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Attorney General Bird joins lawsuit challenging Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a 10-state lawsuit led by Kansas challenging the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan, also known as SAVE.
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Attendees of 1 in 4 higher education programs earn less than high school grads, study finds

Americans are increasingly skeptical of the value of a post-secondary education at a time when college attendance costs are soaring.
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9 months ago
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AI Has a Language Diversity Problem

AI writing tools sometimes "correct" students' dialects. But fixing the tech's shortcomings may be easier than addressing human language biases. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-article_leaderboard_1'); });
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1 year ago
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Colleges step up efforts to prevent gun violence on campus

Recent mass shootings at an elementary school in Uvalde, Tex., and a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., have prompted new calls for higher education institutions to step up efforts to prevent gun violence on campus.
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1 year ago
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Simulations help students recognize mental distress in peers

For years, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has implemented a mental health training simulation to teach students, faculty and staff to recognize symptoms of mental illness in students and take steps to get them help.
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1 year ago
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Survey: College students still don't feel free to speak on campus

The percentage of college students who believe the political and social climate on their campus prevents people from freely expressing themselves rose from 54.7 percent in 2019 to 63.5 percent in 2021, according to a new survey conducted by Heterodox Academy.
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1 year ago
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Implement a mental health plan, catch a break on insurance

In a first-of-its-kind arrangement, United Educators is partnering with the Jed Foundation to motivate institutions to implement mental health programs on their campuses.
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1 year ago
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Summer books for first-year students tackle social issues

While incoming first-year college students enjoy the summer break, many will also be cracking open books that their institutions have asked them to read before classes start.
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1 year ago
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Colleges urged to use HEERF on mental health

The Education Department on Thursday urged colleges to use Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) on mental health services on campus.
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1 year ago
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Piedmont provost resigns over 'unethical' budget cuts

Piedmont University provost Daniel Silber resigned abruptly on Tuesday in protest of proposed budget cuts and faculty layoffs, which the Board of Trustees was set to vote on this week.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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A new app lets students connect and administrators monitor

Incoming first-year students have always found ways to connect with each other before they start college, especially through social media apps such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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1 year ago
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Full-time online M.B.A. enrollment surpasses in-person programs

In a watershed moment for graduate-level business education, more full-time M.B.A. students were enrolled in online programs than residential ones during the 2020-21 academic year.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Innovative solution to deferred maintenance costs

The University of Nebraska system has an $800 million problem.
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1 year ago
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Author explains his book on the problems with college pricing

In A Problem of Fit: How the Complexity of College Pricing Hurts Students and Universities (University of Chicago Press), Phillip B. Levine explores just how confusing the college pricing system is to a typical student or parent.
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Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Hispanic-serving research universities launch alliance

A group of 20 research universities that are also Hispanic-serving institutions have formed an alliance to recruit more Hispanic doctoral students and faculty members to their programs.
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1 year ago
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Saint Joseph's absorbs a struggling institution across town

On June 1, Saint Joseph's University officially merged with the University of the Sciences, making the crosstown campuses one institution under the Saint Joseph's name.
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1 year ago
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Colleges start new programs

Kansas State University is starting a new major in advertising and public relations.
Muhlenberg College is starting a bachelor of business administration.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Scholars in the Philippines worry about preserving history

Filipino academics have called for the protection of historical rigor as they steel themselves for Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s assumption of the country's presidency later this month.
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1 year ago
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AAC&U and PEN America oppose divisive concepts bans

The recent wave of educational "gag orders" restricting the teaching of race, gender or other so-called divisive concepts is a dire threat to what makes American higher education unique and sought after.
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1 year ago
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Many for-profits would fail under gainful-employment rule change

Under the Biden administration's proposed gainful-employment rule, 40 percent of programs at for-profit colleges would fail, potentially risking their ability to qualify for federal student aid, according to a new study released Wednesday by the Institute for College Access and Success.
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1 year ago
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Bacow to step down as Harvard's president after five years

Lawrence S. Bacow, who led Harvard University through the pandemic and spent more than 50 years studying, teaching at and presiding over three major universities in the Boston area, announced Wednesday that he would step down as Harvard's president next summer.
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1 year ago
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New presidents or provosts: Cuyahoga Finlandia Grand Canyon Kentucky LUC Nazareth Onondaga Paradise Salisbury TCCC

Michael A. Baston, president of Rockland Community College, part of the State University of New York system, has been named president of Cuyahoga Community College, in Ohio.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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When public figures fudge their academic records

Before Herschel Walker entered Georgia politics as a Trump-endorsed Republican Senate candidate, he was perhaps best known in the state for his connection to the University of Georgia.
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1 year ago
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Free college for pandemic-affected high school grads in Maine

Community college leaders in Maine are fielding a surge of calls, emails and applications from prospective students following the launch of a free community college program targeted at students in the state who graduated high school during the pandemic.
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1 year ago
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Nebraska-Omaha wants better outcomes for undecided students

University of Nebraska at Omaha students who enrolled without declaring a major or don't want to pursue the course of study they initially chose are no longer referred to as "undecided" students with "undeclared majors."
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Fewer Tennessee high school graduates are choosing college

Tennessee higher education officials, like their counterparts across the country, are grappling with declining enrollment at colleges throughout the state.
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1 year ago
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Canisius accused of ignoring complaints about professor

Canisius College showed deliberate indifference to sexual harassment complaints about a popular professor and then retaliated against a group of students when it finally took action against him, a new federal lawsuit claims.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Incarcerated women face unique barriers to earning degrees

A recent report by the Vera Institute of Justice found that women were overrepresented among students enrolled in college prison programs in the 2020-21 academic year but underrepresented among degree or other credential earners.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Changing from college to university driven by image, prestige

Dominican College in Orangeburg, N.Y., was one of several colleges in the state working for the last several years to convince the state's Board of Regents to change its definition of the types of higher ed institutions that could or could not be called a "university."
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Debt cancellation expected in late summer

A final decision on whether the Biden administration will forgive some student loan debt will likely not come until July or August, administration officials told The Wall Street Journal.
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1 year ago
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What's next for student debt after forgiveness?

As President Biden moves closer to canceling at least some student debt in the near future, many higher education advocates and members of Congress are concerned that cancellation without broader reforms to the federal loan system at large will merely provide a temporary solution to a much larger issue.
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1 year ago
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All former Corinthian students to have loans forgiven

The Education Department will automatically discharge $5.8 billion in federal student loans owed by over 560,000 borrowers who attended any campus operated by Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit education company that was found guilty of defrauding students.
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1 year ago
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White House officials considering $10,000 in debt relief

White House officials are planning to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower, a central campaign promise by President Biden that would relieve debt for millions of Americans, according to The Washington Post.
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1 year ago
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Biden to propose debt relief soon, but how soon?

As President Biden is inching closer to making an announcement on a possible plan to cancel some of the $1.7 trillion owed in student debt, rumors of when the final announcement will occur and what the policy might look like are spreading, with no foreseeable answer on a likely timeline or final policy.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Young Americans and those with debt see less value in college

The Federal Reserve Bank does more than set the nation's monetary policy; it also keeps close tabs on Americans' views of the economy and their own financial well-being.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Students protest anti-LGBTQ hiring policy at Seattle Pacific

More than two weeks ago, Seattle Pacific University announced a decision by its Board of Trustees to uphold hiring policies that discriminate against LGBTQ+ individuals.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Colleges award tenure

Arkansas State University Khem Aryal, English Katherine Baker, art history Andrea Brown, occupational therapy Nicole Covey, teacher education Mark Foster, nursing Hyunju Jeong, civil engineering Pam Lewis-Kipkulei, occupational therapy Amanda Mohler, occupational therapy Veronika Pribyslavska, exercise science Tarek Ragab, civil engineering Joseph Richmond, disaster preparedness and emergency management Hilary Schloemer, management Eric Scudamore, exercise science Alicia Shaw, educational leadership Dinah Tetteh, communication studies Robert Williams, educational leadership Clarkson University
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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UMass Boston faces questions about its commitment to DEI

Earlier this year, a faculty-led committee at the University of Massachusetts at Boston presented first drafts of updated mission and vision statements, both of which declared the university "an anti-racist and health-promoting" institution.
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1 year ago
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New presidents or provosts: Christian Brothers Cleveland State Colorado Davidson Mesa Saint Mary's SCSU TAMU San Antonio

Mohamed Abdelrahman, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs at Colorado State University Pueblo, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Colleges start new programs

Culver-Stockton College is starting a major in computer and data science.
Olivet Nazarene University is starting a master of science in nutrition and dietetics.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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A state eliminates bachelor's degree requirement for many jobs

The state of Maryland recently announced that it would no longer require a bachelor's degree in the hiring process for nearly half of its jobs, joining a growing number of companies and other employers.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Social media and new experts show change in war studies

As Russian troops advanced on Kyiv in late February, Kateryna Zarembo finally made the decision to leave her home, along with her four children.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Promoting dialogue among Jewish students divided on Israel

Elyza Veta, a recent graduate of New York University, was excited to go on a group trip to Israel in the middle of her sophomore year ​in 2020.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Proposed law sparks debate over reporting foreign gifts

Every year, the Department of Education sends a checklist to colleges and universities reminding them of the various federal laws and regulations they have to comply with, including environmental standards, Title IX and FERPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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A Texas university announces a new degree taught in Spanish

The University of St. Thomas Houston plans to launch a new online associate degree program taught entirely in Spanish to appeal to the city's burgeoning Latino community, starting in spring 2023.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Draft legislation shows DeSantis plan to control higher ed

Public higher education in Florida has come under fire in a variety of ways in recent years.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Goodwin president must retire as part of DOJ settlement

Mark Scheinberg is a man of many responsibilities-president of Goodwin University, trustee at the University of Bridgeport and owner of two small for-profit colleges: Stone Academy and the Paier College of Art.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Parent PLUS loans deepen racial wealth gap, study finds

President Biden might cancel $10,000 of student debt, but civil rights advocates are worried that this figure is not enough to address core racial disparities seen in student debt burdens.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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New med schools planned as need for black doctors continue

It was welcome news in higher ed and medical circles when Xavier University in Louisiana announced last month that it planned to open a medical school.
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1 year ago
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New presidents or provosts: Connecticut Gonzaga Ozarks Portland Spelman Stony Brook Wagner

Angelo Araimo, interim president of Wagner College, in New York, has been named to the job on a permanent basis.
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1 year ago
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Judge blocks release of research committee's names to PETA

The University of Washington's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee has won an early round in a battle with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which is seeking to unmask the anonymous members of the committee's board.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Colleges award tenure

Anna Maria College Darrell Matsumoto, art and design Matt Waldschlagel,philosophy Carleton College Rika E.
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1 year ago
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Columbia task force recommends changes to undergrad college

Columbia University is weighing a controversial set of proposals that would effectively reduce the authority of the dean of the undergraduate Columbia College and make more powerful and visible the university's executive vice president and dean of arts and sciences.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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UCLA, University of Hawai'i, Penn State adopt mask mandates

The University of California, Los Angeles, restored its indoor mask mandate last week, joining the University of Hawai'i system, Pennsylvania State University (for both the main campus and 13 others), and other colleges and universities.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Polish president delays academic's promotion

Poland's president has been accused of blocking the promotion of a researcher who explores the psychology of genocide.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Update on capital campaigns

Starting Off St. Norbert College is starting a campaign to raise $125 million by next year, the college's 125th birthday.
The college has raised $83.5 million so far.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Notre Dame faces new questions about professor

Both the University of Notre Dame and John Gaski, an associate professor of marketing there, expressed regret last week that an article Gaski wrote on interracial violence was cited in the Buffalo, N.Y., mass shooting suspect's racist screed.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Debt relief has public support, but will that be enough?

The political debate over whether President Biden should move to cancel some or all of the $1.7 trillion in student loan debt currently owed to the federal government is largely focused on perceptions of the role the government should take in making higher education affordable and accessible.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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A new scholars program honors Freeman Hrabowski's legacy

As president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, Freeman Hrabowski has made a commitment to diversity a cornerstone of his career.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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NSC report shows total enrollment down by 4.1 percent

Enrollment across all sectors of higher education continued to decline this past semester, extending a trend that began during the coronavirus pandemic, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Exigency leads to layoffs at Hannibal-LaGrange University

On the morning of May 2, the leaders of Hannibal-LaGrange University called faculty and staff into a meeting to share good news: they had raised $1.5 million and would remain open for the fall semester.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Survey: Students largely have favorable opinions of professors, tenure

"I've had some really incredible and engaging professors," wrote a Student Voice survey respondent attending a private university in New York.
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1 year ago
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Colleges start new programs

Baylor University is starting an M.A. in journalism with a focus on advertising and public relations.
Centre College is starting a Chinese language major and minor.
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1 year ago
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Racist graffiti creates months of tensions at Queens College

A months-long conflict has been simmering between a group of faculty and staff members of color and administrators at Queens College after a racist message was found written on a bulletin board on campus.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Fast-tracking associate degrees for students in need

A new grant program created and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to help high school students complete an associate degree or credential just a year after they graduate high school.
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1 year ago
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New presidents or provosts: Augsburg Grace ILCC Kearney Mankato Mercer Minerva Piedmont

Drew Flamm, executive vice president at Grace College & Theological Seminary, in Indiana, has been chosen as president there.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Financial aid office staff shortages persist

Increasing staffing shortages at college financial aid offices have been a point of concern throughout the pandemic.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Black scholars demand retraction of autoethnography article

The African Studies Review is facing calls to retract a recent article by two white Africanists promoting "autoethnography," or research incorporating one's own personal experiences.
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1 year ago
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Princeton board votes to fire professor for misconduct

Princeton University's Board of Trustees voted Monday to fire Joshua Katz, Cotsen Professor in the Humanities, effective immediately.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Zelensky meets (virtually) with university leaders

Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, met virtually last week with presidents of members of the Association of American Universities.
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1 year ago
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Polarizing hire at Morehouse College sparks controversy

A newly hired administrator at Morehouse College has sparked divisions and debate among alumni about who can represent the institution.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Tuition waivers help colleges raise summer enrollment

After two years of pandemic-related unpredictability and financial uncertainty, college and university administrators are cautiously optimistic about summer enrollment prospects this year.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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University of Alaska, faculty clash on labor negotiations

The University of Alaska system Board of Regents has approved pay raises for faculty - but the faculty union says the move is premature, coming amid ongoing negotiations, and federal meditation.
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1 year ago
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Survey: Students want connections with professors but may not initiate them

Accounting professor Joe Hoyle's first experience with faculty office hours, as a student in the late 1960s, is a moment he wishes he could forget but that has shaped his own approach.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Update on capital campaigns

Starting Off East Carolina University is launching a $60 million campaign.
All the funds are for athletics at the university.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Peak of Chinese students could come in five years

The number of Chinese students pursuing degrees abroad will likely "peak within five years, and then enter a track of stagnation or even slight decline," a study says.
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1 year ago
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Tuition discounts hit all-time high, NACUBO study finds

The average tuition discount at private nonprofit colleges hit another record high last year, according to a new National Association of College and University Business Officers study.
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1 year ago
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New presidents or provosts: Augusta Butte Glendale Golden Gate Hartnell Hartwick Marshall Spring Hill

Rebecca Cantor, assistant provost and professor of English at Savannah College of Art and Design, in Georgia, has been chosen as provost at Spring Hill College, in Alabama.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Student loan forgiveness: Biden's next move

President Biden has hinted that he is considering relieving at least some of the $1.7 trillion in debt owed to the federal government by more than 40 million student loan borrowers.
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1 year ago
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Excelsior awards mainly help middle-income CUNY students

The Excelsior Scholarship program, which covers tuition for low- and middle-income students at public colleges and universities in New York State, mostly serves middle-income students and fails to reach most City University of New York students who disproportionately come from low-income backgrounds, according to a new report by the Urban Institute, a research organization focused on equity and social mobility.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Young adults today are slower to gain financial independence

Young adults today need more time, education and work experience to secure what's considered a "good job" than previous generations did, according to a pair of new reports from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW).
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Recent tenure denial cases raise questions

Most professors who don't get tenure don't broadcast it, understandably: a negative tenure decision is an effective termination, following years of service to an institution.
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1 year ago
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Colleges start new programs

City College of the City University of New York is starting a B.S. in game design.
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1 year ago
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Boston U orientation director resigns following investigation

Boston University's former undergraduate orientation director Shiney James resigned Monday following a six-month external investigation into allegations by former student employees that she verbally and emotionally abused them, the university announced this week.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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Tracking the evolution (and erosion) of tenure

The loss of tenure lines is accelerating.So is the erosion of tenure, by extension, according to a new institutional survey of tenure policies by the American Association of University Professors.
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1 year ago
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After several no-confidence votes, Maine chancellor regroups

No-confidence votes are adding up in the University of Maine system, where leadership withheld information about Michael Laliberte in the search leading to his hiring as the next president of the University of Maine at Augusta.
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1 year ago
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New presidents or provosts: Batesville Fitchburg Hampton Holy Cross Morristown Notre Dame Spartanburg UMES Vermont Law

Rondall E. Allen, interim vice president for strategic initiatives at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs there.
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1 year ago
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Seven professor actions that contribute to student well-being (infographic)

While wellness and mental health initiatives are often thought of as separate from academics on college campuses, the two are strongly connected, because academic outcomes often depend on student well-being.
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1 year ago
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President put on leave, foundation facing backlash

When Luis Sanchez, president of Oxnard College, was put on paid administrative leave earlier this month, the move elicited surprise and outrage from some employees and alumni.
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1 year ago
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Colleges start new programs

Appalachian State University will be starting a bachelor of science in veterinary technology.
Savannah State University is starting a bachelor of science in data analytics.
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1 year ago
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University could fire writing professor over

Soka University of America is accusing its only queer professor of color, Aneil Rallin, of exposing students to "deviant pornography" and "vaguely pedophilic" materials in a class called Writing the Body.
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1 year ago
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Texas A&M considers making sweeping changes to library

The Texas A&M University system is working on a plan that would make sweeping changes across its 10 libraries.
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1 year ago
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Tuition waivers for Native American students spread

Kyla Aguirre, a junior at Metropolitan State University of Denver, didn't know if she could afford her last year of college.
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1 year ago
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Pandemic-impacted Ph.D. students face funding cliff

Rutgers University is telling graduate students whose research was delayed by COVID-19 that there is no more money to extend their funding packages.
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1 year ago
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Tuition held steady during the pandemic, but now it's climbing

In an email to employees last week, Boston University president Robert A. Brown outlined many familiar challenges in higher education today: the need to help Ukrainian students affected by the war in their homeland, lingering concerns about the coronavirus pandemic and difficulty hiring and retaining talent amid the Great Resignation, which has prompted many workers to leave their jobs.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
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New presidents or provosts: Mercy National Louis Pittsburg Portland South Carolina Southern Crescent SSCC Vermont Wright

Donna K. Arnett, dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, has been chosen as executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of South Carolina.
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1 year ago
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Locals fill in as families for international Rochester grads

When Zivile Vebraite graduates from the University of Rochester this weekend, her family won't be there to celebrate with her.
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