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Strategies for Engaging Colleagues Resistant To Adapting Their Approach To Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

Philip Mongan , Radford University Keywords : Mentoring, Teacher Support, Change Key Statement : Teachers may resist adapting their teaching approach for many reasons. Motivational Interviewing provides a valuable framework for peers hoping to nudge their colleagues toward change. Introduction There are times when teachers develop a personal teaching strategy that is not effective, yet they are resistant to change.

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New Report Highlights Hidden Costs and Privacy Risks of Digital Courseware for Higher Education Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students are paying twice for their education: once in tuition and again with their privacy. That’s the findings from a new Privacy Rights Clearinghouse report, funded by a Michelson 20MM grant. The report uncovers “troubling gaps in data privacy for students using digital learning tools in higher education.” Titled “ Paying Twice to Learn? How Higher Education Students May Be Forced to Sacrifice Privacy for Digital Learning Tools ,” the report points out that weak privacy protections an

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Does Applying for Financial Aid Lower Your College Acceptance Odds?

Great College Advice

Many families worry that their student won’t be accepted if they check the box on the college application indicating that they will be applying for financial aid. So, this is the question I hear over and over: “Does applying for financial aid hurt my college admissions chances?” Generally speaking, we tell all our students, regardless of their family financial position, to apply for financial aid as there is very little downside and considerable upside potential.

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Howard Expects to Gain R-1 Status. Other HBCUs Will Follow.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Howard University would be the only historically Black institution to earn the Carnegie Foundation’s coveted classification, but certainly not the last. Next year, Howard University is expected to gain Research-1 status, the coveted Carnegie Foundation classification for doctoral universities with very high research activity. HBCU leaders and experts say Howard’s ascendance would be a win for the entire sector as more historically Black institutions strive to make it into the upper echelons of r

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The Power of Personal Storytelling in Higher Education Leadership

Higher Education Today

When I became president of the University of La Verne in 2011, I often shared the story of why I was drawn to this role—and why it resonated so deeply with my family’s values. My husband and I were committed to raising our daughters in a community that embraced inclusivity, service, and the transformative power of education. These were not just. The post The Power of Personal Storytelling in Higher Education Leadership appeared first on Higher Education Today.

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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) n otes that 61.1% of learners who began college in fall 2018, which is the most recent cohort tracked, earned a credential within six years. This.5 percentage point increase is the first increase in the six-year completion rate in several years. “The improvements here were mostly driven by students who started at community colleges.

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AI & Education at ASCILITE 2024

Higher Education Whisperer

Greeting from the opening of the ASCILITE 2024 conference at University of Melbourne. In the first presentation, Professor Gregor Kennedy, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at UoM drew parallels between the challenges of AI in education today and online learning decades ago. In one way this is reassuring, as we have managed to incorporate online learning.

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From Spreadsheets to Student Stories: Assessment with Care

Roompact

Assessment in student affairs is often associated with data collection, reports, and metricsa necessary but sometimes uninspiring aspect of the field. While spreadsheets and surveys are critical (and sometimes interesting to nerds) tools, focusing solely on these parts makes us lose sight of why assessment matters.

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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When Dr. Herman J. Felton Jr., and others created the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) nearly a decade ago, they had no idea that they would become the vanguard in leading and supporting a new generation of leadership within historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). “The idea was simply to create a space for individuals who were sincerely interested in committing their vocation and uplift to HBCUs.

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Higher Ed’s Staffing Concerns Eased by Technology

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Higher education’s technology landscape is changing and evolving, which means its IT workforce must adapt as well. But budget shortfalls and concerns over adequate training, professional development and retention often mean that higher ed IT departments are learning to do more work with fewer people. This is true across campus, particularly in cybersecurity roles.

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College Completion Rates Trending Up

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Prior dual-enrollment experience made students more likely to finish their credential within six years of starting college, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Fewer college students are stopping out before finishing their degrees, according to data the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released this morning.

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Roompact is Hiring Part-Time Bloggers for 2025…

Roompact

We’re hiring! If you or someone you know is an amazing writer with a housing and residence life background, take a look at our new Freelance Content Contributor position. We’re hiring for eight of these positions (four focused on developing content for grads/professionals and four focused on student staff audiences).

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Building a Foundation that Positively Impacts Los Angeles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Berenecea Johnson Eanes is focused on meaningful conversations that lead her institution forward. For the past 18 years of her distinguished career in higher education, Eanes has worked at public institutions. After more than four years as president of York College, City University of New York, in January 2024 she became the ninth president of California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA), the first woman to serve in the position.

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More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge, say activists

The Guardian Higher Education

Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students More than three-quarters of UK universities have pledged to exclude fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios, according to campaigners. The move, which is part of a wider drive to limit investment in fossil fuels, follows years of campaigning by staff and students across the higher education sector.

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4-Year Colleges Ride the Dual-Enrollment Wave

Confessions of a Community College Dean

4-Year Colleges Ride the Dual-Enrollment Wave Liam Knox Mon, 12/02/2024 - 03:00 AM More four-year institutions are offering courses for high school students, dipping their toes into what has long been community colleges’ domain. But can they get those students to enroll after graduating?

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Vehicles should better protect against pedestrian head injuries, NHTSA says – CCS’s Raphael Zammit Weighs In

College for Creative Study

The post Vehicles should better protect against pedestrian head injuries, NHTSA says – CCS’s Raphael Zammit Weighs In appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Delta College Is Meeting Students Where They Are With The Resources They Need

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Michael Gavin, Delta College’s fifth president, grew up on the north side of Chicago, where his classrooms and sports teams were diverse until the eighth grade. In high school, he began to notice change. “By the time I got to high school, I was in honors and AP classes, where my African American and Hispanic friends were, for lack of a better way to put it, tracked into regular or remedial classes,” says Gavin in an interview with Diverse.

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How Digital Transformation Efforts Foster Student Success in Higher Ed

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

As we enter a new year, the enrollment cliff that has been looming will finally reach higher education. In response, digital transformation efforts that promote collaborative and engaging learning environments, equip classrooms with modern technology, and enable a secure and seamless experience throughout campus can help institutions achieve their enrollment goals.

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Cornell Interim President Accused of Violating Academic Freedom After Email Leaks

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A professor’s accusation that another’s course is antisemitic and dangerous spilled out into public after the interim president weighed in and his private email was shared. Cornell University’s interim president is facing public accusations that he suppressed academic freedom after he criticized a pro-Palestinian professor’s planned course in an email and that email was shared with a reporter.

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Detroit’s College for Creative Studies Hustles to Attract Accessories and Fashion Students

College for Creative Study

The post Detroit’s College for Creative Studies Hustles to Attract Accessories and Fashion Students appeared first on College for Creative Studies.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Theotis Robinson Jr. was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders.

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Turnitin tracking how students turn in assignments to combat AI

Higher Education Whisperer

Greetings from the ASCILITE 2024 conference at University of Melbourne. I had intended to go to a research talk, but I couldn't find the "Light Green Room", so I stumbled into a presentation from Turnitin on their AI detection tool (this is in a room with check green carpet & mould coloured roundell patterned wallpaper, so I don;t know what it is called).

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The Campus Visit Is Changing

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Campus Visit Is Changing Elizabeth Redden Mon, 12/02/2024 - 03:00 AM W. Kent Barnds considers the implications of students deferring their campus visits until after they receive offers of admission. Byline(s) W.

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Miami Dade College Adopts AI to Improve Education and Optimize Business Operations

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Miami Dade College has embraced artificial intelligence not only in its classrooms but also to improve worker productivity and run business operations more effectively. The community college, with more than 125,000 students enrolled across eight campuses, launched its AI strategy in 2021 when it began training 500 faculty members in different disciplines to develop AI courses and to integrate AI curriculum into existing classes.

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AB 705: Bold Policy, Implications for Equitable Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“When I first met with my advisor, I was excited to dive into my program,” says Maria, a first-generation community college student. “But when I realized there was no pre-college math course to take, I panicked. I had always struggled with math. I thought, ‘How am I going to pass this class?’” Maria’s experience is not uncommon. Since the enactment of AB 705 in California, community colleges in the state have seen an undeniable increase in the number of students enrolled in transfer-level course

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The role and purpose of ‘challenge’ during learner development

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Image credit: Pixabay In this extra post, Callum Ferguson explores the concept of ‘challenge’ in relation to sport performance and learner development. Callum is a Study Development Advisor at the Institute for Academic Development, and a PhD student at within the Human Performance Science research group at Moray House School of Education and Sport.

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Academic Probation Gets a Rebrand

Confessions of a Community College Dean

College students who earn a 2.0 GPA or below are often at risk of dismissal. Leaders are now reimagining how academic probation is communicated to students and ways to make the policy less punitive. Academic probation, while designed to be a notice to students of poor performance, can be a significant barrier to student success. Around 8 percent of graduating college seniors have been on academic probation at least once during their time in college, and this rate increases to 9 percent among fir

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Support Higher Education Labor United this Giving Tuesday

Higher Education Inquirer

Giving Tuesday While HELU is primarily funded by solidarity pledges from our member organizations , individual contributions allow us to expand our programming and capacity to react in the moment. Higher education will be a site of struggle in 2025 and beyond. We must build our power and that requires increasing the funding available to our movement.

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Empowering Community Colleges Through AI: A New Era of Access and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Artificial intelligence (AI) has created a shifting dynamic in how society is increasing its efficiencies while elevating its productivity and mass disruption Dr. Mordecai Brownlee in how the world interacts with itself. Since Apple introduced Siri, its voice-controlled software, in October 2011, consumers have begun normalizing interactions with narrow AI.

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Banishing the winter blues together

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Image credit: Pexels, Pixabay In this post, Isobel Finnie and Caroline Gordan describe their Student Partnership Agreement funded project, entitled, ‘Banishing the Winter Blues Together’. The project set about building and developing a feeling of community through Health and Wellbeing events with and for Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Primary students 2023-24.

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Fitch Reports ‘Deteriorating’ Outlook for Higher Ed

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The higher education sector is expected to face “a deteriorating credit environment,” according to a 2025 outlook report from Fitch Ratings, a major credit ratings provider.

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How this year cast doubt on 2 higher ed myths

University Business

Higher education frequently found itself in the national spotlight this past year. As concerns around the cost of a credential continue to surge, college administrators, policymakers and the sector’s countless stakeholders are working aggressively to conquer the changing postsecondary landscape. However, several reports over the past year have cast doubt on some commonly held beliefs about higher ed.

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Staying Woke for A Cause

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Theotis Robinson Jr. was in the fifth grade when the ideals of justice and civil rights were emblazoned into the mind of the man who has spent much of his storied career fighting for diversity and equity in education. Robinson, a foundational figure in University of Tennessee history, grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he and his mother, Alma, would listen to the radio, discussing historic elections and admiring the courage of civil rights leaders.

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A Step-by-Step Guide for Teaching a Comprehensive High School Climate Change Unit

Experiential Learning Depot

Teaching climate change to high school students can be daunting—complex science, data-heavy concepts, and a range of social and economic impacts to consider. But with the right approach, climate change activities, and resources, you can guide your students through this important topic in a meaningful, memorable, and scientific way. This step-by-step guide will walk you through each key concept in climate science using the structure of my Climate Change Unit Bundle.

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States Disinvesting in Higher Ed: Fact or Myth?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

States Disinvesting in Higher Ed: Fact or Myth? jessica.blake@… Mon, 12/02/2024 - 03:00 AM A new Cato Institute report rekindles a long-standing, nuanced debate over whether states have decreased funding for higher education.

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How Faculty Diversity Drives Enrollment: The PhD Project’s 90% Success Model: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 236 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guests Dr. Jeffrey Robinson and Blane Ruschak

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Jeffrey Robinson, Interim Chancellor at Rutgers University-Newark and Graduate of the PhD Project, and Blane Ruschak, President of the PhD Project and Consultant with KPMG. The discussion centers around the PhD Project's remarkable 30-year journey in diversifying business school faculty, creating systemic change in higher education through faculty representation, and building a sustainable pipeline of diverse academic ta

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BMCC and London School of Economics Partner to Expand Global Opportunities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new partnership between the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) and the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) will provide BMCC students the opportunity to enroll in LSE courses during the summer semester and beyond, “offering them the opportunity to study alongside peers from around the globe and gain insights from LSE’s distinguished faculty members,” said BMCC officials.