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A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks - Inside Higher Ed
WEBA Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks. Explaining what titles mean for faculty members and academic administrators. By Kathy Johnson Bowles. “When I look at the position titles in academic affairs, I have no idea what they mean.”. While job titles in most higher education divisions seem straightforward, academic affairs structures its position ...
7 Hard Truths and a Few Lies - Inside Higher Ed
WEBNov 17, 2021 · Truth No. 2: You might be hired because of your innovative thoughts, but be aware that most faculty members will resent change. Graduate students and junior faculty bring to our campuses the most current research and pedagogical approaches, along with the lack of the jadedness of how it was “all better 30 years ago.”.
New U.S. rules ban transcript holds, bolster oversight of colleges
WEBOct 25, 2023 · The Education Department strengthens its oversight of institutions with a sweeping set of rules finalized this week. A federal policy change could give thousands of students access to transcripts and academic credits their colleges have withheld because they owed the institutions money. The new rule, part of a …
Colleges explore a new three-year bachelor’s degree program
WEBNov 8, 2021 · A New Push to Create a 3-Year Degree Option. Higher education thought leaders and colleges are working together to create a three-year bachelor’s degree program that will offer all the value of a four-year degree—for less cost. By Emma Whitford. Accelerated degree programs have failed to garner enough interest in …
8 Tips for Balancing Grad School and Full-Time Work - Inside …
WEBJun 2, 2021 · No. 3: Work your classwork into your professional work, and vice versa. One of the most rewarding aspects of working full-time while completing graduate school is being able to put theory into practice and bringing real-world examples and issues to class discussions. Take advantage of your anecdotal evidence …
What’s the Likely Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Ed?
WEBAug 3, 2020 · By Sarah Bray , Morgan Polikoff , Dan Silver and Shira Korn. In the wake of extreme economic uncertainty, and with many colleges and universities going virtual for the fall 2020 semester, the coronavirus pandemic has sent unprecedented shocks through the higher education system. For higher education institutions to serve their students and ...
Access to higher education tilts heavily toward urban areas
WEBDec 19, 2019 · Access to higher education is unequal in America, according to new research that shows education deserts across institution sectors, particularly in rural areas. The new report and interactive map created by the Jain Family Institute depicts how institutions of higher education are more concentrated in urban hubs and …
Students see less value in college, despite positive experiences
WEBJul 6, 2021 · Even more than usual, college leaders are eager to get into the minds of their current and would-be students, to try to understand how the upheaval and uncertainty of the last 15 months have altered their expectations about their educations.
Experts weigh in on college student mental health crisis - Inside …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · A 2022 survey by TimelyCare (formerly TimelyMD) found 88 percent of college students believe there is a mental health crisis on college campuses. Doug Everhart, director of student wellness and health promotion at the University of California, Irvine, pushes back against the idea of a crisis, because “language is …