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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, National Student Clearinghouse data reveal stable enrollment in spring, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 days, 20 hours ago
Widespread disruption to the spring semester did not result in an unusually large number of students changing their enrollment status, according to new research by the National Student Clearinghouse Research […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, New MIT Press Journal to Debunk Bad COVID-19 Research, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 days, 20 hours ago
To understand and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are working at a rapid clip.
As funders scale COVID-19 research grants and expedite application processes, publishers too are trying […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Park University offers discounted 'gap year' online, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week ago
As college campuses prepare for an uncertain fall semester, students face difficult decisions about their futures, too. Should they go back to campus in the middle of a pandemic? Should they keep studying […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Park University offers discounted 'gap year' online, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 week ago
As college campuses prepare for an uncertain fall semester, students face difficult decisions about their futures, too. Should they go back to campus in the middle of a pandemic? Should they keep studying […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, University of California system strikes landmark open-access deal with Springer Nature, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The University of California system is on a mission to break down publisher paywalls. Yesterday, the 10-campus system took a significant step toward that goal, announcing a huge open-access deal with publisher […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Colleges face evolving cyber extortion threat, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Cybercriminals have found a new way to extort universities — stealing sensitive information and then threatening to share it on the dark web unless a bounty is paid.
Three institutions were successfully targeted […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Colleges face evolving cyber extortion threat, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Cybercriminals have found a new way to extort universities — stealing sensitive information and then threatening to share it on the dark web unless a bounty is paid.
Three institutions were successfully targeted […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Searching for a meaningful response from college leaders to the killing of George Floyd, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Dozens of college presidents published statements last week after a white Minneapolis police officer held his knee on George Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes, killing the black man on May 25 and […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Higher ed leaders address protests, racial tensions and the killing of George Floyd, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month ago
Thousands of protesters across the nation have in recent days voiced their anguish over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
Many people who participated in […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, New resources to help support faculty with quality online instruction, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 1 week ago
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many instructors with little or no remote teaching experience were forced to move their classes online.
Given scant guidance or time to prepare, this large-scale experiment […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, May 12 roundup: Virtual commencements, financial woes and inspiring quotes, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Thousands of graduates won’t get to walk the stage this month, but that won’t stop the celebrations.
To supplement official virtual events organized by universities and colleges, graduating students are org […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Cengage and McGraw-Hill cancel merger plans, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education’s goal of creating one giant educational publisher has been abandoned, the publishers announced yesterday.
The planned “merger of equals,” announced in May 2019, was supposed t […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, April 30 roundup: Coronavirus tracing apps and AI-generated memes, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months ago
Today is the last day of April, and what a month it has been.
No doubt some poignant reflections on the past 30 days on lockdown will circulate the internet today.
But if quarantine life is stifling your […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, College librarians prepare for looming budget cuts, and journal subscriptions could be in for a trim, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 2 weeks ago
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, library budgets were hit hard.
Cuts were widespread and ran deep. Staff, collections, equipment and facilities at even the wealthiest institutions were affected.
While […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, College librarians prepare for looming budget cuts, and journal subscriptions could be in for a trim, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 2 weeks ago
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, library budgets were hit hard.
Cuts were widespread and ran deep. Staff, collections, equipment and facilities at even the wealthiest institutions were affected.
While […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Roundup: Videoconferencing woes and a new coffee craze, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 2 months, 4 weeks ago
What day is it again? That’s right, Monday!
As you gear up for another workweek from home, why not consider whipping up some tasty Dalgona coffee?
This chilled beverage went viral (not that kind) last week and i […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Zoombombing isn’t going away, and it could get worse, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months ago
A brief exchange is all it took for one student to completely derail an online accounting test at the University of Arizona yesterday.
“Don’t make it too obvious at the start that you are trolling, just ease int […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Survey suggests challenges for open textbooks ahead, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The way instructors discover textbooks and the way students purchase them has changed rapidly over the past five years.
Today, the textbook industry is at an inflection point, according to a new survey on […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, NC-SARA report paints detailed picture of distance education landscape, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 months, 1 week ago
Over 1.5 million students studied toward online degrees at institutions in their home state last year, according to new distance education data released today.
The National Council for State Authorization […]
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Lindsay McKenzie wrote a new post, Coronavirus forces U.S. universities online in China, on the site SOE Student Leadership Council 4 months, 1 week ago
After celebrating the Lunar New Year earlier this month, thousands of students at U.S. universities in China have resumed classes. But the campuses are eerily quiet, and classrooms remain empty. That's because […]
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