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Category: Higher Education


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Higher education must innovate to meet students’ needs

October 5, 2023

Via: eCampus News

Higher education must innovate to keep up with the evolving economy, students’ financial constraints and the need for greater public trust in the sciences, National Academy of Sciences president Marcia McNutt said Tuesday in a speech at Oregon State University. […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

What qualities do college leaders need to lead major institutional restructuring?

September 29, 2023

Via: Higher Ed Dive

News of college closures and budgetary challenges faced by even large institutions speaks to the increasing pressures on U.S. higher education and highlights that its business model needs fixing. These stressors require that many of our colleges and universities make […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

How to Fix Higher Ed

September 21, 2023

Via: eCampus News

While the worst-case scenarios regarding the future of higher education as discussed during the height of COVID-19 have thankfully not come to pass, there are still plenty of issues that need to be addressed. According to Dave Sherwood, CEO of […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Why one community college outsourced its adjunct faculty

September 19, 2023

Via: Higher Ed Dive

Higher education for decades has consistently drifted away from employing full-time faculty in favor of part-time, or adjunct, instructors. But one Michigan community college is shaking up the sector’s employment model in a different way. As of July, Northwestern Michigan […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Gen Z values college, but affordability concerns remain

September 15, 2023

Via: Higher Ed Dive

Higher education’s future hinges on whether Gen Z values college and believes it’s affordable. Colleges have already been grappling with multi-year enrollment declines, and they are now staring down the so-called demographic cliff — an expected dropoff in high school […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

How to support student agency

September 13, 2023

Via: eSchool News

In my more than 20 years of supporting students on their academic journey, I’ve realized there are no “magic” solutions in education. But there are some strategies that have proven to be more effective than others in helping all students […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Higher Education Could Help Heal America

September 12, 2023

Via: Education Next

Americans are fed up with politicians. Understandably so, given the climate: inflation, investigation, recrimination, deterioration, polarization. In 2016, voters rejected a former senator and secretary of state and instead chose Donald Trump, a reality television star/businessman who had never before […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Carleton College Eliminates Legacy Preferences

September 1, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Carleton College eliminated its legacy admissions policy Thursday. In an email to students, faculty and alumni, college president Alison Byerly cited the Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action, saying it reinvigorated debate around legacy admissions and prompted reflection among […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

The First 3-Year Degree Programs Win Approval

September 1, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Three-year bachelor’s degrees are coming to Brigham Young University–Idaho and affiliated Ensign College next year, following approval of the truncated programs by an accrediting body. By eliminating electives, BYU-Idaho will bring five three-year programs online in April: applied business management, […]


Education Tech, Educational Stages, Higher Education

How AI-based learning is changing higher education

August 31, 2023

Via: eCampus News

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our lives has sparked a transformative wave in recent years, with impacts resonating across various sectors. In the realm of higher education, this marriage of AI and learning is ushering in a new […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Community College Agrees to Address Racial Discrimination

August 30, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement with Highland Community College in Kansas on Monday after investigating the college for discrimination against Black students, particularly student athletes. The investigation launched in January 2022 after Black students alleged that […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Another College Mandates Masks

August 28, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Dillard University, a private historically Black university located in New Orleans, will require students and employees to wear masks indoors for the next two weeks as COVID-19 cases rise, NOLA.com reported. The mandate began Friday, two weeks into the university’s […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Higher ed spending problem demands attention no matter court’s opinion

August 7, 2023

Via: eCampus News

With the Supreme Court expected to announce its ruling on the legality of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan tomorrow, debates around who should pay for the country’s crippling level of student debt—amounting to more than $1.7 trillion—continue to flood […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

The synergy between art and technology in higher ed

August 4, 2023

Via: eCampus News

As a university professor for more than 30 years, I’ve often wondered why the general areas of technology and arts have been seen as so separate on campus. My experience is that there is great value in having a strong […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

American Confidence in Higher Ed Hits Historic Low

July 11, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Americans’ confidence in higher education is at an all-time low, according to a Gallup poll released today. The poll was conducted in June and found only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Data Skills Are Just as Important as Soft Skills in Higher Education

June 30, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

The ability to collect, organize, interrogate and make sense of data is an essential job skill in the 21st-century marketplace. A Harvard Business Review analytic services report notes that nearly 90 percent of organizations say success depends on data-driven decisions […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

High Court Decision in College Admissions Case Has K-12 Implications

June 29, 2023

Via: Education Next

In 2007, Chief Justice Roberts famously declared in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle that “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” In Students for Fair Admissions […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Community College Students Expect Better Customer Service

June 27, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Community college administrators say their students want better support when it comes to institutional customer service—and that they’re right for having high expectations, according to a report released Monday. Published by EAB, an education consulting group, the survey results show […]


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Data Governance in Higher Ed is Critical. Here’s How to Achieve and Sustain It.

June 22, 2023

Via: EdTech Magazine

If college applicants and potential teachers have anything in common with current students and tenured professors, it’s this: They’re one more piece of data in an ever-growing mountain of it. There was a time when higher education data was largely […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Teaching AI literacy in higher education

June 19, 2023

Via: eCampus News

As the dean of the college of university libraries and learning sciences, I have observed an intriguing trend: Since the launch of ChatGPT, an increasing number of students are coming to my libraries with citations of articles that don’t exist. […]