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UK universities can go further to support the resilience of Ukrainian higher education

Wonkhe

Gwen van der Velden and Bo Kelestyn paint a picture of the challenges faced by Ukraine universities, and introduce a new series of articles exploring how the UK can continue to offer help The post UK universities can go further to support the resilience of Ukrainian higher education appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Using Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By now many people have read the recent article by the New York Times that critically examines the state of DEI at the University of Michigan. This article prompted other criticisms against the University of Michigan’s DEI initiatives in media outlets including the New York Post and USA Today and follows other attacks.

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Author of Retracted Superconductor Articles Leaves U of Rochester

Inside Higher Ed

A researcher who claimed a blockbuster discovery of a superconductor that worked at room temperature but then saw the article retracted is no longer employed by the University of Rochester, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

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Black Students to Criticize DEI is a Cynical and Disingenuous Tactic

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

By now many people have read the recent article by the New York Times that critically examines the state of DEI at the University of Michigan. This article prompted other criticisms against the University of Michigan’s DEI initiatives in media outlets including the New York Post and USA Today and follows other attacks.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters

The Guardian - Higher Education

While the article singles out the loss of nursing courses at Cardiff University and the closure of chemistry courses across the country, it mentions the humanities just once in passing. Last week it was ancient history, modern languages, music, religion and theology at Cardiff University. Continue reading.

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Open universities: between radical promise and market reality

SRHE

by Ourania Filippakou Open universities have long symbolised a radical departure from the exclusivity of conventional universities. Open universities, once heralded as radical interventions in knowledge production, now find themselves entangled in these struggles. This question is not merely academic; it is profoundly political.