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By Stephanie M. Lee August 21, 2024. ChatGPT is wreaking chaos in the field that birthed it. A Poet Becomes a Pariah. Pomona College's English Department Imploded. Now, a Professor Is Exposing ...
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Dr. Katrina Armstrong, Columbia's faculties of health sciences dean, has taken over as the Ivy League institution's interim president effective immediately. Higher Ed Dive provides news and analysis for leaders in higher education. We cover topics like online learning, policy & regulation, legal, leadership, enrollment, and more.
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Columbia University president resigns after drawing ire over Israel-Gaza protests. Columbia President Minouche Shafik resigned her position, ending a tenure marred by backlash over handling of pro ...
How Technology Is Changing the Future of Higher Education
That's 30 percent cheaper than the in-state, in-person tuition. Paying by the month encourages students to move faster through their educations, and most are projected to graduate in 18 months ...
Taking a Closer Look at Online Learning in Colleges and Universities
Not everyone loved online learning during the pandemic — especially in the early stages, when it was at its most haphazard. Nearly three in 10 students in a Strada Education survey in the fall ...
The year's biggest higher ed stories
A few other major news themes kept showing up: questions about the future of ed tech and for-profit higher education, the now-powerful admissions test-optional movement, and blows against the college rankings system that's currently dominated by U.S. News and World report. We curated links to stories covering these trends and insights.
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Governor Ron DeSantis's effort to reshape public higher education in Florida in his image was one of the dominant themes of Inside Higher Ed's news coverage in 2023; he opposed the College Board's AP exam in African American Studies, vowed to defund diversity initiatives and sued to challenge the federal government's accreditation ...
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College Boom in D-FW: New Campuses, Technology, Programs The Dallas Morning News (sub. req.) | Aug. 29, 2024. 'Be Bold and Think Big': UTSA to Merge With UTHSA Into 'World Class University' in 2025 Austin American-Statesman | Aug. 28, 2024. August 28, 2024.
How Online Learning Is Reshaping Higher Education
Feb. 15, 2022, at 10:19 a.m. Online Learning Is Reshaping Higher Ed. More. Getty Stock Images. "The nice thing about online education is that it can actually escape geographical boundaries ...
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Higher education's accomplishments you may have missed in 2023. Two leaders in the higher ed industry kick off the new year by rounding up 24 wins "for which the sector can be justly proud.". Eileen Strempel and Stephen Handel • Jan. 31, 2024.
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Even after California recently expanded free tuition opportunities, enrollment at its community colleges fell by nearly 15 percent in 2021 from a year earlier. The push for tuition-free higher ...
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The Review of Higher Education is interested in empirical research studies, empirically-based historical and theoretical articles, and scholarly reviews and essays that move the study of colleges and universities forward.The most central aspect of RHE is the saliency of the subject matter to other scholars in the field as well as its usefulness to academic leaders and public policymakers.
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News. Australia announced on Tuesday, August 27th, that it will limit the number of new international students enrolling in 2025 to 270,000. This... The Second Annual STEM Education Conference will take place on September 17-18, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Change makers in higher education
For too long, Mitchell says, higher education classifications have been much too broad to reflect the country's unique, dynamic landscape. In February 2022, his organization partnered with the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education — a long-running classification system — to perform a much-needed update.
Professors proceed with caution using AI-detection tools
Mixed performance by AI-detector tools leaves academics with no clear answers. As AI-driven fakery spreads—from election-related robocalls and celebrity deepfake videos to doctored images and students abusing the powers of ChatGPT—a tech arms race is ramping up to detect these falsehoods. But in higher ed, many are choosing to stand back and wait, worried that new tools for detecting AI ...
UNC campus shooting anniversary: How campus safety has changed
Learn more in The N&O's higher education news roundup about the changes UNC-Chapel Hill implemented after last year's on-campus shooting.
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Education Department: 2025-26 FAFSA to fully debut by Dec. 1. To avoid a repeat of this year's glitches, the agency plans to release the form for testing starting Oct. 1 with a limited number of students and institutions. By Natalie Schwartz • Updated Aug. 8, 2024.
Australia introduces cap on international students
Australia is host to about 717,500 international students, according to the latest government figures from early 2024. Education Minister Jason Clare acknowledged that higher education was hard ...
Curbing the Campus Culture Wars
Whether in higher education or more broadly, culture wars often follow a familiar trajectory: One group weaponizes institutions and cultural power against the other. To prevent this tendency, liberal societies need robust protections for the rights of minorities, especially when they have little institutional leverage or cultural clout.
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Higher-education institutions have never been neutral. The issue that matters most to many activists right now is the war in Gaza, and protesters will undoubtedly continue to make their voices heard.
How Much Higher Will the S&P 500 Go This Year After Jumping ...
At the end of August last year, the S&P 500 was up 17%. Fast-forward to 2024, and the index is up nearly 19%. As they say in New Orleans, "Laissez les bons temps rouler" -- let the good times roll.
Black students are still kicked out of school at higher ...
Black students are still kicked out of school at higher rates despite reforms. In the decade since Black Lives Matter, a spotlight has shined on inequity in education outcomes and, in particular ...
Moscow's Free University closes doors
The Moscow-based Free University has suspended its activities in Russia after being labelled "undesirable" by the Kremlin. The non-government organisation, which is among few remaining autonomous universities in Russia, stopped functioning on 2 April. Its closure is the most recent attack on academic freedom amid the Kremlin's push to ...
Idaho judge considers whether to hold quadruple murder ...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to move the trial to a larger city during a hearing Thursday ...
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In-depth and breaking news, opinion, advice, and jobs for professors, deans, and others in higher education from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Free Higher Education News, Jobs, Career Advice and Events for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators.
By Stephanie M. Lee August 21, 2024. ChatGPT is wreaking chaos in the field that birthed it. A Poet Becomes a Pariah. Pomona College's English Department Imploded. Now, a Professor Is Exposing ...
Dr. Katrina Armstrong, Columbia's faculties of health sciences dean, has taken over as the Ivy League institution's interim president effective immediately. Higher Ed Dive provides news and analysis for leaders in higher education. We cover topics like online learning, policy & regulation, legal, leadership, enrollment, and more.
Times Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed are bringing marketing and communications professionals together for an engaging and collaborative in-person event, #HashtagHigherEd US. Join us for two days filled with a rich array of curated panel discussions and workshops. Take advantage of our SUPER EARLY BIRD PRICING to lock in the inspiration ...
Columbia University president resigns after drawing ire over Israel-Gaza protests. Columbia President Minouche Shafik resigned her position, ending a tenure marred by backlash over handling of pro ...
That's 30 percent cheaper than the in-state, in-person tuition. Paying by the month encourages students to move faster through their educations, and most are projected to graduate in 18 months ...
Not everyone loved online learning during the pandemic — especially in the early stages, when it was at its most haphazard. Nearly three in 10 students in a Strada Education survey in the fall ...
A few other major news themes kept showing up: questions about the future of ed tech and for-profit higher education, the now-powerful admissions test-optional movement, and blows against the college rankings system that's currently dominated by U.S. News and World report. We curated links to stories covering these trends and insights.
Governor Ron DeSantis's effort to reshape public higher education in Florida in his image was one of the dominant themes of Inside Higher Ed's news coverage in 2023; he opposed the College Board's AP exam in African American Studies, vowed to defund diversity initiatives and sued to challenge the federal government's accreditation ...
Provides global higher education coverage. Find world university rankings, news, opinions, features and book reviews.
Subscribe to Times Higher Education. As the voice of global higher education, THE is an invaluable daily resource. Subscribe today to receive unlimited news and analyses, commentary from the sharpest minds in international academia, our influential university rankings analysis and the latest insights from our World Summit series. Find out more
College Boom in D-FW: New Campuses, Technology, Programs The Dallas Morning News (sub. req.) | Aug. 29, 2024. 'Be Bold and Think Big': UTSA to Merge With UTHSA Into 'World Class University' in 2025 Austin American-Statesman | Aug. 28, 2024. August 28, 2024.
Feb. 15, 2022, at 10:19 a.m. Online Learning Is Reshaping Higher Ed. More. Getty Stock Images. "The nice thing about online education is that it can actually escape geographical boundaries ...
Higher education's accomplishments you may have missed in 2023. Two leaders in the higher ed industry kick off the new year by rounding up 24 wins "for which the sector can be justly proud.". Eileen Strempel and Stephen Handel • Jan. 31, 2024.
Subscribe to Times Higher Education. As the voice of global higher education, THE is an invaluable daily resource. Subscribe today to receive unlimited news and analyses, commentary from the sharpest minds in international academia, our influential university rankings analysis and the latest insights from our World Summit series.
Even after California recently expanded free tuition opportunities, enrollment at its community colleges fell by nearly 15 percent in 2021 from a year earlier. The push for tuition-free higher ...
The Review of Higher Education is interested in empirical research studies, empirically-based historical and theoretical articles, and scholarly reviews and essays that move the study of colleges and universities forward.The most central aspect of RHE is the saliency of the subject matter to other scholars in the field as well as its usefulness to academic leaders and public policymakers.
News. Australia announced on Tuesday, August 27th, that it will limit the number of new international students enrolling in 2025 to 270,000. This... The Second Annual STEM Education Conference will take place on September 17-18, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
For too long, Mitchell says, higher education classifications have been much too broad to reflect the country's unique, dynamic landscape. In February 2022, his organization partnered with the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education — a long-running classification system — to perform a much-needed update.
Mixed performance by AI-detector tools leaves academics with no clear answers. As AI-driven fakery spreads—from election-related robocalls and celebrity deepfake videos to doctored images and students abusing the powers of ChatGPT—a tech arms race is ramping up to detect these falsehoods. But in higher ed, many are choosing to stand back and wait, worried that new tools for detecting AI ...
Learn more in The N&O's higher education news roundup about the changes UNC-Chapel Hill implemented after last year's on-campus shooting.
Education Department: 2025-26 FAFSA to fully debut by Dec. 1. To avoid a repeat of this year's glitches, the agency plans to release the form for testing starting Oct. 1 with a limited number of students and institutions. By Natalie Schwartz • Updated Aug. 8, 2024.
Australia is host to about 717,500 international students, according to the latest government figures from early 2024. Education Minister Jason Clare acknowledged that higher education was hard ...
Whether in higher education or more broadly, culture wars often follow a familiar trajectory: One group weaponizes institutions and cultural power against the other. To prevent this tendency, liberal societies need robust protections for the rights of minorities, especially when they have little institutional leverage or cultural clout.
Higher-education institutions have never been neutral. The issue that matters most to many activists right now is the war in Gaza, and protesters will undoubtedly continue to make their voices heard.
At the end of August last year, the S&P 500 was up 17%. Fast-forward to 2024, and the index is up nearly 19%. As they say in New Orleans, "Laissez les bons temps rouler" -- let the good times roll.
Black students are still kicked out of school at higher rates despite reforms. In the decade since Black Lives Matter, a spotlight has shined on inequity in education outcomes and, in particular ...
The Moscow-based Free University has suspended its activities in Russia after being labelled "undesirable" by the Kremlin. The non-government organisation, which is among few remaining autonomous universities in Russia, stopped functioning on 2 April. Its closure is the most recent attack on academic freedom amid the Kremlin's push to ...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students asked a judge to move the trial to a larger city during a hearing Thursday ...