attendees gathered to discuss the use of information technology to advance scholarship and education.
How to Prepare for Wi-Fi 6 on Your Campus
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 14, 2023
Deploying Wi-Fi 6 across a university campus can be a complex and time-consuming process that requires careful planning and preparation. However, the benefits of faster data transfer, improved network efficiency and better performance make it a worthwhile investment. When successfully implemented, Wi-Fi 6 provides students, faculty and staff with fast and reliable wireless connectivity.
Roompact Welcomes its 2023 ACUHO-I Intern: Kassidy Giles
Roompact
APRIL 5, 2023
We’d like to introduce you to our ACUHO-I intern for 2023, Kassidy Giles! Kassidy is helping us out with the development of a professional development curriculum for student staff. She brings a wealth of experience and talent to the team. We’re excited to have her. Kassidy Giles Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Hometown: San Diego, CA Alma Mater: Favorite.
Study: American College Presidency is Still Largely White and Male
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 14, 2023
Although women and people of color have made small amounts of progress over the past half-decade, the college presidency is still mostly white and mostly male That’s the main takeaway from the American Council on Education (ACE)’s The American College President: 2023 Edition , released Friday. ACE’s study, performed approximately every five years since 1986, surveyed over 1,000 college presidents and chancellors about their experiences and backgrounds during 2022.
Bob Jones University is imploding. What happened?
University Business
APRIL 12, 2023
Last week, Bob Jones University’s president announced the resignation of the board’s chair—one week after announcing his own plans to resign. The last two weeks have seen the South Carolina university’s leadership flip on its head. An incendiary closed-door meeting and a fiery letter from the president—which was later leaked—calling out BJU’s “dysfunctional leadership” dragged the private evangelical university’s community into the fray and has culminate
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APRIL 5, 2023
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Report: Community college baccalaureate can drive racial equity
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 6, 2023
Image: Community college baccalaureate programs in California can help more Black and Latino students earn bachelor’s degrees in a state that badly needs a more educated workforce, according to a new report. The Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, a research effort examining civil rights and equal opportunity issues affecting racial and ethnic groups, today released the report calling for a “strategic” expansion of baccalaureate programs at commun
Students Speak: The Power of Noise-Canceling Headphones and Smart Whiteboards
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 21, 2023
Students are the lifeblood of higher education. All of the energy that faculty, staff and administrators devote to their universities is directed toward improving the student experience, student outcomes and lifelong student success. Without students, there would be no universities, no IT departments and no technology decisions to be made. Engaged student bodies bring campuses to life and invigorate classroom discussion, whether that’s done in a lecture hall or through a computer screen.
Using SNAP Benefits to Reduce Student Food Insecurity and Improve College Completion
Higher Education Today
APRIL 3, 2023
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SUNY Old Westbury to Become a University
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 18, 2023
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“A win-win” merger: Trocaire College acquires Medaille University
University Business
APRIL 5, 2023
Medaille University will finalize its merger with Trocaire College on July 31 if approved by the State Department of Education and other related agencies. Medaille Interim President Lori Quigley announced the move Tuesday in her State of the University address. She explained that Medaille, based in Buffalo, was driven to take the action by COVID-19, low birth rates and subsequent poor enrollment numbers in the area’s private institutions.
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APRIL 25, 2023
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 4, 2023
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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 5, 2023
A traditional three-tiered data center architecture with separate infrastructure for networking, processing and storage remains very much the norm. But for organizations looking to modernize their legacy data centers, a transition to a software-defined data center can unlock a number of important benefits. Here are five things to know about SDDCs. 1.
Four Strategies for Career Services to Engage Gen Z
Symplicity
APRIL 20, 2023
Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, are now entering the workforce and making their mark on the world. As the first digitally native generation, Gen Z students have grown up with technology at their fingertips and expect a certain level of technological savvy and personalization from the organizations they interact with. This presents a unique challenge for career services, who must find ways to engage with Gen Z students and provide the support they need to succeed in their careers.
Princeton African American Studies Chair Dr. Eddie Glaude to Step Down
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 13, 2023
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. chair of the Department of African American Studies (AAS) at Princeton University, will be stepping down from the role, The Daily Princetonian reported. Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. “It’s just time,” Glaude said. “It’s time for a new leader, younger energy.” With this move, he said he would be staying at Princeton and returning to full-time research and other responsibilities, such as “trying to help the nation imagine itself differently when it comes to race matters.
Higher ed-employer partnerships can help revive interest in the college degree, say officials
University Business
APRIL 4, 2023
The fallout of the pandemic and recent economic shakeups has recently reminded graduating high schoolers that the pathway to a high-wage job doesn’t necessarily require a college degree. However, these experts believe higher education is at an inflection point to evolve past its focus on academia and prioritize equipping its students with career skills and that the best way to get there is by partnering with relevant businesses and employers.
Framework Leadership: An Innovative Approach to Higher Ed Growth: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 151 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Kent Ingle
The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 18, 2023
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Lafayette dept. heads, program chairs raise governance concerns
Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 3, 2023
Image: Twenty-three Lafayette College department heads and program chairs say there are serious issues with governance at the college, according to “points of concern” four of them shared with the president and provost. It’s unclear who supported the letter beyond those four, but 23 would represent over two-thirds of the college’s department heads and program chairs.
4 Benefits of Outsourcing Your University’s Cybersecurity
EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 6, 2023
Higher education remains a prime target for cybercriminals, and attacks are on the rise. One report by Checkpoint Research found that cyberattacks against the education and research sectors jumped by 44 percent in the first half of 2022 compared with all of 2021. Verizon also noted in its most recent Data Breach Investigation Report that educational institutions experienced a dramatic increase in ransomware attacks in recent years.
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