Could our teaching assistants be replaced with AI’s creating AIs? Reported by EdSurge, historically the cost of building an AI tutoring tool – up to 1,000 faculty hours – may not be worth the time you’d save by creating one. But now Georgia Institute of Technology is working on an artificially intelligent system that can […]
Are colleges more excited about ISA’s than students?
Are colleges more excited about income share agreements than students? Reported by EdSurge, while more than 60 colleges now offer income share agreements that provide for student loan financing payback dependent on the student’s post-graduate income, student awareness of these programs still appears to be low, and their skepticism high. The takeaway? Many of us […]
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Do remedial courses help students if they don’t count toward their degree?
Do remedial classes help students if they don’t count toward their degree? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, with research showing that students are more likely to complete transfer-level math and English courses if they can earn credit for them, California created a bill in 2018 which restricts community colleges from requiring remedial courses, which has […]
Biggest online learning lesson from the pandemic?
The biggest online learning lesson from the pandemic? That we need to be ready to teach through the next one. Reported by Inside Higher Ed, the institutions who were the most ready for an immediate transition to online learning were the institutions who had already experienced significant disruption in the past, often midwestern schools due […]
Faculty Podcasts as Program Promotion
powered by Sounder During COVID, when we can’t all be together, how can we personalize and humanize our courses to engage students? Dr. David Peña-Guzman, Assistant Professor in the School of Humanities and Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University, and Dr. Ellie Anderson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College, joined the Enrollment Growth […]
Where’s this recession’s higher ed bump?
Where’s this recession’s higher ed bump? Reported by Inside Higher Ed, more than 1/3 of prospective college students are reconsidering higher education. Is that true for the market’s incumbent workforce as well? Because in past recessions, higher ed typically sees enrollment growth from adults in the workforce looking to upskill and become more marketable. But […]
90% of students are unsatisfied but staying put
90% of students are unsatisfied but staying put. Reported by Inside Higher Ed, according to a new survey by Anthology, nearly 90% of students plan on re-enrolling at the same college this spring they attended in the fall. This despite more than 32% of students saying they didn’t “feel included” in a friend circle and […]
Morehouse benefactor is now backing income-based financing for HBCU’s
A Morehouse benefactor is now backing income-based financing for HBCU’s. Reported by EdSurge, Vista Equity Partners CEO Robert E. Smith, who paid $34 million to settle the loan debt for Morehouse College’s graduates back in 2019, has now set up the Student Freedom Initiative, designed to provide financial support for HBCU students through income-based financing. […]
Esports Growth During the Pandemic
powered by Sounder College esports was surging in popularity even before the pandemic, but the intricacies of esports are still new to many leaders in higher education. How can institutions accelerate the adoption of esports? Joey Gawrysiak, Director of Esports at Shenandoah University, joined the Enrollment Growth University to talk about the “more than games” […]
The pandemic’s pressure on the existing college preparedness problem
Will the pandemic put even more pressure on the existing college preparedness problem? Reported by EdSurge, prior to the pandemic, according to the Community College Research Center, nearly 2/3 of entering community college students lacked the math and language skills necessary for college-level placement. And prior developmental education interventions have proven less than effective, with […]