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5 Challenges to Student Well-Being in the Digital Age
Research from the University of Cincinnati found that more than half of college students nationwide experience loneliness, with social media use stron…
New Presidents: Wisconsin, Georgia, Virginia Tech, Pace, U of Dayton and More
Bobby Ahdieh will become president of Pace University in New York City, effective Jan. 1. Ahdieh holds multiple administrative positions in the Texas …
Congressional Control, State Bonds, Trans Sports Bans: Higher Ed in the Midterms
Democrats could gain control of one or both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, a shift that would reshape federal higher education p…
Colleges Prepare for Credit Transfer Regulations
Students transferring between colleges lose an average of 43 percent of already earned credits, according to a Government Accountability Office study.…
Colorado State President to Step Down
Amy Parsons, president of Colorado State University since 2023, announced last week that she will step down at the end of 2026. She did not state a re…
Same researcher, opposite results
Two studies led by Jing Liu, director of the Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation at the University of Maryland, produced conflicting re…
‘Being to Learn’ Rather Than ‘Learning to Be’: Shifting Thinking About Authentic Assessment
Authentic assessment, now standard in higher education, asks students to complete tasks mirroring real-world challenges. Yet a gap remains between wha…
LaGuardia Creates Hub for Immigrant Students
LaGuardia Community College opened the Office of Immigrant Student Empowerment this week, the first office of its kind at a community college in the C…
What if Community Colleges Had Real Endowments?
Lane Glenn, president of Northern Essex Community College in Massachusetts, proposed a thought experiment: what if elite universities' endowment gains…
Strategic Planning Must Get Faster and Change Quicker
Strategic planning in higher education traditionally takes two academic years, but this pace has become problematic as the speed of institutional chan…
The Untapped Potential of Adult Learners
California Competes, a research and policy organization, released a report identifying 6.4 million Californians ages 25 to 54 with high school diploma…
University of Providence to shutter in summer 2027
The University of Providence in Montana will close by summer 2027, the Catholic nonprofit announced this week. The university cited "years of sustaine…
Scale is not a strategy: What 91 public systems tell us about resilience
An analysis of 91 public higher education systems reveals that cost-cutting alone cannot reverse institutional decline, according to research released…
Amid Trump's assaults on DEI, how one university is elevating Black students
# Sacramento State Expands Support for Black Students as DEI Programs Face National Rollback Sacramento State University is moving in the opposite di…
Cornell University bans frat parties, vows to address 'disturbing' campus culture
Cornell University's president issued a letter apologizing to a student who alleges she was raped by multiple men at a fraternity house in 2024. The p…
Cornell's Faculty Senate considers no-confidence vote for school's president
Cornell University's Faculty Senate is considering a no-confidence vote against the university's president, according to NPR Education. The motion fol…
How colleges are creating programs for a changing U.S. job market
Colleges across the United States have launched new degree programs in influencing, artificial intelligence, and health sciences over the past several…
IIM Online Courses For L&D Professionals: 7 Programs To Build Future-Ready Skills
Indian Institutes of Management offer seven online courses targeting learning and development professionals. Programs span IIM Bangalore and IIM Ahmed…
University of Connecticut promotes longtime IT staff member to CIO
The University of Connecticut promoted a longtime information technology staff member to chief information officer. The individual has worked at the i…
Indiana University unveils new IT strategic plan, reorganizes technology office
Indiana University released a new information technology strategic plan and restructured its technology office, according to EdScoop. The university'…
Case Western Reserve University launches new interactive campus map
Case Western Reserve University rolled out an interactive campus map with turn-by-turn navigation capabilities between buildings. The new tool enable…
University of Colorado Boulder expands AI steering committee
# University of Colorado Boulder Expands AI Steering Committee University of Colorado Boulder has expanded its artificial intelligence steering commi…
Colorado State University advances on ‘IT alignment’ project
Colorado State University has launched a four-phase IT modernization initiative called "IT alignment." The project begins with a discovery phase, acco…
University of Nevada, Reno, journalism students team on surveillance database
University of Nevada, Reno journalism students collaborated on a project designed to give researchers and policymakers access to information about sur…
Florida Atlantic University adds quantum computing certificate
Florida Atlantic University has launched a quantum computing certificate program. According to EdScoop, the program aims to educate students on "one o…
How community colleges are evolving to fill local data center jobs
Community colleges are adapting their training programs to prepare students for data center employment opportunities in their regions, according to NP…
Carnegie Mellon University receives $3B gift from donor, the largest in U.S. history
Carnegie Mellon University received a $3 billion gift from a donor, marking the largest single donation in U.S. higher education history, according to…
U. Chicago Law School’s new AI strategy concedes students will use AI
University of Chicago Law School adopted a new strategy acknowledging that artificial intelligence use among students is inevitable and requires inten…
Teaching Cyber Threats Differently: An AI-Powered Gamified Approach
An instructor chose to integrate artificial intelligence directly into cybersecurity instruction rather than restrict it, designing assessments that p…
The federal law aimed at protecting college students from sexual abuse
A former Cornell University student's lawsuit alleging rape by seven male students in 2024 has reignited scrutiny of how American colleges handle sexu…
10 Free Online Courses From The Berkeley Course Catalog
UC Berkeley has opened its course catalog to professionals seeking free online learning across leadership, data analytics, and workplace development. …
AI in Teaching: Preserving Core Pedagogical Principles
# AI in Teaching: Preserving Core Pedagogical Principles Artificial intelligence has entered classrooms faster than most institutions can develop pol…
Nike co-founder gives $1B to University of Oregon in historic donation
Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, and his wife Penny announced a $1 billion donation to the University of Oregon, marking the largest known gift ever m…
Cornell is the latest elite university to chart its survival
Cornell University released a sweeping strategic report titled "Future of the American University" that charts the institution's path forward amid shi…
How to raise president pay without damaging campus morale
College boards across the country face a persistent tension. They want to attract and keep effective university presidents, yet raising executive comp…
Education agents are coming. Prepare now for international recruitment’s new chapter.
# Universities Must Build Trust Networks as Education Agents Transform Global Recruitment International student recruitment stands at an inflection p…
4 ways to teach inquiry in the new age of AI
# Colleges Shift Teaching Focus as AI Handles Routine Problem-Solving Artificial intelligence has fundamentally altered what colleges need to teach. …
Friendship is built over time, through ordinary moments—I teach lonely college students to notice them
# College Loneliness Epidemic Prompts Professors to Teach Friendship Skills College campuses face a widening loneliness crisis, and professors are st…
‘Cognitive surrender’: Are college students who use AI really learning?
# College Students Using AI Face a Learning Crisis, Brown Professor Warns Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano observed something ala…
This chatbot earned faculty trust and improved student success
# Virtual Assistant Chatbot Boosts Student Success While Winning Faculty Confidence A text message-based virtual assistant is helping first-year coll…