Just over half of educator preparation programs (EPPs) report that most of their faculty incorporate technology into their training, a new report suggests. As a result, first-time teachers lack the confidence to use edtech in the classroom at a time when the profession can't avoid it.
"People are 100% using AI right now for accreditation writing," says Glenn Phillips, former director of assessment at Howard University. "I know several folks who have ChatGPT open on their browser at all times. They're using it whether you want them to or not."
Recent scandals across multiple esteemed athletic programs illustrate that hazing is not only associated with Greek life and can derive from a systemic problem.
Middlebury College President Laurie Patton is helping boldly steer her institution into a new era, embedding in its blueprint of academic excellence a commitment to data literacy, environmental literacy, cross-cultural exchange and conflict transformation.
Assumption University, a Massachusetts private university, plans to dodge the headache of the new FAFSA implementation with its own form that promises to provide applicants as early as next week.
The current model of higher education gives credit only if and when a learner reaches the end of the journey. It's a broken system that hardly works even for traditional learners who enter college right after high school.
A Department of Education memo in 2021 stated that disbursing Pell Grants and Federal Direct Student loans "could continue for a very limited time," but "these operations could also experience some level of disruption due to a lapse" during a shutdown.
College presidents come in all shapes and sizes, but these last two weeks illustrate institutional boards' confidence in hiring academics with battle-tested experience in higher education.
Amid the proliferation of alternative credential programs created by higher ed and non-academics alike, this accrediting body wants to snuff the confusion.
