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• Working moms are fueled by flexibility—here’s why - McKinsey
  Yet despite some hard-fought gains, women still carry out a disproportionate amount of childcare and household work. Indeed, 38 percent of mothers with young children say that without workplace flexibility, they would have had to leave their company or reduce their work hours. That’s according to McKinsey’s ninth Women in the Workplace report, conducted in […]
• Penn State offers buyouts in budget-cutting effort - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  Pennsylvania State University is offering voluntary buyouts to faculty and staff at its 20 commonwealth campuses as it looks to “attain a sustainable financial operating model” for those locations, the institution said in a release Wednesday. Eligible employees can elect to retire early or leave their jobs through the program through May 31. The buyouts […]
• West Virginia declares state of emergency amid FAFSA rollout challenges - Anna Merod, Higher Ed Dive
  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency last week over ongoing complications with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, temporarily suspending a requirement for high school students to complete the form in order to qualify for the state’s biggest college financial aid programs. The move comes as the U.S. Department of […]
• Fake Websites Pop Up Advertising Closed Universities - Lauren Coffey, Inside Higher Ed
  Multiple websites have cropped up advertising colleges that are no longer operating, USA Today reported. The newspaper’s investigation found at least nine websites seemingly representing institutions that have been shuttered for years. Many of the sites required an application fee, as well as credit card and driver’s license information. Some of the represented universities closed […]
• Professors Worry About ‘Digital Surveillance’ of Their Work - Jack Grove, Inside Higher Ed
  More than eight in 10 professors say universities’ excessive use of digital technologies is harming academic freedom, according to a survey of academics in the United Kingdom. The poll of more than 2,000 scholars conducted for the University and College Union (UCU), which represents 120,000 faculty and staff members in the U.K., highlights growing unease […]
• ASU Online reaches milestone of 100,000 graduates - Mary Beth Faller, ASU Sun Devil
  These are students who might not have otherwise earned a degree because they don’t have access to a college or university, or can’t attend classes on a traditional schedule. ASU Online’s asynchronous courses allow them to earn a degree on their own time — whether they’re working full time and raising a family, serving their […]
• Why The Future Of Online Learning Is Looking Brighter Than Ever - Luxury Lifestyle Magazine
  Why The Future Of Online Learning Is Looking Brighter Than Ever - Luxury Lifestyle MagazineThe current online market is thriving thanks to a combination of technological innovation, shifting educational paradigms and evolving learner preferences. The online learning space enjoyed a particular surge in popularity during the global Covid-19 pandemic, which lasted from 2020-2022 and saw […]
• UT Austin, Grammarly to Study Effective AI Use in Higher Ed - Government Technology
  The University of Texas at Austin is working with the AI-powered writing assistant platform Grammarly for Education to study what generative artificial intelligence tools might do for academia.  Initially, the announcement said, a testing phase will take place where faculty and staff will use Grammarly’s generative AI assistant to develop AI-based tasks or assignments related […]
• ‘A matter of right-sizing’: A look at St. Cloud State’s plan to cut 46 degrees - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  The Minnesota university still has a strong revenue base but faces too-high expenses, according to its acting president. Facing a budget gap of $5.5 million, administrators at St. Cloud State University, a public institution in Minnesota, unveiled plans this week to cut dozens of programs and 13% of its faculty in a wide-ranging restructuring effort. […]
• Liberal Arts Microcredentials on the Rise - Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed
  John Davis, dean of the College of Music at University of Colorado Boulder, finds that today’s music students want more than a traditional music education. Many want the technical skills to compose and produce tracks on their laptops or to pursue new kinds of music careers, such as writing scores for video games. To meet […]
• Cultivating a Healthy Work-life Integration Culture - Stew Friedman, Knowledge at Wharton
  Despite efforts to attract and retain talent, organizations across industries continue to face high turnover rates and retention issues. Why do quit rates remain stubbornly high? A survey by Deloitte Global found that a lack of work-life balance is the top reason working women across generations are considering leaving their current employer. And a new […]
• Gen AI talent: Your next flight risk - McKinsey Podcast
  Employees who regularly use gen AI are likelier to be more productive, more efficient—and more attracted to your competitors. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey talent leaders Aaron De Smet and Brooke Weddle talk to global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about what these workers want most, as well as practical steps leaders can […]
• A Look at Recent and Looming Cuts - Justin Moody, Inside Higher Ed
  While declining enrollment and financial challenges are the driving force behind most job and program cuts announced last month, in Texas, politics also played a role. Politics, not economics, accounted for the deepest cuts across higher education in April, with the University of Texas at Austin laying off more than 40 workers in its Division […]
• How Clemson University Students Are Using Artificial Intelligence - Anne Marie Rogers, EdTech
  AI text generators such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini make it easier to complete mundane tasks, and AI image generators such as StarryAI can take an ordinary picture and make it extraordinary. Even Grammarly and Microsoft are getting on board with their own AI text enhancers. What does this mean for education? Do these generative […]
• 8 Reasons Why Microcredentials Are Popular - Christopher Pappas, eLearning Industry
  Everything is becoming faster these days as life's rhythms increase and our schedules tighten. So, those in need of enriching their CVs and acquiring new skills often turn to quick, online solutions. Microcredentials are the credentials earned for completing short units of learning designed to equip you with skills and knowledge in a short period […]
• By The Numbers: The Rise Of Online Learning In The U.S. - Ilana Hamilton & Veronica Beagle, Forbes
  Online colleges and universities enroll nearly 1.1 million students—about 6% of all U.S. postsecondary learners. In 2021, about 53% of all postsecondary degree seekers in the U.S. took at least some online classes. Around 26% studied exclusively online. Approximately 65% of students at online schools identify as female. Nearly 7.5 million U.S. students take online […]
• 5 Basic Components of an Online College Course - Cole Claybourne, US News
  Thanks to modern technology, students no longer have to be bound to a physical classroom to pursue a college education. Equipped with a device and an internet connection, students can earn an associate, bachelor's or master's degree from the comfort of their own home. “It’s the way of education, and it’s the way that students […]
• Superhuman? What does it mean for AI to be better than a human? And how can we tell? - Ethan Mollick, One Useful Thing
  No matter what happens next, today, as anyone who uses AI knows, we do not have an AI that does every task better than a human, or even most tasks. But that doesn’t mean that AI hasn’t achieved superhuman levels of performance in some surprisingly complex jobs, at least if we define superhuman as better […]
• UCF Student Graduates After Studying Online from Ukraine, Providing Aid - Robert Stephens, UCF Today
  Mia Willard began her UCF education from Kyiv before war broke out. In the midst of explosions and near misses, she continued an amazing undergraduate journey that took her deeper into danger. She candidly responds to questions very few people will ever have to answer, but “How do you plan to celebrate?” catches her by […]
• Keystone College in ‘danger of imminent closure,’ accreditor says - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive
  Keystone College, in Pennsylvania, has until Aug. 1 to prove compliance with accreditation standards — or risk losing access to federal student aid and potentially closing. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education last week issued the private nonprofit a show-cause order — a final warning before MSCHE could pull accreditation. Keystone will need to […]