A new data analysis seems to support California community colleges adding more bachelor's degrees, stating that geographical location should be a factor in whether such programs get approved (there are many place-bound students who will benefit). buff.ly/L8h43ZC. #AcademicSky #highered @edsource.org

"An increased maternal BMI & maternal #overweight (BMI ≥25) preceding or during pregnancy are associated with increased tendencies of disordered #eating behavior in offspring during early adolescence [including] loss of control (LOC) of eating." buff.ly/vPWEGeA #AcademicSky #psychology

In trying to make sense of tons of info, our brains store memories that aren't always exactly what we experienced. Eg, if we see a photo of someone diving into water, we remember the diver at a location where they would have been after a bit more time. #psychology #AcademicSky

Here's an idea to consider: have vertical transfer students keep same advisor at both IHEs (buff.ly/gVoXSMy). But this will only work if students correctly know where they're going to transfer & the IHEs have partnered, & that covers a minority of vertical transfer students. #AcademicSky #highered

In this substack piece, @stevenmintz.bsky.social makes the case that the traditional model of postsecondary education has been disappearing, and he describes what has been, and is likely to fully, take its place: buff.ly/pJ9pdEQ #AcademicSky #highered

@ithakasr.bsky.social has developed & can provide support with frameworks that help IHEs "measure the extent to which institutions deliver liberal arts education [& the extent] to which students experience a liberal arts education." buff.ly/ItQlyqP #AcademicSky #highered @madjoyish.bsky.social

There continues to be evidence that bachelor's degrees given by community colleges, which tend to be in technical fields, result in positive financial outcomes (relatively good salary and low debt) for the students receiving those degrees. #AcademicSky #highered @DanielCorralPhD

In #Nebraska a scholarship program for students taking college courses in high school (dual enrollment) was associated only w. increased initial measures of college success. Maybe because the credits the HS students earned didn't help w. major requirements? #AcademicSky #highered

This new research found that parents' perceived permissive attitudes towards #alcohol use and participation in Greek life were associated with binge #drinking in college students. buff.ly/HUuWdkQ The latter finding has been known for a long time. See Ch. 11 in buff.ly/icInp7R #AcademicSky #highered

Research has now shown that English-speaking audience members are less likely to engage with speakers speaking English but who don't have native English speaker accents. This is a potential challenge for trying to communicate info. across different cultures. #psychology #AcademicSky #highered

The @cuny.edu award-winning evidence-based associate-degree student success program ASAP(Accelerated Study in Associate Programs) buff.ly/p6vvNTT & its bachelor's version ACE(Accelerate, Complete, and Engage) buff.ly/0R9lxkd are now successfully at @sunyofficial.bsky.social #academicsky #highered

Is this available with a cuny library login? I don't see it.

I hope you watched what you ate yesterday (New Years Eve). There is evidence now that eating high-fat (high-energy-dense) foods may increase the risk of overconsumption of #alcohol : buff.ly/PTxyifu #academicsky #highered #psychology

Earning even small amounts of dual enrollment credit (college credits taught to high school students) is associated with increased college enrollment and degree attainment: buff.ly/k4tt1Dy @cuny.edu #AcademicSky @highered

1 way to greatly benefit higher ed. goals of current/former military personnel is to ensure they get college credit for all their past experience/training/courses & carry those credits w. them, wherever they go: buff.ly/QtCoCKE buff.ly/uaxApkz buff.ly/TBYl75a #Academicsky #highered @amowreader.com

Nonacademic factors e.g."outside employment, family responsibilities, & health issues" better predicted success in math w. corequisite support than academic factors ("mathematics anxiety, gap in time since high school enrollment, & effort exerted in class") buff.ly/uXgaViN #AcademicSky #highered

Overweight/obese people undergoing treatment to stop smoking show an increase in the reinforcing value of food, which can help to explain weight gain often seen in people who stop smoking: buff.ly/wIoK1Aq (for more info on smoking & weight see Chapter 14 of buff.ly/CJi0qNx ). #AcademicSky #highered

There were no changes in appetite and energy intake of 18 young adult women across their menstrual cycles, even tho resting metabolic rate was higher in the the luteal phase of their cycles: buff.ly/8Px3pVL #AcademicSky #highered #menstruation #food

Multiple articles have reported allegedly alarmingly low levels of #math prep of students at @ucsandiego.bsky.social (buff.ly/L5TlNL3 ). We need to know how this is being measured because research has shown that traditional techniques have made many errors (buff.ly/9YyhCvW). #AcademicSky #highered

Happy holidays to everyone, whether you celebrate #Christmas or another holiday. I hope you are getting some time to be with family and good friends, to relax, and to eat well!

Much remains to be done to ensure college students' success in #math courses, required for most college degrees. Aligning math requirements across high school and college can help. For much excellent info. on how to do that see: buff.ly/64w0b6Q$ #AcademicSky #highered @justequations.bsky.social

#Virginia has been taking steps to improve vertical transfer similar to what @cuny.edu has done over past 12 yrs, incl. establishing a common core, curricular pathways to specific majors, & an online tool (buff.ly/og7oh0V) that provides credit transfer info: buff.ly/RlOkQIG #AcademicSky #highered

This article is about the growth of dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students) in #NewYork focusing on the @cuny.edu College Now program (buff.ly/c5fSozI) & CUNY's Kingsborough Community College's Early College School (buff.ly/2lAhjrA) buff.ly/LFpa3Rz #AcademicSky #highered

The COVID pandemic resulted in changes in many food-related behaviors. E.g., cooking at home (vs. eating food cooked elsewhere) greatly increased, as did food shopping not done in person. And tho hand hygiene improved, consuming expired food did not: buff.ly/8Px3pVL #AcademicSky #highered #health

This experiment demonstrates that when rats are exposed a few weeks after birth to food occurring at unpredictable times, they later, as adults, demonstrate memory deficiencies: buff.ly/ah80215 SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) should be reliably provided! #AcademicSky #highered

This report describes the origins of Transfer Explorer (buff.ly/csjy4ee), a (relatively) new open-access website that makes "credit transfer information transparent, accessible, and actionable for students, advisors, and institutions" buff.ly/SsDW5dy #AcademicSky #highered @Ithakasr.bsky.social

The NYC mayoral campaign of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social committed to "massive" investment in The City University of New York. Mamdani won. Will he follow through on his promises? buff.ly/K84fXSM The City University of New York certainly deserves that. #AcademicSky #highered @cuny.edu

The % of #Alabama high school seniors who earn college credit before graduation has almost doubled since 2019, to 27%: buff.ly/7xjmhfn But this article doesn't address a big question: Do these credits apply to college degree requirements after the student matriculates? #AcademicSky #highered

Yes, for students who might enroll in a community or a public bachelor's college, especially if they're coming from low-income high schools, enrolling in the bachelor's college results, on average, in their having significantly more income by age 30: buff.ly/fRNK6bq #AcademicSky #highered

Here's a 1st-person account of what it means to a student to earn an assoc. degree while still in high school: buff.ly/aYYjIKs But I wish he'd said more than "the college credits I earned are transferable & meet degree requirements" about what happened to his HS IHE credits. #academicsky #highered

This research shows that distracting 3-5-yr-old children from snacking can significantly decrease their intake of high-energy-dense snacks. buff.ly/BWCJUE3 Something I learned w. my own son, but is good to see it demonstrated in a controlled experiment. #AcademicSky #highered #obesity #food #health

For some time we've known that food deprivation changes some animals' behavior in ways that make it more likely they'll find food (see buff.ly/K5pCXnB ), & now we know some of the changes in the brain that are responsible for those behavioral changes: buff.ly/SkQeOh0 #hunger #AcademicSky #highered

Big news! National Transfer Explorer (buff.ly/csjy4ee), the open-access website showing how credits transfer & apply to degree requirements, will be adding more states/IHEs in '26 & thanks to Gates Fdn support, IHE payments will be waived! buff.ly/B4wzFiL #academicsky #highered @ithakasr.bsky.social

See the LEARN Commission's final report with recommended "national guidelines for practitioners to recognize undergraduate learning in all its forms & apply it to credentials, with the intent of advancing learning mobility" buff.ly/fMsw0Id #beyondtransfer @aacrao.bsky.social #academicsky #highered

This research found that in articulation agreements community colleges frame vertical transfer students as navigators, but bachelor's colleges frame them as deficient: buff.ly/LnCTe9C We got consistent findings in our survey of almost 4,000 CUNY faculty buff.ly/TgaKDYL #academicsky #highered

It seems as if no state is immune to the nationwide increases in dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students). Here is information about growth in dual enrollment in #Nebraska: buff.ly/pGNWs7f #AcademicSky #highered

This #BeyondTransfer column points out the importance of collaboration, at all levels, in order to facilitate transfer. buff.ly/HC8XmYv Transfer is by definition a process that transcends boundaries. Collaboration is essential. #AcademicSky #highered

When experienced musicians were compared to nonmusicians, musicians had better short-term memory for musical, verbal, & visuospatial stimuli with large, small, & v. small effect sizes, respectively. So musicians' memory advantages seems to really be only with musical stimuli.#AcademicSky #highered

If preschool children's environment is characterized by food deprivation &/or food unpredictability, then as adolescents they eat more & eat emotionally. buff.ly/2di6p7b We should ensure that all children have access to sufficient, reliable food. #obesity #health #AcademicSky #highered

The Transfer Nation podcast titled “Information on Transfer: Faculty Need It Too” has just dropped! Listen to what some faculty really think about vertical transfer (note: some of it may be disturbing): buff.ly/7Km4x3dA new publication on this survey is here: buff.ly/yuuCUAC #AcademicSky #highered

This @insidehighered piece by @amowreader (buff.ly/MnKuVu4) describes our recent pub on student transfer views of almost 4,000 @cuny.edu faculty (buff.ly/TgaKDYL). Eg >50% of both community & bachelor's faculty think their IHEs should make final decision about credit transfer. #AcademicSky #highered

Here's a summary of what's happening & likely to happen w. community college bach's degrees--a Q&A w. Angela Kersenbrock, Pres. of Community College Baccalaureate Assoc.: buff.ly/G38HQYv If bachelors IHES won't facilitate vertical transfer, we should permit these degrees. #AcademicSky #highered

This column by two members of the Beyond Transfer Policy Advisory Board describes three state policy ideas designed to improve the success of students transferring between IHEs: buff.ly/1wV3nct #AcademicSky #highered #BeyondTransfer

This article lists 4 questions every prospective transfer student will ask ("How will my credits transfer? How long will it take me to graduate? How much will it cost? What about my major?") & discusses how to answer each well: buff.ly/zTGuULa #AcademicSky #highered #beyondtransfer

Whether yeast or sourdough or both are combined with whole-meal bread makes no difference in terms of the satiation effect of the bread: buff.ly/rErccvG #food #obesity #dieting #AcademicSky #highered

Even when plant-based meat analogues are as good as meat in terms of price, taste, & convenience, some people still don't want to eat them. buff.ly/GE96Tte We need to figure out what additional factors are involved if we want people to eat less meat. #AcademicSky #highered @jacobpeacock.bsky.social

This article provides a good summary of the nature of dual enrollment programs (college courses taught to high school students), their possible benefits, the risks involved & how to avoid them, & specific actions to take to ensure the programs are coherent: buff.ly/AycdZIq #AcademicSky #highered

Dual enrollment (high school students enrolled in college courses) may have grown hugely in recent years (buff.ly/KTXVu7q ), but 20 years ago @cuny.edu already had (& still has) an extremely robust dual enrollment program known as College Now (bit.ly/4qZBakL). #AcademicSky #highered

Here's a neglected issue for students who transfer from a community to a bachelor's college(vertical transfer students). They may be used to lower-cost course materials at their community colleges. Librarians can help ease the transition. buff.ly/GL7FOUR #AcademicSky #highered @zachrpg.bsky.social

Location matters when it comes to the success of students transferring from community to bachelor's colleges (vertical transfer). Community college students are more likely to transfer to low- vs high-performing bachelor's colleges if the former are nearby: buff.ly/DeaeNFM #AcademicSky #highered