EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The concept of artificial intelligence is hardly new, but the full range of opportunities that exist are just being discovered. In the higher education world, colleges and universities are starting to dabble with AI projects, such as chatbots or aids for incoming students. The age of AI is burgeoning, ushering advancements in many fields, so it’s important that any institutions interested in incorporating this technology consider the rules and regulations around it.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Santiago and Sarita E. Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The financial aid timeline for high school seniors is critical if you want to maximize the amount of financial aid for which you are eligible. Financial aid is one of the most important parts of the college process, but it can be one of the most confusing as well. To make it simpler, we’ve packed everything you need to know into this timeline so you don’t miss any of these important steps.

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The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Alyssa G. Cavazos , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Ryan McBride , The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Key Statement: Student-faculty partnerships can foster asset-based approaches in teaching and learning that challenge implicit linguistic bias and enhance students’ linguistically diverse resources. Keywords: Student partnerships, Asset-Based Mindset, Language Resources Introduction In educational contexts, English is often privileged as the language of communication and instruc

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs Ryan Quinn Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology.

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Fees could rise from £9,250 to about £9,500 and the move is expected to come into force from September 2025 Starmer went on to say the government was “going to treat people smugglers like terrorists”. And he explained what that meant. So we’re taking our approach to counter terrorism, which we know works, and apply it to the gangs with our new Border Security Command.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Self-sovereign identity is a new idea in the world of identity and access management, focusing on giving users more control over their digital identity. The promise of SSI is that it will shift the ownership of digital identity back into the hands of individual users and give them more control over how parts of their identity will be disclosed or shared with others.

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Great College Advice

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

One of the most-asked questions we receive from families is some version of this: “What do colleges look for these days in a student?” Although anecdotes can help, sometimes the data can tell the story for you. Grades and Course Rigor Matter the Most in College Admissions The most recent National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) State of College Admission Report updated its four-year college members’ survey of the Factors in the Admission Decision.

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PUC

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

No matter the occasion or holiday, giving our thanks and gratitude to God should be a daily act. We’ve compiled Bible verses to read and bring positivity into your life this season.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Bold Christian and Catholic Colleges Make Gains Sara Weissman Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Stricter Catholic and Christian colleges seem to be experiencing enrollment increases as religious families become more wary of secular institutions.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Northeast Ohio is encouraging stopped-adult learners to re-enroll by promising to erase up to $5,000 in unpaid balances as they progress toward earning their degree. Two years into the experiment, tuition generated by the 500 students who’ve returned approaches $1.6 million— 25 times greater than their canceled debt , according to Ithaka S+R, a research nonprofit focused on higher ed accessibility.

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world Doctors are hailing a new way to treat serious asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease attacks that marks the first breakthrough for 50 years and could be a “gamechanger” for patients. A trial found offering patients an injection was more effective than the current care of steroid tablets, and cuts the need for further treatment by 30%.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Dr. Helene Gayle, who was named Spelman College’s 11th college president in 2022, has announced that she will not return to the presidency after her personal leave expires. Gayle, a trained epidemiologist who previously served as CEO of the Chicago Community Trust before taking the helm of the all-Black women’s college in Atlanta, Gayle took a personal leave of absence from the school last month.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Cybersecurity is always top of mind for higher education IT administrators, and for good reason. More than 60% of higher education institutions got hit by ransomware attacks in the past year, according to Sophos. At the same time, schools are shorthanded. In education, 38% of IT leaders said their organizations lack sufficient understanding of staffing needs around cybersecurity, according to the “2024 CDW Cybersecurity Research Report.

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Higher Education Whisperer

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Next on the EduTech Asia 2024 tour of Singapore higher education is Ngee Ann Polytechnic. We are in the Optometry Centre. This is a fully functional centre open to the public and staffed by students.This is conceptually similar to the Hive in the computer science building at ANU. It is set up as a computer consulting company's office for students to work on projects for real clients.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Religious Colleges That Lean Into Their Identity Make Gains Sara Weissman Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:00 AM Stricter Catholic and Christian colleges seem to be experiencing enrollment increases as religious families become more wary of secular institutions.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

As the pace of change accelerates in education and the workforce, staying ahead requires insight into what’s shaping these worlds. In business education, we’re seeing shifts driven by artificial intelligence, evolving learner needs, and a demand for greater flexibility and accessibility. These trends aren’t just reshaping how we learn—they’re redefining how we lead, grow, and thrive in today’s workplaces and economy.

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms Oxford University has been accused of relying on academics on “Deliveroo-style” and precarious fixed-term contracts to give the majority of its tutorials, after new research revealed just a third of lessons are taught by full-time professors. Data obtained through freedom of information requests by the University and College Union and shared exclusively with the Observer , reveals that about 61% of core tutori

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Tuesday’s presidential election is the most critical in our lifetime—with the potential to change the trajectory of the country. And the stakes couldn’t be higher for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), which for generations have punched above their weight. They serve more economically disenfranchised students than most U.S. institutions, and they do so successfully, facilitating the upward mobility of the majority of their students.

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Knowledge Avatars College

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Announcing Brainwaves: The Knowledge Avatar Experience Podcast Emiliano De La… Thu, 11/28/2024 - 10:06 Brainwaves: The Knowledge Avatar Experience is a vibrant podcast that dives into the dynamic world of Knowledge Avatars, unraveling how these virtual personas are revolutionizing how we learn and interact with information. In each episode Emiliano De Laurentiis, our host, explores cutting-edge developments, shares insightful conversations with experts, and offers practical tips to harness these

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Higher Education Whisperer

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Greetings from the new 4th floor at Canberra Innovation Network where Dr Craig Benson, CIO of Skycraft. His company provides communication for commercial aircraft globally, using Australian made satellites. Craig described how this space company doesn't do expensive "rocket science".

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The rapid introduction of generative AI has created a wild west of policies at colleges, complicating the use of long-standing editing and writing tools. The University of Notre Dame’s decision this fall to allow professors to ban students from using the 15-year-old editing software Grammarly is raising questions about how to create artificial intelligence policies that uphold academic integrity while also embracing new technology.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Non-degree credentials, such as certificates and other micro-pathways, have become a reliably positive metric for national undergraduate enrollment over the past two years. But did you know that graduate certificates were growing rapidly as well? Estimated enrollment in graduate certificates has grown by 9.5% between 2023 and ’24, according to the “2025 Landscape of Higher Education Report” by Education Dynamics, an enrollment management service.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Esports has come a long way from its beginnings as a misunderstood, niche extracurricular activity bubbling up on college campuses in the early 21st century. Today, it’s not a question of whether a university should support esports on campus but a matter of how and to what extent. At San Diego State University, a grassroots, student-led esports team grew so much that school officials decided to invest in a new Esports Engagement Center inside the school library.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Michigan State University (MSU) will offer in-state tuition to out-of-state Native American students through their Native American Tuition Advantage Program (NATAP), beginning in Fall 2025. Dr. Kevin Leonard, director of the Native American Institute at MSU, was speaking with a Native, out-of-state student whose tribal affiliation was in Michigan when she began to share the struggles that come with paying out-of-state tuition.

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class Young people from working-class backgrounds are being “blocked” from entering the creative industries, which remain “elitist” and inaccessible, according to research. A report from the Sutton Trust found stark overrepresentation in the arts for those from the most affluent backgrounds, which it defines as those from “upper middle-class backgrounds”.

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Higher Education Whisperer

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Greetings from the Third Space Symposium at University of Melbourne. Along with workshops elsewhere on campus, this precedes the ASCILITE 2024 Conference, which starts tomorrow. The symposium was preceded by weeks of Third Space Slowposium. I am still trying to work out what the slowposium is and where it is. But at least I have found the symposium.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A Fight Over the New College of Florida Foundation Josh Moody Thu, 11/21/2024 - 03:00 AM Changes to NCF regulations will allow the board and administration to exert more control over the foundation. Critics worry officials will raid restricted funds.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Issues related to last year’s FAFSA have significantly affected private colleges and universities’ incoming class enrollment, revenue and relationship with the Department of Education, according to a fall survey from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Of the 251 member institutions surveyed, 82% said FAFSA’s turbulent rollout affected other institutional processes, such as housing, registration, billing and more.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Parents of a certain age have had to adapt to their kids doing most of their homework on a Chromebook instead of on paper for years now. When those kids matriculate to college, their reliance on technology only increases as hybrid learning structures, immersive environments and instruction on the tools they’ll use in the workforce — like artificial intelligence — are part of everyday life in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. Dr. Chance W. Lewis The International Conference on Urban Education (ICUE) has become the sought-after space where ideas are shared, and collaborations are formed.

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AIFS Abroad

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Every November, International Education Week (IEW) celebrates the transformative power of global learning and cultural exchange — and 2024 is no exception! It’s a time to recognize the countless ways international education and cultural exchange opportunities can shape lives, strengthen communities, and build connections across borders. As part of this celebration, we’re putting a spotlight on a few of our study abroad and international internship program participants who embraced these opportun

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The Guardian Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Ministers to announce increase in annual fees, which have been capped at £9,250 since 2017 UK politics live – latest updates University tuition fees in England are to go up next autumn for the first time in eight years, the government is to announce. If linked to inflation, it could take fees up by £250 a year to a record £9,500 in October 2025, providing some respite for universities that have been struggling with a deepening financial crisis.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Five selective colleges launched strikingly similar student aid initiatives last week for low- and middle-income students. What’s behind the frenzy to boost financial aid? For students worried about the cost of attending a selective college, last week was a bonanza.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

What makes a college or university best for international students? There are five key conditions that create more supportive environments for students trying to acclimate themselves to life on a U.S. campus, according to rankings posted by Colleges of Distinction, a college search firm. Those conditions cross the college-going spectrum, “from recruitment and arrival to academic success and career development,” the list contends.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Remember the days when clicking on all the squares that contained a bicycle used to be proof enough that you were human online and not a bot? Well, the era of CAPTCHA is coming to an end as AI is learning to bypass what once used to be a reliable security check. As cyberattacks and data breaches continue to rise each year, and as artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous and better at common tasks, it’s growing increasingly difficult to use established security measures to verify personhood onl

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A new report by the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) points out that seventy years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, many Black students across the nation still do not have access to equitable educational opportunities in early childhood, K-12, or higher education compared with other students. The report titled, "Miles To Go: The State of Education for Black Students in America" reveals data and research findings on a wide range of persistent inequities that many Bl

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