EDUCAUSE 2024: Lessons from a Data-Driven Institution
Some of that was out of necessity, because there is no in-person interaction with students at WGU, but some was by design as the university’s early leaders took a technology-forward approach.
Cal State will emphasize postgrad success in new campaign
“The initiative will deepen the CSU’s relationship and alignment with industry partners and benefit California’s workforce by strengthening the pipeline of career-ready graduates to fill critical positions in growing fields,” according to documents from a previous board meeting.
More U.K. university history departments cutting jobs, courses
“For trained historians, the implications of such changes are far-reaching and include: the threat of redundancy; reduced scope for innovative teaching and research; greater inequality between institutions; and a diminishing of history’s influence and contribution beyond the university sector,” warns the report, which adds that students, too, will find their opportunities more limited.
The college affordability gap shrank during the pandemic, research suggests
They based a college’s affordability on whether the average in-state students’ federal financial aid awards, family contributions and 12 weeks of full-time minimum wage work could cover the institution’s total price, plus $300 in emergency expenses.
The scramble for college voters in Arizona
“College campuses are the easiest way to completely run up our numbers with young voters and ensure they’re voting for Kamala Harris, Ruben Gallego [Republican Kari Lake’s Senate opponent] and Democrats all the way down the ballot, including judges, school board members, state legislators and propositions.”
Lawsuit targets Illinois college scholarships aimed at increasing teacher diversity
“Illinois can offer assistance to young, aspiring teachers, but not when they exclude a significant number of applicants based on their skin color,” said Pacific Legal's attorney Erin Wilcox in a statement on Tuesday.
Metropolitan College of New York looks to sell main campus amid financial woes
The Metropolitan College of New York is planning to sell some of its Manhattan campus as part of an agreement struck with bondholders that will let the institution delay a $1.7 million bond payment due in November, according to a regulatory filing last week.
Nebraska regents campaign on antiabortion measures
Regents Rob Schafer and Jim Scheer, both Republicans, donated money for commercials reportedly produced by the Nebraska Family Alliance, a group that opposes abortion rights.
U.S. has certified unions for 50,000 student employees
The list of ways next week’s presidential election could affect higher education is long, with Trump and Harris administrations likely to differ significantly on issues such as student loans, accreditation, diversity and Title IX, to name just a few.
Brown U suspends Students for Justice in Palestine chapter
One pro-Israel trustee, Joseph Edelman, resigned from the corporation before the vote, saying the fact that the university would even consider divestment was “morally reprehensible.”
Beware of the Zombie College Scam Haunting Higher Education
At its heart, the zombie scam is an impersonation scheme, and that kind of manipulation takes place all the time in higher education, with bad actors bobbing for apples among current students, faculty and staff.
DePaul engages first-year students in cultural immersion
Similar to many first-year seminars, each course is co-led by a faculty instructor, staff member and peer Chicago Quarter Mentor.
Non-tenure-track faculty demand Harvard stop forcing them out
Sara Feldman, a Harvard preceptor who teaches Yiddish, described the policy as “cruel, destructive and frankly ridiculous.” She said her position “has been the joy of my life, and, at the same time, I’m limited in what I can do because I don’t have the opportunity to build past eight years.”
AI as a Service (AIaaS): What Higher Education Needs to Know
While the university’s supercomputing center allows in-house AI development, private sector companies such as Microsoft, Oracle and SAP are integrating GenAI and other learning automation functionality into their software platforms.
Survey: Student confidence in career prep, future success
VanDerziel worries about this, too, saying that “higher ed needs to help students with these life skills and provide services that will set them up for future success.” But he says that graduates are taking job security and well-being, including mental health, into account choosing where to work, according to NACE research.
Johnson & Wales University debuts 3-year bachelor’s programs
Brigham Young University-Idaho and Utah’s Ensign College, both of which are owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, won approval from their accreditor last year to begin offering a limited selection of three-year online bachelor’s programs.
Ed Dept. forgave $17.2B in student loans, report finds
North Carolina representative Virginia Foxx, the Republican chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, who originally requested the GAO report in 2016, cited the findings as further evidence that the Biden administration is trying to foist unpaid student loans on taxpayers.