@timeshighered.bsky.socialAcademic communities have long relied on citations, publication counts, the journal impact factor and the h-index as indicators of scholarly achievement. These metrics capture only part of the story, as Rachel Miles explains: https://ow.ly/qmeA50ZVgf4 #Highered #Academicsky
@timeshighered.bsky.socialPoorer students have the most to gain from getting a degree, with the boost to their earnings after university outstripping that enjoyed by their better-off peers. Georgia Louise Luckhurst reports #highered #socialmobility #edusky
https://ow.ly/eVYZ50ZVvqn
@timeshighered.bsky.socialProcrastination is the biggest issue holding back students’ academic performance ahead of other problems like anxiety and depression, a major study has concluded. Juliette Rowsell reports #highered #procrastination #mentalhealth #edusky
https://ow.ly/kqYS50ZVsTr
@timeshighered.bsky.socialThe UK government must urgently come up with a clear plan for what would happen to students who are left stranded by university closures, according to the Conservatives’ shadow education minister. Georgia Louise Luckhurst reports #highered #edusky
https://ow.ly/xlv550ZVqbi
@timeshighered.bsky.socialHong Kong’s public universities have significantly raised tuition fees for non-local students, which experts say reflects a tightening of the fiscal purse as well as the heightened cost of delivering higher education. Rosalind Skillen reports #highered #tuitionfees #edusky
https://ow.ly/HNgI50ZVuHO
@timeshighered.bsky.socialTimes Higher Education at 55: how title helped forge a sector
Matthew Reisz speaks to many of the celebrated journalists who started their careers at THE – and hears about backstreet boozers, Hawaiian blizzards and living in ‘a constant ambience of fart’ #highered #THE
https://ow.ly/XmLH50ZVwYP
@harmonygritz.bsky.socialPulling this up as one mid-thread reply, and there’s so much more at the OP.
@insidehighered.comTomorrow at 11am PT / 2pm ET, join @gallup.com, @ideas42.bsky.social & @collegefutures.bsky.social to gain insight into new research on adult working learners & how they make decisions about postsecondary training & education. 🔗 Register 👉 https://bit.ly/4743r0M #sponsored #EDUSky #HigherEd
@insidehighered.comLincoln U Students, Alumni Sue Missouri for $549M, Citing Underfunding
Lawyers for the 1890 Project said the group plans to legislate, litigate or negotiate for repayment from all 16 states with a documented history of underfunding historically Black ... https://bit.ly/4zcpI8k
@insidehighered.comGAO: HHS Illegally Withheld $78M in Health-Care Improvement Agency Funds https://bit.ly/4jbfpNm
@insidehighered.comBotstein Resigns From Remaining Roles As New Epstein Allegations Surface https://bit.ly/4zjpoom
@specollective.bsky.socialIn a case study with Mount Saint Mary's, LA's only women's university: who shapes AI's problems at the start, not only who reviews them at the end?
@insidehighered.comOpinion | The Time for the 30-Hour Workweek Has Come
Higher ed should lead the way. By Semra Kılıç-Bahi: https://bit.ly/4hJU8Yz
@pubdro.bsky.socialDay 3 of posting until Pubdro has 10k users
Pubdro pulls from trusted sources and delivers a clean feed of the latest papers matching your specialization. No clutter. No endless scrolling. Just relevant research. #PhDLife #AcademicTwitter #ResearchTools #OpenScience #HigherEd
@amandarosevphd.bsky.socialCome work with me at Cal State Fullerton! We’re hiring an Assistant Professor of Directing in the Theatre & Dance department… please share widely, and reach out with questions!
@washburnmcgoldrick.bsky.socialOur colleague Bonnie Devlin offers valuable insights on the historic donation to Carnegie Mellon University and the critical need for #highered institutions to build & cultivate long-term relationships with potential #donors. #philanthropy #universities
www.wash-mcg.com/chronicle-bo...
@timeshighered.bsky.socialOpinion: Universities’ governing councils must incorporate voices that raise problems they may not want to hear about, say Jesse Gardner-Russell and Richard Lee #highered #governance
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/australian-universities-problem-legitimacy-not-governance
@leefallin.bsky.socialGreat to see Prof. Tom Lawson deliver his inaugural lecture as VC of @uniofhull.bsky.social. Asking the timely question of ‘What are Universities for?’, the talk came to a powerful conclusion. In part - love. Love for their students. Love for their communities. Love for their region. #HigherEd #UKHE
@uscrossier.bsky.socialUSC Rossier Professional Learning offers the Mathematics Instructional Added Authorization (MIAA), a fully online program designed for PK–Pre-Algebra teachers with at least three years of experience.
To read the full article: https://bit.ly/4B59dwS
@csmonitor.bsky.socialAmid a slew of lawsuits and investigations over antisemitism on campus, Harvard University leadership has leaned in to promoting free speech and bridging ideological and cultural divides. #harvard #freespeech #trump #highered
www.csmonitor.com/USA/Educatio...