Confessions of a Community College Dean
APRIL 28, 2024
Richard Cordray Takes the Fall for FAFSA Fiasco Katherine Knott Sun, 04/28/2024 - 10:52 AM The Federal Student Aid chief and debt-relief czar is stepping down after months of criticism over the bungled FAFSA overhaul. But is now the right time for accountability?
Ray Schroeder
APRIL 28, 2024
Higher education experts have a message for college leaders contemplating a merger: Don’t wait. By the time a college is in deep financial distress and facing potential closure, the window for an optimal merger typically has closed long ago. Institutions in trouble often wait until “the absolute last minute and then think, ‘Now it’s a good idea to find a merger partner’ — which nobody will touch,” Ricardo Azziz, founder and director of the Center for Higher Education Mergers and Acquisitions, sa
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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education
APRIL 28, 2024
Robots vacuum our floors and monitor the air quality or room temperature in our homes. On college campuses, the latest iteration of robots enhances and improves physical security, especially in situations that otherwise might endanger human lives, such as detecting or disposing of weapons or bombs, detecting chemical spills and much more. AT&T’s robotic dogs, developed in partnership with Ghost Robotics, offer almost limitless potential in campus safety, says Arthur Hernandez, network project ma
Ray Schroeder
APRIL 28, 2024
A new round of UM OER Grants (up to $10,000) is available to help faculty and instructors create digital, open access course materials. Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-25 academic year. Through the Advance Open Ed 2023-24 project, UM Libraries provided financial and practical assistance for the creation of nine open educational resources (OER) publications.
The Guardian Higher Education
APRIL 28, 2024
Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport This episode was first played on our global news podcast, Today in Focus. As the Israel-Gaza war grinds on amid a worsening humanitarian crisis, the world’s attention has been captured by a battle on the campuses of elite US universities.
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