Wi-Fi 7: What Higher Education Needs to Know

Wi-Fi 7 also provides security features, including a mandatory implementation of WPA3 encryption in the 6GHz spectrum. This provides secure roaming for devices while also strengthening security measures. “Its encryption protocol strengthens security measures against various threats, including offline dictionary attacks and vulnerabilities exploited in previous iterations,” says Chau. Wi-Fi 7 will prioritize official emergency…

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How AI is Reshaping the Post-SCOTUS Admissions Landscape

In March, the New York Times published a must-read article exploring the relationship between two of the most important recent developments in higher education: the Supreme Court’s ruling on college admissions ending affirmative action and the fast-growing role that data-driven analytics tools are now able to play in helping foster equity in college admissions. It’s…

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Diogo Jansen, Change Programs, Brazil

This week, we spent five minutes with Diogo Jansen, product development specialist for Change Programs, the counselling arm of Brazil corporate travel firm Copastur. He tells The PIE about how he got introduced to the sector, the post-pandemic focus on quality and why Mandarin is the only choice for an instant language boost.   What…

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Bloom’s Taxonomy: The Ultimate Guide [Free Download]

In this guide, you’ll learn about: The six Bloom’s Taxonomy levels of thinking and how to apply them throughout a lesson plan; The three key domains, cognitive, affective and psychomotor, and their importance; How Bloom’s taxonomy can aid in active learning, as well as in formative and summative assessments. Finally, we’ll address some of the…

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Century-Old Institutions Paving the Way for DEI in Sports with Strategic Plan

On Jan. 15, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the Centennial Conference announced its creation of a three-year strategic diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan, uniting the conference’s 11 private, Division III institutions in a shared mission to make their athletics programs a place where all students, particularly those in marginalized populations, feel they belong. Dr….

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Suggestion to impose cap on international students in Australia “shortsighted”

The organisation’s latest policy brief attributed housing affordability and the more general cost-of-living crisis as “fundamentally a supply side problem”, rather than issues relating to international students. It comes days after a report from Australia’s PBSA organisation, the Student Accommodation Council, found that overseas students have been “unfairly blamed” for the country’s rental crisis. The brief has also been published as…

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UK study visa applications down 27% in two years

Statistics from the government show that applications for main applicants hoping to study in the UK have fallen to 34,000 in the first three months of 2024. Two years ago in 2022, some 46,900 applied for main applicant visas. After new government rules banning masters taught students from bringing dependents came into force on January…

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