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Hello readers,
Here is a selection of this week's most relevant stories in education. If you enjoy this newsletter, I’d be grateful if you would share it with a friend or colleague. They can click here to sign up. Thank you!
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The Times Higher Education released the first edition of a new university ranking, the University Impact Rankings 2019, a global performance table that evaluates and classifies universities’ success in delivering the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one in every five children between 3 and 17 years old have been diagnosed with a mental disorder, making it the most common ailment among minors.
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When students are responsible for managing an event that has a social impact, they learn to develop their creative and critical capacity to propose imaginative and original solutions. This article shares how interdisciplinary and multicultural projects provide students with an excellent learning experience.
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Remedial courses have been our go-to resource to help unprepared students level the field in college. But is it the best and only resource?
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The Corporations Devouring American Colleges
Universities had the chance to make quality education affordable for everyone. This is what they did instead. (The Huffington Post)
The Innovation Cult
"What we once regarded as deviant and deceitful is now praised as visionary." (Tribune)
"Higher education has always been in crisis"
Virtually every decade over the past century has seen the publication of books and articles on universities with the word “crisis” in the title. (Inside Higher Ed)
Stop Asking Kids What They Want to Be When They Grow Up
It forces kids to define themselves in terms of work, says Adam Grant. (The New York Times)
Even When College Is Free, It Can Be Hard For Adults To Stay In School
Tuition is just one of many barriers that adult students face. (NPR)
Podcast: Why universities are failing to embrace AI
How will AI affect the future of universities, the very institutions that developed the technology in the first place? (Nature Careers)
German universities fear losing monopoly over doctorates
The debate is whether universities of applied sciences have the quality of research needed to deliver doctorates. (Times Higher Education)
Glint And LinkedIn Are Building A Competency Marketplace For Managers
Tomorrow's competency marketplace will provide a GPS to help employees to navigate from point A to point B. (Forbes)
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“We live with that bad PR every frickin’ day,”
Steve C. Gunderson, Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU) president, told the annual conference of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation last January. In this article, Paul Basken tracks the successes and failures of the troubled for-profit sector of US higher education.
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