Seven English universities currently pay their governing body chair between £15k and £25k a year. Two pay committee chairs but no other external members. Under new legislation, upon request of the incoming chair, Scottish universities must pay chairs and two currently do so. The likely range will be £16k to £27k. More...
The annual conversation about whether or not people should be offered places in higher education only after receiving their exam results, known as PQA, is well underway.
But many important points tend to be overlooked in this regular conversation. More...
There's been a bit of an uproar over Pearson's announcement that they are switching entirely to a digital-first model and will be updating their editions more frequently as a result.1 The prevailing take in the media write-ups so far has been fear of increasing prices. I'm not doing as much of that sort of analysis as I used to anymore. More...
The first retention early warning system that I know of was Purdue Course Signals. It was an experiment undertaken by Purdue University to—you guessed it—increase student retention, particularly in the first year of college, when students tend to drop out most often. More...
The term "learning engineering" was first used by Nobel laureate and Carnegie Mellon University polymath Herbert Simon in 1966. It has been around for quite a while. But it is a term whose time as finally has come and, as such, we are seeing the usual academic turf wars over its meaning and value. More...
Here are some of the most common characteristics of student support programs--and tips on how to turn potential pitfalls into program and student success. More...
Targeting the time from late high school to junior year of college could help improve students' math performance. More...
The majority of college students say they have experienced mental health issues on campus, putting the burden on higher-ed leaders to support student mental health and well-being, according to a new report. More...
In the coming years, students say using video in education will play a large role in personalized and self-paced learning, along with helping prepare for success in the workforce, according to a new report. More...
Higher education is saturated with online programs from numerous colleges and universities. So, if a small private non-profit university was interested in expanding its online presence, how would it go about doing it? How would it differentiate itself from the myriad of choices that students wade through when they are interested in returning to school for a degree. More...
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