Sony Music Group (SMG) announced the 50 global scholarship recipients of the Sony Music
Group Global Scholars Program, a new initiative designed to help educate the next generation of music leaders. The Sony Music Group Global Scholars Program received applications across more than 70 countries. The 50 scholarships awarded represent a global cohort of students across all regions where Sony Music Group operates.
To know more: https://www.sonymusic.com/sonymusic/50-scholarship-recipients-announced-for-global-scholars-program-2022-2023/
Renaissance Fund honors Paul and Nancy Silvis, raises $618833 for scholarships
Penn State’s 46th annual Renaissance Fund celebration on Nov. 1 honored local volunteers, philanthropists and Penn State graduates Paul and Nancy Silvis. The event, which was livestreamed from the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, hosted nearly 300 in-person and online attendees and raised $618,833 for endowed scholarships to benefit students with financial need – one of the top five in the Renaissance Fund’s almost five-decade history.
To know more: https://www.psu.edu/news/development-and-alumni-relations/story/renaissance-fund-honors-paul-and-nancy-silvis-raises-618833/
How much demand is there globally for overseas campuses?
Navitas has developed a global model of demand for international higher education that projects around 9.5 million students studying overseas by 2030. In some countries, where demand is growing rapidly but local provision is lagging in terms of capacity and quality, the potential multiple could be as high as five or six to one. This suggests a latent market for overseas campuses of over 20 million in 2022, rising to 40 million by 2030, based on Navitas projections of international student flows.
To know more: https://thepienews.com/the-view-from/how-much-demand-is-there-globally-for-overseas-campuses/
Your Rights Abroad | The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
One potential downside of international higher education that students must carefully consider is the possibility that their destination country could operate under very different rules regarding freedom of expression. Because of the differing legal environments between nations, both students and their universities must navigate difficult questions about whether it is safe, legal, or wise to engage in expression about religion, politics, gender, sexuality, protest, or other sensitive issues abroad.
Here are some rights you must know about: https://www.thefire.org/defending-your-rights/your-rights-abroad
Two-thirds of colleges plan to grow efforts to reach foreign students and expand their global presence
According to a new report from the American Council on Education, Two–thirds of colleges intend to increase their level of global engagement over the next five years by ramping up recruitment of international students, developing additional study abroad experiences or other efforts. Almost half of respondents, 47%, said their colleges had accelerated internationalization efforts from 2016 until the pandemic’s onset.
To know more: https://www.highereddive.com/news/college-global-presence-recruitment-increase/635656/
Bloomberg has become the advocate that higher education needs the most
Mike Bloomberg, a pioneering innovator in providing financial information, has good advice on improving the quality and quantity of intellectual discourse in universities. To quote Bloomberg in a recent opinion piece, “The crisis in U.S. K-12 public education continues to deepen, and decisions by many colleges and universities to abandon SAT and ACT scores are making it worse. Instead of demanding more accountability from high schools, colleges are expecting less.”
To know more: https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3715847-bloomberg-has-become-the-advocate-that-higher-education-needs-the-most/
80% of professors at Ph. D. - granting universities attended the same handful of colleges
A new research published in Nature, a peer-reviewed journal concluded that academia “is characterized by universally extreme inequality in faculty production.” Researchers studied the educational histories of faculty members who worked at the 386 Ph.D.-granting institutions in the U.S. between 2011 and 2020, representing almost 300,000 people. 80% of faculty members were educated at only 19% to 28% of universities, depending on their field of study.
To know more: https://www.highereddive.com/news/Berkeley-Harvard-Michigan-Wisconsin-Stanford-most-faculty/633842/
Panel Takes On Higher Ed Burnout | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
A 2022 Gallup poll found that educators reported the highest level of burnout of any industry, and 35% of college and university workers reported “always” or “very often” feeling burned out at work. In light of this, the American Council on Education (ACE) convened a panel of experts to discuss what’s causing burnout and what can be done about it.
To know more: https://www.diverseeducation.com/faculty-staff/article/15302626/panel-takes-on-higher-ed-burnout
school connect Scholarship awards 37 study abroad aspirants in its second edition
iSchoolConnect Inc., an AI-based edtech company, recently awarded 37 overseas education aspirants scholarships as a part of its biggest philanthropic campaign, the iSchoolConnect Scholarship. The inaugural edition of the iSchoolConnect Scholarship, launched in 2020, awarded scholarships to 15 study-abroad aspirants. Seeing the overwhelming response from aspirants, iSchoolConnect decided to make the Scholarship an annual phenomenon, where students from all over the world can find a way to fund their education and pursue their study abroad dream.
To know more: https://www.adgully.com/ischoolconnect-scholarship-awards-37-study-abroad-aspirants-124585.html
The Rise of Asian Universities
Asian universities are slowly climbing the ranks and becoming top contenders in study-abroad destinations for international students. Recent reports have shown that China has surpassed the US in the number of universities on the ranking of the world’s best universities for the first time ever. 280 out of 2,000 schools from more than 90 countries around the world on this Global Universities Ranking report are Chinese.
Student Scholarship Survey Highlights College Affordability Crisis
A national survey of more than 500 student scholarship recipients found that financial aid was essential to paying for college for most of those students. Among those who responded, 90% said scholarships are extremely helpful or critical to their ability to stay in college. "This is a reflection of how much students and families are facing a college affordability crisis," said Scholarship America CEO Mike Nylund.
These 3 trends are shaping the future of ed tech
Ed tech companies and college leaders shared their predictions for higher education’s future during Educause’s conference in late October. The three trends that could be shaping the future of ed tech are Technology, Hybrid Learning Models, and Microcredentials.
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