Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

In 2018, Dr. Audrey Jaeger and Dr. Monique B. Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? Dr. Audrey Jaeger, professor of community college education at North Carolina State University and director of the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research.

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JULY 9, 2024

Animated AI TAs Coming to Morehouse Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 07/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The AI avatars—which can look like students’ professors—are intended to answer course questions 24-7.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

It is evident that the low African American male student graduation rates at a predominantly Black institution in the northeastern United States continue to be a concern for higher education administrators. There are serious inequities among students who graduate from colleges. In the landscape of higher education, African American men face a unique set of challenges that significantly impact their ability to obtain a college degree.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

The College Board’s FAFSA Takeover Liam Knox Tue, 07/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The embattled Federal Student Aid office enlisted executives from the nonprofit to help launch next year’s aid form. Is it a necessary shake-up or an ethical blunder?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

Charlotte Pera Charlotte Pera has been named executive director of the sustainability accelerator at the Stanford University Doerr School of Sustainability. She served as vice president and deputy CEO of Bezos Earth Fund. Pera holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from Stanford.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

Some Community Colleges See Level Funding Despite Lean State Budgets Sara Weissman Tue, 07/09/2024 - 03:00 AM In some states, community college systems have seen wins this budget season even when lawmakers were looking to cut costs.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

There’s been buzz around spatial computing since Apple released its Vision Pro advanced mixed reality headset, but the concept is not new. It refers to the blending of the physical and digital worlds, an umbrella term for virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies, all of which have been used in higher education for many years. The concept of spatial computing simply means “you’re interacting with digital content in an immersive fashion.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

The Delicate Balance of Authentic Leadership Sarah Bray Tue, 07/09/2024 - 03:00 AM The public’s growing awareness of inauthentic messages and actions leaves almost no room for missteps, writes Amy Kristof-Brown.

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ISA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

Studying abroad can be pretty expensive, especially if you don’t have a plan when you arrive. The key to planning your budget is to set aside more for food than you expect and to try to have some funds set aside for activities.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

Northwestern College, a for-profit institution in the southern suburbs of Chicago, abruptly announced and enacted its closure on Saturday, NBC Chicago reported. The decision to close the health care–focused institution comes after 122 years of operation and was based on frail finances, according to a statement from college officials.

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Roompact

JULY 9, 2024

Lately it seems that artificial intelligence (AI) is involved in every other headline I read. On Instagram, artists are fighting back against Meta stealing their data to train its AI, Google recently reduced the presence of its new “AI Overviews” feature after it advised for users to eat glue, and OpenAI recently found itself in.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

Columbia University has permanently removed three administrators who exchanged antisemitic text messages during a May panel discussion about Jewish life on campus, according to announcements from President Minouche Shafik and Provost Angela Olinto.

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The Guardian Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

University president says private text exchange during school event was ‘unacceptable and deeply upsetting’ Three Columbia University deans have been indefinitely removed from their positions after sending text messages that the university president said included antisemitic tropes. In a message sent on Monday, the Columbia president, Minouche Shafik, said that text messages “revealed behavior and sentiments that were not only unprofessional, but also, disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

Johns Hopkins University has received a new gift of $1 billion from Bloomberg Philanthropies, which will allow the majority of the university’s medical students to attend tuition-free, the university announced Monday.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 9, 2024

The Australian Computer society has released "Tech skills for the next generation: Digital Technologies education in Australian schools". The report makes 11 recommendations, in 4 categories. Initial Teacher Education is the area where I suggest there is the most scope. Teachers could be trained using digital technology to effectively use it in their teaching and administration.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

Calling B.S. on the AI Education Future johnw@mcsweeneys.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 9, 2024

Students at SACHA Think Tank ideas launch. Photo credit: Daniel Hooper-Jones and Isaure Echivard, SACHA In this blog post, SACHA group coaches Lesley Kelly, Sophie Rippinger, Valerie McIntosh and Amer Khushman share top tips for group mentoring. This post belongs to June-July Hot Topic series: Students as Change Agents (SACHA). Group work can be a powerful tool for learning, enabling students to engage with a wider variety of ideas and perspectives and providing practice for future team dynami

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has settled with Brown University over the institution’s handling of about 75 antisemitic or Islamophobic incidents reported between October 2023 and March 2024, the office announced Monday. OCR criticized Brown for failing to complete investigations and, in some cases, abandoning complaints when the complainant did not respond to the university’s emails.

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Creatrix Campus

JULY 9, 2024

What is NBA Accreditation? NBA Process Explained admin Wed, 07/10/2024 - 02:04 Indian education system is evolving and the National Board of Accreditation(NBA) is leading the transformation. It is by far the most important criteria to judge the efficacy of diploma, undergraduate and post-graduate programs taught in India. The government recognizes this and even AICTE has made getting NBA accredited for engineering and management programs by 2022 a mandate now checks out the complete NBA Accredit

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University Business

JULY 9, 2024

Classroom engagement is still recalibrating since the pandemic, and it will take a group effort to regain a sense of community across campus, two leaders at Bryant University’s Center for Teaching Excellence propose. In episode three of our podcast, we are joined by Theresa Hasseler, the center’s director and professor in Bryant’s humanities department, and Constanza Bartholomae, associate director of teaching support, to discuss how counseling, innovative technology and promot

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Ed.gov Blog

JULY 9, 2024

I love talking to people about their career journeys. While each person’s story is unique, I often find that there’s a pattern in the way they tell them. They usually start with a childhood dream job that first inspired them, followed by their educational history, eventually leading them to their field of study. Many people Continue Reading The post The Career Journey: Who Do You Want to Be?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 9, 2024

In this episode of The Changing Higher Ed Podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton welcomes back Madeline Pumariega, President of Miami Dade College, to discuss their future facing strategy for integrating artificial intelligence across the institution. Podcast Overview: • Insights into MDC's comprehensive AI strategy, from stackable credentials to interdisciplinary implementation • Strategies for faculty development and addressing skepticism about AI in education • Practical advice on implementing AI for

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CAPD

JULY 9, 2024

Be the first to directly engage with your top candidates! Connect with 4,000+ highly-talented MIT and Harvard candidates (undergraduate, graduate, postdoc, and alumni) at the MIT Fall Career Fair. The fair, which takes place on an academic holiday, is the largest annual recruiting event at MIT and draws from all sectors of study — giving you the opportunity to promote your organization and its values to candidates with diverse skillsets.

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University Business

JULY 9, 2024

Illinois Central College is aiming to shorten the bulk of their course terms in half. Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Chuck Swaim, said 70% of ICC’s students are part time and have at least one job. He said it’s a major reason they have decided to make many of their classes last eight weeks instead of 16 weeks. “They’ve got to intertwine [their] work schedule with their life schedule, with their education,” Swaim said.

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Terminalfour

JULY 9, 2024

AEO is the new SEO! This week, we offer information and strategies on how Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) can enhance your higher education marketing, and how to optimize your content for voice search and AI-driven queries.

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University Business

JULY 9, 2024

Police are investigating whether hazing may have played a role in the death of a Dartmouth student who was found dead in the Connecticut River Sunday night, according to local reports. The body of Won Jang, a 20-year-old at the Ivy League university, was recovered 65 feet offshore Sunday at about 7:30 p.m. local time, the Hanover Police Department said in a news release.

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Higher Education Whisperer

JULY 9, 2024

Greetings from the Woden Town Centre in Canberra, where the timber frame of the new Canberra Institute of Technology is going up.

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Kay Peterson

JULY 9, 2024

An Experiential Approach to Training Faculty in Academic Medicine to Coach: “The Total Experience was Much More than the Sum of its Parts” Coaching in academic medicine may help learners with performance and development by evoking self-awareness and embracing lifelong learning. Studies have evaluated the impact on coachees and program outcomes.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

Following a delayed and botched launch of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, congressional Republicans want to require the Education Department to release the form by Oct. 1.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JULY 9, 2024

The Republican Party’s platform for 2024 calls for the creation of “drastically more affordable” higher education alternatives, accreditation reform, the restoration of “classic Liberal arts education” and a reversal of the Biden administration’s Title IX regulations, among other policies.

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