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Race on campus: How higher ed’s great resignation falls along race and gender lines
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “While stress, low compensation, and poor work-life balance have pushed many to rethink their careers, the pandemic’s impacts have… Read More
Chat bots bypass ‘communication clutter’ to help students
From Inside Higher Education: “A new study from Georgia State University found that community college students receiving targeted, personal text messages from an artificial intelligence… Read More
Congress holds hearing on HBCU bomb threats
From Inside Higher Education: “‘These institutions yield a societal impact that simply cannot be quantified,’ said Kylie Burke, president of the Student Association at Howard… Read More
Cyber warfare becomes part of curriculum for Ukrainian students
From Times Higher Education: “An ‘army’ of students, graduates and lecturers in Ukraine is building online tools to help civilians and aid the country’s defence… Read More
Are the UK’s former polytechnics the solution to levelling up?
From Times Higher Education: “Former polytechnics (and their Scottish cousins, the former central institutions) have certainly played a key role in higher education expansion. …… Read More
Kiosk turns goat milk into Web Excellence
Kiosk was recently recognized by the Web Excellence Awards for our work with Redwood Hill Farms, designing and developing a new website for the Sonoma… Read More
Harvard and Yale dominate the Supreme Court. Is that ok?
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “If Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed, she will be the first Black woman on the bench in the Supreme… Read More
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Harvard service raises questions for admissions cases
From The Wall Street Journal: “Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s service on a key governing board at Harvard University raises questions about whether, if… Read More
Employers are changing how they view training. Here are education trends they see coming.
From EdSurge: “‘It’s an employee market—employees are looking for something different from employers,’ Catherine Ward, managing director of the nonprofit Jobs for the Future, told… Read More
Biden expands loan forgiveness for public sector workers
From Times Higher Education: “The Biden administration is significantly expanding a programme neglected by its predecessor that provides student loan forgiveness to teachers and other… Read More
Tuition-free college movement gains momentum, despite Biden’s stalled plan
From The Washington Post: “President Biden may have tabled his bid for universal free community college, but states and municipalities are keeping the momentum going… Read More
Excluding online programs from Pell expansion won’t solve the quality issue
From Work Shift: “As Congress moves forward on expanding the Pell Grant to short-term certificates, there’s an important caveat: online education programs will be excluded…. Read More
Michelle Obama launches HBCU voter registration challenge
From Inside Higher Education: “Former first lady Michelle Obama and basketball player Chris Paul, co-chairs of the organization When We All Vote, have launched a… Read More
Building and expanding esports programs in higher ed
From EdTech Magazine: “With the global esports market expected to cross $3 billion by the end of 2025, it’s easy to see why higher ed… Read More
MOOC platforms shut off access to Russian content
From Higher Ed Dive: “Coursera and edX, whose MOOC platforms collectively serve some 140 million users, are each suspending content from their Russian university and… Read More
Russian higher education: the dreadful sound of silence
From University World News: “In Russia, guarantees of academic freedom for students and professors have always been unreliable at best. … Liberal arts and sciences,… Read More
Russian academics risk arrest to oppose Ukraine war
From Times Higher Education: “Amid a crackdown on anti-war protests by Russian authorities, academics said they were doing what they could to oppose their country’s… Read More
MIT severs ties with Russian school after Ukraine invasion
From WBUR: “The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is severing ties with a research university it helped establish more than a decade ago in Russia, citing… Read More
Harrowing tales as international students flee to border
From University World News: “According to the Ukrainian government, 76,548 international students from 155 nations are enrolled at the country’s universities, drawn by low tuition… Read More
The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy
From TechCrunch: “Silicon Valley loves to celebrate the cult of the dropout — the inspired entrepreneur who decides that traditional education isn’t for her because… Read More
Amazon’s employees can go to college, free. What’s in it for higher ed?
From The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Amazon announced … that its employees will have tuition covered at the College of Lake County, and at more… Read More
Trying to give students in low-wage majors some extra skills they can cash in on
From The Hechinger Report: “The University of Texas System is piloting a program to insert workplace skills valued by employers into the four-year curriculum, in… Read More
How can US universities combat threat of teaching restrictions?
From Times Higher Education: “Lawmakers in half of US states are pursuing measures to restrict college-level teaching about race and other sensitive subject areas, and… Read More
Triumphs and troubles in online learning abroad
From EdSurge: “During the global crisis, 1.6 billion young people in 161 countries were not in college. Shockingly, without internet access, COVID-19 locked out close… Read More