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Loper ruling reshapes balance of power in education
The balance of power between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches has swayed in recent years. In the first Trump administration, courts paused the administration’s rescission of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)—a policy that provided deportation protection for young undocumented immigrants. The Biden administration also saw courts restrain its ability to deliver on education policy promises like loan forgiveness and Title IX protections for transgender students.
Federal Policy on Community Colleges: Presidential Priorities and Policy Tools
Community colleges enhance access to higher education for millions of students through low tuition and broad admission policies, support their communities through continuing education and other service programs, and contribute to economic development by providing job training and partnering with regional employers. These institutions play a unique role in higher education, in their local economy, and in social policy.
Graduate programs should require pedagogy courses: Opinion
Graduate programs often insufficiently prepare their students for academic teaching careers, write Benjamin Rifkin, Rebecca S Natow, Nicholas P Salter, and Shayla Shorter for The Chronicle of Higher Ed. After surveying a selection of history, psychology, and biology doctoral programs in the US, the authors found that few programs required students to take credit-bearing courses on teaching.
Advice | Why Doctoral Programs Should Require Courses on Pedagogy
Complaints about the lack of attention to teaching in Ph.D. programs are legion — mainly about the perceived disconnect between what we are trained to do in graduate school and what we are expected to do in the college classroom. After years of calls for reform, we wondered, is that disconnect still the case? Plenty of essays, social-media posts, and books like Jonathan Zimmerman’s The Amateur Hour have tackled the lack of formal training that professors receive on teaching.
Advice | Why Doctoral Programs Should Require Courses on Pedagogy
Complaints about the lack of attention to teaching in Ph.D. programs are legion — mainly about the perceived disconnect between what we are trained to do in graduate school and what we are expected to do in the college classroom. After years of calls for reform, we wondered, is that disconnect still the case? Plenty of essays, social-media posts, and books like Jonathan Zimmerman’s The Amateur Hour have tackled the lack of formal training that professors receive on teaching.
The University and the Global Knowledge Society
reviewed by Rebecca S. Natow - April 18, 2022 Title: The University and the Global Knowledge Society Author(s): David John Frank and John W. Meyer Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton ISBN: 0691202052, Pages: 182, Year: 2020 Search for book at Amazon.com Observers of higher education often speculate about the future of the field. Every so often, these speculations suggest that vast segments of the sector may not have a future at all.
Early learning leadership, social studies, higher ed policy, Black History Month, and more
Hello, "How, exactly, has the federal government come to exercise so much power over higher education when education is not mentioned at all in the Constitution?" —in this week's blog, Rebecca S. Natow explores the origins of the federal government's role in higher education policymaking. Her new book, Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education, is now available.
Status of Lawsuits Against Colleges Regarding the Online Pivot Due to COVID-19
6 minutes ago 1 min read In 2020, following the massive emergency pivot to online teaching affecting colleges and universities across the U.S. due to COVID-19, a number of lawsuits were filed against institutions alleging (among other things) breach of contract and educational malpractice. Inside Higher Education reports today about the status of many of those lawsuits.
Higher Education Policy Implications of President Biden’s First 100 Days
The early weeks of a new president’s term offers the opportunity to advance a realigned policy agenda from the previous administration and establish a clear narrative on presidential priorities, so it is not unexpected that there has been an intense focus on the actions and accomplishments of President Joe Biden in his first three months in office.
Cornel West Quits Harvard; the 13th Amendment
From: Len Gutkin Subject: The Review: Cornel West Quits Harvard; the 13th Amendment The filmmaker Ava DuVernay's 2016 documentary13th made a powerful historical claim pithily encapsulated in its subtitle: "From slave to criminal in one amendment." The argument goes like this: The 13th Amendment's so-called "exception clause," which outlawed slavery "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall be duly convicted," effectively converted race-based slavery into race-based incarceration.
Why Haven’t More Colleges Closed? | RealClearEducation
Prognosticators predicted mass shutterings. That hasn't happened, but other enormous changes are underway.
Opinion | Why Haven’t More Colleges Closed?
Last spring’s abrupt, pandemic-induced pivot to virtual learning led to tremendous financial disruption for colleges. The educational technology came with a lofty price tag. So did retrofitting campuses to comply with public-health guidance, with needs for plexiglass dividers, extra campus cleanings, and personal protective equipment — to say nothing of smartphone screening apps and the cost of Covid testing itself.
Research utilization in higher education rulemaking: A multi-case study of research prevalence, sources, and barriers
Research utilization in higher education rulemaking: A multi-case study of research prevalence, sources, and barriers Rebecca Natow Abstract For stakeholders who would like to see more research as a basis for educational policy, it is important to understand the prevalence of research use and the sources of the studies used by policymakers, as well as the factors that hinder research use in educational policymaking.
Research Use and Politics in the Federal Higher Education Rulemaking Process
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No 98 (2019) | International Higher Education
Published: 2019-06-05 Full Issue International Issues and Trends Mobility and Internationalization British Perspectives Focus on China and Taiwan Countries and Regions Departments
After Lawsuit Over Misleading Claims, Coding Bootcamp Flatiron School Acquired by WeWork
LIFE AFTER LAWSUIT: WeWork, an office leasing startup, has acquired the online and in-person coding bootcamp Flatiron School, Axios reports. Terms of the deal, which was signed on Oct. 11, were not disclosed. In a blog post, WeWork’s co-founder and CEO, Adam Neumann teased plans to “offer new Flatiron in-person courses in new locations and online through new models and new channels” to WeWork employees and members.
Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education
Colleges and universities in the United States are increasingly integrating technology into developmental education programs, which are designed to bring underprepared students up to college level. The uptick in tools used to address challenges with developmental education arrives both in response to state policy mandates as well as institutions’ own desire to improve student outcomes and conserve resources.
Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education - EdSurge News
Colleges and universities in the United States are increasingly integrating technology into developmental education programs, which are designed to bring underprepared students up to college level. The uptick in tools used to address challenges with developmental education arrives both in response to state policy mandates as well as institutions’ own desire to improve student outcomes and conserve resources.
CUNY Community Colleges Prepare for Gov. Cuomo’s Free Tuition Plan With Tech Overhaul
“CUNY is now at a pivotal moment,” the City University’s draft Master Plan reads. Earlier this year Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) echoed those sentiments in his State of the State address where he reiterated his plan to make all public colleges in the state tuition-free for families making under $125,000 a year. His proposal has New York City community colleges scrambling to “leapfrog” digital innovation to meet the expected surge in student enrollment.
What’s happening beyond the public eye in the Dept. of Education?
Here’s the question everyone’s asking: Will the new administration’s education department spur states toward voucher programs and relax regulation of for-profit higher ed? Maybe the question should not be if these changes would be made, but how. And that’s why more attention should be paid to one of the most important and direct mechanisms the department may use to change policy: the rulemaking process.
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