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Formerly Incarcerated Students Are Humans First

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Yet the humanity of formerly incarcerated Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab students is too often marginalized, even overlooked, in campus programs addressing issues like food and housing insecurity. This was the 5th clinic held so far in total, nearly 500 individuals have benefitted.

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Higher Education in 2025: AGI Agents to Displace People

Inside Higher Ed

The new year may bring a host of virtual assistants and administrative staff to higher education. They will begin as assistants to humans, then over time they will evolve into autonomous AI staff members. The winds of change in our field are rapidly converging, as we discussed in the previous edition of “Online: Trending Now.”

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How To Be Conspicuously Human in the Online Classroom 

Faculty Focus

In “Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change,” Dr. Leo S. Would administrators increasingly obsessed with efficiency and trackable metrics care? It’s about humans being human in the classroom, doing the complex, emotional, and messy labor that (as of right now) only we can do.

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How To Be Conspicuously Human in the Online Classroom 

Faculty Focus

In “Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change,” Dr. Leo S. Would administrators increasingly obsessed with efficiency and trackable metrics care? It’s about humans being human in the classroom, doing the complex, emotional, and messy labor that (as of right now) only we can do.

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How Severance Mirrors U.S. Higher Education Administration: The Compartmentalization and Bureaucracy of Modern Academia

Higher Education Inquirer

higher education administration. Administrators focus on policies and data, while faculty members concentrate on teaching and research. Dehumanizing Bureaucracy Severance also critiques how systems of power, driven by bureaucracy, strip employees of their humanity. In higher education, this balance is a perennial challenge.

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The human toll of rampant college closures

University Business

While school administrators notified students that the neighboring Lewis University would accept all transfers, the current faculty was a bigger question mark. The post The human toll of rampant college closures appeared first on University Business. Faculty were told they would not receive severance pay, WGN 9 reports. “I’m

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. Dr. Brittany Williams, an assistant professor of higher education and student affairs administration at the University of Vermont (UVM), always had a knack for Dr. Brittany Williams learning.