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Educational Stages, Higher Education

Doubts About Value Are Deterring College Enrollment

March 13, 2024

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Enrollment has been declining in higher education for more than a decade, and the most common explanations in recent years have been lingering effects of the pandemic and a looming demographic cliff expected to shrink the number of traditional-age college […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

How do state appropriations impact graduation rates among underrepresented students?

February 26, 2024

Via: Higher Ed Dive

Past research has linked higher state appropriations with better graduation rates, but it has not established that relationship for students who are underrepresented in higher education, such as Black and Latinx students. The paper — by researchers at the Midwestern […]


News

How do students respond to AI generated questions?

February 26, 2024

Via: Higher Ed Dive

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in higher education has skyrocketed in the last year, but what does research tell us about how students are responding to technology? VitalSource’s team of learning scientists recently conducted the largest empirical evaluation […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

How can leaders boost student success?

February 23, 2024

Via: eCampus News

As higher-ed leaders continue to grapple with enrollment challenges and vastly diverse student groups, understanding students’ needs and expectations is essential in ensuring a positive student experience and academic (and long-term) success. A new report from Anthology, surveying more than […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

How Colleges Can Perfect On-Site Interviews

February 8, 2024

Via: Inside Higher Ed

In the competitive landscape of higher education, the recruitment of top-tier leadership is a major cornerstone of institutional success. As we navigate a new era in which skilled professionals are no longer seeking merely a step up in their careers […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

States need more students to finish higher education to meet job needs

January 29, 2024

Via: eCampus News

Tennessee’s education system must do more to help minority and economically disadvantaged students earn postsecondary degrees in order to meet the state’s workforce needs, a report by an education policy and advocacy organization warned. The State Collaborative on Reforming Education’s […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

University of California won’t allow hiring of undocumented students

January 25, 2024

Via: EdSource

The University of California will not allow the hiring of undocumented students for jobs on its campuses, disappointing students who pushed for the right to be employed without legal status. Allowing those students to work campus jobs would have been […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

Unveiling Today’s Student Motivations

January 19, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

Students have different reasons for enrolling in university and in pushing to complete their degree. A deeper understanding of their motivating factors can help universities adjust communications with future prospective students, as well as inform additional services they can provide […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

Innovating grading systems in higher ed

January 17, 2024

Via: eCampus News

In the intricate world of academia, establishing a fair, accurate, and secure grading system can pose major challenges. Academic institutions, especially law schools, juggle various responsibilities to ensure the equity of grading distributions, maintain the security of student data, and […]


Continuous Development, Educational Forms

Survey: How AI Is Impacting Students’ Career Choices

January 10, 2024

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Some students—like those studying in the University of South Florida’s Muma College of Business Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation Customer Experience and Behavioral AI Lab—are already being exposed to how artificial intelligence can help them in the workforce. The […]


Education Tech

Why we must teach AI literacy in higher education

December 20, 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. […]


News

Higher Education and the First Amendment

December 19, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Fallout from the media frenzy following the congressional hearing with the presidents of elite universities leaves a question unaddressed: Should colleges and universities—whether public or private—have policies that differ from the First Amendment? The answer is yes. Our institutions have […]


Education Tech

3 Ways Tech Consolidation Improves the Digital Experience in Higher Education

December 18, 2023

Via: EdTech Magazine

Higher education institutions are facing what seems to be a universal problem: They need to do more with less. Budgets are being tightened across the country as enrollment struggles to return to pre-pandemic levels and government funds made available during […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

What students want from their instructors

November 20, 2023

Via: eCampus News

At the beginning of most courses, I survey my students to ask them what they need from me to be successful. I went back through their answers recently to look for common themes among my students. Clear expectations The most […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

College officials considering mergers need to have sufficient resources

October 27, 2023

Via: Higher Ed Dive

Mergers and consolidations are important tactics that many colleges should consider in the face of significant declines in enrollment, massive excess capacity and the coming enrollment cliff beginning in 2025, when the college-age population is expected to dramatically drop. Unfortunately, […]


Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies

6 trends that are key to student engagement and success

October 25, 2023

Via: eCampus News

Students, administrators, and faculty want more certificate and apprenticeship programs, express an ongoing need for mental health support, and demonstrate a continued concern over education accessibility, according to the 2023 State of Student Success and Engagement in Higher Education report […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

California passed a flurry of higher education laws. Here’s what they’ll do.

October 24, 2023

Via: Higher Ed Dive

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave his legislative pen a workout this month, signing several higher education bills into law prior to this session’s Oct. 14 deadline. Legislative changes in California can have ripple effects on the higher education world, as […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

New Barriers for Community Colleges

October 20, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

Higher education is still reeling from the Supreme Court decision in June that ended affirmative action. While affirmative action has often been discussed in the context of exclusive universities—like Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—the Supreme […]


Education Tech

Generative AI is already used in most college classrooms

October 6, 2023

Via: eCampus News

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used in the majority of college classrooms–and that number could climb quickly, according to a new report from Wiley. The majority (58 percent) of college instructors who responded to Wiley’s recent survey say […]


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. […]