#highered

  1. Mentors open students’ eyes to opportunities and careers, providing advice, experiences and outside-the-classroom knowledge. Mentoring is a hallmark of being a student at Minnesota private colleges and provides opportunities for faculty to get to know and support their students.

  2. Women at our colleges earn STEM degrees at high rate

    Over a thousand degrees in #STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields were earned by women at our member institutions during the 2021-22 academic year. That’s nearly a third of the total number of bachelor’s degrees earned in STEM fields by women in Minnesota durin

  3. First lady to visit North Carolina on Monday

    Jill Biden is set to travel to Greenville and Greensboro to highlight the importance of efforts to expand career-connected learning in high school and college. She'll visit Pitt Community College in Winterville and Guilford Technical CC in Greensboro. #ncpol #ncnews #voteBlue #Bide

  4. Campus news spotlight : Several companies approached the University of Northwestern — St. Paul and its students to complete research and projects that had been tabled. Emily Compaan ’22 and her teammates tackled one of these for her senior engineering project by designing a high-t

  5. Paying for college profile: Mary Fischer

    Mary Fischer initially prioritized schools outside of Minnesota when applying for college but discovered the right fit at the University of St. Thomas. A strong financial aid package — that includes the Minnesota State Grant — is helping her to pursue her education and goals. Rea

  6. Grading anything with a short answer in #highered with #AI now in play has completely changed the game. On one hand, the answers actually sound well thought out, intelligent, and contain no grammatical errors. On the other hand, the functionality of the assessment is pointless, b

  7. I am looking forward to everyone having a chance to hear from Leah P. Hollis, Ed.D. and Mary McConner, Ph.D., CDE® on the next episode of "Office Hours with Dr. De Veau" Dropping Wednesday, February 7th. #BlackWomen are not OK in #HigherEd and Dr. Hollis and Dr. McConner contribu

  8. Higher Ed Accreditation Changes

    Those of us living in the Land of Accreditation & Institutional Effectiveness need to keep a close eye on these proposed changes. Some things that jump out at me: (1) Limit of 2 years for how long IHEs can be out of compliance before losing their accreditation; (2) increased over

  9. Paying for college profile: Hannah Hausman

    Upon graduating from high school, St. Paul native Hannah Hausman did not plan on attending college so close to home but credits St. Catherine University’s strong financial aid and welcoming community to their decision: mnprivatecolleges.org/news-events/news/paying-college-profile