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“Some faculty are revising their courses to sanitize them, while others have said they will purposefully try to violate the law. Neither of those responses is good.”—Brian Behnken, associate professor of history and Latino/a studies at Iowa State University For many in higher education, the dangerous tide of legislation nationwide that aims to exercise ideological control over education has likely felt like a distant worry, since the force of promised interference has been largely directed at K-12 teachers and curricula. But that is now changing dramatically as Republican lawmakers take it upon themselves to intrude into higher education with proposed bans and prohibitions on accepted ideas and concepts that have stood in curricula for many decades. McCarthyism has been resuscitated in a new form. Goodbye, Red scare, hello, “ed scare.” Today’s “dangerous ideas” are explicitly focused on race and racism or sexual orientation and gender identity, with critical race theory emergin...

These are scary times for teachers and academics, and the situation is only getting worse . The pace and scope of educational gag orders , laws regulating what can and cannot be taught about “divisive” topics, such as race in America, is increasing. Texas, where I live and teach at a public university, saw the passage of new legislation last year regulating K-12 curricula around issues of race. This caught my eye, because it will affect what my children learn in school. But truth be told, the anti–critical race theory agenda driving this legislation has been on my radar for some time now, since it makes me worried for my academic career. I teach and publish on topics such as racial disparities in the criminal justice system. At the moment, my state is not on the growing list of those with pending or enacted legislation targeting institutions of higher education. But it seems only a matter of time. Just this past week, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick announced his desire to see ...

Taking a whole-sector approach to higher education’s digital transformation, THE Digital Universities Week US 2022 brings together higher education institutions from across the US to challenge the current university model and transform it to deliver agile continuous education for the future. With the rapid pace of innovation, education needs to become more flexible, cost- and time- efficient. Discover how digital technologies can transform teaching, learning and the campus experience in an open, collaborative and innovative way. Section:  Events Image:  Registration Link:  Registration Link Event's date:  Monday, May 9, 2022 - 12:00pm Insider only:  from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/JeQUbL0

I was a first-generation college student. I remember calling my mom to talk about the challenges I was facing and her replying, “Don’t worry, you will figure it out” and “You will do fine!” I recall her optimistic but vague statements as intending to support me but not being very helpful. I remember having to learn a new language in college, having to learn the definitions of fancy, jargony words like “syllabus.” I remember wondering why my “classes” were now called “courses” and why my “tests” were now called “exams.” I simply did not understand much about the culture of college. Thankfully, I did figure a lot of it out (not without stumbling) and did find professors and teaching assistants who listened to my experiences and believed in me. My eventual success was largely a product of their empathy and support. I reflected on my own experiences while reviewing recent Student Voice survey data on how understood students feel at their colleges. I immediately found a couple of the ...

With  Inside Higher Ed’s  Reporter Colleen Flaherty and Editor Scott Jaschik. We launch this new member benefit with  Inside Higher Ed’s  Colleen Flaherty, who reports on faculty issues. She will share details about the recent lawsuit against Harvard University by three graduate students who say the university ignored their warnings and complaints for years about a prominent anthropologist before making minimal findings against him. Grab a coffee, and listen to the details of this case. Bring your questions -- there will be 10 minutes for a short Q&A with Colleen and Scott. Register today. Insider members, log in  and click below to register. Want to attend this exclusive webcast? Learn more about our Insider Membership Program. Click here to join today. Become an Insider to Save Your Spot    Insiders: Register Today Section:  Events | Inside Higher Ed Ad zone:  Booklet Image:  Registration Li...

Blog:  Learning Innovation The Generation Myth: Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think by Bobby Duffy Published in November of 2021. How frequently do generational stereotypes get casually tossed around within higher education? It is still not uncommon to hear talk about "digital natives" in conversations about comfort levels with learning technologies. While perhaps less public, there remains an undercurrent of belief among some technologists that older faculty are less facile with software and hardware than their younger colleagues. Nor are worries about younger generations absent from discussions related to higher education. Today's students are often painted with the generational brush of being grade-grubbing snowflakes, a prejudice accelerated by the 2014 publication of William Deresiewicz Excellent Sheep . The lazy generational thinking that pervades much of the discourse on social trends, and which higher education is not immune, motiv...

Blog:  Law, Policy -- and IT? I am undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. For those of you who knew me then, you might remember I had a 10-hour neurosurgery in 2008 that first brought awareness of an underlying plasma cell disorder.  Doctors and I have been watching it all these years.  Blood tests back in December suggested a spike.  Then in January, I yanked hard on something and thought I had pulled a chest muscle. Ten days later, I had the two-hour scheduled MRI.  The next day the first thing the doctor said when I went into the office was to ask how my ribs and shoulder were.  “How did you know about that?” I asked.  “Tracy,” he said, “Your rib is fractured.  The cancer is in your bones there. It is time to start treatment. So far, it is very tolerable. I am continuing to teach – an information policy applied research course at  Cornell  – and consult on cybersecurity curriculum –  Mitrano and Associates.   T...

"Recruiting International Students in a New Era" is a new print-on-demand editorial compilation from Inside Higher Ed. The free collection of news articles and essays is available for download here . On Wednesday, March 23, at 2 p.m. Eastern, Inside Higher Ed' s editors will lead a webcast about the themes of this booklet. Please click here to register or find out more. This compilation is made possible in part by the support of ETS TOEFL. Image:  Ad keyword:  ETS_20220222 Section:  Admissions from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/cWuVBbs

The University of Michigan’s head coach for the men’s basketball team, Juwan Howard, slapped Joe Krabbenhoft, a University of Wisconsin at Madison assistant coach, in the head during the postgame handshake line, leading to a scrum between the two teams, The New York Times reported. The altercation followed Wisconsin’s 77-to-63 victory over Michigan Sunday afternoon. Howard was angry over Wisconsin calling a time-out as the game was finishing, with Wisconsin way ahead. There are already calls for Michigan to fire Howard . The Big Ten announced that Howard would be suspended for five games, the rest of the regular season, and would also pay a fine of $40,000. "Our expectation is that the incident yesterday will provide our coaches and student-athletes with the opportunity to reflect, learn and move forward in a manner that demonstrates decorum and leadership on and off of the court," said Commissioner Kevin Warren of the Big Ten. Howard issued an apology Monday night...

North Carolina State University has voted to remove the word “Dixie” from the university’s alma mater. The first line of the song has been changed from “Where the winds of Dixie softly blow” to “Where the Southern winds so softly blow.” Randy Woodson, chancellor of the university, released a letter that explained the change. He wrote, “Traditions remain an important part of NC State. Those traditions must reflect who we are today and what we hope to achieve. As an institution of higher learning founded on a land-grant mission, we have a responsibility to continually educate ourselves and those who pass through our doors to unite against intolerance, model inclusivity, and advance the dignity and power of diversity. Making this change is simply the right thing to do.” Ad keywords:  administrators diversity Is this diversity newsletter?:  Hide by line?:  Disable left side advertisement?:  Is this Career Advice newsletter?:  ...

Jay Hartzell, president of the University of Texas at Austin, issued a strong defense of tenure Monday. Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick on Friday threatened to end tenure because of his anger over the teaching of critical race theory. Hartzell said, “Removing tenure would not only cripple Texas’ ability to recruit and retain great faculty members, it would also hurt Texas students, who would not be able to stay in state knowing that they will be learning from the very best in the country. It would also increase the risk of universities across the state making bad decisions for the wrong reasons. Future administrators might make annual retention decisions based on whether they or others did or didn’t like a faculty member’s current research agenda, rather than whether the quality of that research was excellent and held promise to have a positive impact on society in future years.” He added, “Some might argue that we make an occasional mistake in granting tenure or that tenu...

Today on the Academic Minute , part of Franklin and Marshall College Week: Harriet Okatch, assistant professor in the department of biology, examines our stress levels amid COVID-19. Learn more about the Academic Minute here . Is this diversity newsletter?:  Hide by line?:  Disable left side advertisement?:  Is this Career Advice newsletter?:  Trending:  Live Updates:  liveupdates0 from Inside Higher Ed https://ift.tt/7ITEFhN

Temple University senior Samuel Collington was shot and killed last November during an attempted robbery and carjacking near his North Philadelphia apartment. Collington’s death by gun violence followed the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Philadelphian near Temple’s campus two weeks earlier. Altogether, the City of Brotherly Love saw more than 500 homicides in 2021 , the most on record in at least three decades. The ever-present question in the wake of such a noteworthy increase in violence, especially in this moment of increased public scrutiny, is who—or what—keeps us safe? While the visceral response for many people, perhaps even most, is law enforcement, rest assured the answer surely is not more police. As a part of the institutional response plan to near-campus violence, Temple University president Jason Wingard pledged to increase the number of campus police by 50 percent. He also committed to working with city officials to increase municipal police patrols near cam...

Blog:  Higher Ed Gamma The brouhaha over Whoopi Goldberg’s remarks about race and Nazi Germany offers all of us a teachable moment — but only if we approach the topic through a wide-angled lens, not to score political or ideological points or to play ethnic one-upmanship or political gamesmanship. Obviously, Goldberg’s claim that “the Holocaust wasn’t about race” is grossly mistaken. After all, the laws that denied Jews German citizenship, forbade marriage or sexual relations between Jews and Germans, and banned Jews from voting and occupying public office rested on a person’s Jewish heritage – not their religious beliefs or practices. Coming just days after a hostage taking at a Shabbos service, it is not at all surprising that Goldberg’s words aroused anxiety among many Jews who fear that a definition of racism that centers around white supremacy is too narrow and excludes other forms of prejudice and discrimination, including antisemitism.   It was striking...