Employers, four-year colleges provide community college internships
HICCC leaders hope it helps build a diverse talent pipeline and provide students with experiences for economic mobility in the field of health sciences.
Q&A with author of “Smart University”
The technology, while pitched as a way to reduce costs and improve campus sustainability, can actually perpetuate racial and economic inequalities in the higher education system, argues Weinberg, a clinical associate professor at Purdue University.
Teaching Romance languages in a nonbinary world (opinion)
Through the committee’s work, we’ve incorporated nonbinary pronouns and gender-diverse language into reading, writing and speaking exercises that reflect the diversity of situations that students might encounter in real life.
Harvard faculty suspended from library over protest
According to a copy of the suspension notice shared by faculty members, protest participants “assembled with the purpose of capturing people’s attention through the display of tent-card signs.” That move violated university policy, according to the letter signed by the Widener Library administration.
Penn State cancer researcher faces retractions, research ban
Pennsylvania State University has barred a biomedical engineering professor from conducting further research following an investigation that found “unreliable data” in numerous publications she authored, The Philadelphia Inquirerreported Thursday.
EDUCAUSE 2024: Top 10 IT Issues List Seeks to Restore Trust in Higher Ed
Susan Grajek, vice president of partnerships, communities and research at EDUCAUSE, presented this year's list at the organization's annual conference in San Antonio.
EDUCAUSE 2024: Institutions Embark on Cross-Campus Generative AI Initiatives
“We worked with stakeholders to identify the six key limitations of engaging with generative AI: security and privacy, hallucinations, misalignment, bias, ethics and cognitive offloading,” Schell said.
Another advance for the three-year degree
“Offering three-year bachelor’s degree programs with just 90 credits allows more students to begin their career journeys sooner—and with a lower financial obligation,” said Mim L. Runey, chancellor of Johnson & Wales.
World college leaders discuss academic freedom threats in U.S.
Matei was provost at Central European University when the parliament led by Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, passed a law in 2017 essentially forcing his institution out of the country.
After FAFSA issues, a steep drop in first-year enrollment
FAFSA completion rates for incoming first-year students—who were high school seniors during the previous financial aid cycle—still lag about 9 percent behind last year, according to data from the National College Attainment Network.
How Can Technology Convince Students of Higher Education’s Value?
Salesforce’s Education Cloud tracks students and their behavior throughout their academic journeys, gathering data that enables personalized interactions and creates a more connected experience.
How college leaders can articulate higher education’s ROI — beyond earnings
Across these three organization types, bachelor’s degree holders made annual cash donations roughly 3.5 times higher than those who only finished high school, according to an analysis of BLS data from a 2012 Lumina Education report.