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U.S., Other Countries Issue Statement Supporting Academic Freedom

Inside Higher Ed

“Academic freedom is key to human rights education but also essential for technical and scientific progress and for the development of the creative industries and the arts,” says the statement, issued at the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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WEEKEND READING: It’s time to join the conversation about ChatGPT and other generative AI models

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Eve Alcock, Head of Public Affairs at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). Where a student’s academic achievement is measured through their ability to write an essay, what does it mean that technology is able to do the same?

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Meet the Authors of New Titles in the Major Problems Anthology Series

Today's Learner

He has traveled widely and was awarded a Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement in 1996. Arlt Award in the Humanities. politics, foreign relations and human rights. He is also co-author with colleague Jackson Spielvogel of “World History,” 10e. Plus a new fifth edition Elizabeth Cobbs, Edward J.

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A sectorwide approach to higher ed's future (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

And rather than limit our work to what one type of institution or program can achieve, we should look across the entire higher education sector. How do we achieve affordability? Department of Health and Human Services from 2014 to 2017 and as director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014.

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Lunchtime Reading: Communicating the value of higher education to government in a new political era

HEPI

Because to really engage a new administration with a long-term ambition for the country and a plan for how to achieve it, we need to start talking to and about the country, less about ourselves. Those which in an age of AI, climate emergency and global conflicts ask what is to be human and how can we live together. We need beauty.

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A free, online, global university seeks seal of approval

Inside Higher Ed

Still others are climate refugees in search of land that supports human life. ” Harnessing Bots Emily (not her real name) is an American who is saddled with student loan debt totaling six figures from associate and bachelor’s degrees at other institutions, according to Dan Kalmanson, vice president for public affairs at UoPeople.

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How Higher Ed Can Help Underserved Communities Access Broadband

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Karen Mossberger, the Frank and June Sackton Professor in the school of public affairs and director of the Center on Technology, Data and Society at Arizona State University. Broadband is important for participation in society,” said Mossberger. It’s important for economic development as well as individual opportunities.