As I write, I’m on a flight dwelling from spending a few days at Harvey Mudd School, the place I used to be honored to ship one of many talks as a part of the Bruce J. Nelson Distinguished Speaker sequence, this 12 months themed on “Studying within the Age of AI.” The primary speaker…
Innovation districts—historically created by way of collaborations between cities, business and analysis universities—are evolving to maintain tempo with speedy developments in expertise and an rising want for social influence. However even because the make-up of innovation hubs modifications, the agglomeration of mental creativity, a permeable relationship between increased training establishments and native communities, and business-friendly…
Twenty years in the past this fall, the upper training media panorama was a one-horse city. It began and stopped with The Chronicle of Greater Schooling. As editors there, Scott Jaschik and I had concepts about how The Chronicle would possibly reply to the dramatic modifications that have been unfolding within the journalism enterprise, however…
Within the 12 months for the reason that Oct. 7 Hamas assault on Israel and the beginning of the continuing warfare in Gaza, U.S. greater training has been rocked by accusations of antisemitism and Islamophobia and consumed with debates over free speech; variety, fairness and inclusion; political interference; the function of police on campuses; the knowledge,…
Faculty college students typically think about success in greater training as reaching excessive grades. A brand new paper means that long-term wellness and flourishing might be higher metrics to concentrate on. Jose Calsina/iStock/Getty Photographs Plus A March survey from TimelyCare discovered a majority of scholars (59 %) recognized their grade level common as a very powerful…
As senior fellow at UPCEA, the web {and professional} training affiliation, and professor emeritus from the College of Illinois Springfield, I’m lucky to dedicate current efforts to trace, analyze and challenge the affect of applied sciences in increased training. Starting with my first teacher appointment in 1972 and persevering with all through the following 52…
Over sharp objections from Democrats, Home Republicans narrowly handed laws Thursday that greater schooling teams say would undermine public faculties’ means to guard free speech on campus and guarantee pupil security. As universities rethink campus insurance policies to vary the place and the way college students can protest following final 12 months’s disruptive demonstrations, the…
From my first day as editor in chief at Inside Larger Ed, I’ve felt an enormous accountability to not break something. By “something,” I imply all of the stuff that Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman constructed over the previous twenty years: the belief of our loyal readers, our fame for rigorous and goal reporting, and our…
Unions representing graduate college students, school and workers at a whole bunch of schools nationwide referred to as on Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, to assist them “reclaim greater schooling as a public good.” A coalition of 11 unions and labor organizations on Monday outlined their imaginative and prescient for greater schooling underneath…
By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content material Officer At this time, I’m excited to introduce a brand new Coursera survey of greater than 1.000 larger training leaders—together with deans, provosts, and chancellors representing 850+ establishments throughout 89 nations — which exhibits a significant acceleration within the adoption of micro-credentials amongst campuses globally. College students and…
Pandemic-era library packages that helped college students entry books on-line may very well be probably threatened by an appeals court docket ruling final week. Libraries throughout the nation, from Carnegie Mellon College to the College of California system, turned to what’s often called a digital or managed lending program in 2020, which gave college students…
To the editors, Unions are important to constructing robust, cohesive universities the place analysis and important thought thrive as a result of professors and college students are safe and guarded. Whereas negotiations are typically strained, they lead to larger consensus, enabling universities to meet their function of enhancing and transmitting information for generations to return….