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With about 50 percent of TV viewership coming from streaming, colleges are turning to platforms like Netflix in hopes of getting prospective students’ attention.
Fort Hays State Rescinds Natural History Museum Closure
Word of the Kansas university’s decision to close the Sternberg Museum of Natural History sparked community outrage. The reversal offers hope to others fighting to keep the Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel alive.
Top Research Universities Spent Less on Lobbying Congress in Q3
As Congress adjourned to campaign for the midterm elections, lobbying from major research universities declined slightly.
4 Lessons on What Makes a College Degree Worthwhile
Recent research and initiatives highlight how students and institutions weigh the value of higher education beyond financial returns.
‘A Different World’ Reboot a ‘Masterful’ Reflection of HBCUs
The Netflix show depicts a fictional campus responding to many of the issues weighing on HBCUs today, including federal funding cuts, terrorist threats and immigration enforcement.
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Reclaiming Women’s and Gender Studies
How did we move so quickly from centering women in higher ed to erasing them?
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Convergence Around ‘Durable’ Skills
The false binary of degrees vs. skills-based hiring ignores the reality that employers and academics both care first and foremost that people know how to learn.
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Stop Calling AI Your ‘Collaborator’
Please. The quality of higher ed leadership depends on it.
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Ep 217: Voices of Student Success: Is College Preparing Students for Work?
Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses the importance of embedding career readiness throughout college.
Ep. 216: Voices of Student Success: What Are We Missing About Student Mental Health?
Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses how the entire college experience shapes student well-being and what it takes to build a culture of care.
Teaching Strategies to Get Students Reading and Speaking Up in Class
A champion of active learning shares ways to create more equitable classrooms, build students’ trust and support academic skills development.
Why Universities Need to Start Taking Microaggressions Seriously
Drawing on research into the experiences of Chinese academics in the U.K., we hear how these subtle but powerful discriminatory acts manifest in universities and what can be done to address them.
