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Class Size and Student-to-Faculty Ratios: What the Statistics Don’t Tell You

Great College Advice

Student to Faculty Ratios and Educational Quality When a client asked me the other day about the importance of student to faculty ratios, I got to thinking about other supposed indicators of educational quality. The other oft-cited statistic when visiting an admissions office is “average class size.” As with student-to-faculty ratios, the size of the classes at a college is assumed to reflect the quality and the intimacy of the educational experience.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies Are Linked to Depression in Black and Latinx Youth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new study finds that anti-LGBTQ+ policies are linked to depression in Black and Latinx youth in the United States. The study analyzed discriminatory policies, such as “Don’t Say Gay” laws and other indicators that may affect this group and found that LGBTQ+ Black and Latinx youth are more likely to be depressed than their peers in the most LGBTQ+ affirming states.

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Online Learning Still in High Demand at Community Colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Online Learning Still in High Demand at Community Colleges Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1243725322.

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AI Has Arrived in Higher Education. Now What?

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The possibilities for artificial intelligence may seem endless — and a little intimidating. But there are already ways that higher education institutions can take advantage of the AI revolution. The groundbreaking release of ChatGPT late last year brought generative AI to the forefront and led to countless opinions, surveys and news stories about how disruptive the tool could be for colleges and universities around the world.

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Common App Essay Prompt 1: Background, Identity, Interest, or Talent

Great College Advice

Write The Common App Essay Prompt 1 – Background, Identity, Interest, or Talent Common App Essay Prompt 1 reads like this: , “Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.” Essay Questions on the Common App How will you decide whether this is the right prompt for you to address on your Common Application essay?

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Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Will Shrink an Already Narrow Pipeline to the Legal Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, SFFA v. Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina , will stretch far beyond the freshman lecture hall. While the 6-3 decision will certainly have a negative impact on undergraduate campuses, the Supreme Court decision to strike down race-conscious admissions practices in most colleges and universities will be felt in all aspects of industry and civil leadership.

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Stanford Graduate Student Workers Vote to Unionize

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Stanford University graduate student workers who teach and research have unionized, the new Stanford Graduate Workers Union announced Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that, “Of approximately 3,410 eligible voters, 1,639 voted for the union and 38 voted against. Parties have five business days to file objections to the election.

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UK universities draw up guiding principles on generative AI

The Guardian Higher Education

All 24 Russell Group universities have reviewed their academic conduct policies and guidance UK universities have drawn up a set of guiding principles to ensure that students and staff are AI literate, as the sector struggles to adapt teaching and assessment methods to deal with the growing use of generative artificial intelligence. Vice-chancellors at the 24 Russell Group research-intensive universities have signed up to the code.

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Ocean County College Issued Notice that Accreditation May be at Risk

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ocean County College’s (OCC) accreditation may be at risk, NJ.com reported. The New Jersey public community college was warned last week in a notice from its regional accrediting agency, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. According to the notice, there is insufficient evidence that the school is in compliance with Standard VII, the agency’s standard on governance, leadership, and administration.

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When Free Speech Collides with Academic Freedom

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Goings on at U of Chicago, and happy retirement to Scott Jaschik. Before I get to the blog post I planned for today, I want to briefly acknowledge the impending retirement of Inside Higher Ed co-founder Scott Jaschik, who announced that he’ll be leaving the site at the end of this month to volunteer and travel.

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5 Things Universities Should Know About Continuous Authentication

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Continuous authentication is a tweak to traditional authentication methods, turning log-in-at-the-start authentication into more active monitoring. The usual goal is to reduce the security risk from stolen or borrowed credentials or malware-infected workstations. Here are five things to know about this authentication method. 1. What Is Continuous Authentication?

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Time to Step Away from Twitter

Robert Kelchen

I joined Twitter back in February 2013, when I was in the final stages of completing my PhD at Wisconsin and looking for an academic job. Since then, I can’t emphasize enough how valuable Twitter has been to me professionally. I have made connections with wonderful people, started research collaborations, and disseminated my work to policymakers and journalists.

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Jay Gonzalez Appointed First Hispanic President of Curry College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jay Gonzalez will become president of Curry College, effective Jul. 31, Milton Times reported. He will be the first Hispanic leader of the school. Jay Gonzalez Gonzalez is currently a partner at law firm Hinckley Allen. He previously has served as president and CEO of CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts and New Hampshire Healthy Families; secretary of administration and finance for Massachusetts Gov.

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Racial Comment Inflames Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A white woman reportedly said she wished she was Black because it would give her an easier career. The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is an acclaimed meeting for female historians. It was founded in 1973, and its meetings attract a who’s who of women in the field of history. This year, a racially inflammatory comment by a senior faculty member in women’s history during an opening plenary session on Friday inflamed the meeting.

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We Ask ChatGPT: Write A Poem For Residence Hall Staff Wishing Them Good Luck In The Upcoming Academic Year

Roompact

What does the future of AI-based technology hold? We’re doing a little experiment, specifically with the AI chat-bot, ChatGPT. This post is part of a series where we ask ChatGPT interesting, unusual, or just plain fun questions related to residence life and college student housing. All answers were generated by the AI. At the end.

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These 15 colleges offer the most financial aid for international undergrad students

University Business

International student enrollment has largely recouped to pre-pandemic numbers , including at the graduate level , with students from India, China, Sub-Saharan Africa and Iran helping drive the way. Colleges and universities are discovering new technologies to capitalize on the significant influx of foreign-born students, but there might be no better tool than cold hard cash.

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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff to Launch Scholarship Program as Part of Federal Agriculture Career Initiative

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will be part of a federal initiative to recruit and retain underrepresented minority students in food and agriculture careers. Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett As part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN),” UAPB’s Dr.

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State Voter ID Laws in Flux, Student IDs in Question

Confessions of a Community College Dean

State Voter ID Laws in Flux, Student IDs in Question Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-1204950361.

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ResEdChat Ep 37: Understanding the Experiences of Indigenous Students On Campus

Roompact

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, Host Crystal lay speaks with Nate Armenta from Northern Arizona University about ways that college and university staff can support Native and Indigenous students and staff. Nate speaks on language, culture, land acknowledgments, and the importance of access to education for Native and Indigenous students.

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IEEE AI Ethics and Governance Workshop in Canberra Hosted by the Australian Computer Society

Higher Education Whisperer

Ruth Lewis, workshop facilitatorGreeting from the Australian Computer Society Canberra office, where I am taking part in an IEEE AI Ethics and Governance Workshop. Over the next few days we will be looking at ethics and technological development. Obviously AI is going feature prominently in this.

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Panel Explores Potential Impacts Caused By The End of Affirmative Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Black scholars and policy leaders gathered on Thursday to discuss the impact that the end of affirmative action may bring to Black colleges and Black students at large. The virtual panel, convened by the Center for Policy Analysis and Research, explored the growing concerns surrounding the end of race-conscious admissions in colleges and universities and what these policy changes will mean for campuses nationwide.

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Intervening Into Burnout

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Beth Godbee presents a number of tangible ways that academics can build a sense of what’s possible, structurally as well as individually. It’s rare that a day goes by in which burnout among academics doesn’t come up in personal conversations or news reports in some way. Regularly, I recognize feelings of burnout within myself, even as a white cis woman who left a faculty position and can set my own schedule.

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What are the Top Universities in Canada and Around the World in 2024?

Study and Go Abroad

QS Top Universities has recently released their 2024 world rankings. Find out where Canada stands and what schools made the top 10. It’s that time of year again! QS Top Universities has released their rankings for 2024’s top universities in the world ! This year, QS has implemented their largest-ever methodology for how they rank schools, with the new metrics of sustainability, employment outcomes, and international research network.

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5 insights for college leaders who want to improve civil discourse on campus

University Business

Candidates are lining up for the 2024 presidential election, and as sparks begin to fly on the campaign trail, they’re bound to drive a new round of heated exchanges on our campuses, on our social media feeds and in our families. How can higher education leaders support their students and encourage civil discourse during this contentious election season?

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is considerable research generated about African Americans in higher education, specifically faculty. In fact, most studies concerning African Americans have focused on the retention of students or faculty (Wolfe & Dilworth, 2015). Yet there is little research on the underrepresentation of African American community college trustees. While much of the existing research suggests that increasing the number of faculty and administrators of color clearly has a positive effect on educationa

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More Academics Take Flight From Twitter as Restrictions, Alternatives Grow

Confessions of a Community College Dean

More Academics Take Flight From Twitter as Restrictions, Alternatives Grow Featured Image at Top of Article GettyImages-166079897.

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Reimagining Higher Education: A New Campus in Colorado, Open to Everyone

Higher Education Today

By Tony Frank, Chancellor, Colorado State University System The fact that Colorado is among the top states in the country in the percentage of adults who have completed at least a bachelor’s degree is a great bragging point for educators and boosters of our communities. But it’s also misleading. The truth is that our state. Read more » The post Reimagining Higher Education: A New Campus in Colorado, Open to Everyone appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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Biden moves to Plan B after Supreme Court blocks student debt relief

University Business

With 40 million Americans and $400 billion on the line, the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s proposal to relieve ten- to twenty-thousand dollars worth of student debt per loan holder. However, his administration has quickly supplied several new measures to assist Americans bogged by excessive student loans. “President Biden will not let Republican elected officials succeed in denying hardworking Americans the relief they need,” read a U.S.

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Association Blends Science and Culture for Hispanics, Native Americans

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The cautionary advice dispatched by his mentors when Dr. José Vargas-Muñiz was a college student dented his confidence and, on several occasions, tripped him up. Don’t let your hands fly the way so many Puerto Ricans like you do when they’re excited about something. In a professional setting, tell no one that you’re queer. Try to lose your island-inflected speech, they’d suggested.

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Affirmative Action and the Myth of Merit

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A more inclusive definition of merit provides an opportunity for higher ed to reinvent itself after the Supreme Court’s damaging decision, Demetria D. Frank, Darrell D. Jackson and Jamila Jefferson-Jones write. Although the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard came as no surprise, its mandate to exclude the consideration of race in college admissions feels like a gut punch, especially to those of us who have been longtime advocates for educational equity.

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Finding Community | Mental Health for LGBTQI+ Students in Rural America

Ed.gov Blog

Now that we’re in July, we’ve gone through Mental Health Awareness Month (May) and Pride Month (June). In these two months, we’ve seen so many examples of efforts around the country to support LGBTQI+ youth and provide these students with more access to high-quality mental health support. However, we don’t hear a lot about rural Continue Reading The post Finding Community | Mental Health for LGBTQI+ Students in Rural America appeared first on ED.gov Blog.

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Learning to be Entrepreneurial in Cambridge

Higher Education Whisperer

King's College Chapel at Dusk, by Tom Worthington 1996Inger Mewburn, the Thesis Whisperer & ANU Director of Researcher Development, will be speaking on Learning to be Entrepreneurial, Monday 10 July at King's College, University of Cambridge. Professor Mewburn has been researching the the UK job market, looking at who needs research graduates.

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New College of Florida Presidential Search Committee Approved $487,000-$868,000 Presidential Pay Range

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A New College of Florida presidential search committee has approved a proposed $487,000-$868,000 pay range for its next president, WUSF reported. The move will now go to The New College Board of Trustees for approval. The school’s interim president, Richard Corcoran, a former Florida House speaker and state education commissioner, is being paid a base salary of $699,000.

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Using Montessori Tactics in College Classes

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Jaime Warburton details six key tenets that can provide many educational benefits. I have a chronic autoimmune illness, an invisible disability, and my institution took its responsibility to the Americans With Disabilities Act seriously, so my COVID-related online teaching time was longer than that of most of my colleagues—I taught online from spring 2020 to spring 2022.

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Six Essential Components of PBL Design that Effectively Deepen Learning

Experiential Learning Depot

Project-based learning is powerful and potentially life-changing for learners, offering them the chance to experience deep and meaningful learning experiences while also building essential skills. This impact is even more powerful when the PBL experiences are designed and led by the students themselves. That is student-directed project-based learning.

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Red wall Tory MPs put pressure on Sunak over net migration

The Guardian Higher Education

Group issues 12-point plan calling for stricter immigration rules for care workers, students and refugees Rishi Sunak is facing demands from “red wall” Conservative MPs to slash the number of overseas care workers, foreign students and refugees allowed into the UK in time for the next election. The MPs from the 2017 and 2019 intake, who call themselves the New Conservatives, have issued a 12-point plan to cut net migration to Britain from 606,000 to 240,000 before the end of 2024.

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Seeking Equity in Healthcare Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sabrina Ali Jamal-Eddine Institution: University of Illinois Chicago, College of Nursing Graduate Program: Ph.D. in Nursing with a Certificate in Disability Ethics Education: B.S. in Nursing, The Ohio State University; Intensive Summer Arabic Program, American University of Beirut Mentor: Dr. Sarah Abboud, UIC College of Nursing; Dr. Em Rabelais, Independent Scholar; Dr.