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86% satisfaction! The @advancehe.bsky.social PTES 2025 shows PGT quality perception is up. But the biggest challenge remains Community: students with disabilities & part-time learners report lower belonging. This data demands targeted investment in inclusive support.

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Bar chart titled Community question scores in 2024 and 2025 comparing three statements about postgraduate taught student community. For 'I feel part of a community of postgraduate taught students': 2024 score 69 percent, 2025 score 70 percent. For 'I feel a sense of belonging at my institution': 2024 score 70 percent, 2025 score 71 percent. For 'There are sufficient opportunities to interact with other postgraduate taught students': 2024 score 64 percent, 2025 score 65 percent. Across all statements, 2025 scores are 1 percent higher than 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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15% of large district contracts offer differentiated pay for #teachers in high-poverty schools, while nursing contracts represented by the same union (AFT) offer bonuses up to 24% above base pay. The data weakens the claim that bonus pay is divisive.

www.the74million.org/article/bonu...
A bar chart titled, "Unlike teachers, nurses tend to have access to differentials for hard-to-staff assignments." The chart displays a comparison of minimum and maximum salary differentials (as a percentage of base pay) for nurses and teachers in six districts. Nurses in the three analyzed districts (Manchester, Cincinnati, and New Brunswick) receive differentials ranging from 6% to 24% for working evening, overnight, or weekend shifts. Teachers in the three matched districts receive 0% differential for their hard-to-staff assignments (serving in a high-poverty school).
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Two-thirds of employers say new hires lack experience, leading to entry-level jobs demanding years of prior work. The fix: A portfolio approach to work-based learning, moving from simple simulations to full apprenticeships, embedded directly in the curriculum.

www.forbes.com/sites/brunom...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The AI challenge is not job loss; it's a skills gap: We know which jobs AI can't replace, but we aren't training people fast enough (America needs 16M healthcare workers). Education must shift from teaching content to teaching humanity.

#FutureofWork

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A group of scientists and doctors in white lab coats stand on a ridge overlooking a vast, misty, green valley. The image, rendered in a soft, artistic style, visually represents thought leaders collectively surveying the new frontier of the human workforce in the age of AI.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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AI is here. Your strategy must change.
Five lessons from top university leaders:
🔵 Opting Out is Not an Option.
🔵 AI makes the Relational elements of education more vital.
🔵 The future capacity hinges on collaboration, not competition.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
AI doesn’t just challenge higher education—it clarifies the work only higher ed can do. The most important progress happens where disciplines meet. Humanists must frame technology, and technologists must guide ethics. Learning can’t separate technical fluency from ethical judgment or creative thinking from computational reasoning.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Bloom's Taxonomy is too linear.

@educause.bsky.social article proposes the Radial Taxonomy: combining Fink's 6 domains (like Commitment and Caring) with 3 depth levels (Exposure, Proficiency, Mastery). The goal: a holistic, adaptable, and equitable assessment model.

er.educause.edu/articles/202...
A golden circular diagram representing interconnected learning dimensions, with glowing nodes arranged in symmetrical geometric patterns around a bright central light. The outer ring contains labeled sections reading Foundational Knowledge, Application, Integration, Human Dimension, Caring, and Learning How to Learn, connected by a network of thin lines and small spheres set against a soft blue background.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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The assessment crisis is real: 43% of students use AI for assignments.

The solution? Dialogue at Scale. AI agents enable 24/7 personalized Socratic tutoring, turning conversation into the new assessment artifact. Time to upgrade from the "buggy whip" LMS.

er.educause.edu/articles/202...
A figure resembling a Greek philosopher, holding a scroll and standing on a pedestal, transmits glowing blue data streams to a seated, diverse classroom of students, with a digital Parthenon structure in the background.
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Generative AI is done. The Agentic AI wave is here: autonomous 24/7 project managers.

Institutions must start the 36-month transition now to avoid losing on price and quality. Step 1: Agent Readiness Audit to fix data silos.

Read the full plan: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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NP demand up 40% by 2033. But policy lags:

🔵 27 states grant NPs Full Practice Authority (FPA).
🔵 23 states/territories impose Reduced or Restricted Authority, requiring career-long oversight.

It's time for autonomous practice nationwide.

dailynurse.springerpub.com/nurse-practi...
Split graphic showing contrast between rising demand and restricted access, with the left side in blue featuring an upward arrow labeled ‘40% demand increase’ above a free running female figure, and the right side in red showing a map of the United States locked with chains and padlock above a kneeling, shackled female figure with the word ‘RESTRICTED’ across the center.
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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2.8 million students in dual enrollment. Yet, policy is reactive & incomplete.

States heavily fund teacher credentialing but overlook holistic quality: advising, college navigation, and supportive systems. We must prioritize systems before scale.

www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The ADA Title II "Time Bomb" is ticking. 💣

New federal rules require WCAG 2.1 AA for all web & media. The game-changer is audio descriptions for video, creating a massive, unquantified compliance risk starting April 2026.

@philhill1.bsky.social: onedtech.philhillaa.com/p/the-other-...
Illustration of a large iceberg floating in dark blue water, with a small visible tip above the surface and a massive portion hidden below. The text reads “ADA Title II Deadline: April 2026” above the waterline and “Thousands of Videos – Audio Descriptions Mandate (WCAG 2.1 AA)” below the surface, symbolizing the unseen scale of accessibility work required.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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AI is here. Is your CBE program resilient? 🤖

Join @idesignedu.org for the #CBExchange session on AI-Proofing CBE. We show how moving assessment to mastery, not completion, creates authentic, durable learning. Featuring @whitneykilgore.bsky.social.

When: Nov 12, 3:30 PM MST
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November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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In the AI era, universities must stop treating industry as a vendor.

Partnerships must be built on shared purpose and mutual growth to benefit the learner. They expand opportunity; transactions narrow it.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

#HigherEd #EdTech
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November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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High-Quality Advising is not a checklist, it's a holistic developmental process.

New framework from @harvard.edu (HGSE) defines what students deserve: career-centered advice, starting in grade nine, with robust support beyond transactional talks.
#StudentSuccess

www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/2...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Join @idesignedu.org at the #AACN Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. where Whitney Kilgore, PhD, addresses the biggest barrier to the AACN Essentials: faculty workload.

🎤: Whitney Kilgore, PhD, CAO, iDesign
📍: Longworth (Meeting room level)
🗓️ : November 2, 2025
🧭: 8:30-9:30a
Promotional graphic for the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Academic Nursing Leadership Conference, November 2, 2025. Features Whitney Kilgore, Ph.D., Chief Academic Officer at iDesign, with the session title ‘From Gaps to Gains | Using Technology to Transform Nursing Competency Alignment.’ Includes the iDesign and AACN logos.
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Here it is... the 2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10!
2026 EDUCAUSE Top 10 - Making Connections 1: Collaborative Cybersecurity 2: The Human Edge of AI 3: Data Analytics for Operational and Financial Insights 4: Building a Data-Centric Culture Across the Institution 5: Knowledge Management for Safer AI 6: Measured Approaches to New Technologies 7: Technology Literacy for the Future Workforce 8: From Reactive to Proactive 9: AI-Enabled Efficiencies and Growth 10: Decision-Maker Data Skills and Literacy
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The AI Tsunami is here. Education must be systemically redesigned.

The answer is Interactionalism: using AI to foster dialogical learning and assess processes (not just products). AI helps us become "more deeply and distinctly human".

er.educause.edu/articles/202...

@educause.bsky.social
A luminous digital artwork depicting a glowing brain surrounded by swirling light and data streams, symbolizing the fusion of human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Two transparent hands clasp at the center beneath the brain, representing collaboration. The words “Interactionalism — Human Knowledge + AI Guidance” appear above, with a futuristic cityscape faintly visible below against a dark, starry sky.
October 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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AI is not a collapse, it's a catalyst.

@educause.bsky.social article with the opinion that the goal is to deliver artisanal-quality learning at an industrial scale. AI handles the repetitive tasks (24/7 Socratic tutoring) to let human faculty focus on mentorship.

er.educause.edu/articles/202...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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By 2030, we must adopt agentic AI and embodied AI (robots) to create a "synergetic campus" that democratizes mastery-based learning at scale. Delaying adoption risks being left permanently behind.

#HigherEdAI #FutureofHigherEd #EdTech

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Enrollment Strategy WIN: Coppin State University is up 26% in overall enrollment & has its largest freshman class in 25 years.

The secret? Offering in-state tuition to students from states without an #HBCU.

www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...
The incoming class at Coppin State pose in the shape of the institution’s initials.
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Need to improve hundreds of online courses without a full redesign? 🤯

@snhu.edu's BOPs (Program-Level Optimizations) model is scalable, data-informed, and effective. See how they reduced course melt and boosted satisfaction.

Join the Spark Session: Oct 22, 11:15 AM MT.
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Promotional graphic for WCET 2025 conference session hosted by iDesign and Southern New Hampshire University. The session is titled “BOP-It: Inside SNHU’s Scalable Course Optimization Model,” scheduled for October 22nd from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mountain Time in room Colorado A-B. Featured speakers are Brian Tidwell from SNHU and Leah Davis from iDesign, with their headshots shown below the session details. iDesign and Southern New Hampshire University logos appear at the top of the image.
October 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Stop solving fast. Solve smart.

Our live preconference workshop on networked consultancy helps you pause and reframe urgent #highered challenges. Bring your problem, leave with a repeatable process.

Limited seats for this experiment: Oct 21, 9-11 AM MT.
bit.ly/WCET_2025
Promotional graphic for the WCET 2025 conference. The headline reads, “Meet us at WCET!” Below, it highlights a featured workshop titled “Stop Solving the Wrong Problems: A Live Experiment in Better Decision Making.” Featured speakers include Brian Fleming, Founder of Design Futures, and Whitney Kilgore, Co-Founder and Chief Academic Officer at iDesign. The event takes place in Denver, Colorado, on October 21st, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Mountain Time. The WCET logo appears at the top with circular graphics and light blue design elements in the background.
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Nursing schools are stuck: 66,000 qualified applicants were turned away in 2023 due to limited hospital clinical placements. The debate centers on whether simulation training should count for more required hours.

#NursingShortage #HigherEd

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Four healthcare professionals in blue scrubs are actively engaged in a medical simulation, gathered around a patient training dummy while using tablets and monitoring vital signs on large screens.
October 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Brian Fleming, Ed.D: Don't fall into the Solution Trap. Institutions are in VUCA Denial, believing data can eliminate irreducible uncertainty. We need VUCA Readiness: resilience, not prediction.

bnfleming.substack.com/p/vuca-denial

#HigherEd #Strategy #EdTech #VUCA
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October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The nation's first! @olemiss.bsky.social Law School launched a fully online M.S. in Air and Space Law, built in collaboration with @idesignedu.org. It creates an accessible pathway for non-lawyers to lead in the $1.8T aerospace policy sector.

bit.ly/4gZqBsZ

#SpaceLaw #OnlineLearning
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October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM