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Why Higher Ed Data Security Depends on People

Collegis Education Data Management

With more institutions undergoing digital transformation initiatives and more students shifting to remote and online learning, the data perimeter is expanding in higher education – making it a hot target for cyberattacks. These methods trick humans into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information accidentally.

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Why Higher Ed Data Security Depends on People

Collegis Education Data Management

With more institutions undergoing digital transformation initiatives and more students shifting to remote and online learning, the data perimeter is expanding in higher education – making it a hot target for cyberattacks. These methods trick humans into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information accidentally.

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Oh, the humanit(ies)! Why integrating the liberal arts and STEM is a win-win for students, institutions

University Business

But something exciting is happening in the world of higher education. “Students are striving to master the hard skills necessary to compete in the 21st-century workforce to secure gainful employment in their field of study. Meanwhile, the humanities and social sciences are taking a back seat.

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Maslow's Hierarchy in Action: How Student Affairs Can use the Framework for Better Assessment of Wellbeing

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

The model suggests that individuals have a set of needs, starting with physiological needs at the bottom of the pyramid, that must be met before they can move on to higher-level needs like belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization. This can include security personnel, safety training, and campus-wide alert systems.

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Crisis Leadership as a Higher Ed Employer

Higher Ed Connects: Leadership

Institutions of higher education typically play key roles as major employers — sometimes even the single largest employer in some cities. This article will focus on what higher ed institutions should consider as an employer during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically emphasizing the following: Unemployment & Paid Sick Leave.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bronwyn Cross-Denny, Christina Gunther, Sofia Pendley, and Jacqueline Vernarelli — recently secured a $1,495,472 HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) grant titled “Public Health Scholarship Program to Strengthen the Emergency Preparedness Workforce.”

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Why Worry?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It will change higher education forever. Eroding public confidence in higher education. As I read the higher ed press, I try to find the trendline. Is it that higher education is reeling, that past failures are coming home to roost, and the long-anticipated day of reckoning has at last arrived?